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Film Room · Week 5

Week 5: 11 perfect.
One winner.

2,318 cards went in and 11 came out perfect. james H. took the SWAG Executioner Solid. Here is how the field got from 2,318 down to 11.

Cards entered2,318+248 from Week 4 (+12.0%)
Perfect 7-for-7110.5% of the field. Week 4: 8
Final combined score71BUF 37, LAR 34. Field guessed 49
Winners1Called 64

This week's winner

james H.

Perfect card, and the closest call without going over. james H. said the Final would total 64, and it landed at 71.

The call64
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BUF + LAR37 + 34
SWAG Executioner Solid Bowling Ball

Week 5 prize

SWAG Executioner Solid

ARV $184.95. Headed to james H.

How the 11 perfect cards called the Final

One dot per perfect card, placed at its call for the Final. The rule is closest without going over, so everything right of the line was out.

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The funnel

2,318 in. 11 standing.

Cards still perfect after each game, in kickoff order. Tap a game to see what it did to the field, or flip to Week 4 to compare.

Game by game

Where the field was right

Every bar is the whole field's picks for one game. Blue is the side that won. Favorites went 3-4.

CLE12 · 1,925 picks
NYJ393 picks · 17
Sun 1:00 PM ET · CBS · Cloudy, 68°
IND22 · 867 picks
PIT1,451 picks · 34
Sun 1:00 PM ET · CBS · Cloudy, 63°
MIN23 · 1,989 picks
NO329 picks · 13
Sun 1:00 PM ET · Fox · Mostly sunny, 81°
CHI7 · 1,631 picks
GB687 picks · 31
Sun 1:00 PM ET · Fox · Partly sunny, 72°Upset: CHI was favored
SF32 · 1,263 picks
SEA1,055 picks · 29
Sun 4:25 PM ET · Fox · Sunny, 59°Upset: SEA was favored
BAL30 · 1,280 picks
ATL1,038 picks · 23
Sun 8:20 PM ET · NBC · Intermittent clouds, 67°Upset: ATL was favored
BUF37 · 1,402 picks
LAR916 picks · 34
Mon 8:15 PM ET · ESPN · Mostly cloudy, 69°Upset: LAR was favoredThe Final

How many did you get?

Share of the field by games right, Week 4 against Week 5.

Week 4Week 5

Everyone took the over

All 2,318 tiebreaker guesses. The median guess was 49 and 48 was the single most popular number (187 cards). The Final landed at 71, and 4 people (0.2%) had it exactly.

When the cards come in

Week 5 entries, Eastern time. Sunday entries went from 121 in Week 4 to 191.

Who's repping who

Team balls set on player profiles, Week 5 entrants.

DAL90
DET85
CHI84
PIT80
SF68
GB58
KC52
LV48
PHI45
DEN42

Brand loyalty

Favorite ball brand, from player profiles. Hammer leads Storm by 70.

Hammer305
Storm235
Motiv118
Roto Grip65
Brunswick52
Radical29
900 Global22
Track15

Coast to coast

Entrants who shared a home state came from 51 states. The top ten:

FL85
TX64
CA60
MI51
OH47
IL45
PA44
NY43
NC26
WI25
1,412

Week 4 players who came back for Week 5 (68%).

906

First-timers in Week 5. Welcome in.

10%

of the field turned in the week's most popular card.

86%

of the field took MIN (MIN at NO), the week's most confident pick. They were right, 23 to 13.

Up next

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Figures from the Pick 'Em contest database after Week 5 was final. Player names are the usernames players chose; anonymous players are counted but never named. Staff entries are excluded from player highlights and cannot win. No purchase necessary; see the official rules.