QUESTION 25
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Originally Posted by KrazyKris
#25 (Season's End) - Name any team that will finish the 2016 regular season with a negative point differential (differentials of '0' will be scored as incorrect)
ENTRANTS
This was the 9th-easiest question, with 63 correct entrants, and 34 incorrects.
The average entrant score was 14.90, which was 10th-highest.
INCORRECT ANSWERS
Washington Sentinels (1), Atlanta (3), Dallas (1), Denver (2), Philadelphia (3), NY Giants (1), Baltimore (5), Buffalo (1), New Orleans (4), Washington (4), Tennessee (9)
CORRECT ANSWERS
Cleveland (14), Chicago (13), San Diego (11), San Francisco (10), Detroit (4), Miami (3), Tampa Bay (3), Jacksonville (2), Los Angeles (2), NY Jets (1)
UNPLAYED ACES
Carolina and Houston
THOUGHTS ON THE QUESTION
This has been Question 25 since 2013, and I don't see it moving anytime soon.
35% of the entrants closed with an incorrect, and trollface joined
THE CLUB yet again, this time with Shane Falco and the Washington Sentinels. Tennessee was the most popular incorrect, as they went from -4 to +3 in the Week 17 game.
After years of going under the radar, Cleveland finally SHEEPed this question, followed closely by the Bears, Chargers, and 9ers. And one last ace was played, as trigstarr finally went full Jets at the appropriate time.
ENTRANT COMMENTS
Our champion, upon winning after picking the Chargers:
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Originally Posted by pokergrader
Sweeeeeeet
The quote of the reveal came from sixfour, who ace-hunted with Buffalo:
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Originally Posted by sixfour
damnit the bills are even bad at being bad
And our 2015 winner was also 2016's last-place finisher:
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Originally Posted by chuckleslovakian
lol, that locks up the last place
KRAZYKRIS' PICK
The Cleveland Browns (correct - 14 points)
Cleveland SHEEPed, but was also the best answer to this question, at -188. Just for fun, here is what Cleveland pickers scored in Question 25 in previous games:
2013 game - unplayed
2014 game - 1 (alwarde4)
2015 game - 3 (asb165, rmthawk64, TehBankertin)
In years past, Cleveland was both a safe pick and a low score. In 2016, the Browns were only a safe pick.
KRAZYKRIS' AFTER-THE-FACT PICK
The Houston Texans
I thought Carolina would be leading the NFC South after Week 14; there's no way I can pick them in hindsight here to finish the year with a negative PD. That leaves Houston.
The Texans went 9-7, won the AFC South, and beat the David Carr-less Raiders in the playoffs. Despite all of that, their PD in the 2016 regular season was -49. By the end of Week 7, they had already lost to New England by 27, to Minnesota by 18, and to Denver by 18.
My actual and final score after Question 25 was
367 points.
My final after-the-fact score, after Question 25 is
31 points.