Pigskin Prognosticating: Take A Stab At Picking NFL Winners Week By Week
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“Hit, Hustle, Believe.” A phrase I read on a tattered tee on one of the coaches for the Joppatowne-Edgewood Recreation Football team. Hit. Hustle. Believe. If only it were that simple.
Through the eyes of Ravens’ fans we have only one of those resources available to us: Believe. Sure we can hit Steelers fans with our venomous words and we can hustle with vigor through our chants to Baltimore’s pride, Dee-Fense (clap, clap); De-Fense (Clap, clap) but to believe?
Yeap. That’s what we’ve got to try and wrap are arms around. Believe that our rookie quarterback from Delaware, Flacco is going to trigger some offensive explosion? Who is this Todd Bowman anyway since Boller is out and Smith is well…skinny and still ailing (get better Troy!)? How long can we bank on Stover as our only gem on the scoreboard? Are we to Believe that our secondary is healthy and it’s game on for them? Where is Ed Reed? Are we to Believe that our new young coach John Harbaugh, who ran a hard-hitting camp compared to Billick, is going to work miracles and orchestrate a winning record? Believe that our o ffensive line has regained its’ footing without our very first draft pick J.O?
Sheesh! That is a lot to ask even from the most ardent fans. Hopefully we can at least enjoy our growing pains as we watch the football fates unravel. So with things looking somewhat gloomy, we always have one thing that can get us by. What is that?
Well, we can always take pride in our trash-talking. And I mean the good, clean kind. Who doesn’t like lambasting the Steelers (Carlin, Adam it is on…any other Steeler fans want to go?)
Welcome to Pigskin Prophesy, Daggerstyle. This will be an interactive forum to ta lk up the local homers and talk “down” to the scabs. In addition, I’m going to take out my mystical crystal ball laced with deep purple and take a stab at picking winners. All of them. I hope you’ll join me.
In spite of what you might think, there is no science, and often-times no reasoning behind picking football winners. No football team is ever guaranteed to bring home the win. Remember the recent SuperBowl? You don’t have to devote ten plus hours a week on getting into Tom Brady’s psyche or studying the lines. In fact, I strongly encourage you NOT to pay any attention, it’ll be more fun for everyone else that way. Go with your instincts.
So, if you think you’ve got the BALLS, please join me. At the end of the season, the person with the most wins, wins. You will be crowned King or Queen of=2 0Dagger’s inaugural Pigskin Prophesy.
Rules, no rules. Pick one game, pick all games. Play every week, play when you want. Obviously you’ll have a better shot at bringing home the crown the more you participate. Bring your smash-mouth game all the time though, play or not.
FYI: It’s never too late to join in on the fun. Don’t be shy…football gods are open and loving to both Democrats and Republicans.
Leave you picks in the comment section, and we will tally up the leaders each week.
Week 2
Sunday, Sep. 14
Buffalo at Jacksonville
Chicago at Carolina
Tennessee at Cincinnati
New Orleans at Washington
Green Bay at Detroit
N.Y. Giants at St. Louis
Oakland at Kansas City
Indianapolis at Minnesota
San Francisco at Seattle
Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Miami at Arizona
New England at N.Y. Jets
San Diego at Denver
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Monday, Sep. 15
Philadelphia at Dallas
Baltimore at Houston
I will step up first. Here are my picks:
N.Y. Giants
Buffalo
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Houston
Jacksonville
New Orleans
New England
N.Y. Jets
Arizona
San Diego
Dallas
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Oakland
I’ll have to be a bit of a contrarian to stay ahead of Steve, so here goes:
Giants
Seattle
Atlanta
Baltimore (Final score 10-7)
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
New England
Miami (am I NUTS???!!!)
San Francisco
San Diego
Indianapolis
Minnesota
Denver
AND THE LEAD PIPE LOCK OF THE WEEK: Cleveland over Dallas!!
Nice one Dell! At least someone believes around here. I am posting my Friday- I’ve got some catching up to do on my research. As if.
So you’re not going to give us a pick for tonight’s game Molly?
Whoops! I hate Thursday games.
Any time I have a chance to pick against the lowly Redskins, hell yeah, I am taking it…New York Football Giants, The deadskins are my second most fave team to root against.
Anyone ever go to Washington’s Stadium? I’ve been there once and it was a joke!
I had occasion to be in the RalJon area for a week last winter, taking a class. The class sponsor advised us the best place to stay in the area was “as far away from the area as you can.”
We stayed in Bowie.
From Neil- (as told to Molly)
“Are you kidding me? The Deadskins suck and have the ugliest uniforms ever.”
Giants all the way.
Here’s my picks:
N.Y. Giants
Seattle
Detroit
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
New Orleans
New England
N.Y. Jets
Arizona
San Diego
Dallas
Indianapolis
Minnesota
Denver
Giants
Lions
Bengals
Seahawks
Jets
Patriots
Saints
Eagles
Steelers
Jaguars
Cowboys
Chargers
Cardinals
Colts
Vikings
Broncos
I was positive that watching some football last night would allow me to stay jazzed up long after the final gun, primed to watch the big speech by John McCain.
Unfortuately for me, it was a snorefest after halftime! Is it just me, or did that look like another preseason game?
The (Dead)Skins looked flat, Campbell looked like a rookie who had never taken a snap.
So much for worrying about how the Giants’ D-Line would react to the loss of Umenyiora for the year. They were the sharpest unit on the field.
Giants
Lions
Bengals
Bills
Jets
Patriots
Saints
Eagles
Steelers
Jaguars
Cowboys
Chargers
Cardinals
Colts
Packers
Broncos
Oh what the heck, bragging rights aside, I’ll take a stab:
Seattle
Detroit
Baltimore (wishful thinking, rookie QB, throw caution to the wind)
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
New Orleans
New England
Miami (stranger things have happened and it’s a new season)
Arizona
San Diego
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Minnesota
Denver
15 yard penalties on Adam and Brian for picking the Giants/Skins game after the game was played!
Leave it to a Steelers’ fan (Adam) to try and cheat his way to a win.
DOH!
Steelers Fan?! Oh my stars and garters!
As penance, Adam shall henceforth be required to post under the monniker “Steely McBeam!”
Any bets on whether or not the Ravens brass is picking Willie Anderson’s brain about the Bengals’ playbook right about now?
I’ve got 2 days of feeling perfect at 1-0, baby! The NFL is a head-scratcher.
Here we go:
Seattle
Detroit
RAVENS (Puh-lease! Ocho Cinco go home) I’m a homer through thick and thin!!!
PHilly
Houston (just cuz)
Jax
New Orleans
NE
NYJ
Ariz
SD
Cleve
Indy
Minn
Den
NYG
CIN
PHIL
PITT
JAX
NO
NE
NYJ
ARIZ
SD
DAL
IND
MIN
DEN
BALT
NYJ
NE
PITT
JACK
DET
BUF
NO
PHILLY
DAL
SD
ARIZ
INDY
MINN
DEN
Balt
NYJ
NE
Pitt
Tenn
Atl
Buf
TB
St. L
Dall
Car
SF
Chic
GB
Den
bengals and ocho pound those ravens
jets
tenn
buffalo (oh yea)
tampa
rams
dallas
san dog
indy
oakland
CINCY
DETROIT
SEATTLE
JETS
NE
NO
PHILLY
PITT
TENN
DALLAS
SD
ARIZ
INDY
G BAY
DENVER
I’m testing a formula for making my picks. No idea how it will turn out, but Molly says I need to get in on the action, so here goes:
Buffalo
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Tennessee
Tampa Bay
Kansas City
NY Jets
San Fran
Carolina
Dallas
Chicago
Minnesota
Denver
Cinn
Atlanta
Buff
Jetts
NE
NO
Phili
Pitt
Jacksonville
Cleveland
SF
SD
Chicago
MINN
Denver
MBQ ON THE FOOTBALL BALL:
Seattle
Atlanta
Balt.
Philly
Pitt.
Jackson.
N.O.
New Eng.
Jets
Arizona
San D
Dallas
Indy
Minn
Denver
Best line of the day: “Ocho Cinco was actually a prediction of how many yards of offense the Bengals would get…”
What a start… The competition is brutal: (feel free to double check, I am counting on it)
Atop Dagger’s First Annual Pigskin Prognostication Parade sits Colleen at 12 wins, solo! You go girl!
12 wins: Colleen
11 wins: Neil
10 wins: MBQ, Carlin, Brian Y, Dusty,
9 wins: Molly
8 wins: Steve, Adam, Joel, Cindy (nice formula), Liza
7 wins: Dell, RWinger,
4 wins: Beefaroni (what happened to the redeem team?)
New strategy for week two, since picking against Steve only garnered me 7 W’s:
Wait for Colleen to pick her games, cut, and paste…
I’ll be throwing my week 2 picks out there later toady, anyone else going to jump in? BTW…..what the heck happened to Indy? The Bears can’t be that good…..or can they?
Being bold, thowing out my Week 2 picks:
Carolina
Tennessee
Green Bay
Jacksonville
Oakland (Chiefs just don’t have it this year)
Indianapolis (Timing has to be better this week)
NY Giants
New Orleans
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Miami
Denver
Baltimore (stranger things have happened)
New England (Farve throws interceptions NE backs are pick off specialists)
Pittsburgh
Dallas (Should be a great game, conference match up and all)
Looks like the Baltimore game will get moved back a night due to Ike.
Week 2 picks, anyone? I can’t come close to last week’s perfection, but I will endeavor to do so anyway…
TENN
INDY
BUFF
KC
GB
NYG
NO
CAR
TB
SEA
DEN
MIA
PIT
BAL
DAL
Lead pipe lock of the week: NYJ over the Pats! Farvian Magic!!
week two picks: bring it…
GB @ Det.
Oak @ KC
NYG @ STL
INDY @ MIN
TEN @ CIN
NO @ WASH
CHI @ CAR
BUF @ JAX
SF @ SEA
ATL @ TB
NE @ NYJ
MIA @ ARI
BAL @ HOUS
SD @ DEN
PIT @ CLE
PHI@ DAL
Carolina
Buffalo
Oakland
Minnesota
New Orleans
NY(NFC)
Green Bay
Tennessee
SF
Atlanta
Arizona
NY(AFC)
Denver
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Baltimore Ravens 24-9
Week 2 picks:
Jacksonville
Carolina
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Detroit
N.Y. Giants
Oakland
Minnesota
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Arizona
N.Y. Jets
San Diego
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Car
Ten
GB
Jac
KC
IND
NYG
NO
SEA
TB
ARI
SD
NE
OIT
DAL
Hou. That’s right. I’ll be the only one. Spot them a long bomb TD for Andre, plus at home, and little Joey has to throw from behind after Mario knocks him down 3 1/2 times.
wo bist du Molly? Where are the picks?!!!!!!!!!!!!
#32, Dell. Week 2 picks are in comment 32-
Det.
KC
NYG
Ten
NO
Car
Jax
Sea
Atl
NYJ
Ari
Bal
Den
Pit
Dal
intrudigun zie, bitte! I meant YOUR picks! I was hoping to wait until you picked your games, then, cut n paste….alas, on my own again (31)…
I’d like to change my pick for HOU/BAL.
I’m taking IKE, +6 (feet of water).
I had a tough week, but looking to rebound this week.
Here we go.
Oak
tenn
indy
wash
gb
car
nyg
jax
tb
sf
miami
jets
sd
clev
hous
dal
BILLS,
Steelers,
Carolina,
Dallas,
Washington,
Detroit,
Giants,
Minnesota,
Arizona,
BALTIMORE,
Jets,
KANSAS CITY,
Seattle,
Cinncy,
TAMPA BAY
Denver
DET
KC
STL
INDY
TEN
NO
CAR
JAX
SEA
ATL
NE
ARI
BAL
SD
CLE
DAL
(chuckle)..i thought we were getting alien communications for a second…..march on prognosticators !
Cummon Maurice…you can do it……
onekooleskimo@yahoo.com
Your head won’t spin off !
Go Dagger !
dam
After a few adjustments to “the formula”, here goes:
GB
KC
NYG
INDY
CIN
WASH
CHI
BUF
SEA
TB
NE
MIA
BAL
SD
PIT
PHI
KC
JAX
Car
TENN
NO
GB
NYG
INDY
SEA
TB
AZ
NE
DEN
PITT
DAL
Here are my week 2 picks:
Cincinnati
Green Bay
Kansas City
N.Y. Giants
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Chicago
Buffalo
San Francisco
Atlanta
N.Y. Jets
Arizona
San Diego
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Baltimore
KC
JAX
CAR
CINN
NO
GB
NY
INDY
SEA
ATLANTA
ARIZ
SD
CLEV
PHILI
Neil (as told to Molly)
GB
NYG
Minn
KC
Chic
NO
Ten
Buf
Sea
Atl
Jets
Ariz
SD
Pit
Dal
Week 2 Results: RWinger, Beefaroni and JoBeth are fierce with 11 wins! Nice picking! Rough week for me and some others…
21 w’s
RWinger
Colleen
Dusty
20 w’s
Dell
Brian Y
18 w’s
Carlin
Neil
16 w’s
Molly
MBQ
Cindy
15 w’s
Beefaroni
14 w’s
Steve
11 w’s
JoBeth
5 w’s
Lisa Sasscer
Liza, Joel and Adam are no-shows? Still have 8 wins.
WEEK 3 BABY! Call me a ham sandwich, ’cause I’m on a ROLL!!
ATL (“the Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock”)
BUFF(OR, “the Oakland Raiders are on the clock”)
NYG (OR OR “the Cinncinati Bengals are on the clock”)
NE
TENN (Houston, we have a problem…ON THE CLOCK WITH YOU!)
TB
CAR
DEN
DET
SEA (Has an NFL season ever ended with 5 winless teams? That’s a lot of coin flips on draft day. St. Louis Rams… ON THE CLOCK WITH YOU!)
PHI (Ever wondered who would win a cage match between Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy? Me neither, but the pay-per view gate would be phenominal.)
BAL ( Cleveland Browns? Looking more like the old Cleveland Steamers*)
IND
DAL
SD (Fool me once, Brett, shame on you. Last week he looked old and slow)
And the Lead Pipe Lock of the Week, brought to you by Mike Revis’ Towing and Hot Tub Repair-Out there on I-40 just past the Shakey’s Pizza: Arizona over the Skins!
* the Cleveland Steamers were one of the inaugural franchises in the little known, and now defunct National Association of Paddleboat Racing.
Dell, always love your lead pipe lock of the week…
I’m not waiting until Sunday morning again. Here are my picks for week 3:
Atlanta
Buffalo
Chicago
Tennessee
Carolina
New England
N.Y. Giants
Washington
San Francisco
Seattle
Denver
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Green Bay
San Diego
Mike’s picks for week 3
Well, week 2 is in the books. Here is what I think about week 3
Falcons – Matt Ryan Redeems himself infront of the home crowd
Bills – They are on a roll. Oak’s win last week was a result of KC having no game tape on McFadden
Bears – Its called “soldier field” for a reason.
Panthers – Steve Smith comes back and makes an immediate impact. Gus Freotte……
Cheatriots – They own the fish. And this game is in Foxborro
Giants – The Bengals lol
Texans – They come off an early bye week. Titans have Kerry Collins. (a stretch I know but I don’t see Collins as a solid QB)
Cardinals – Old man Warner defeats the 4skins in DC. In my opinion Zorn doesn’t have a clue how to be a head coach and we will see it this weekend
Broncos – This is Jay Cutlers break out season. Drew Brees…… not so much
Lions – This is a toss up because both teams are amazing (not)
Seahawks – I chalk this one up to home field advantage. Playing in Seattle is no joke
RAVENS – The Doo Doo Brownies come to town. This year the Ravens don’t have scrubs in the secondary AND this year the Browns don’t have a defense (well thats every year). Bazooka Joe comes out and lights it up infront of the home crowd once again.
Jags – Peyton (I cry when I am sacked) Manning hasn’t been himself this season. The Jags need a win big time. This ones hard but I am calling for an upset.
Eagles – I will say it here. The ketchup drinkers are Over-Rated. This is the case EVERY year with the media. They talk up the steelers big time (but look who they have beaten). Did you not see that MNF game this week? The Eagles WILL score points on this over rated team from the Hills. Can Pittsburgh actually manage more then 10?
Cowboys – They are the team to beat right now. If Romo could just get his act together they actually would be blowing teams out of the water.
Chargers – I don’t see the Brets flying to the west side and beating the chargers in their house.
welcome MIKE!
okay, I’m out of town tonight so I’m putting in my picks early.
KC
BUF (GO BILLS- THIS IS WHERE I’LL BE, THE GREAT RICH STADIUM)
TEN
CAR
NE
NYG
ARI
DET
ST.L
NO
PHI
RAVENS BABY
DAL
NYJ
WHOOPS- Skipped one-
Indy.
Oh jeez. lets see what we got this week:
atl
buffalo
chicago
carolina
pats(oh how i hate them)
NY(giants)
tenn
arizona
denver
detroit
seattle
baltimore
indy
philly(too many eagles fans in cecil county)
dallas
sandiego(this week they win by 1)
Here are the winners
TEN
BUF
MIN
ATL
TB
WASH
NE
NYG
SEA
SF
DEN
CLE
IND
PHIL
DAL
SD
BALT
TENN
OAK
CAR
ATL
CHI
ARIZ
NE
CINCY
SEA
DET
DEN
INDY
PHILLY
DAL
NYJ
Neil: (as told to Molly)
Balt
Ari
Car
NYG
Dall
Det
Tenn
Indy
Atl
NE
Den
Buf
Chi
Phil
Sea
SD
Colleen
Arizona, Green Bay, Atlanta, Bills, Tampa, Minnesota, Tennessee, Giants, New England, San Diego, Baltimore, Detroit, Seattle, Indy and Philly
ATL
BUF
HOU
CAR
NE
NYG
WASH. .MOLLY’S FAVORITE TEAM
DET
SEA
NO
PHI
INDY
BAL
DAL
SD
BEARS
Here are my picks for week 3
Atlanta
Buffalo
Tampa
Carolina
NE
NYG
Tenn
Arizona
Denver
SF
Sea
Cleveland
Indy
Pit
GB
SD
Week 3:
Ravens
Titans
Bills
Vikings
Falcons
Bears
Redskins
Patriots
Giants
Seahawks
Lions
Broncos
Colts
Steelers
Cowboys
Jets
Tenn
Have a great game!!
Wash
Chicago
Atlanta
Minn
Cinn
Buff
miami
Sea
NO
Detroit
Jax
Baltimore
Phili
GB
Jets
Last week Liza went in under Lisa Sasscer. Could you combine the 2? Forgot my alter ego signed up! Back to Liza this week.
Best record this week: Joel comes in with a stunning 13 wins! Nice job Joel.
Dell snuck in with 11 (Sweet Dell) while seven others tied with 10 wins (Liza, Cindy, Colleen, Neil, JoBeth, Mike and Carlin) Meanwhile the emcee (yours truly) of this event, is still sucking the pigskin, beating out only people who have skipped a week of play…However, my Ravens aren’t sucking though!!! And those Steelers certainly bit the dust this week.
31 wins: (NOTE: number in parenthesis is weekly record)
Dell (11)
Colleen (10)
28 wins:
Neil (10)
Carlin (10)
Dusty (7)
26 wins:
Cindy (10)
25 wins:
MBQ (9)
23 wins:
Liza (10)
22 wins:
Molly (6) Gross!
21 wins:
Joel (13)
JoBeth (10)
17 wins:
Adam (9)
10 wins:
Mike (10)
No shows: Steve (14), Beefaroni (15), Brian Y (20), & RWINGER (21)
Sorry, I was on my bye week.
I AM THE SMARTEST MAN ALIVE!!!
Bye week for me too. Was out of town on a little much needed vacation. Will have my Week 4 picks up shortly. Makes the season that much more fun.
WEEK 4 PICKS:
Carolina
Cincinnati (wouldn’t a tie be great,,,,anyone but the Browns)
Jacksonville
Denver
New Orleans
NY Jets (playing at home, they can eek this one out)
Green Bay
Tennessee
San Diego
Buffalo (squeaked by Oakland but the Rams look like they are starting Trent Green so I have to go with the Bills)
Dallas (band wagon jumper here)
Philadelphia
Baltimore (Mendenhall ain’t no Willie Parker….#1 and #4 defenses, should be good)
Sorry I missed a week, Fishing for the great northern pike up north. My Bills continue to look good.
Joel sucks!
Gather ’round kiddies! Without much further procrastination, here’s week 4 prognostication:
CIN- since it’s unlikely an asteroid will crash into the stadium, somebody has to win.
JAC
CAR
DEN- the Chiefs are bad. Very bad.
NO
GB- The battle of the bays on the Frozen Tundra of Ray Jay Stadium!!
TEN
SD
BUF-they might not lose a game all year, a’la the 07 Pats
DAL
PHI
PIT- I’m still a homer, but the Stillers are 13-0 at home on Monday Night Football.
And, the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by Anita Bath’s Saddlery and Baked Goods- Just a gallop, trot, and a canter off exit 32A in the Palace Verde Shopping Emporium: Cards over the J-E-T-S Jets! Jets! Jets!
Molly! Break out the week four games!
Feeling much better and more well-rested after the bye week, here are my picks…
Carolina
N.Y. Jets
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Tampa Bay
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Denver
St. Louis (Upset Special)
San Diego
Dallas
Philadelphia
Baltimore
I need to rethink my strategy here, I don’t want to be the biggest loser in this game. Maybe I need a bye week?
This week’s games:
ARIZ @ NYJ
MIN @ TENN
DEN @ KC
SF @ NO
ATL @ CAR
CLE @ CIN
GB @ TB
HOU @ JAX
BUF @ STL
SD @ OAK
DAL @ WASH
PHIL @ CHI
PIT @ BALT
Go Ravens, Go Bills…
For the record, Adam (Pit) and I (Bal) have a side bet going on Monday night: the loser of the game has to write a pristine game recap. My Ravens don’t always perform well on MNF so I’m holding my breath. If I have to write one word in praise of the Steelers I might get ill.
Molly-I’d stick to a pretty bland diet this weekend, then.
Like I said, I’m as much of a homer as the next guy, but, this would probably go down right next to the Oregon State-USC upset if the Ravens can go into the big Ketchup Bottle and eek out a W.
Like Rick Maese said in the Sun today:
“A win this week and they’ll start building a Joe Flacco statue outside of M&T Bank Stadium.”
Colleen’s picks: emailed to Molly
New York Jets
Cinncy Bengals
Tennessee Titans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
New Orleans Saints
Jacksonville Jaguars
Denver Broncos
Buffalo Bills
San Diego Chargers
Philadelphia Eagles
Carolina Panthers
Dallas Cowboys
and
MY PERSONAL PICK OF THE WEEK
Baltimore Ravens
Washington is at Dallas
And
Baltimore is at Pittsburgh
My Bad,
Sorry People
From Joel!!!
Here are some more winners
Ariz
Tenn
Den
NO
Car
Cle
TB
Jax
Buf
SD
Dal
Phil
Balt
Here are some more…..Winners, baby, winners! My luck is about to change.
NYJ
Tenn
KC
Cinn
NO
Atl
TB
JAX
Buf
SD
Dall
Chic
Balt (That’s right- I’m all in for this game, call me crazy but I believe!)
My winners:
Jets
Minn
Den
NO
Car
Clev
TB
Jax
BILLS
SD
Dallas
Phil
Shitzburg will handle the ravens
Molly,
You picked against your favorite team, The Redskins. What gives?
NYJ
TENN
DEN
NO
CAR
CLE
TB
JAX
BUF
SD
WASH
CHI
BALT
Week 4:
Jets
Titans
Broncos
Saints
Panthers
Bengals
Buccaneers
Jaguars
Bills
Chargers
Cowboys
Bears
Ravens (it’s no fun if you can’t dream)
Here are my week 4 picks:
Cleveland
Minnesota
Denver
New Orleans
N.Y. Jets
Green Bay
Carolina
Jacksonville
San Diego
Buffalo
Dallas
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Atlanta
Arizona
Cleveland
Denver
TB
Jax
Minni
NO
Buff
SD
Dallas
Chicago
Baltimore
Arizona
Tenn
Denver
NO
Atlanta
TB
Jax
Buff
SD
Dallas
Phili
Baltimore
CAR
CLE
JAX
DEN
NO
NYJ
TB
TEN
SD
BUF
DAL
PHI
PIT
Sorry I guess I missed last week on here my week 3 picks were
ATL, BUF, TB, MIN, NE, NYG, TEN, WAS, DEN, DET, SEA, BAL, IND, PIT, GB, SD 11-5.
CAR
CLE
JAX
DEN
NO
NYJ
TB
TEN
SD
BUF
DAL
PHI
PIT
Sorry I guess I missed last week on here my week 3 picks were
ATL, BUF, TB, MIN, NE, NYG, TEN, WAS, DEN, DET, SEA, BAL, IND, PIT, GB, SD 11-5.
There are no rules in this pool, really. but if you skip a week you can’t come out the following week and tell me your record and think I’m going to count it…
Nice try though- whoever you are.
Molly: Great call with KC, who would have thunk it!
Finally one of my longshots paid off. Thanks RWinger. So I’ve won one longshot this season out of the 20 I picked. Not good odds!
Hey Brian Young…I just got it- you are crazy, funny.
Neil (my husband) is going to 12-0 this week after following your lead. He didn’t get his picks in.
“In to each life, a little rain must fall…”
Haha… I make my picks every week for another pool, too. I just forgot to load them up here last week. Understood that it can’t be counted…I’ve got to remember to post!
Molly, you picked against your team and lost!
They are my second team, the team I grew up with and it is a loss that I will be HAPPY to take. I only pick with my heart when it comes to my Ravens. Not for my second team. I thought St. Louis was going to break out of all their bad ju-ju.
What a game. As per our agreement Adam, I’ll write you up a “special”
recap. The Ravens covered in my pool where I pay to play so I’m sorta happy about that.
Looks like I wasn’t the only one sitting bleary eyed in front of a TV at 0000-something hours last night. A loss is a loss, but there were some positives to take away from the MNF game last night.
Flacco looked OK, given the circumstances. Can anybody honestly say they didn’t think the game was over when the Ravens were down by 7 in the second half?
Last years edition’s offense wouldn’t have had a prayer of tying that game.
The O-line gets a “B-”. They protected well, and gave Joe some time to look downfield.
There was zero running game from either team. That field is a travesty. If I had to guess, they must have “treated” the turf with about 100,000 gallons of water yesterday before the game. With two teams sharing that field full time, when will they switch to an artificial surface?
A loss is a loss indeed. But, it will sure make for an interesting rematch when we get them in our house.
I’m still not really awake. This week’s game will be just as tough as last night, thankfully it’s at home.
Who is hot? MBQ topped out with 11 big ones. SWEET Picking, MBQ.
After a bye week, Brian came in strong with a whopping 10 w’s.
Next up was Beefaroni, Cindy (I noticed the usage of all the teams nicknames, you go girl!!!) and yours truly with 9 smackeroonies.
Who is not? Dusty had a rough one, punching in with only five wins. Ouch! Don’t sweat it Dusty, I only won six last week out of a lot more games… I feel your pain.
And remember these famous words: “The race goes not always to the swift- but to those who keep running…”
Colleen takes sole possession of first place and she doesn’t even watch football! Let’s get her.
39 wins
Colleen (8)
38 wins
Dell (7)
36 wins
MBQ (11) the only sucker that went with the Deadskins and won!!!
35 wins
Cindy (9) She’s on a tear!
Carlin (7)
33 wins
Dusty (5)
31 wins
Molly (9)
30 wins
Brian Y (10)
Liza (7)
29 wins
Joel (8)
28 wins
RWinger (7)
24 wins
Beefaroni (9)
21 wins
Steve (7)
Bye week: Neil (28); Jobeth (21), Adam (17); Mike (10)
As always, be sure to check my work…I am human and have been known to make mistakes.
Once.
(Teehee!)
Here are my picks for week 5:
Carolina
Chicago
Green Bay
San Diego
N.Y. Giants
Philadelphia
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Denver
Buffalo
San Francisco
Dallas
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Fresh of an underwhelming week 4, here are my week 5 gems:
BAL- home cooking will get Joe Lunchbox and the boys back on track
CAR
CHI- the ghost of Matt Millen will follow the Lions all year
GB
IND
SD- two miracles in a row are too much to ask from the Dolphins. Ricky has the munchies!!
NYG
PHI- NFC East teams beat on each other like AFC North teams do
DEN
BUF
DAL
NE
NO
And, the Lead Pipe Lock of the Week, brought to you by “Regular Guy Quarterly,” the annual magazine, produced monthly, full of issues that face regular guys on a daily basis: Jacksonville over the Steelers on Sunday Night!
Here are my Week 5 picks:
Baltimore (defense shut Mendenhall down they can do it again)
Carolina (KC can’t muster 2 upsets in a row)
Chicago
Geen Bay
Indianapolis (maybe the bye got the timing issues worked out)
Miami (yep, that’s right, Miami, an no I’m not smoking Rickys stash)
Ny Giants
Washington (really a toss up with injuries on both sides, but Skins are in groove)
Denver
Arizona (might be a bonehead pick but stranger things have happened)
Dallas (as long as TO shuts up)
New England
Jacksonville
New Orleans (EJ Henderson is hurt and that puts a whole one the linebackers)
Week 5 games:
KC @ Car
Chi @ Det
Atl @ GB
SD @ Mia
Sea @ NYG
Wash @ Phi
Tenn @ Balt
Indy @ Hous
TB @ Den
Buf @ Ari
NE @ SF
Cinn @ Dal
Pitt @ Jax
Minn @ NO
TEN
CAR
DET
GB
HOU
SD
NYG
PHI
DEN
BUF
DAL
NE
PIT
NO
carolina
SD
INDY
NYG
BALT
PHIL
CHIC
DEN
BUFF
NE
DAL
JAX
MIN
Neil
Balt
SD
NYG
Indy
NE
Buf
GB
Chi
KC
Phil
TB
Cinn
Jax
NO
Colleen (in an email to Molly)
Carolina
San Diego
Indy
Giants
Packers
Detroit
Tampa
New Orleans
Dallas
San Fran
BUFFALO
BALTIMORE
Jacksonville
Philly
Molly
Car
Chi
Atl
SD
NYG
Phi
Balt
Indy
TB
Buf
NE
Dall
Pitt
NO
MBQ’s PICKS:
Car
Chi
GB
MIA
NYG
Wash
Balt
Hous
Den
Buf
SF
Dal
Jax
NO
Car
Det
GB
SDa
NYG
Phi
Balt
Hous
Den
Ari
SF
Dal
Pitt
NO
Molly,
Hello from Phoenix.
Your sister brought rain from New York.
Anyways Here they are
CHI
SD
NYG
TEN
IND
CAR
PHIL
DEN
DAL
BUF
NE
JAX
NO
ATL
Week 4:
Ravens
Bears
Chargers
Packers
Giants
Texans
Panthers
Eagles
Buccaneers
Cowboys
Bills
Patriots
Jaguars
Saints
GB
Chicago
Indi
Carolina
Miami
NY
Baltimore
Phili
Denver
Buff
Dallas
NE
Jax
NO
ON FIRE: RWinger notched in 10 wins- your Arizona and Miami picks were right on! You were blessed by the football gods! Way to go…
LOSING STEAM: Neil and Colleen, that’s right first place Colleen, stunk it up and were only able to muster up four wins apiece. That smarts….
Don’t sweat it though, it is a long season.
Dell takes over first place (for now)…you know what they say- everyone is gunning for the top dawg! (Dell I thought Flacco looked real good on Monday night, considering…not so much Sunday though. I expected him to look like he did on Sunday on the road at the Steelers Monday night, but that’s just me.)
45 W’s
Dell (7) Are you sure about Ricky’s stash?
43 W’s
MBQ (7)
Colleen (4)
42 W’s
Carlin (7)
41 W’s
Dusty (8)
40 W’s
Cindy (5)
39 W’s
Molly (8)
38 W’s
RWinger (10!!!!) Stay away from Ricky’s stash.
Joel (9) way to bring the bad juju to Arizona, no more traveling with the Bills!
Liza (8) Oh yeah!!!
37 W’s
Brian Y (7)
27 W’s
Steve (6)
32 W’s
Neil (4) not good coming off of a bye week, baby….
Out of commish: Beefaroni (24), JoBeth (21), Adam (17), Mike (10)
Molly- Here’s my take on Joe Lunchbox. He was asked to do too much late in the game Sunday, with some conservative “play not to lose instead of play to win” strategy by Harbaugh and Cameron.
When they were steamrolling the Browns, and controlled the ball for 13 minutes in the 4th Quarter, he was given a lot of manageable down-and-distances (3rd and 3, 3rd and 2). On the drive that ultimately killed them Sunday, they ran two very Billickesque plays that put them in a 3rd and 7, and Joe couldn’t connect to make the first down.
He’s not yet become the guy that can carry the team on his shoulders and put teams away late. That has to come from the running game and the defense (who, lets face it, let Kerry Collins take over the game in the 4th quarter).
Anywho, after limping into the lead with only 7 wins this week, here are my WEEK 6 picks:
CHI- “Mr Ryan, meet Mr Urlacher.” Mr Ryan-”OUCH.”
MIA- single wing, gadget plays, hooka pipes? I’m on the bandwagon baby!
IND- still a homer, but the Ravens secondary was exposed by Collins last week.
MIN- “the Detroit Lions are on the clock.”
NO- Al Davis still can’t remember the name of his interim head coach
NYJ- Ocho Cinco still muy stinko
TB
WAS- it pains me like few other things to pick the ‘Skins, but they’re playing STL.
DEN
DAL- the ‘boys D will remind Kurt Warner’s wife that he’s an old man
PHI
SEA- 12th Man pummels Aaron Rodgers
NYG
And the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by Madame Han’s Happy Ending Day Spa, just behind the Piggly Wiggly at the intersection of I-40 and Snakeskin Hollw Road: Chargers over the Patriots!
Week 6 Picks (hope that my crystal ball isn’t fogging up)
Atlanta (at home, Ryan, and I plain old don’t like da’ Beers)
Miami (was going with Houston but I’m hooked on trick plays)
Indy (at home and maybe Marvin’s timing is now in sync)
Minnesoata (enough said)
New Orleans
NY Jets
Carolina
Washington (who’da thunk it….riding the tide)
Denver
Dallas
Philadelphia (it’s becomed desperation time, they can make the win happen)
Seattle (why not, ugly uniforms and all)
New England (don’t like the Pats but my braggin’ rights are on the line)
NY Giants (no brainer in my book)
Where are all the Week 6 picks? I didn’t get up to smell the rarified air at the top of this heap just so everybody (but me old pal ‘Winger) would stop climbing! Bring it!
Present……..oh I thought we were voting on something, wrong thread.
Does anyone else find it interesting that Miami has the #7 rated defense? After last season, I find it amazing. Just a random thought.
Let’s see what you got, playas…Week 6 games-
OAK @ NO
BAL @ IND
CIN @ NYJ
CAR @ TB
DET @ MIN
CHI @ ATL
MIA @ HOU
STL @ WASH
JAX @ DEN
PHIL @ SF
DAL @ ARIZ
GB @ SEA
NE @ SD
NYG @ CLE
ATL
HOU
IND
MIN
NO
NYJ
TB
WAS
DEN
DAL
PHI
GB
SD
NYG
NO
BAL
NYJ
CAR
DET
CHI
HOU
WASH
DEN
SF
ARIZ
GB
SD
NYG
Ok I am back. I am posting my picks now before I forget again.
Saints
Jets
Bucs
Dolphins
Colts
Bears
Redskins
Vikings
Broncos
Cowboys
Eagles
Chargers
Giants
It is time to seperate the men from the boys this week.
Here we go.
NO
indy
cinci
TB
Min
Atl
Mia
Wash
Jax
Phil
Dal
GB
SD
NYG
Molly,
I’m inching closer to the top………………….
Here are this weeks winners
NO
IND
NYJ
CAR
MIN
CHI
HOU
WASH
JAX
PHIL
DAL
GB
SD
NYG
NO
Baltimore baby!!! (Run, run, run…)
NYJ
CAR
Det
Chi
Mia (why not)
StL (with an upset)
Jax
Phil
Dall
Sea
NE
NYG (pummel those browns)
NEIL- as told to Molly:
Oak
Balt
NYJ
TB
Det
CHI
Mia
Wash
Den
Phil
Dal
GB
SD
NYG
washington
miami
minnesota
new orleans
jets
atlanta
denver
giants
arizona
green bay
philly
carolina
baltimore
and san diego
#27 is Colleen, she emails me her picks…
Here are my picks for week 6:
Chicago
Indianapolis
Minnesota New Orleans
NY Jets
Carolina
Washington
Miami
Denver
Dallas
Philadelphia
Green Bay
San Diego
NY Giants
Indy
Carolina
Jets
Chicago
Miin
NO
Wash
Den
Dallas
GB
Philly
SD
NYG
Baltimore… I have faith!!!
Carolina
Cinn
Chicago
Minn
Miami
N.O.
Wash
Denver
Dallas
Seattle
Phili
N.E.
NYG
Hey Dusty missed a game. He’ll take Miami.
Brutal week, upsets abound. (That excrementitious (excrement) game in Indy was not one of them, however it sure was embarrassing. I just don’t care if this sentence makes sense or not, I’ve been jonesing to use the word excrement in some way because that game was crap!)
Out of the 13 people who played, eight of them had less than spectacular showings, going .500 or below. Not one person picked Cleveland. Only one picked Ariz- nice Steve! On a brighter note though, Dell’s lead pipe pick of the week was bank for a change!
ON FIRE: Brian Young, league leading 10 wins! Brian, you picked a good week to come out kicking. Props to Beefaroni and Joel for packing in a nine-spot.
LOSING STEAM: Liza, you’re faith was you’re crutch! Or so some have told me so I’m spreading the love. You only reeled in a three bag, but consider that this was a tough week all around.
Here you go, football daggers, this is where we stand: (as always, check my work, I am not responsible for any lost or stolen luggage)
51 wins:
Colleen (8)
Dell (6)
49 wins:
Carlin (7)
48 wins:
Dusty (7)
47 wins:
Brian Young (10)
Joel (9)
44 wins:
RWinger (6)
Molly (5) YUCK!!!
41 wins:
Liza (3) I feel your pain, sister!!!
37 wins:
Neil (5)
33 wins:
Beefaroni (9)
32 wins:
Steve (5)
24 wins:
Adam (7)
Bye week for: MBQ (43), Cindy (40), JoBeth (21), Mike (10)
Still all kinds of football left to be played, daggers, so BRING IT!!!
Contemplate these for a while…
Week 7 games:
SD @ BUF
NO @ CAR
MIN @ CHI
PIT @ CIN
TEN @ KC
BAL @ MIA
SF @ NYG
DAL @ STL
DET @ HOU
INDY @ GB
NYJ @ OAK
CLE @ WASH
SEA @ TB
DEN @ NE
Since I’m going out of town, I’ll put my picks up early. If you want to have a good week, just pick the opposite of me. Works for Dell!
BUF
NO
CHI
PIT
TEN
BAL
NYG
STL (2 in a row, baby!)
HOU
INDY
NYJ
WASH
TB
DEN
Just my normal excellence at prognostiating..too bad it doesn’t work for the pick seven.
Here we go
TEN
SD
PIT
MIA
DAL
MIN
CAR
NYG
HOU
NYJ
WASH
IND
TB
DEN
Thanks Molly; If only I made the same picks on the Dagger I have in my other pool! I’m tied for third at 49 wins there… Dell, I’m coming after you!
BUF
CAR
CHI
PIT
TEN
MIA
NYG
DAL
HOU
GB
NYJ
WAS
TB
DEN
It was lonely at the top all by my self last week. Welcome to the Dagger MENSA chapter Colleen! Enjoy the all-you-can-eat buffet, but I’d steer clear of the chicken, it looks a little iffy…
After a week of WTF, let’s restore a little sanity, shall we?
SD-(sorry Molly)
NO
CHI
PIT
TEN- Tony Gonzalez calls in sick, tells coach he has SARS
BAL- Hopefully Coach Cam has some trickeration for his old team
NYG
DAL- Romo is hinting that he wants to play. TO is sobbing softly at his locker.
HOU- Texans are HOT, I’m on them like a fat kid eating a ham sandwich.
IND
NYJ- Al Davis will put the headset on by halftime, run the Wing T offense
WAS
TB
And the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by the International House of Pickled Eggs, where we say “IHOPE somebody eats these damned things!”: Broncos over the Pats on Monday Night
Colleen (email)
Carolina
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Baltimore
Giants
Dallas
New England
Tampa
Washington
Jets
Houston
Bills
Chicago
Green Bay
Week 7 picks:
Indianapolis (the Colts timing is back and the Pack stink at home this year)
Buffalo
Chicago (I’ll put my dislike for Da’Beers aside this week)
Tennessee
NY Giants
Houston
NY Jets
Tampa Bay
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Miami (may be close if the Ravens actually show up)
Dallas
Washington
Denver (I miss Pat the Patriot hiking the ball)
tenn
buff
pit
mia
chi
car
nyg
hou
oak
wash
gb
tb
ne
Neil (as told to Molly)
Balt
Dall
Chi
Buf
Ten
NYG
Cinn
Dar
Det
NYJ
Cle
Indy
TB
Den
Molly
Ten
Buf
Pit
Balt
Chi
NO
NYG
DET
NYJ
Wash
Indy
TB
NE
BUF
CAR
CHI
PIT
TEN
BAL
NYG
DAL
HOU
INDY
OAK
WASH
TB
NE
MBQ GOOFED LAST WEEK! SO SORRY!
Mia
SD
NO
Pit
Chi
NYG
Dal
Ten
Hou
NYJ
Was
Indy
TB
Ravens
Cowboys
Bears
Chargers
Titans
Giants
Steelers
Panthers
Texans
Jets
Redskins
Pakcers
Bucs
Patriots
With only 3 wins last week it is only up from here…
Baltimore!! My ole buddy coach parcels makes me nervous.
Dallas
Minn
Carol
Cinn
Buff
NYG
KC
Detroit
Wash
GB
NYJ
Seattle
NE
Miami
Dallas
Chic
NO
Pitt
SD
NYG
Tenn
Houston
Clvev
INdy
NYJ
TB
dEN
I am officially changing my Lead pipe Lock o’ the Week to the “Getting Hit Over the Head With a Lead Pipe Every Week” pick…
No Dell, please don’t do that! It’s like a slam dunk for us- to go opposite! Plus, that will change all of the good juju you send out to all of us players. I love it when people go out on a limb-
Why don’t I take the lead and you guys can pick the opposite of me. Hey do I get a booby prize for last place?
Perhaps I need a week at Madam Han’s Happy Ending Day Spa, just behind the Piggly Wiggly at the intersection of I-40 and Snakeskin Hollow Road.
A little rehab, that’s the ticket!
Don’t be a hater, Playas. Lots of winning going on this time around, that’s for certain.
Who’s HOT: Can you believe we had three people who came in strong with 12 w’s? 12. Amazing job, Colleen, Beefaroni and MBQ. Cindy, also came in on fire after having an off week, picking up 11 w’s. MBQ and Cindy- no more bye-weeks for you guys!
Who’s LOSING STEAM: Dusty and Liza (sorry darling- speedy recovery to YOU!)
are the only ones to register below the .500 mark, tallying up 6 paltry w’s. Hang in there guys, lots more football to be played. And yes, I do believe the loser who participates in all but one (allowing one bye-week) week should be awarded a booby prize! And I’ve got the perfect idea!!!
Here you go, people: And by the way, if you pick against your team you have no soul!!! NO SOUL! You know who you are and so do I.
63 wins
Colleen (12!!!)
60 wins
Dell (9)
57 wins
Brian Young (10)
55 wins
MBQ (12!!!)
54 wins
Joel (7)
Dusty (6)
53 wins
Molly (9)
51 wins
Cindy (11!!)
RWInger (7)
47 wins
Liza (6)
45 wins
Beefaroni (12!!!)
44 wins
Neil (7)
42 wins
Steve (10)
31 wins
Adam (7)
Off week: Carlin (49), JoBeth (21)- where are you? Get in the game! Mike (10) hello- don’t be a quitter!!!
As always, feel free to check my work! Good luck next time…
Week 8 games…IT IS ON- especially for those of us (like me) who cannot afford to take a week off.
Oak @ Bal
Ari @ Car
TB @ Dal
Was @ Det
Buf @ Mia
St.L @ NE
SD @ NO
KC @ NYJ
Atl @ Phi
Cle @ Jax
Cin @ Hou
NYG @ Pit
Sea @ SF
Indy @ Ten
Let’s go Rays!!!!
OK so next week I’ll be picking my teams straight. No more meds to cloud my judgement. Look out!!
Yeah, Liza. Most of us are not like Rush Limbaugh or Keith Mills- we don’t function well when on the dope.
I am resisting the urge to wait until Colleen makes her picks. I have to make up some ground anyway. I’ll settle in while I dial up some old Mike Peters and the Alarm on the iPod:
Once you held the secrets of the world within your hands
Now you’re just another grain of sand
Once you were the first
Revered to the last
Now they talk about your fall from grace
CAR
WAS- c’mon. It’s the Lions. Really.
BUF- I’m officially on the Bandwagon.
NE- c’mon. It’s the Rams. THE RAMS.
NO- Almost went with this for the “lock”, but then y’all would just pick SD
NYJ- c’mon. C’MON. Really.
PHI
HOU- Somebody has to win this one, right?
JAC
NYG- C’MON! Was I going to pick the Steelers?
SF- New coach in midseason? That’s good for a single(tary) win.
TEN- I’m torn over which irritates me more. Jeff Fisher’s Highway Patrolman ’stache, or Peyton Manning’s oddly shaped forehead. Today, I’m going with the forehead. Stupid forehead…
This weeks Lead Pipe Lock of the Week is brought to you by Mrs Pinkney’s Padded Pantaloons, ’cause if you’re gonna fall flat on yer ass, it’d be nice to have a little padding down there: Bucs over the Cowboys
Dell: You left out your Bal / Oak pick. Don’t want you getting short changed.
Here we go sports fans………Week 8:
Baltimore
Arizona
Tampa Bay
Washington
Miami (wouldn’t be the upset of upsets but a sweet upset no less)
New England
New Orleans (or even Old Orleans)
NY Jets
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Houston
Indianapolis (not exactly an upset pick, more like a knock the apple cart over pick)
San Fran
Pittsburgh (time for the bad boys to be bad boys, late hits, trash talk, eye pokes)
I’m back this week. Here are my week 8 picks:
Tampa Bay
Washington
Buffalo
St. Louis
New Orleans
N.Y. Jets
Atlanta
Baltimore
Carolina
Jacksonville
Houston
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Tennessee
As for the picks,
BAL
CAR
TB
WAS
BUF
NE
NO
NYJ
PHI
JAC
PIT
SF
TEN
As for RWinger and the Steeler bashing, come’on! Late hits? I’m pretty sure it was the Ravens flagged for two late hits last time they played. Eye pokes? That was the Cleveland game! Trash talk? Suggs talks about bounties; Mendenhall said “I’m going to have a big game.” sounds like positive talk for himself to me!
Bad boys…Holmes doesn’t help, but he was stopped because he had a similar car to the one they were looking for, and he immediately told the cops. The Ravens, Bengals, and Browns have more arrests (and trials) in solitary players than the Steelers have on the entire roster. None of it’s excusable, but don’t go crying “bad boys” just because the Black and Gold hits harder, plays crisper, and wins the games!
Picks for the week.
Ravens
NO
Jets
Buffalo
Dallas
Philly
NE
Car
Wash
jax
NYG
SF
Hous
Indy
Getting jiggy in week 8- this is my favorite number (actually, 5-8- and 22 are my numbers)…
Balt
SD
NYJ
Buf
TB
Phil
NE
Car
Wash
Jax
NYG
Sea
Hous
Indy
Colleen (voice mail from Molly)
Buf
Det
Balt
TB
Hous
NYJ
NE
SD
Car
Phil
SF
Indy
Jax
NYG
BAL
NO
NY Jets
MIAMI
DAL
PHILLY
NE
CARO.
DET
CLEVE.
NY GIANTS
SFO
HOU
INDY
Ravens
Bills
Redskins
Dallas
Jets
Pats
Chargers
Cards
Eagles
Texans
Jags
Steelers
49’s
Colts
Neil (as told to Molly)
Balt
Buf
Wash
TB
NYJ
NE
NO
Car
Phi
Hous
Jack
NYG
SF
Tenn
Bal
Car
Dal
Det
Mia
NE
NO
NYJ
Phi
Jax
Hou
NYG
SF
Indy
PHILI
ARIZONA
BUFF
NY JETS
BALTIMORE
NE
NO
TAMPA
WASH
JAX
CINN
NY GIANTS
SF
INDI
Hope I made it under the wire..Ravens
Bills
Redskins
Bucs
Jets
Patriots
Chargers
Panthers
Eagles
Texans
Jaguars
Giants
Seahawks
Titans
Brian Young: I wasn’t bashing the Burgh, I was calling for old time Steeler football, the glory days of the Steel Curtain. I was hoping for the bad boys to clean some Giant clocks. Nothing better than seeing Troy flying across the field and finishing a tackle! But……..the yellow helmets have to go!
RWinger, good, I wasn’t happy to think I was against you in something. The “late hits, trash talk, eye pokes” doesn’t seem to follow, but I’m with you on the helmets… throwbacks are sweet once a season for a prime time game, but they’ve been wearing them for every big game. Sure, it may as well have been national (poor Montana), but it was a 4:15 game.
How do you win with 2 men down on your offensive line, starting your 4th running back, missing a starting corner and nose tackle, and lose because of an injury to the long snapper?
I think black and gold wins that game if Holmes plays (Ben had 4 coverage sacks; Holmes gets open for one of those) or if Clark isn’t injured (Tyrone Carter was a step too slow on that 4th down desperation toss, and Clark has speed and youth to get safety help to stop that catch), but the defense played great until Harrison gave up 2 points and 30 yards of field position. He almost snapped the ball for a 30 yard FG!
Like Bon Jovi says in Living on a Prayer: “Oh, we’re halfway there…” week 8, marks the mid-way point and frankly, in this thing called the NFL we are all living on a prayer…
Who is hot: MBQ turned up the heat and picked 11 winners. Solid.
Who is losing steam: Five people tied with least amount of winners at seven- pitching for .500 they are, Colleen, Dusty, Liza, Steve and Carlin.
Enjoy Dagger Prognosticators: Check my work too.
70 w’s
Colleen (7)
69 w’s
Dell (9)
67 w’s
BYoung (8)
66 w’s
MBQ (11!!!)
62 w’s
Molly (9)
61 w’s
Cindy (10)
Dusty (7)
59 w’s
RWinger (8)
56 w’s
Carlin (7)
55 w’s
Beefaroni (10)
54 w’s
Neil (10)
Liza (7)
49 w’s
Steve (7)
Bye-bye: JoBeth (21); Adam (31); Joel (54)
Week 9…
NYJ @ Buf
Det @ Chi
Jax @ Cinn
Balt @ Clev
GB @ Ten
Ari @ ST.L
Hous @ Minn
TB @ KC
Mia @ Den
Atl @ Oak
Dall @ NYG
Phil @ Sea
NE @ Indy
Pit @ Wash (Monday night)
Good luck-
Molly, I had 10 wins.
My apologies, Steve- you did have 10 wins! Nice job. That brings you to 52 wins
Dagger prognosticators,
I was in a rush to get this done today so…how I managed Steve and seven wins and how I managed to say five people with seven wins is beyond me.
DEF, check my work!!!!
Thanks Players.
Week 9. Straight prognostication without the bloviation:
BUF
JAC
HOU
CHI
TB
STL
TEN
DEN
NYG
PHI
ATL
WAS
BAL
And the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by the letter E, and the number 7: Pats over the Colts
Week 9 picks:
Buffalo
Detroit (That’s right Detroit)
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Tennessee
Arizona
Minnesota
Tampa Bay
Miami (high scoring game, bad defenses, Joey Porter makes the difference)
Atlanta
NY Giants
Indianapolis (if they don’t break through this week, the season is shot)
Seattle
Washington (It pains me because I like the Steelers)
I’m still on the fence with the Dayton Triangles vs. Canton Bulldogs game but I’m pretty sure that the Providence Steam Rollers will win. We’ll call this the flashback segment.
Colleen (as emailed to Molly):
Buffalo
Chicago
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Tampa
Houston
Giants
Washington
Philly
Atlanta
Arizona
Denver
Green Bay
Indy
BUF
CHI
JAC
CLE
TB
MIN
ARI
TEN
DEN
NYG
ATL
PHI
NE
PIT
Hous
Jax
TB
Balt
Bills
Rams
Chi
GB
Den
Atl
NYG
Phil
Indy
Wash
GO BUFFALO!!
BAL
CHI
MINN
TENN
BUF
ST.L
TBAY
JACK
DEN
DAL
OAK
PHILLY
INDY
PITT
Here are my week 9 picks:
Buffalo
Chicago
Jacksonville
Cleveland
Green Bay
Arizona
Minnesota
Tampa Bay
Denver
Atlanta
NY Giants
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Buf
Chi
Jax
Clev
Ten
Ari
Minn
TB
Mia
Oak
NYG
Phil
Indy
Pit
Ok here are my picks for week 9
Buf
Chi
Jac
Bal
Tb
Min
Stl
Ten
Mia
NYG
Atl
Phi
Ind
Pit
Ravens
Vikings
Titans
Bills
Rams
Buccs
Jaguars
Bears
Broncos
Raiders
Giants
Eagles
Colts
Steelers
Here they are in random order
Buf
Chi
Jax
Clev
Ten
Ari
Minn
TB
Den
Atl
NYG
Phil
Indy
Pit (Monday night)
ravens
VIKINGS
TITANS
BILLS
CARDS
BUCS
JAGS
BEARS
BRONCOS
ATLANTA
GIANTS
EAGLES
COLTS
STEELERS
I had to take a bye week, fellow prognosticators…my family and friends, under the leadership of Neil, conspired behind my back and threw me a surprise party.
With family in town, Neil and I never had a chance to get to our picks…
Good luck.
Thanks for everything too- you chooches!
I’m still a winner even though I took my bye week. So is Neil.
Who is hot: Dusty catches fire with 11 big ones and Adam comes back with vigor also topping the charts with 11 wins. Wow…
Who is losing steam: Dell and Beefaroni raked in only 7 wins apiece.
Here we go:
78 wins:
Colleen (8)
76 wins:
Dell (7)
75 wins:
Brian Young (8)
74 wins:
MBQ (8) How ’bout those deadskins?
72 wins:
Dusty (11)
70 wins:
Cindy (9)
68 wins:
RWinger (9)
65 wins:
Carlin (9)
64 wins:
Joel (10)
62 wins:
Steve (10)
Beefaroni (7)
42 wins:
Adam (11)
Off: Molly (62), Neil (54), Liza (54), JoBeth (21)
Please be sure to check out my work, daggers. Thanks for playing
Week 10….
NO @ Atl
Ten @ Chi
Jac @ Det
Bal @ Hou
Sea @ Mia
GB @ Min
Buf @ NE
ST.L @ NYJ
Car @ Oak
Indy @ Pitt
KC @ SD
NYG @ Phil
SF @ Ariz Monday night
Good luck daggers.
I’m headed to Las Vegas so I’m not taking any chances of skipping this week, I can’t afford it.
ATL
Ten
Jax
Bal (It is going to be fun in the booking room at the Bellagio watching this game!!)
Mia
Minn
Buf (Go Bills)
Jets
Car
Pitt
SD
NYG
ARIZ
Week 10 Picks
Denver (Thursday Night)
New Orleans
Tennessee
Detroit (Almost pulled my upset last week, I have faith in the worst team)
Baltimore
Miami
Green Bay
Buffalo
NY Jets
Carolina
Indianapolis
Kansas City (San Diego beats themselves and KC gets a W)
NY Giants
Arizona
Sorry folks- the Week 10 Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week will not be seen on this channel.
I lost a dear friend and colleague yesterday. She was a bit rough around the edges, but she had a heart of gold. She was never afraid to speak her mind, sometimes because of- sometimes in spite of- her audience.
She was a wife, a mother, a sister, and a grandmother. On top of that, she managed to have a career of over 20 years in service to her community.
They may fill her position on the duty roster, but she will never be replaced.
May the Lord God bless you and keep you, Peggy.
Dell, my heart goes out. I heard about Peggy’s condition, did not know that she had passed.
Thanks, ‘Winger. It’s going to be a rough weekend around here. Maybe I’ll get back to prognosticating next week…
ATL
CHI
JAQ
HOU
MIA
MIN
NE
JETS
CAR
PITT
SD
NYG
ARIZ
CLE
ATL
TEN
DET
HOU
MIA
MIN
NE
NYJ
CAR
PIT
SD
PHI
ARI
Den
Atl
Chi
Jac
Bal
Mia
GB
Buf
NYJ
Car
Pit
SD
NYG
Ari
Bal
NO
Ten
Det
Mia
GB
NE
NYJ
Car
Pitt
SD
Phil
Ariz
Looks like Molly is on vacation (much needed I’m sure) so old Winger will go ahead and do the update:
Molly had 11 wins last week, Adam and MBQ coming in with 10 each. Detroit let a couple of us down (again) as did KC (at least on my end).
Anyhow, here’s how we look after Week 10:
84 Wins:
MBQ (10)
Brian Young (9)
78 Wins:
Colleen (Bye Week)
77 Wins:
RWinger (9)
76 Wins:
Dell (Bye Week)
73 Wins:
Molly (11)
72 Wins:
Dusty (Bye Week)
70 Wins:
Steve (8)
Cindy (Bye Week)
65 Wins:
Carlin (Bye Week)
64 Wins:
Joel (Bye Week)
62 Wins:
Beefaroni (Bye Week)
54 Wins:
Neil (Bye Week)
Liza (Bye Week)
52 Wins:
Adam (10)
21 Wins:
JoBeth (Bye Week again, I/R List, MIA, who knows)
As Molly would say, if she were typing this, check the math, and let’s keep this going with Week 11 picks.
Here is the Week 11 Schedule. Good luck Dagger Pigskin Pickers:
NY Jets at New England (Thursday Night game)
Denver at Atlanta
Philadelphia at Cincinnati
Chicago at Green Bay
Houston at Indianapolis
New Orleans at Kansas City
Oakland at Miami
Baltimore at NY Giants
Minnesota at Tampa Bay
Detroit at Carolina
St. Louis at San Francisco
Arizona at Seattle
San Diego at Pittsburgh
Tennessee at Jacksonville
Dallas at Washington
Cleveland at Buffalo (Monday Night game)
May as well throw in my Week 11 picks since I’m sitting here typing:
NY Jets (Thursday Night game)
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Green Bay
Indianapolis
New Orleans (Last week was a heartbreaker, I’m torn, but not that torn)
Miami
Baltimore (Will be a real test, top run offense vs. top run defense)
Tampa Bay
Carolina (Detroit will still be in search of that first win)
San Francisco (Home field advantage and the Rams’ ship has sailed)
Arizona
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Washington (Great NFC rivalry)
Buffalo (Falling apart as the season progresses but can manage the Browns)
RWinger has got it going on!!! Thank you so very, very much for stepping up to the plate, greatly appreciated. I was on vacay….needed it to be longer though, though I doubt I could afford any more time in Vegas.
Really, I’ve been back since Tuesday and was bitten by a nasty flu bug or something and spent the day in bed yesterday.
I did do these earlier this afternoon and my only difference is Adam-our Pitt. Steeler loving scallywag- tried to get ANOTHER freebie with his Denver pick coming in on Sunday for that Thursday game.
This just backs up my original theory, NEVER trust Steelers fan.
Anyway, I was a bit disappointed in turnout this past week on the dagger. What is the deal, here? The one week I don’t send out my courtesy email reminders and people forget…..
HELLO!
Let’s get it on daggers! You all suck.
Winger, again, thank you so very much! You should get a raise!
I hate Thursday night games, but here we go.
J-E-T-S….
Jets, Jets, Jets!
NE
ATL
PHL
CHI
INDY
KC
MIA
GIANTS
TBAY
CAR
SFO
SEA
PIT
JACK
DAL
BUF
New England
Denver
Philadelphia
Green Bay
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Miami
NY Giants
Tampa Bay
Carolina
St. Louis
Arizona
San Diego
Tennessee
Dallas
Cleveland
Colleen (as told to Molly)
NE
Neil=
NYJ
Football on Thursday should be reserved for High School JV games and tilts between teams like Tusculum and Lenoir Rhyne! I draw my line in the sand here (perhaps with the exception of picking against DET on Thanksgiving Day… that’s an easy W)!
Week 11 already!
ATL- I’m on the Ryan Express, baby!
IND- I’m not on the Rosenfels Limited…
MIA- Joey Porter will remove himself from the game at halftime, go up to the luxury boxes, and taunt Al Davis for the final 30 minutes of regulation.
CAR- I think Daunte Culpepper was enjoying retirement
PHI- (OHH the pain!!!)
GB
NO- Herm goes for two after each KC TD…final score NO 34 KC 6
TB
SF- Coach drops pants in lieu of calling coin flip (It’s HEADS!)
AZ- Kurt Warner celebrates 50th birthday at halftime…
PIT- (I think I just had a mini-stroke…)
WAS- (Yep…can’t feel my arms….)
BUF- Molly special
BAL- I AM SUCH A HOMER!!!
And the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by Aqua-escent Septic Service, where “we’ll take crap from anybody”: JAC over TEN
nyj
ravens
denver
miami
green bay
indy
car
no
philly
minn
ariz
san fran
San diego
jacksonville
wash
cleve
sorry missed last week was on a bus trip
Anybody pining for the Tusculum v Lenoir Rhyne results:
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
—————– — – — – —–
Tusculum………… 13 21 7 7 – 48
Lenoir-Rhyne…….. 6 0 6 7 – 19
Corey Russell 35-20-1 375 4 64 4
Dell, JAC over TEN was my upset. I went double or nothing on STL over SF.
I know I keep picking after the Thursday night games, but since I get them wrong it doesn’t much matter:
NE
ATL
CAR
PHI
GB
IND
JAC
KC
MIA
NYG
TB
STL
ARI
PIT
WAS
BUF
Dell- glad you are back and am digging your lead pipe pick of the week.
Denver
Philadelphia
Chicago
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Miami
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
Carolina
San Francisco
Arizona
San Diego
Jacksonville
Dallas
Buf.
Atl
Car
Phi
NO
NYG
TB
Mia
GB
Hou
SF
Ari
Ten
Pit
Was
Buf
Pigskin prognosticators are dropping like flies…what up with that?
Whatev. I’m not going to let it effect my game. Remember: “The race goes not always to the swift, but to those that keep on running.”
The grand prize just got even better fellow dagger pickers. No joke.
The Philly/Cinncy game tied? Crazy…
Baltimore got it handed to them in a bad way. It was embarrassing. Can they rebound?
That Pitt game with the erroneus call at the end taking away the touchdown cost bookies in Vegas $65 mill. Pwah-hahah…I love that! And I especially love that because it helped me out in a major way in my other pool (that pays) since San Diego covered the spread. Whoop, whoop!!!
The Bills made things interesting Monday night but couldn’t seal the deal in the end…wide right- words that bring a chill to all Bills’ fans like no snowstorm ever could.
We had eight playas…Everyone did pretty good.
Rwinger had good karma from posting the field last week and topped out with 11 w’s- Steve too. Nice work brothers.
BYoung and MBQ only reeled in eight w’s apiece so the winning gap is shrinking their fellas. Don’t let your nerves get the best of you. Neil, however, was the lowest since he failed to get his picks in (other than that Thursday night game).
Still much grid-iron action and a lot can happen in one week with so many games on the board. Get to your studying and bring it for week 12.
Break out your calculators…
92 wins
MBQ (8)
Brian Young (8)
88 wins:
RWinger (11)
85 wins
Dell (9) I cost you one on Monday night
82 wins
Molly (9)
81 wins
Steve (11)
Dusty (9)
61 wins
Adam (10)
colleen 78- I think she is out for season
cindy- 70?
Carlin- 65?
Joel- 64?
Beef- 62?
Neil- 54?
Liza-54?
JoBeth-21??
Week 12…..
Thursday night game:
don’t be a boob and think you can post the winner the day after. I’m on to you all, chumps. I thought it was just the PIT fans that played that way, I stand corrected.
Cin @ Pitt
Phi @ Balt
Hous @ Clev
TB @ Det
Min @ Jax
Buf @ KC
NE @ Mia
Chi @ St.L
NYJ @ Ten (OOH, this ought to be good)
Oak @ Den
Car @ Atl
NYG @ Ari
Wash @ Sea
Indy @ SD
GB @ NO (Monday)
Time for the Week 12 picks:
Pittsburgh (Thursday night game)
Baltimore (Last week Philly looked flat, Ravens didn’t show..B’more bounce back)
Houston (This is a helmet design pick….better looking helmet wins)
Tampa Bay
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Miami (The little Dolphin train that could…gotta make it, gotta make it!)
Chicago (It hurts to pick Da Beers but a win is a win)
New York Jets (Jets are playing good and Tennesse is going going to stumble)
Denver
Atlanta (Going with the home team, close game)
Dallas (Which I will not pick once Pacman Jones is back….)
New YorK Football Giants
Washington
Indianapolis
New Orleans (Actually a tough pick so I did the newspaper in the birdcage and Budgie The Bird gave me a sign….if he’s wrong, Thanksgiving dinner may have a very small “turkey” along with the big one.)
Before I forget, have I mentioned that I despise Thursday night games…especially this one-
Pitt.
PIIT
Pitt
Phi
Hous
TB
Jax
KC
NE
St.L
Ten
Den
Car
Ari
Sea
Indy
NO
PIT
BAL
CLEV
TENN
TB
JACK
KC
NE
CHI
DEN
CAR
NYG
SEA
DAL
SD
NO
My boycott of Thursday Football shall continue (even though this would be an easy pick).
BAL- Homers of the world UNITE!
CLE
TB- Given the news of the week, maybe the Ford family will add a few engineers to the scouting dept. “They’re on the CLOCK!”
MIN
BUF- They can’t hose me two weeks in a row. (WIDE RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
NE- King of the Cassel!!
CHI
TEN
DEN
CAR- These guys just might be for real…
NYG- THESE guys are most assuredly for real
WAS
NO
And the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by Mr Lyre, the biggest Lyre retailer in the Southland, where we say, ” If you find a better deal, you’re a liar!” : Bolts over Colts!
The Bengals tonight (Thursday )- I can’t look any further in my crystal ball. Be back with the rest of my picks in time for kickoff Sunday.
Baltimore
tenn
TB
CHI
NE
SF
KC
Houston
JAX
DEN
CAR
WASH
ARZ
INDY
NO
PIT
ATL
PHI
CLE
DAL
TB
JAC
KC
NE
STL
TEN
DEN
NYG
WAS
SD
NO
My defense to posting my Thursday night correct, since this is the first time I have one right, is that I always pick the black and gold!
Molly:
Hous
KC (home) Still i say, Go bills
NYJ
Mia
Dal
TB
Bal
Chi
Jax
Car
Oak
Sea
NYG
INDY
Gb
Pit
Bal
Cle
TB
KC
Chi
Ten
Mia
Min
Dal
Den
Atl
NYG
Was
Indy
NO
Ravens
Titans
Bucs
Bears
Patriots
Cowboys
Bills
Texans
Jaguars
Broncos
Panthers
Redskins
Giants
Chargers
Saints
It’s late so make sure to check my work! This is a team effort.
No time for my pithy observations but I will say this, it’s STILL anybody’s game- and It sure is getting interesting…
100 wins
RWinger (12) !!!! Excellent prognosticating
MBQ (8)
98 wins
BYoung (6)
94 wins
Dell (9)
92 wins
Molly (10)
89 wins
Dusty (8)
87 wins
Steve (6)
80 wins
Cindy (10)
61 wins
Adam (10)
Gobble, gobble…
Thursday games: whoa! Three games on the menu:
Ten @ Det
Sea @ Dall
Ari @ Philly
Sunday games:
SF @ Buf
Balt @ Cinn
Indy @ Clev
Mia @ St.L
NYG @ Wash
NO @ TB
Car @ GB
Atl @ SD
Den @ NYJ
Pit @ NE
KC @ Oak
Chic @ Minn
Jax @ Hous
Have a happy Thanksgiving, from Molly.
My Thursday games:
Tenn
Dall
Philly ?Will Donovan come out strong?
Happy Native American v Puritan Exploitation Day Prognosticators! Here goes nothing!
TEN- LenDale White gets 49 carries for 3.4 miles, 6 touchdowns, kicks own PATs
DAL
ARI- McNabb takes first snap from center, runs through back of his own endzone, later claims he’s never heard of a “Safety.”
Sunday-
BUF- No track meet this week, Bills roll Niners
BAL- Are they for real, or will this be the dreaded “Trap Game?”
IND- Idiot kicker wins another one…
MIA
WAS- Portis has huge game. Afterward says “My job’s my credit…”
NO- Brees sits out 4th Quarter of a laugher. His birthmark finishes 12-18, 240yds
ATL
NYJ- Jets may end up winning the AFC East. Tools…
NE- Just….can’t……pick……..PIT!!!
OAK- Everybody looks like the 85 Bears against KC…
MIN- It’s a toss up. I’m going with the cooler looking helmet.
HOU- THIS is a Monday night game?
And the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by Turducken, because any food that is STILL flying off the shelves in spite of having “Turd” in it’s name has GOT to be “AWESOME:” Panthers over Packers!!
Triptophan is a myth!!!!!!!!!!
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TENN
DAL
PHIL
BUF
BAL
INDY
MIA
NYG
TB
GB
SD
NYJ
NE
OAK
MINN
HOU
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving fellow pigskin pickers. Second of all, Budgie the Bird will not be served as he was on spot with his “sign” when he pooped on Green Bay. Thirdly, here are this weeks picks…
Thursady games:
Tennessee
Dallas (I’ll put my Pacman Jones protest aside 1 more week)
Arizona
Sunday games:
Buffalo
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Miami
Washington (Won’t stand for a season sweep)
Tampa Bay
Green Bay (It’s going to be cold…home field advantage)
Atlanta
NY Jets
Pittsburgh
Kansas City (Nothing but pride on the line)
Minnesota (Toss up, Dell makes a good point with the better looking helmet, but this ended up being a Budgie the Bird pick and as they say Bears do it in the woods and Budgie does it on the sports section)
Monday night:
Jacksonville
Sorry Molly, you look to be a loner. I, too, say TEN, DAL, and ARI.
Ten
Dal
Ari
Buf
Bal
NO
NYG
Mia
Indy
GB
SD
NYJ
Pit
Oak
Min
Jac
Apparently Molly knew that Donovan was going to eat his Chunky Soup (A-game flavor no doubt).
Well RWinger, this time the Eagles picked up the 4 turnovers instead of the other way around.
BUF
BAL
IND
CAR
NYJ
MIA
TB
NYG
ATL
PIT
OAK
MIN
HOU
I know I missed the Thursday games, but unlike SOME people, I will not prognosticate retroactively. My picks for today and Monday are:
Ravens
Dolphins
Panthers
Giants (note to Plaxico – leave the gun home the next time you go clubbing)
Bills
Colts
Bucs
Falcons
Jets
Raiders
Steelers
Vikings
Jaguars
12:07 just under the wire…
Molly:
Buf
Bal
TB
NYG
Mia
Indy
GB
Atl
NYJ
Pitt
Oak
Chi
Jax
Adam’s Thursday pick for Ten. does not count. His picks came in at 1:39 and the game started at 12:30. Send all hate mail to the commissioner, Roger Goodell.
Just a few more weeks and things are really, really heating up. The boys at the top, Rwinger and MBQ are making it difficult to pick up any games as they are picking their butts off! RWinger had 11 wins while MBQ came in with a solid 10.
BYoung is also making a move with his 11 wins. Great picking daggers.
How about those Phillies? I spoke to McNabb the day before and he told me he was a lock!
Here you have it, prognosticators…
111 w’s
RWinger (11)
110 w’s
MBQ (10)
109 w’s
BYoung (11)
103 w’s
Dell (9)
102 w’s
Molly (10)
89 w’s
Cindy (9)
68 w’s
Adam (7)
don’t forget, check my work.
Those Bills and Jets pretty much shocked all of us.
Week 14:
Thursday
Oak @ SD
Sunday
Jax @ Chi
Min @ Det
Cin @ Indy
Phi @ NYG
Clev @ Tenn
Atl @ NO
Hous @ GB
Mia @ Buf
NYJ @ SF
NE @ Sea
KC @ Den
St.L @ Ari
Dal @ Pitt
Wash @ Balt
TB @ Car
Molly Thursday game:
Chargers
Budgie the Bird makes it another week and I’m willing to go with him again!
Thursday:
San Diego (pathetic as they are, Oakland is worse and Budgie agreed)
Sunday:
Jacksonville
Minnesota
Indianapolis (last weeks win was plain old ugly but it was a win)
New York Football Giants
Tennessee (the Browns will be starting a #3 quarterback)
New Orleans (I’ll give them home field points and Budgie soiled Hotlanta)
Green Bay (someone please tell Houston not to wear those God awful Monday night uniforms again, I felt a seizure coming on!)
Miami (I know warm weather playing in tundra BUT any given Sunday…)
New York Jets
New England
Denver
Arizona (clinch the division)
Pittsburgh
Baltimore (I’m a homer and not from PG or Montgomery counties)
Monday:
Tampa Bay
Thursday Pick, full of “Pith and Vinegar”: SD over Raiders. I heard that Jamarcus Russell is trying out for “Dancing With the Stars.”
OAK
CHI
MINN
INDY
NYG
TEN
NO
GB
MIA
SFO
NE
DEN
ARI
DAL
BAL
TB
Got a split second to prognosticate the remainder of my Week 14 picks:
JAX
MIN
IND
NYG
TEN
ATL
GB
BUF
NYJ
NE
DEN
ARI
BAL
CAR
And, the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by Lilac Programmable Internet Telephones, the sweetest smelling PIT’s in the VoIP Industry:
‘Boys over the Stillers!!
BOOK IT!
Sorry Dell, your lock is going down the pipes yet again! PIT will win big.
I’ll go SD tonight. For what the West matters.
SD for tonight’s game
Molly, that should have been 12 wins last week! Check it and bump me to second place, 1 win out, 4 weeks to go!
SD
BAL
CHI
MIN
GB
IND
ATL
NYG
TEN
MIA
DEN
NYJ
ARI
PIT
NE
CAR
Brian Young- sorry dude.
I went over your picks again and came up with 12-
Ten, Dal, Balt, Indy, Car, Mia, TB, NYG, Atl, Pit, Min, Hous
BYoung is tied for second at 110 wins!
See why we check my work?
Ten
NO- I just can’t get these guys this year.
Indy
Hous
Min
Jax
Phil
Balt- We’ll show those Deadskins what it’s like to play in a REAL stadium with more than one way in and out of the parking lot…
Dal
NYJ
Den
Mia (Another team I can’t figure- the Bills- they have split personalities. Or they just suck.)
Ariz
NE
TB
I really need to stop forgetting to make my picks.
SD
Chi
Min
Indy
NYG
Ten
NO
GB
Mia
NYJ
NE
Den
Ari
Pit
Bal
TB
I picked SD for Thursday’s game, here’s the rest – Ravens, Vikings, Titans, Packers, Saints, Bears,Giants, Colts, Bills, Patriots, Jets, Broncos, Steelers, Cardinals, Panthers
BYoung- I’d have gotten you, brother, if the Cowboys hadn’t decided to leave the Big Ketchup Bottle with 7 minutes to go in the game….stupid Cowboys!!
It does give me reason for optimism when the Ravens go to Big D in two weeks…
What a spectacular game on Sunday night!
Props to Cindy, BYoung and me for nabbing a whopping 12 wins!
The season is winding down and things are getting tight. We’ve got a battle for first going on! Get a load of these standings:
122 wins:
BYoung (12)!!!
RWinger (11)
121 wins:
MBQ (11)
114 wins:
Molly (12)!!!
111 wins:
Dell (8)
101 wins:
Cindy (12)!!!
79 wins:
Adam (11)
Don’t forget to get your standings and keep us on the right track.
Thanks for playing, prognosticators.
Week 15 games:
Thursday: NO @ Chic
Sunday:
TB @ Atl
Wash @ Cin
Ten @ Hous
GB @ Jax
SF @ Mia
Sea @ St. L
Buf @ NYJ
SD @ KC
Det @ Indy
Min @ Ari
Pit @ Balt (WHOOP, WHOOP)
Den @ Car
NE @ Oak
NYG @ Dall
Cle @ Phil
Molly! I need all the help I can get! NINE wins from week 14, please!
SD, MIN, IND, TEN, NE, DEN, ARI, BAL, CAR….
Here’s hoping I can make up some ground in week 15, starting with lifting my boycott of Thursday games for the second week in a row:
NO- I should start listening to Budgie?
ATL- I’m still on the Ryan Express
WAS- The Bengals ARE that bad…
TEN- Fisher will not put on the brakes yet, still have to clinch home field
GB- I will not pick the Jags again this year, even if they line up against Fordham.
MIA- something to play for in December
SEA- Almost took it to the Pats last week
NYJ- Bills, why have you forsaken me?
KC- This is their equivalent of the Super Bowl
IND- That perfect season seems within reach for the Lions
ARI
BAL- HOOOOOOOOMER
CAR
NYG
PHI
And the Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by the long list of over the counter medications that have allowed me to work through this head cold all week (special thanks to Advil Cold and Sinus!!): Raiders over Pats!
CHI
ATL
CIN
TENN
JAX
MIA
STL
NYJ
SD
INDY
ARIZ
BALT
CAR
NE
DAL
PHILLY
Dell – no matter where you are in the standings, your picks include the most entertaining commentary.
For tonight’s game: CHI
Weekend picks: TBA
Grazie! Blame it on the anti-histamines…
While holding my nose, I’ll take the Bears tonight.
Week 15 Picks:
Thursday:
Chicago (I have no love for Da’Beers and this is a Budgie the Bird pick)
Sunday:
Tampa Bay
Washington
Tennessee
Green Bay (I’m in the same boat with Dell, sans head cold)
Miami
Seattle
New York Jets
Kansas City (Any given Sunday at home…….Thigpen)
Indianapolis
Arizona
Baltimore (Flaco is no Romo and maybe that’s a good thing this week)
Carolina
New England
New York Football Giants
Monday:
Philadelphia (in honor of Budgie who soars with Eagles in his little bird mind when he chirps to himself in the mirror, cuddles his cuddle bone, and climbs on his little bird ladder and pecks the bell)
N’ Orleans
CHI
ATL
PIT
CAR
WAS
TEN
IND
GB
SD
MIA
NYJ
STL
ARI
NE
NYG
PHI
My bad Dell…You have 112 wins then.
Molly:
TB
Cinncy
Hous (Ravens need this)
Jax
Mia
Sea
NYJ
KC
Indy
Ariz
BALT (of course)
Car
NE
Dall
Phil
Today’s picks in the nick of time:
Ravens
Jets
Titans
Rams
Buccs
Dolphins
Colts
Chargers
Redskins
Jaguars
Vikings
Panthers
Patriots
Giants
Eagles
Molly- Nice pick on the Texans!
Thanks, wishful thinking I guess.
How about that Ravens game, heh?
Sad to say, but the Steelers did what they needed to do to get that win.
Our Ravens played hard and it was a great game but we couldn’t handle them in the end.
The last 5 minutes of the game exemplifies what still separates the Ravens from the elite tier of teams in the league. If they can’t seal the deal- keeping the Steelers out of the endzone from 92 YARDS AWAY- they aren’t ready to play with the big boys yet….
Dell, looks like Jacksonville slapped both us again this week. Come on Philly, salvage my week!
RWinger- put that one in the “any given Sunday” category. The theory is still firm- the Jags close out the season with Indy and our beloved Ravens OTR. That looks like 0-2 to me.
Stupid Jaguars.
Whoa! What a week it was in the NFL: the Not-For-Long league.
Dagger prognosticators we are down to the salacious six. We’ve got the gumption to keep on, keeping on or perhaps it is just our tenacity.
Nevertheless, I applaud you (and me) for seeing this baby through so far. Don’t let me down, here, football fans- We are all busy. It is Christmas, blah- blah-blah. Ho, ho, ho. I implore you to stick it out till the end.
You (we) will all go down in history as the first ever Dagger Pigskin Prognosticators- win, lose or draw.
So, Let’s get it on, boys and girls!
Lots of activity in the standings…some of the big dogs are showing their vulnerable sides and some of the middle-men (and women) are showing their teeth and picking up some ground. Can you feel me? With just two weeks left, it’s a wonderful time of the year to commandeer the top!
I’m making the list, and you best be sure to check it twice- please. I’m prone to errors now. Dont’ ask.
133 wins
MBQ (12!!! Nice recovery after dropping to second last week)
132 wins
BYoung (10)
130 wins
R Winger (8) ouch… it’s okay- you’ll get em next week.
125 wins
Molly (11!)
119 wons
Dell (7) yes Dell, you’re commentary is most def. the best! Keep it coming…
111 wins
Cindy (10)
CHECK IT TWICE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS…we all are.
Week 16…step right up, step right up.
Not only do we have a Thursday game, but we have a Saturday game. Get your picks in on time…I go by this clock on here so make sure there is not a worry. Leave yourself time…thanks all!
Bring it:
Thursday:
Indy @ Jax
Saturday:
Balt @ Dall
Sunday:
Cin @ Cle
NO @ Det
Ari @ NE
Pit @ Ten
SF @ ST.L
Mia @ KC
SD @ TB
Buf @ Den
NYJ @ Sea
Hous @ Oak
Atl @ Min
Phi @ Wash
Car @ NYG
Monday:
GB @ Chi
I’ll go first:
Thursday: Indy
Saturday: No-brainer, RAVENS!
Indeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
(God I hate the Colts…)
Rest of the week’s picks to follow
Colts
I’m trying…I’m trying…no. Colts.
Indy
Dall
Cle
NO
NE
Ten
SF
Mia
TB
Den
NYJ
Oak
Min
Phi
NYG
GB
Just walked in the house.
Thursday Night:
Indianapolis
More to follow
Saturday:
Baltimore
Sunday:
Cleveland (Budgie crapped on both so I had to go with pile mass)
New Orleans
New England
Tennessee
San Francisco
Miami
Tampa Bay
Denver
New York Jets
Houston
Minnesota
Washington
Carolina
Monday Night:
Green Bay
With the holidays approaching, I thought I’d take a little time for some reflection on the season that was.
The Lead Pipe has turned out to be some sort of Lead/Silly Putty composite that couldn’t lock a toddler out of a cookie jar. Record YTD: 2-12. Average margin of defeat: 12 points.
I have been let down by some good teams, and have assured the defeat of others by simply implying that they would win on a given Sunday (see AZ v WAS Week 2, or TB v DAL Week 8).
Therefore, in the this, the giving season, I give you the Week 16 Lead Pipe Lock o’ the Week, brought to you by Freda Feltzer’s Fancy Fruitcakes, the gift that keeps on giving: DAL over BAL
In the immortal words of Randy Hickey: Felice Blobby-Blah!!
CIN- Two more full seasons, and a Carson Palmer sighting, Fitzpatrick could be the second coming of Matt Cassel
NO- Lions pursue Perfect SEASON!!!
ARI- Could this be the help the Ravens need?
PIT- I just threw up a little…
SF- Singletary is auditioning for a full-time gig…
MIA- Herm is auditioning for Bill Cowher’s chair at CBS
TB
DEN- Sorry Molly, there ain’t a Who in Whoville that’d get me on the Bills again
NYJ- AFC East Champs???
HOU- They do this crap EVERY YEAR!!!
ATL- Got to hand Rookie of the Year to Ryan. He’s pretty good…
PHI- The long national (capitol) nightmare continues…
CAR- They’re better that the Giants, right now…
CHI- One of my big “2″ LPLOTW wins came by picking against GB. Take that, stupid Cheeseheads…
Big XMAS party today! Merry Christmas to all…..
Dal
Cle
NO
NE
Pit
SF
Mia
SD
Den
Sea
Hou
Atl
Phi
Car
Chi
There is that dam code again !
Go Ravens- beat Dallas…
Molly
Mia
Det (uh-huh that’s right, they go 1-15)
Cin
TB
SF
NEE
Den
Go Tennessee!! Pound the Steelers
Atl
NYG
JETS
Hous
Phily\
GB
I have to say that the Cowgirls escape with a final win
Full picks for the week:
IND
DAL
CLE
NO
MIA
MIN
NE
NYG
STL
PIT
WAS
DEN
HOU
NYJ
TB
CHI
Fellow Prognosticating Ravens fans: You’re welcome…
Okay sports’ fans…It is time.
Dell, love your witty analysis. You’ll have to keep on that during the playoffs and I fully expect you to stop by my blog: http://www.mdbirdlover.wordpress.com to check it out, and keep it coming. I’m being struck with sweet memories of TampaBay from 01- SB XXXV.
Let’s not get into the p-word talk just yet. One week at a time…
If my calculations are correct, (ed note: it’s 2:15 am and I just made 25 lbs of lasagna and 1,022 Christmas Cookies) I took the top prize this week with 10 whoppers.
Go me!
Unfortunately, I did not fare nearly as well in my pool where I have the opportunity to win actual peanuts. As if. My lame Detroit musing is simply embarrassing. New Orleans has had my number all year.
Anyhoo, our resident education expert-turned-sports-afficianado has been MIA since Thursday’s game. Cindy, come back!!! One more week sister. Just one more week.
Please turn off all electronic devices and put your tray tables in the upright position….
142 wins
MBQ (9)
139 wins
RWinger (9)
Brian Young (7)
135
Molly (10!!!)
124
Dell (5- best week ever for commentary though)
112
Cindy (1-for-1)
87
Adam (8)
FINAL WEEK…#17
St.L @ Atl
NE @ Buf
KC @ Cin
Det @ GB
Chi @ Hous
Tenn @ Indy
NYG @ Minn
Car @ NO
Clev @ Pitt
Oak @ TB
Jax @ Balt
Mia @ NYJ
Dal @ Phil
Sea @ Ariz
Wash @ SF
Den @ SD
Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays prognosticators. And Dagger readers/writers too!
Final Week 17 picks already!?
After my early Christmas present to all the Dagger Prognosticators last week, I figured I’d get my picks in first. All you have to do to “make the Yuletide gay” is pick directly opposite of me. Last week, that’d have gotten you 11 wins!
I can’t stand the anticipation anymore. Unwrap your gifts!
ATL- First package, A CUPCAKE
NE- Second package, more COAL FOR MOLLY’S STOCKING
CIN- Third package, an endorsement deal from CareerBuilder.com for Herm
GB- Fourth package, an endorsement deal from Monster.com for Marinelli
CHI- Fifth package, Sausage, sausage, DITKA
TEN- Sixth package, gift certificates to Madame Han’s spa. Both teams “Happy”
MIN- Seventh package, a BIG, um, bath towel, and a home playoff game
CAR- Eighth package, passing record for Brees, months to reflect in peace
PIT- Ninth package, a big FOAM FINGER (Yep, they’re NUMBER ONE WITH ME!!)
OAK- Tenth package, an AED for Al Davis after the Raiders pull the upset
MIA- Eleventh package, a W to help the Ravens’ cause
PHI- Twelfth package, a royal blue pacifier, monagrammed “T.O.”
SEA- Thirteenth package, a fitting sendoff for the worst team to ever make playoffs
SF- Fourteenth package, a fitting sendoff for the “worst coach on the planet”
DEN- Fifteenth package, Underoos, Under Armor, a copy of Underworld 3
And, the sixteenth package…
You remember the last package under the tree. All shiny, big ribbons and bows streaming from the top. How the anticipation of “THE” gift made it hard to sleep the night before.
I hope you’re not one of those “let’s keep the wrapping paper” people because you’re going to want to tear into this one…
The Week 17, no BS, Take it to the Limit one more Time, Lead Pipe lock o’ the Week, brought to you by “death and taxes”: BAL over JAX.
Merry Christmas to all the Daggers!
I hope that all are having a happy & safe holiday season.
Week 17:
Atlanta
Buffalo (playing spoiler and going out on a positive note)
Kansas City (playing for pride)
Detroit (they already made history with 15 in a row and have absolutely no pressure on them)
Houston
Indianapolis (who has the better second and third stringers?)
Minnesota
Carolina
Pittsburgh
Tampa Bay
Baltimore (remember the “experts” picking a 6-10 season at best?)
Miami (a worst to first stunner)
Philadelphia
Seattle (a victory in the this could have been us bowl)
Washington
San Diego (the “Who Wants to Lose to Indy the Following Week” bowl)
Atl
NE- their going to the playoffs
Cin
GB- puh-lease, no way I’m going out on a limb again for these guys
Chi
Indy
NYG
Car
Pitt
TB
Balt- oh yeah, papi, let’s talk the p–word now!
Mia
Phil
Ariz
Wash
Den
What a week to have my worst of the season! I need to make up 3 games..if only MBQ doesn’t post over the holidays…
ATL
BAL
NE
CIN
GB
HOU
TEN
NYG
NO
MIA
DAL
PIT
TB
ARI
SD
WAS
FINAL WEEK…#17
Atl
NE
CINN
GB
Hous
Indy
Minn
Car
Pitt
TB
Balt
NYJ
Phil
Ariz
SF
SD
Ol’ Dell saved the best for last. 12 W’s baby, capped with a big upset special on the Raiders! SSWEEEEETT!
Early pick for next Sunday- Ravens 27, ‘Fins 6.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!1
I’m making a list and you are checking it twice…
Is this thing on?
MBQ goes deep and takes it all with 156 smackeroonies! That is right, 156 total wins! He had a stellar week, winning 14 of 16. Congrats…you and I need to hook up because I have your reward.
Tied for second… Brian Young and RWinger each had 10 wins this week and ended with 149 big ones. NICE. No prize for second, sorry, just a shout-out and a possible nod in the Dagger Pigskin Prognostication Honorable Mention List.***Pending committee review of course.
Third…Hey, hey, hey. It’s me. An 11-week win just wasn’t enough this late in the game. However, me and my 146 wins are pumped for playoffs and thrilled that you all took the time out to play. I’m hoping we move forward with a playoff prognostication? Are you in? No prize here just pride.
Last but not least, the best commentator of all time did bring it this final week. Dell, Dell, Dell…way to dig deep in the end there and give up a rock-solid showing. With 136 wins (12-spot for the week) you outshined week in and week out. You gave us a giggle and a clue into the NFL and who we should pick (opposite) your lead pipe o’ the week pick.
Fun, fun, fun. But as far as I’m concerned…it ain’t over till the fat lady sings brothers. What say you?
Let’s take this ride right into the Super Bowl! If I can pick every playoff game right, and you don’t pick any, Molly, that’d give me ALMOST enough wins to still finish in last place.
Snicker if you must, but I’m still alive and pickin’.
Dell, I’d NOT pick just to get a piece of that commentary of yours.
Psyche! No way…
Wild Card Weekend Picks:
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Minnesota
MIN
ATL
ready?
SD
MIA
Let’s light this candle (easier said than done with the winds gusting to 65 MPH tonight…)!!!
Saturday Picks:
Game 1-
The kid inside of me wants to pick the frosting, but the adult in me loves the whole wheat! Dirty Birds expose the Cards like a fat kid getting pantsed in gym class.
Game 2-
Weren’t the Chargers picked by some to run the table in the AFC this year? Count me in! Bolts-at home- over the Colts! Peyton will get his extra night’s stat in SD. The weather is SWEET!
Sunday Picks:
Game 1-
HOOOOOOOOMERRR!- The Ravens of 2008 looking like the Ravens of 2000? With an offense? Any offense? Fahgitaboutit! Birds over Fish!
Game 2-
Are the Iggles frauds that backed their way into the playoffs? Where did the Vikings come from? Is it just me, or could Gerald McRainey play Brad Childress in the movie version of this season? Why can Green Bay play outdoors in January, while Minnesota has to play indoors all year long? No homerdome here- Eagles over Vikings!
Let the Festivus commence!
My overall picks for the season in the pool where I made it to every prediction went 165 and 91, counting the tie as a loss. Just couldn’t predict that tie…
I think there should be a two game difference: I didn’t make it back to the Dagger to switch from the cowgirls to Philly, and a hurricane screw up! Back in week 2 everyone was talking about Houston, Baltimore, and Cincy having their schedules mixed up. Looks like it didn’t hurt the Ravens.
It caught me though: I picked Houston to beat Cincy in week 10, when the game was against Baltimore! Alas, that alone made me settle for a second place tie instead claiming first loser all to myself!
I’m taking it to the Hiz-ouse…
Indy
Baltimore
Atl
Philly
Dagger Pigskin Playoffs:
Dell- 3-1 (Game on Dude!)
Molly 2-2
RWinger 1-3
BYoung 1-3
How about them Ravens, huh? Great to be a football fan, isn’t it?
Wel, well, well……….a suprise or two this past weekend no doubt. I suppose the pressure was on Atlanta and Indy’s defense looked very predictable, at least the Ravens came through…….and didn’t go to a prevent defense in the 4th quarter!!
This week, let’s see:
Baltimore (Tennessee ain’t all that!…..I hope)
Pittsburgh
Carolina
Philadelphia (They can get back every bit of respect lost during the tumble with 1 game…….as long as they win)
By the way I’m setting up for an all east coast Super Bowl with a potential I-95 showdown.
RWinger! I like the cut of your jib!
They say the regular season is just supposed to be 16 practices to prepare you for the playoffs. That must have been my philosophy all along….
Saturday games
Game 1- Which Titans team will show up at venerable LP Field on Saturday? My money is that it’ll be the team that has looked decidedly average over the last 3-4 weeeks of the regular season, not the world beaters that started the season undefeated for 10 weeks: Ravens 20, Titans 10 (Anybody else notice that I was 3 points off the prediction for last week’s game? I AM THE SMARTEST MAN ALIVE!!!)
Game 2- The Cardinals will not disappoint me 2 weeks in a row. They have SOME nerve showing up to play in their first home playoff game since the Treaty of Paris. Will lightning strike twice? To quote Daniel Craig, when asked about a Bond Trilogy,” No ****ing Way!” Panthers over Cards
Sunday Games
Game 1- I’d like to see this game end in a tie, just to watch them have to grab Donovan as he tries to jog out of the tunnel and get on the team bus. “PLAYOFF games can’t end in a tie, D!!” Giants over Iggles
Game 2- Just prior to taking the field Sunday, coack Tomlin reminds Big Ben that he’s in Pittsburgh, playing football, for the Steelers. Ben asserts that he doesn’t have school today, it’s Saturday… Steelers over Chargers
Dagger Prognosticators, even in the face of adversity, you still got it!!!.
Anyway, it’s early but I’ve got a better feel for the games now.
Without further ado, here are the four winners of these divisional playoff games…
Seriously, game 1- do I even have to say it? I mean really, I am the epitome of a homer! My Ravens are strutting into Nashville and walking away victorious, it’s that simple. Not saying it’s going to be easy but it will be a good game and B-more’s City Hall can stay purple-lighted forever as far as I’m concerned. It’s electric in this town now. GO RAVENS.
Pitt. (I just threw up a little in my mouth) but I’d love, just love to see a Chargers upset. Oh man, how sweet would that be!!!
NFC suckers: (I’ve got no love for the NFC these days. No love)
Carolina
Phila
Darn Dell I missed that you, are in fact, the smartest man alive.
Go DELL!
Molly-I’d like to think that SD has a shot at pulling the big U on the Stillers, but, that wouldn’t be a big U, that’d be A HUGE BULGING ENORMOUS U.
No LT?
Can Sproles be THE MAN against this Steeler defense?
Will Phillip Rivers’ have time to throw, or spend the game looking up at the sky through his earhole?
How about them Ravens?
Woo-hooo~
Not bad going 3 and 1, now it’s wire time.
In what should be a knock down drag out old school football game I’m going to ride the rookie magic carpet and go with the Ravens. It may be wishful thinking, but it will be a real football game (classic old style).
As for the NFC, the Cards shock the Eagles. Of course this changes my whole I-95 Super Bowl but I can’t help but like the Cardinals………and I’d love to see the Ravens smack down a Bidwell team in the Super Bowl!
Suffered a little setback with the Divisional Round of the playoffs. Couple that with the intestinal flu that swept through EVERY OCCUPANT of casa de Dell this weekend. By Monday my house looked like a refugee camp in Darfur.
I just can’t figure the NFC this year. Underachieving teams, overachieving teams, who can keep track anymore?
But, my beloved American Football Conference!
Are the two best teams in the AFC still standing? At least defense #1 and #2 are.
Will “Big Ben” finally strike 12:00 on Joe the QB? Short answer: ‘fraid so…
I’m as big a homer as they come. But, there are things that happen during the course of a season that lend the “destiny” tag to certain teams. How many weeks have the Stillers forcibly removed one from their collective rectums? Too many. Destiny. Sad. Stillers over the Ravens. Book it.
NFC- Now officially stands for “Not of F***ing Consequence.” Cards? Donkeys. Iggles? Donkeys. Beards over Bidwells.
On a related topic, why do we still suffer through a two week hiatus between the championships and the Super Bowl? Hell, they’re damn near playing baseball now until Thanksgiving.
Hockey and baskeyball run year-round (I guess, ’cause I don’t follow fringe sports).
Next thing you know, the NFL playoffs will be competing with Spring Training baseball games on TV.
Dell, Dell, Dell. I had a major comment crush on you right up until your awful pick on the AFC Championship Game…it’s over for us Dell. LOL.
Dude, seriously, this AFC matchup is going to be one helluva game. I’m thinking, like most, defensive brouhaha, low-scoring and Flacco and the dee bring it home.
We are injured, we are the underdog, and we are the winner.
Ravens don’t go down tres’ to the Steelers, not now-not ever. Are my purple shades on? Yes sir. But I’m telling you it’s a sure thing. That said, in no way am I saying its going to be simple or even pretty. It’s going to be a knock-down drag out fight…what’s our name? Who knew this marketing tag would turn into prophecy? It’s on sports fans and the Ravens aren’t going to get punked by the Stillers!
As for te NFC, RWinger (thanks for noting my spectacular playoff week of prognostication by the way, I’ve been doing my homework)…
I personally see the Eagles pulling this papa out. I’m a McNaab fan and think he’s got it here. Warner, who offers another feel-good comeback story line, I’m just not feeling it. He hasnt had a lot of success with the Eagles dee. yes, he’s home and yes he beat them once in the playoffs with the Rams, but I think the Cards have been played out. Their time has come.
that’s it fellas…Oh happy festivus maximus…See you in Tampa Bay…
Throwing caution to the wind……..
Cardinals
Ravens
It could happen, anything could happen. I have faith in the Ravens and a quarterback that looks at it as just another game and I won’t get upset if I don’t see and prevent defense. As for the Cardinals, come on, they pretty much suck and play in a crappy division, I’ll be rooting….just because.
The Ravens don’t have anything to hang their heads about. Picked to finish at the bottom of the dividion they shoed a lot of people that they were for real (myself included). Rookie QB, rookie coach, injuries and they still beat out a lot of other teams for the dance. Finished better than the Pats, Colts, Titans, Cowboys, Giants, and Panthers……all picked by the experts to go all of the way. So much for the experts. Kyle Boller….good luck being a successful back-up on any other NFL team, Troy Smith……yes you wre a fifth round pick and no you are not the same type of Tom Brady fifth round pick. Chris Mac…….anyone can be replaced.
Super Bowl Pick: Steelers over Cards (nice to see that the experts were wrong on that end too) 37-10.
TRAINING CAMP STARTS IN TWO WEEKS! ANY HOPE WE CAN GET PROGNOSTICATION 2009 STARTED A LITTLE EARLY? I’m going nuts having to watch baseball this summer…
T-SIZZLE, make it rain, baby!!!!!!!!!
Dell, you want to keep score and run things this year? I can start a new post, or we (you) can start a new season thread in the forum…
How’s about I collect my thoughts and put a new thread in the forum?
I will gladly keep it together. Football is my single tie to sanity…