v. 3.0 (beta) Recap

Cinci at New Orleans - WRONG
"After the mammoth scoring game Cinci and San Diego were in last week, I see points. I loaded up my fantasy team with as many Saints as I could. Yeah, I think the Saints will win."
I was wrong about the outcome, but there points. And Brees threw for over 500 yds. Big help to the fantasy squad, not enough to overcome Cinci's offense.

Buffalo at Houston - CORRECT
"Buffalo showed their potential last week... Go Buffalo."
And Buffalo did go. Closer than I might have guessed, so I will remember that, but da Bills were on the road. You know, I think this was a good pick on my part. Why thank you.

New England at Green Bay - CORRECT
"New England's slide ends this week."
I've also been saying that Green Bay is not that good a team this year. So many reasons to pick New England so I sure am glad I did.

Oakland at K.C. - CORRECT
"KC wins."
Again, a little closer than I would have guessed. But since I didn't guess about that, I can again claim overwhelming victory. Now I didn't know that Oakland's starting QB was returning from injury himself this game. So that's what made the difference. You like that excuse. You like I'm making it even though I actually got this one right? I may need to save excuses, so lets move on.

Atlanta at Baltimore - CORRECT
"Baltimore, at home, just too strong for an average NFC team. Besides, it looks like Vick and the Falcons have already hit the wall they hit every year when they go from super bowl to toilet bowl. Baltimore wins."
So how good am I? Nailed it.

Chicago at NY Jets - CORRECT
"I just can't fathom Chicago losing to the Jets."
Chicago couldn't fathom it either. I'm sure glad to have them on my side.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland - CORRECT
"Pittsburgh appears to have awoken (is that a word?) from their slumber... that will be plenty to take care of the pitiful Browns."
Played the game like they played the season up to now. Sucked early, looked like they couldn't beat the...the... well the Browns. Came on like the ex-champs, uh, I mean defending champs, and celebrated victorious triumph.

St. Louis at Carolina - CORRECT
"St. Louis travels to Carolina. I wonder if they will find the place? Are NFL teams required to give directions to the stadium to the opponents? ... St. Louis. Try winning. Not going to this week, though."
Forget the game predictions, all though they are almost all awesome. Lets start looking at the little things in my picks. Did St. Louis find the stadium? It appears not. At least their offense didn't make it. Perhaps they rounded up some tailgaters in the parking lot and threw uniforms on them. Hmmm, quarterback didn't make it. Hey, there's a guy eating a burger. Close enough. Just need to make that "R" an "L". Yeah. Mission accomplished.

Tennessee at Philly - WRONG
"Philly will win, enough about the game."
Little did I know that Philly's awesome star starting QB would go down with a season ending injury just after the game started. That kinda sucked for me. I am torn apart by the development and shocked that I have taken a loss in a game that I really should have won. Its like nothing can go right for me all of a sudden. Man, I am pissed. (I wonder how the Eagles feel about it?)

Wash at TB - CORRECT
"That should be enough. For Tampa. To win."
Whatever it was, it was enough. Tampa score 20. Won by three. At home. Against Washington. Who had a starting QB who was starting for the first time. Ever. I've seen more impressive offenses in World Cup soccer. But I got it right!!!!

Minnesota at Miami - CORRECT
"Oh, Miami wins because they are at home."
Miami was NEGATIVE in rushing yards. And not too impressive passing. Minnesota actually ran forward, but twice gave the ball to a grateful Miami defender in the fourth quarter. Each defender, in the spirit of the season, hogged the ball and ran for self glorification to the end zone for the elusive defender-scored touchdown. If you are keeping score at home, that's 14 points from the 'D' in the 4th Q, in a game that ended 24-20. Weak game. Excellent pick by me.

Seattle at San Francisco - wrong
"Seattle is muchly the better team and as such shall vanquish the 50 minus ones."
Maybe I am being to hard on my 49ers, the team I know so well. Maybe I keep guessing them to lose because I am afraid of appearing biased? I mean, seriously, Shaun Alexander is nowhere near ready to dominate and Hassleback is still out...what was I thinking? Gore is tops in the league in rushing yards. Alex Smith is a NUMBER ONE draft pick coming into his own. Honestly, the Niners have nowhere to go but up. I should be more careful. I'm sorry I doubted you, my 49ers.

Detroit and Arizona - WRONG
"I predict a tie."
Close. But close does not count. Oh it counts in horse shoes. And hand grenades. Half credit for knowing that Detroit WOULDN'T win? At least I know who is worser. Duly noted. Thank you Lions.

Indy at Dallas - wrong
#^#$@

San Diego at Denver - CORRECT
"In my humble opinion, I think San Diego is slightly better as a team than the Denvers. Usually, in closely matched games, the home boys get a nod towards victory. In hard fought intra-division rivalry games who is at home seems to matter a bit less. Even big upsets occur in some divisional games because of how familiar the teams are with each other. So being better, or at home should not be a factor in this game. If you have followed so far, I have predicted that neither team will win, or, either team CAN win. I should leave it at that and claim victory myself after its over, but I have saved energy and will delve a little deeper into this one for you, my faithful readers. San Diego will win because Philip Rivers is really coming on strong and looks like a top flight QB, he's got LaDanian Tomlinson on his team, and the SD defense is powerful; while Denver may have the strong D, and the running game, Jake Plummer is still Denver's QB."

Again, I leave you my entire pick reasoning to read again. I'm pretty good at this. The end comes down to Plummer with the last chance to win after Rivers and Tomlinson lead the Chargers to come from behind in dramatic fashion. And though San Diego appears to keep helping the Broncos at the end...Plummer finds a way to not win, throwing two yard passes with 98 yards to go, and to cap it off, fumbling on the last chance play.

New York Giants at Jacksonville - No Pick
Yeah. I never got around to a guest pick. I would have picked JAX, of course. Just look back at the last two weeks and you should be able to figure that out. But I didn't get it in in time.

So I'm 9 and 5 this week making me overall, 26 correct to 18 wrong. That's like 2/3 correct. Nearly. If you added half again as many wrong picks to my wrong picks it totals just more than my right picks, so that's why I say 2/3, almost. And it would be if I had gotten in my JAX pick. So its not only "almost" mathematically, but "almost" if-I-had-gotten-in-my-pick-ally, as well. Darn it.

Stay tuned for my "2/3 of the Season (or close to it since there can't actually be 2/3 of 16 games played) Report".

Plus my basketball re-preview report, my English Premier League "Game of the Year" Preview, Various Miscellaneous Rants, and then the post where I apologize for never getting around to all those other posts.

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