Those of you who follow the system selections in the forum have no doubt seen me refer to the NFL Point Differential System as being one of my favorite, but also one of the more time consuming of all the systems. The actual system is presented here, so that you can see what goes into its method of selecting teams.
Those of you who do not want to perform the calculations on a regular basis can relax, as I will update the systems on a weekly basis. Through the first three weeks of the season, the system Best Bets are a solid 49-36 (57.6%), which is nothing to sneeze at. A person wagering just $100 on each system Best Bet would be up $940 for the season.
Because the systems often select the same team or the same total, there haven't been 85 different selections, but some plays would have two, or more, wagers on them. It's also important to note that I grade the plays with the line I release them at. In the case of the Cleveland-Baltimore game, the total when I updated the selections was 38.5 and the systems called for over plays. The total dropped to 37 by the end of the week, which would have made the system plays all winners, but I graded them as losers.
Nearly all the systems have been updated for the upcoming week and this is the last week that we'll use last year's stats to make selections. Starting next week, we'll use nothing but current stats and that is when things should get interesting.
So be sure to check out this weeks system plays in the forum and visit NFL Point Differential System located in the NFL section of the site.
Photo: Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb fires a pass in an Eagles game. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
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