Hi, soccamon. Welcome. You are invited to join us for next weekend's games (list to be posted on Wednesday if I get around to it).
So for Week 16. PDid wins again (12-3) through Sunday night's game. Rjb is at 11-4 and since both of us are choosing Philly tonight, I can't catch up. Child, Fbaez and Pan didn't, um, do too well. We won't talk about how un-well they did unless asked.
Next week is another week and could be interesting because some teams (already with a lock on some play-off berth) will be resting their key players and don't care too much about the outcomes of the last, meaningless, games. That makes a certain sense, I guess, but I don't like it.
Finally, I agree with Pan. Defense will decide who wins the Super bowl. And Reggie White, the Minister of Defense: RIP -rjb-
RIP...agreed
A short rant- Teams rested their stars (Atlanta) and what's up with Jax...pathetic
Evening, all, and welcome to Week 17-the Last One of regular season play (but the NFL will drag on until Feb 6th). That's like five more weeks!
All of these games will take place on Jan 2nd. May your New Year's resolution to "do better in 2005" come to fruition with your picks here:
NYJets (10-5)(L1) @ St Louis (7-8)(W1)
SanFran (2-13)(L2) @ New Eng (13-2)(W1) NE*
Cin (7-8)(W1) @ Philly (13-2)(L1) Phil*
Minn (8-7)(L1) @ Wash (5-10)(L1)
NewOr (7-8)(W3) @ Car (7-8)(W1)
Miami (4-11)(W2) @ Balt (8-7)(L2)
Cleve (3-12)(L9) @ Hous (7-8)(W2)
Pitts (14-1)(W13!) @ Buff (9-6)(W6) Pitt*
GBay (9-6)(W1) @ Chi (5-10)(L3) G Bay - z
Det (6-9)(W1) @ Tenn (4-11)(L5)
Those are the early games. Later:
Atl (11-4)(L1) @ Seat (8-7)(W1) Atl - z Seat -x
TBay (5-10(L3) @ Az (5-10)(L1)
KC (7-8)(W4) @ San Dieg (11-4)(L1) San Dieg - z
Indy (12-3)(W8) @ Den (9-6)(W1) Indy - z
Jax (8-7)(L1) @ Oak (5-10)(L1)
And Sunday night's cure for insomnia is:
Dallas (6-9)(W1) @ NY Giants (5-10)(L8)
This week I have included an * to indicate a team that has clinched its division and secured home field advantage through the playoffs; a -z- to indicate a team that has clinched a division (but not the home field thingee), or -x- a team that hasn't won its division but is guaranteed of a playoff slot.
It's all too complicated for johnboy (who doesn't follow football that closely). You'd have to check out espn.com for details but, as I understand it the teams with an -*- don't give a rat's ass about this weekend's games; the teams with a -z- might. As for the team with an -x- (Seattle): if they were to lose and St Louis wins, there might have to be a wild-card playoff in the NFC West. You can bet that some TV execs and NFL officials are praying hard, really, really hard, about that.
Thank you for continued interest. -realjohnboy-
PS: Please be sure you make a selection in all 16 games and predict the total number of points in the Dallas-NY Giants game.
My picks (after tapping the 55-gallon drum of "white-out" I wisely bought to correct the many mistakes I make every day):
St Louis, NE, Cincy, Minn, Car, Miami, Hous, Pitts,
CBay and then Det.
Seattle, AZ, KC, Den, Jax and Dallas (34 points)
Did I mention all 16? One, two...yep all 16
St Louis
New Eng
Cin
Wash
Car
Balt
Hous
Buff
GBay
Det
Seat
TBay
San Dieg
Indy
Jax
NY Giants -23
New England is going to win the superbowl again. It sucks how they lost to the dolphins though.
Ray wrote:New England is going to win the superbowl again. It sucks how they lost to the dolphins though.
Don't sleep on Colts and Steelers.
Colts, next year...they need a couple of cornerbacks.
Steelers...first try is the hardest...
Pats...been there...got the rings
The Colts are my current Super Bowl pick. The Offense will score nearly everytime, and Edge=Ball Control. If you have the ball for 40 minutes The D isn't working much.
Good point.Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is very interesting, but what they conceal is vital.
Hah, I like that. Whom do you like then, if not Indy?
Carolina can definitely get to the Super Bowl. They will most likely have only 1 tough game. But there is no way they can beat the Steelers, Colts, or Pats.
Probably not...been a stinky year for the NFC. Hard to imagine the NFC's fortunes riding on a receiver named T.O.
A former Niner. He's a big game receiver, remember 98' against the Packers? Or 02' against the Giants? That 02' game has to be my favorite sports moment ever, until the Cubs win The Series. The thing that bothers me most is that The Niners got a guy named Brandon Whiting in return for T.O.
I really don't understand what happened to the Niners...
When you get rid of 2 star lineman(Deese and Stone), a Pro Bowl quaterback(Jeff Garcia), an All Pro WR(Owens), a good RB(Garrison Hearst) and your remaining studs get hurt(Peterson, Newberry, and Barlow), your season isn't looking good.
NYJets
New England
Cincy
Minnesota
Carolina
Baltimore
Houston
Buffalo
Green Bay
Detroit
Seattle
Arizona
KC
Denver
Jacksonville
Dallas 34
With much trepidation...who's starting their starters?
Green Bay at Chicago GNB
Detroit at Tennessee TEN
NY Jets at St. Louis NYJ
Cleveland at Houston HOU
Pittsburgh at Buffalo BUF
San Francisco at New England NWE
Cincinnati at Philadelphia PHI
Minnesota at Washington MIN
New Orleans at Carolina CAR
Miami at Baltimore BAL
Atlanta at Seattle SEA
Jacksonville at Oakland JAC
Kansas City at San Diego SDG
Tampa Bay at Arizona TAM
Indianapolis at Denver IND
Dallas at NY Giants NYG (35)
The early games are over. We all pretty much stink, but I did lure yall into betting against the Steelers. Never bet against the Steelers. Never.
