Picker of the Week: Goes to DON T. The only prediction picker to go 3/4. The picker of the week. An obvious villian to the blog, and Raiders fan has chosen Oakland to come into mile high city and win. He has also continually been making points not to pick the "fluff" picks, and has not made those picks. But that is not the pickers fault, it is mine, and I am planning an turning this blog into a little more of a competitive game. Look forward to this weeks 3PU. Here you go DON, a video for you:
JONES
1) Denver over Oakland. Closer then the experts think but the Kyle Orton has it going on this week.
Prediction Incorrect. EEP. Kyle Orton did not really have his week, and it is about that time where Denver really begins to show true form. 6-0 last season to start, 8-8 to finish. Ordinary Overrated Orton is Over from Ops the Optimistic.
2) Baltimore over Buffalo. Ravens fly the way to a victory, as in Flacco goes over 250 in passing yards.
Prediction Correct. Here is another prediction that many people made, but Jones made it first, which means he is checking my blog enough to be the first to make his predictions. Who whould have thought, this game would have been so close.
| Browns Win!!! Cleveland Steamers on the house... |
3) New Orleans over Cleveland. Saints get on track early and dont look back even though McCoy starts to shine as a rookie QB looking for fan club. He is no Drew Brees.
Prediction Incorrect. Whoops. Are the Saints done, yes. They had their spotlight and are back to origanal form. Last season was last season, and this season rocks. I am really enjoying all these elite teams, not being elite. They are making sports analysit, writers, and broadcasters look like a bunch of fools, or "Fluffers" as I would say.
UPSET:
Arizona over Seattle. Max Hall doesn't have to play well for the defense takes care of things for him. Hasselback throws 3 picks including one for TD!
Prediction Incorrect. Hasselbeck is finally figuring out how to not through picks, with his newly installed offense. His strategy is to take the sack. Throwing 3 picks is going to happen less and less. I appreciate you trying to ruffle my feathers with this pick, and if my team were 1-5 coming into this week, i would to be predicting a loss to the team first in the same division. Hawks 4-2.
ROGER
1)Washington over Chicago. The Redskins have been in a lot of close games with some good teams this season. The Bears are overrated and will show yet again that they suck. Lets see if Cutler can survive another week.
Prediction Correct: Lovie Smith is offering the highest one year salary to Dante Hall. He would like Hall to play WR for the bears. Hall on defense had 4 rec for over 60 yds with a TD. I wish i had him on my fantasy. Oh, those were actually interceptions, and bears fans must be loving their new direction. Glad to see such a nice prediction. Nice pick...
2)Minnesota over Green Bay. Green bay is missing players left and right. Aaron Rodgers has to carry the load and he cant do it for more than one half. Brett Favre is playing his 119th game at Lambeau Field. This is a Favre type of game and I see him showing up to play.
Prediction Incorrect: Favre sure looked good, on the ground. He was trying so hard. My favorite part was when Percy Harvin caught that End Zone pass and didn't keep his foot in. GB pulled it out in the end, and Aaron Rodgers is getting it down with some missing keys. Oh, Favre is damaging his soul.
3) Seattle dominate weaksauce Arizona. The Seahawks picked up their first road win of the season last week and come home for the debut of beast mode at Qwest Field. Hasselbeck is finding his rhythm with Mike Williams, Deon Butler and John Carlson. Arizona might have negative overall yardage.
Prediction Correct: Man, did M. Williams looks awesome. Matt is getting more comfortable with his recievers. I expect Carlson to begin to show his skills again this next half of the season. Hawks pull off a huge win, and should go into Oakland only getting better. Should be a good game.
| Ed Hochuli would have made the Miami vs Pitt Fumble Right. Too bad. |
Big balls pick of the week: Miami over Pittsburgh. Bill Parcells has left the building but Miami still has a “Tuna Surprise” for the Steelers. Rothlisberger is playing his first road game of the season, which means he is going to be busy harassing local waitresses and not focusing on the game. I am glad he is back because I enjoy watching him get sacked.
Prediction Incorrect: This pick would have made you picker of the week again. Ben Burger fumbled in the end zone late in the 4th, but the call was not overturned due to the camera angles and players not visibly recoverieng the fumble. Too bad, because this was Miami's game.
1) What better way to get this party started than with a cliché homer pick? SEATTLE over ARIZONA. As a Seattle sports fan this is the type of game that scares me s---less. I won’t go on a tirade as it’s not good for my blood pressure but the point is – Seattle franchises have an innate ability to simply fail to show up in big/must win games. Plain and simple. However, insert Max Hall. A road game for an undrafted rookie signal caller in an environment such as Qwest Field? Child please.
Prediction Correct: The cardinals did not have too many false starts. but they were clearly having trouble syncronizing the snap. The Hawks D were all over that, and capitalized on plenty of opprotunities. Orlando Mare had a career game. I bet for Arizona Cardinal fans the ultimate low for them during the game, was when Mare hits a 31 yarder, and it gets called for holding. Then, he hits the 41 yarder, which is called for holidng. So, Mare hits the 51 yarder and keeps his streak going. Mare miss a field goal? Child Please.
2) Since this is my debut I’ll throw up the gimme to get things started on the right foot. BALTIMORE over BUFFALO. Buffalo is horrible. Flacco has a sweet uni-brow (aka “The Raven”). Moving on.
Prediction Correct: These really easy picks are going to be tougher to come by. But, this ended up being a nail biter to the end. Fitzpatrick, is the answer to Buffalo, and if they could just establish a Defense maybe they wouldn't be such a bust of a team. Pittsburgh, New England, and Miami are all in Playoff contention and play the Bills late in the season. Expect the Bills to start pulling some serious upsets against bigger teams.
3) I’ll be a little less conservative on this last one (NO over CLE) but not too reckless. DENVER over OAKLAND. As a Colorado native and having read Raider Nation’s rant from last week I’ve gotta give some love to the Broncos. Al Davis is crazier than DiCaprio in Shutter Island. Seriously.
Prediction Incorrect: This whole prediciton is just wrong. "NO over CLE", DEN over OAK". 59 points. I had McFadden on my bench and he scored me 43 points. Al Davis is crazy like DiCaprio in Shutter Island, but sometimes crazy is the perfect recipe for an inconsistent divsional rivalry.
UPSET:
Favreknuckle rolls into Lambeau Field and does it again. MINNESOTA over GREEN BAY. The Packers are too dinged up on both sides of the ball and the dirty pic textin’, Wrangler wearin’, INT throwin’ ol’ man always shines against his former team. Greg Jennings will post a good day for your FFB team but it won’t be enough. Expect Moss to score but don’t expect him to pull a repeat of the moon job he busted out in 2005.
Prediction Incorrect: You hit the hammer on the nail for most everything you said. Jennings has a great day. Moss does have the touchdown, but acts professional. The announcers even reference the moon job. Favre is over, and nothing like a fake injury to keep him off the field. Michael Jordan called me this week after reading my blog and said, "Man, that Farve needs to retire. He is really making a mistake, trying to squeeze in these extra years." Aaron Rodgers is the real deal. He is a class act, and a winner.
1) Baltimore over Buffalo. This is really a no brainer because Buffalo sucks...
Prediction Correct: Glad you didn't use your brain for this pick. Good thing you were right, but barely right. Johnson, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself.
2) New Orleans over Cleveland. Colt McCoy as an NFL starting QB is laughable at best. The opportunistic Saints D will outscore Clevelands offense by themselves.
Prediction Incorrect: This is a nice shot to your own foot. Drew Brees is just gonna need to figure out how to get things going. But the Saints are not going to ever get back to what they were last season. Cleveland is getting better. They only have a rushing game, McCoy wasn't anything spectial. Either was manning though, in his first season.
3) Seattle over Arizona. Qwest field is a tough place to play for veteran QB's like SD's Philip Rivers. Toss a no talent rookie like Max Hall into the Thunderdome and the outcome won't be pretty. Seahawks roll to 4-2 by way of 15 false start/ delay of game penalties against AZ.
Prediction Correct: Need more to be said. YES? OKay then. Okung is really good. It sucks he got hurt, and Jeremy Bates pretty much, decided the not run the football following that injury. We had too many red zone situations that ended with just 3 points. 1st and Goal on the 5 and we pass three times and kick a field goal. Lets hope we can get that running game without Okung next week.
Upset Special!!!
| Your picks are as cute as this dog. Go to your room. |
St Louis over Tampa Bay. Sam Bradford is coming into his own and the Bucs can't stop anyone! Steven Jackson (Another Predator lookalike) Is still one of the best players in the game and will expose Tampa's soft run defense. Rams over Bucs by a TD.
Prediction Incorrect: I wish i could have watched that game, and I bet you are somewhat excited to be wrong. The Rams lost a winnable game, as well as the 49ers. One of the best feelings a fan can have is beating a divisional rival as well as having the rest of the division fall.
JEREMY
1. My first pick won’t be Baltimore winning over Buffalo. It will be them dominating. My prediction is that they will not only win but they will cover the 13 point spread. Sorry Bills fans but you are better off watching college football to determine who you would like to pick as the number 1 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.
Prediction Incorrect, and the only person to choose the Ravens to win but by more then 13. Whoops. It is all good, it is the only prediction that had some challenge in this match up. Even though you were incorrect, you still can hang onto your dignity in my sports world.
| This is someone who knows how to make wise decisions. |
2. Tennessee over Philly. This game will come down to the wire. I think that this will be an awesome game but Chris Johnson will end up being too much for Philly to handle. Ten defense will frustrate Kolb, especially if he doesn’t have Jackson and they will control the Time of Possession with their ground game.
Prediction Correct: Great Pick. This is a risky pick, because of these teams it can be extremely unpredictable to see who shows up. Replace Chris Johnson with Kenny Britt, and you would have sounded like a genius.
3. Seattle Over Arizona. This one won’t even be close. The Seahawks new awesome pass rush and the 12th man will confuse and frustrate rookie QB Max Hall all day. ET will phone a Hall pass home this week. AZ will have no running game against the number 2 ranked rushing defense in the NFL. Offensively for the Hawks, will be in BEAST MODE and we will see Mike Williams get his first TD of the year. (Maybe a one handed grab in the back of the end zone like at USC). Welcome to the rainy city Zona and the noise of the 12th MAN.
Prediction Correct: Hall looked horrible, Williams did get his first TD, and Zona had struggles with the twelve man and there horrible silent snap count. Arizona did show a stronger running game than expected. With Mebane back practicing, I think we will again be back with a strong Running Game.
Upset Alert : Dallas over New York Giants
Dallas is in a must win situation. They are on Monday night football and playing at home. They looked better while still losing last week in Minn. I really believe if Wade Phillips wants to keep his job they have to win this game. Jerry Jones can say to the media that Wade is not in trouble of losing it. But we all know Jones, Wade losses he will be out in Big D.
Prediction Incorrect: I cannot wait to see what happens to Phillips. Jerry Jones spends all this money, campaigns for the Hosting the Superbowl, and his team goes 1-5. Bitter Sweet.
DON - Lets Talk "Fluffers". You bring up good points Don. I think people are focused on maintaining a winning average record, and have trouble picking the for sure picks. I am going to come up with a points system, where I value the games and the tougher games will be worth more points and the no brainers are worth the minimum. Should be fun. I will not be making anymore picks, but I will Value the games on my odds and not what anyone else thinks. This should make the people making the bigger picks get more out of it. Oh, and nobody is getting scored this week, and next week our season will begin.
1) New England will travel across the country to kick San Diegos ass. Hard, and SD is favored, but that's not my upset.
Prediction Correct - I said last week that I would not pick SD to win another game, because they have screwed me numerous times, and I still pick them. Sometimes I look at the my previous thoughts and actions, and just want to slam my face into a wall. The patriots took care of the first 3 quarters, and SD got it going in the 4th but it was just too much. Pats move on.
2)Atlanta is going to beat Cinci. I might even play Matt Ryan in fantasy this week to jinx him and make the game closer.
Prediction Correct - Instead of playing Ryan for the Jinx, you started Orton and the Raiders really took care of him. Lets see what happens this Sunday. I am looking forward to the game. Atlanta and Cinci really had a good game, and it looks like the Dirty Birds are enjoying their time on top.
3)The Buccaneers are going to lose to the Rams at home. Sam Bradford is a stud in the making.
Prediction Incorrect - The Bucs are playing very decent. We have this feeling about teams that just suck, and they don't so much anymore. The Rams, Bucs, Browns, and Lions are playing good football, despite their records. It has gotten to a point were they can not be underestimated.
Upset pick-
Who else? Oakland takes it to the mile high city and beats Denver.
| Give it to em Oakland!!! |
Prediction Correct - Oakland Rolls over Denver. They took care of the football. The Defense came to play. One thing that I continue to see, are divisional underdogs beating the snot out of the other team. I am happy Oakland won, because this is going to make the Seattle @ Oakland game on Halloween, that much more exciting. Since I have known you don, the Raiders have blown Chunks, and this is the first time that they are playing decent, and with a shot for more than an early 1st round pick. Enjoy it, I might see you on Sunday.
CHOATE
1. Seattle over Arizona. Just like everyone else, I HAD to pick our hoemtown team, especially at home. With a monumental win on the road last week (first outside the division since 2007??), Seattle takes the momentum home and dominates the Cards by at least 10 points.
Prediction Correct - Welcome Choate, good to have you hear. Everyone picks their team to win on their first week of predictions, and doesn't it just feel good to be so sure that the Hawks are going to roll up the Cardinals, and be right? Oh yeah, we have weapons now. We have a D-Line that is dominating, backed up with an experience fiece set of LB's, supported by Raw talented fearless rookie DB's making minimal mistakes and capitalizing on turnovers. Oh man am I getting pumped up. Keep em coming.
2. New England over San Diego. I know SD is favored here, but c'mon....no Gates, no Floyd, and possibly no Naanee = no win. Phillip Rivers may put up yards, but won't score a whole lot without his 3 top targets. And I hate NE.
Prediction Correct - As discussed earlier, SD just wasn't there until the end. Rivers did put up good numbers, Gates did play, and had a TD, but it just wasn't enough. The Charges and the Cowboys blow, and I am simmering in joy.
| AP looking good for the Camera |
3. Minnesota over Green Bay. Favre is going through another scandal/personal problem which means he's poised to put up like 400 yards and a few TD's again, right? Maybe not, but with Harvin finally breaking out last week, and Moss able to catch any toss-up, Favre may start smiling more this week.
Prediction Incorrect - Favre blew, and is now injured and won't play. I wonder how Jackson is going to look taking over the Vikes. This is why I love the NFL so much, everything moves around so quickly, great teams struggle and struggling teams get through the tough ones.
My upset pick:
Cincinnati over Atlanta. T.O. has been behaving and performing well for Cincy the last 2 games and Ochocinco is DUE for a breakout game after being held in check most of the season. He sent the Atlanta Defense all Mad Chad t-shirts this past week and he will come out mad as hell. He scores at least once.
Prediction Incorrect - I also picked this as my upset. TO is on my Fantasy, and he is sure helping me come back. OCHO did have a good game, but it just wasn't enough to get through it. Poor CINCY, they are really going to have trouble even getting a wildcard, being in such a tough division. I think that they have had they're chance these past few years and it is about to move another direction. They had better step it up.
PETE
(1) New Orleans over Cleveland. The Saints are talented and struggling, the Browns are absolutely abyslam, and the game is in NO---should be a comfortable win for Brees and Bush (no?) and Julius Jones.
Prediction Incorrect - Nice pick. TOO bad for you. Brees is not doing to good right now, and lets hope he figures it out before he plays the Hawks @ NO. Earl Thomas will be all over him. If you haven't seen my Nerd Rage Mondays this week, check out the last video, it will make you feel much better about the pick you made here.
(2) Ravens over Bills: Ray Rice and Joe Flaccid, who should stay out of trouble and wear down a sickeningly bad team.
Prediction Correct: Joe Flaccid took a viagra and gave it to Rice. Tough loss for the Bills, maybe they should move to LA.
(3) I've taken advantage of two easy matchups, so I think I should go out on a limb: Adrian Peterson will be held under 90 rushing yards against Green Bay. I can't justify this intellectually, because he should get 25 carries, but fuck him, it's gonna happen.
Prediction Incorrect: 28 carries for 138 yds. I like that you couldn't justify it, but that is why this is so much fun. Sometimes you have to just go on your gut, but your gut was not right. AP is playing amazing, he is taking care of the football and just a menace, too bad old man river can't do anything good for the team, and only one bad thing, show up.
| Tough time for Mr Smith |
(Upset): Carolina over SF. Two mongoloids trying to hump a doorknob, but there happens to be two excellent RBs on Carolina, and Matt Moore will make a triumphant return not fucking up to beat another terrible team.
Prediction Correct: Not much of an upset, but It is correct. Maybe, just maybe we can have a special moment for these guys just like the Seattle HS had a special moment with this special guy.
BRUCE
1). Dallas will be 1-5. Writing that sentence down just feels great. There are just too many Dallas fans in this world and they need to feel just how I have felt the last two seasons as a dedicated Hawk fan. What defines a dedicated fan, you say? A dedicated fan will defend their team, when up against all odds. A dedicated fan looks forward to the each and every season, regardless of the previous season. A dedicated fan can not be bought, especially when playing Fantasy (sit your divisional rivaled players when playing your team).
Prediction correct - And man does it feel good. I have to find some nerd rage about the Cowboys. Lets see them hang in their, I am sure they will begin to fight to go to Houston Games.
2.) Cincinnati over Atlanta. The Bengals are up against a really good team. They are coming off a bye week, and I think will be looking sharp. Bengals offense should get things done, and I expect 85 and 81 to put their Jersey numbers together and get receiving yards within that reach.
Prediction Incorrect - This was a close game, and too bad I am incorrect, taking me further away from ever being picker of the week. Ocho and TO put up like 30 more yds then what I predicted but they made it within that reach.
3.) Seattle take 1st place in the Division. For me, this pick is like picking Baltimore to beat Buffalo. Seattle is just going to look that good. Yeah, Arizona has had an extra week to prepare for us, but Max Hall is no Kurt Warner, yet. He has a lot to prove, and will not be able to do it for his 9th quarter in the NFL at Quest. Sorry buddy, you lose.
Prediction Correct - I think Max Hall will show us a cool magic trick, where he will vanish into thin air from the NFL. I expect that. Seattle won a winnable game. Good work.
Upset.) This is really tough one to pick this week. I am picking SD to beat the Patriots. To me, this is an upset. SD is 2-4 and NE is 4-1. Vegas odds have SD favored, but to me, the Patriots are one of the few Elite teams playing. SD might be without Gates and Floyd, but rivers still may put up good numbers and win this barely.
Prediction Incorrect - SD blows, and I love it. I say I am though picking SD to win, but I have a feeling that they are going to start winning some games, but like it all of their games this season, it will be just too late.
Ops the Optimistic Over and Out
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