After going 3-2 last week, I am now 7-12-1 on the season. Here are my picks for this week:
Pittsburgh -6 at Jacksonville
San Diego -6.5 vs. New York Jets
Detroit -5 vs. Buffalo
Philadelphia -5 vs. St. Louis
San Francisco -4.5 vs. Kansas City
Pittsburgh -6 at Jacksonville
San Diego -6.5 vs. New York Jets
Detroit -5 vs. Buffalo
Philadelphia -5 vs. St. Louis
San Francisco -4.5 vs. Kansas City
Probably should get off Philly in my suicide pool now that you picked them......
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the last good week of NFL everyone. HGH testing begins Monday.
ReplyDeleteNevermind, no one will ever get popped.
ReplyDelete"Each week of the season, 5 players on 8 teams will be tested. No testing will occur on game days," Winston said in the letter, which was obtained by ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
He's improved, so you should be safe.
ReplyDeleteAnyone watch Hell On Wheels? A pretty good show that flies under the radar...
ReplyDeleteAm I the only person who enjoys the baseball playoffs more than football? And I love football...
ReplyDeleteFirst two weeks I was 2-8
ReplyDeleteLast two I have been 5-4-1
The MLB playoffs have been great so far
ReplyDeleteUsed to be pretty big on fantasy baseball (still do a league or two a year, but used to be multiple, some money, some for shits and giggles)...was always sick of baseball by October so haven't really paid attention to the playoffs in, maybe 10 years? Last one I watched was whenever the Yankees choked against the dbacks
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, with all the rule changes, I'm sick of football, can easily see giving it up once Eli's gone
ReplyDeleteYes. Yes you are.
ReplyDeleteI'm there with you.
ReplyDeleteBaseball playoffs are awesome. Only topped by hockey playoffs.
ReplyDeleteWhat game is everyone watching?
ReplyDeleteFlipping back and forth between Baltimore-Indy and Atlanta-NYG
ReplyDeleteBishop Sankey is one of Matthew Berrys awful fantasy sleepers.
ReplyDeleteDallas/Houston. Only game on here.
ReplyDeleteSame, but I'm not complaining.
ReplyDeleteMe neither. It's football. I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching the game over RedZone this week.
ReplyDeleteI think I could watch Devin Hester return punts all Sunday and I would never feel bored.
ReplyDeleteInteresting call by Indy going for it on 4th-and-1 on Baltimore's 21. Ravens stuffed it.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to see him doing well as a receiver. Change of scenery probably had something to do with that.
ReplyDeleteBayless picked Detroit? Fuck, I'm gonna lose in suicide.
ReplyDeleteWe get Jets/Giantsed this week. Worst thing about living in NY. Thank God for Red Zone
ReplyDeleteAdd Cordarelle Patterson to that list... although I loved him in Week 1.
ReplyDeleteJoe Haden is not an elite cornerback.
ReplyDeleteBills/Lions...
ReplyDeleteBILLIEVE
The only person out of me and you?
ReplyDeleteYes.
Apparently not
ReplyDelete#33 on the Bills just essentially piledrove himself... they're bringing the cart out.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I never understand people calling it "boring". There's a dramatic difference between "boring" and "incredibly intense and exciting".
ReplyDeleteGlad I'm not alone.
Damn Murray is a fumbling machine.
ReplyDeleteRoger Goodell: Well at least no player has gotten paralyzed this year! Wait...what? COME ON!
ReplyDeleteRon Brooks got....
ReplyDeleteJACKED UP
Second week in a row that Benjamin has coughed up the ball; this time it bites us in the ass. If he wants to become an elite receiver, he has to fix the random drops and turning the ball over.
ReplyDeleteSo the first quarter of this Ravens-Colts game we have seen three turnovers (two by Baltimore), a muffed punt, a failed 4th-and-1 conversion...and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata has an interception.
ReplyDeleteGoddamn, Carolina is fucking terrible.
ReplyDeleteNo fucking way they should have ran that race.
ReplyDeleteBrowns are playing like a bunch of assholes.
ReplyDeleteESPN's Gamecast is frozen. God damnit, you guys have ONE job once a week.
ReplyDeleteHe really said that
ReplyDeleteHe said last year Zach Sufield would finish the year as a top 10 TE. He was waived in week 5
ReplyDeleteNFL.com, to hell with ESPN.
ReplyDelete(Well, to hell with both of them, but at least one works)
Yea, I use both NFL and ESPN to track. When I get really frustrated, I use Yahoo. It's so frustrating
ReplyDeleteWoke up too late to get any early game action in. I'll make up for it in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI took
Arizona +7.5 over Denver
49ers -6 over KC
San Diego -6 over NYJ
Anyone know of a place to stream Red Zone? First Row sports has some subpar links for it so far. I'm stuck with Cowboys-Texans and that's it for my area.
ReplyDeleteNice pass Kyle.
ReplyDeleteDallas coughs it up on a punt return.
ReplyDeleteChrist... get up for a minute to take care of laundry and Detroit is up 14-0 on the Bills!
ReplyDeleteWatching the Cowboys game with my grandpa. Old school guy who's literally been a cowboys fan since the beginning. He's not happy right now.
ReplyDeletestream2u generally streams well
ReplyDeleteSo the Bills' record will be worse, affecting the position of their first round pick, which the Browns own. *Mr Burns fingers*
ReplyDeleteYep (tm ABeyance)
ReplyDeleteIf he made it through the past 8 years or so, this one will be better. They have a real shot at 10-11 wins this year. That division is still fraudulent and they drew the even more putrid AFC South as their division swap rival this year. If something breaks down in Philly (like the entire offensive line has already broken down) they might even win that division.
ReplyDeleteI have faith in Romo...he'll find a way to lead the team to 8-8.
ReplyDeleteBut we both know what will actually happen: Dallas will hit a rough stretch where they lose at least two games to stupid mistakes, go into Washington in Week 17 needing a win to clinch a playoff spot/the division, and shit it all away behind either Romo or whoever happens to be his backup this year.
ReplyDeleteI've got that streaming through chromecast right now. I love that friggen thing.
ReplyDeleteWell fuck it up anyway so Bills fans shouldn't feel too bad.
ReplyDeleteThey're putting a LOT of money into the RDJ/Duval movie, thing's going to bomb, shame
ReplyDeleteHe's consistent... you have to give him that.
ReplyDeleteHow well does it do with pop up ads?
ReplyDeleteIt's getting really bad reviews.
ReplyDeleteI can't figure out why it's a movie.
ReplyDeleteYeah I don't know who this is supposed to appeal to. It doesn't look like a date movie or really interesting enough to be a movie that you HAVE to see.
ReplyDeletePlus week 2 of Gone Girl and Equalizer is hanging strong. Bad reviews too
ReplyDeleteIt looks awful. It looks extremely cliche and silly. Without seeing it, I can garauntee there will be a shot of an older, heavyset Southern woman fanning herself and a dramatic scene over selecting a jury member.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think I was going to like Gone Girl but I really did. Might be the best non superhero movie I've seen this year.
ReplyDeleteDowney bored and wanting to throw his Avenger weight around, I reckon. I think he/wife produced it? I'll eventually watch it but paying? Nah
ReplyDeleteWell that all has to do with your browser. You're casting whatever's on it. I have AdBlock for Chrome installed and there's literally nothing once you navigate through those trap X's to click on initially.
ReplyDeleteOld people. Old people can't wait to see it.
ReplyDeleteThe Saints picked Mike Glennon off. It took them about 260 minutes to get their first interception of 2014.
ReplyDeleteIs it based on a John Grisham book? Looks like it is.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I am in the Judge's demographic because every movie I see has it as a trailer. I almost want to see it just to see what happens.
ReplyDeleteSame thing happened with Vanity Fair in 2004
The Bills are not very good at this football thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd it was a pick off at the 4 with no return. So basically they got a long punt. I'm not counting that one. I'm pretty sure they had 1 turnover in 6 games going into this one
ReplyDeleteHuh...I dunno. You're right( it totally looks like one, but they haven't used his name yet.
ReplyDelete...the trailer's decent but it gives like 90% of the movie away, only question is if RDJ/Duval come to a grudging respect before or after he gets Duval off the murder charge
ReplyDeleteAnd Morestead bobbles the punt and TB is back where they started from. So yea, we get a turnover but it really accomplishes nothing. Saints football!
ReplyDeleteYea, there's a huge climatic scene that it looks like they give away.
ReplyDeleteWho thought letting the director of Wedding Crashers direct a serious movie was a goo idea?
Good god Charlie Whitehurst is in... and just threw a TD pass on his first strike!
ReplyDeleteI thought the Bills and Browns had a chance to be feel-good teams after the first couple of weeks of the season. Reality has set in, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteI can't honestly assess GG, hated the ending that much
ReplyDeleteI would have been more upset but pretty much 2/3 of my entire group saw it coming so I wasn't even angry at that point
ReplyDeleteI'm not ready to punt on the Bills yet. With the Patriots rapidly cratering, that division might be even worse than everyone thought.
ReplyDeleteThere's a tactic in making movies that says you're supposed to give away the ending in the first 10 minutes. Movies can actually be very enjoyable that way.
ReplyDeleteEh, that ending could have been earned, but they needed to do a lot more work painting Nick as damaged instead of just an asshole
ReplyDeleteThis is true. That division appears to be wide open. It'll be down to who can win the most games against their own division.
ReplyDeleteGiants with AWESOME strategy of playing soft zones and no blitzing for a decimated Falcon oline
ReplyDeleteStarted "Scary Movie Month" with my girlfriend last night and watched Tall Man from 2011 with Jessica Biel. I expected it to be a ** stinker that you could follow... but HOLY SHIT the thing turns itself on it's ass halfway through and becomes a completely different movie.
ReplyDeleteStrong Recommendation for a nighttime Netflix date.
7-9 might be good enough.
ReplyDeleteThe NFL is so wonky now... Bills could theoretically lose ALL their division games... and still win the division.
ReplyDeleteDa Bears. The delusional fan in me thought that the complexion of last week's game would have changed greatly if they gave Bennett the touchdown at the end of the first half (but the only good camera angle was blocked by a defender). Now, they're in control of this Carolina game. Crossing my fingers here even though I thought their window closed last year.
ReplyDeleteUgh... leave it to Bigbird to toss it up to them.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about that movie. I was initially thinking stinker, too. The gf loves horror movies, so I'll keep that one in mind.
ReplyDeleteThis one is especially what I would call "girlfriend friendly."
ReplyDeleteIt's very important that both teams suck. This Browns fan is ready to draft a receiver.
ReplyDeleteNFL has to know their blackout rules fuck over New York badly. So why give the Jets/Giants a home game with the network that has the singleheader. Next week we only get two games again. It's bullshit and I'm so sick of it.
ReplyDeleteHe was benched too quickly.
ReplyDeleteDidn't they just end the blackout rules?
ReplyDeleteNo, the NFL still has a rule that if the local team is at home, no game can be shown against it to encourage people to go to the game.
ReplyDeleteIf Brady is the starter at the end of the season, he is guaranteed three more years of his contract. The Pats are trying to dump him so that does not happen. They have the lowest cap number in the league.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I remember reading, the NFL can still do blackouts, they'll just have to insert it into the next TV deal.
ReplyDeleteNFL makes more money on TV viewership than live gates... not sure why they care so much. It's not 1965 anymore.
ReplyDeleteA lot of the NFL is like 1965. I don't think it impacts people too much except in places like New York and the Bay Area
ReplyDeleteThat's a Ryan defense for ya. Jets suffer from the same stuff. Rex's teams never force turnovers.
ReplyDeleteFucking Justin Hunter. Drop him in fantasy and he finally does something
ReplyDelete(Their thinking, IIRC)
ReplyDeleteIf the stands aren't full, then the games don't look so "important", and the league's "prestige" suffers. Full stands = "EVENT!" = BIG TV deals.
Harbaugh should just pair up with Brady somewhere else next year and win the next three SuperBowls.
ReplyDeleteColts-Ravens, Browns-Titans, Rams-Eagles, Bucs-Saints, Texans-Cowboys... So many games I couldn't give a shit about. Anyone have any classy or dark horse teams I can root for?
ReplyDeleteBoth Harbaughs and Brady get run out of the league and end up in Michigan.
ReplyDeleteThey'll still lose to the SEC somehow.
He's good. He has a non-human at WR which greatly helps. He's not elite though.
ReplyDeleteOoooo... did not know that tidbit.
ReplyDeleteGreat. Now we're the retarded team that takes penalties on 3rd down
ReplyDeleteAll the interesting teams this year are on the west. Arizona might be good, might not be. Seattle probably wins the Super Bowl. 49ers are either good or imploding, it varies week to week. Chargers might be for real this year. Denver is hanging around.
ReplyDeleteSo of course the league is ignoring all of them We need more NFC East!
Romo just made the kind of play that keeps him around despite all the choking. Great escape, great bomb, all around quality.
ReplyDeleteThis is absurd
ReplyDeleteI do kinda like the Giants since they never feel like a typically obnoxious NY team. Eli and Coughlin aren't brash, get bashed by the press, and defy expectations most years. But I really don't care about the other teams. You're right about the west, too.
ReplyDeleteSomeone just got flagged for "inappropriate language" in the Saints game. I suspect someone let the h-e-double hockey sticks slip out.
ReplyDeleteI threw a chair, a dustpan and a broom.
ReplyDeleteSaints football!
They dropped that on Kaepernick a couple weeks ago... claimed he said "the n word." Kaep is appealing.
ReplyDeleteWTF happened to that team.
ReplyDeleteNo idea. Maybe having training camp at a resort was a bad idea. 2nd game this year we've blown a 13-0 lead.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they're trying to drive people onto NFL Sunday Ticket?
ReplyDeleteThe fans are booing too. Every year there's a SB contender that implodes. I guess we drew the lottery this year.
ReplyDeleteRob Ryan might be the most overrated defensive coordinator in the NFL.
ReplyDeleteYou can still wear Beats By Dre if you're in a video hitting your wife or your kids though.
ReplyDeleteOh My God. The implosion is complete.
ReplyDeleteTypical NFL loopholes. Those headphones are a menace, I tell ya.
ReplyDeleteAt least you've had a 13-0 lead pal!
ReplyDeleteBucs... ROLLIN!
ReplyDeleteBucs... BUILDING MOMENTUM!
ReplyDeleteThat was a pretty graceful flip into the end zone, however.
ReplyDeleteBucs... CREATING SEPARATION!
ReplyDeleteTWO 13-0 leads! I think we were up 13-0 on the Vikes too.
ReplyDeleteI feel like that comes down to Miami having the least problems of the four.
ReplyDeleteThe Saints at home today?
ReplyDeleteSo they don't have the "bad road team" gripe. They're usually stellar at home.
ReplyDeleteOrton's not the answer to the question, "Who can QB this team into the future." He's the answer to the question, "Who will cost us the fewest games from the QB position?"
ReplyDeleteYep. I think the Bucs were the last team to beat Payton at home in 2010.
ReplyDeleteAnd NOW Romo just made the kind of play that keeps the Cowboys from being a good team. Awful pick, what was he even looking at.
ReplyDeleteVINTAGE!
ReplyDeleteNo, it's to keep live attendance up
ReplyDelete"Niners"? People won't be happy until EVERY team gets renamed.
ReplyDeleteNice to have Donnell and Cruz going today! 0 points each!
ReplyDeleteI started Cordarelle Patterson. I am dropping him pronto.
ReplyDeleteDrafted him and was very pleased with Week 1... hasn't done shit since.
ReplyDeleteLiterally he's has ONE play all season. Damn that man.
ReplyDeleteEli looks like a dolt most of the time. The press never fell in love with him like they do other NY athletes. Everyone's saying the Giants suck... I'm pulling for them. They're hanging in there.
ReplyDeleteI have 1 point out of my two receivers that have played so far
ReplyDeleteChristian Ponder will do that to a receiver
ReplyDeleteI've met Eli a bunch of times and he looks so lanky. Like a string bean. I have no idea how he takes hits.
ReplyDeleteI thought Ponder was throwing at the end of last season where the guy really busted out.
ReplyDeleteNFL Red Zone just mentioned OJ Simpson. There was no disclaimer beforehand
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that Eli would have that same good ol boy charisma that his brother has. What was he like when you met him?
ReplyDeleteHe's robotic. I've met him at this charity event and his answers are always short and to the point. Never breaks from the script. Nice guy, he'll sign and take photos, but you're not getting anything out of him that you wouldn't get from Sports Cliches 101
ReplyDeleteTouchdown Saints? Hey, they're only mostly inept now!
ReplyDeleteMoving it to Chicago was the real blow as it was far off from the Carolina base who had made the previous shows successful. Plus, Chicago is a union town and the costs of everything from putting up the ring to concessions were huge, hurt him there too.
ReplyDeleteCourse, didn't help that the ONE TIME everyone thought for sure the Road Warriors would get the belts, we get a Dusty finish while Dusty himself beats Luger in a slow US title cage match. And not that much excitement as everyone knew Flair was getting the belt back in the main event.
And they needed to dick around twice to Cooks before they did it. Not satisfied.
ReplyDeleteWhen are people going to realise Jeff Fisher fucking sucks?
ReplyDeleteSeeing all the pink on the field makes me wonder if WWE will grace us with "Did you know: other organizations like the NFL have followed WWE's lead in promoting tiny little towels?"
ReplyDeleteColts are trying to give this game away
ReplyDeleteIt feels like there are a lot of doofus looking QBs in the league right now despite it being the glamour position. Eli looks mentally retarded, Andrew Luck is an internet neckbeard who happens to be good at football, Foles and Glennon just look a little "off", Flacco looks like the accountant in our office we all make fun of, Schaub is an internet meme at this point, Matt Ryan is another CPA.
ReplyDeleteOnly good looking guys should play QB. It just makes me feel better if the QB is cool.
We got another turnover but the Saints fumbled it away. Holy crap.
ReplyDeleteIn my two money leagues, I went into the week 4-0. The strengths of my teams were drafting in the first three rounds: Jimmy Graham, Dez Bryant/AJ Green, and Jordy Nelson in the first three rounds, followed by a bunch of not super running backs that have actually turned out to be okay: some combo of Lamar Miller, CJ Spiller, Shane Vareen, Toby Gerhart, along with the occassional last minute pickup that turned out to be okay (like the Buccaneers backup).
ReplyDeleteAnyway looks like today I might end both of those streaks with no Lamar Miller (who's been real good) and Jimmy Graham out.
Did he draft Sam Bradford?
ReplyDeleteBradford keeps getting hurt and missing the season, and Fisher kind of hangs his hat on that, "Well, our QB was hurt but we still did okay."
I don't think he'll be able to get away with that again though.
Ultimate Warrior theme right now in Texas...
ReplyDeleteI have Ruben Randel going for me.
ReplyDeleteHis Titans record isn't that great and on the Rams he's done nothing. and it looks like they are having another lost season
ReplyDeleteAw man, was hoping to see Pittsburgh give another winless team one today.
ReplyDeleteThere's still ten minutes left...
ReplyDeleteThe Lions need to either find a way to get Jason Hanson out of retirement or sign Matt Prater. We've missed 7 field goals in the first 5 weeks. Completely inexcusable
ReplyDeleteYour last sentence is the WWEs way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteI need 2 more teams for the BoD Fantasy hockey league. The draft is at 630pm EST tonight. Any takers?
ReplyDeleteAhh that actually makes some sense. NFL's gonna have to prioritize the in-game experience then because with the proliferation of affordable large HDTVs, the cost of going to a game (ticket prices and concession prices), weather in many parts of the country come late fall/early winter and the rise of fantasy football, the at-home experience is often every bit as good and much cheaper.
ReplyDeleteSo a well known WWE insider on WWE is saying Sting will be on WWE tv by late January
ReplyDeleteI've always said the champ should be a guy that men want to be and women want to fuck.
ReplyDeleteI want the same for my QB.
Believe in the Bort, he shall deliver
ReplyDeleteThe Eagles have a 20 point lead and they are snapping the ball with 13 seconds left on the play clock.
ReplyDeleteSure, why not. Doubt I'll get my All-Sharks team, but it's worth a try.
ReplyDeleteemail me at BBayless781@gmail.com for the invite
ReplyDeleteSting is going to be in the XFL?
ReplyDeleteHe just delivered STRAIGHT to Pittsburgh... after trying to look smooth with an audible.
ReplyDeleteHad no idea Meltzer was a Redditor.
ReplyDeleteGood Foles needs more touchdowns.
ReplyDeleteSent.
ReplyDeleteEh, I don't think he's overrated. He deserved all the credit for New Orleans' defensive turnaround last year. This year he's being pillored and justifiably so.
ReplyDeleteYeah he's making me look really dumb. I've been talking him up here and on random football message boards saying that the Jags would start ripping off some wins once he got in. This is not working out for me at all.
ReplyDeletehttp://411mania.com/wrestling/sting-teases-big-news-reddit-insider-claims-to-know-when-sting-will-debut-on-wwe-tv/
ReplyDeleteThere must be some serious booing in the Dome right about now.
ReplyDeleteHis one big news was JTG getting release? Well call me a WWE insider.
ReplyDeleteSo, what just happened with the Cowboys? I've been trying to flip-flop between the two games I can actually watch, and I think I missed Romo royally fucking up
ReplyDeleteAnd people actually thought that Kyle Orton would make the team better.
ReplyDeleteSent the invite
ReplyDeleteBy 'people' I hope you just mean the Bills organization and not actual fans
ReplyDeleteJust one more team needed for the BoD Fantasy Hockey Team. Who wants to join?
ReplyDeleteInstead of taking the sack and letting the clock tick, Romo opts to stop the clock with an incomplete pass and lose yardage with intentional grounding. Bravo.
ReplyDeleteBy "people" I mean the organization and numerous sports analysts.
ReplyDeleteGood, we're on the same page here
ReplyDeleteTitans/Browns getting chippy.
ReplyDelete