NFL pickem Week 7

[Jedi Master Carr]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington
Atlanta at New Orleans
Baltimore at Buffalo
New England at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants
Tampa Bay at Detroit
Tennessee at Houston
Kansas City at Oakland
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati
Chicago at Philadelphia
Minnesota at Dallas
St. Louis at Seattle
Pittsburgh at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis at Jacksonville

[Park Kraken]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington (W)
Atlanta (W) at New Orleans
Baltimore (W) at Buffalo
New England (W) at Miami
San Francisco (W) at N.Y. Giants
Tampa Bay (W) at Detroit
Tennessee at Houston (W)
Kansas City (W) at Oakland
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati (W)
Chicago at Philadelphia (W) (interesting showing?)
Minnesota at Dallas (W) (interesting showing#2?)
St. Louis at Seattle (W)
Pittsburgh (W) at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis at Jacksonville (W) (both have good teams, going with the underdogs on this one)

[Jedi Master Carr]

This is interesting news
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3069479

It be cool to see Holmes make a comeback. I hope he can play.

[Kale]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington WIN
Atlanta at New Orleans WIN
Baltimore at Buffalo WIN
New England WIN at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants WIN
Tampa Bay WIN at Detroit
Tennessee at Houston WIN
Kansas City at Oakland WIN
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati WIN
Chicago WIN at Philadelphia
Minnesota at Dallas WIN
St. Louis at Seattle WIN

Sunday Night
Pittsburgh WIN at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis at Jacksonville WIN

[Liam Jinn]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington (W)
Atlanta at New Orleans (W)
Baltimore (W) at Buffalo
New England (W) at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants (W)
Tampa Bay (W) at Detroit
Tennessee at Houston (W)
Kansas City (W) at Oakland
N.Y. Jets (W) at Cincinnati
Chicago at Philadelphia (W)
Minnesota at Dallas (W)
St. Louis at Seattle (W)
Pittsburgh (W) at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis (W) at Jacksonville

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington W
Atlanta at New Orleans W
Baltimore W at Buffalo
New England W at Miami
San Francisco W at N.Y. Giants
Tampa Bay at Detroit W
Tennessee at Houston W
Kansas City W at Oakland
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati W
Chicago at Philadelphia W
Minnesota at Dallas W
St. Louis W at Seattle
Pittsburgh W at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis W at Jacksonville

[Miranda Tarkin]

Sunday, Oct. 21

Arizona at Washington (W)
Atlanta (W) at New Orleans
Baltimore (W) at Buffalo
New England (W) at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants (W)
Tampa Bay (W) at Detroit
Tennessee at Houston (W)
Kansas City (W) at Oakland
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati (W)
Chicago (W) at Philadelphia
Minnesota at Dallas (W)
St. Louis at Seattle (W)
Pittsburgh (W) at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22

Indianapolis (W) at Jacksonville

[Park Kraken]

Umm, South Park reference here, but how many people think that the Miami Dolphins will beat the 72 point spread? :D

[jjwr]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington(W)
Atlanta at New Orleans(W)
Baltimore(W) at Buffalo
New England(W) at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants (W)
Tampa Bay at Detroit (W)
Tennessee(W) at Houston
Kansas City at Oakland(W)
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati(W)
Chicago at Philadelphia (W)
Minnesota at Dallas (W)
St. Louis at Seattle(W)
Pittsburgh(W) at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis at Jacksonville(W)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona (WIN) at Washington
Atlanta at New Orleans (WIN)
Baltimore (WIN) at Buffalo
New England (WIN) at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants (WIN)
Tampa Bay at Detroit (WIN)
Tennessee (WIN) at Houston
Kansas City at Oakland (WIN)
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati (WIN)
Chicago at Philadelphia (WIN)
Minnesota at Dallas (WIN)
St. Louis (WIN) at Seattle (it is their destiny to give teams their first win of the season!)
Pittsburgh at Denver (WIN)

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis (WIN) at Jacksonville

[Rutabaga]

Sunday, Oct. 21

Arizona at Washington (W)
Atlanta at New Orleans (W)
Baltimore at Buffalo (W)
New England (W) at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants (W) :cry
Tampa Bay (W) at Detroit
Tennessee at Houston (W)
Kansas City (W) at Oakland
N.Y. Jets (W) at Cincinnati
Chicago at Philadelphia (W)
Minnesota at Dallas (W)
St. Louis at Seattle (W)
Pittsburgh (W) at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22

Indianapolis (W) at Jacksonville

[Jedi Master Carr]

Arizona at Washington W
Atlanta at New Orleans W
W Baltimore at Buffalo
W New England at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants W
W Tampa Bay at Detroit
W Tennessee at Houston
W Kansas City at Oakland
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati W
Chicago at Philadelphia W
Minnesota at Dallas W
St. Louis at Seattle W
W Pittsburgh at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis at Jacksonville W

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington (W)
Atlanta at New Orleans (W)
Baltimore at Buffalo (W)
New England at Miami (W) Yea, I'm picking this upset.
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants (W)
Tampa Bay at Detroit (W)
(W) Tennessee at Houston
Kansas City at Oakland (W)
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati (W)
(W) Chicago at Philadelphia
Minnesota at Dallas (W)
St. Louis at Seattle (W)
(W) Pittsburgh at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
(W) Indianapolis at Jacksonville

[Yog]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington (W)
Atlanta at New Orleans (W)
Baltimore (W) at Buffalo
New England (W) at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants (W)
Tampa Bay (W) at Detroit
Tennessee (W) at Houston
Kansas City (W) at Oakland
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati (W)
Chicago at Philadelphia (W)
Minnesota at Dallas (W)
St. Louis at Seattle (W)
Pittsburgh (W) at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis (W) at Jacksonville

[Yog]

New England at Miami (W) Yea, I'm picking this upset.

This can't go well..


St. Louis (WIN) at Seattle (it is their destiny to give teams their first win of the season!)


Not when they play the Rams, who can't win a game if it was handed to them. :p

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Hush you. :mneh

[JMK]

Sunday, Oct. 21
Arizona at Washington (w)
Atlanta at New Orleans (w)
Baltimore at Buffalo (w)
New England (w) at Miami
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants (w)
Tampa Bay (w) at Detroit
Tennessee (w) at Houston
Kansas City at Oakland (w)
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati (w)
Chicago at Philadelphia (w)
Minnesota at Dallas (w)
St. Louis at Seattle (w)
Pittsburgh (w) at Denver

Monday, Oct. 22
Indianapolis (w) at Jacksonville

[Nathanial K'cansce]

This can't go well..

Patriots have a hard time historically when playing down in Miami. I was catching up on some stats, and Brady and the Pats are like, 2-4 or worse when in Miami.

Pats are still way too talented and good and will probably crush the Dolphins, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Dolphins walk away with their first win.

[Jedieb]

TB
NO
Tenn
Wash
NE
Balt
NYG
Oak
Cin
Sea
Dal
Phil
Pitt

Indy

[Yog]

Randy Moss is just amazing. 2 double covered TDs, and he made it look easy. Dolphins could put the entire defense on him, but Brady would just throw in that direction anyway.

[Kale]

Here I was thinking the Texans could handle the Titans as long as Vince Young is on the sidelines. I didn't count on Matt Schaub going to the sidelines, too. Texans backup Drew Rosenfels came out and threw a pick on his first play at QB. And things haven't really improved.

I count thirteen teams that have had serious QB trouble so far this year. The Falcons lost Vick before it began. The Panthers lost both Jake Delhomme and David Carr (though Vinnie the ageless one isn't doing too badly). The Bears finally had to yank Rex Grossman. The 49ers, Rams, and Cardinals have all lost their starters to injury (the Cardinals lost their top two).

In the AFC, we have Pennington dropping in and out for the Jets, Trent Green ending his career mid-season (hopefully) for the Dolphins, Steve McNair out for the Ravens, Charlie Frye being deported from Cleveland (though that seems to have been a good thing), and the Titans and Texans playing each other right now with their back-ups. And then there's the Raiders who still have never really settled their QB situation.

Make it fourteen if you want to count Eli Manning's injury, but after we were told he'd be out six weeks, he came back out to lose to the Packers, then went on to beat the Redskins.

EDIT: Make it fourteen anyway; I forgot that J.P. Lossman is out for the Bills. But the Bills are still leading the Ravens.

[Figrin D'an]

Brady with 5 TD passes in the first half. Good lord...

The Pats could drop 75+ on the Dolphins if they really wanted to. We'll see at what point they calls off the dogs.

[Yog]

Tom Brady is steamrolling Dolphins.

Here is a fun number about Brady: 10 TDs in 6 quarters.

He just stands there in the pocket and has ages to make the throw. If they keep up like this, Patriots could make a historical scoring record today.

[Kale]

The record for touchdown passes in a single game stands at seven. Five quarterbacks have done it:

Sid Luckman, Chi. Bears vs. N.Y. Giants, Nov. 14, 1943
Adrian Burk, Philadelphia vs. Washington, Oct. 17, 1954
George Blanda, Houston vs. N.Y. Titans, Nov. 19, 1961
Y.A. Tittle, N.Y. Giants vs. Washington, Oct. 28, 1962
Joe Kapp, Minnesota vs. Baltimore, Sept. 28, 1969

Source: http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/passing

With 21 TDs in his first six games, Tom Brady is also on pace for 56 TDs on the season, which would shatter Peyton Manning's mark of 49.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Ok, so I might have been reaching with that Dolphins win over the Pats... but I don't care, the Bills are winning!

[Yog]

Dolphins had a pretty good drive, until they got intercepted and Ronnie Brown got injured. Can it possibly get worse than this for the Dolphins.

http://mneh.org/s/siren.gif Tom Brady has the ball! http://mneh.org/s/siren.gif

Edit: Surprisingly, Patriots did not get anything productive out of their drive.

[JMK]

This is just an embarassment for the Dolphins. Not that anyone expected them to win, but I'm sure they at least expected themselves to keep it competitive....not this. Holy cow, it is definetly men against boys today.

[Kale]

The Bills are well on their way to becoming the first AFC East team other than the Patriots to win a game outside their division!

Have to say, the Ravens seem to be really flat. They shouldn't be losing to a team like the Bills, but they can't put anything consistent together on offense. Willis McGahee's breakaway run remains their only score.

I think the Browns may be the second-best team in the AFC North this year.

EDIT: Matt Cassel has just come in for the Patriots. Which is appropriate at this point. Amazingly, the Patriots have only 61 yards rushing in this game.

ANOTHER EDIT: Now Matt Cassel has thrown a pick-six. Who knows, maybe we'll see Brady back in after all. Only up by three scores now.

[Yog]

Dolphins get a TD! They really needed that.

Edit: Looks like they are resting Tom Brady now. Guess it's time to switch channel to a different game..

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Ugh, why do I see another last minute breakdown for the Bills? :(:(

[Kale]

Better switch back, Brady's back in. ;)

Nathanial: I'm rooting with you! Be strong, my brother!

Another TD for Brady. That's six...

[Yog]

Better switch back, Brady's back in. ;)

Holy Jesus Batman Brady! Do my eyes deceive me, or did Brady just toss another TD?

*switches back to watching Patriots game*

[Kale]

Touchdown Dolphins. That'll give Brady the excuse to score another.

But, come on - who predicted the Dolphins would put up 28 on the Patriots? ;)

Holy - the Ravens just threw an incomplete pass on 4th and 1 from the 50 with 1:45 to go.

Come on, Bills! Just one first down, and it's over!

Hm, actually, they should be able to pretty much run it out on the punt.

EDIT: And they do! Bills win!

And the Patriots have just put in Matt Gutierrez at QB. And... I've never heard of him before. :p

EDIT EDIT: The Cardinals have just recovered an onside kick, down by 2 with 22 seconds left!!!

Ahhhh, Neil Rackers barely missed the 55-yard field goal. As luck would have it, Joe Gibbs did not call time-out just before the snap.

[Park Kraken]

God, Tampa Bay is playing horribly. I mean, I can understand their offense after a long 1st quarter and the injuries suffered so far, but the defense is playing horribly, extremley horribly. It's like they don't know how to tackle, they just bounce and miss.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Hurray! *jigs*

Now, if only we won those 2 games we should have Bills would be... 4-2. o_o I call mulligans on those two games.

[Park Kraken]

Ouch, I'm 2-5 for the morning games. :cry

Here are the morning results:

Detroit defeated Tampa Bay, 23-16
Tennessee defeated Houston, 35-22
New England defeated Miami, 49-28
New York G defeated San Francisco, 33-15
New Orleans defeated Atlanta, 22-16
Washington defeated Arizona, 21-19
Buffalo defeated Baltimore, 19-14

[Yog]

Looks like Bengals - Jets could be a game to watch. Pennington throws for 57 yard TD. Palmer follows up immediately with a 50 yard plus pass to Chad Johnson. This could become a shootout and very entertaining.

[Kale]

On the contrary, the Texans aren't dead yet - they've just gone up by one with 57 seconds left!

My brother just tuned into the Houston Texans radio broadcast online in time to hear them call a 53-yard TD pass to put the Texans ahead:

"Rosenfels throws down the field AND IT'S CAUGHT BY ANDRE DAVIS! IT'S A TOUCHDOWN! IT'S A MIRACLE!!!"

:lol

Alas, the Titans have just made it deep into Texans territory and will be able to try an easy field goal for the win. If Rob Bironas converts this, he will have set the NFL record with 8 field goals in a game. And here we were all excited about Tom Brady...

And it's good - the Titans defeat the Texans 38-36 after the Texans scored 29 in the fourth quarter to pull ahead. What a heart-breaker for the Texans.

[Yog]

"Rosenfels throws down the field AND IT'S CAUGHT BY ANDRE DAVIS! IT'S A TOUCHDOWN! IT'S A MIRACLE!!!"

:lol

Miracle about to end. K. Collins passed to R. Williams to the left for 46 yard gain..

[Kale]

Well, hey, you can't begrudge them for getting excited. ;)

It's fun listening to the various announcing teams, for the most part. The Browns announcers are maddening because they always tell you in excruciating detail what the formation is, but often leave out little things like how much yards were gained or where they are on the field. The Bengals announcers are fun because whenever the Bengals make a mistake, the color guy groans hilariously. And then there was the game against the Steelers where they persisted in calling the Steelers' RB "Big Willie Parker." :lol

But my personal favorites are, of course, Bill Hilgrove and Tunch Ilkin for the Pittsburgh Steelers. They're not the same without Myron Cope (Yoi!), but Hilgrove is still one of the best play-by-play guys in the business - tells you exactly what he sees and treats exciting plays as exciting even when they're going against his team.

[Yog]

What a comical fumble by Crayton there, for Vikings TD. Vikings defense showing up.

Edit: ahahaha, Vikings FG attempt blocked for a TD.

[jjwr]

Gotta love the Pats :) I have nothing else really to say here.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Some wild games on today. Both the Redskins win and the Bears comeback were amazing. The Chiefs-Radiers game looked ugly from the score.

[Yog]

Colts winning 29-7 against the Jaguars? That was a strong performance.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I still think the Patriots look better.

[JMK]

The Patriots definetly look better. The Patriots are making this whole season look extremely easy. You can see the Colts having some difficulty at times.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Yeah and the Colts almost got beat by the Titans. I think the Colts will lose 2-3 games right now and I think the Patriots will only lose one. Not sure who will beat them. Also I will post the standings later tonight. I guess I am taking charge of the pickem contest :)

[jjwr]

Its also hard to judge how good the Pats can really be as they are typically letting up in the 3rd and 4th quarter of most games. Had they went out full bore in the 2nd half of the Fins game Brady would have tossed 9 TD's and they'd have won by 50.

[Yog]

Personally, I think the Pats look so strong, the only team that can beat them for their remaining season schedule is the Colts, and I am not sure about that one either. I would actually be surprised if they lose more than 1 game, they look that good. This might be the best team in NFL history. The Pats in previous years, even when they won the SB, did not look nearly as good at this, IMO. Heck, I may hate the Pats, but I won't hesitate to say they would deserve to win this year.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Here are the totals
Week 7
Miranda Tarkin: 9-5
Aurelias Kazaar: 8-6
Park Kraken: 6-8
Nathanial K'cansce: 11-3
Lilaena De'Ville: 9-5
jjwr: 10-4
Kale: 9-5
Liam Jinn: 8-6
Rutabaga: 9-5
Jedi Master Carr: 9-5
Yog: 10-4
JMK: 10-4
Jedieb: 9-5

Season Totals through week 7
jjwr (70-32)
Yog (68-35)
Nathanial K'cansce (68-35)
Park Kraken (66-37)
Rutabaga (66-37)
Jedieb (66-37)
JMK (65-38)
Liam Jinn (62-41)
Kale (62-41)
Jedi Master Carr (61-42)
Aurelias Kazaar (60-43)
Miranda Tarkin (57-46)
Lilaena De'Ville (54-33)
Ryan Pode (49-40)

Everybody check there records to make sure I didn't mess up.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Is there any way for me to make up for missing the first week?

[Jedi Master Carr]

Is there any way for me to make up for missing the first week?

I don't think there is. I mean we can have two different winners one with most wins and the other with best %.

[jjwr]

Last year when someone missed a week we gave them a score equal to the lowest score of the week if I recall. It penalizes them with a non optimal score but keeps them in the running.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Last year when someone missed a week we gave them a score equal to the lowest score of the week if I recall. It penalizes them with a non optimal score but keeps them in the running.

I forgot about that. If we can get what exactly we did last year we can do that if nobody has any problems with it. I want to say it was something to do with the road games but don't count me on that.