Man, being without regular tv or internet access has left me completely out of the loop regarding football. It's such a wierd, disconnected feeling. Still, I'm saddened that my first contact with football for the week is to turn on ESPN and find wall to wall coverage of the TO situation. I mean, sad situation and all, depending on what the truth is, but is he really that big of a story? It's certainly noteworthy, but I feel it's being blown way out of proportion.
Anyway, I'm going to throw my hat into the prognostication ring, even though I have extremely limited knowledge to work with. I figure half informed (or less) guesswork is as likely to work as anything.
Indianapolis at NY Jets - Probably letting my dislike for all things Manning get in the way here, but I do have an odd feeling about this game.
New Orleans at Carolina - Don't buy NO being as good as their record says or Carolina as bad as their record. Minnesota at Buffalo - I look at Minnesota as being slightly less (or maybe it should be more) mediocre than Buffalo.
Arizona at Atlanta - I don't like Warner or Lienart, so this is an easy pick.
San Diego at Baltimore - I think Rivers comes down to earth a bit against Baltimore's defense.
Miami at Houston - It's a shame these two have to play, otherwise we might see two teams go 0 for the season.
San Francisco at Kansas City - I refuse to accept SF as anything other than one of the three worst teams in the league. Dallas at Tennessee - Despite the whole TO situation, I can't see Tennessee doing anything unless they happen to start Volek sometime. 0-16 candidate #3.
Detroit at St. Louis - Our fourth 0-16 candidate emerges. Jacksonville at Washington - Even with Portis back and healthy, I can't overlook the fact that Mark Brunell is still the starter at QB. Cleveland at Oakland - There's never even been one 0-16 team, and yet here we are with 5 teams that have legitimate chances at reaching that mark.
New England at Cincinnati - Who dey?!
Seattle at Chicago - No Alexander cements a game that otherwise would've been a toss up.
Green Bay at Philadelphia - Don't care what the stats say, I still think Favre's success so far is a charade.
I read this article and squeeled with glee, but I was mislead; Apparently it's a big deal that Alexander can jump around in Holmgren's office on his "broken" foot. He's shouldn't play. They saw a crack, he's just trying to convince his coach that he feels fine because he wants to play so bad. I mean, when you're the reigning MVP, you don't wanna go out 18th in the league in rushing three games into the season.
Unfortunately, I think even if the re-scans come back showing the same damn thing, Holmgren might play him. Have you ever seen Friday Night Lights? You know that one scene where Boobie Miles convinces his coach to play him after he fucks up his leg? And then proceeds to get his shit ruined, ending his playing career for good? I can't stop thinking about it.
Well if Alexander can play as good or as hard as usual why not play him? And at the very least this messes up the bears prep, you don't know who will suit up now.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Auburn-South Carolina was surprisingly competetive, and fun to watch. Is South Carolina really good, was it the home-team advantage, or is Auburn not as good as everyone thinks they are?
And this weekend's college games on TV suck. I'll watch Notre Dame-Purdue to see if the Irish have another loss in them... probably not this Saturday.
Indianapolis at NY Jets
New Orleans at Carolina
Minnesota at Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta San Diego at Baltimore Miami at Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis Jacksonville at Washington Cleveland at Oakland
New England at Cincinnati
Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
And seriously, it would be a little bit better if in the future whoever posted the weekend's matchups first didn't bold them, just left them for the rest of us to bold. I had to both delete and then bold myself to make this post. Just make a clean match-up post, then reply to it with your bolded picks.
I made an ill-advised avy bet on my regular sports board, and I'm currently rocking Jeremiah Trotter for now and the next three weeks because of my over-confidence in SF. It's not necessarily I thought SF was that great, I just didn't think the Eagles were that good.
Either way, I figured I had to pick the same as my bet, even if it was based largely on shit-talking, but now that's over, I can see a little clearer now. Jeremiah Trotter is showing me the way with every post I make.
Indianapolis at NY Jets
New Orleans at Carolina Minnesota at Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta
San Diego at Baltimore Miami at Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis Jacksonville at Washington Cleveland at Oakland
New England at Cincinnati
Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
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Indianapolis at NY Jets
New Orleans at Carolina
Minnesota at Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta San Diego at Baltimore Miami at Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis Jacksonville at Washington Cleveland at Oakland
New England at Cincinnati
Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
And seriously, it would be a little bit better if in the future whoever posted the weekend's matchups first didn't bold them, just left them for the rest of us to bold. I had to both delete and then bold myself to make this post. Just make a clean match-up post, then reply to it with your bolded picks.
I mean, that's just my opinion anyway.
It's very simple. Copy the picks, paste them into your reply. That'll remove the tags.
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Indianapolis at NY Jets New Orleans at Carolina
Minnesota at Buffalo Arizona at Atlanta
San Diego at Baltimore
Miami at Houston San Francisco at Kansas City Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis Jacksonville at Washington Cleveland at Oakland
New England at Cincinnati
Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
I think this thread should divide... have a week _ college one, and a week 4 NFL one...just to keep this simpler... hell, have a week _ CFL one too! just a thought...
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I think this thread should divide... have a week _ college one, and a week 4 NFL one...just to keep this simpler... hell, have a week _ CFL one too! just a thought...
Meh -- I wouldn't pick college games, and are you aware of how many go on each weekend? Maybe you're joking and I missed it, but I'm not fucking with anything besides the NFL.
I mean for discussion...yeah...maybe if we did top 25 teams...but all of them....damn, who knows anything about Marshall University here otherthan me? Most picks (if we did all DIV I games) would be random guesses, lol...
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Dignan: On the run from Johnny Law... ain't no trip to Cleveland. They'll never catch me... because I'm fucking innocent.
Oh man. Deja vu for Michigan State. Like Ohio State last year, Notre Dame has beaten them (at least) twice this year.
As for the NFL...
Week 4 (PA 2):
Indianapolis at NY Jets
New Orleans at Carolina Minnesota at Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta San Diego at Baltimore
Miami at Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis Jacksonville at Washington Cleveland at Oakland New England at Cincinnati (being a Bengals fan for 18 of my 25 years has made me the eternal pessimist when it comes to this team. And "should win" games against teams like New England scare me.) Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
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edited September 2006
Looks like Vince Young's time is now. I hope he does all right.
Looks like Vince Young's time is now. I hope he does all right.
Should have been three weeks ago. I still don't see how he can fail. His Rose Bowl performance is the most amazing individual performance I've ever seen on a football field.
Looks like Vince Young's time is now. I hope he does all right.
Should have been three weeks ago. I still don't see how he can fail. His Rose Bowl performance is the most amazing individual performance I've ever seen on a football field.
Yes!
I will have more reasons to watch tomorrow's game, now, than Glenn and Dallas's D's fantasy numbers.
Looks like Vince Young's time is now. I hope he does all right.
Should have been three weeks ago. I still don't see how he can fail. His Rose Bowl performance is the most amazing individual performance I've ever seen on a football field.
Yes!
I will have more reasons to watch tomorrow's game, now, than Glenn and Dallas's D's fantasy numbers.
I wish I had a chance to watch it. I really do hope he excels, although I suppose that will make so many Houston fans explode in a rage or something.
Looks like Vince Young's time is now. I hope he does all right.
Should have been three weeks ago. I still don't see how he can fail. His Rose Bowl performance is the most amazing individual performance I've ever seen on a football field.
Yes!
I will have more reasons to watch tomorrow's game, now, than Glenn and Dallas's D's fantasy numbers.
I wish I had a chance to watch it. I really do hope he excels, although I suppose that will make so many Houston fans explode in a rage or something.
You mean Mario Williams' ineptitude isn't already doing so?
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edited October 2006
It's worse when he's in a press conference after the game talking about how he was being double and triple teamed all the time. Oh well, he may still turn out to not suck farther on down the road. I don't understand why the Texans are so fucking stupid about drafting. They've had like 4 years to figure out they need to bolster the offensive line. And the very first pick of the expansion draft was a fucking O-lineman that had just had surgery on both shoulders, of course he never set foot on the field for them.
The Texans still don't feel like my team to me. I just haven't built up enough of an emotional investment in them. I still follow the Titans/Oilers out of habit.
You know, one thing that gets overlooked in all the Texans' suckitude is the fact that Carr has been playing very, very well.
A lot of the fans here have turned on him early. I'm not sure why. He's always struck me as physically gifted, but with zero chance to succeed due to the talent around him.
Also, he's had some really egregious mistakes so far this season, even if they haven't shown up in his QB rating, liked dropped snaps and such. That might have been partially the fault of the backup center. He's also thrown some nice passes.
Anyway, maybe the Texans will beat Miami tomorrow. That would be awesome, even though Miami is my FF defense.
I've always liked Carr as a QB, he just doesn't get a lot of help from his team. And one day Houston will realize that they need an offensive line if they are ever gonna win games.
Man, I'm actually excited about the game. I don't remember the last time I was excited to see the Titans play.
I don't think it's going to be on the air on my coast (I'm pretty sure I'll be watching SEA v. CHI, which is still a good game) but I would LOVE to see VY play. I'mma be checking the game online the whole time (nfl.com does a pretty nice live update feature, I've discovered).
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edited October 2006
Whoo, football. I hope the Texans give me something interesting to watch, otherwise I'll be fucked by the blackout rules yet again.
Vince Young had a good starting performance. And by good starting performance I don't mean a terrible game. He made some bad decisions, but he was playing a lot better toward the end of the first half and then end of the game than he was in the beginning. Too bad he had to start against a really good defense. He didn't do well on the designed run they had for him, but when he was just scrambling to get out of a bad situation, he was great. And for the most part, I think he prefered to just stay in the pocket and throw it. The Titans' defense just showed up for the opening drive, though, and didn't give him much help.
After seeing the Giants get butt-raped by Seattle last week, I came away thinking that the nothing was going to stop the Seahawks offense. (Alexander's injury, notwithstanding.)
Boy, was I so very wrong. That Bears defense............*shivers in fear* Urlacher is one scary motherfucker.
You know what's old, every player has to do a pose or a dance after just about every play. It loses it point after seeing 15 times in one quarter. It really isn't a big deal that they got a tackle(or whatever), I mean they are getting paid a few thousand dollars to do THEIR JOB. If I started pointing to my muscles everytime I did my job people would think I was a bit odd. Though it would be funny to see a kicker do some sort of pose after he lands a punt into a corner. Either way, you should introduce that aspect more into your life and do a celebration everytime you do something at work.
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Anyway, I'm going to throw my hat into the prognostication ring, even though I have extremely limited knowledge to work with. I figure half informed (or less) guesswork is as likely to work as anything.
Indianapolis at NY Jets - Probably letting my dislike for all things Manning get in the way here, but I do have an odd feeling about this game.
New Orleans at Carolina - Don't buy NO being as good as their record says or Carolina as bad as their record.
Minnesota at Buffalo - I look at Minnesota as being slightly less (or maybe it should be more) mediocre than Buffalo.
Arizona at Atlanta - I don't like Warner or Lienart, so this is an easy pick.
San Diego at Baltimore - I think Rivers comes down to earth a bit against Baltimore's defense.
Miami at Houston - It's a shame these two have to play, otherwise we might see two teams go 0 for the season.
San Francisco at Kansas City - I refuse to accept SF as anything other than one of the three worst teams in the league.
Dallas at Tennessee - Despite the whole TO situation, I can't see Tennessee doing anything unless they happen to start Volek sometime. 0-16 candidate #3.
Detroit at St. Louis - Our fourth 0-16 candidate emerges.
Jacksonville at Washington - Even with Portis back and healthy, I can't overlook the fact that Mark Brunell is still the starter at QB.
Cleveland at Oakland - There's never even been one 0-16 team, and yet here we are with 5 teams that have legitimate chances at reaching that mark.
New England at Cincinnati - Who dey?!
Seattle at Chicago - No Alexander cements a game that otherwise would've been a toss up.
Green Bay at Philadelphia - Don't care what the stats say, I still think Favre's success so far is a charade.
I read this article and squeeled with glee, but I was mislead; Apparently it's a big deal that Alexander can jump around in Holmgren's office on his "broken" foot. He's shouldn't play. They saw a crack, he's just trying to convince his coach that he feels fine because he wants to play so bad. I mean, when you're the reigning MVP, you don't wanna go out 18th in the league in rushing three games into the season.
Unfortunately, I think even if the re-scans come back showing the same damn thing, Holmgren might play him. Have you ever seen Friday Night Lights? You know that one scene where Boobie Miles convinces his coach to play him after he fucks up his leg? And then proceeds to get his shit ruined, ending his playing career for good? I can't stop thinking about it.
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Haha, nevermind.
That was silly.
And this weekend's college games on TV suck. I'll watch Notre Dame-Purdue to see if the Irish have another loss in them... probably not this Saturday.
Ohio State - Iowa should be a good game, though as a Buckeye's fan I can't say I see much chance of an upset.
Indianapolis at NY Jets
New Orleans at Carolina
Minnesota at Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta
San Diego at Baltimore
Miami at Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City
Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis
Jacksonville at Washington
Cleveland at Oakland
New England at Cincinnati
Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
And seriously, it would be a little bit better if in the future whoever posted the weekend's matchups first didn't bold them, just left them for the rest of us to bold. I had to both delete and then bold myself to make this post. Just make a clean match-up post, then reply to it with your bolded picks.
I mean, that's just my opinion anyway.
Oh, and it's nice to see you off San Francisco.
Either way, I figured I had to pick the same as my bet, even if it was based largely on shit-talking, but now that's over, I can see a little clearer now. Jeremiah Trotter is showing me the way with every post I make.
New Orleans at Carolina
Minnesota at Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta
San Diego at Baltimore
Miami at Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City
Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis
Jacksonville at Washington
Cleveland at Oakland
New England at Cincinnati
Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
Indianapolis at NY Jets
New Orleans at Carolina
Minnesota at Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta
San Diego at Baltimore
Miami at Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City
Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis
Jacksonville at Washington
Cleveland at Oakland
New England at Cincinnati
Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
I think this thread should divide... have a week _ college one, and a week 4 NFL one...just to keep this simpler... hell, have a week _ CFL one too! just a thought...
As for the NFL...
Week 4 (PA 2):
Indianapolis at NY Jets
New Orleans at Carolina
Minnesota at Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta
San Diego at Baltimore
Miami at Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City
Dallas at Tennessee
Detroit at St. Louis
Jacksonville at Washington
Cleveland at Oakland
New England at Cincinnati (being a Bengals fan for 18 of my 25 years has made me the eternal pessimist when it comes to this team. And "should win" games against teams like New England scare me.)
Seattle at Chicago
Green Bay at Philadelphia
I will have more reasons to watch tomorrow's game, now, than Glenn and Dallas's D's fantasy numbers.
The Texans still don't feel like my team to me. I just haven't built up enough of an emotional investment in them. I still follow the Titans/Oilers out of habit.
Also, he's had some really egregious mistakes so far this season, even if they haven't shown up in his QB rating, liked dropped snaps and such. That might have been partially the fault of the backup center. He's also thrown some nice passes.
Anyway, maybe the Texans will beat Miami tomorrow. That would be awesome, even though Miami is my FF defense.
Does Cincinnati even have a line anymore?
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Vince Young had a good starting performance. And by good starting performance I don't mean a terrible game. He made some bad decisions, but he was playing a lot better toward the end of the first half and then end of the game than he was in the beginning. Too bad he had to start against a really good defense. He didn't do well on the designed run they had for him, but when he was just scrambling to get out of a bad situation, he was great. And for the most part, I think he prefered to just stay in the pocket and throw it. The Titans' defense just showed up for the opening drive, though, and didn't give him much help.
It reminded me what I love and hate about the american game, the stategy and the stupidly agressive do-or-die dying seconds football.
And the slight rule technicallity meaning that even though the defence fouled the reciever, it wasn't a foul and they won the game. Great stuff.
In all seriousness, i'm looking forward to immersing myself in NASCAR and NFL. Godbless Cable Television.
Boy, was I so very wrong. That Bears defense............*shivers in fear* Urlacher is one scary motherfucker.
*points to his biceps then breaks into the robot*