They say it’s lonely at the top.
When it comes to Week 5 of the Gridiron Green, they lied.
Waylon Foreman of Farmington beat out an octet of pickers with 14-of-15 right around last week’s NFL slate of games. Based on the strength of his New England Patriots’ 35-14 tiebreaker, Foreman wins the weekly Green’s green. (New England beat Cincinnati 43-17 on Sunday night football.)
There were 25 pickers at 13, 123 at 12, 46 at 11 and 43 at 10.
The Gridiron Guru checked in at 11-4 in Week 5 and is 46-29 overall.
Aaron Archuleta, our Week 2 winner from Durango, is tied with “paulj” out of Somewhere, New Mexico, with 54 total points atop our tight overall leaderboard.
Week 6
Bye: Kansas City and New Orleans.
Thursday, Oct. 9
Indianapolis at Houston (KCNC, KREZ; NFL Network): 99 ways to die, choose one. Andrew Luck and the Colts begrudginly choose No. 99, as in J.J. Watt. Pick: Texans, 23-16. Line: Colts by 2½.
Sunday, Oct. 12
Jacksonville at Tennessee: This time, the Titans seal the deal. Pick: Titans, 17-16. Line: Titans by 6.
Detroit at Minnesota: No AP. No CJ. Teddy Bridgewater is back to close the gap. Pick: Vikings, 21-20. Line: Lions by 2.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay: The Buccaneers are improving, but they’re not quite ready to steal a victory from class such as the Ravens. Pick: Ravens, 27-17. Line: Ravens by 3.
Denver at N.Y. Jets (KCNC, KREZ; KRSJ 100.5 FM): How low can the Jets go? Let’s find out. Pick: Broncos, 31-16. Line: Broncos by 8.
New England at Buffalo: New owners, new resolve. Pick: Bills, 23-15. Line: Patriots by 3.
Carolina at Cincinnati: A.J. Green’s right big toe injury leaves the Bengals with back-to-back stubbed toes. Pick: Panthers, 24-21. Line: Bengals by 7.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland: Big Ben Roethlisberger owns the Browns. Pick: Steelers, 27-24. Line: Browns by 2.
Green Bay at Miami (KASA): Miami tasted tea and victory in London, then rested in Week 5. The Dolphins will taste bitter defeat against the Packers. Pick: Packers, 30-20. Line: Packers by 3½.
San Diego at Oakland: The new 43 (Branden Oliver) looks a lot like the old 43 (Darren Sproles). Pick: Chargers, 33-16. Line: Chargers by 7.
Dallas at Seattle (KASA): The Seahawks and their 12th man will neutralize the league’s leading rusher (DeMarco Murray) in Seattle. Pick: Seahawks, 26-20. Line: Seahawks by 8.
Washington at Arizona: Bye-bye, Broncos. Hello, Redskins. Home sweet home, Arizona. Pick: Cardinals, 22-17. Line: Cardinals by 3½.
Chicago at Atlanta: Do you think Devin Hester would like to add to his return record against his old mates? Yep. Pick: Falcons, 30-28. Line: Falcons by 3.
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia (KOBF, KUSA): One of these days, the highly touted offense will catch up with the much-maligned defense. Pick: Eagles, 24-23. Line: Eagles by 2½.
Monday, Oct. 13
San Francisco at St. Louis (ESPN): Finally, the Rams rediscover their pass rush, and that’s enough for victory as Brett Favre’s record-breaker, Austin Davis, introduces himself to primetime fans. Pick: Rams, 21-17. Line: 49ers by 3½.
Gridiron Green
Week 5
Note: The names in bold indicate previous winners, with the numbers in parentheses indicating the weeks in which they won.
Overall Week 5
waylon (5) 44 14
cookie45 48 14
connief 46 14
albertf 46 14
rmiller 49 14
paulj 54 14
tarheel 48 14
blwells 47 14
Peyday 47 13
ElleBee 42 13
kane 50 13
dbroncos 50 13
rmorris 53 13
redhawks 46 13
jorjor 35 13
gjohnson 48 13
khinkle 44 13
byron 31 13
Mr. Wales 48 13
bree 44 13
hsteinle 48 13
bigal60 49 13
peggy 50 13
mommamary 35 13
nlopez 31 13
baylsc 51 13
boydh 49 13
broncosbm 46 13
durango57 43 13
jadosse 44 13
notbobo 13 13
rionate 46 13
spannistan 49 13
Skater22 48 12
ncblue311 47 12
joosten 50 12
cindylou 46 12
mike 43 12
james 40 12
blackrose 46 12
pistolpete 49 12
jason 46 12
slroberts 46 12
elvis65 47 12
master 48 12
Tripp 46 12
broncbust 47 12
scott27 46 12
jaydoc 28 12
katwalk 29 12
marmstrong 47 12
ladonna 46 12
amos 45 12
shauna (4) 46 12
GinaA 48 12
dominique 44 12
MillerTime 46 12
sherry 48 12
jrichardso 46 12
rrichardso 44 12
Tanaya 38 12
groberts 49 12
azfan 49 12
billy 47 12
hawk99 46 12
beaver74 17 12
vince 47 12
chrissim33 39 12
justjamee 18 12
Aaron A. (2) 54 12
ryanp 46 12
Evans 37 12
oscar 49 12
redskin58 38 12
Motob 50 12
kmvdad0927 46 12
Shaqattack 45 12
stkitts10 44 12
mbalzen 46 12
ryans 51 12
jennifertr 22 12
pckrgrl 48 12
“XXX” 15 12
vickyt 40 12
alisha 49 12
Cyphers 44 12
fishscale 18 12
sobrino 43 12
forsberg39 47 12
hillster 44 12
marioG 49 12
56golf 44 12
brandon198 33 12
fdeano45 46 12
Jake doyle 12 12
chanel 38 12
stoneage 47 12
ramjet 49 12
truchas 48 12
broncos 47 12
mikecortez 46 12
tiffmc 42 12
tanner1 45 12
mamajama 45 12
crazylouie 43 12
zoeygirl 47 12
cajun 47 12
bigdog99 46 12
thomas24 44 12
eblack 42 12
trav 44 12
lamar18 43 12
mcheather 48 12
ollie 39 12
atrain 31 12
texasdeck 26 12
moni 20 12
oldman 18 12
Missali23 52 12
aeverett81 46 12
ajheirtz 48 12
Atbatcat 37 12
benruybal 37 12
bjforkner 20 12
broncfan51 48 12
broncobart 43 12
butterguy 46 12
carriekate 34 12
cas19 45 12
cbef 46 12
dciluffo 48 12
dpgrizzly 37 12
EL GECKO 44 12
erinjlopez 33 12
Maverick 48 12
hmckie 48 12
jcbia 45 12
jimsquires 44 12
kelleyj4 51 12
lamadden 46 12
mgrome 47 12
moreh2o 48 12
odhainey 46 12
pewtergirl 47 12
picklepus 47 12
ag120695 46 12
quasarwes 48 12
crowley 45 12
suealsum 48 12
superextem 31 12
ta26 47 12
tspoon32 46 12
SnapFace 48 12
youngkathy 48 12
Zabkatista 49 12
zman033 41 12
Gridiron Guru 46 11
petershirk 43 11
meyers 47 11
heatmiser 39 11
jwilson 38 11
packerfan 47 11
tlittle 39 11
june 47 11
Hound 47 11
klyons 43 11
ZumaB 45 11
SWITT 50 11
grandma1 40 11
marionl 43 11
sparky 44 11
swami 48 11
esteban 47 11
Geri 563 45 11
delbs 43 11
Gremlins 46 11
jsalchicha 45 11
weese338 37 11
jetsfan 42 11
goober 38 11
harry55 49 11
lester 43 11
taylor 34 11
hmorris 44 11
terry n 47 11
bobster 43 11
tbone 44 11
trooper 39 11
laurakunia 11 11
broncoh8r 46 11
cidx2 46 11
hesperado (1) 49 11
jrarch55 44 11
kslyter 46 11
lordhunter 46 11
lsovocool 49 11
mikerak 19 11
mwanger 44 11
Pat Flores 43 11
rams91 46 11
tarzano 11 11
wildryty 44 11
JoeSmith 10 10
tramirez 42 10
deanob 45 10
glnorton 42 10
wally49 41 10
robrog 47 10
dragracer 42 10
deanna 42 10
jsquires 45 10
simpson 38 10
susanne 44 10
twheeler 41 10
edonelan 47 10
yomama 40 10
netter 47 10
clarkbar 43 10
skibum 49 10
rickb 48 10
antonio 41 10
cardfan 50 10
debbiez 39 10
crisg 40 10
bojangles 44 10
opie 43 10
huckster 48 10
mamat 34 10
shed 42 10
ABC123 40 10
c130 41 10
lisadonela 43 10
jakem 44 10
tucson 28 10
cooter89 39 10
eaglesrgr8 35 10
gdhudson53 44 10
joyceella 38 10
pkabill 44 10
plgone 43 10
rick81326 36 10
rtm79 40 10
sdebelina1 43 10
smouret 46 10
xskunk 41 10
KittyCent 43 9
roylb 43 9
kristalp 46 9
dave 43 9
lbewley 43 9
dpollock 42 9
jlane 35 9
rbarkley 34 9
bemrich 38 9
tomd 32 9
janiceb 41 9
w00dy 45 9
yogibear 32 9
Boogie man 9 9
CC23 27 9
Josie_L 33 9
johnnygood 40 9
steeler75 (3) 41 9
boatie 43 9
reddurango 41 9
crnorton 41 9
denvoo 25 9
quiklikeab 41 9
shupie 41 9
skolmn 45 9
threef504 41 9
xt1ngu1sh 44 9
choker 43 8
jesvigil 38 8
paddy 41 8
john_s 31 8
StephieO 42 8
christinab 30 7
broncosfvr 36 7
DO86 42 7
michmat 35 7
aelliott 43 6
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