Wow! Thanks, bbaptiste, for joining in. I had done my best nagging but had kind of given up on you.
You did, though, neglect to pick a winner in the game betwixt NE-Carolina. Please add that one. Thanks!
bbaptiste wrote:My picks:
Baltimore
Buffalo
Detroit
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Seattle
Arizona
Cleveland
New York Jets
San Diego
Oakland
New Orleans
Dallas (41)
And the Mighty Patriots over the Panthers!!
Hey, Johnny, I'll probably turn my picks in tomorrow. Are you going to be around this weekend? I drove my your house and saw you and your family getting ready for the Bengals/Vikings game....
I guess I didn't realize you were a Bengals fan.
At any rate..... enjoy the game.
The good news about starting 4-11 is it's hard to get a whole lot worse. Her we go again! Week 2:
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Carolina (?)
Tampa Bay
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Atlanta
New York Jets
Green Bay
San Diego
New York Giants
Kansas City
Dallas -37 points (Sorry about that - forgot the tie-breaker)
Let us pray.
Second thoughts...
Nobody picked Washington?
I can understand the consensus for Philly and Pittsburgh, but Dallas?
So I'm changing from Dallas to Washington.
Version 2:
---Pittsburgh
---Detroit
---Cincinnati
---Indianapolis
---Baltimore
---New England (of course)
---Tampa Bay
---Philadelphia
---Arizona
---Atlanta
---Miami
---Cleveland
---San Diego
---Kansas City
---New Orleans
---Washington (37)
...still pondering Indianapolis v Jacksonville...
Shootin' for the big points are ya, George?
Not a bad strategy.
Rams
Baltimore
Denver
Green Bay (You have no idea how this pains me)
Colts
Oakland
Carolina
Jets
Eagles
Pittsburgh
Vikings
Atlanta
Tampa
Giants
Chicago
Dallas 42
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
Green Bay (You have no idea how this pains me)Tampa
The sun shines on a dogs a$$ somedays, right?
I noticed you picked Green Bay as well, jpin.
I imagine you're not feeling too good about yourself either.
No... not feelin to good at all. I actually picked them last week as well and was pleasantly surprised by the outcome. That was one game I didn't mind losing.
Every Friday there is a woman in my office who dresses up in full packer regalia including an extremely gaudy green and gold striped pair of overalls. Most god awful things I have ever seen. I have a feeling I will take great pleasure in reporting many losing scores to her this season.
cowdoc: ...and the total number of points to be scored in the Washington-Dallas game?
Yall sure are making johnboy's job easier this week. It is only Friday and we are up to 11 players with panzade sure to come. A no-nag weekend.
I might even troll through, stroll through some of the over Sports threads to find another possible player or two.
Hey RJB
Since you have so much time on your hands I decided to make a couple of changes to my picks. They are as follows:
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Minnesota
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Carolina
Buffalo
Philadelphia
St Louis
Atlanta
Miami
Green Bay
San Diego
Kansas City
NY Giants
Dallas (38)
Changes duly noted. I have been holding off on doing the "Deviant of the Week Award" until after panzade posts. My thinikng was that we were more in agreement this week...but now I am seeing some pretty wild divergence. We shall see.
Carolina over New England? Johnboy wavers but sticks with NE.
Hahaha when carolina beat New England 20-17 on sunday we will see who was making the deviant picks
I see Gus and cowdoc are feeling the carolina upset as well. So it seems will all will be laughin come monday morning.
Carolina is tempting on Sunday but they lost all pro Kris Jenkins from the defensive line and I got a feeling Corey Dillon is gonna have a good day running the ball for the Patriots.
I'm wavering on the Buffalo-Tampa Bay game. Buffalo's defense is getting better all the time...but can they stop the Cadillac?
Folks,
I have a fantasy poser. I get to start two runnig backs (out of four) in my fantasy league. So far I'm starting Kevin Jones of the Lions going against the Bears and Cadillac poing against Buffalo. However, I'm sitting the Ravens' Jamal Lewis in what's sure to be a bang-a-thon smashmouth battle with the Titans. Shoiuld I sub Jamal in for one of my starters? Which one? The injury report says J. Lewis has a broken finger, so I don't know.
Help.
I'd sub Cadillac. I'm banking on Buffalo teaching this rookie a lesson.
DET
BALT
IND
PIT
CIN
PHI
BUF
NWE
STL
ATL
DEN
GNB
NYJ
OAK
NYG
DAL(42)
Deviant of the week award and scores are as follows:
Choosing the straight and narrow are fbaezer (no deviation from the majority), panzade (2 points), and cowdoc (4); muddling around in the mid-range are johnboy (8), gus and jpinmilw (10), and region and el diablo (14); and out there on the path not taken by the rest of us are dragon (18) ray (22) bbaptiste (24) AND, FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW, GEORGE (26).
As mentioned last week, a low score or a high score in this little diversion is neither good nor bad but merely indicates how close to, or how far from, each player is from the majority of pickers.
