The Empire Strikes Back: Luke....could....go....all....the....way!!

RandomThug · Post by **RandomThug** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 2:07 pm

@ Scayde

Ohh no BS is no cowgirl fan. In fact in three weeks (nov 2) the girls will feel the rested wrath of ramsy n co. Damn the bucs. Damn the nfc east. Redskins will win the division.

Ramsy is the man. Coles got the speed. LaVarr the power. Baily the overall ability. So many more... we need to stop f'n up our own... go redskins baby..

I predict swift victory over buffalo;

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 4:47 pm

Ramsey would be great if he weren't running for his life or flat on his back half the time. Simeon Rice got four sacks (and a forced fumble) last Sunday because the Skins were using a RB or a TE to chip him. Stupid penalties are also killing your boys, but Patrick Ramsey can have all the potential in the world and that won't do a lick of good if he's dead because Spurrier's blocking schemes don't work.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:43 pm

No, but at least Spurrier has come out this week and said that he was going to alter the blocking schemes in order to keep Ramsey upright. I know it's got to cut against his grain to keep people in for protection reasons instead of sending them out on routes, but, maybe he's finally getting that through his head. He did start running the ball more after last season.

Of course, linemen still gotta listen for the snap count, but they did better about that last game. Personal fouls now, that's something else

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:07 pm

Here are my week 7 picks:

Cincinnati
Dallas
Minnesota
St. Louis
Miami
New Orleans
NY Giants
Cleveland
Tennessee
NY Jets
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Washington
Kansas City

The highlights:

I'm picking the Bengals for the first time this year.

Daunte Culpepper will pick up where he left off and the Vikes will be 6-0.

New Orleans and Atlanta are both self-destructing, but Atlanta is much, much worse.

Titans/Panthers is a crap shoot, but I'm taking Steve McNair (who should be the league's MVP) over the Panthers's tough defense and non-existent offense.

What's happened to the Chargers?

Miami is playing at home and it's not December.

Rams/Pack is another crap shoot, but Favre has never played well in Domes.

Both the Eagles and the Giants are facing a "must win" game and the loser will officially enter the "rebuilding" mode.

The High Lord's 100% Guarantee of the Week:

The Cards will not disappoint the 50 or so fans who paid for season tickets this week.

I'm the High Lord, and those are my picks.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 4:21 pm

Ravens over the Bengals...I don't disagree with HLD, but I have sworn an oath to not pick the Bengals this year.
Vikings over the Broncos
Miami over the Pats
Giant's over Philly
Panthers over the Titans
Seattle over Chicago
Washington over the Bills
Dallas over Detroit
Rams over the Packers
Saint's over Atlanta
Browns over the Chargers
Texans over the Jets
Bucs over the niners
KC kills Oakland

Random thoughts..

The wise would take the Bengals.

Plummers out, and Steve is a lot easier to find for the defense, plus, Moss is wired this season.

I HATE the Cowboys. Skins would have had an unbeleivable shot at the division if not for them. both the Giants and Eagles blow, but, the Giants do move the ball well, if they ever stop turning the ball over.

The Panthers ain't the Texans. And McNair won't be on the feild as much against the Panthers. Kinda hard to throw for 400 yards watching from the sidelines while your defense is on the feild.

As for the Chargers...they blow. They blew last year when they collapsed and their defense fell apart. I never understood why anyone had them contending this season. They went out and got Boston, who has been a major bust. But then, he has about as many productive seasons under his belt as Michael Westbrook had.But I admit, I was duped about him like everyone else. They have a great back, but so did the Bengals the last few seasons and the Lions through the 90's.They need to rebuild that defense...badly.

Kurt Kittner? How bad does that say it is in Atlanta?

Panthers may be about to get a lift offensivly. Kevin Dyson is expected to return to practice next week, and all indications are he's healed from his injury. They say he close to full speed, and the only concern is his stamina.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 11:10 am

Sorry this was late....

SYM/DCI Standings - 2003
Week 6
jwmblade 11/3 – 79%
VoodooDali 10/4 - 71%
HighLordDave 10/4 - 71%
Gwalchmai 10/4 - 71%
Bloodstalker 9/5 - 64%
Idioteque 9/5 – 64%
Tybaltus 6/8 - 43%

Cumulative
Bloodstalker 59/28 - .68% (even)
VoodooDali 37/19 - 66% (+2)
Gwalchmai 57/31 - 65% (+1)
jwmblade 20/11 – 65% (+12)
Idioteque 9/5 – 64%
HighLordDave 44/28 - 61% (+2)
Tybaltus 23/19 - 55% (+1)

This week, I'm worried about picking the Packers/Rams, Titans/Panthers, Jets/Texans, Broncos/Vikings, Redskins/Bills, and Ravens/Bengals. Here I thought it would be an easy week....

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 2:25 pm

Cincinnati
Dallas
Denver
Green Bay
Miami
New Orleans
Philadelphia
San Diego
Carolina
New York (Jets)
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Washington
Kansas City

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 10:42 pm

My Week 7 Picks:

Packers over Rams (There’s GB’s loss last week (I expect them to rebound), plus the Rams should slump after their blow out last week, plus the Rams are playing a short week… all this to consider vs. turf and SL’s confidence in their QB….) Aargh!

Titans over the Panthers
Dolphins over Patriots
Giants over Eagles
Saints over Falcons
Browns over Chargers
Cowboys over Lions
Jets over Texans
Bucs over 49ers
Broncos over Vikings????
Bills over Redskins??
Ravens over Bengals
Seahawks over Bears

And Chiefs over Raiders 32-15

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 2:53 am

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
Dallas over Detroit
Random thoughts..

...
I HATE the Cowboys. Skins would have had an unbeleivable shot at the division if not for them. both the Giants and Eagles blow, but, the Giants do move the ball well, if they ever stop turning the ball over.

.

It's always good to see the Boys getting the respect they deserve

Hi Thug *HUG*

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 2:25 pm

SAN DIEGO SUPER CHARGERS!!!

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 12:28 pm

Week 7 so far...

BS 5/8
Gwally 6/7
jwm 7/6
Id 7/6
Ty 8/5
HLD 8/5

We all picked KC tonight.

Ug! What an awful week!

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:46 pm

Originally posted by Gwalchmai

Ug! What an awful week!

How can it be an awful week? My Chargers won.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:58 pm

Originally posted by Idioteque
How can it be an awful week? My Chargers won.

A lucky pick to be sure!

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:56 am

I have HAD it.

Skins suck. They are my team, and I will not switch teams, but for crying out loud...

You can't stop the Bills?????

All that talent on defense, and the same results year after year. Someone needs to step up, and someone needs to understand that they do need someone on the defensive line. I don't want to hear another word about Arrington until he actually does something besides try and make the highlight reel everytime he hits someone.

This team needs someone to take the reigns and slap someone in the face. Spurrier should do it, but he ain't got that kinda attitude. Sure, he'll talk about it, but it's the same thing week after week. Can I shoot him yet?

I thought this was gonna be at least a 9-10 win season....6-10 will be lucky if this keeps up.

And to top it all off....Dallas...DALLAS!!!!! is in first place. Can I shoot ME now?

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:01 am

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
.Dallas...DALLAS!!!!! is in first place.

It's great to see you so excited over the Boys

Thanks for celebrating with me BS..

I knew you wouldnt let me down

*HUG*

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:14 am

Don't make me decapitate you with a butter knife

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:18 am

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
Don't make me decapitate you with a butter knife

What.?

A butter knife?

BS, are you loosing your edge?

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:20 am

Never use a sharp knife...you should know that

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:31 pm

I seriously need to pick things up this week.

Panthers over the Saints
TB over Dallas
Chicago over Detroit
Seattle over the Bengals
Tenn over Jax
Colts over the Texans
KC over Buf
NE over Cle
Baltimore over the Broncos
Min over the Giants
Rams over Pit
49'ers over the Cards
Jets over Philly
Miami over the Chargers

I got a weird itch over the Giants game, I'm half convinced they will beat the Vikings.

Now Dallas has to play a good team

Bengals get something that works, they start to improve, and Dillon goes balistic and demands to be traded because he "isn't wanted and doesn't get the ball enough to compete with other backs in the league" statwise. To Dillon...shut up, your team is on the verge of doing something finally, and you have the second highest number of carries in the league over the past 3-4 seasons. It's about winning, not stats, and besides...your hurt, and Kitna's playing really well.

Why play Pennington at all if you don't think he's healthy enough to play the whole game? What good can come of it? Vinny is playing pretty good the past couple weeks, why not let him play this game then bring Pennington back in? Still, the Eagles are bad...really bad....offensively.

How are the Pats doing it? Oh, NM, Billick is a defensive mastermind. And the Browna don't have a QB....trust me, if you have 2 that you can't decide between, you don't have 1 that's worth playing.

Joe Bugel came in as a consultant to the Redskins this week to critique their O-line woes. Rumors say he ran screaming from the building after 5 minutes.

Oh, and Spurrier is toying with bringing Danny Whiffle back

You know, because he did so much for them last year.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:52 pm

SYM/DCI Standings - 2003
Week 7
HighLordDave 9/5 - 64%
Tybaltus 9/5 - 64%
Idioteque 8/6 – 57%
jwmblade 8/6 – 57%
Gwalchmai 7/7 - 50%
Bloodstalker 6/8 - 42%

Cumulative
VoodooDali 37/19 - 66%
Bloodstalker 65/36 - 64% (-4)
Gwalchmai 64/38 - 63% (-2)
jwmblade 28/17 – 62% (-3)
HighLordDave 53/33 – 62% (+1)
Idioteque 17/11 – 61% (-3)
Tybaltus 32/24 - 57% (+2)

Well, last week only really helped Ty and HLD slightly; as well as Voo, who was wise enough not to submit picks.

It was a tough week, but can we do better this week? I, for one, swear to never pick a team simply because I want them to win.

This week, it looks like there are several close games (NOOOO!

), including Carolina at NO, Dallas at TB, Seattle at Cincinnati, St. Louis at Pitt, NY Jets at Phil, and Buffalo at KC. Well, I don’t think Buffalo has a chance, but all the others are big question marks in my mind.

Hey, HLD, do you know what happened to the TMQ on ESPN.com?