Week 2 in the books...........

We saw Pinch come within 1/2 point of being 10-0. Carolina rally cost him from a shot at 15-0.........

We now have not one but two new shooters looking to keep perfection going after going 5-0 this week. Bob Sparks and UpTwnClwn are in the spotlight.

So far this year, we've had a total of three 5-0 records for the season and a total of five that went 0-5.

Leaders are tied at 9-1 with third sitting at 8-2 and it's the three mentioned above.

I hate to say this but as I mentioned in week 1 the best fade of Bad Man continues to be the overall top pick as it lost again in week 2 and brings the record for the season at 0-2. Denver had the game won and a silly penalty changed that outcome.

The overall top 5 selections so far this year sits at 2-8 after back to back 1-4 records.

The last few years have not been kind to the top selection or the overall top 5. In years past of long lore ago it was always the opposite. The top selection was a printing press and the top 5 rarely had a losing week.

The books have got this down to a science it seems or the contestants are off kilter. In looking at this weeks overall selections, contestants were on 11 of 14 favorites with one game that had an equal amount of picks on each side. Put on your thinking cap for that one..........

Overall Consensus selections went 7-7 to bring the total to 13-15 for the season at 46.73%

Overall selections went 152-188 for 44.71% which was lower than last week 159-181 for 46.76. For the season the record sits at 311-369 45.74%

Four teams really skewed things this week:

DAL 22-5
PIT 19-4
AZ 18-2
DEN 23-12

That equaled out to 82 losses and only 23 wins. Nearly half the losses were on 4 games.

At some point the contestants will string together several winning weeks and that is going to coincide with favorites covering. I only say this because this has been the trend I've observed the last few years. I drop these nuggets to show if you look deeper into the contest, you can glean information that will help you win a few more games with your sportsbook.

Can you believe it will be week 3 already. Before you know it, the season will be over and for some teams in the NFL and in this contest, it may already be over........ As with NFL trends on how teams start, the same can be said for this contest.......... If you've played for a long time, you know what I'm saying is true.