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NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 17: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 12/27/2019

With all due respect to the 32 teams playing this weekend, there are only three games I am excited to watch and that actually mean anything in terms of the playoff race. Because of that, this year's Week 17 is one of the dullest in recent memory, and it's going to take something miraculous to happen for it to even be considered anything other than the worst week of the football season. As always, I will be giving you my confidence picks for this week.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 16: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 12/20/2019

Without this intro, this article is 1,562 words long. Each word and sentence has been put together with nothing but confidence this week, as it has been for the past 15 weeks of the NFL season. I've had a blast writing this Confidence Picks article, and I hope you've enjoyed reading them.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 15: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 12/11/2019

Spygate 2.0 is upon us, and I'm not sure I can stomach another month talking about the Patriots and their cheating ways. I mean, come on. How many times are the Patriots going to try and cheat to get a leg up on the competition as if they haven't already won a million Super Bowls this decade. To make matters worse, they were caught allegedly spying on the Cincinnati Bengals.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 14: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 12/4/2019

There are just four weeks left in the NFL season, and the playoff picture is starting to take shape. In the AFC, the Patriots and Ravens are all but locks to finish as the first and second seed (order TBD) and lock up the coveted bye week. The AFC South and AFC West still have plenty to play for, including the division title, while only one of the two wild-card spots appear to be up for grabs since Buffalo is 9-3 and two games up on the second wild-card spot.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 13: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 11/27/2019

Now, can anyone tell me why we are still being subjected to watching the Detroit Lions play in the first game on Thanksgiving? The Lions haven't been good for like a decade, and yet the NFL continues to trot them out and make us suffer through terrible football for the first part of our Thursday. How about scheduling some good teams to kick off Thanksgiving? I'm sure the ratings would be even better if we got to see the likes of Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson or Aaron Rodgers or an upstart team like the 49ers or hell, what about Baker Mayfield?

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 12: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 11/20/2019

After this weekend's action, teams will have played three-quarters of their season, and I simply cannot believe that's the case. It feels like just yesterday we were getting ready for Week 1 only to have the Thursday night game (GB 10 - CHI 3) set the tone for what was a rather big dud of a weekend. Because of that game, we've turned away from the point spread and focused more on confidence pools success.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 11: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 11/13/2019

When I say the favorites took a beating last week, that would be selling the underdogs short. Seven underdogs won straight up last week, and I saw a stat that said if you were to bet $100 on those seven teams in a parlay, you'd get back nearly $200,000. That's insane, and we certainly didn't give you those seven underdogs in this article last week.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 10: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 11/6/2019

I don't know about you, but I'm finally looking forward to the slate of prime-time games the NFL is giving us this week. On Thursday you have the Chargers versus the Raiders in an AFC West showdown, while Sunday night gives us the 6-3 Vikings vs. the 5-3 Cowboys and perhaps the game of the year goes down on Monday night with the 7-2 Seattle Seahawks taking on the 8-0 San Francisco 49ers.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 9: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 10/30/2019

In case you haven't noticed, NFL road underdogs are doing extremely well against the spread, which highlights all you need to know about the NFL and its ability to make you expect the unexpected. Thankfully for the sake of this article, we don't have to worry about picking teams against the spread. We just have to focus on which teams are going to win straight up, and even that's easier said than done.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 8: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 10/23/2019

In an industry that's dominated by point spread betting, bettors are looking for new and exciting ways to get their bets down. Confidence Pools offer bettors an alternative that completely ignores the point spread and allows you to choose which teams you believe will win straight up instead of against the spread. This eliminates the stress and frustration of watching the team you bet on win the game but not cover the spread by a single point.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 7: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 10/16/2019

For the entire season, I'll be breaking down the game list and ranking each game from most confident to least confident. No point spread is involved with these Week 7 NFL predictions, so you can also use them for your Survivor Pool picks each week. We will be back for Week 8 next week with a full slate of NFL Confidence Pool picks.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 6: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 10/9/2019

It should come as no surprise to you that Confidence Pools have grown in popularity over the last number of years. The concept of just picking a team to win straight up is much more appealing to the average bettor who is still understanding how the point spread part of the equation works. There have been many instances where we wished we had taken a team straight up instead of on the spread, only to have them not cover by half a point.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 5: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 10/2/2019

It was a wacky Week 4 in the National Football League as we saw eight underdogs win outright last week, and, shockingly, only four home teams emerged victoriously. Bettors who keyed in favorites on teasers got killed. And for the most part, "over" bettors also took it square on the chin. Based on the Week 5 NFL spreads, I wouldn't be shocked if the underdogs had another great week - which doesn't bode well for confidence pool players.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 4: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 9/25/2019

Without getting into too much of a detailed recap, last week provided us with some head-scratching results. Teams like the Saints, Giants and Panthers all won their games straight up, despite being +4.5, +6.5 and +2.5, respectively. These three teams were starting backup quarterbacks whether it be through injury or a benching. And they still went on the road and won football games. Football is a funny sport, and it wouldn't surprise me to see all three teams follow up their high point by falling flat on their faces this week against their opponents.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 3: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 9/18/2019

If you're reading this, it's not too late. It's not too late to get to the gym, get in shape, find yourself a personal quarterback coach, and get some practice reps in. Who knows, after another week of NFL action, you might get the call up from the minors and possibly start for the Saints, Steelers, Jets, Giants, Dolphins, or maybe even the Panthers.

NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 2: Expert Pick'em Predictions No Point Spread
by Chris Vasile - 9/12/2019

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Doc's Sports NFL Confidence Pool and Pick'em page for the 2019-20 pro football season. Every week we will give you a run-down of the list of game and rank them according to how much we love the play or how much we hate it. All picks will be straight up with no point spread aspect involved. We believe that our expertise in terms of NFL wagering can help you and give you the best chance to win your NFL Confidence pool each week and throughout the entirety of the 2019-20 season.