NFL Pick'em 2009: Week 2

[Dragon]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN
NO @ PHI
ARI @ JAX
OAK @ KC
CIN @ GB
MIN @ DET
STL @ WAS
NE @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL

TB @ BUF
SEA @ SF
BAL @ SD
PIT @ CHI
CLE @ DEN
NYG @ DAL

Mon 9/21
IND @ MIA

Most of last week's games had clear favorites - things don't look so clear this week, especially after some surprising performances. Get those picks in!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN WIN
NO WIN @ PHI
ARI @ JAX WIN
OAK WIN @ KC
CIN @ GB WIN
MIN WIN @ DET
STL @ WAS WIN
NE WIN @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL WIN

TB @ BUF WIN
SEA @ SF WIN
BAL WIN @ SD
PIT WIN @ CHI
CLE @ DEN WIN
NYG @ DAL WIN

Mon 9/21
IND WIN @ MIA

[Figrin D'an]

HOU @ TEN (W)
NO (W) @ PHI
ARI (W) @ JAX
OAK (W) @ KC
CIN @ GB (W)
MIN (W) @ DET
STL @ WAS (W)
NE (W) @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL (W)

TB @ BUF (W)
SEA (W) @ SF
BAL @ SD (W)
PIT @ CHI (W)
CLE (W) @ DEN
NYG (W) @ DAL

Mon 9/21
IND (W) @ MIA

[Xavier Synik]

HOU @ TEN (W)
NO (W) @ PHI
ARI @ JAX (W)
OAK (W) @ KC
CIN @ GB (W)
MIN (W) @ DET
STL @ WAS (W)
NE (W) @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL (W)

TB @ BUF (W)
SEA @ SF (W)
BAL (W) @ SD
PIT (W) @ CHI
CLE @ DEN (W)
NYG (W) @ DAL

Mon 9/21
IND (W) @ MIA

OMG... There are a ton of games I didn't want to pick. This week could be interesting. And how did Denver get lucky enough to start the season against CIN and CLE back to back?

[Shadow Storm]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN (W)
NO (W) @ PHI
ARI @ JAX (W)
OAK (W) @ KC
CIN @ GB (W)
MIN (W) @ DET
STL @ WAS (W)
NE (W) @ NYJ
CAR (W) @ ATL

TB (W) @ BUF
SEA (W) @ SF
BAL (W) @ SD
PIT (W) @ CHI
CLE @ DEN (W)
NYG @ DAL (W)

Mon 9/21
IND @ MIA (W)

[jjwr]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN (W)
NO (W) @ PHI
ARI @ JAX (W)
OAK @ KC (W)
CIN @ GB (W)
MIN (W) @ DET
STL @ WAS (W)
NE (W) @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL (W)

TB @ BUF (W)
SEA @ SF (W)
BAL @ SD (W)
PIT (W) @ CHI
CLE @ DEN (W)
NYG @ DAL (W)

Mon 9/21
IND (W) @ MIA

[Jedi Master Carr]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN W
NO @ PHI W
W ARI @ JAX
OAK @ KC W
CIN @ GB W
W MIN @ DET
STL @ WAS W
W NE @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL W

TB @ BUF W
SEA @ SF W
BAL @ SD W
W PIT @ CHI
CLE @ DEN W
W NYG @ DAL

Mon 9/21
W IND @ MIA

[Lykaios]

Sorry, am being lazy and just keying in my winners, hope that's OK.

Sun 9/20
TEN
PHI
JAX
OAK
CIN
MIN
STL
NE
ATL

TB
SF
BAL
CHI
CLE
NYG

Mon 9/21
IND

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN W
NO W @ PHI
ARI W @ JAX
OAK W @ KC
CIN @ GB W
MIN W @ DET
STL @ WAS W
NE W @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL W

TB @ BUF W
SEA W @ SF
BAL W @ SD
PIT W @ CHI
CLE @ DEN W
NYG W @ DAL

Mon 9/21
IND W @ MIA

[Dragon]

Sat 9/19
TTU WIN @ UT - Please oh please oh please oh please...

Yeah... I know... :(

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN WIN
NO WIN @ PHI
ARI WIN @ JAX
OAK @ KC WIN
CIN @ GB WIN
MIN WIN @ DET
STL @ WAS WIN
NE WIN @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL WIN

TB WIN @ BUF
SEA WIN @ SF
BAL WIN @ SD
PIT WIN @ CHI
CLE @ DEN WIN
NYG WIN @ DAL

Mon 9/21
IND WIN @ MIA

[Rutabaga]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN WIN
NO WIN @ PHI
ARI WIN @ JAX
OAK @ KC WIN
CIN @ GB WIN
MIN WIN @ DET
STL @ WAS WIN
NE WIN @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL WIN
TB @ BUF WIN
SEA @ SF WIN
BAL @ SD WIN
PIT WIN @ CHI
CLE @ DEN WIN
NYG WIN @ DAL

Mon 9/21
IND WIN @ MIA

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN (W)
(W) NO @ PHI
ARI @ JAX (W)
(W) OAK @ KC
CIN @ GB (W)
(W) MIN @ DET
STL @ WAS (W)
(W) NE @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL (W)

TB @ BUF (W)
(W) SEA @ SF
BAL @ SD (W)
(W) PIT @ CHI
CLE @ DEN (W)
(W) NYG @ DAL

Mon 9/21
(W) IND @ MIA

[Miranda Tarkin]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN (W)
NO (W) @ PHI
ARI (W) @ JAX
OAK @ KC (W)
CIN @ GB (W)
MIN (W) @ DET
STL @ WAS (W)
NE (W) @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL (W)

TB @ BUF (W)
SEA (W) @ SF
BAL (W) @ SD
PIT @ CH I (W)
CLE @ DEN (W)
NYG @ DAL (W)

Mon 9/21
IND (W) @ MIA

[Ryan Pode]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN Win
NO Win @ PHI
ARI @ JAX Win
OAK @ KC Win
CIN @ GB Win
MIN Win @ DET
STL @ WAS Win
NE Win @ NYJ
CAR Win @ ATL

TB @ BUF Win
SEA Win @ SF
BAL Win @ SD
PIT Win @ CHI
CLE @ DEN Win
NYG @ DAL Win

Mon 9/21
IND Win @ MIA

[Liam Jinn]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN (W)
NO (W) @ PHI
ARI (W) @ JAX
OAK @ KC (W)
CIN @ GB (W)
MIN (W) @ DET
STL @ WAS (W)
NE (W) @ NYJ
CAR (W) @ ATL

TB (W) @ BUF
SEA (W) @ SF
BAL (W) @ SD
PIT (W) @ CHI
CLE @ DEN (W)
NYG @ DAL (W)

Mon 9/21
IND (W) @ MIA

[Yog]

Sun 9/20
HOU @ TEN (W)
NO (W) @ PHI
ARI @ JAX (W)
OAK @ KC (W)
CIN @ GB (W)
MIN (W) @ DET
STL @ WAS (W)
NE (W) @ NYJ
CAR @ ATL (W)

TB @ BUF (W)
SEA @ SF (W)
BAL @ SD (W)
PIT (W) @ CHI
CLE @ DEN (W)
NYG @ DAL (W)

Mon 9/21
IND (W) @ MIA

[Kale]

A few surprises so far... The Jets are leading the Pats 10-9, and the Lions are leading the Vikes 10-7. The Texans are playing the Titans hard, and it's tied at 24 at halftime... Aside from two Carson Palmer interceptions, one of them a pick-6, the Bengals are outplaying the Packers, but it's tied there as well at 21.

The Falcons are looking sharp in their throwback uniforms with the black jerseys and red helmets.

A wonderful gem of commentary from the Texans-Titans game:

Gus Johnson: "Of course, Matt Schaub injured his ankle in the preseason against Minnesota."
Steve Tasker: "Yeah, and I'll give you three guesses which ankle that is."

[Dragon]

Holy cow, this Texans-Titans game is getting intense! This rivalry just might be ratcheting up to a whole new level!

EDIT: Still tied at 31... there was a big scuffle on the Texans sideline that resulted in personal fouls on both teams and one of the Titans defenders getting ejected for throwing a punch. What a game!

And in other news, the Jets just upset the Patriots 16-9! Incredible job by Rex Ryan's new defense!

Meanwhile, the Raiders just beat the Chiefs on a late touchdown drive! Good grief, the Chiefs were just involved in a shootout with the Ravens, and the Raiders held them to 10 points. This is a crazy week so far!

[jjwr]

Lord do I hate Dierdorf as an announcer, horrible announcing Job in the Pats vs Jets game....also nice to see lots of mugging in the secondary with no calls.

[Rutabaga]

Why oh why does Oakland play like shit for most of the game and then suddenly wake up with only a minute left in the game? WHY????

:shakefist

[Xavier Synik]

and Cincy just took out the Packers after a slightly ill advised pass by Rogers down the middle with no time outs left.

[Xavier Synik]

and Collins just dropped the ball and probably lost TEN the game.

[Lykaios]

Bengals won!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEES!!!!!

I iz happy!

[Yog]

ahahaahaha, I'm only 4/9 after the first games. That sucked :p

[Dragon]

Incredible game by the Texans! Can't wait to see the rematch.

The Bengals also just upset the Packers - just barely, too! The Bengals had a 10-point lead late in the game and went into prevent defense. That gave the Packers the opportunity to get quickly into FG range, and Mike McCarthy very astutely kicked the field goal with 1:11 left to save time. They then recovered the onside kick and drove all the way to the Bengals' 10, but they just ran out of time and committed a false start on the line. Now that's a close shave.

[Shadow Storm]

>.<

Oh Byron Byron...

EDIT: Jackson with the fumble when it looks like the Bills will extend their lead, Piscatelli recovers and runs it back into Bills territory, then Byron fires it into Cadillac Willams to close the Bills lead to 20-14.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Learn to catch, TO. Learn. To. Catch.

[Dragon]

Big run by Rashard Mendenhall sets up a 1st and goal for the Steelers!

Which sets up a touchdown bootleg by Ben with a nifty leap over Daniel Manning! Steelers lead it, 14-7.

It's looking grim for the Seahawks... they've given up touchdown runs of 79 and 80 yards to Frank Gore, and Matt Hasselebeck is out of the game.



ARGH, the Steelers really gave that game away. :(

[Xavier Synik]

Ugh... 8-5 so far with a chance to go 9-5 if BAL closes out the bolts.

[Miranda Tarkin]

Chicago :angel

[Rutabaga]

Well, my picks sucked for this weekend, but it looks like other people's did too, so now I don't feel so crummy ;).

Most of my losses were due to upsets, the only pick I made that I simply can't figure out was picking Jacksonville over Arizona. I must've had a brain fart or something. :lol

[Nathanial K'cansce]

To be fair, Arizona looked horrid last week and Jax should have had their way with them. Arizona just woke up, apparently.

Go Bills! It wasn't pretty, but we'll take the win. Should be 2-0, though... :grumble

[Liam Jinn]

I don't want to talk about what happened in Dallas. :|

Watch what you say...

[Yog]

I was sleeping instead of watching that game. Fortunately. :(

[Rutabaga]

I was watching it. Fortunately. :D :eee :dance

[Shadow Storm]

Don't worry, I'm sure TB will annihilate the NYG next week and avenge the Cowpokies loss. :cool:

[Xavier Synik]

TB got beat by the Bills and you expect them to beat the Giants...? Can I have some of what your smoking? :p

[Xavier Synik]

1 play... 1 touchdown for Indy... Get that feeling?

[Xavier Synik]

retract my previous inference... Miami is just grinding down the Indy D...

[Dragon]

They just put up the time of possession stat with 5:11 left in the game. We've played nearly 55 minutes of football, and Indianapolis hasn't had the ball for 15 yet. This is an incredible game of possession football the Dolphins are playing.

The Dolphins are now lining up for a 45-yard field goal to take the lead... Straight down the uprights! Now the defense has to see if they can hold the Colts offense down for another 3:44.

What a crazy week of football!

EDIT: The answer is... no, the Dolphins can't hold the Colts down. But good thing for them Manning struck so quickly, because they're going to need that remaining three minutes to drive down and take the lead again.

EDIT: Correction. They need a whole minute and eleven seconds to get themselves into a 3rd and 4. Good grief, who was in charge of clock-management for the Dolphins there, Mike Holmgren?

Spectacular scramble and pass by Pennington was wasted by a Ted Ginn drop. Dolphins racing to clock the ball and will have one more snap...

And it's picked in the endzone, game over! Sheez, what a game! The Colts finished with 14:53 of possession in the whole game. I wonder if that's a record low for a winning team...

[Dragon]

Time for the tally! Cover your eyes, this isn't going to be pretty...

Aurelias Kazaar: 11-5
Xavier Synik: 11-5
Figrin D'an: 10-6
Lilaena De'Ville: 10-6
Miranda Tarkin: 10-6
Rutabaga: 10-6
Dragon: 9-7
Jedi Master Carr: 9-7
Nathanial K'cansce: 9-7
jjwr: 8-8
Lykaios: 8-8
Yog: 8-8
Liam Jinn: 7-9
Ryan Pode: 7-9
Shadow Storm: 6-10


And here are the totals. Numbers in parentheses are your total wins from last week.

1. Xavier Synik: 24-8 (13)
2. Figrin D'an: 23-9 (13)
3. Aurelias Kazaar: 22-10 (11)
3. Dragon: 22-7 (13)
3. Miranda Tarkin: 22-10 (12)
3. Nathanial K'cansce: 22-10 (13)
3. Rutabaga: 22-10 (12)
8. Jedi Master Carr: 21-11 (12)
8. Lilaena De'Ville: 21-11 (11)
10. jjwr: 20-12 (12)
10. Yog: 20-12 (12)
12. Liam Jinn: 19-13 (12)
12. Ryan Pode: 19-13 (12)
14. Lykaios: 18-14 (10)
15. Shadow Storm: 16-16 (10)


Let me know if I messed up any worse than usual.

[Liam Jinn]

I'm 7-9, not 6-10. You're FIRED. I'm sorry, but it had to be done...

[Lilaena De'Ville]

All the ladies did fairly well this week. :)

[Rutabaga]

Yeah, 10-6 for this weekend isn't bad at all, all things considered.

[Xavier Synik]

I'm 7-9, not 6-10. You're FIRED. I'm sorry, but it had to be done...


You sure about that? Unless I missed something looks like your 6-10. :p

apparently I'm better at picking football then I am movies.

[Dragon]

I'm 7-9, not 6-10. You're FIRED. I'm sorry, but it had to be done...

I said if I messed up WORSE than usual. :mneh

Okay, fixed.

[Liam Jinn]

You sure about that? Unless I missed something looks like your 6-10. :p

apparently I'm better at picking football then I am movies.

Did you count the Indy pick?



I said if I messed up WORSE than usual. :mneh

Okay, fixed.

Thank you kind sir, I retract the firing.

[Xavier Synik]

My bad... I was going by memory and goofed on the ARI game for some reason.

[Dragon]

Well, Rutabaga complained that she didn't know what she was thinking when she picked Jacksonville... despite the fact that she actually picked Arizona. ;)

Incidentally, I was just thinking what a rough start the Titans have had, kicking off the season by playing at the defending champs, then taking a tough division loss at home... Unbelievably, it only gets worse. Next week, they're traveling to New York to play the Jets, who have the league's top defense after facing the Patriots and the Texans (who just shelled the Titans to the tune of 420 yards and 34 points). Then they play at Jacksonville, then they host the Colts, and then they travel to New England before getting their bye. Jacksonville should be a solid win, but I thought the same thing about the Texans after how they looked in week one. Even if Tennessee wins two of those four, that'll put them at 2-4 heading into their bye, and if they lose to the Jets (which I think is the hardest of those games), they're already at 0-3.

[Shadow Storm]

TB got beat by the Bills and you expect them to beat the Giants...? Can I have some of what your smoking?

To be fair, this is the first time TB has played against the Bills. I'm sure NYG will be a walk in the park for TB to run over this weekend.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

...Are we looking at the same teams here? o_O Giants losing will be nothing less of an epic upset.

Plus, it was the first time TB played AT the Bills. Yay home field advantage. ^_^