Football predictions: 2005

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:44 am

@Gwally: Kayless moved the thread you started to the Entertainment forum.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:12 am

I was lurking over there the other day. I saw picks from both Tybaltus and jwmblade.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:05 pm

After todays games.....I see a great drop in my %.

On a bright note, Alabama has made it back into the polls!!! (After what 4 years!!) and Rocky Flop got beat by the Swamp.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:14 pm

[QUOTE=Weasel]After todays games.....I see a great drop in my %.

[/QUOTE]

Same. I need two wins out of three to break even.

I hate parity.

I also hate how my fantasy team only ever has one or two positions firing at any given time (Dillon and Jamal Lewis combined for 0 points

).

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:57 am

ch85us2001 is 10-4 going into tonight. Everyone else is sucking big time.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:01 pm

News flash!

Everyone is having a horrible year.

The results for this week are:

ch85us2001 10-6 (62.50%)
Gwalchmai 9-7 (56.25%)
HLD 9-7 (56.25%)
Kipi 9-7 (56.25%)
Weasel 8-8 (50.00%)
Jwmblade 7-9 (43.75%)
Bloodstalker 6-10 (37.50%)
The Z 9-7 (56.25%)
Tybaltus 9-7 (56.25%)

The overall standings are:

ch85us2001 18-14 (56.25%)
HLD 18-14 (56.25%)
Kipi 9-7 (56.25%)
Gwalchmai 17-15 (53.13%)
Weasel 16-16 (50.00%)
The Z 15-17 (46.88%)
Jwmblade 14-18 (43.75%)
Tybaltus 14-18 (43.75%)
Bloodstalker 11-21 (34.38%)

Someone please check my math because if I didn't know better, I'd say that the people who are the perennial leaders in this annual event are not only sucking, but sucking hard. Less than half the field is over 50% for the year.

The bye weeks are starting so maybe there will be some sort of normalcy that returns to the football universe.

Next week's games are:

Atlanta at Buffalo
Carolina at Miami
Cincinnati at Chicago
Cleveland at Indianapolis
Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets
New Orleans at Minnesota
Oakland at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Green Bay
Tennessee at St. Louis
Arizona at Seattle
Dallas at San Francisco
New England at Pittsburgh
N.Y. Giants at San Diego
Kansas City at Denver

Edited to correct spelling error

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:15 pm

I'm so mad at everything football (picking and fantasy) right now that I'm going to make my picks now and not think about them at all.

Falcons over Bills - Still don't think McGahee's enough on O
Panthers over Dolphins - If they can beat the Pats...
Bengals over Bears - Palmer and 85 are gelling really well
Colts over Browns - Colts have a better D than Green Bay
Jaguars over Jets - Toss up (may change later)
Vikings over Saints - Culpepper could finally get it going
Eagles over Raiders - Offense doesn't win championships
Buccaneers over Packers - Tampa has D, Green Bay does not
Rams over Titans - Titans got lucky against the Ravens
*Seahawks over Cardinals - Arizona very poor on the road
Cowboys over 49ers - 49ers unfortunately have to face very angry teams coming off bad losses
Patriots over Steelers - When was the last time the Pats lost two in a row?
Chargers over Giants - San Diego will finally get things going
Chiefs over Broncos - Plummer too inconsistent for my liking

*Edited Saturday the 24th.

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:20 am

Must Say WOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!

Ill be back later after some research

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:32 am

[QUOTE=Bloodstalker]@Gwally: Kayless moved the thread you started to the Entertainment forum.

[/QUOTE]Ah, I see that now.... I didn't even know that Kayless had an Entertainment forum. I thought pretty much every thread over there was just spam.....

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:28 pm

What is wrong with the world when I am tied for first place?

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:19 pm

[QUOTE=HighLordDave]What is wrong with the world when I am tied for first place?[/QUOTE]

Maybe you're on a hot streak?

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:25 pm

I fail to see what's so difficult about this pick game. It's simple really, just wait for me to post my picks, and pick the exact opposite. Do I have to tell you people everything?

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:40 pm

Last week was hell....hopefully this week is better.

Panthers over Dolphins- Panthers are a contender. Miami is better, but still not a major factor.

Saints over Vikings- Duece may gain 200 yards. Where's the Viking defense we hard about all offseason?

Jags over Jets- I like the Jags defense here

Eagles over Raiders- Eagles are in the top five teams in the league

Bills over Falcons- Vick is hurt and may not play this week

Bengals over Bears- Close game, but too much offense in Cincy now

TB over packers- How the mighty Pack has fallen in recent years

Colts over Browns- Colts defense looks real.

Rams over titans- Titans suck

Dallas over Niners- unless Monday nights loss lingers, Cowboys are just better than the niners

Seahawks over cards- toss up here. I had to pick one of them

Steelers over Pats- pats are missing Weis....badly

Chargers over Giants- I don't buy into the Giants yet, and the chargers have to have this game

Cheifs over broncos- Can't pcik any team with Plummer on it, and now denvder..DENVER...can't run the ball. maybe Shannahan should have paid one of those 1,000 yard back what they were worth instead of letting them go.

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:24 am

Atlanta
Carolina
Cincinnatti
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Green Bay
Tennessee
Seattle
Dallas

Pittsburgh
San Diego
Denver

The champ has left the building

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:49 am

[QUOTE=Bloodstalker] maybe Shannahan should have paid one of those 1,000 yard back what they were worth instead of letting them go.[/QUOTE]

[Mastermind voice=on]

But it's the system, not the player . . .

[/Mastermind voice]

It also doesn't help that they haven't found a competent QB to run the offense and that offensive line coach Alex Gibbs took his semi-legal chop-blocking scheme to Atlanta.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:18 am

[QUOTE=Bloodstalker] maybe Shannahan should have paid one of those 1,000 yard back what they were worth instead of letting them go.[/QUOTE]

Maybe he should've kept Clarett

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:36 pm

my picks

Panthers - impressed by their physical games against the Pats
Saints
Jets - Chad's having problems but the overall team is looking good, I'm hoping he'll get used to his new shoulder and new offense
Eagles
Bills
Bengals
Buc's
Browns
Rams
Cowboys
Cards
Steelers
Giants - I think they are looking better than ever in the past - this may be their year
Chiefs

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:31 am

Hey, VoodooDali! Long time, no see.

Atlanta at Buffalo
Carolina at Miami
Cincinnati at Chicago
Cleveland at Indianapolis
Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets
New Orleans at Minnesota
Oakland at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Green Bay
Tennessee at St. Louis
Arizona at Seattle
Dallas at San Francisco
New England at Pittsburgh
N.Y. Giants at San Diego
Kansas City at Denver

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:49 pm

Hi again HLD

Betting on the 0-2 chargers against the 2-0 GIANTS

ARE YOU INSANE????

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:03 pm

San Diego has been in both games and had chances to win. The Giants played a bad Arizona team and an emotionally drained, underachieving Saints team.

I think the Chargers's D is tougher than anything Eli Manning has seen and that their offense is just a couple of breakout plays away from regaining its playoff form.

Plus, this time the Giants have to travel across the country for their road game instead of getting an extra one in their own stadium.