Wild Card Predictions: Was I Better Than ESPN's Chris Mortensen in 2008?

By Derek Lofland The NFL playoffs are finally here. Now is the time to separate the pretenders from the contenders. My 2008 Regular Season Pick'em Record stands at 169-86-1. Overall, I was very pleased with my predictions. I had a .662 percentage picking games, meaning that on average, I correctly picked 10.6 out of the 16 games that were played most weeks.    I had only one losing record for a week the entire season, which was in Week 16. Furthermore, I picked my games on Tuesday, before the injury reports came out.   If you want to compare how I did to a major news organization, consider my success against ESPN .   Chris Mortensen ’s record was 169-87, because he counted his Philly vs. Cincinnati pick as a loss, where I counted mine as a tie. Therefore, we were even . He was their best expert at picking games this season; meaning I beat out Wickersham, Fleming, Hoge, Jaworski, Schlereth, Allen, and Golic.   I lost to the ESPN Accuscore , which ... (link)