NFL Week 1 Picks

[Figrin D'an]

Yup, it's that time of year again. :)

Last year, we had as many as 18 people submit their picks each week, and the contest was quite close until the closing weeks. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, so in that light, it seems only fitting to continue the friendly competition again this season.

A quick reminder of the rules:

Each week, the slate of games for the upcoming weekend will be posted. A participant makes a post in which he/she selects the winner of each game. Picks must be in by kickoff of the first game of the week (there will be reminders posted at the beginning of each week). The win/loss numbers are totaled, and the overall records of each participant will be updated every week. At the end of the season, we'll crown a regular season champion, then later a playoff champion and an overall champion. The prize is, simply, bragging rights. :)




For week 1, we have a bit of a unusual situation, as the season opens with a game on Thursday night. Because that doesn't leave a lot of time to make picks, a participant will have two options:

1) Pick the Thursday Night game in one post (before kickoff of the game), then make the rest of the picks (including the Monday Night game) in a seperate post (before 1PM ET on Sunday).

2) Pick all of the first week games by kickoff the first game on Thursday.


Either option is acceptable, and it will give people more time to select the opening weekend games if they require. However, do NOT edit any of your pick posts once kickoff for the first game listed in that post has taken place. Otherwise, you risk forfeiting all of your picks for a given week.





Here's the Week 1 lineup:

Thursday Night

NY Jets at Washington


Sunday, Early

New England at Buffalo
Denver at Cincinnati
Indianapolis at Cleveland
San Diego at Kansas City
Houston at Miami
St. Louis at NY Giants
Baltimore at Pittsburgh
Arizona at Detroit
Minnesota at Green Bay
Jacksonville at Carolina


Sunday, Late

Chicago at San Francisco
New Orleans at Seattle
Atlanta at Dallas


Sunday Night

Oakland at Tennessee


Monday Night

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia


See above for detail on submission options. Kickoff for the Thursday opener is 9PM ET. Kickoff on Sunday is 1PM ET. Good Luck, everyone, and let's get more people in on this than we had last year. :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

You know I will do it, its time to defend my title :) Not sure which option I will do might pick all of them before Thursday.

[sirdizzy]

Washington
New England
Denver
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Miami
NY Giants
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Green Bay
Carolina
San Francisco
Seattle
Atlanta
Tennessee
Tampa Bay


and what did i finish last year i know it wasn't too bad like 2nd or 3rd (i have some odd affinity with second i am always finish second)

[Ryan Pode]

Washington
Buffalo
Denver
Indianapolis
San Diego
Miami
NY Giants
Baltimore
Arizona
Green Bay
Carolina
San Francisco
New Orleans
Atlanta
Oakland
Philadelphia

[Lilaena De'Ville]

NY Jets WIN at Washington

New England at Buffalo WIN
Denver WIN at Cincinnati
Indianapolis at Cleveland WIN
San Diego at Kansas City WIN
Houston at Miami WIN
St. Louis WIN at NY Giants
Baltimore WIN at Pittsburgh
Arizona at Detroit WIN
Minnesota at Green Bay WIN
Jacksonville at Carolina WIN

Chicago at San Francisco WIN
New Orleans WIN at Seattle
Atlanta at Dallas WIN

Oakland at Tennessee WIN

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia WIN

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Let's see if I can do what I didn't do last year and hold on to the number one spot for the whole season.




Washington




Buffalo
Denver
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Miami
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Arizona
Green Bay
Jacksonville


Sunday, Late

San Francisco
New Orleans
Dallas



Oakland


Philadelphia

[Jedieb]

Week 1
Thursday Sep 4
NY Jets at Washington WIN

Sun, Sep 7
New England at Buffalo WIN
WINDenver at Cincinnati
WINIndianapolis at Cleveland
San Diego at Kansas City WIN
Houston at Miami WIN
WINSt. Louis at NY Giants
Baltimore at Pittsburgh WIN
WINArizona at Detroit
Minnesota at Green Bay WIN
Jacksonville at Carolina WIN
Chicago at San Francisco WIN
New Orleans at Seattle WIN
Atlanta at Dallas WIN
Oakland at Tennessee WIN

Mon, Sep 8
WINTampa Bay at Philadelphia

Sorry I haven't been around much, but these damn kids never give my any rest. But I'll be damned if they'll stop me from picking football games!

And for a trip down memory lane, here's last season's standings:

Jedi Master Carr: 161-94 (.631)
JMK: 156-99 (.612)
Jedieb: 155-100 (.608)
ReaperFett: 154-101 (.604)
Sene Unty: 153-102 (.600)
sirdizzy: 152-103 (.596)
Figrin D'an: 149-106 (.584)
JonathanLB: 140-115 (.549)
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jjwr: 153-100 (.605)
Darth Snack: 147-106 (.581)
Lilaena De'Ville: 127-82 (.608)
Lady Daiquiri: 119-107 (.527)
Taylor Millard: 105-92 (.533)
dbn: 97-79 (.551)
Ishan Shade: 47-29 (.618)
Blade Ice: 46-34 (.575)
Dae Jinn: 6-10 (.375)

And 6th is a long way from 2nd dizzy. ;)

[Jedieb]

Season Predictions boys and girls:

AFC East
Miami Dolphins 12-4
New England Patriots 11-5
Buffalo Bills 8-8
New York Jets 8-8

AFC North
Pittsburgh Steelers 11-5
Baltimore Ravens 9-7
Cleveland Browns 9-7
Cincinnati Bengals 4-12



AFC South
Indianapolis Colts 11-5
Tennessee Titans 11-5
Jacksonville Jaguars 6-10
Houston Texans 5-11




AFC West
Kansas City Chiefs 11-5
Denver Broncos 10-6
Oakland Raiders 9-7
San Diego Chargers 9-7

NFC East
Philadelphia Eagles 11-5
New York Giants 11-5
Dallas Cowboys 7-9
Washington Redskins 6-10

NFC North
Chicago Bears 6-10
Detroit Lions 5-11
Green Bay Packers 10-6
Minnesota Vikings 9-7

NFC South
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13-3
Carolina Panthers 9-7
Atlanta Falcons 9-7
New Orleans Saints 8-8


NFC West
St. Louis Rams 12-4
Seattle Seahawks 10-6
San Francisco 49ers 9-7
Arizona Cardinals 5-11


AFC Championship
Miami V. KC

NFC Championship
Tampa V. Rams

All Florida Superbowl, Bucs win and make a claim as a dynasty.

[sirdizzy]

i couldn't remember so leave me alone


nfl football is my love and passion i am in so many different leagues and fantasy leagues and in different challenges for a football season i am surprised i can remember my name


this year i am in 3 fantasy football leagues (including one here)
3 pickem leagues (including this one)
a monday night football pickem league
and the espn gridiron challenge


thats a total of 8 contests

[Figrin D'an]

I can't see Tampa Bay repeating. I still don't buy that their offense can get it done all season. The defense is will win some games for them, but their not going to catch all the breaks they did last year. They'll win the NFC South, and get into the playoffs, but they won't go all the way again. The age of NFL dynasties is dead... the last one was the Cowboys of the early 90's.

[Master Yoghurt]

I'll play. Watch me tank

Thursday:
Washington

The rest of the games require me to use advanced mathematical calculations based on the position of the moon and the teams karmatic aura. I will therefore not post the rest until sunday :)

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by Master Yoghurt
I'll play. Watch me tank

Thursday:
Washington

The rest of the games require me to use advanced mathematical calculations based on the position of the moon and the teams karmatic aura. I will therefore not post the rest until sunday :)


Watch Yog kick all our butts this season. :)

Believe me... I've seen stranger things happen.

[sirdizzy]

LOL i can see yog ina field praying to pagan gods to get the answers and batting a 1000

me its all gueswork and hatreds

[Jedi Master Carr]

Reaper finished fourth last year so who knows
I would love to go with my Chiefs in the SB I think is possible I haven't a clue in the NFC. I don't see the Bucs repeating because it just so hard. I am not even go to speculate mostly because I might be wrong.

[Taylor Millard]

Thursday Night

NY Jets (WIN) at Washington


Sunday, Early

New England (WIN)at Buffalo

Denver (WIN) at Cincinnati

Indianapolis at Cleveland (WIN)

San Diego (WIN)at Kansas City

Houston at Miami (WIN)

St. Louis (WIN) at NY Giants

Baltimore at Pittsburgh (WIN)

Arizona at Detroit (WIN)

Minnesota at Green Bay (WIN)

Jacksonville (WIN) at Carolina


Sunday, Late

Chicago at San Francisco (WIN)

New Orleans (WIN) at Seattle

Atlanta (WIN) at Dallas


Sunday Night

Oakland at Tennessee (WIN)


Monday Night

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia (WIN)

[JMK]

You don't know how glad I was to see that thread pop up! :rollin

Thursday Night

NY Jets at Washington (w)


Sunday, Early

New England (w) at Buffalo
Denver (w) at Cincinnati
Indianapolis (w) at Cleveland
San Diego at Kansas City (w)
Houston at Miami (w)
St. Louis at NY Giants (w)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (w)
Arizona at Detroit (w)
Minnesota (w) at Green Bay
Jacksonville (w) at Carolina


Sunday, Late

Chicago at San Francisco (w)
New Orleans at Seattle(w)
Atlanta (w) at Dallas


Sunday Night

Oakland at Tennessee (w)


Monday Night

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia (w)

[Ryan Pode]

Everyone thinks that the Ravens wont win. :( Wait and see, the steelers won't have nothing on Boller.


Edit: I take that back, LD has faith. She is a smart woman... this week.

[Figrin D'an]

He's a rookie, dude. It's gonna take him a while to get into the groove of the offense. Even Payton Manning had his struggles his rookie year.

[Ryan Pode]

I know he's a rookie, I know he'll make many many many mistakes. But I honestly think he will be a good QB and beat the Steelers.


And on a side note, I despise Payton Manning with all my heart,

[jjwr]

Thursday Night

NY Jets at Washington(win)


Sunday, Early

New England(win) at Buffalo
Denver(win) at Cincinnati
Indianapolis(win) at Cleveland
San Diego at Kansas City(win)
Houston at Miami(win)
St. Louis (win)at NY Giants
Baltimore at Pittsburgh(win)
Arizona(win) at Detroit
Minnesota(win) at Green Bay
Jacksonville at Carolina(win)


Sunday, Late

Chicago at San Francisco(win)
New Orleans at Seattle(win)
Atlanta(win) at Dallas


Sunday Night

Oakland at Tennessee(win)


Monday Night

Tampa Bay(win) at Philadelphia

[Figrin D'an]

Thursday Night

NY Jets at Washington (W)


Sunday, Early

New England at Buffalo (W)
Denver (W) at Cincinnati
Indianapolis at Cleveland (W)
San Diego at Kansas City (W)
Houston at Miami (W)
St. Louis at NY Giants (W)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (W)
Arizona at Detroit (W)
Minnesota at Green Bay (W)
Jacksonville at Carolina (W)


Sunday, Late

Chicago at San Francisco (W)
New Orleans (W) at Seattle
Atlanta (W) at Dallas


Sunday Night

Oakland at Tennessee (W)


Monday Night

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia (W)

[Jedi Master Carr]

NY Jets W at Washington


Sunday, Early

New England W at Buffalo
Denver W at Cincinnati
Indianapolis W at Cleveland
San Diego at Kansas City W
Houston at Miami W
St. Louis W at NY Giants
Baltimore at Pittsburgh W
Arizona at Detroit W
Minnesota at Green Bay W
Jacksonville at Carolina W


Sunday, Late

Chicago at San Francisco W
New Orleans at Seattle W
Atlanta W at Dallas


Sunday Night

Oakland at Tennessee W


Monday Night

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia W

[Jedieb]

The Jets at Washington, could the season get off to a more boring start? Even if the Jets had Pennington the Skins make this matchup a poor choice to start the season with. I guess I just don't like the idea of the season starting on a Thursday. They should have just stuck to the traditional slate of Sunday games to start the season. Thursday games are fine for the middle of the season, but not the start.

[Jedi Master Carr]

They could have picked a better matchup though maybe they thought these two teams would be better than they are when they made it.

[Morgan Evanar]

NY Jets (would rather have them loose)
Buffalo (doesn't matter, both AFC East)
Denver
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Miami
NY Giants
Pittsburgh (tho I want them to loose)
Detroit
Green Bay
Carolina

San Francisco
New Orleans
Atlanta
Oakland

Tampa Bay

[ReaperFett]

Washington

Buffalo
Denver
Indianapolis
San Diego
Miami
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Arizona
Green Bay
Carolina

San Francisco
Seattle
Atlanta

Oakland

Philadelphia

[Figrin D'an]

Close game on the scoreboard, but the Redskins were pretty dominant in most other respects. The Jets need to find an offense, or they're dead in the water. That third-down, short yardage run late in the fourth quarter, when they needed to avoid giving the ball back to Washingon, was a horrible play call by Paul Hackett.

Looks like Spurrier finally has a quarterback that he won't pull after two bad passes.

[sirdizzy]

i'm in the lead, i'm in the lead, i'm batting 1000, 1-0, 1-0,1-0


talk about a boring as hell game


and i seriously hate spurrier why did they bring in trung if they were going to give the rock to the rookie, i started trung on one of my fantasy leagues this week talk about weak stats 10 rushes for 46 yards no tds no receptions

[sirdizzy]

it a 9 way tie for 1st place and a 4 way tie for 2nd place hahahaha

[Jedieb]

Ramsey looked pretty good last night. I think the Skins may have found the QB they needed. Coles certainly made a difference in the first half. If Spurrier keeps adding the speed that his offense needs he could have Wash. in the playoffs next year. But this year their early schedule is just brutal.

[jjwr]

Woo-hoo!! Great start, already got a leg up :)

The redskins showed flashes, could have a very explosive offense if they can get things timed right, Ramsey seems to look for the dump-offs pretty quick which slows the game down some.

Trung had solid numbers, avg 4.6 a rush, I really don't see why he didn't keep getting carries.

[JMK]

Good start, and Washington looks like they may be a very fun team to watch this year.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I know they could lose the next 6 games. I am still not convinced I dislike Snyder and think he will mess the team up and Spurrier, IMO should have stayed at Florida.

[JMK]

The Redskins are lucking out so far though. IIRC, they get Atlanta next week without Michael Vick.

[Jedi Master Carr]

yeah but they get to play at New York and at Philadelphia in a few weeks those are two automatic loses. Best case scenerio for them is 8-8, IMO.

[Master Yoghurt]

My final pics are as follows:

Sunday
New England at Buffalo (W)
Denver (W) at Cincinnati
Indianapolis (W) at Cleveland
San Diego at Kansas City (W)
Houston at Miami (W)
St. Louis (W) at NY Giants
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (W)
Arizona at Detroit (W)
Minnesota at Green Bay (W)
Jacksonville at Carolina (W)

Chicago at San Francisco (W)
New Orleans at Seattle (W)
Atlanta (W) at Dallas

Oakland at Tennessee (W)

Monday
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia (W)

[Jedi Master Carr]

Did Holmes even get hurt??? :p 2 TD's already and its still the first Qrt 14-0 KC

[Nathanial K'cansce]

*waves a bill's banner* ^_^

[Jedi Master Carr]

Waves Chiefs banner. Man KC is kicking the crap out of San Diego 21-0 and it early 2nd quarter. Green has thrown for 150 yards 1 TD and Holmes has 50 yards Rushing and 2 TDs and the defense is held SD to 9 yards so far. This is a lot better than I expected.

[ReaperFett]

ANyone with a name similar to Thompson doing well? Please say yes, I want the Dumbdevils to start well :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

Don't know best way to find out is check you team on yahoo it will show you how your players are doing. Right now I am pissed why did I take Manning over Green???

[Master Yoghurt]

Is there any page where we can see the scores of all the teams?

Edit: ah, never mind, I found it

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl

[Ryan Pode]

Well I'm happy I have a bye this week as Boller sucks like an infant.

[sirdizzy]

wow it was a running back day


i think its a toss up between holmes and clinton portis as the best back of the day, both had 150+ combined yards and 2 tds (travis henry looked really good with 100+ combinded yards and 2 tds as well)

what the hell happened to marshal faulk though he looked autrocious

[sirdizzy]

not too bad for me 11-3 with 2 games to go

[Figrin D'an]

I'll post the tallys for everyone after the Raiders/Titans game this evening, then they can be updated after the Monday Night game... just like we handled things last season. It seemed to work pretty well.

I have an Excel spreadsheet that I used to record and calculate totals for the season, but if everyone could double-check their own win/loss totals every week, we can make sure we avoid mistakes.

BTW, a couple of you were late with your picks for the Thursday Night game...

[Morgan Evanar]

Miami STUNK. They were dead fish.

[Jedi Master Carr]

What happened to Miami??? How did they let Houston beat them that is a huge upset. KC looked great, IMO especially on defense, they could have scored more points but who cares there defense looked a lot better over last years version. Also Holmes is the best back in the NFL he proved that again, he also did it against alot better defense than Portis, IMO.

[Figrin D'an]

Week 1 Results (minus Bucs/Eagles):

sirdizzy: 12-3
Ryan Pode: 8-7
Lilaena De'Ville: 7-8
Nathanial K'cansce: 7-8
Jedieb: 10-5
Taylor Millard: 7-8
JMK: 12-3
jjwr: 11-4
Figrin D'an: 11-4
JMC: 10-5
Morgan Evanar: 10-5
ReaperFett: 9-6
Master Yoghurt: 12-3

Final Week 1 Results will be posted after the Monday Night game.

[JMK]

Damn, if the Dolphins had of played football instead of being idiots, and the Jags hadn't blown a huge lead I'd be 14-1 right now. >_<

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Welp, so much for repeating my early season dynasty of last year. =(

[Jedieb]

Rams
What the hell is going on behind the scenes in St. Louis? Martz hung Warner out dry yesterday. Strahan gave Warner a concussion on his 2nd pass attempt and Martz should have seen something was wrong. Now Bolger is set to start next week. If Bolger beats the pumped up division rivals at home next week the Rams are right in the thick of the QB controversy they wanted to avoid. And I'm I the only one that thinks the farther the Rams get away from the years Vermeil coached them, the more credit Vermeil gets for their Superbowl championship? Martz got a ton of credit because it was perceived his offense won their championship. But Vermeil is now running up points in KC and Martz seems to make one questionable decision after another.

Buffalo
Holy crap did they make the Pats pay for poor front office decisions. How the hell do you release Lawyer Malloy? Conversely, the Bills front office looks like one of the best in the league. Despite coming up short against the Pats last year twice, Bledsoe was a great addition. Now adding Spikes and other key defensive players the Bills now look like the class of the division.

Dolphins
There wasn't one team last year that hurt me more than the Dolphins. Week after week they'd cost me picks. Yesterday was just a stunner. That play calling at the end of the game was just too risky. I know they're stacking the line against Ricky, but Fieldler needs to trust his defense to win the game and not force the ball down the field.

Dallas
Bill Parcells is one of the best coaches in the history of the NFL. Unfortunately, Jerry Jones is NOT one of the best GM's in the history of the NFL. Where's the proof? It's in Chad Hutchinson and Quincy Carter. Remember, these are both "gems" that Jones hand picked for the most important position of his football team. You can argue that he's the ONLY GM in the league that would have gone anywhere near these two guys. Why the Cowboys refused to go after a veteran or draft a QB (they had a shot at Leftwich) is beyond me. Actually, I know exactly why they didn't. JONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KC
They looked great yesterday and Chief fans must have felt great when they saw the Holmes of last season running up and down the field. If the defense can get anywhere near the middle of the pack they should make the AFC championship game.

Broncos
Jake Plummer? WTF is Shanahan thinking? Plummer looked like a hapless rookie yesterday. If they had played anyone else but the Bungles yesterday Denver would have been in a world of hurt. Plummer has to get his head out of his butt if they expect to compete with the Raiders and Chiefs.

Bucs and Raiders
They each have to start the season on the road against the team they defeated in their conference championship game. Some might think this unfair, but I think it's perfectly justified. They finished the season 1 and 2, so they should have the 2 hardest schedules in the league.

Ah, the return of the NFL, life begins AGAIN!!!!

[ReaperFett]

Hey, go check the Fantasy Football scores. Looks like ONCE MORE, my knowledge of Football starts well! :D



...okay, slightly worse this year :)

[Ryan Pode]

Thank the maker for you fett, otherwise I'd be in last.

[ReaperFett]

I'm storing up energy!

[Ryan Pode]

As am I... as am I... :(

[ReaperFett]

It's a team for the future :)

[Ryan Pode]

The distant future.

[ReaperFett]

When they've all had very good kids :)

The scores are unrelated to each other, right? Or is it based on the team you're playing as well?



Thompson, Chaun (DL-Cle) Ind 0.50
YOU DA MAN!!!!!!! :D


Seriously, all I need to do is sign the guy from the SNickers commercial who thinks he's Batman, and I'm set :)

[Jedieb]

SWEEEETNESS!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, it's just the first game of the season, but it's sweet payback for that winning streak that Philly had over the Bucs. And if there were any Philly fans that thought that championship game was a fluke I think the Bucs defense crushed that idea.

[Figrin D'an]

Week 1 Results:

sirdizzy: 13-3
JMK: 12-4
jjwr: 12-4
Master Yoghurt: 12-4
Jedieb: 11-5
Figrin D'an: 11-5
Morgan Evanar: 11-5
JMC: 10-6
ReaperFett: 9-7
Ryan Pode: 8-8
Lilaena De'Ville: 7-9
Nathanial K'cansce: 7-9
Taylor Millard: 7-9



Games for Week 2 will be posted by midweek.

[Jax Ivanrue Tondry]

I didn't do so well :cry :)

[jjwr]

Yay, great start, still early but good none-the-less. Course my fantasy team sucked out and I lost by 4....Warner....why!!!!!

Both my Fantasy teams lost and the Pats got spanked. Oh well, theres always week 2!

[Jedi Master Carr]

Week 1 gone and so far I am happy about my Chiefs, still I will be more interested in Sunday game if they can play like that against the Steelers I be very happy will be saying they will be a power in the NFL this year. Other thoughts Buffalo looked great I think they will win that division now. The Titans are the other strong team in the AFC, I feel they dominated the Raiders and if they hadn't let up in the 4th quarter would have blown them out. I the NFC the biggest surprise is Minnesota it was shocking to see them dominate the Packers in GB like that. Also Seattle will be a team to watch them and the 49ers should be fighting over that division.