Last week: 7/13; season: 90/145
Chicago over Miami – YAY!
Cincinnati over Buffalo (Cincy at home is playing now to save Marvin Lewis’ job) – X
Dallas over Detroit (I loathe that I’m picking a Kitna-led team) – YAY!
Pittsburgh over Oakland (Jason Campbell is not the guy. Sorry, but he just isn’t) – YAY!
NYJ over Houston (The Jets are due for a loss, having squeaked out consecutive OT wins on the road; but Houston’s defense is not good; and Schaub is banged up) – YAY!
Baltimore over Carolina – YAY!
Cleveland over Jacksonville (Garrard is playing well, but I’m not a buyer; Cleveland’s defense is pretty good, and McCoy is a very efficient QB. Upset pick 1) – X
Tennessee over Washington – X
KC over Ariz (a home field thing…) – YAY!
Green Bay over Minnesota (The Vikings will be motivated; but this could be the swan song for Favre) – YAY!
Atlanta over St Louis – YAY!
New Orleans over Seattle (Seattle, Chicago, Jacksonville: smoke and mirrors…) – YAY!
SF over Tampa (Not sold on San Fran, but I do like the play they’re getting at QB. In a squearker, Upset pick 2) – X
NE over Indy (I’d already typed Indy here, but their injuries might be too much to overcome against the Pats at home) – YAY! Too bad I forgot to change the pick officially.
Philly over NYG (31-24) -YAY!
Denver over SD (Because. Denver finally has it’s starting o-line back, so Orton finally has the threat of a run game to play action off of. The one thing they continue to lack is the pass rush, and they still have to start a rookie at corner, with the injury to Andre Goodman — not an ideal situation against Rivers. But I’m a homer) – X
Your turn!
buf CIN ( Fake chili on spagetti piled high with cheese! How not? oh, gooey chicken-wings, yeah. )
det DAL (Smoked beef brisket, birthplace, ‘Girls have got to win one at home eventually, might as well be Kitna’s revenge game)
wsh TEN (Yodeling banjo picking escapees from Kentucky riot on pompous preening bureaucratic jackasses, bloodbath.)
ari KC (in memory of Arthur Bryant, a great man)
GB min (Heroic Biergarten to the World!)
hou NYJ (Mugger’s NY muggs muggy-town, apishly)
oak PIT (Ron Dellums vs Andrew Carnegie? No contest.)
BAL car (Beat up little seagull on a marble stair, left field foul pole in Memorial)
CLE jac (I got nothin)
ATL stl (urp)
sea NO (Microsoftiaville? No No No No No. nO.)
TB sf (Tuberculosis is way cooler than SyFilis)
ind NE (Dart tossin’.)
nyg PHI (One NY pick is enough I think. And 2nd street QV cinches it.)
DEN sd (“Bombs away,” the man said. Ok, so I’ll bomb, just to be contrarian.)
chi 16 mia 0 (no really, I had da bearz)
Chicago, B-more, Cincy, Detroit (yes, really), Jax, KC, Green Bay, Jets, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, NO, SF, Atl, New England, Philly, SD.
Bengals over Bills (But not by much)
Cowboys over Lions (Possible blowout, if the ‘boys are still playin’ for their jobs)
Raiders over Steelers (Please God!)
Jets over Texans
Ravens over Panthers
Browns over Jags
Titans over Redskins
Packers over Vikings
Falcons over Rams
‘Niners over Bucs
Pats over Colts (sorry to say, JD)
Jeyentz over Igglez
Denver over Chargers (because Norv Turner teams find a way to lose)
As always, don’t bet a nickel based on my picks as my record stinks this during this year of PARITY!, unless of course you take the other side.
That said, good luck to all the homers and their beloved teams!
Oops! Left out two
Chiefs over Cardinals
Saints over Seahawks.
And I’ll take the Bears win as one I would’a picked; yeah, that’s the ticket…
Since I’m in MN, I’m going to the local bar to watch Favre’s final game against GB. The Vikings might surprise me by winning, but I’m not holding my breath.
May I just say that Micheal Vick is playing out of his mind right now? Very interesting game with the Giants having the best defense in the NFC but … Eagles 24, Giants 16.
BTW, I think Favre will finish the season, but I cannot say the same about Childress.
Hey, I’m a complete doofus, apparently. How do I inject a picture?
BJT, go here and register with the same e-mail address as you used for WP, then upload your pic(s) of choice, and you should be good to go.
Testing!!
Say hi to my great nephew Max.
My stat-cruncher spreadsheet has Jacksonville and San Diego winning, but every other pick matches Jeff’s.
Hi, Max!
Got your email, BJTex – fabulous news, man. Soldier on.
Steelers
Jets
Ravens
Titans
Cowboys
Vikings
Bengals
Jags
Chiefs
Saints
Falcons
Colts
Giants (I can never pick Philly over the Giants, even if the dog killer is on a roll).
Chargers.
Sitting in the stands here at LP Field, AWA kickoff. With no possibility of Kerry Collins, VY must play or we’ll see Rusty, a rookie who did well in preseason.
Haynesworth came over to our sideline, talked to rhe coaches for 20 minutes (before his pregame nap). That had to annoy Shannahan.
Rusty is in.
Can Cincy really blow a 28-7 lead? Against Buffalo? At home?
Really?
Gggah.
Tenn run game could go a long way to cement its fame with 5:24 to kill and score for the win. Just do it.
Texans are coming on too…
Rusty throws int.
And they do what now? cripes
gooey chicken wings it is then
Texans may have just gone up on Jets by 1; awaiting result of challenge…
Unreal. The Jets, Tenn, and Cincy all blowing games?
The Cincy and Jets games should have been over.
Astonishing.
Marvin Lewis should be gone. So should Childress.
16-16, 2:00, 2 and 10 on the Redskank’s 45.
Fans cheered Rusty, booed VY before he left the game.
Still looks from here like Tenn can win it, though no cinch by any means. I hadn’t even bothered looking at the Jets score so far put away had I thought it. Cins-snatty figures, the pukes.
So true Jeff.
Ruling on the field stands; Texans go up by 1 with 2 T.O.s and 2:11 left.
Let’s see how good Sanchez is.
It may not matter, a bonehead on the Jets committed a personal foul on the ensuing kickoff, and made the drive 15 yards farther a priori.
And now Cleveland blows a lead with under 3 minutes.
Another crap day for me.
Texans intercept Sanchez, return it to the 13 yard line. That may be Game over right there with 1:52 to play.
OT
NYJ 1st & 10 on their 28 with 0:55 to go, needing TD
Jet, 1st and goal on the 8 with 0:16 in the game.
Jets TD! Unbelievable…
It’s gonna be a lonnng flight back to Houston with “The Kube”…
Well, that’ll make my BIL happy.
Well, that blows goats.
Random fan quote “they will not resign Vince Young next year “.
My prediction: Childress is gone, Favre finishes the season as a starter but will usually not play a whole game, in favor of letting Jackson get some play time.
I think if they bench Favre he will quit immediately.
Steelers Yea
Jets X
Ravens Yea
Titans X
Cowboys Yea (it is hard to yea for the Cowboys, the Lions have become my favorite underdog team, and I would have liked to have been wrong on this one)
Vikings X
Bengals X
Jags Yea
Chiefs Yea
Saints We will see.
Falcons We will see.
Colts We will see.
Giants (I can never pick Philly over the Giants, even if the dog killer is on a roll).
Chargers. We will see.
Oh. Forgot to change my pick to NE on the official ballot.
This day just keeps getting better.
Oh wait, the Jets pulled it out. Yea. I missed that.
Still wallowing about the Vikings. This is their worst season ever since I moved here in 1995.
I leave it alone now. Later.
The Pats will cockslap my Colts today. brutally.
Never bet against the 48. Congrats Jimmie Johnson.
The Seahawks are blowing, again.
That was redundant on multiple levels, Frito Bandito.
Indeed, JD. :(
Okay, that was a fucking nearly perfect pass from 18 to 87.
The VY era ends in TN. Firstly a torn flexor tendon in his thumb then the resurfacing of his immaturity issue. The fans boo, VY takes off his helmet, pads and Jersey and throws ’em in the stands. Fish says he’s done for the season, we’ll have to sign another QB to finish, but for now it’s Rusty Smith.
5 of the next 6 games are interdivisional, including two against the Forehead.
Stick a fork….
The Pats should beat us by 3 touchdowns. Or more.
The forehead will be playing with a sand lot team composed of Div 3 walk ons, serr8d.
Let me just say once more how much I hate the Pats. Go Colts!
The Pats should be up by a ton.
Fuck yeah. !!!!!!!!
This would be remarkable.
De-fence!
We have a chance. Down 3. Two and a half minutes to play. All our timeouts.
Inside midfield at the 2 minute warning. This is amazing.
Fuck
Peyton’s been taking lessons from Favre.
you know, despite the int that was damned impressive work Ponys.
The Forehead. But I’ve a different nickname for him; let’s keep the ‘fore’ and did you know we lost to the RedSkins ?
Asante Samuel is a monster and Eli will be dreaming of him for weeks to come.
So let’s all be reasonable and rational and at least consider that the best team in the NFC just might be THE FREAKIN’ FRAKIN’ MICHEAL VICK PUMPIN’ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES!!!!!!!
Giants lose. That is all.
If Childress has a job at this time tomorrow, we will know two things for sure:
A) Zygi Wilf likes little boys; and
2) Brad Childress has the pictures.
I just checked and Childress is gone, baybee.
good