ST's 2009 NFL Thread.

[Sim shady 12]

Jerry Jones has too much of an ego to relinquish control over the Cowboys anytime soon.  Al Davis the second.

Here be my picks

NE @ TB- seriously?  this counts as a home game for Tampa Bay?!?  England isn't exactly close to Florida...
MIN @ PIT
SF @ HST
IND @STL
SD @ KC
GB @ CLE
NY-J @ OAK
CHI @ CIN
ATL @ DAL
BUF @ CAR
NO @ MIA

SUN NIGHT
ARZ @ NY-G

MON NIGHT
PHI @ WA
 

[Kryptowhite 9]

NE over Tampa Bay-I'm going to jump on the "new england-old england" pun bandwagon.

Sixburg hands Mini Soda it's first loss.

Houston over San Fran-Shady, i must say that is the strangest abbreviation i've ever seen. HST for Houston haha.

Indy 500-0 over St Louis.

San Diego over KC-San Diego might get sold and move to LA 

Green Bay over Cleveland-two reasons that cleveland will lose a) half their team has swine, b) its cleveland.

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS over the land of oaks.

Cinci over Chi-town.

Atlanta over Cowgirls

Carolina over Buffalo? (??????)

Miami upset special over New Orleans, because otherwise this week would be boring. Wildcat baby.

NYG over Arizona-Its tempting to pick arizona [vulnerable new york secondary] but i don't expect the giants to drop 2 in a row.

Philly over Washington

[JollyBobber 0]

NE @ TB

MIN @ PIT

SF @ HOU

IND @STL

SD @ KC

GB @ CLE

NYJ @ OAK

CHI @ CIN

ATL @ DAL

BUF @ CAR

NO @ MIA

ARZ @ NYG

MON. NIGHT

PHI @ WAS

[Sim shady 12]

Originally posted by: Kryptowhite

Houston over San Fran-Shady, i must say that is the strangest abbreviation i've ever seen. HST for Houston haha.

quote>

Lol, actually I copied and pasted it from Blade's post earlier this week, and if you look at my picks last week I actually put "HST @ CIN  ? " Notice the question mark, I put that there because I couldn't figure out which team the HST stood for.  Lol

Speaking of Houston, maybe this is the week that I pick their game right...probably not...

[Easy Bakes 253]

My Picks

NE @ TB

MIN @ PIT

SF @ HOU Gore Is back this week

IND @STL

SD @ KC

GB @ CLE

NYJ @ OAK

CHI @ CIN

ATL @ DAL

BUF @ CAR

NO @ MIA

ARZ @ NYG

MON. NIGHT

PHI @ WAS

[blade2k5 1,523]

Sorry I've been gone for a few days, RL stuff

Anyways, my picks for the week:

NE @ TB

MIN @ PIT

SF @ HOU

IND @STL

SD @ KC

GB @ CLE

NY-J @ OAK

CHI @ CIN

ATL @ DAL

BUF @ CAR

NO @ MIA

ARZ @ NY-G

MON. NIGHT

PHI @ WAS

Gotta go...be back before game time Sun to see if GreekMan posts his picks or not.  Good luck everyone

[GreekMan 246]

hold the NFL!

NE @ TB

MIN @ PIT

SF @ HOU

IND @STL

SD @ KC

GB @ CLE

NY-J @ OAK

CHI @ CIN

ATL @ DAL

BUF @ CAR

NO @ MIA

ARZ @ NY-G

PHI @ WAS

just made it in time by a minute!!!!!

[Sim shady 12]

Son-of-a-gun. Already looks like I will be 0-7 on the Texans, they are looking really good against the the 49ers, or more precisely the 49ers are looking really bad against the Texans (-5 yards in the first quarter for them)

[Kryptowhite 9]

right now miami 23 New Orleans 3.

Perfect on my picks so far too.

Just call me nostradamus.

[DCMetro34 576]

Well, Carolina lost. How sad.........I was at the game. Buffalo has the worst rush defense, and guess what? We pass 70% of the time. You know what happens when we pass 70% of the time? Jake Dellhomme throws 3 INTs!!! The coaching strategy makes no sense whatsoever.

[Kryptowhite 9]

8-3 so far...miserable job on the 4:15 games. damn saints came back.

[Easy Bakes 253]

9 so far

Still 3 undefeated teams although NO realy realy tried to lose this early on.

and  to Brees for being 2 yards short of the 300+ yards bonus on my fantasy team.

The NY Football Giants not so good?

24-17 loss to the cards

[Sim shady 12]

Standings through 10/26, Monday Night Philly vs. Washington still to be played

Easy Bakes 9-3

Sim Shady 8-4

Kryptowhite 8-4 (lol way to choke with the last couple of picks Nostradamus)

Blade2k5 8-4

Greekman 8-4

I guess we all had a solid week picking with 2-1 ratios. Looks like everybody got tripped up by the Carolina Panthers who are clearly being killed by quarterback play. Have you ever seen a quarterback decline so precipitiously as Jake Delhome? Also, we all pretty much missed the Giants Arizona game which had pretty significant implications in the early playoff race, letting the Cardinals step far out in the front of the pack in the NFC West race, while the Giants fell back into the muck with their second consecutive loss after being undefeated.

0-7 on the Texans for the year, but next week I WILL get them right. They WILL beat the Bills...maybe...I hope...maybe not....lol

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: Sim shady

Standings through 10/26, Monday Night Philly vs. Washington still to be played

Easy Bakes 9-3

JollyBobber 9-3

Sim Shady 8-4

Kryptowhite 8-4 (lol way to choke with the last couple of picks Nostradamus)

Blade2k5 8-4

Greekman 6-6

I guess we all had a solid week picking with 2-1 ratios. Looks like everybody got tripped up by the Carolina Panthers who are clearly being killed by quarterback play. Have you ever seen a quarterback decline so precipitiously as Jake Delhome? Also, we all pretty much missed the Giants Arizona game which had pretty significant implications in the early playoff race, letting the Cardinals step far out in the front of the pack in the NFC West race, while the Giants fell back into the muck with their second consecutive loss after being undefeated.

0-7 on the Texans for the year, but next week I WILL get them right. They WILL beat the Bills...maybe...I hope...maybe not....lolquote>

Fixed

I'll be back later on to tally things up.  I also have a fair solution on how to resolve the missed picks and posting weekly picks after the deadline has passed.

[Sim shady 12]

Oh sorry about missing JollyBobber! 1:30 in the morning isn't the best time to be tallying up picks lol.

So something big is going on down at the Cowboys ranch. 4:00 pm today they are going to have some big press conference on a player personel move; the most likely suspect is that they are going to anounce a contract extension for Demarcus Ware that will probably make him the highest paid defensive player in NFL history. He has 4 sacks and and 2-3 forced fumbles in the past two games, and 20 sacks and 7 forced fumbles last year.

[Kryptowhite 9]

^or roy williams got the axe

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: blade2k5

I also have a fair solution on how to resolve the missed picks and posting weekly picks after the deadline has passed.quote>

Missed Picks: [not picking all games during the week...it happens...3x times actually]

This phenomenon kinda throws a monkey wrench into a well oiled machine...my idea for a solution is this: If you 'forget' to make a pick, it would be considered a loss.  Seems kinda harsh at first, but then you could just not make that 'oops' before posting.

Picks posted after deadline: [mix-up on time zones may be the issue]

Last week, Krypto and Jolly missed the deadline and their picks were not counted.  This week GreekMan was late, but that may be because of the Timezone issue.  Deadline is 12am Sat EST, 11pm Fri CST, 10pm Fri MST and Fri 9pm PST.  I'm thinking along the lines of what SimShady echoed a few days ago and think that allowing those picks being allowed.  So that shakes things up a bit in the overall standings as you will see here in a moment. 

Here was Krypto's late picks:

Redskins over Chiefs in the native american bowl.

Carolina over Tampa "hey, at least we get a free trip to london" Buccaneers.

New York Football Giants over New Orleans Saints [hardest game to pick this week?]

Houston over cincinatti.

Pittsburg big over Cleveland

Minnesota over Baltimore [baltimore would be a fun pick though]

Green Bay over Detroit [at this point i just feel bad for the city]

Philly over Oakland...how difficult was this one...

New England over 0-10esee

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS over Bills.

Arizona over Seattle.

ATL over Chi-town

San Diego over Denverquote>

^As you can see, Krypto also forgot the Jacksonville game, so he went 8-6 that week, making him 61-29  thru Week #6.

Here was Jolly's late pics:

KC @ WASH

CAR @ TB

NY-G @ NO

STL @ JACK

HOU@ CIN

CLE @ PIT

BAL @ MIN

DET @ GB

PHI @ OAK

TEN @ NE

BUF @ NY-J

ARZ @ SEA

Sunday Night

CHI @ ATL

Monday Night

DEN @ SDquote>

^ Jolly had a pretty damn good week going 10-4 and improving his overall standings to 19-9 thru Week #6.

Now on to this Week #7 thru Sunday:

1. EasyBakes  9-3

2. JollyBobber  9-3

3. blade2k5      8-4

4. Kryptowhite  8-4

5. SimShady    8-4

6. GreekMan    6-6

[GreekMan 246]

how am i 6-6??? i am stealing some else's picks!

[JollyBobber 0]

9-3 about to be 10-3! Woohoo!

[Sim shady 12]

Lol Row Williams sucks, but I was right, Demarcus Ware recieves ludacris big contract that somehow the experts are calling a good deal. paying $80 million for someone to play football for 6 years seems like a rippoff to me. But with regards to the absurd economic climate of waste and excess in the NFL, his contract is considered team friendly...

I think that I agree with everything Blade listed in his post, sounds very reasonable to me.

[blade2k5 1,523]

The only thing I have to say about week 7 that pleased me more than anything else...well, except for the Packers whooping Cleveland...was Favre laying two rotten eggs yesterday and stinking up the football field as the SB Champs made Chumps out of the Vikings.  When Favre screws up, he really screws up.

Originally posted by: GreekMan

how am i 6-6??? i am stealing some else's picks!quote>

Lets see and make sure I did my math right:  You picked NE, MIN, SF, IND, SD, GB, NY-J, CHI, ATL, CAR, NO, @ NY-G.  Those you picked who won their games yesterday were NE, IND, SD, GB, NY-J @ NO.

Originally posted by: Sim shady

I think that I agree with everything Blade listed in his post, sounds very reasonable to me.quote>

I'm glad you think that because in the process I dropped into a tie for second place on the overall standings with you, both of us trailing Krypto by one.  So I'm sure he won't have any problems with the solution I put forth.

Week #7 Standings:

1. EasyBakes      10-3

2. JollyBobber   10-3

3. blade2k5         9-4

4. Kryptowhite    9-4

5. SimShady       9-4

6. GreekMan       7-6

Overall Standings thru Week #7:

1. Kryptowhite   70-33

2. blade2k5       69-34

2. SimShady     69-34

4. EasyBakes    63-40

5. GreekMan     37-34

6. JollyBobber   29-12

Week #8 Schedule:

Bye Week Teams: Cincinnati, Kansas City, New England, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington

DEN @ BAL

SF @ IND

NY-G @ PHI

STL @ DET

SEA @ DAL

CLE @ CHI

HST @ BUF

MIA @ NY-J

MIN @ GB

CAR @ ARZ

OAK @ SD

JAX @ TEN

MON Night:

ATL @ NO

Remember, the deadline for posting your picks is 12am Eastern Standard Time [EST] Saturday.  That would be 11pm Fri Central Standard Time [CST], 10pm Fri Mountain Sandard Time [MST] and 9pm Fri Pacific Standard Time [PST].

[Sim shady 12]

Tenative picks, subject to change before 12am Eastern Standard Time [EST] Saturday.  Also known as 11pm Fri Central Standard Time [CST], 10pm Fri Mountain Sandard Time [MST] and 9pm Fri Pacific Standard Time [PST].

DEN @ BAL- undefeated no more!

SF @ IND

NY-G @ PHI

STL @ DET

SEA @ DAL

CLE @ CHI

HOU @ BUF

MIA @ NY-J

MIN @ GB

CAR @ ARZ

OAK @ SD

JAX @ TEN- winless no more!

MON Night:

ATL @ NO

A couple of really tough picks this week, i'll probably make some changes after reading some experts picks later this week.

[Kryptowhite 9]

Your right blade, i will have no problems haha

This presents a new problem though, because now i am going to feel pressured to protect that small lead

To get a head start on next week:

Baltimoar over Denver-best to call for upset when shady does, even if he can't read houston.

Indy over San Fran-part of me wants to pick san fran for no reason other than i hate indy.

Philly over NYG-Deshaun Jackson...if you didn't get hurt at halftime, i wouldn't be 1-6 in fantasy.

Detroit over St Louis-heres a rare sight: The lions are the safe pick.

Dallas over Seattle

Cinconatti over Cleveland

Houston over Buffalo

Jets over Dolphins

Green Bay over Minnesota-Lambeau...minny took the first...coming off a tough loss...here comes another one.

Air-izona over Carolina

San Diego over Oakland.

Tennessee over Jacksonville?

Monday Night:

ATL over New Orleans. I'm sick of those punks.

Extra Credit:

New England over Bye Week.

My sophmore class over the juniors in Powderpuff tonight.

[Sim shady 12]

Lol your powder puff games are in the fall? Mine were in the spring. Also they were between the juniors and seniors. Theres nothing like a bounty of hot girls workin up a sweat together...Good times

Totally unrelated to football but, there are a bunch of annoying tykes and toddlers rampaging around my dorm tonight in some halloween related event...Nope, I am not a little-obnoxious-kids person. I am, however, a dog person and a hot-girl person. And a football person.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Unfortunately Krypto, theres been a mistake in the standings which I just discovered a little while ago after going through the weekly picks/standings.  Turns out that in Week #1 you were listed at going 14-2 that week, whereas you actually went 13-3. 

These were your picks for Week #1:

Pitt @ Tenn  Thurs

Oak @ SD

Atl @ Miami

Balt @ KC

Clev @ Min

Indy @ Jack

NO @ Det

TB @ Dal

Arz @ SF

NY-G @ Wash

Sea @ STL

GB @ Chi

NE @ Buff  Mon

Car @ Phil

CIn @ Den

Hou @ NY Jets

The red highlighted picks are those you guessed wrong.  So Week #1s tally would have looked like this:

1. Sim Shady   15-1

2. blade2k5     13-3

3. Kryptowhite 13-3

4. Easybakes  12-4

In closing, that makes you 69-34 for the season and not 70-33, which means you dropped into a 3-way tie with Sim Shady and yours truly  I hope that didn't add more pressure on ya

Fixed overall Standings:

1. blade2k5       69-34

1. Kryptowhite   69-34

1. SimShady     69-34

4. EasyBakes   63-40

5. GreekMan     37-34

6. JollyBobber  29-12

[Kryptowhite 9]

To put it in not so simple terms, i am under more pressure right now than Andy Reid's arteries.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Week 8 Picks

I need to do well 5 or 6 games behind after one bad week

DEN @ BAL

SF @ IND

NY-G @ PHI

STL @ DET

SEA @ DAL

CLE @ CHI

HST @ BUF

MIA @ NY-J

MIN @ GB

CAR @ ARZ

OAK @ SD

JAX @ TEN

MON Night:

ATL @ NO

Ill take Kryptowhite sophmores Over the Juniors

[JollyBobber 0]

DEN @ BAL

SF @ IND

NY-G @ PHI

STL @ DET

SEA @ DAL

CLE @ CHI

HST @ BUF

MIA @ NY-J

MIN @ GB

CAR @ ARZ

OAK @ SD

JAX @ TEN

Edit: (Mon. Night)

ATL @ NO

[GreekMan 246]

my picks

DEN @ BAL

SF @ IND

NY-G @ PHI

STL @ DET

SEA @ DAL

CLE @ CHI

HST @ BUF

MIA @ NY-J

MIN @ GB

CAR @ ARZ

OAK @ SD

JAX @ TEN

ATL @ NO

[blade2k5 1,523]

Krypto, go look at your pics again, you goofed on a game as far as who Cleveland is playing

Jolly, you gonna pick MNs game or just take the loss?

My picks....

DEN @ BAL

SF @ IND

NY-G @ PHI

STL @ DET

SEA @ DAL

CLE @ CHI

HST @ BUF

MIA @ NY-J

MIN @ GB

CAR @ ARZ

OAK @ SD

JAX @ TEN

MON Night:

ATL @ NO