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No Football Pickoff slate had all four games picked correctly. The top score of the week was +228 from HooeyPoo, who doubled Baltimore over Denver, but then didn’t know when to quit when he picked Houston over the Patriots. Only one slate had all four games picked incorrectly, however.

Heading into Conference Championship week, Balrog is hanging on to a slight lead, now 34 points. Just two weeks ago, that lead was 375, which had to feel pretty secure. Now he’s just hoping to channel his inner Falcon and eke out a late win. And since neither of the top two contenders can afford to coast at this point, the third and fourth place teams also come into the picture. It reminds me of Final Jeopardy in those situations when the top two contestants are close in score, thereby creating an opportunity for the third place contestant to vault ahead if both of the top two falter.