Football predictions: 2005

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:53 am

Okay, I'm back, the random generator is fixed

*starts random generator*

Detroit
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Buffalo
N.Y. Giants
Miami
San Francisco
Denver
N.Y. Jets
Atlanta
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:38 am

I wonder if this means that ch85us2001 will be back, too.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:04 am

Detroit
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Kansas City
N.Y. Giants
New England
Chicago
Denver
Carolina
Atlanta
St. Louis
Washington
Pittsburgh
Dallas

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:43 am

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

qwertitus · Post by **qwertitus** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:23 am

Arizona at Detroit
Baltimore at Jacksonville
Houston at Indianapolis
Kansas City at Buffalo
Minnesota at N.Y. Giants
New England at Miami
San Francisco at Chicago
Denver at Oakland
N.Y. Jets at Carolina
Green Bay at Atlanta
St. Louis at Seattle
Washington at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at Pittsburgh (upset special of the week!)
Dallas at Philadelphia

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:51 am

Arizona
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Kansas City
N.Y. Giants
New England
Chicago
Denver
N.Y. Jets - they lost last week, but not as badly as everyone predicted, losing by only 5 points to the Chargers. It really looked like they might win at the end there. The Jets Defense is holding the team together. Another tough game for them today - never underestimate Herm Edwards' Jets when they are down.
Atlanta
St. Louis
Tampa Bay
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia - this was a tough pick, a real toss-up, I think

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:34 pm

Detroit
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Kansas City
NY Giants
New England
Chicago
Denver
Carolina
Atlanta
St. Louis
Washington
Pittsburgh
Dallas

Chus will not be here for the next week, but I bug him when he comes back.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:05 am

Hill-Shatar's picks were not submitted until after Sunday's early games had started, so I am only counting the late games and the MNF game.

Also, welcome qwertitus to the SYM pool of football prognosticators and welcome back Kipi.

Parity has taken its toll at SYM as no one posted double digit wins, something that hasn't happened since we were all sucking back in week 5. It was the no Cheerleader of the Week that did me in both in the pick 'em and in fantasy fotball. After going a perfect 4-0 last week, my fantasy teams were 1-3 this week (it doesn't help that it seems like half my guys were on their byes this week).

This week's results are:

Gwalchmai 9-5 (64.29%)
HLD 9-5 (64.29%)
Home Team Wins 9-5 (64.29%)
qwertitus 9-5 (64.29%)
The Z 9-5 (64.29%)
Tybaltus 9-5 (64.29%)
Weasel 9-5 (64.29%)
Jwmblade 8-6 (57.14%)
Hill-Shatar 4-3 (57.14%)
VoodooDali 7-7 (50.00%)
Bloodstalker 5-9 (35.71%)
Kipi 4-10 (28.57%)

The overall standings are:

Hill-Shatar 16-4 (80.00%)
RandomThug 11-3 (78.57%)
Gwalchmai 96-48 (66.67%)
HLD 93-51 (64.58%)
Tybaltus 93-51 (64.58%)
qwertitus 9-5 (64.29%)
Home Team Wins 91-53 (63.19%)
Weasel 88-54 (61.97%)
Jwmblade 87-57 (60.42%)
The Z 86-58 (59.72%)
VoodooDali 62-49 (55.86%)
Bloodstalker 76-67 (53.15%)
Kipi 13-17 (43.33%)

The only inactive is ch85us2001, who hasn't been sighted since week 3.

ch85us2001 28-18 (60.87%)

The byes are over so there will be a full slate of 16 games to pick. Can ayone go perfect this year?

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

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:49 am

Arizona
Carolina
Dallas
Tennessee
Miami
New Orleans
Washington
N.Y. Giants
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
Seattle
San Diego
Indianapolis
N.Y. Jets
Houston
Green Bay

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:45 pm

Sorry, HLD, I did not have access to a TV, and thought I mentioned it before. Oh well. *shrugs*

Oh wel, four day weekends don't help either.

Athena · Post by **Athena** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:49 pm

Go Pats!!!!!

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:17 pm

[QUOTE=HighLordDave]I wonder if this means that ch85us2001 will be back, too.[/QUOTE]
You betcha!

But not now I have a er . . . erand! *shifty look* :mischief:

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:31 pm

[QUOTE=ch85us2001]You betcha!

But not now I have a er . . . erand! *shifty look* :mischief:[/QUOTE]

Bah, I have an actual excuse inolving time zones and memory problems, and you get off with the errand excuse?

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:20 pm

Rams over Cardinals - Arizona made Harrington and Williams look like Aikman and Irvin
Panthers over Bears - Chicago won't continue win streak against surging Panthers
Cowboys over Lions - Dallas' D is much better than Arizona's
Jaguars over Titans - McNair isn't enough to win when you have no D
Browns over Dolphins - Homefield
Patriots over Saints - Pats should finally win two in a row
Redskins over Raiders - I still believe in the 'Skins
Giants over Eagles - No TO, No McNabb, on the road, bad for Philly
Ravens over Steelers - Injuries will catch up to Pittsburgh this week
Buccaneers over Falcons - I think Simms is the real deal and will outthrow Vick
Seahawks over 49ers - Will San Francisco win another game this year?
Chargers over Bills - San Diego's recharged and ready to get a big win
Colts over Bengals - I'll take Indy's experience this time around
Broncos over Jets - Denver's the real deal this year
Chiefs over Texans - I just don't trust Houston to play as well as Buffalo's D
Packers over Vikings - What's Green Bay going to do when Green, Fisher, and Davenport come back?

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:11 am

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

Some of my thoughts for this week:

Chicago's D is playing tough, but their offense is horrible. Carolina will win in a grinder.

I think the Giants got lazy last week and were ambushed by the resurgent Vikes. This is a division game and with a win can basically write off the Eagles as playoff contender, and need stave off a charging Dallas and a good Washington team.

Indy is the only undefeated team and while I don't think they're going 16-0, they've got to put people away until they lock up 1) the AFC south, 2) a wild card round bye and 3) home field.

I'm going with the Bucs because they are the one team who has always given Michael Vick fits. While they don't have Warren Sapp and John Lynch anymore, their scheme and team speed has been able to contain Vick and despite his claims that he has proven that he is a good pocket quarterback (228 yards? Puh-leeze!), he won't have a breakout game. Plus, Chris Simms isn't looking as bad as he used to.

To me, the Vikings/Packers is a toss-up. Both teams are inconsistent although Minnesota is on a roll right now. I think the Packers will win because the forecast high for Sunday is 40° and when Minnesota started playing in the dome, they got soft (as dome teams tend to be).

And now my Terrell Owens rant:

Terrell Owens goes before an arbitrator today. He wants the Eagles to be forced to either suit him up or cut him. I don't see where he has any grounds to force this action.

Under the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the player's union, a team can deactivate a player for any reason. Of the 53 man roster, only 46 are dressed for each game, so 7 guys will be inactive on every Sunday. Usually these are guys who are injured or are kept on the team for depth, but a team can put a player on the inactive list for any reason at any time. These players are paid their base salary, but cannot earn any of their contract incentives.

What Owens wants is special treatment. He wants the Eagles to be told that if he is not activated they have to cut him and let him try and catch on with a team somewhere else. No arbitrator in the world who is worth his salt will make that sort of exception for an individual under this CBA.

I do think that the Eagles may be ordered to lift two or even three games of his "suspension" because I don't think it was handled the right way, but a team can suspend a player for up to four games for "conduct detrimental to the team". I consider going on TV and calling your team "classless" to be "detrimental conduct" so it's not that the Eagles don't have any grounds to suspend him, it's that from what I understand, he was told that if he apologised (which he half-heartedly did) he would be suspended for one game and wound up getting four games.

Another thing I've heard is that the Eagles have several documented cases of Owens being disruptive that were handled "in house" and are not known publically, but even by going with what he has said to the media, it's not a case of hearing things out of context or a misunderstanding; all of that is on tape and the world has seen it all, so I really don't know why the player's union is bothering to fight a fight they know they're going to lose.

I think the likely outcome is that the Eagles will be allowed to sit on Owens for the rest of the season, which is what they are allowed to do under the CBA. I think the four game suspension will likely be reduced to one game, but I don't think they will be force to cut him. We'll know later today.

qwertitus · Post by **qwertitus** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:33 pm

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

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:21 am

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

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:55 am

St. Louis
Carolina
Dallas I will pull for the Lions though.

Jacksonville
Miami
New England
Washington
N.Y. Giants
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Seattle
San Diego
Indianapolis
Denver
Kansas City
Minnesota I will pull for Green Bay though.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:49 am

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

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:54 am

Rams over Cards
Panthers over Bears
Dallas over Detroit
Jags over Titans
Dolphins over Browns
Pats over Saints
Skins over Raiders
Giants over Philly
Steelers over Ravens
TB over Atlanta
Seattle over SF
SD over buffalo
Colts over Bengals
Broncos over Jets
KC over Houston
GB over Vikings