kid_a
Sep 12 2006, 08:22 PM
So what did you guys think of week one? a few teams didnt score a point, Trent Green went down with a concussion, the favourites to win the Superbowl, The Panthers, lost, the Chargers shutout the Raiders. Pretty good week if you ask me.
Heres week two in case anybody wants to participate in the prediction thing. Bolded games are the ones that count:
Week 2
SUN, SEP 17
Carolina at Minnesota - Carolina
Buffalo at Miami - Miami
NY Giants at Philadelphia - Philly
New Orleans at Green Bay -Green Bay
Houston at Indianapolis -Indy
Detroit at Chicago -Chicago
Cleveland at Cincinnati -Cincinnati
Tampa Bay at Atlanta -Tampa
Oakland at Baltimore -Baltimore
Arizona at Seattle -Arizona
St. Louis at San Francisco -St. Louis
Tennessee at San Diego - The Chargers
New England at NY Jets - Pats
Kansas City at Denver - Denver
Washington at Dallas - Dallas
MON, SEP 18
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville - Pittsburgh
Remember, Kansas City is without Trent Green, Pittsburgh might be without Ben Roethliesberger and the Raiders suck.
Gallo Caliente
Sep 12 2006, 09:07 PM
Laugh now Juan, Raiders will come back strong.
Anyways, week one was awesome, although raiders lost

.
here's my picks for week two....
Carolina at Minnesota - Minnesota
Buffalo at Miami - Miami
NY Giants at Philadelphia - Philadelphia
New Orleans at Green Bay - New Orleans
Houston at Indianapolis -Indianapolis
Detroit at Chicago -Chicago
Cleveland at Cincinnati -Cincinnati
Tampa Bay at Atlanta -Atlanta
Oakland at Baltimore -OAKLAND!!
Arizona at Seattle - Seattle ( cuz i don;t want Arizona to get better than raiders)
St. Louis at San Francisco -St. Louis
Tennessee at San Diego - The Chargers ( Even though i hate them)
New England at NY Jets - Pats
Kansas City at Denver - Denver
Washington at Dallas - Washington
MON, SEP 18
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville - Jacksonville
Nando.
Sep 12 2006, 09:16 PM
Gutted we couldn't take the victory, but Chaz Batch is alot of Chaz Batch. I should've never underestimated him
Home opener against the Bills, who looked surprisingly good (or did that Patsies look surprisingly bad?). That D scares me, but J.P. Losman does not, and our secondary is our real weakness.
Was anyone else impressed by Brad Johnson? Man that guy can throw a nice deep ball.
Juan, I drafted Ladainian 1st overall in my fantasy league... he better do me good. I also got your boy Drew Brees in like millionth round as my backup QB.
By the way, I'm surprised Shaun Alexander wasn't ranked last in the preseason fantasy rankings.... beware the Madden Curse... it's REAL.
Anyway, here goes:
Carolina at Minnesota - Carolina
Buffalo at Miami - Miami
NY Giants at Philadelphia - Philly
New Orleans at Green Bay - Nawlins
Houston at Indianapolis -Indy
Detroit at Chicago -Chicago (although Roy Williams did guarantee a W

)
Cleveland at Cincinnati -Cincinnati
Tampa Bay at Atlanta -Tampa
Oakland at Baltimore -Baltimore
Arizona at Seattle -Seattle
St. Louis at San Francisco -St. Louis
Tennessee at San Diego - The Chargers
New England at NY Jets - Pats
Kansas City at Denver - Denver
Washington at Dallas - Skins
MON, SEP 18
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville - The Shaguars
kid_a
Sep 12 2006, 09:37 PM
Ah yeah I saw Roy Williams guarantee a victory. He said that they were so close to scoring 40 points when in fact they only scored six. Yeah thats pretty close.
LT will do you good Nando, hes the best player in the league and he runs, catches and throws so you know that he'll pad the stats. Did you take the Chargers D? you should have.
Nando.
Sep 12 2006, 09:57 PM
QUOTE(kid a @ Sep 12 2006, 10:37 PM)

Ah yeah I saw Roy Williams guarantee a victory. He said that they were so close to scoring 40 points when in fact they only scored six. Yeah thats pretty close.
LT will do you good Nando, hes the best player in the league and he runs, catches and throws so you know that he'll pad the stats. Did you take the Chargers D? you should have.
I got the steelers D.
In my league, you start 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 D.
I have Matt Hasselbeck, then LT and Willis McGahee (From? THE U), then Steve Smith, Javon Walker and Marty Booker. My TE is Jason Witten, Steelers D, and Nate Kaeding.
jrlm8
Sep 12 2006, 10:02 PM
Week 2
SUN, SEP 17
Carolina at Minnesota - Carolina
Buffalo at Miami - Miami
NY Giants at Philadelphia - Philly
New Orleans at Green Bay -New Orleans (Reggie Bush is God)
Houston at Indianapolis -Indy
Detroit at Chicago -Chicago
Cleveland at Cincinnati -Cincinnati
Tampa Bay at Atlanta -Atlanta
Oakland at Baltimore -Baltimore
Arizona at Seattle -Seattle
St. Louis at San Francisco -St. Louis
Tennessee at San Diego - The Chargers
New England at NY Jets - Jets
Kansas City at Denver - Denver
Washington at Dallas - Dallas
MON, SEP 18
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville - Pittsburgh
Joshinho
Sep 15 2006, 08:50 AM
If we the Vikes were playing at Carolina we'd lose. But in the Dome, we'll win I think.
Brad Johnson is 10x the quaterback that Dante is (which I always knew). I just hope Johnson stays healthy! <knock on wood>
Malu
Sep 15 2006, 09:12 AM
QUOTE(GALLO CALIENTE @ Sep 12 2006, 09:07 PM)

Laugh now Juan, Raiders will come back strong.
are you kidding me man. if they do, i'd be sooo suprised.
it almost looked like the Raiders were lost on the field.
Nando.
Sep 15 2006, 11:06 AM
QUOTE(Joshinho @ Sep 15 2006, 09:50 AM)

If we the Vikes were playing at Carolina we'd lose. But in the Dome, we'll win I think.
Brad Johnson is 10x the quaterback that Dante is (which I always knew). I just hope Johnson stays healthy! <knock on wood>
Daunte had one of the best season ever by a quarterback in '04, is one of the most accurate passers (in terms of completion percentage) in NFL history, he's been to several pro bowls. Things that Brad Johnson could never dream of.
Daunte was obviously caught in a bad situation there at the end in Minnesota, but that doesn't make him a bad quarterback. The guy has a cannon and is mobile. He had 1 poor season, and several great ones. People always say "He didn't have Randy Moss", well that's ridiculous. Look at the effect Moss had on Kerry Collins

. A great receiver helps alot, but it doesn't make a quarterback. That's like saying Montana and Young would've sucked if they didn't have Jerry Rice (better than Moss).
Joshinho
Sep 15 2006, 12:38 PM
QUOTE(Nando. @ Sep 15 2006, 11:06 AM)

Daunte had one of the best season ever by a quarterback in '04, is one of the most accurate passers (in terms of completion percentage) in NFL history, he's been to several pro bowls. Things that Brad Johnson could never dream of.
Daunte was obviously caught in a bad situation there at the end in Minnesota, but that doesn't make him a bad quarterback. The guy has a cannon and is mobile. He had 1 poor season, and several great ones. People always say "He didn't have Randy Moss", well that's ridiculous. Look at the effect Moss had on Kerry Collins

. A great receiver helps alot, but it doesn't make a quarterback. That's like saying Montana and Young would've sucked if they didn't have Jerry Rice (better than Moss).
Montana had good seasons with out Rice.
Obviously having a good WR is necessary to have a really good season as a QB. But you are only looking at stats Nando. When Dauntes primary is open and he has decent time in the pocket, yes, he is pretty good.
But, keep in mind, during his good seasons, MANY MANY MANY times it was just Daunte throwing it up and Moss jumping higher and grabbing the ball (regardless of pass accuracy). Also, Daunte OFTEN underthrew Moss, but Moss would still catch it because he was already SOOOO far ahead of his marker. Yes, a QB needs a good receiver, but with Moss, all Daunte had to do was get it in the general vicinity and Moss did the rest. Much like during Ronaldo's prime, just get him the ball, he'll do the rest. This was not passing accuracy, this was throwing the ball in the direction of Moss.
The worst part of Daunte is turn overs. If the pocket collapses, LOOK OUT. He is NOT GOOD under pressure. He is VERY POOR at checking his weakside....MANY a fumble could have been avoided by tucking the ball away rather than leaving it out in swatsville.
Even when he tucks it, he fumbles A LOT. He worked on that and got better, but it is still a weakness.
Daunte is NOT GOOD at reading defenses. If his primary is taken away, he is not very good at going to his secondary or tertiary.
Stats can be misleading, and in Dauntes case, they are VERY misleading. What was the Vikes' playoff record like under Daunte? CRAP. Regarding that, Mike Tice needs to shoulder a lot of blame as well....but the really good QB's win games.
Brad Johnson has a superbowl ring that he earned. Daunte hasn't even caught a whiff of the Superbowl.
Brad Johnson or Daunte? I'd choose Brad every time.
Joshinho
Sep 18 2006, 11:09 AM
Woot woot!
240 yds passing
140 rushing
The Vikings are playing football!
Didn't watch the game....bummer...it seems it was a cracker. Good win for the Vikes.
Childress for President.
Mike Tice
Greatness
Sep 18 2006, 12:56 PM
isn't this the smartest thing a coach could ever do...u have the best wide receiver in the nfl and in the middle of the first quarter towards the second he breaks his finger...but instead of talking about in public and taking him out of the game...u keep him in the game to draw double coverage from the defenders leaving other wide receivers wide open and giving them quality yards..thts what bill parcells did with T.O. throughout the whole second half...T.O. didnt even get a pass thrown to him...but because he was in the game...just his impact gave the cowboys the victory...cowboys rule
kid_a
Sep 18 2006, 08:52 PM
The Chargers completely killed the Titans yesterday. It was actually kinda hard to watch when it got to the 33-0 point, I mean you gotta feel bad for the Titans but dammit the Chargers defense is just too good. And so is the offense, the backup running back ran for 138 yards, the backup quarterback scored a rushing touchdown, they just have too many weapons. But in all fairness we havent exactly been playing the Steelers. The division is looking like a joke too with a Denver-Kansas City game ending at 9-6 and the Raiders still not scoring a touchdown.
Next week we get a bye which means that the Chargers will come in to week 4 having allowed seven points. Thats 2.3 points allowed per week. A lot of folks here in San Diego are jumping on the fanclub, its kinda hard to see that they're all for the Chargers now but were nowhere to be seen in 2000 when we went 1-15.
El Buitre
Sep 18 2006, 09:40 PM
My Saints are 2-0 baby, unbelievable! We did play 2 shit teams, but we are a totally different team from the last 3 or so years. We can convert 3rd downs and we commit a lot less penalties. Bush didnt have a spectacular game, but he was effective nonetheless. Brees got back on track towards the end of the game as did Deuce. I dont know if we can beat the Falcons at home next week, but we always give them a good game.
Nando, Daunte sucks it. He was a decent qb in Minnesota with Randy to throw to, but coming off of a season ending injury and surgery, I don't think he can cut it. He beats anything the Fins had in the last 5 years though.
SD looked good as well. LT is a beast of course, and he is giving Rivers time to mature by taking a lot of the pressure off of him.
Cant believe Carolina lost though. They are a good team but without the weapon that is Steve Smith, they arent getting it done. Their O line needs to play much better though. My hometown boy Jake Delhomme is not getting off to a great start though. I have a feeling they will pick it up in the weeks to come.
Nando.
Sep 19 2006, 12:50 AM
Fecking Fins.
I believe in Daunte. I find it hard to believe that a QB can put up the kind of numbers Daunte has in his career because of one guy. That seems like an extreme oversimplification to me. No quarterback is good without weapons, and no quarterback is good without protection. Right now, the Dolphins have weapons (did you see that catch by Chambers in the endzone?

) but no protection. Hudson Hauck worked a miracle last year when he managed to get a running game and to keep Gus Frerrote's jersey clean for the majority of the season with that group. However I was very skeptical about our two pickups this offseason, LJ Shelton and Bennie Anderson. Anderson was a mediocre player at Buffalo and Shelton is just a massive human with no quickness. Right now, they cant give Culpepper any time.
I also still think that the jury is out on Saban. I dont think that he's the elite NFL coach that many people make him out to be just yet. You don't achieve that status by NOT making the playoffs. It's much easier to take a 4-12 team to 9-7 than it is to take a 9-7 team to 11-5 and a playoff victory. Saban still has alot to prove. I mean, its not a good sign when he is theoretically a defensive back guru and he drafts what looks like one of the early busts of the draft in Jason Allen (didn't even play his senior season at Tenessee) and signed Will Allen as our stud free agent pickup. From what I saw of Will Allen on the Giants he was always on the highlight reel.. getting burnt by other teams' receivers.
0-2 is a major hole, but hopefully we can get out of it. Our O-line needs to get better.
At least I won this week in my fantasy league
kid_a
Sep 19 2006, 08:55 AM
What happened to the Steelers last night??
I was watching the Padres game so I completely zoned out until I flipped it to ESPN towards the end of the game and the score is 6-0. What the fuck?
If I'm not mistaken they started pretty awkwardly last year too so it probably isnt a big deal but they're still the defending champs. The worse thing about last night is that now the Jacksonville Jaguars think they're the best team in the league. Please.
Nando.
Sep 19 2006, 09:12 AM
Steelers should've started Chaz Batch. Roethlesberger didn't look good at all.
Joshinho
Sep 19 2006, 11:21 AM
Nando, you keep talking about Daunte's stats. But it doesn't seem like you watched him that much over the past years. The thing is, even with good protection, he can be very poor in the pocket. I've seen many times where he had AMPLE time, but either took the sack or fumbled. Why? either (a) he was too fixated on his primary receiver and failed to see an open receiver or (B.) he failed to get rid of the ball in time as a good QB would do to avoid the sack w/o grounding the ball.
Also, look at last season, we were very mediocre under Daunte...then he gets injured...Brad Johnson comes on, and INSTANLY we are doing better. Why is that? Johnson has better decistion making, reads defenses better and is a better leader.
I'm not saying Culpepper is the worst QB in the league....but he is not nearly as good as his stats would lead one to believe. Keep the faith all you want, but I've seen season after season of disappointment from Daunte. He is not a winner imo.
kid_a
Sep 19 2006, 11:48 AM
We seriously need to stop scratching ourselves with our nicely trimmed fingernails ladies because its obvious that there are huge conflicts of interest in determining which QB is actually better.
Nando, I dont know how much you've followed Daunte but its probably fair to assume that you started following him more so when he went to Miami. Thats cool though, I didnt even know who Keenan McCardell was until he came to San Diego and apparently hes been playing for like fifteen years!
Josh, you've always bashed everybody in the Minnesota Vikings organization because they constantly dissapoint you. I'd never seen you bash Brad Johnson before so your newfound fondness for the guy is welcomed and henceforth accepted.
The bottom line here is that neither the Dolphins nor the Vikings will make any impact this season because they'll probably both finish 8-8.
edit: and I hope we can agree that this clip was not only the highlight of the week but will probably be the highlight of the entire Browns season
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkiFcKi9EnoLook at him just fall straight on his back!
Nando.
Sep 19 2006, 11:57 AM
I actually watched Daunte quite a bit, especially when I got Sunday ticket a few years ago. I also went up to UCF a couple of times (I had a cousin there) and saw him play in college. The way I see it the guy has a cannon, is very mobile, and can be very accurate. I'm not forming an opinion based on stats, and I dont think that it's a controversial one. I wonder how many GM's in the league would take Daunte over Brad Johnson at this point. He was in a bad situation in Minnesota and needed to get out, just like many players before him have gotten into ugly situations and bounced back with a change of scenery.
Joshinho
Sep 19 2006, 12:14 PM
Fair enough, but my memories are predominantly:
- When he started, he was very mobile. His mobility decreased over the years...especially his rushing threat. He is difficult to tackle which helps him avoid some sacks, but he tends to hold the ball too long. He has very poor recognition of the pocket collapsing from his weak side.
- Arm: strong, but not always accurate. I remember many heroic catches from Moss, thieving the ball away from his marker.
- Indeed, in terms of the situation in Minnesota, there were some bad feelings....he felt let down by the team regarding the boat scandal. I've heard an interview with him, and it does seem that the team could have done a lot more to help him with that. That said, he should have never allowed that boat situation to take place.
But then after being injured (SERIOUSLY injured) he demanded contract negotiations (more money of course). This after Brad Johnson took the very same team and began winning more games than Daunte was winning. It was a stark contrast in my opinion.
Perhaps many GM's would choose Daunte over Brad Johnson...but I think it was clear that the Vikings administration preferred Brad Johnson after a direct comparison and I'm quite happy they did

Anyway, I personally like Daunte as a person. I think he's a good guy, stand up guy. He's a decent QB, but that's it in my opinion...decent. He certainly has the physical attributes and his arm is solid. I think it's primarily mental with him. I still think that Moss was a STRONG component of his successfulness, but indeed, you can't attribute all of that to Moss. I do think that part of his loss of form with the Vikings was that it seemed that somewhere along the lines his confidence has been shaken. Perhaps he can regain that.
Best of luck to him. I've always liked Miami, so I would like to see him be successful. I just don't think he will be much better than average..
Nando.
Sep 19 2006, 12:31 PM
Given the 'talents' we've had since Danny was forced out *snif* (take your pick: Damon Huard, Jay Fiedler, Ray Lucas, A.J. Feeley (worst trade in NFL history, by far), Gus Frerotte...Josh Heupel(?!), Cade McNown, Jim Druckenmiller, Brock Berlin, and the list goes on) you could understand why I'm a little excited at the possibility of seeing a QB like Daunte Culpepper
I did prefer the Drew Brees option though, but I dont know if there was too much bias in that. I've always had a soft spot for him since his boilermaker days.
Joshinho
Sep 19 2006, 12:44 PM
QUOTE(Nando. @ Sep 19 2006, 12:31 PM)

Given the 'talents' we've had since Danny was forced out *snif* (take your pick: Damon Huard, Jay Fiedler, Ray Lucas, A.J. Feeley (worst trade in NFL history, by far), Gus Frerotte...Josh Heupel(?!), Cade McNown, Jim Druckenmiller, Brock Berlin, and the list goes on) you could understand why I'm a little excited at the possibility of seeing a QB like Daunte Culpepper
I did prefer the Drew Brees option though, but I dont know if there was too much bias in that. I've always had a soft spot for him since his boilermaker days.
Erm, yeah, that is quite a list of talent!!!
Drew Brees never seemed to be able to adjust to the pro game. Great in college...but in the NFL...not so much. Disappoiting.
kid_a
Sep 19 2006, 01:17 PM
QUOTE(Joshinho @ Sep 19 2006, 10:44 AM)

Erm, yeah, that is quite a list of talent!!!
Drew Brees never seemed to be able to adjust to the pro game. Great in college...but in the NFL...not so much. Disappoiting.

Dissapointing?!?!?!
Well if you take into account only the last three years (two with the Chargers and two games with the Saints) hes actually not doing that bad.
Joshinho
Sep 19 2006, 01:51 PM
QUOTE(kid a @ Sep 19 2006, 01:17 PM)

Dissapointing?!?!?!
Well if you take into account only the last three years (two with the Chargers and two games with the Saints) hes actually not doing that bad.
That's true. He did catch a second wind after a shaky start....and shaky starts are hardly rare with QBs (Elway started his career with some very suspect performances). I still thought that he would be better though, based on how outstanding he was at Purdue. I thought he had the makings of an all time great to be honest.
Nando.
Sep 19 2006, 04:01 PM
QUOTE(Joshinho @ Sep 19 2006, 02:51 PM)

That's true. He did catch a second wind after a shaky start....and shaky starts are hardly rare with QBs (Elway started his career with some very suspect performances). I still thought that he would be better though, based on how outstanding he was at Purdue. I thought he had the makings of an all time great to be honest.
I always knew he never had the arm nor the size (he's too short) to be an all time great, but I thought that he would be an efficient NFL QB, which is what he is.
El Buitre
Sep 19 2006, 04:51 PM
Brees is not spectacular, but he gets the job done. He had like 350 yds this weekend and that was only b/c the run game never got going and he had to get us back in the game. He has been efficient thus far but I think he needs to improve a little more. You can still see that he is making a few throws too high.
He was in the Pro Bowl 2 years ago I believe though. So he can put up those numbers if need be, especially with Bush and Co. surrounding him.
Che10
Sep 19 2006, 07:20 PM
O god, I can't stand American football. Here in Dallas the front news story is nearly always dominated by the latest T.O. info or in some other way dedicated to the Cowboys. If you want to see a place that hasn't really progressed since the Alamo.. come on down to Texas.
Although I have to admit, the size and quality of youth soccer here is impressive.
El Buitre
Sep 19 2006, 08:24 PM
QUOTE(Che10 @ Sep 19 2006, 07:20 PM)

O god, I can't stand American football. Here in Dallas the front news story is nearly always dominated by the latest T.O. info or in some other way dedicated to the Cowboys. If you want to see a place that hasn't really progressed since the Alamo.. come on down to Texas.
Although I have to admit, the size and quality of youth soccer here is impressive.
I'd imagine the TO saga is neverending on all newspapers in the metroplex.
You are right about youth soccer up there, I grew up in Plano, and the whole area is one of the best places for the sport.
kid_a
Sep 19 2006, 09:28 PM
Right then, instead of creating a new topic I'm gonna add in the consequent weeks on this one so we can have one big, sexy nfl thread.
Week 3
SUN, SEP 24
Washington at Houston -Washington (Houston going 0-16 this season, everybody blames Mario Williams)
NY Jets at Buffalo -Jets
Green Bay at Detroit -Green Bay
Jacksonville at Indianapolis -Jacksonville
Chicago at Minnesota -Chicago
Tennessee at Miami -Miami
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh -Pitt
Carolina at Tampa Bay -Carolina
Baltimore at Cleveland -Cleveland
NY Giants at Seattle -Seattle
St. Louis at Arizona -The Cardinals
Philadelphia at San Francisco -Philly
Denver at New England -Pats
MON, SEP 25
Atlanta at New Orleans -Saints
· Bye: Dallas, Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego
As always the four highlighted ones are the important matches. No Charger game this week so its gonna be kinda boring.
Scousy
Sep 20 2006, 01:03 AM
Why do four teams have byes? Surely they could play each other
charon
Sep 20 2006, 01:13 AM
hey guys, its great to be back, i've changed my name from chelsea 4 life to charon, if any of you know your myth you will get the gist in the name change, any way.
big ben coming back so soon, i wouldn't have done that, batch is a quality backup, i dont know why cohwer would do that, but hey, it was a good game, but we need a plodder, not a speedster, parker is good, but we need a bettis too.
i've been very impressed with dree brees, hope i spelt that right, and even phillip rivers, although he really hasn't thrown alot of balls, i'm even more impressed with the eagles, i picked them to struggle again, but donavan has been great, and a great pick up in stalworth, even the seahawks got a great pickup in a trade to.
but the most impressive team so far, the ravens, i bet the titans are regreting that move,
and whats the deal with vick, everyone sezs that hes better then before, i still see him the same way, looking to run rather then throw, warrick dunn is having a couple of great games.
SUN, SEP 24
Washington at Houston -Washington
NY Jets at Buffalo -Jets
Green Bay at Detroit -Green Bay
Jacksonville at Indianapolis -indie
Chicago at Minnesota -vikes
Tennessee at Miami -Miami
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh -Pitt
Carolina at Tampa Bay -Carolina
Baltimore at Cleveland -ravens
NY Giants at Seattle -g - men
St. Louis at Arizona -The Cards
Philadelphia at San Francisco -Philly
Denver at New England -broncs
MON, SEP 25
Atlanta at New Orleans -Saints
Joshinho
Sep 20 2006, 09:15 AM
Kida,
The Vikes are difficult to beat in the Dome. If we were at Chicago, I think da Bears would win. In the dome, I say the Vikes. Especially on the tails of a confidence builder from last weekend!
El Buitre
Sep 20 2006, 11:02 AM
Week 3
SUN, SEP 24
Washington at Houston - Houston with the upset
NY Jets at Buffalo - Buffalo (good D up to this point)
Green Bay at Detroit - Detroit
Jacksonville at Indianapolis - Indy (tough at home)
Chicago at Minnesota - Chicago
Tennessee at Miami - Miami
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh - Cincinnati
Carolina at Tampa Bay - Carolina
Baltimore at Cleveland - Baltimore (Cleveland are one of the 3 worst teams)
NY Giants at Seattle - Seattle
St. Louis at Arizona - Arizona (close one)
Philadelphia at San Francisco - Philly
Denver at New England - New England (close one)
MON, SEP 25
Atlanta at New Orleans - My Saints always play the Falcs tough so with all the hoopla with the first game in NO, its got to be the Saints winning
kid_a
Sep 20 2006, 11:08 AM
QUOTE(Scousy @ Sep 19 2006, 11:03 PM)

Why do four teams have byes? Surely they could play each other

Because this way the NFL can stretch the season to seventeen weeks and make more money. Or actually I dont know, the byes made more sense when there was an odd number of teams in the NFL.
Josh: Both of Minnesota's wins have been nothing short of miraculous. Until they blow anybody away I'm not convinced they're that good.
Joshinho
Sep 21 2006, 09:51 AM
QUOTE(kid a @ Sep 20 2006, 11:08 AM)

Because this way the NFL can stretch the season to seventeen weeks and make more money. Or actually I dont know, the byes made more sense when there was an odd number of teams in the NFL.
Josh: Both of Minnesota's wins have been nothing short of miraculous. Until they blow anybody away I'm not convinced they're that good.
I'm not saying the Vikes are great or even that good. But they are good at home.
kid_a
Sep 21 2006, 11:11 AM
QUOTE(Joshinho @ Sep 21 2006, 07:51 AM)

I'm not saying the Vikes are great or even that good. But they are good at home.
Thats not good enough to pick em against the bears.
jrlm8
Sep 22 2006, 12:57 PM
SUN, SEP 24
Washington at Houston -Redskins
NY Jets at Buffalo -Jets
Green Bay at Detroit -Lions (who cares tho, both these teams suck)
*Jacksonville at Indianapolis -Colts*
*Chicago at Minnesota -Bears*
Tennessee at Miami -Dolphins
*Cincinnati at Pittsburgh -Bengals (Carson Palmer 5 tds)*
Carolina at Tampa Bay -Panthers
Baltimore at Cleveland -Ravens
NY Giants at Seattle -Seahawks
St. Louis at Arizona -The Cards
Philadelphia at San Francisco -Eagles
*Denver at New England -Pats*
MON, SEP 25
Atlanta at New Orleans -Atlanta (Reggie Bush is god, so he keeps it close, but the falcons are too good at running the ball to lose this)
bold wasn't working....
alot of good games this weekend.
Joshinho
Sep 22 2006, 01:11 PM
QUOTE(kid a @ Sep 21 2006, 11:11 AM)

Thats not good enough to pick em against the bears.
But it's good enough for the Vikings to beat da Bears in the meterodome.
kid_a
Sep 22 2006, 01:16 PM
QUOTE(Joshinho @ Sep 22 2006, 11:11 AM)

But it's good enough for the Vikings to beat da Bears in the meterodome.

But not enough to beat em in the
Metrodome ha! ha!
Its gonna be a good match Josh. Since theres no Charger game this week, d'you wanna make a sig bet? you'd only have to carry the Bears logo for a week with something like "aaaaargh we are the bears" or something. I'd have a viking or whatnot.
Joshinho
Sep 22 2006, 01:35 PM
QUOTE(kid a @ Sep 22 2006, 01:16 PM)

But not enough to beat em in the Metrodome ha! ha!
Its gonna be a good match Josh. Since theres no Charger game this week, d'you wanna make a sig bet? you'd only have to carry the Bears logo for a week with something like "aaaaargh we are the bears" or something. I'd have a viking or whatnot.
Sig bet it is. We have a wager.
Vikes to beat da bears in the maetereororordome.
Don-Fabio
Sep 23 2006, 12:26 PM
Hey .
I seek some movies-clips with Atlanta Falcons. (Specially from Morten Andersen

)
kid_a
Sep 23 2006, 02:48 PM
QUOTE(Don-Fabio @ Sep 23 2006, 10:26 AM)

Hey .
I seek some movies-clips with Atlanta Falcons. (Specially from Morten Andersen

)
merged, and heres the youtube search results for the atlanta falcons
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_quer...p;search=SearchBut there was nothing about the old dane dude.
jrlm8
Sep 24 2006, 03:45 PM
And let the trash talking begin. Tough break, Josh.
El Buitre
Sep 24 2006, 04:22 PM
Wow, Seattle up 21-0 over the Giants at the moment. Did not see that coming. It has been a landslide with all the momentum in Seattles favor.
As expected, good game in Minnesota. Not much to say as I didnt see it, only followed the stats online.
Indy made a nice comeback after getting smacked around for a quarter or more by the Jags.
kid_a
Sep 24 2006, 09:03 PM
The Giants should be 0-3 right now.
Anyways, heres your signature for the week Josh Josh.
Afellay
Sep 24 2006, 09:29 PM
lol i love it, the meteordome
Joshinho
Sep 25 2006, 10:29 AM
Congrats Kida. Most of the game I felt confident that the Vikes would win it. Until late 3rd Q & early 4th...Bears moving the ball well and we were having more trouble with their defense. Then we capitalize on that interception and I thought, YES, Kida eats it!
Then whammo, worst place to fumble the ball. Tough break indeed...though full credit to da bears' defense for penetrating and hurrying the handoff.
Still feeling good about the vikes though....what a night and day team this is compared to the Tice era!
Gritty wins against 2 good teams and nearly ground out another tough win. Good game.
....updating sig.
kid_a
Sep 26 2006, 12:15 AM
Thats a very good looking sig. You should keep it forever.
By the way I was gonna use the following sig had the vikes won (unless you had created a better one)


It was gonna say "the amazing changes in the Vikings helmet over the past 20 years"
ummmmmm......probably the best news in the week: football is back in New Orleans and the Saints won. I didnt watch any games but I hear there were some good ones. The Dolphins still havent won. Heres week four.
SUN, OCT 1
Indianapolis at NY Jets -Indy
New Orleans at Carolina -New Orleans
Minnesota at Buffalo -Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta -The Cardinals
San Diego at Baltimore -The Chargers
Miami at Houston -Miami
San Francisco at Kansas City -San Fran
Dallas at Tennessee -Dallas
Detroit at St. Louis -St. Louis
Jacksonville at Washington -Jacksonville
Cleveland at Oakland -Cleveland
New England at Cincinnati -New England
Seattle at Chicago -Chicago
MON, OCT 2
Green Bay at Philadelphia -Green Bay
· Bye: Denver, NY Giants, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay
This is so exciting! who will get their first win? Miami or Houston? Cleveland or Oakland?
who has the best defense? The Chargers or the Ravens? (the Chargers)
Nando.
Sep 26 2006, 12:33 AM
QUOTE(kid a @ Sep 26 2006, 01:15 AM)

Thats a very good looking sig. You should keep it forever.
By the way I was gonna use the following sig had the vikes won (unless you had created a better one)


It was gonna say "the amazing changes in the Vikings helmet over the past 20 years"
ummmmmm......probably the best news in the week: football is back in New Orleans and the Saints won. I didnt watch any games but I hear there were some good ones.
The Dolphins still havent won. Heres week four.
SUN, OCT 1
Indianapolis at NY Jets -Indy
New Orleans at Carolina -New Orleans
Minnesota at Buffalo -Buffalo
Arizona at Atlanta -The Cardinals
San Diego at Baltimore -The Chargers
Miami at Houston -Miami
San Francisco at Kansas City -San Fran
Dallas at Tennessee -Dallas
Detroit at St. Louis -St. Louis
Jacksonville at Washington -Jacksonville
Cleveland at Oakland -Cleveland
New England at Cincinnati -New England
Seattle at Chicago -Chicago
MON, OCT 2
Green Bay at Philadelphia -Green Bay
· Bye: Denver, NY Giants, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay
This is so exciting! who will get their first win? Miami or Houston? Cleveland or Oakland?
who has the best defense? The Chargers or the Ravens? (the Chargers)
Excuse me? Massive 13-10 win over the mighty Tennessee Titans thank you very much.
Despite the win, the Dolphins still look rusty. The main problem seems to be the offensive line. The thin I dont understand is why they broke up the unit that worked so well last year. Bennie Anderson was a bust in Buffalo, and LJ Shelton is just a really big guy, with questionable talent. I know Hudson Houck is a miracle worker, but this doesn't look good so far.
Last season Frerotte's jersey was clean after most games, and our rushing attack was awesome. Now Ronnie Brown cant' get a hole to save his life.
Also, that secondary is looking pretty suspect. Nick Saban is supposed to be a DB guru, yet he drafts Jason Allen. Great job on that one.
New Orleans looked REALLY good against the falcons.
By the way I like the old vikes helmet better.
     
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