Coming off one of the worst pick weeks I’ve ever had (5/13), I hope to redeem myself this weekend. But I’m not counting on it.
Let’s see what sleep deprivation does to picking football games:
Chicago over Seattle (Seattle is on the road, and the Chicago defense is pretty good. I think the Bears are a lucky 4-1 team, but they shouldn’t need luck this week)
NE over Baltimore (Baltimore may be the best team in football, and NE will miss Moss, Deion Branch or no Deion Branch. Still, it’s tough to bet against the Pats at home. Toss up here).
NYG over Detroit (could be a trap game for the Giants; for the sake of the pick, let’s hope the Giants of the last 2 weeks show up, pass rush in tow — otherwise Detroit could pull the upset).
Philly over Atlanta (another toss up, but I’ll take the home team here. I’m not sold on Atlanta quite yet, and I’m not ready to write Philly off under Kolb, who looked good against SF last week)
Miami over GB (GB will miss Clay Mathews, and the Dolphins likely used the bye week to fix their run game and special teams. Upset special)
SD over STL
NO over Tampa (careful…)
Houston over KC (The Texans MUST find a way to win this game, or Gary Kubiak’s job could be in real jeopardy going forward.)
SF over Oakland (I know the “they have to win sometime” strategy didn’t serve me well in picking Buffalo last week, but the strategy still seems sound, so let’s play the odds that it works here)
Denver over the Jets (The Broncos lost 5 players to injury after last week’s game in Baltimore. And they still can’t run the ball. The Jets, on the other hand, are rushing for 165 yards per game. So the question is, which Denver run defense shows up: that one that held Chris Johnson in check, or the one that let Ray Rice go nuts?)
Minnesota over Dallas (The closer we get to game time, the more I think Dallas is poised to win this one. For now, though, I pick the Vikings on the strength of home field advantage)
Indy over Washington
Tennessee over Jacksonville
There you go. Your turn.
The Giants would be wise not to underestimate the Lions. They seems hungry.
Beat ya to the bottom, getting only 4 right. So sucking beyond sucking, let’s do it again! Yay!!
Chi, GB, SD, Bal, NYG, Atl, Pit, NO, Hou, NYJ, SF, Dal, Ind, (Mon.) Ten
And, can’t resist — Byron York has Obama blathering ignorant bullshit again, last night to a crowd of medicos no less (has the guy never heard of adrenaline?):
*Lion Roar*
“The Giants would be wise not to underestimate the Lions. They seems hungry.”
Hungry lions, heh. I’m sure that there’s a joke in there somewhere.
Also, Go Pats!!!!!
Falcons fucking roll.
Because I’m a homer.
And they’re missing Vick and Peters.
If you just say peter…
There’s your damned intentionalism.
Green Bay, San Diego, New England, Pittsburgh, Houston, Giants, Atalanta, Chicago, New Orleans, Denver, San Fran, Minnesota, Indy and Jacksonville. It has to be better than last week.
GB, SD, Bal, Pit, Hou, NYG, Atl, Chi, NO, NYJ, SF, Dal, Indianapolis Colts, titanettes.
OT: Sorry but…
Related to sdferr’s #3.
As sdferr kindly pointed out above, Barcky is a fucking idiot. STFU you scared bitter clingers.
Picking all home teams this week except St. Louis, Jacksonville, and — sorry, Jeff — Denver.
When I have a keyboard and an IP anonymizer in my hands, I’m like a fuckin’ ninja.
25th can’t come fast enough
Fucking cowardly sockpuppets. WTF is wrong with people?
I think a moment of honest self-reflection might actually kill some trolls.
So, I recommend it.
Let’s not forget the Psychologist in Chief on race relations. It’s your lizard brains, you see.
Heal thyself, Psychologist in Chief.
Go Seahawks!
I retract my earlier comment.
Iggles up three td-s on Atl, Stl gots SD by 17 pts, Sea up by 4. All earlyish, sure, but damn.
Sorry libtard trolls, undisclosed corporate and foreign spending during elections is a restoration of the natural order.
It’s as American as double martins at lunch while the little woman bakes an apple pie.
When I get my internet on, I’m, like, the heavyweight champion of taking anonymous shots at people’s kids.
Luckily, my skillset extends to how to hide my tracks. Because honestly, otherwise I wouldn’t be so brave I don’t think.
In fact, I’m kind of a pussy in person.
Huh?
Was I just referred to as a libtard troll?
Okay, that explains it.
Self-reflection. Give it a try. You’ll know it’s working when you begin to develop severe self-loathing.
I’m beginning to have serious questions about what I’m doing with my life.
Looks like it could be another crap week. KC, Seattle, BAL, and STL all leading, with GB tied at home, and Detroit within 4 of NYG.
Could be using the second of my 4 mulligans.
Well. The Bears are getting their asses handed to em.
Therefore the universe is back in balance.
Stupid Dolphins.
I guess I should be happy that the bears and green bay are behind, as it helps the vikings, but if they don’t start helping themselves, I will not care.
Yeah, I’m a fair-weather fan. I don’t like suckitude.
We got the angry disgusting meya/RD/moneyidiot/et al today.
The NFL never fails to entertain.
I have no idea why I was positive that the Falcons could possibly beat the Eagles. In Philly.
Jeff, I really like your tactic with the troll. Way to take a frown and turn it upside down…
Touchdown Packers!
Philly is kicking the shit out of Atlanta.
I cannot stand the Pats, but their 4th quarter has been damn impressive.
Back in the day I knew a guy that worked with the friend of another guys brother-in-law, anyway, I saw this card what had all the NFL games, with the Vegas line, and over/unders. You could bet three picks($5 minimum) for 1/3 pay-off, four picks at 1/4, and so on up to ten teams. The only way you could bet a single game was with a $100 minimum bet, and you still had the line.
Turns out picking football games is a humbling endeavor. Except for the Vegas guys. Or so I heard…
Whew. Akers finally makes a field goal.
I would have blocked it, had I been playing. And were the game taking place on the internet, with 1s and 0s.
I’m the bravest anonymous non-contact internet warrior ever.
Parlay sheets are not good for your blood pressure.
The phrase “p@rl@y shete” sets of the filter. And that phrase is bad for your blood pressure.
Chi x, GB x, SD x, Atl x
oy
I hate football.
Does anyone know a practicing psychiatrist, or psychologist?
Apparently a buy week helped the Seahawks.
Mr. Brian is up and at em plus you can see his stitches
sinitramp seems to have arrested at five yrs of age bh, so that self-reflection thing looks to be a bit outside his reach.
The Chargers are now 2-4. Superbowl, here we come!
I don’t know, sdferr. It might still give him some insight into why he likes eating paste.
“It might still give him some insight into why he likes eating paste.”
Uh huh. And the fly will suddenly realize how fucking annoying he is, and change his ways.
I’m not saying it’s likely. I assume that whatever brings a person to choose such a sad existence also helps to keep them there.
Bal x
Last week I swore to myself I’d resist picking the ‘Girls again. I hate these fuckers. I’m gonna root for the Vikes now. Go Percy.
Not many people know I’m on disability.
It sucks, but it does give me time to hang out in the comments at this website under a host of names and IPs.
Still. Don’t feel sorry for me. If I wasn’t doing this, I’d be looking at kiddie porn. So.
Is it some sort of thrill being a child sinitramp? Must be, from where you’re mewling, I guess
59 yards? Wow.
So I’ll take that as a “hell yes it’s good to be an infant!”
Ok then.
BTW, Jeff Goldstein has been lying about his situation for ages.
Trust me. Er, I mean, us.
IT’S OFFICIAL: the fat chick says Mitch Daniels seems to have endorsed a Value Added Tax…
Wow. And you think you know a guy.
oops wrong thread
0-12-0%
This has been your Chicago Bear 3rd down-0-meter for 10-17-10.
It looks like Harvin will carry the Vikes once again.
Someone has to do it.
is mitch daniels related
to jack daniels?
cuz that would be cool!
cuz u can tax my ass any old way
u want to..when i’m face down in a puddle
[i have to be breathing tho]
or emit sounds
or exhale
tax me!
do u have a straw..?
oops off to doggerel!
he has a motorcycle and a keen sense of urgency
off topic: where’s dicentra? I swear to God I rode the matterhorn at disney with Glenn Beck yesterday. Actually we were two sleds behind him. It was the oddest weirdest thing cause. Is this possible or am I retarded? Has he said anything? I thought Mr. Drudge said he was on hiatus or something cause he was sick. He didn’t look sick he had that awesome smile he always has it’s just he stuck out a little cause he wasn’t wearing anything to identify him as a goofy disney tourist he looked kind of normal guy and also he had a retinue.
That just sounds like a euphemism.
Riding the Matterhorn at Disney with Glenn Beck is when you’re at a party and shotgun the last beer in the fridge before anyone notices.
no it was for reals!!! thank you google.
I didn’t see 5 bodyguards exactly but maybe… he had friends in the sled behind him and a little guy in his car with him and nobody looked like a vagina. The reason I noticed is cause we went to stand in my line to get in a sled and the castmember yelled at us – nicely but emphatically – to wait behind the line until he called us – which, that’s not how you do the matterhorn normally with the wait behind the line business you just kind of see a spot and nod and go to it. But they were bringing the important people in from the side and we were messing up The Plan. But I only figured that out when I saw someone I coulda sworn was Glenn Beck. I can’t explain why seeing Glenn Beck at Disneyland was cognitively dissonant… but also the putatively Team R girl I was there with – big SP fan actually – she had no idea who Glenn Beck was.
Riding the Matterhorn at Disney with Glenn Beck is when you just take a stranger’s word for it that they’re on birth control.
You know why I didn’t want moss back? He only catches the ball when he feels like it.
I think Beck has five bodyguards because he has about a hundred Frisch’s…
Me and my multiple names and IP addresses DEMAND that the owner of this blog prove he is who he says he is. And this, despite that many readers here have met him, and more than a few have met his family.
Take me seriously. I insist.
Beck has five bodyguards because progressives are assholes who would attack him if he didn’t have them, and he’s certainly had plenty of death threats.
probably plus there was at least the one kid along
Speaking of pussies, here’s ST!
If the Cowboys win, the NFC North went 0-4 today.
We’re awesome.
The other reason to not want Moss back is that he’s an enormous asshole.
And there he went. My, that was quick.
Okay, I was wrong on the ST thing.
bh, I totally agree about Moss being an asshole. As far as I’m concerned, he wore out his welcome long before he got traded away from the Vikings the first time. He does not belong in MN. He belongs on the east coast with the other highly abrasive people.
He’s definite Eagles material.
im from boston
a highly abrasive asshole i admit
but moss was cool here and he caught balls
and was ok- i just think his contract prob
is the problem with him
show me the money etc
he’s pretty good
if assholes were elbows..we could all
lean on the counter..
brett favre-not abrasive?
rascist!
” how do we even know you’re actually from America?”
Sometimes I write Jeffs addy on an envelope, slap on a stamp, and mail it. He let’s me know he received it. It’s a Colorado address.
Hows about you come clean about who you are (laughably)sinister dude? Then you could be taken seriously with your allegations. Well, probably not. But still, as is, you’re only credible as a liar.
That’s not a good football team those guys with the star on their hats. Percy, on the other hand, is the man.
he’s no terrell owens gay
he pretty much minds his manners
and caught alot of balls and td’s here
he doesn’t have a reality show
and he is a super freak
do u have a mirror?
are u an asshole?
You can admit he takes plays off and doesn’t block, pd. We won’t tell a gang of southies on you. Promise.
Moss is just Moss. I put him in the Deon Sanders category. Jerry Rice sets the bar.
What a horrible way to lose — a 46 yard penalty on 4th and 6, and then a bad snap with 49 seconds to go.
The Broncos played hard, but they left points on the field (a missed FG and a bad snap on a short FG, a fumble inside the Jets’ 20), and in the end, they found a way to lose.
moss is 2nd behind rice-right
of course he don’t block
he is the stretcher of field
grace
if i wanted a block
i’d draft a tight end
oh. guess who else was in anaheim yesterday?
“The Broncos played hard, […] and in the end, they found a way to lose.”
Dammit.
On the plus side, Fresno State beat up on NMS last night.
Future Hall of Famer Hines Ward doesn’t think he’s too good to block.
He plays for the Steelers though. They’re just tougher than delicate Randy Moss I suppose.
Oh yeah, the Badgers beat Ohio yesterday. There was much rejoicing.
if i wanted
a block
i’d draft michelle obama
to protect my blind side
sandra bullock
“moss is 2nd behind rice”
Whoa there, that’s not what I said.
If Moss looks waaaaay up there, and squints a bit, he can just make out the bar.
if i wanted to run
downhill would be my direction..
a pebble starts an avalanche..
oopsdoggerel!
Don Hutson once blocked a man to death.
Little known fact.
It galls me to no end that nobody in my life cares about me as much as mostly total strangers care about you.
Maybe this progressivism thing ain’t so great after all.
“a pebble starts an avalanche..”
or a sneeze.
i mean all statiscic wise
doesnt moss be 2nd behind rice in every category
or has them liberal boston media been feeding me goo
i admit he is/
or has traces of punk juice in him
but he is good
and i think brett favre sucks
mr interception
Gee, I wonder who that comment is from. The one that is about to get deleted.
“doesnt moss be 2nd behind rice in every category”
Oh, did not know that.
Thing about Rice though, he was always a gentleman.
Moss only plays well when he wants to. Half the time for the Vikings he would spend a day dropping a lot of catchable stuff. I think he missed some he should have had today.
YMMV.
hate the steelers
love hines ward
listen to rush limbaugh
just sayin
he was a class act here
but then again
he had a super sexy top model dish Tom Brady
firing love bombs to him..
isn’t it romantic?
where do i go to get
my reputation back?
ooh- i get a bobby!
Yes, and Pete Carroll seems to be making progress with the team. I still can’t get over how stupid Mike Holmgren was to let Steve Hutchinson go.
Randy Moss is like that guy from The Natural but he also plays the Barbara Hershey character.
Become the head coach of Texas Tech. You couldn’t do worse than Tommy Tuberville, who has turned Mike Leach’s Air Raid powerhouse offense into a laughingstock.
I met Glenn Beck at a book-signing in San Antonio about seven years ago. Great guy.
Bugger off, troll.
Jeff, you missed on up there at #95.
The one at 95 has already been altered.
Thought it wasn’t altered when I saw it. Perhaps it’s one of those cache things.
Now you see why I put a shot of rum and burn sage in front of the cpu.
I’m pissed off now, Jobu. Look, I go to you. I stick up for you. You don’t help me now. I say “Fuck you,” Jobu, I do it myself.
Someone should tell certain wide receivers that manos de piedras is a good thing in boxing–not in football.
Wade Phillips says “obviously it’s a coaching thing. . .”
I say, “ok, good diagnosis, now what are you going to do?”
Wade says, “We’re going to keep working on it.”
I says, “oh, that’s the wrong answer fatman, can’t you read your own writing? Says right here: ‘I resign.’ “
It’s possible that it was altered after you saw it. I thought I had seen it changed earlier, but it’s also possible what’s left of my mind is playing tricks on me.
It’s sad that I have to spend a good portion of my day banning IPs, etc.
I guess I just don’t understand how empty someone’s life has to be to spend most of their day trolling a site under a dozens of different names and IP addresses — all so he can try to hurt me by posting nasty things about that my kid, and all because he disagrees with me politically.
Like I said before, as vile and repulsive as she is, at least Frisch used her own name. Fortunately, it looks like the country is catching on to assholes like Sinister Trampoline/ommiemax/RD/moneymen/Ultima Ratio/Godfrey Daniels/Thanatopsis/EbertPresident/atlee/meya/et al., and — examining them closely for the first time — are finding them wanting.
I’ve little doubt the young’un is already twice as smart as sinitramp. Probably boils sini’s ego, that.
…and NE will miss Moss, Deion Branch or no Deion Branch.
Deion Branch, 9 for 98 , plus the key factor of the 4th and OT along with Danny Woodhouse.
Randy Moss, a quiet 5 for 55 plus dropped a touchdown.
NE will miss Kevin Faulk this year more than Moss.
I cannot figure out trolls either. I would never waste my time at a site that offends my sensibilities or whatever. I have too many other things to do.
It’s sorta like that time they almost touched a boob back in ’98 but then made the mistake of being themselves for a moment.
You know exactly what I’m talking about, don’t you, sad troll?
I still think that collection of troll names is mix of two different people with distinct personality types. I don’t know if they collaborate or are paid trolls – it sure seemed like it when meya and RD would constantly show up at the same time – but the one has a law background of some sort and you get the sense that it shamelessly lies and obfuscates rather than making a fool of itself out of pure ignorance. The other personality knows nothing about anything, is relentlessly snarky in that witless Gawker kind of way and is rather venemous towards Jeff. But I suppose it could just be one truly insane person.
heh, trollology is born. I’m counting at least three Abe.
I’m moving back to that interpretation myself, Abe.
Btw, I’m just going to leave this link here and if some troll or another decides this would be a fun way to get out of the house and meet other people, well, that’s completely unintentional.
Okay, let’s break it down.
I see ur-meya, ur-RD and ur-Gordo.
There you go bh — money — but before we know it, trollology ‘ll be pronounced tra-la-la-gie. I blame Wade Phillips.
Willie the racist hilljack skinflute player could be the very first professor of trollology.
Has to be that Indianapolis ambulance-chasing law firm’s toilet scrubber timb, AKA timmah. He’s the oft-forgotten troll who is never far away, given that the butt-hurt he received here won’t heal. That’s what’s behind all of these losers: they can’t sit down for a minute without realizing how bad it hurts.
pdbuttons – I don’t understand half of what you say, and I do enjoy a puzzle. I’ll figure it out eventually. In the meantime insult away. In our Irish family, you’re not loved if not insulted.
Jeff – Bears always disappoint. I’m finally making money now that I’m off the Bears and Cubs. It’s nice, but I feel so cheap.
Jeff – I might owe you some money after Monday night.
what a coincidence!
i don’t understand half of what i say!
donkeys bray
i’m going doggerel
Everyone, please pick AGAINST the Bears from now on… it was a very nice day at Soldier Field, and I got to go to Harlod’s Chicken Shack afterward, but the game was not a good thing to witness live.
Steelers + Ben = Damn Good Football Team.
My Colts were determined to allow Washington to have a chance. We only gave them about 10 chances to beat us in the 2nd half, and a handful of chances in the 1st half.
#131
Yes. If they go to the Superbowl and win, an asteroid will hit the earth.
If the Cubs ever win a pennant the earth will be consumed by fire.
It’s in the Bible.
Correction, Mueller. If the Cubs ever win a pennant, the Earth will have been consumed by fire already, and they will be the only survivors.
Who could forget Alphie…. the creator of the mile high berm/barrage balloon defense system.
Now that was an asshat cockholster.
Damn Broncos. I stayed up past midnight to watch that game (they were showing it live on Armed Forces Network) and then to see how it ended….. grrrrrrrrr.
Hey Jeff, the Denver Sports Radio call in shows are probably abuzz with calls to start Tebow because he ran in his first touchdown, huh?
~SHEESH!~
They are.
I hate our sports fans here. They should stick to their fantasy leagues and shut up about actual football.
Heh! I knew it!
I agree, brother. Of course, they are some of the same brilliant minds who thought that Elway should have been traded after his second superbowl loss…. so I really don’t pay them much mind, other to laugh at their grasp of reality.
11/14 for the week. That would have looked a lot better had Mark Sanchez not so seriously underthrown a ball on 4th and 6 that the Broncos’ safety got caught up in S. Holmes face mask trying to stop and come back for the ball.
Christ. Denver out-rushed NYJ. Out-passed them. Had more total yards. Better 3rd-down efficiency. Won the time of possession battle. Won the turnover battle. And held L. Tomlinson to 55 yards.
And yet, somehow they lost in the last minute of the game.
Sigh.
By the way, I’m picking Chicago next week over Washington.
So.