2024 NFL Pick Em Confidence Pools Strategy & Advice: Week 14 Predictions

UPDATED: Friday, Dec. 6 at 5:15pm ET

And just like that, it’s NFL Week 14 and it’s time to make those picks for our 2024 NFL Pick Em Confidence Pools.

The week kicks off in style on Thursday Night Football with a fantastic NFC North battle as the division-leading Detroit Lions host Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers. These teams met back in Week 9 where the Lions won 24-14.

Neither quarterback played particularly well, but with Las Vegas setting the game total at 51.5 this time around, three points higher than it was back then, we’re all expecting some fireworks in this rematch. How does that affect our NFL Week 14 confidence pool picks? You’ll just have to keep reading.

2024 NFL Pick Em Confidence Pools Strategy For Week 14

As we’ve discussed in these pages in weeks past, the general confidence pool advice and strategy is relatively the same from here on out. Where you are in your overall standings of your 2024 NFL Pick Em Confidence pool is what matters most. If you are near the top of your standings, my standard confidence pool advice is to simply lean into the chalk. 

We continue to see a lot of favorites walk away with the win over the past few weeks, so keep your place in the standings and lean into it. If you find yourself in the middle of the pack, you’re going to have to continue taking some chances now if and only if you feel like you can move up and finish in the money. Be honest with yourself. Be objective. The time for hoping and wishing is gone. It’s Week 14 after all. 

If you truly think you can move into the money, maybe increase the confidence level of some of the less-chalky picks and see if you can move up. If you don’t think so, then keep reading as we can alter our strategy. If you’re at the bottom, you should have checked your 2024 NFL Pick Em Confidence pool rules to see if there is a second-half prize or even a weekly payout to chase. 

With everyone near the top leaning into the chalk, your chances of moving that far up are probably pretty slim.  If you can steal a weekly payout or two over the next few weeks, chances are you can finish the season in the black. If there is no weekly payout, then use these final few weeks to practice and see what changes in your process are potentially needed.

NFL Pick Em Confidence Pools Advice

There is really not much more to add to my current confidence pool advice other than what you just read. 

At the top, you want to wait for some real good games to try and make a move with a contrarian pick. In the middle, it’s about adjusting your confidence levels on some picks that could go either way – maybe games like the Jets/Dolphins or Seahawks/Cardinals, for example. Or even the Saints/Giants where I’m looking at a potential upset.

If you don’t think you can finish top-10 then it’s time to look for other ways to make money off the pool. Most have a weekly payout, so lean into it. Here are my picks for Week 14 of your 2024 NFL Pick Em Confidence pools.

NFL Week 14 Confidence Pools Expert Picks

**changed pick from Giants to Saints due to returning offensive line players for New Orleans and more injuries on the Giants defense.