NFL Pickems

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Pickems is a style of Fantasy Football that requires owners to pick which NFL Team they think will win that week. It starts during the regular season and continues throughout the playoffs.

History

KSL Pickems was formed in 2005 with the introduction of the 2005 season. The Pickems league has more than just the owners in KSL since anyone could join. Pickems tends to see people drop off part way through the season since many people forget to make picks. About half way through the year many owners stop making picks but the top owners tend to keep making picks in hopes of becoming champion. Yahoo doesn't keep data on how many correct picks you make so some of the years do not have the data available.

For 2015 we tried our hand at doing Pickems but with using Spread Points. This led to a lower amount overall because some games were thrown out. However, it was an intriguing way of playing because of the strategy of picking lesser teams that could cover the points spread. KSL moved back to normal Pickems for 2016.

The total number of pickems one could get correct is 256 for a 16 game Regular Season and 11 for the playoffs to total 267. In 2021, the NFL introduced a 17 game regular season and carried over a 14 team playoff from 2020. The new highest score for the regular season is now 272 and 13 for the playoffs. 285 games was the new total starting in 2021.

The highest ever recorded was 181 correct by Aaron in 2011. That record stood until 2020 when Doug scored 182 after the NFL added 2 extra games. Then Dave Nanninga scored 183 when the NFL added an extra week.

Champions

2005 - Kevin Smith

2006 - Blake Clayton

2007 - Andrew Hughes

2008 - Doug Hahn - 168

2009 - Doug Hahn - 178

2010 - Joe Snider

2011 - Aaron Hughes - 181

2012 - Dave Nanninga - 174

2013 - Dave Nanninga - 170

2014 - Dave Nanninga - 181

2015 - Andy Hughes - 136 (Used Points Spread)

2016 - Dave Nanninga - 177

2017 - Aaron Hughes - 172

2018 - Dave Nanninga - 177

2019 - Erik VanHyfte - 172

2020 - Doug Hahn - 182

2021 - Dave Nanninga - 183

2022 - Aaron Hughes - 181

2023 - Dave Nanninga - 179

2nd place

Sometimes your best isn't good enough. Here are the teams that came close but were unable to overcome the odds.

2005 - Brian Schoutteet

2006 - Doug Hahn, Dave Pate

2007 - Doug Hahn

2008 - Brian Schoutteet - 157

2009 - Mike Smith - 161

2010 - Andy Hughes

2011 - Brian Schoutteet - 179

2012 - Doug Hahn - 171

2013 - Aaron Hughes, Lance Frail - 166

2014 - Doug Hahn - 176

2015 - Aaron Hughes 133

2016 - Doug Hahn - 172

2017 - Doug Hahn, Erik VanHyfte - 169

2018 - Aaron Hughes - 168

2019 - Doug Hahn - 169

2020 - Erik VanHyfte - 176

2021 - Aaron Hughes, Doug Hahn - 181

2022 - Sunni

2023 - Aaron Hughes, Doug Hahn - 178

Most Wins

  1. Dave Nanninga - 7
  2. Doug Hahn - 3
  3. Aaron Hughes - 3
  4. Andrew Hughes - 2