NFL Pick 'Em, Week 2

[Figrin D'an]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New Orleans
Washington at NY Giants
Denver at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh at Baltimore
St. Louis at Atlanta
Houston at Detroit
Chicago at Green Bay
Indianapolis at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City


Sunday, Late

Seattle at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at Dallas
Buffalo at Oakland
New England at Arizona
NY Jets at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami at Cincinnati


Monday Night

Minnesota at Philadelphia



Picks must be submitted by kickoff of the first games (1PM Eastern) on Sunday. As of right now, there are no schedule changes because of Hurricane Ivan, but if any develop, I will post them as soon as I find out.

[Syren Wyssholt]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco (W) at New Orleans
Washington (W) at NY Giants
Denver (W) at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh at Baltimore (W)
St. Louis (W) at Atlanta
Houston (W) at Detroit
Chicago at Green Bay (W)
Indianapolis (W) at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City (W)


Sunday, Late

Seattle at Tampa Bay (W)
Cleveland at Dallas (W)
Buffalo (W) at Oakland
New England (W) at Arizona
NY Jets at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami (W) at Cincinnati


Monday Night

Minnesota (W) at Philadelphia

(Oops, sorry Figrin )

[Jedieb]

Sunday, Early
San Francisco at New Orleans WIN
WIN Washington at NY Giants
WIN Denver at Jacksonville
WIN Pittsburgh at Baltimore
St. Louis at Atlanta WIN
Cleveland at Dallas WIN
Houston at Detroit WIN
Chicago at Green Bay WIN
WIN Indianapolis at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City WIN

Sunday, Late
Seattle at Tampa Bay WIN
Buffalo at Oakland WIN
WIN New England at Arizona
WIN NY Jets at San Diego

Sunday Night
Miami at Cincinnati WIN

Monday Night
Minnesota at Philadelphia WIN

[Figrin D'an]

I don't mean to be critical of anyone, but can everyone please use the general formatting for the picks that I lay out in the opening posts of these threads, at least in terms of the order in which the games are listed and refraining from including extra information? Things like this just make it all the more difficult to record and double-check everyone picks. :(

[JMK]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New Orleans (w)
Washington (w) at NY Giants
Denver (w) at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh at Baltimore (w)
St. Louis at Atlanta (w)
Houston at Detroit (w)
Chicago at Green Bay (w)
Indianapolis (w) at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City (w)


Sunday, Late

Seattle at Tampa Bay (w)
Cleveland (w) at Dallas
Buffalo at Oakland (w)
New England (w) at Arizona
NY Jets at San Diego (w)


Sunday Night

Miami (w) at Cincinnati


Monday Night

Minnesota at Philadelphia (w)

[darth_mcbain]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New Orleans (w)
Washington (w) at NY Giants
Denver (w) at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh (w) at Baltimore
St. Louis at Atlanta (w)
Houston at Detroit (w)
Chicago (w) at Green Bay
Indianapolis (w) at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City (w)


Sunday, Late

Seattle (w) at Tampa Bay
Cleveland (w) at Dallas
Buffalo (w) at Oakland
New England (w) at Arizona
NY Jets (w) at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami (w) at Cincinnati


Monday Night

Minnesota (w) at Philadelphia

[Ryan Pode]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New Orleans Win
Washington at NY Giants Win
Denver Win at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh at Baltimore Win
St. Louis Win at Atlanta
Houston Win at Detroit
Chicago at Green Bay Win
Indianapolis at Tennessee Win
Carolina at Kansas City Win


Sunday, Late

Seattle Win at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at Dallas Win
Buffalo at Oakland Win
New England Win at Arizona
NY JetsWin at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami at Cincinnati Win


Monday Night

Minnesota at Philadelphia


I will Add MNF pick... in the future. It's a toss up.

[Cyrel Annat]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New Orleans (W)
Washington (W) at NY Giants
Denver (W) at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh at Baltimore (W)
St. Louis (W) at Atlanta
Houston (W) at Detroit
Chicago at Green Bay (W)
Indianapolis (W) at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City (W)


Sunday, Late

Seattle (W) at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at Dallas (W)
Buffalo (W) at Oakland
New England (W) at Arizona
NY Jets (W) at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami at Cincinnati (W)


Monday Night

Minnesota at Philadelphia (W)

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Sunday, Early

New Orleans
Washington
Denver
Baltimore
Atlanta
Detroit
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Kansas City


Sunday, Late

Seattle
Dallas
Buffalo
New England
NY Jets


Sunday Night

Cincinnati


Monday Night

Philadelphia

[jjwr]

I'm looking at the picks and I want to pick like 10 road teams.....seems like way too many.

[Master Yoghurt]

Difficult week to pick. Guess I will have to do some homework on this one :)

[Master Yoghurt]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New Orleans (W)
Washington (W) at NY Giants
Denver (W) at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh at Baltimore (W)
St. Louis at Atlanta (W)
Houston at Detroit (W)
Chicago at Green Bay (W)
Indianapolis at Tennessee (W)
Carolina at Kansas City (W)


Sunday, Late

Seattle (W) at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at Dallas (W)
Buffalo at Oakland (W)
New England (W) at Arizona
NY Jets (W) at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami at Cincinnati (W)


Monday Night

Minnesota at Philadelphia (W)

[Jedi Master Carr]

Well jjwr don't pick carolina :p though I am biased they are missing there best two offensive players. Smith is out for the season more than likely. And Davis might be out five weeks. Plus KC is unbelievable at home during the regular season at least.

Here are my picks
San Francisco at New Orleans W
Washington W at NY Giants
Denver W at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh at Baltimore W
St. Louis at Atlanta W
Houston at Detroit W
Chicago at Green Bay W
Indianapolis W at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City W


Sunday, Late

Seattle at Tampa Bay W
Cleveland W at Dallas
Buffalo W at Oakland
New England W at Arizona
NY Jets W at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami at Cincinnati W


Monday Night

Minnesota at Philadelphia W

[Master Yoghurt]

Im really torn about these games:

Washington at NY Giants
Pittsburgh at Baltimore

I very well might change my mind about those. Maybe I will just roll a dice or something :lol

[jjwr]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New Orleans(W)
Washington(W) at NY Giants
Denver(W) at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh at Baltimore(W)
St. Louis(W) at Atlanta
Houston at Detroit(W)
Chicago at Green Bay(W)
Indianapolis(W) at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City(W)

Sunday, Late

Seattle(W) at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at Dallas(W)
Buffalo(W) at Oakland
New England(W) at Arizona
NY Jets(W) at San Diego

Sunday Night

Miami at Cincinnati(W)

Monday Night

Minnesota(W) at Philadelphia

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New OrleansWIN
Washington WINat NY Giants
Denver at JacksonvilleWIN
Pittsburgh at BaltimoreWIN
St. Louis WINat Atlanta
Houston at DetroitWIN
Chicago at Green BayWIN
Indianapolis WINat Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas CityWIN


Sunday, Late

Seattle WINat Tampa Bay
Cleveland at DallasWIN
Buffalo at OaklandWIN
New England WINat Arizona
NY JetsWIN at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami at Cincinnati WIN


Monday Night

Minnesota at Philadelphia WIN


It kills me not to pick the Niners. :cry

[Ryan Pode]

Some fan you are. :(

[Figrin D'an]

Sunday, Early

San Francisco at New Orleans (W)
Washington (W) at NY Giants
Denver (W) at Jacksonville
Pittsburgh (W) at Baltimore
St. Louis at Atlanta (W)
Houston at Detroit (W)
Chicago at Green Bay (W)
Indianapolis (W) at Tennessee
Carolina at Kansas City (W)


Sunday, Late

Seattle (W) at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at Dallas (W)
Buffalo at Oakland (W)
New England (W) at Arizona
NY Jets (W) at San Diego


Sunday Night

Miami at Cincinnati (W)


Monday Night

Minnesota at Philadelphia (W)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Originally posted by Ryan Pode
Some fan you are. :(

you didn't pick 'em either :mneh

[Master Yoghurt]

And the games are ON! Anyone watching? Im tracking them on Yahoo :)

[ReaperFett]

Oops, missed it :)

[Master Yoghurt]

What in the world is happening with the redskins in New York? Im not too happy with Clinton Portis so far.

Chicago looks to spring a surprise.

Very impressive defense by Baltimore. Steelers do not seem to break through.

Good to see K. Barlow doing well on SF this round. He should get me some points in the fantasy league..


Edit: No sooner I mentioned C. Portis and he makes a touchdown.. maybe there is hope

[Figrin D'an]

Carolina beating KC was surprising... with Smith and Davis out, I thought they would be toast. Different scheme or not, it doesn't seem like the Chiefs defense is improved at all. Lucky for them, Jacksonville beat Denver.

Green Bay played awful today. Moreso than that though, their offensive playcalling was horrendous. They learned the hard way that you can't simply run the football 40 times and expect to win. They took the ball out of Favre's hands early on, then expected him to bring them back in the 4th quarter. Big mistake. They also discovered how great a double-edged sword that zone-blitz defensive philosophy can be.


Looks like another terrible fantasy week for me. *sigh*

[jjwr]

Ouch....this week is looking bad, I haven't checked back on thiso ne yet but my other pick'em I'm currently 4 out of 9....ouchie.

[jjwr]

Corey Dillon is racking up the yards for the Pats, this is something they've been missing!

[Master Yoghurt]

Yeah, I am doing terrible so far too. 4 out of 9

Its somewhat comforting though, to see I am probably going to do fairly well for fantasy league :)

[Ryan Pode]

I am 3 of 9. But the Ravens won, against the Steelers.

[jjwr]

D'oh....Dan Graham TE for the Pats just scored his 2nd TD of the game and I benched him on my team. Figured Pats had too many receivers for him to have 2 great weeks in a row....d'oh!

That McMichael guy from Miami better have a good game!

[Ryan Pode]

I am angry. I should have played Gannon.

[Master Yoghurt]

I wonder what happened to Justin McCareins, wide receiver for New York Jets. I could not see him on any injury list, so maybe he is not playing. Which would suck, because then I will probably have to look for another WR..

Otherwise, nice start for the Jets. Pennington seems to throw some yards. Hopefully he will be credited for passing a TD.

K. Robinson WR for Seattle surprised me positively, I did not expect much from him, yet he made 55 yards and 1 touchdown so far.

[Master Yoghurt]

Never mind, McCareins is playing after all. He did not show up in the stats until now. Wonder if there is some place I can see who is in the start lineup, and when players are being swapped.

[Jedieb]

jjwr, the new scoring system gave you a 2 pt victory for last week's game. CONSPIRACY I SAY!!!!!!!!

I was stunned to see the egg KC laid at home today. Yeah, I expected them to still give up points, but I didn't expect them to get beat up by a Carolina team wihtout Smith or Davis. Then Green Bay goes and gets dominated by the Bears at Lambeau. What in the Wide World of Sports is going on?!

Denver had their game won but Portis just fumbled the comeback away. Still, Jacksonville's D has played 2 solid games to start the year. Their games are going to be tough to pick. Are they for real, or just lucky?

[Syren Wyssholt]

Live Stats (http://www.nfl.com/scores.shtml)

[Master Yoghurt]

Originally posted by Jedieb What in the Wide World of Sports is going on?!

I am wondering the same thing myself. Lots of strange results. And what makes it worse, my pagan demon powers seem to have left me. Lots can still happen in the remaining games... only half time, so my pickem results may even get worse. Its gonna be be sucktastic of cataclystic levels.

[Ryan Pode]

Originally posted by Jedieb

Denver had their game won but Portis just fumbled the comeback away.


PSST!!! Its not Portis.

[jjwr]

Yeah I saw that Jedieb, sorry about that :( I didn't think the scoring change would change our past scores.

This year is gonna be tough to pick, like you said the Jags have beat two solid teams but is it luck? They''ve got a great D but who knows.

[Master Yoghurt]

Pennington is a God. He just made a pass to S. Moss for 48 yard gain. Total 260 yards and 2 passed TDs :)

[Master Yoghurt]

Luckily, those last few games went my way. 9 of 14 now

[Jedieb]

And what makes it worse, my pagan demon powers seem to have left me.
:lol


PSST!!! Its not Portis.
Ah crap, Denver and their friggin RB factory. From now I'll just refer to Griffin as Denver1,000ydsrudher04.

If Simms hadn't been determined to end the game with an INT I would have had a perfect afternoon. Man, the Bucs have way too many skill players out. They're going to plod along all year.

[Ryan Pode]

Originally posted by Jedieb

Ah crap, Denver and their friggin RB factory. From now I'll just refer to Griffin as Denver1,000ydsrudher04.


lol. Reminds me of Greg Easterbrook, and how he says "Insert RB, gain 1,000 yards"

[Jedieb]

Nice punt return by Ego Sanders. He jukes a couple of people, then celebrates an 8yd return by taking off his helmet and getting a 15yd penalty. And later tops it off by leaving the game with a hammy. Nice, Primetime. :lol

But the Ravens looked much better today. Bouler(sp?) still looked underwhelming, but the defense was back to its ol' dominating self.

[Jedieb]

Another game, ANOTHER Feely INT for a TD. Jesus Kyle, why don't you suit up for the Fins?

[Ryan Pode]

Boller played a decent game. He was pretty mobile and had a good first half. The Ravens got cocky in the second.

[Figrin D'an]

Two other stories of note:

Looks like Kellen Winslow Jr. could be out for a while... it's being reported that he broke the fibula in his right leg against Dallas

and

Jerry Rice didn't catch a pass today, ending his streak of consecutive games with at least one catch at 274. (He was pretty upset about it too, which is very much out of character for him. He rarely gets emotional on the field).

[Ryan Pode]

I don't think he has to worry about that streak being broken. It would take 17 years to do that.

[Cyrel Annat]

Personally, I didn't agree with the play called at the end of the Broncos game. Sure, it's easy in retrospect to critique it, but third down with no timeouts and within Elam's kicking range, I think you gotta go for the kick or perhaps an outside pass pattern. I did not like the idea of running the ball in the middle of the field as they did, even if it was slightly to the left of center. Too much time can be lost in the process and uh...you can fumble the ball. If you go for the field goal on third down, you can throw the ball away if anything is wrong with the snap and try again. But, that's why I'm here grumbling about a Broncos loss and they get paid the big bucks.

[JMK]

Originally posted by Jedieb
Another game, ANOTHER Feely INT for a TD. Jesus Kyle, why don't you suit up for the Fins?

I'm considering it. At least I can and will throw the ball more than 5 yards downfield. What a dismal, embarrasing display of football last night. I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that may be the last Dolphins/Bengals game we ever see on Prime Time. Man was that crappy football. It wasn't 2 good defenses, it was 2 totally inept offenses.

[jjwr]

I don't get why they keep putting the Dolphins in primetime, even when they're good its a boring game to watch. Its like when TNT/TBS would always show Miami Heat games with scores like 71-65. They just sucked! Pick the teams that can score!

That being said assuming the Pats make it out of Buffalo 3-0 in 2 weeks I can't wait for their home game vs Miami....for the record....that'll be sweet......if it happens :)

[JMK]

Well good defensive football can be fun to watch, the same applies to a 2-1 ball game. It's just that in last night's case, there were 2 terrible offenses that refused to try anything exciting for fear of turning it over. For the first half it was a delight to watch Zack Thomas and Jason Taylor own the Bengals.

Wannstedt won't last the season, nor will his brain dead staff. The next coach will want a new QB, a new running game and a new O-line that knows what the word 'blocking' means. The Dolphins offense is the worst that I've seen in the NFL, probably ever, and they have no options. The Bills may score less, but at least they have a decent QB, a decent RB, a future horse RB in waiting and therefore they can look forward to the future. Right now the best any Dolphins fan can hope for is for Bummstedt to get canned.

[jjwr]

A note I read about the Rice Record. Peerless Price just caught a pass for the 72nd Straight Game, which is still a great # but to break Rice's record he would have to catch a pass through everygame up until 2016....can you imagine.

200 more games, most careers don't even come close to that, especially at WR. One record that may never go down.

[JMK]

Yeah apparently Rice was bent that he didn't get a catch. I'm sorry, but I don't feel sorry for him, nor do I think less of him for having that streak end. If he had caught one 6 yard pass to keep the streak alive we'd all be groaning along and asking how many 6 yard catches has he made just to keep it going.

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by JMK
Yeah apparently Rice was bent that he didn't get a catch. I'm sorry, but I don't feel sorry for him, nor do I think less of him for having that streak end. If he had caught one 6 yard pass to keep the streak alive we'd all be groaning along and asking how many 6 yard catches has he made just to keep it going.


I think a big part of his frustration came from the fact that he only had one pass thrown his way the entire game. If he had gotten several opportunities, and simply hadn't done his job and caught them, he might have reacted differently. But given that he only had one opportunity to make a catch (on an errant high pass), I do understand why he got upset.

[JMK]

Yeah it stinks that he only get one pass thrown his way. There's a better than even chance that he's be bent even if the streak wasn't on the line. He's a competitor and wants the ball. That being said, they won the game and he isn't the go to guy he once was. In fact he may be the number 2 or 3 guy on the Raiders now. My question is was he upset because the streak was ending, or because he was not being given the chance to contribute to the offense?

[Jedieb]

Great streak, great player, but what he SHOULD have said after the game was;
"Yeah, I'm a little upset about the streak ending, but the important thing is we WON the game."

I haven't poured over every quote he made after the game, but that's what I would like to hear coming from a player. Still, I can see why he's ticked off. But it just kind of hammers it home that this is his farewell tour. I think he'd enjoy the season more if he made an announcement some time in the next few weeks that this was his last season.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I don't know what to say about KC they need to do some changes on that team. The problems is the offense they have no WR's. It's just Holmes and Gonzalez and teams know that and double team Gonzalez. Lucky for them they get Houston, they are awful right now that is a win maybe that is a game they need to get their act together. What about Indy?? I think they might be in a trouble at 0-2.

[Ryan Pode]

Quentin Griffin gashes the Kansas City defense for a career-high 156 yards last week. Carolina's DeShaun Foster rips them for a career-high 174 yards this week. Question: What happens when Baltimore's Jamal Lewis faces them Oct. 4? If it's another career high, that will be 300 yards, folks.

From CBSSportsline. I hope its true. :D

[Figrin D'an]

Week 2 Results

Syren Wyssholt: 4-11 (no Jets/Chargers pick)
Jedieb: 10-6
JMK: 8-8
Darth McBain: 8-8
Ryan Pode: 9-6 (no Vikings/Eagles pick)
Cyrel Annat: 9-7
Nathanial K'cansce: 11-5
Yoghurt: 11-5
Jedi Master Carr: 9-7
jjwr: 9-7
Lilaena De'Ville: 12-4
Figrin D'an: 11-5



Updated Season Totals

Cyrel Annat: 21-11
Figrin D'an: 21-11
Lilaena De'Ville: 21-11
Jedi Master Carr: 19-13
Jedieb: 19-13
jjwr: 19-13
Yoghurt: 19-13
Nathanial K'cansce: 17-15
JMK: 15-17
Darth McBain: 14-18
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Ryan Pode: 18-13
Syren Wyssholt: 15-16
Darth Sauron: 11-5
Drake Shadowstalker: 11-5
Reaperfett: 11-5



Please report any discovered errors to me. Thank you.

[Jedieb]

What about Indy?? I think they might be in a trouble at 0-2.
Indy got dominated in the first half by the Titans but McNair and company didn't put them away and the Colts won the game with a strong second half so they're 1-1. Edge is hurt though and may miss a few weeks, but othewise Indy looks to be in good shape. I missed the last 5 minutes of the game tonight to make my WalMart OT DVD run, but Philly's D looked pretty good. I didn't think that secondary could shut down Moss and Culpepper after losing their 2 corners, but they played well. Owens gave them another big play, even if he didn't have control of the ball when he landed in the end zone. It's early, but Philly looks good.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yes, I totally rock!!! :D

[Syren Wyssholt]

I totally suck :lol

[JMK]

I am totally mediocre!

[Jedi Master Carr]

Originally posted by Jedieb
Indy got dominated in the first half by the Titans but McNair and company didn't put them away and the Colts won the game with a strong second half so they're 1-1. Edge is hurt though and may miss a few weeks, but othewise Indy looks to be in good shape. I missed the last 5 minutes of the game tonight to make my WalMart OT DVD run, but Philly's D looked pretty good. I didn't think that secondary could shut down Moss and Culpepper after losing their 2 corners, but they played well. Owens gave them another big play, even if he didn't have control of the ball when he landed in the end zone. It's early, but Philly looks good.


Now I wonder why I thought Indy lost?? I must have looked at the scores the other day half a sleep or something. I could have sworn they lost that game. Oh well.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

At least I did better this week in this than in both leagues I'm in for Fantasy Football.

[Cyrel Annat]

Quite a few relative upsets this week, at least IMO. Then again, as a rule of thumb I generally never bet on the Bears or Lions so there's 2 games. As far as fantasy goes, I went 2-1 this week. The one league I lost in by 7 points though going into Monday night I was down 75. Gotta love having McNabb and Moss.