2006 NFL Regular Season

[LOSTyears]

Its that time again.
:w00t: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME.... dumb question, of course you are.
Season kicks off Thursday. So for all your NFL rants, raves, predictions this thread is the place to be.
Instead of splitting threads into weeks lets have one to rule them all, until playoffs roll around. Save some space.


My Picks-Week 1

*Opener* Miami at Pittsburgh: Miami
With Big Ben out with the appendsitus(OUCH! Poor kid's looking to have a short career) the phins will get the W. One of my early season predictions are the Phins making the post, think Daunte has found a place to rebound.

Atlanta at Carolina: Panthers
Virtually the same D, with the addition of Keyshawn to catch the short ones next to Smith their going to be tough no matter who they play. Could go deep in the post.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay: Bucs
Don't like Mcnair here.

Buffalo at New England: Pats

Cincinnati at Kansas City: Cinci
If Palmer can stay healthy their going to be fine. KC has made a few interesting moves in the off-season. This could be a really good game.

Denver at St. Louis: Denver
Rams are not even a mere shell of what they use to be, a shame really.

New Orleans at Cleveland: Saints
See if Bree's and Bush can breath life into New Orleans, I predict a 7-9 season for them.

NY Jets at Tennessee: Jets
Both these teams have big questions at QB but Titans are a bigger mess.

Philadelphia at Houston: Philly
Without T.O. their practically the same team they were during the NFC Championships.

Seattle at Detroit: Seattle
Could make another run.

Chicago at Green Bay: Da Bears
WTF is Favre doing.

Dallas at Jacksonville: Big D big baabbby!

San Francisco at Arizona: Arizona
I can see Leinart starting this year towards the later stretch.

Indianapolis at NY Giants: Giants
You gotta love a Manning vs Manning game in the first week, I'm pulling for Eli. He's got one thing Peyton doesn't have, Tiki. Know Indy is a pass heavy team but I still don't see nothing good of EJ leaving.

Minnesota at Washington: Minnesota
Skins are plagued with injury, see them tanking at the bottom of the East.

San Diego at Oakland: Oakland
You know what :lol: this might be the only game the Raiders might win. Phillp does not look ready.


Dallas Cowboys-My team assessment *for those who care*
Love what I saw in the pre, too bad that all the HIM and 2 talk over shadowed what was going on. We lost some vets on D(both sides really) but we've added alot of youth and more speed to our 3-4, with Roy still at the helm I'm confident. Drew and Terry's chemistry is tighter than ever. With Marion pushing Julius for the #1 spot thats only going to be good for us, the only thing keeping Barber from being an all down back is toughness. Even with his size and speed we still have ourselves a great 3rd down back & a playmaker, expect him to possibly get that 1st spot by the end of season. Vandercrack is a mess, I honestly don't know where this move is going. No sir I don't like it, might be wrong.
One more thing, wether T.O. shows up for us or not doesn't change the fact that Dallas are still playoff contenders. Don't get me wrong I love T.O. and I will defend him in most cases but unlike Philly and the Niners Bill & D'Boys are not going to let one man destroy our house because of lack of leadership and ineptitude in the front office. Predict we'll make the number 1 or 2 spot by the end. 10-6 without em, 12-4 with him.

[Evil_Koala]

Cowboys Ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EmberAlchemist0]

The only team I want to win really is the San Fran 49ers! They are my team! I like the Colts and the Dolphins but not as much as the 49ers. Around here where I live it's Steelers country. I must be the only non Steelers fan in my town. :lol:

[Smith]

Miami at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh

Atlanta at Carolina: Falcons

Baltimore at Tampa Bay: Buccaneers

Buffalo at New England: Bills

Cincinnati at Kansas City: Bengals

Denver at St. Louis: Broncos

New Orleans at Cleveland: Saints

NY Jets at Tennessee: Titans

Philadelphia at Houston: Eagles

Seattle at Detroit: Lions

Chicago at Green Bay: Packers

Dallas at Jacksonville: Cowboys

San Francisco at Arizona: Cardinals

Indianapolis at NY Giants: Giants

Minnesota at Washington: Vikings

San Diego at Oakland: Chargers

[SousukeSagara]

Go titans! :3

[Depression]

DD on IR, wow, I bet the Texans wish they drafted Bush now. I'll post my picks later.

[tater salad]

Yeah I can't wait for the season to kick off. It wouldn't shock me to see Arizona make the wild card. I think it would be better to say that maybe The Saints can pull something out the bang...I can tell you this alot of people will infact have their spirits lefted when the Saints return home as well as their future franchise player...Reggie Bush. The NFC east division looks very improved and could well have one team to be in NFC championship or the Superbowl...I'm picking Dallas. The NFC north is clearly dominated by the Bears defense...I mean I'm a Packers fan all the way,love Favre but is it truly time to retire? The AFC conference will infact win this years Superbowl. Both north and east each have a team that has improved most and thats the Ravens and the Dolphins. Offense got alot better with Mcnair as QB and as well as Dante going to Miami who is in desperate need of help.Well for the South there's one thing to come to mind...Colts winning the division. The west looks very interesting. KC with Larry Johnson, will the Chargers do well without the assisstance of Drew Brees? There's not much to say about the Raiders but will they ever be good again? and lastly we come to Denver, who I think will go to the Superbowl. With Javon Walker on the team who knows what dangerous things might come out of that offense. Be on the look out for your teams this weekend.
My super bowl picks
Dallas vs Denver...winner???? don't know.
http://enrico.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/terrell_owens_star.jpg a star is born

[LOSTyears]

^What if he does something spectacular and goes to the star again? :unsure: Are we suppose to applaud or cheer??? I'm so CONFUSED :crybaby: LOL
Nice to see alot of Dallas love.

DD on IR, wow, I bet the Texans wish they drafted Bush now.With no line Bush would do as much good in Houston as EJ is going to do in Arizona, not much. Not to say the Saints have anything special up front.
Reggie is good for New Orleans in more ways than one.

[Depression]

Davis always seemed to manage though. Was on pace for a third consecutive 1000 yard season. And he was always a threat with the pass like Bush. But maybe that line is why he was getting injured every year.

[Evolution]

With no line Bush would do as much good in Houston as EJ is going to do in Arizona, not much.

The Arizona line is much improved. Edge will get his 1000+ yds/12 TDs which is all we really need from him. The pass blocking has looked great and with the best WR duo in the league, I think we'll have the #1 offense, or atleast top 3. How good the defense is remains to be seen, we were missing a couple key guys in the pre-season.

I think the Cards will crush the Niners 35-10.

Anyway, on to the rest of week 1:

Miami @ Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh
Atlanta @ Carolina: Carolina
Baltimore @ TB: Baltimore
Buffalo @ NE: NE
Cincinnati @ KC: KC
Denver @ St. Louis: Denver
New Orleans @ Cleveland: Cleveland
NY Jets @ Tennessee: NY Jets
Philadelphia @ Houston: Philadelphia
Seattle @ Detroit: Seattle
Chicago @ GB: Green Bay
Dallas @ Jacksonville: Dallas
Indy @ NYG: Indy
Minnesota @ Washington: Washington
San Diego @ Oakland: San Diego

[firstpressing]

My picks:

Miami @ Pittsburgh: Miami
Atlanta @ Carolina: Carolina
Baltimore @ TB: Baltimore
Buffalo @ NE: NE
Cincinnati @ KC: Cincinnati
Denver @ St. Louis: St. Louis (upset pick)
New Orleans @ Cleveland: Cleveland
NY Jets @ Tennessee: NY Jets
Philadelphia @ Houston: Philadelphia
Seattle @ Detroit: Seattle
Chicago @ GB: Chicago
Dallas @ Jacksonville: Dallas
Indy @ NYG: Indy
Minnesota @ Washington: Washington
San Diego @ Oakland: San Diego

[Professor Funk]

Miami @ Pittsburgh: Even with Big Ben out Miami has no chance against the Steelers. The Steelers still have a GREAT defense and always remember there coaches are some of the best in the NFL. My pick the Steelers.
Atlanta @ Carolina: Carolina takes this one pretty easily.
Baltimore @ TB: Tampa Bay should man handle Baltimore
Buffalo @ NE: New England wins this one
Cincinnati @ KC: I see Kansas City taking this one, I'm not really to impressed with the Bangels.
Denver @ St. Louis: The Rams SUCK, This game is a sure blow out. Denver should win by 2-3 TD's.
New Orleans @ Cleveland: This is a toss up in my opinion, The Browns are always the underdogs but in this game New Orleans has something to prove. I'm undecided but I will choose New Orleans.
NY Jets @ Tennessee: NY Jets should win, they are my team but I'm afraid to say that we are a wreck. We are more screwed now that H. Edwards is gone.
Philadelphia @ Houston: Ha the Texans are the laughing stock of the NFL. Philly by 3 TD's.
Seattle @ Detroit: Seattle wins this one. They may have a shot at the Super bowl again.
Chicago @ GB: The Bears take this one. Farve is in for a rude awakining when GB gets spanked right of kickoff.
Dallas @ Jacksonville: Dallas wins this one.
Indy @ NYG: Giants will take this one, There Defense is VERY good. I'm predicting Eli to have a Peyton type year this year. Tiki is a MAJOR WEAPON, and then Plaxico and Shockey are both amazing in their own respects.
Minnesota @ Washington: Redskins should beat the piss out of a horrible Minnesota team. On a second note both teams are pretty bad.
San Diego @ Oakland: Chargers should whip oakland. Raiders could pull an upset if the QB can connect with Randy Moss.

[Gannon]

Miami @ Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh
Atlanta @ Carolina: Atlanta
Baltimore @ TB: Baltimore
Buffalo @ New England: New England
Cincinnati @ Kansas City: Cincinnati
Denver @ St. Louis: Denver
New Orleans @ Cleveland: New Orleans
New York @ Tennessee: Tennessee
Philadelphia @ Houston: Philadelphia
Seattle @ Detroit: Seattle
Chicago @ Green Bay: Chicago
Dallas @ Jacksonville: Dallas
Indy @ New York Giants: Indy
Minnesota @ Washington: Washington
San Diego @ Oakland: Oakland

[SDAnimeFan]

I'm just hoping the Lions can play .500 football for once in I don't no how many years.

[Hunter_Z]

Miami @ Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh
Atlanta @ Carolina: Carolina
Baltimore @ TB: Baltimore
Buffalo @ NE: New England
Cincinnati @ KC: Cincinnati
Denver @ St. Louis: Denver
New Orleans @ Cleveland: New Orleans
NY Jets @ Tennessee: Jets
Philadelphia @ Houston: Phili
Seattle @ Detroit: Seattle
Chicago @ GB: Chicago
Dallas @ Jacksonville: Dallas
Indy @ NYG: Indy
Minnesota @ Washington: Washington
San Diego @ Oakland: San Diego

I can defintely see a 11-5 season from the Ravens. Hopefully, McNair will be the answer to our QB drama.

[Evil_Koala]

Yes! YES! YES! I don't care about the other teams. Cowboys are goin' all the way this year!

[LOSTyears]

Damn I missed the opening game cause of work :( Oh well my first prediction was a bust so thats not a good sign, glad I didn't make any bets.
Won't miss Sunday when the Boys whoop up on the Jags, can't believe Vegas has D'Boys as the underdogs on the card >_< I'm insulted, but thats also easy money :thumbsup:

[Professor Funk]

Damn I missed the opening game cause of work :( Oh well my first prediction was a bust so thats not a good sign, glad I didn't make any bets.
Won't miss Sunday when the Boys whoop up on the Jags, can't believe Vegas has D'Boys as the underdogs on the card >_< I'm insulted, but thats also easy money :thumbsup:

I have one question for you, What were you thinking when you picked the Dolphins over the Steelers??? Everybody knew that the Steelers Defense was going to be too much for the Dolphins to handle.

[Evolution]

Haha, Culpepper is already in mid-season form. 0 TDs, 2 INTs.

[LOSTyears]

I have one question for you, What were you thinking when you picked the Dolphins over the Steelers??? Everybody knew that the Steelers Defense was going to be too much for the Dolphins to handle. -_-; My hopes were on Batch making mistakes first, I never questioned the D. Daunte is just someone I'd like to see rebound, maybe thats a false hope. It was a personal pick, which is why I didn't put anything down on it.

[Depression]

Dolphins were in it until Culpepper made his mistake. The first INT wasn't necessarily his fault, but the 2nd was just a horrible pass and a horrible read.

Maybe Moss had a bigger impact than we all thought. I remember last year w/o Moss he started out 6 TD 12 INT before he was injured.

[Evil_Koala]

lol, Scores (http://www.nfl.com/scores)

[kenshinbebop]

Oh yeah! Pittsburgh for the win!

[emotoaster]

Atlanta @ Carolina: Carolina
Baltimore @ TB: TB
Buffalo @ NE: New England
Cincinnati @ KC: Cincinnati
Denver @ St. Louis: Denver
New Orleans @ Cleveland: Cleveland
NY Jets @ Tennessee: Jets
Philadelphia @ Houston: Phili
Seattle @ Detroit: Seattle
Chicago @ GB: Chicago
Dallas @ Jacksonville: Jacksonville
Indy @ NYG: NY if Dline gets pressure and Tiki gets 150+
Minnesota @ Washington: Washington
San Diego @ Oakland: San Diego

Great opening week should have some close ones I'm really am interest at how well Simms will do against a Bal. team known for their D.

Also want to see how Mario Williams and Reggie will do.

[Evil_Koala]

Rocker. What blaphsemy have you committed? JACKSONVILLE?! JACKSONVILLE MY ***! COWBOYS FTW!

[Mooserocka]

EAgles had in juys last year but were goin to the superbowl one more time. This time to win. The eagles right now look vicious. Philly all the way screw dallas

[Evil_Koala]

EAgles had in juys last year but were goin to the superbowl one more time. This time to win. The eagles right now look vicious. Philly all the way screw dallas

I'm going to kill you. :( Capitalize Dallas, homie.

[LOSTyears]

Koala LOL! Moose and Rocker are entitled to their opinion. Their wrong :P but they are entitled to that mistake.
Working late nights I listen to alot of Sports radio and I've been hearing nothing but Dallas hate over the past month. OOooo Giants and Philly are going to rule the east blah blah blah Jones is going to replace Bill yada yada yada T.O. countdown to destruction, god damn HATERS! Its all good, I love a good rivalry.

Not really worried about the injury ridden Skins, vengeance will be ours in the 2nd week and yet again in the 9th. These 4 games are really important 10/8, 12/25(Philly) 10/28, 12/3(Gmen) for our dominance.

[Evil_Koala]

I suppose you're right about the 'entitled to their own opinion' thing...

Why is everyone hatin on the Cowboys? We've been in more superbowls than anyone and WON more than anyone. And won more than anyone else did in a row. Owned.

What time is their game tomorrow?

[emotoaster]

^Cuz Dallas got T.O. and T.O.=MeLtDoWn!1!one

IF T.O. isn't alittle bi*** this season and starts fighting with Bill and Drew and the rest of the team I can see Dallas maybe getting a wildcard spot NY will win the divison though.

I might be a hater but you Dallas fans are going to be praying for T.O. to leave soon and even if he doesn't cause a Nuclear Meltdown he will cry about his hamstring and pull out of random games.

[yangster]

I only care about the Bucs and I see them going to the playoffs. Dunno about the superbowl yet since it's TOO EARLY to tell.

[LOSTyears]

Why is everyone hatin on the Cowboys? We've been in more superbowls than anyone and WON more than anyone. And won more than anyone else did in a row. Owned.Thats probably the main reason, people hate winners. Its only natural. Think most of it spawned when we became the proclaimed "America's Team", most didn't take to kindly to that even though most were in denial ^_^
The game is on 415 eastern on Fox, thats 115 for me. I'll be up just in time for it, since I'm in N. Cali theres a high possibility that the Cards/Niners game will be televised instead, I know America is clammering for that game :rolleyes: Hope Fox does the right thing and shows D'Boys/Jags, a game everyone deserves to see.

^Cuz Dallas got T.O. and T.O.=MeLtDoWn!1!one.You know what all that stuff could happen. But with T.O. I think the reward outweighs the risk.
As for his hammy, come on don't buy into that pre season bull. Besides that was just practice, come on man we're talking about practice. Practice, not the game the actual game he lives and dies for, we talikn bout practice man. Practice, how silly is that.
As long as he shows up and do what he do, no ones going to remember that.

[Evil_Koala]

Yeah! Texas is probably one of the more patriotic states though...If you don't count the illegal aliens...God Bless Texas with his own hand. If you wanna see Heaven, brother, here's your chance. I been sent to spread the message. ...God Bless Texas.

[Evolution]

Why is everyone hatin on the Cowboys? We've been in more superbowls than anyone and WON more than anyone. And won more than anyone else did in a row. Owned.

The Steelers and Niners have also won 5 super bowls. And won more than anyone in a row? 2 in a row? Other teams have done that. If you're referring to 3 in 4 years, the Patriots did that too.

I think most people just dislike the bandwagon nature of Cowboys fans, leading them to dislike the team as well. It's the same with the Patriots. When they won 3 in 4, everyone and their cousin were long-time season ticket holders and had been fans for 30 years, never missing a game, etc, etc. Half of these Cowboys fans were probably Niners fans in the 80s. Now that Dallas has T.O., I've been seeing tons more Cowboys "fans" compared to the past few years.

[Evil_Koala]

Pfft. I've always been a Cowboy fan.

And yeah the 3 in 4. Well The Patriots are from New England so I don't care about them. >_> It's not a state, it's a damn region!

[LOSTyears]

I think most people just dislike the bandwagon nature of Cowboys fans, leading them to dislike the team as well. It's the same with the Patriots. When they won 3 in 4, everyone and their cousin were long-time season ticket holders and had been fans for 30 years, never missing a game, etc, etc. Half of these Cowboys fans were probably Niners fans in the 80s. Now that Dallas has T.O., I've been seeing tons more Cowboys "fans" compared to the past few years. I agree with most of that, I've seen jersey's pop up everywhere and you ask these people who the QB is and they don't know.
Its a real shame for real fans who have stayed true to the star.

[emotoaster]

Holy Crap Tampa got killed ;___;
Raven's D showed up to play.
Hey atleast Car. lost.

[Evil_Koala]

Please excuse me while I cry...manly cry...

[Evolution]

I wonder if T.O. will have any comments on Bledsoe's game today.

[LOSTyears]

Holy Crap Tampa got killed ;___; .
Don't feel so bad Rocker, D'Boys were awful today :( Drew was just making mistake after mistake and could not get any steam whatsoever, wasn't using Glen enough didn't get T.O. the big ball till the end. Backs were decent but just a sloppy game, not a very good start and now their not going to hear the end of it. Rallied at the end but to little to late. Take out some frustration on the Skins next week.

Glad to see Bush have a decent debut for the Saints.
Hate to say it but the Cards/Niners game was actually very exciting.

[Evolution]

Damn, that Cards/Niners game had me nervous at the end.

Cardinals D is terrible. We didn't even sack Alex Smith once, and that was with two of their starting OL out. Oh well, just glad to get away with the win.

[SDAnimeFan]

Well the positive look for a Lions Fan is the Defense was good.

The negative no offense.

[Depression]

I don't think anybody expected the Falcons to carve up the Panthers.

[LOSTyears]

^Seriously, no less Vick passing effeciently as he did. Delhomme seemed really off his game, like Bledsoe he did not use his weapons very well.

Eli shouldn't feel bad, came within 5. Statistically Eli perform a tiny bit better that his bro, it was just that one costly mistake that sealed the deal. He may not ever reach Peyton's numbers but I stil believe he's in a much better situation to reach a Championship than big bro, which is kinda sad.
With this all I need to see is for the Skins to lose so D'boys won't be the only one's at the bottom of the rung :P

I'm so sick already of hearing OHHHH! the Jags ruined T.O.'s debut, uh hello the Jags beat the Cowboys not T.O. who played very well and beyond what critics would of expected from having little practice. Can't stand the media.

We get a double header tomorrow, SWEET!

[Depression]

Fantasy wise, I need something fierce from Jordan, Moss, and Cooley tomorrow night.

[tater salad]

What a day to kick off the NFL season and on top of that we have a double header this coming Monday night. I was impressed the way the Lions played against the Seahawks especially stopping the leagues MVP Shaun Alexander. I was pretty much on top of every game that was won except for the Bills and New England game. But other than that every game I predicted came out true, and how about the Manning Bowl...what a game. We still got tommorrow night on ESPN so the party isn't over...yet
http://www.patriotsny.com/images/patsbills03/bradyrun.jpg
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[333jeffery]

My poor Bucs did terrible.....

[SDAnimeFan]

I was impressed the way the Lions played against the Seahawks especially stopping the leagues MVP Shaun Alexander.


Yeah I was happy with the Lions defense but they coulded get there offense going. The Lions could of easily won that game it they could of scored a touchdown and a field goal which they got two of. Oh well!

[LOSTyears]

Brooks is equally if not a worse decision maker than Daunte, think Moss will balance him out though.

That Monday night intro on ESPN was SWEET, these games better be off the hook after that(doubt it -_-; ).

Did anyone see this knockout on Trent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU5gp-KJvMY), thats gotta be the hit of the week.
Palmer didn't even light it up and they still won convincingly, scary thought.

[LOSTyears]

9-7 last week.
From what I saw no one should be too worried, 1st week after all.
Unless your a Raider or Packer fan, then you should be panicing.



2nd Week Pics
Buffalo at Miami: Miami

Carolina at Minnesota: Carolina

Cleveland at Cincinnati: Cinci

Detroit at Chicago: Da Bears

Houston at Indianapolis: Indy

New Orleans at Green Bay: Saints
Someone please have the courage and bench Favre, hate to say that but he's dying a slow death.

NY Giants at Philadelphia: Philly
Mcnabb looks like he's back in his groove.

Oakland at Baltimore: Ravens
Damn this is going to be ugly.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta: ATL

Arizona at Seattle: Seattle

St. Louis at San Francisco: SanFran-Upset pick
You should hear some of these niner fans out here "oh man we're going to make the post" -_-; How you can get that assumption off the 1st week and losing is incredible, and I thought Raider fan was optimistic.

Kansas City at Denver: Denver

New England at NY Jets: Pats

Tennessee at San Diego: Chargers

Washington at Dallas: Dallas
Should be easy.

Pittsburgh at Jacksonville: Steelers

[Caine]

Bills Pats was hard. I knew it was over when McGahee couldn't get it fourth and one, but it was still emotional. Losing Spikes in the opener was harsh and putting Vincent on IR hurts.



2nd Week Pics
Buffalo at Miami: Bills
I think the Bills will have surprise or two for the Phins. People forget that one of the best recieving games of last year was Bills@Miami. Chambers was amazing and got the game winner, but Evans had three TD's and well over a hundred yards. The Bills youth wasn't bad, and with a more aggressive defense plan, I could see some interesting things.

Carolina at Minnesota: Carolina

Cleveland at Cincinnati: Cinci

Detroit at Chicago: Da Bears

Houston at Indianapolis: Indy

New Orleans at Green Bay: Saints
Favre's going nowhere, but as Brett Favre he will be respected for the hall of fame QB he is and be allowed to play a few more games this season.

NY Giants at Philadelphia: Giants
I'm not really sure on this one, I love both teams. McNabb is probably my favorite QB and Barber is hands down my favorite RB. I think the Giants will win this one in a close battle, but I could easily see Philly taking it.

Oakland at Baltimore: Ravens

Tampa Bay at Atlanta: Falcons

Arizona at Seattle: Seahawks

St. Louis at San Francisco: Rams

Kansas City at Denver: Denver
Jake will get back into it eventually

New England at NY Jets: Pats

Tennessee at San Diego: Chargers

Washington at Dallas: Skins
Bledsoe found ways to lose in Buffalo, he'll do it again in Dallas

Pittsburgh at Jacksonville: Steelers

[Evil_Koala]

Cowboys All The Way *****es!

[LOSTyears]

Easy W for D'Boys :thumbsup: Pretty much coasted the 4th quarter. Didn't need a big performance by T.O. but thats cool. Terrence did a awesome job covering Moss, no late upsets today.
Thanks to the G-men the east is all tied up, going to be interesting.

[SDAnimeFan]

I give up on the Lions

I wonder if they will ever win a Super Bowl in my lifetime. It most certainly isn't going to be this year.

[Caine]

I give up on the Lions

I wonder if they will ever win a Super Bowl in my lifetime. It most certainly isn't going to be this year.

As a Bills fan who's felt the same way, I'd like to point out how amazing it is what happens when a bad GM (Millen is worse than Donahue) is fired and a new GM is brought in, especially if the GM happens to be a local hero. It also helps if he ignores the sports shows and lets his own group do the scouting (Whitner was taken too high, which is why Culpepper threw for 300 yards. Wait, that's not right)

Seriously, you guys aren't that screwed. If Millen is fired this season and you rebuild, you have a fairly weak division and if you get better while the Vikes age/get arrested, You'll be looking playoffs in no time. Of course, that's a few ifs in there.

[Joeshie]

Me thinks the Monsters of Midway have a good chance of going far this season if Grossman can continue the offense they put out last game.

DAAAAAAAAAAA BEAAAARRRRRRRSSSSSSS.

[Caine]

Me thinks the Monsters of Midway have a good chance of going far this season if Grossman can continue the offense they put out last game.

DAAAAAAAAAAA BEAAAARRRRRRRSSSSSSS.

indeed, Da Bears are very good, but so far they've preyed on weak divisional foes. They'll probably make a bye in the playoffs, but I want to see how they do against the other elite teams, like the Patriots and Steelers or the Eagles, the Falcons, and the Panthers (w/ smith).

I will shoot the writer of the next article that says that makes the focus of the Bills game how bad Culpepper did without mentioning the Bills defense, its four rookies, and how much the writer mocked the Bills for picking Whitner.

[Fobb]

My Raiders are dying...but pops assures me they'll do very good this season. Hope he's right.

[Heat Guy J]

Being a former iowan/minnesotan I'm hoping to see the vikings get back to the playoffs and at least make a good stand. Its fun to watch when it comes down to it, but I'm not a big enough football fan to watch or at least make it a point to watch the regular season games.

[Joeshie]

BTW, did anyone else notice that the NBC Sunday Night Football theme sounded oddly like something from Star Wars?

[Jae Hoon]

I just about guarantee TO will be "injured" for the Philly game.

[LOSTyears]

^Yeah its a real shame, but no T.O. no problem. We'll still scrap up the w's.
Project he'll be back for the G-men battle. He is a pretty fast healer, so who knows.


My Raiders are dying...but pops assures me they'll do very good this season. Hope he's right.Their officially the worst team in the NFL. It really starts at the top with the cancer that is Al Davis. The whole thing with Art and Porter is laughable, you know its bad when Randy Moss says your a bad teamate -_-; He's pretty much their only active talent.
The Packers move down a rung of bad teams(temporarily) considering the very Favre like peformance he gave. The Bucs take their place, what is up with Grudens team.
Da Bears with an offense, the Ravens with a QB. These are very scary thoughts.

[emotoaster]

I'm going to cry...2 weeks and 3 points total for Tampa....if Tampa loses against Car. next week I don't know what I will do....

[Fobb]

Their officially the worst team in the NFL. It really starts at the top with the cancer that is Al Davis. The whole thing with Art and Porter is laughable, you know its bad when Randy Moss says your a bad teamate -_-; He's pretty much their only active talent.
The Packers move down a rung of bad teams(temporarily) considering the very Favre like peformance he gave. The Bucs take their place, what is up with Grudens team.
Da Bears with an offense, the Ravens with a QB. These are very scary thoughts.
When the Raiders start power owning on everyone in the league, I'll be here to laugh in everyones face. Otherwise, I'm just going to sit here mourning.

[LOSTyears]

12-4 last week.. Starting to catch some heat.
Nice little bye week for D' Boys, couldn't have come at a better time. Think T.O. will make it to Philly, who doesn't want to see that. No need pushing for the Titans.

Week 3 Picks
Carolina at Tampa Bay: Carolina

Chicago at Minnesota: da Bears
Not buying the Vikings just yet. This team will test their luck.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh: Cinci

Green Bay at Detroit: GB
Toss up right here.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis: Indy

NY Jets at Buffalo: Buffalo

Tennessee at Miami: Miami
Why am I still picking this team.

Washington at Houston: Skins

Baltimore at Cleveland: Ravens

NY Giants at Seattle: Seattle
Could be close.

Philadelphia at San Francisco: Philly

St. Louis at Arizona: Arizona

Denver at New England: Pats

Atlanta at New Orleans: Atlanta
This could be a good game, Monday night needs it

[Caine]

Week 3 Picks
Carolina at Tampa Bay: Panthers

Chicago at Minnesota: da Bears
The Vikings aren't bad, but Da Bears have probably the best D in the league

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh: Cinci
I'm going with offensive firepower in the battle of the egos (Porter v Chad)

Green Bay at Detroit: Packers
Favre still has it in him to beat the Lions.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis: Colts

NY Jets at Buffalo: Bills

Tennessee at Miami: Phish
Miami isn't good, but the Titans outright suck.

Washington at Houston: Skins

Baltimore at Cleveland: Ravens

NY Giants at Seattle: Giants
This will be interesting. Seattle has Branch, but the Giants still own the ground with Tiki.

Philadelphia at San Francisco: Eagles

St. Louis at Arizona: Cards

Denver at New England: Broncos
Ya know what I want to see? Watson lined up wide, Bailey in single coverage, flat out footrace. That play in the playoffs just seemed unnatural, and it needs to be settled.

Atlanta at New Orleans: Saints
By all rights I should pick Atlanta, but I think the pure emotion of being back in the Superdome will do something amazing for the Saints.

[Evil_Koala]

Cowboys ftw.

[LOSTyears]

Damn I'm good, my predictions were solid.
Like to thank Favre and Cinci were boosting my bank on my parlay today. Despite Cinci's banged up D I still fail to see how Vegas had them under Pitts, easy easy money.

Nothing really caught my eye today, really just looking forward to tomorrows game.

[Joeshie]

Da Bears gave me a bit of a scare today, but Grossman pulled it off.

The Rams/Cardinals game today was such an ugly game to watch. The Cardinals probably should have won if Kurt Warner had actually not completely screwed up.

[Jae Hoon]

Nice to see everyone overhyping the Monday Night game. NM the fact most of the people in NO cant afford to go to the game and most shouldnt spend their money on it in the first place. Not to mention none of the and I do mean none of them cared about the Saints before, now all of a sudden they do? Sorry not buying it

[LOSTyears]

^Damn Jae thats cold man, granted it took a natural disaster for most to start to appreciate the team. The case that now people are clinging to them after this doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing either, the town itself has to start bustling again some time or another. The fact that season tickets are sold out for the first time in the teams history shows that their trying to move along. This game could suck but who cares.

A sports team can do wonders for a town in more ways than just revenue(yeah yeah I know sapppy), the dome just last year was a shelter for the down & out(probably already poor) victims and now everyone's there to see a game. Doesn't that make you all warm and fuzzy.

Still think Vick and companies going to win :P

[Evil_Koala]

Pfft. I don't care about the Saints...I mean...I like em more than the Eagles or the Steelers but...yeah

Cowboys ftw.

[emotoaster]

well Tampa is in a downward spiral...poor Simms....poor offense ;___;

[Jae Hoon]

It isnt cold it is the truth, people just dont want to say it.

[SDAnimeFan]

Well I'm glad the Tigers are doing good, and are going to the playoffs. I'm going to the game tomorrow.

Because the Lions suck I'm to embarrassed to where my Lions shirts right now. They scored enough points last week but there defense wasn't there.

[LOSTyears]

^ Its O.K. SD, think the Lions actually have a shot this week. Their alot better off than the worst in the league.


10-4 on 3rd week, not bad. Things will start to look more and more clear from here on.


Week 4 Picks

Arizona at Atlanta: ATL
Haven't given up on Kurt yet I see.

Dallas at Tennessee: D'Boys
Easy win

Indianapolis at NY Jets: Indy

Miami at Houston: Phins
The Texans might just go 0-16, way to set the bar.

Minnesota at Buffalo: Vikings

New Orleans at Carolina: Carolina

San Diego at Baltimore: Ravens
This is a good matchup.

San Francisco at Kansas City: Niners

Detroit at St. Louis: Lions
WOW! I'm actually picking Detroit.

Cleveland at Oakland: Browns

Jacksonville at Washington: Jags

New England at Cincinnati: Cinci
Yeah the Pats could use Branch right about now, Ooops.

Seattle at Chicago: Seattle
Don't think they'll need Shaun. You know what, I like the reciever set Seattle's got going on. Really TOUGH pick.

Green Bay at Philadelphia: Philly
Mcnabb is looking pretty good, the Eagles pose a real threat in the East.

[Gannon]

Agree with Jae Hoon.

[Depression]

Well I'm glad the Tigers are doing good, and are going to the playoffs. I'm going to the game tomorrow.

Because the Lions suck I'm to embarrassed to where my Lions shirts right now. They scored enough points last week but there defense wasn't there.

I live in a Packer driven area. Its really interesting to see how everybody deals with consecutive losing seasons. Prior to this, the Favre era had never seen a losing season. Maybe they'll start developing a little more respect for Lions fans.

[Evil_Koala]

Cowboys gonna win against Tennessee.

[Caine]

Buffalo's great. we're always optimistic about one team (which in Buffalonian means we envision a great loss in the playoffs/chamionship), so we can ignore the other one. If the Bills are bad, we can root for the Sabres (even at Bills games, sadly).

Lost years, i disagree with you on Seattle (Da Bears D is too good,) Baltimore (LT and D, not just D,) and Vikings (irrational love of Bills, somewhat negated by hate for Donahoe, who let Williams and Winfield walk)

[LOSTyears]

^ ^_^ Most Bills fans I know are very passionate, you'd have to be.
Thats gonna be a good game.

I like the Chargers front D, their freakin huge. Not so much at secondary, not to say the Ravens second are anything to gawk at. Just think its going to be a good clash since neither are really battle tested, give it to the home team. Picking Seatlle at Soldiers field is a gamble, if it wasn't risky they wouldn't call it a gamble. Just feel Hasselbeck has alot more options on the otherside than Rex does, D aside.

[Kevin K]

its all about the BEARS this year!!!!
bears vs. seahawks ...... bears by 7!!!!

[emotoaster]

Didn't the Bills lose like 4 straight Super Bowls?

[LOSTyears]

Well -_-; At least I was right about the Ravens upset.
Chicago is looking pretty tough, and playoff poised.

I was looking forward to a possible Vince Young start this season, too bad it had to be against my Boys :P It was nice to see the Tennesssee fans rooting for T.O. Dallas is looking mighty good going into Philly next week.

Hopefully Favre will soften them up ^_^

[Jae Hoon]

Woohooo
Bears Bears Bears Bears

[SDAnimeFan]

The Lions lost again. :mad:

[Joeshie]

DAAAAAAAAAA BEARS! Not too suprised at the win, but that they won by so much.

Anyone else see the final play of the Colts/Jets game? I was laughing so hard that I was nearly in tears. It really was a great game that was played extremely well and hard by both sides. It's too bad that they both can't win.

[Depression]

It was just like Cal-Standford.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Why... would the raiders punt it 3 minutes before END?

[Caine]

Why... would the raiders punt it 3 minutes before END?

because if they didn't they might not go 0-16?


As for the Jets, I'm glad they lost (not only am I a Bills fan, I also like the Colts), but that was a play.

[Evil_Koala]

Cowboys won yesterday. :)

[LOSTyears]

Anyone else see the final play of the Colts/Jets game? I was laughing so hard that I was nearly in tears. It really was a great game that was played extremely well and hard by both sides. It's too bad that they both can't win. ^_^ That was crazy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQPGmj4Z3Gc), all you needed was the Benny Hill theme music and it would of been perfect.
That would of been incredible if they pulled it off. I don't believe in moral victories but the Jets shouldn't feel bad.

because if they didn't they might not go 0-16? You know what, if they can have the Browns come back on them in their home stadium thats not at all impossible. The Texans can't do it anymore cause they actually won this week. During one play Moss was literally jogging on a route and had to speed up cause the ball just happen to be thrown to him, they've shown they don't care about winning but some of them look like they don't even care about the team. I'm already sick of the Niner/Raider HOOPLA thats going down next week, its a sad matchup really. Being a Niner/Raider hater you can't hate them anymore, the hate has turned into pity.


And yes Koala, D'Boys whooped that candy @ss and its going to lead into next week.

[kenshinbebop]

Philly ftw tonight...hopefully.

[Evil_Koala]

Boo! Philly Sucks! Ftl!!!

[Depression]

Depleted secondary, no Kearse, Westbrook out, what did you expect?

[LOSTyears]

^That was real apparent when they got OWNED by the Gmen in that comeback game.
Thats the thing with alot of these undefeated teams, some of their w's come from really crap happy teams Philly included and they look awesome. Besides the Giants Dallas is going to be a real test for dem Eagles. If Drew gets that right protection Glen and T.O. are going to scorch them.

This GreenBay/Philly game just got extremely UGLY :x on both sides. 3rd quarter turned into a game of pong.

[Joeshie]

I'm SOOO happy that I picked up Donovan for my fantasy team.

[Kevin K]

well the packers are not goin to the playoffs anytime soon, the bears have come out dominating so far, i love their swarm defense ( everybody get to the freaking ball ) and grossman is working out fine but even though they are 4-0 its still to early i want them to make it to week 10 and see how grossman is doing by then. the seahawks, they bound to have a breakdown and follow all the other superbowl losers for the past few years and have losing records.

the eagles are looking good, carolina needs a lot of work on offense, the 49ers...they just need a whole new team so do the raiders and bucs. The bengals have a really high-powered offense if Palmer can stay healty.

[LOSTyears]

7-7 last week >_< Sucked something awful.
I know I got this week pegged.

Predict alot of Home victories this week.

Week 5 Picks

Buffalo at Chicago: Chicago

Cleveland at Carolina: Carolina

Detroit at Minnesota: Vikings

Miami at New England: Pats
Just when you think this team is @ss out, I hate them.

St. Louis at Green Bay: Packers
As horrible as Favre is right now, with him you still got a shot at least against the Rams.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans: Saints

Tennessee at Indianapolis: Indy

Washington at NY Giants: G-men
Could be close. Skins look like their starting to gell.

Kansas City at Arizona: Cardinals
Lets see what the kid can do.

NY Jets at Jacksonville: Jags

Oakland at San Francisco: Niners
This game looks like a barn burner :rolleyes:

Dallas at Philadelphia: D' Boys
We got this, I can feel it. Eagles revenge or T.O's last laugh, I'm tingling with excitment.

Pittsburgh at San Diego: Chargers

Baltimore at Denver: Ravens
I'll admit I was wrong about Mcnair not making an impact in Baltimore, his numbers are decent and he still got that ice water in his veins when they need it. Gonna be tough at Mile High.

[SDAnimeFan]

Detroit at Minnesota: Lions

[Caine]

I think home team wins in Philly and Denver, but not in Arizona.

[Depression]

Smith is in for a huge game. Browns Baxter is now listed as out. And they have a bunch of others on the D listed as questionable.

[MythicQilin]

St. Louis at Green Bay: Packers
As horrible as Favre is right now, with him you still got a shot at least against the Rams.


Favre isn't the problem with the packers right now. It's that terrible secondary who keep letting opposing recievers blow past them and the rookie offensive line who can't create openings for Ahman Green to run through so we have no running game. Since there's no running game, all we can do is pass which puts all the weight of the team on the shoulders of Favre and the recievers and you can't win games with just that. I'm just relieved that they finally cut that moron Ahman Carol.....Woodson is overrated but he's at least better then that.

[Depression]

Do the Pack have the youngest team in the league now?

[LOSTyears]

Favre isn't the problem with the packers right now. It's that terrible secondary who keep letting opposing recievers blow past them and the rookie offensive line who can't create openings for Ahman Green to run through so we have no running game. Since there's no running game, all we can do is pass which puts all the weight of the team on the shoulders of Favre and the recievers and you can't win games with just that.I'm aware Favre not being whats completely wrong with the Pack, but he is throwing those horrible picks on his own granted he has barely any protection. It goes without saying that the team is better off with him than passing the rock to Rogers. BUT, some feel they need to go in a new direction and a majority feel exactly how you do.

On another note, you guys want to win some money put on Dallas baby :) with the D'Boys being the underdog thats $cash money$.

[MythicQilin]

I'll pass on the premise that I hate T.O. and his even less then childish attitude about life in general.

And as for Rogers.....can't say anything about him with certainty right now since he really hasn't been out there much...and he did look at least a bit better this preseason then he did last year, so I'm not saying yay or nay with him yet. Also Brett hasn't had the rampant interceptions this year really....he has a total of 5 right now on the season. Last year when it was a problem he would throw that every game....people need to realize this is not "last year".

[LOSTyears]

GOD DAMMIT! >_< If we were going to lose this it would be cause of Drew, with one glimmer of hope he shatters it with another pick.
Watching this game was so frustrating. It seems the less we went to Owens and using him as a decoy the better off we were. Two amazing receivers against a battered D and no line for protection.
Decisions Decisions :(

[Evil_Koala]

I'm gonna cap some *****es now. Brb.

[MythicQilin]

*celebrates* Bravo philly! XD

Oh, and even though the pack lost, I saw one very good thing emerge from that game......it looks like they may have a running back now ^^

[LOSTyears]

Speaking of backs, Julius had a great 100 yd game today, he was mowing through the Philly D and it was wasted.
Leinart looked better than Drew today and he's just starting -_-; He's been making college mistakes like this his entire career, sadly its a little late in his career to change. Using T.O. as a decoy was a great idea, so what if he whines at least we would've had the W and he dropped passes so I don't wanna hear anything out his mouth right now. He's my boy in all but he wasn't without fault today.
We need more protection and/or a new guy at the helm or its going to be a repeat of last year. Thats the harsh truth. Get a second crack at Philly the end of the season, need a better game plan by then.

[Caine]

Speaking of backs, Julius had a great 100 yd game today, he was mowing through the Philly D and it was wasted.
Leinart looked better than Drew today and he's just starting -_-; He's been making college mistakes like this his entire career, sadly its a little late in his career to change. Using T.O. as a decoy was a great idea, so what if he whines at least we would've had the W and he dropped passes so I don't wanna hear anything out his mouth right now.
We need more protection and/or a new guy at the helm or its going to be a repeat of last year. Thats the harsh truth. Get a second crack at Philly the end of the season, need a better game plan by then.

more like a new QB, and some hope that McNabb mysteriously disappears. Seriously, Bledsoe was horrible in the fourth, and the Eagles weren't exactly at full health.

[LOSTyears]

more like a new QBThats what I meant.

Its like for every one good thing Drew does he matches it with something terrible. That last minute Hail Mary was a miracle bomb, had a chance to tie but he found a way to put into a green jersey. Should've gave Jones the rock, the guy was hot all day.
I will tip my hat to Mcnabb, he's one of those QB's who doesn't need any superstars around him to get it done. Proved it today.
He's kinda like Favre when it comes to making something out of nothing.

Would not be shocked if we saw Romo this season or next week for that matter.

[SDAnimeFan]

Damn Lions they had a chance and blew it. :mad:

[Kevin K]

Bears 5-0 Baby!!!!!

[MythicQilin]

As much as I hate to say it I'm almost certain the bears will be going to the super bowl this year >.<

[Caine]

The Bears might go to the Superbowl, but they really don't face any superb offenses this year. The best would have been Seattle, but without Alexander Seattle isn't a first class team. Maybe the Panthers, if Smith is up and running.
My money is still on the East, if McNabb and Tiki both make the playoffs, it will be the East representing the NFC in Miami. The Saints will make the playoffs on pure emotion, but they don't have the skill of the other teams. They could do what Pittsburgh did last year, and win based on work, luck, and emotion, but I doubt it.

[MythicQilin]

Well see I'd probably say the same thing for chicago as well were it not for the fact they've beaten every team but the vikings by a huge margin. Even without Alexander, the seahawks should have put up more of a fight then they did.

[Kevin K]

85' shuffle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-V-qEO7OlY)

I think 06' is ready for another shuffle :lol:


BEAR DOWN CHICAGO BEARSBEAR DOWN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVgvJBYeDZg)

[MythicQilin]

OH GOD not the shuffle >.<

[LOSTyears]

Bears fans are already busting out da shuffle -_-; There's still a post season folks.


10-4 in week 5, much much better. Alot people were 14-0 on the site I use, was last week really that obvious. Hmmp.
Think I'm finally done brooding over last week :mad: , lets get the ball rolling again.


Week 6 picks

Buffalo at Detroit: Buffalo

Carolina at Baltimore: Carolina
Close game.

Cincinnati at Tampa Bay: Cinci

Houston at Dallas: D'Boys
Drew's still at the helm but this should be a freebie.

NY Giants at Atlanta: ATL

Philadelphia at New Orleans: Philly

Seattle at St. Louis: Seattle
Not buying the Rams 4-1, you shouldn't either.

Tennessee at Washington: Skins

Kansas City at Pittsburgh: KC
Steelers just seem to be regressing, Ben does not look good or healthy for that matter. With everything thats happen to him this guy is not superman despite his toughness, but Cower seems to think otherwise.

Miami at NY Jets: Jets

San Diego at San Francisco: SD
Should be a blow out.

Oakland at Denver: Denver
The only game I can see the Raiders winning is in Houston, other than that its a long path to 0-16.

Chicago at Arizona: Da Bears
Poor Poor Matt, feel bad for the guy already. You never know.
Still think they would of been better off starting him on day 1, they couldn't have expected that much from Kurt.

[SDAnimeFan]

Buffalo at Detroit- Detroit

[Kevin K]

MY Week 6 picks

Buffalo at Detroit: Detroit, hopefully hey gave their act together this week.

Carolina at Baltimore: Baltimore, goin to be a very Defensive battle, edge goes to the Ravens

Cincinnati at Tampa Bay: Bengals baby, the bucs wont be able to stop the Bengals passing game, expect high numbers from Palmer this sunday.

Houston at Dallas: Texans, gotta go with the underdog.

NY Giants at Atlanta: Atlanta, the Giants havent been clicking that much

Philadelphia at New Orleans: NO, if Bush and Mcallister step up expect the eagles to collapse by the third quarter, if anything this will probably be a high scoring game.

Seattle at St. Louis: Rams good team so far, after this week expect back to back losses.

Tennessee at Washington: Redskins, a rejuvenated Brunell against a shaky Vince Young, ya he did show us his rushing skills, but passing.... i predict 3 or more INTs against Young.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh: Cheifs, the steelers.... their Secondary has become pretty weak.

Miami at NY Jets: Jets

San Diego at San Francisco: San Diego, the 49ers....err i think they would need a whole new team, Alex Smith...... hes goin to be traded sooner or later.

Oakland at Denver: Denver, OaK has no offense, the defense is laughable. in 4 games they have scored only 47 points and has given up 113, its pathetic. Denver by 28.

Chicago at Arizona: Bear Down Chicago BEARS!!!!! i do feel sorry for Matt, being a trojans fan and all, He showed people last week he's a capable starter
but this game will be a challenge for him, he'll probably get sacked 5-7 times, and picked off about 4 times in this game. The Cards O-line cannot stop the fast and strong D-line and the bears secondary will have a field day if they get to matt early. Kurt Warner... he's lost his touch it'll be tough for him if he starts. I really do feel we will see Rex Grossmans best numbers this season in this game.

[Evil_Koala]

Dallas all the way! But I wouldn't mind TOO much if Houston won...Mainly because of it's still Texas.

[LOSTyears]

Dallas all the way! But I wouldn't mind TOO much if Houston won...Mainly because of it's still Texas.
Well damn, you couldn't lose today huh ^_^

It was nice to see Drew AND Tony(need to keep in more) have fun with T.O. JJ with yet another 100yd+(3rd) game :thumbsup: take note this guy is getting it done.
Granted it was Houston but we need this momentum when the Gmen come to town, very important game next week. Considering the Saints have made the East interesting with their w today.

Oh before I forget, :cheers: Congrats to the Titans, Bucs and the Lions *applause* You got your first W, way to go troopers you earned em.
Seriously those were pretty close games too.
The Raiders will still be winless by the end of the day :lol:

[Evil_Koala]

Hooah! Yeah...Why couldn't we have lost today but won against Philly?! XD

And w00t for Tennessee

[EmberAlchemist0]

Steelers won tonight...which means redneck parties all over town. :lol:

[emotoaster]

OMFG BUCS FINALLY WIN!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111eleven!

[333jeffery]

It's about time the Bucs got lucky. Go Bucs!...

[Depression]

More surprisingly, Big Ben didn't suck.

[SDAnimeFan]

Yes The Lions Finally Won.

[LOSTyears]

That was a good Monday nighter, probably the best so far in the season.
Matt looked pretty good considering they lost on a botched FG. I'm not really all that shocked him and Bush are getting into the groove so quickly.
At least da Bears looked somewhat mortal.

[Joeshie]

DA BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111 11

We should have totally lost that game numerous times but somehow we pull it out. Everyone on my dormfloor was going ape-**** when we won.

Although, I do feel bad for Rackers since he is an Illinois alumni.

[Kevin K]

holy crap, freaking crap man, that was a freaking miracle geez im still trying to catch my breath and im still watching the replays on TIVO oh man, I will not witness a game like that for a long time :

Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
Make every play clear the way to victory!
Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
Put up a fight with a might so fearlessly!

We'll never forget the way you thrilled the nation,
With your T formation.

Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
And let them know why you're wearing the crown.

You're the pride and joy,
of all Illinois.

Chicago Bears, Bear Down!

6-0 baby 6-0.... good things happen to superbowl teams!!!!!!!!!! now i really want an 06' shuffle!!!!!!!!!! GO BEARS GO BEARS GO BEARS !!!!!!! but on another note Matt Leinhart dammmmm what a game he played you know what he should get a standing ovation for the game he played!!!!!

[Caine]

Yes The Lions Finally Won.

The Bills were just a reflection of the city itself: no power.

[MikeJones123]

Damn Vernon Davis Is Still Injured =( T.o Still The Best Tho

[LOSTyears]

^True dat, we'll see what he brings tommorow.
In all honesty Steve Smith right now is your likely MVP at reciever, dudes on fire.

Know my picks are horribly late, my stupid high speed's been out all weekend.
I chose these on Friday and I'm sticking to em even though the games are on as I type.

Week 7
Carolina at Cincinnati: Panthers
Detroit at NY Jets: Jets
Green Bay at Miami: The Pack
Jacksonville at Houston: Jags
New England at Buffalo: Pats
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay: Philly
Pittsburgh at Atlanta: ATL
San Diego at Kansas City: Chagers
Denver at Cleveland: Broncos
Arizona at Oakland: Cards
Minnesota at Seattle: Seattle
Washington at Indianapolis: Indy
NY Giants at Dallas: D'Boys

[LOSTyears]

As bad as this Monday nighter looked, I liked the few bright spots with Romo despite the ugly picks(heh, thats what rookies do). The guy is definitley not afraid to throw the ball which is a plus and more than I could say for Drew's wonderful world of bloopers.
If the east wasn't so close you could just as well scrap it. BUT, I think Dallas should try to build around him. Our D needs to stop imploding in clutch situation, and well...T.O. had good game besides that one error that was blown out of proportion.
All in all, Cowboys can still rebound ;) Carolina next week, and from what I saw yesterday from them we can take em. Gotta stay optimistic ^_^

[Catalyst-40]

I only saw one football game that Sunday, Pittsburgh vs. Atlanta. Great game. It was neck-and-neck the whole game with many turnovers and players getting injured, including Ben Rothelisburger. The Falcons needed that win, not only to better their standing in the league but to be deemed a potential division champion.

[emotoaster]

HOLY CRAP GOOOOO BUCS!!!

can you say 62 freakin yards!!!!! w0000000000000000000000!!one!!11

[Haro!]

Which reminds me: Giants beat Cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SDAnimeFan]

I give up it's to stressful watching the Lions anymore this season. Yelling at the TV when I watch there games.

[MikeJones123]

As bad as this Monday nighter looked, I liked the few bright spots with Romo despite the ugly picks(heh, thats what rookies do). The guy is definitley not afraid to throw the ball which is a plus and more than I could say for Drew's wonderful world of bloopers.
If the east wasn't so close you could just as well scrap it. BUT, I think Dallas should try to build around him. Our D needs to stop imploding in clutch situation, and well...T.O. had good game besides that one error that was blown out of proportion.
All in all, Cowboys can still rebound ;) Carolina next week, and from what I saw yesterday from them we can take em. Gotta stay optimistic ^_^


I think Dallas will pick Romo instead of Drew =P He'll get over those picks lol Just look at Alex smith and Eli manning, look at how much they have improved.

[LOSTyears]

^Of course.
Don't think Alex is a good example right now but I get the point.
The dude's been sitting on the bench for 4 years, survived 3 starters and 2 backups there's a reason their keeping him around. Not expecting him to work magic but anything is better than Drew right now so why not give em a shot. Should of been sooner, he does show some promise. The only thing I hate about this and similar situation's is when Jerry gets too involved, not a good sign.

5 for freaking 8 last week >_< Know I wasn't the only one.

Week 8 Picks
Arizona at Green Bay: GB

Atlanta at Cincinnati: ATL
Falcons look real impressive.

Baltimore at New Orleans: Saints

Houston at Tennessee: Titans

Jacksonville at Philadelphia: Philly

Seattle at Kansas City: KC
No Shaun or Matt, sucks to be them.

San Francisco at Chicago: Da Bears
Blowout anyone.

Tampa Bay at NY Giants: Giants

St. Louis at San Diego: Chargers

Indianapolis at Denver: Indy

NY Jets at Cleveland: Jets

Pittsburgh at Oakland: Steelers

Dallas at Carolina: D'Boys
Tough road game for the noob but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

New England at Minnesota: Vikings
Upset pick.

[SDAnimeFan]

I'm glad the Lions are off this week.

Off Topic but I just have to say this
It's a sad night after such a great season for the Tigers they whir knocked out of the World series. There still the American league champions though, that was more then I was expecting at the beginning of the season.

[Evil_Koala]

Cowboys Ftw! Go Jacksonville Let's Beat Philly!

[Powatanner]

Yes! Minnesota's 4-2!!!! Ohhhhhh Yeah!!!!!
...
(btw I'm a Minnesota Vikings Fan! :P)
i just wish Chicago Bears weren't 6-0 >_<
that only gives Vikings a chance for Wild Card...again! <_<
I just hope this time that this is there year to finally win a Super Bowl! :D

[LOSTyears]

How bout dem Boys ;) Carolina was asking for this @ss whoopin.
Way to go for Tony staying consistant and keeping that ball on our side, letting Julius and Marion wear down that Panther D. Dallas D stepped up in the clutch, finally. It was nice to see Bill get emotional. Dallas really needed this, a loss could've tanked the season. Beating the Cards and Skins in the next 2 weeks will put us in a real good posistion against Indy.
Jags pulling an upset on Philly makes it even better.

Falcons winning without a rushing TD :huh: nice performance by Mike, way to make a statement. You gotta look over your shoulder with them Dirty Birds.

[Jabberwock]

Can't wait until we play the Bears in two weeks. That is all. ^^

And, as much as I hate saying it, Romo did one helluva job on his debut game yesterday. >_<

[Joeshie]

I have the Vikings winning tonight 10-14.

[Heat Guy J]

Even as a minnesota fan, its not looking good right now.

[Evil_Koala]

OWNED *****! Cowboys WOOOOOOON! AINT NO STOPPIN US NOOOOOOOOOOW! WE'RE ON THE MOVE!

[Jabberwock]

Game over for the Vikings. That bad call really took the wind out of their sails. :(

And woohoo Cowboys. Y'all have... what? One game winning streak. Yay. :P

[LOSTyears]

9-5 last week ;)


Week 9

Atlanta at Detroit: ATL

Cincinnati at Baltimore:Cinci
Bengals bounce back.

Dallas at Washington: D'Boys
2-0 baby, we OWN the skins.

Green Bay at Buffalo: GB
I can see the Pack getting 3 in a row, could be close.

Houston at NY Giants: G-men

Kansas City at St. Louis: Rams

Miami at Chicago: Da Bears
There schedule just keeps getting tougher :rolleyes: besides the Pats I don't see them losing to anyone else.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay: Saints

Tennessee at Jacksonville: Titans

Minnesota at San Francisco: Vikings

Cleveland at San Diego: Chargers

Denver at Pittsburgh: Denver

Indianapolis at New England: Indy
I know pickng Peyton in Foxborough is taboo but I'll bank on it.

Oakland at Seattle: Raiders
Its a long shot, upset pick.

[LOSTyears]

Completely bombed those picks -_-;
Bears getting OWNED by the Phins, Cinci dropping another, Falcons blowing to the Lions(Detroit is tough at home). The freakin twilight zone.

Special team losses are ugly and none were uglier than the Cowboy's yesterday >_< Thought Bill was going to drop dead with that blocked FG. What a bogus face mask call. I was impressed with Romo taking the whole blame for that loss when he played a good game and it was clearly T.O's dropped TD and special teams fault. He 's gonna be a good leader if he ever blows up.

Giants have pulled away from us, now we almost have to beat Indy to even get a wild card.

[SDAnimeFan]

Yes the Lions Won on Sunday.

[Kevin K]

WELL .... all i can say is damn Bears, they just had an off day ......

[Heat Guy J]

More then off day. I was glad to see them lose. I like watching all the northern midwest teams lose unless its my vikings :D

Wasn't surprised to see them drop the ball (not literally), they've played pretty lackluster teams to get all those wins.

Monday night was just painful to watch, poor raiders. Such a fall of a dynasty there.

[LOSTyears]

Monday night was just painful to watch, poor raiders. Such a fall of a dynasty there.It was lowest rated Monday nighter ever. Apparnetly the viewers dipped below 10 mil, your a trooper for even getting through it. Well, at least that nut shot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99rJUhe5xT0) was entertaining though.

5-9 on week 9, this is not my month.

Week 10

Baltimore at Tennessee: Ravens
Buffalo at Indianapolis: Indy
Cleveland at Atlanta: ATL
Green Bay at Minnesota: Vikings
Houston at Jacksonville: Jags
Kansas City at Miami: KC
NY Jets at New England: Pats
San Diego at Cincinnati: SD
Cinci's got rough up ahead.
San Francisco at Detroit: Lions
Washington at Philadelphia: Philly
Denver at Oakland: Denver
New Orleans at Pittsburgh: Saints
Dallas at Arizona: D'Boys
freebie.. Gotta be ready for next week.
St. Louis at Seattle: Rams
Chicago at NY Giants: Da Bears
Giants loss here will be nice.
Tampa Bay at Carolina: Carolina

[Evil_Koala]

Cowboys ftw...

[LOSTyears]

Know theres some huge college games this weekend but there are some BIG NFL matchups this week too, gotta few division battles.
2 Dallas games in a week, good times to be a Cowboy fan :)
8-8 in week 10.


Week 11

Atlanta at Baltimore: ATL
#1 Rush vs #1 Rush D, predict a close one.
Buffalo at Houston: Houston
Chicago at NY Jets: Da Bears
Cincinnati at New Orleans: Cinci
There a mess but they gotta rebound some where.
Minnesota at Miami: Phins
New England at Green Bay: Pats
This should be good.
Oakland at Kansas City: Chiefs
Pittsburgh at Cleveland: Browns
Upset
St. Louis at Carolina: Carolina
Tennessee at Philadelphia: Philly
Washington at Tampa Bay: Bucs
Detroit at Arizona: Lions
Seattle at San Francisco: Seattle
Wether Matt or Shaun return or not don't see it any other way, you should hear the masses here in the Bay screaming playoffs.
Indianapolis at Dallas: Dallas
LETS GO BIG D!
San Diego at Denver: Chargers
NY Giants at Jacksonville: G-men

[Heat Guy J]

Can't wait for the colts game tomorrow, that should be a good watch. Damn vikes are at miami, and being in the kentucky area sure as heck won't see that game televised. I think I'll get a chance of seeing either the colts game or the st. louis game. Both I'll watch, one of fox and one of CBS (if my memory serves me right fox will have st.louis.

I have sunday off so its my butt, the couch, and the games tomorrow. :D

Though I wish I was getting a Wii... :(

[LOSTyears]

Colts 9-1.... HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS! :D
I'm so proud of the Dallas D, Roy and Terrance really stepped up against Peyton. Big Bill making all the right calls. Love it.

Stick a fork in Philly Mcnabb's out for the season, know I picked the Giants this week but I hope the Jags bring it to em.

Nice to see the Palmer/CJ connection back up and going.

Good day.

[Evil_Koala]

HAHA *****! DALLAS COWBOYS KICKED COLTS ***! AINT UNDEFEATED NO MORE! SUCK IT! IN YOUR FACE! IN YOUR FACE!

:) W00t.

[Caine]

for all you Dallas fan, its worth keeping in mind that the Colts are still the best team in the league (9-1)
The Bills won, JP threw for three TD's and over 300 yds, including the game winner with 9 seconds left. Armageddon can't be too far off.

[LOSTyears]

for all you Dallas fan, its worth keeping in mind that the Colts are still the best team in the league (9-1).Note taken.
But Indy's different this year from last season who were blowing folks out by astronomical margins. Most of the Colts w's this season have been come from behind, hell your Bills came within 1 last week. Numbers wise, yeah sure their the best. But I question the depth they have to go the Bowl. Think there are other teams in the AFC that have more of a shot.

Oh man, I'm not gonna hear the end of it from these Niner fans over here.

[Evil_Koala]

Hey Caine, you ever seen Rocky IV? Remember how Rocky couldn't hurt Ivan? Dallas is Rocky. Colts are Ivan. And then remember when Rocky cut him?! Remember?! And the dude was all "You cut him! You hurt him! You made him bleed! He's not a machine he's a robot!" Remember that? That's what's happenin now. And we're gonna win. Go Cowboys!

[Raziel_MGS]

lol watch the colts come bakc and destroy everything in history, lets see if the cowboys can make it to the playoffs

[SDAnimeFan]

What a embarrassment The Lions losing to the Cardinals. Now I know how bad they really are this year.

[Depression]

McNabb didn't even look like he got injured, what a freak accident.

[Heat Guy J]

HAHA *****! DALLAS COWBOYS KICKED COLTS ***! AINT UNDEFEATED NO MORE! SUCK IT! IN YOUR FACE! IN YOUR FACE!

:) W00t.

It was hardly an ***-kicking. They both played great and it was an entertaining game to watch.

[Evil_Koala]

It was hardly an ***-kicking. They both played great and it was an entertaining game to watch.

Yeah but we won so it's considered *** kicking. If you K.O. a dude in a fight, even if you got cut up pretty bad yourself. It's still considered kicking *** since you won. V_V

[Depression]

Wow, that was a nice INT.

I want the G Men to lose simply because I still don't like how Manning ended up in NY.

[LOSTyears]

^ Damn, people are still holding a grudge against Eli.

Giants droppin it ^_^ We're gonna be tied up. Its crazy how many 6-4 teams there are -_-; the poor NFC is a mess, especially when you got the Niners in the hunt.
Bad thing about Mcnabbs injury he's not just out for the season but for a FULL year, ****** time to be an Eagles fan.
Favre's spill looked pretty nasty too, not like they had a shot anyway in that game but Brett's been hanging in there these past few.

[Raziel_MGS]

wow that poster siure is annoying

[Heat Guy J]

Yeah but we won so it's considered *** kicking. If you K.O. a dude in a fight, even if you got cut up pretty bad yourself. It's still considered kicking *** since you won. V_V

Thats a horrible analogy, doesn't make any sense. Something like that you'd call "a good fight".

Monday nights came started off being fun to watch, but by the end it was lame and uninteresting.

[Caine]

Note taken.
But Indy's different this year from last season who were blowing folks out by astronomical margins. Most of the Colts w's this season have been come from behind, hell your Bills came within 1 last week. Numbers wise, yeah sure their the best. But I question the depth they have to go the Bowl. Think there are other teams in the AFC that have more of a shot.

Oh man, I'm not gonna hear the end of it from these Niner fans over here.


that was only a one point game because Dungy didn't want to embaress us. They seriously dominated. When Dungy turns that offense loose, it scores.
That said, a team like Denver that relies on a formula rather than individual players, or the Patriots, who rely on Belicheck and Brady, have a very god chance. That's not mentioning the combo of best RB and best TE in SD. Still, Indy's good, Manning's inhuman, and i think that they know they might not have another chance like this, so they might be more motivated.

Dallas should at least make the playoffs. I don't see them getting a bye, but with the NFC this jumbled, who knows what will happen.

[Jae Hoon]

Dont hop on the Dallas bandwagon yet. They still have a bad secondary and the defenses havent really adjusted to Romo yet. People really wont know how good he is until the defense start paying attention to what he does. Right now he is still in the who the hell is he phase for teams. He still throws far to many bad passes and has been exceptionally lucky all the DBs cant catch.

Jeremy Shockey needs to shutup he really does.

People shouldnt count out Indy yet either, remember when Chicago lost and everyone left them for dead. People hop on and off the bandwagon way to quick now.

[Evil_Koala]

Thats a horrible analogy, doesn't make any sense. Something like that you'd call "a good fight".

Monday nights came started off being fun to watch, but by the end it was lame and uninteresting.

Touche, salesman...Touche...

Touche means you're wrong, right?


I always liked the Cowboys...

[LOSTyears]

They still have a bad secondary and the defenses havent really adjusted to Romo yet. People really wont know how good he is until the defense start paying attention to what he does. Right now he is still in the who the hell is he phase for teams. He still throws far to many bad passes and has been exceptionally lucky all the DBs cant catch.
True, but ya got to admit Tony's pretty good as a fresh starter. His mobility frees up Witten who would normally have to block for Drew. His quick trigger can be erratic at times but his overall completions are not that bad. Needless to say are playoff picture is alot more clear with him than Drew, and he's only going to become more polished. Yes are secondary(especially on the right) is extremely weak, Peyton took advantage of that big time but in turn we exploited his weakness to the 3-4.
Roy has to work double time until we get that spot covered but he's starting to mature more and more, less head hunting.
Dallas will make it to post, how far will soon be told.

With Mcnair as Cap'n Comeback this year Ravens are another team in the AFC you can't sleep on either, their creep'n with that 8-2.

Anyway 9-7 last week.


Week 12
Miami at Detroit: Lions
Tampa Bay at Dallas: Big D
Denver at Kansas City: KC
Arizona at Minnesota: Vikings
Carolina at Washington: Panthers
Cincinnati at Cleveland: Cinci
Houston at NY Jets: Jets
Jacksonville at Buffalo: Jags
New Orleans at Atlanta: ATL
Falcons rebound. Saints are pretty weak against the run.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore: Ravens
Could be close.
San Francisco at St. Louis: Rams
Oakland at San Diego: Chargers
How many TD's will LT get this week?
Chicago at New England: Da Bears
Juicy matchup right here. Could be a rough one for Rex though.
NY Giants at Tennessee:Giants
As banged up as they are I don't see them losing, or will they.
Philadelphia at Indianapolis: Indy
Green Bay at Seattle: Seattle

[Heat Guy J]

This thread got lost, so I shall bump thee. Colts, Dallas, sorta went downhill after good runs. My vikes aren't doing so hot but can hopefully pull off some of these later season games.

Saints are lookin' hot too. THat game was nuts against dallas.

Saturday nights game that is still running is quite the shootout with 8 or so left in the 4th and dallas only with a 3 point lead.

[LOSTyears]

^Nice bump HeatGuy.
Yeah Saints laid an *** whoopin on my Boys last week, real tough to watch. Don't count us out yet cause we pulled off a big one tonight, not gonna lie I was sweating in this one but Marion seeled it for us in the 4th. Playoffs are in the bag.

Post season is going to be nuts. I'm still liking the Ravens in the AFC, Chargers look like a shoe in too. Still don't see Indy doing it though, Cinci game on Monday looks interesting.
I am hoping for a Cowboys/Bears matchup in the playoffs, that would be sweet.

[Heat Guy J]

Touche, salesman...Touche...

Touche means you're wrong, right?


I always liked the Cowboys...

DIdn't see that post.

Touche means good point, point taken. Etc.

I'm all over the chargers for the super bowl. LT is on fia!

[kenshinbebop]

That was an amazingly poorly-played game by the Giants. Philly is my team, but being an NY'er, I would've liked to see them do better.

[Heat Guy J]

Colts really pulled it all back together tonight. Peyton was spot on all the time. Love to watch them play when they are in tune.

[LOSTyears]

I can't wait for this weekend, I'm kinda hoping the Giants drop it this Saturday then all hell could break loose on Sunday. In my own little sick way I kinda want the Pack to make it just to see Favre go out in a post season. Its slim but heh, its crazy for the Packers to even be in it in the first place.

So I'll be polling for the Skins and the Falcons this last week, Dallas can and will beat Detroit but if Atlanta can shut Philly down we can take the division.
Cowboys can take Seattle in the first round, its the Saints that concern me more.

[Raziel_MGS]

i hope my colts can pull **** together, i was at monday night football when we played the bengals and we played great, but the texas game was embarrassing

[Evil_Koala]

Pfft, Colts always have seasons like this

First they rock but then their defense goes boom.



Yeehaw! Cowboys are goin to the playoffs! Suck it Philly!

[Mooserocka]

The Eagles Are Goin To The Big Dance!!!!!

[SDAnimeFan]

I'm ready for this painful season for the Lions to end.