NFL Week 3 Recap

The week that was didn’t go as well as I thought it would had planned some 48 hours ago when I posted my picks post. Started off 1-0 but things pretty much went downhill once the early games started. Normally I never usually do this bad on picks, let alone get to the point where I want the week of NFL action to end. Then again I had this problem last year too. Why? Its the unpredictability of the NFL. Here’s the recap:

Kansas City 26, Philadelphia 16: Had the Chiefs winning. The Chiefs had a good gameplan going into the game with Andy Reid returning to the place he had coached for 13-14 years. Good game for Alex Smith, running game did enough and the Chiefs put up enough points to stagnate the Eagles cunning offense of Captain Chip Kelly at the helm. Did you watch on ESPN of Sal Palontonio trying to interview Reid after the game and Reid has the look of “Get the hell out of my way you piece of moldy chum, I’m winning” look. Let him enjoy the moment of beating his former team. 

Green Bay 30, Cincinnati 34: Had Green Bay winning. Well, as a Packer fan, I will have to say that there is no excuse for the way we handled ourselves after scoring 30 unanswered points to the Bengals at the jungle. Another year, another 1-2 start for the Packers. Luckily with the injuries we have, we have a bye week to recover and put a winning effort the rest of the way. 

Houston 9, Baltimore 30: Had the Texans winning. Well another game of where I guessed wrong, and rightfully so, the Ravens didn’t have a signature win to their resume of this season and what a better way to do it then to beat Ed Reed and to honor Ray Lewis then to put on a smashing show against the Texans. 

New York Giants 0, Carolina 38: Had the Giants winning. A huge pile of stinking, smelly crap is what I have to say for the Giants gameplan and execution during this game. First 0-3 start for the Gints since the 90’s and their worst loss in 40 years. Now the Giants were formed in the 1920’s so this is easily one of the worst losses in franchise history. The Panthers showed up and kicked their ass and my ass for picking the Giants in the first place. Forgive me Panthers fans?

Cleveland 31, Minnesota 27: Had Minnesota winning. Another rough loss to a former playoff team. The Vikings were favored to win by a touchdown and to lose to the Browns, one of the worst franchises in team sports, by 5 points is easily a huge upset. Fairly certain those who picked the Browns to win are like in some strip club getting it on. Bad week for the Browns ends up being a good win. 

Tampa Bay 3, New England 23: Had the Buccaneers winning. The Buccos quite frankly didn’t show up to the game and certainly you can blame it all on Josh Freeman for he hasn’t been the answer so far for the Bucs, but you also have to blame it on the head coach too. I seriously thought the Patriots would lax in this game but despite the whining and berating of Tom Brady, he made his receivers better and good enough to win a game to get to a surprising 3-0 start. 

Arizona 7, New Orleans 31: Had the Saints winning. One of the few wins that that I got right in the early slate of games. Had a bit of a scare when the Cardinals got 7 on the board but Brees, man he is one hell of a QB, 342 yards passing and took it to the Cards. Good win and the Saints are 3-0. 

Detroit 27, Washington 20: Had the Redskins winning. A similar scenario with a former playoff team getting beat and going 0-3 for the season. This time it was the Redskins. The Lions haven’t beaten the Redskins at Washington since FDR’s 3rd year as president in 1935. Redskins are in trouble, gotta think about getting Kirk Cousins some play time if the Skins want to salvage their season. Lions look good. 

Atlanta 23, Miami 27: Had the Falcons winning. The game itself was a real snore. Not because of the fact that the Falcons lost and I had picked them but it smelled funny to me. It was another game for the Falcons when they couldn’t do anything to close the game and end up getting a 1-2 record. Mrs. Tannehill is pleased with a 3-0 start. The 1972 Dolphins are shaking. 

Buffalo 20, New York Jets 27: Had the Bills winning. This game was a proving point for the Jets. It seemed like a game for the Jets to put the Sanchez era behind them and move on o happier days with Geno Smith as QB. Who thought the Jets were going to win this game huh? 

Indianapolis 27, San Francisco 7: Had the Niners winning. It wasn’t what I was expecting at all. I was hoping for a Luck-Kaepernick shootout to the very end. Luck did just enough to beat out Kap in the battle and the Colts held the QB to 150 yards passing, a feat that not even my Packers could do. 49ers are just another team in trouble. 

Jacksonville 17, Seattle 45: Had the Seahawks winning. The game itself was more of a guarantee than a prediction. Still have to give Jacksonville credit to put up more points than the 49ers did in a hostile environment which is Qwest Field is nothing to scoff at… well not exactly. 

Chicago 40, Pittsburgh 23: Had da Bears winning. The game was a stinker if you were a Steelers fan. 5 turnovers for the Steelers, who look like rusted steel more than anything. Bears get the win and move on. 

St. Louis 7, Dallas 31: Had Dallas winning. The only real time that the Cowboys do win is when they play a low-grade team like the Rams. Other than that its either a blowout by the other team or a close one where Tony Romo blows it sky high. A friend of mine said that Eli Manning is playing like Tony Romo and Tony Romo is playing like Eli Manning. Switching bodies or some sort of voodoo to me. 

San Diego 17, Tennessee 20: Picked the Titans to win. A proud moment for you Titans fans when Jake Locker marched down the field to give the Titans their 2nd victory of the year. That last drive was so great to watch. 

Oakland 21, Denver 37: Picked the Broncos to win. The Peyton Manning machine rolls on as this game ended just a short time ago. Manning notches three touchdowns and 374 yards passing to crush the Raiders at Mile High. If you’re a Raiders fan you do have to look at your team as not really a “super, awful team that would get beat by Alabama if given the chance” to a “meh, this team is average and can show signs of improving once you stop shooting yourselves in the foot in Plaxico Burress fashion” team. Terrelle Pryor can become a decent QB once he gets a decent offensive line. 

2013:
Week 1: 12-4
Week 2: 11-5
Week 3: 7-9 (yikes!)
Total: 30-18-0

2012:
164-90-2

NFL Week 1 Recap

Alright the first week of the NFL season has completed. It happened a few days ago on Monday night. It was an interesting week with more safeties than normal, like more than normal. Still did pretty well on this weeks picks and here’s how it all happen.

Baltimore 27, Denver 49: Had Denver winning. The Broncos got embarassed in the divisional game in last year’s playoffs, and boy did Peyton Manning not disappoint the fans, with not 1, not 2, definitely not 3, never mind 4, not 5, negatively 6, but 7, count it, 7 touchdown passes, the first time in 44 years, you’d have to look back into the late 1960’s to find something like that. Baltimore is definitely in trouble. Big trouble.

Green Bay 28, San Francisco 34: Had Green Bay winning. The Packers did not get embarrassed unlike the divisional game last year but they still let Kaepernick run all over the defense with 412 passing yards and 3 touchdowns. As much as its a game where people blame on the officials it still was a good test on how far as a team we can be if we can stay healthy. Losing to the defending NFC champs by 6 points is nothing to scoff at, at least to me. 

New England 23, Buffalo 21: Had New England winning. The game was definitely a lot closer than I was wanting it to be. That’s for sure, It seemed that the loss of Gronk and Hernandez has done quite a bit of damage in terms of the Patriots offense. How much Buffalo held the Pats by the throat is extroardinary. Still there is no such thing as an easy win in the NFL, of course unless you play the Jaguars. 

Seattle 12, Carolina 7: Had Seattle winning. Never expected this game to be a bit of a defensive battle, it might speak more for the Panthers defense than the Seahawks defense to hold Russell Wilson to one touchdown and 320 yards passing. The over/under was 44.5, just throwing that out there. 

Miami 23, Cleveland 10: Had Miami winning. Well Ryan Tannehill led the Dolphins to victory against the Browns. Kept Mrs. Tannehill happy. Good day for the Tannehill’s. Browns, meh, could be a long season who knows.

Vikings 24, Lions 34: Had Vikings winning. The Vikes couldn’t seal the deal with the Lions, a 4-12 team last season. Reggie Bush had a great game for the Lions and his effort helped the Motor City Kitties to victory. Sam Ponder isn’t a happy lady, I’m sure. 

Oakland 17, Indianapolis 21: Had Indianapolis winning. The Colts, boy those Colts nearly walked away in defeat against what was thought to be a piss-poor Raiders team, but Terrell Pryor kept the Raidas in the game and nearly gave his team a 1-0 record against a former playoff team.

Kansas City 28, Jacksonville 2: Had KC winning. Jaguars as I had feared did put up points in this game, unfortunately it just wasn’t enough to call victory against Andy Reid’s Chiefs. Not much else to say, I didn’t get the game so I can’t complain much. 

Atlanta 17, New Orleans 23: Had New Orleans winning. The return of Sean Payton as the Saints head coach was felt all around, and his QB, Drew Brees, put up monster numbers against the former NFC South division champs. Thought it was going to be a shootout. 

Tampa Bay 17, New York Jets 18: Had Tampa Bay winning. Hugest shock of the weekend, which is surprising. The Geno Smith bandwagon is starting to get a bit bigger, maybe there was 1 person on the bandwagon before, but now its like 200 or so after the game was done. Jets might do alright this season. 

Tennessee 16, Pittsburgh 9: Had Steelers winning. The Steel City was in shock after this one. It felt like such an odd game, it started off with the Titans gaffing the kickoff which ended up being a safety. After that it was much more stranger. Pittsburgh was favored by -6. Huge upset. 

Arizona 24, St. Louis 27: Had the Rams winning. The Rams escaped with a win while being the second late game on the afternoon. This game was an interesting one indeed. To let the Cardinals get 24 points has to say something for the Rams defense in this one. Somehow. 

New York Giants 31, Dallas 36: Had the G-Men winning. The Cowboys played like the Giants of old, and the Giants played like the Cowboys of old. Two different teams on one field. The Giants gave up 6 turnovers and still almost walked away with a win in this one. The Giants bandwagon has to be certainly losing some fans. Giants definitely have to regroup after this one, for sure. 

Cincinnati 21, Chicago 24: Had Chicago winning. Boy this was a pretty good game. The upset special was that I picked the Bears to win it. Marc Trestman proved me right and got the victory. Us MSUM alums must have the right state of mind. 

Philadelphia 33, Washington 27: Had the Redskins winning. The game was a tale of two teams. One was trying to stay at the top, and one that was trying to get to the top. Chip Kelly’s debut with his high-powered offense did not disappoint in this one. Redskins were looking the other way as Michael Vick captained the ship. Pretty nuts to see how well the Eagles can do this season. 

Houston 31, San Diego 28: Had Houston winning. Oh boy this game was going to be an awful game if you were a Texans fan. Unfortunately for the Chargers, a new head coach, new frame of mind, does not equal a new, different team. Choking kind of team. 

2013:
Week 1: 12-4
2012:
164-90-2

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Thursday Night Football:

New York Jets @ New England: Patriots. Despite last weeks narrow win, I still like the Patriots in this one. Fortunately for the Jets defense, the Patriots are down by a few receivers, so i still expect a Patriots win over their divisional rivals.  

NFL Week 13 recap

Well the week is in the books (almost in the books as I’m doing this column while the Giants/Redskins game is going on). Definitely quite the interesting week. Some surprises, some not too big of surprises, some overtime games (which are more exciting than anything you could ever come up with), so here’s the recap:

New Orleans 13, Atlanta 23: Had Atlanta winning. The game itself didn’t answer a lot of questions to me. Not so much with the Saints (they’re out of the playoffs, bar none) but with the Falcons. Certainly the Falcons defense stepped up to the plate and made plays to win it but the Falcons offense left more questions than answers. With all the plays that the defense made for them, certainly the offense would’ve made this game out of reach than it should’ve. I just don’t know about the Falcons. 

Minnesota 14, Green Bay 23: Had Packers winning. The game itself was a solid one. Rodgers was good, the running game got back to decency. I still believe that our running game  needs to get better if we want to be a playoff team to win a Super Bowl. For the Vikings they’re looking more out of the playoff picture each game. Their schedule doesn’t get much easier either. Hosting the Bears and Packers at the Metrodome, plus the Texans, I’ll rest my case.

Jacksonville 18, Buffalo 34: Had Buffalo winning. The Bills got a solid win, a huge win at home. Then again wait… against Jacksonville… right. Well the Chad Henne honeymoon would end sooner or later. 

Seattle 23, Chicago 17: Had Chicago winning. Impressive game of the week. Russell Wilson impressed me quite a bit. Enough to get a road win in a hostile environment in Soldier Field has to be noteworthy right? Bears are crumbling.

Indianapolis 35, Detroit 33: Had the Colts winning. The Andrew Luck train keeps on rolling. Easily the best game of the Sunday slate, certainly Luck’s completion percentage is in question (24 for 54 is 44% if you do the math). A win is a win. The Colts are unified. Lions… I don’t know what to say, need to take a breath and focus on the draft. 

Carolina 21, Kansas City 27: Had Carolina winning. Speaking of unified how about the Chiefs in this one. Certainly I felt this game should’ve been moved to Monday to give those in mourn some time to mourn but the Chiefs played hard, so did Carolina. Still a sad story for the Chiefs. Life is too short. 

New England 23, Miami 16: Had New England winning. What else to say about this one. This was a close game for both teams. Tom Brady played well enough to get the win, Ryan Tannehill didn’t. How about Stephan Gostkowski? 

Arizona 6, New York Jets 7: Had Arizona winning. Yep you’re looking at the score right. I know what you’re thinking. This is a baseball score, but it is sadly a football score. When I made this pick certainly I thought Rex Ryan would keep Mark Sanchez in the entire game but to put Greg McElroy in was easily the best move he has made all season. Seriously. After that, the Jets schedule looks like this: On the road at Jacksonville and Tennessee, at home against San Diego, and to finish the season at Buffalo so certainly the Jets can win at least 3 of 4 of those games to finish at 8-8. 

San Francisco 13, St. Louis 16: Had San Francisco winning. Well somehow or another the honeymoon with Kaepernick would end and it was against the Rams. Somehow or another the Rams always have the Niners number. Seattle is creeping up on the Niners so I feel Jim Harbaugh will go back to Alex Smith. 

Tampa Bay 23, Denver 31: Had Broncos winning. The game lived up to a good billing. The game featured some playoff hopefuls, one that was looking to win the division, while one was looking to stay alive in the wild card race. Tampa I believe is a playoff worthy team but they need some help getting a wild card.

Pittsburgh 23, Baltimore 20: Had Baltimore winning. Shocker in this one. The Ravens were a head by 7 into the 4th quarter, gotta go with the closer in Ray Rice running the ball and chew the clock, but nope. Steelers playoff hopes are still on life support.

Cleveland 20, Oakland 17: Had Brownies winning. The Browns were the better team of the two in this one. Crappy matchup, crappy game. Browns win. Not much else to say other than that the Browns have better draft status than the Raiders. Which doesn’t say much.

Philadelphia 33, Dallas 38: Had Dallas winning. The game I will admit turned out to be better than I thought it was. With good reason. Eagles got some pieces to rebuild around but they aren’t a train wreck.

Cincinnati 20, San Diego 13: Had Bengals winning. The game was a decent one. Solid win for the Bengals. Andy Dalton didn’t have the best game of his career by any stretch of the imagination but a win is a win. Right?

Houston 24, Tennessee 10: Had Houston winning. Houston hasn’t let me down at all this season. Best team of that division, Indianapolis are good, but Jacksonville and Tennessee are not even worthy to mention. 

New York Giants 16, Washington 17: Had New York winning. The game just got done as of 10:45 p.m., Eli Manning played well but the defense didn’t step up to take the win. As for RGIII he gets getting better and better. How about that play with the toss to Josh Morgan for the touchdown. Great win for a player that could be a star in this league for a long time. 

Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 7-9
Week 3: 7-9
Week 4: 11-3-1
Week 5: 8-6
Week 6: 4-10
Week 7: 11-2
Week 8: 11-3
Week 9: 10-4
Week 10: 9-4-1
Week 11: 12-2
Week 12: 14-2
Week 13: 10-6

Overall 125-65-2

NFL Week 12 Recap

Week 12 is in the books and it will definitely go down as one of the best weeks I’ve had for a long time since I started making picks on NFL games. Seriously you don’t get as much lucky than I did. Certainly you can’t be totally perfect but if you kept up with what my picks were in the previous post you certainly have an idea of what a mind I have. Had too much food on Thursday, but then again who wouldn’t? Here’s the recap:

Houston 34, Detroit 31 (OT/F): Had Houston winning. This game was easily the best game of the Thanksgiving slate. Both teams played hard and well, Detroit looked good for most of the game and then Schaub went down the field and somehow or another took this game into overtime. This game goes down as the Jim Schwartz gaffe on the challenge flag on the Foster touchdown. Bad rule but of course it always somehow comes to haunt the Lions in critical games. Lions playoff chances are toast.

Washington 38, Dallas 31: Had Redskins winning. The Cowboys (or Cowpies if you’re a non-Cowboys fan) were awful, RGIII let that supposedly good defense walk over them harder than Nancy Sinatra wearing golf cleats, not boots.

New England 49, New York Jets 19: Had Patriots winning. There are two kind of teams in this world: one that is spelled out J-E-T-S, and those who are not. New York Jets preferably. I thought the Patriots would win this game but by 30 I didn’t even comprehend. Jets quit and their playoff chances are pretty much in the garbage.

Minnesota 10, Chicago 28: Had Chicago winning. Bears got back to form in this one since Jay Cutler got back after getting a concussion against the Texans a couple of weeks ago. For the Vikings they didn’t do good. At all. Samantha Steele deserves better Christian… just saying.

Oakland 10, Cincinnati 34: Had Cincinnati winning. The Carson Palmer reunion went pretty bad for his Raiders. Since Pittsburgh is going downhill its time for the Bengals to gain some ground and they did just that in this one. Easy win.

Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 20: Had the Brownies winning. This game was a bit of a stretch in this one. Certainly I thought Pittsburgh would win this one but I felt that with a Charlie Batch in the pocket, the Browns had a chance to win. Lot of guts in that pick… really.

Buffalo 13, Indianapolis 20: Had Colts winning. Pretty cool seeing the Colts cheerleaders shaving their hair for the head coach Chuck Pagano, other than that the  Colts are a pretty good surprise team. Good win.

Tennessee 19, Jacksonville 24: Had Jacksonville winning. The toilet bowl of the AFC South was actually kind of a good game, I suppose. Chad Henne gets the win, not much else to say.

Denver 17, Kansas City 9: Had Denver winning. The Chiefs had a lead into the 1st 30 minutes of the game and then Peyton Manning woke the Broncos up and defeated the Chiefs soundly.

Seattle 21, Miami Dolphins 24: Had Miami winning. Seahawks made the longest trip of their season to Miami. Best part in the game was the grounds malfunction with the sprinklers going off. Only problem with it was if it was in September and 90 degrees it would actually feel good, not in the middle of November.

Atlanta 24, Tampa Bay 23: Had Buccaneers winning. Only bad pick in the early and late slate and it was only off by a point. Atlanta played hard, Tampa played hard, can’t ask for much more than that.

Baltimore 16, San Diego 13 (OT/F): Had Baltimore winning. This game was defined by two numbers 4 and 29. The Chargers had the game in the bag 13-10 with a few minutes left in the 4th Quarter, then on 4th down and 29, their defense choked on what would easily be a tough thing to get a first down. But the Chargers failed and they deserved to lose this game.

St. Louis 31, Arizona 17: Had St. Louis winning. The game wasn’t in my market but judging from the scoring updates and how bad the game was, St. Louis had this one in the bag.

San Francisco 31, New Orleans 21: Had the 49ers winning. The game was a good one. A great one actually. The Niners and Saints should play more. Colin Kaepernick had a good start and torched the Saints defense. Obviously I was in support to Alex Smith but obviously I was wrong in Kaepernick’s abilities in this one.

Green Bay 10, New York Giants 38: Had Green Bay winning. Well this one kicked me in the nuts literally, not physically. Packers didn’t play well to win, and the Giants deserved to win and give us a black eye. Time to lick our wounds and hope Clay Matthews and at least Greg Jennings will be back to face the Vikings or that one will be a long game to watch as well.

Carolina 30, Philadelphia 22: Had Carolina winning. The game finished up a while ago and I was definitely impressed with Cam Newton stepping up to get himself out of his sophomore slump. As long as he is quarterback he will give the Panthers chances to win. Eagles just need to start over and rebuild.

Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 7-9
Week 3: 7-9
Week 4: 11-3-1
Week 5: 8-6
Week 6: 4-10
Week 7: 11-2
Week 8: 11-3
Week 9: 10-4
Week 10: 9-4-1
Week 11: 12-2
Week 12: 14-2

Overall: 115-59-2

NFL Week 11 recap

Week 11 of 17 is in the books with a bit more entertaining results than last week. Some tight games, fewer blowouts, some OT games, all that like. Thanksgiving Day starts Week 12 and it will start the whole playoff talk even though I mentioned about playoffs a few weeks ago. It isn’t usually until Thanksgiving when the playoff talk starts to heat up. Here’s the recap:

Miami 14, Buffalo 19: Had Miami winning. The game was on my birthday (November 15th) and it was a tight contest in the 4th quarter. Both teams are 4-6 right now in a tighter division then quite a few people had thought (including me). Despite the loss I still had a good birthday. 🙂

Green Bay 24, Detroit 20: Had Green Bay winning. A tighter game for the Packers against a very struggling Lions team that was looking to get back into the postseason. It certainly almost happened when Mason Crosby missed 2 of 3 field goals that were definitely make able field goals. Ugly win but even ugly wins are better than good losses I suppose… right?

Arizona 19, Atlanta 23: Had the Falcons winning. Matty Ice lived up to its second meaning in this one. Seriously Matt Ryan was cold as a Foreigner tribute band singing  “Cold As Ice.” Not 1, not 2, certainly not 3, not even 4 but 5 interceptions for Matt Ryan. They didn’t deserve to win it but the Falcons seriously should be looking at themselves in the face after this one. Cardinals almost pulled off a great upset.

Tampa Bay 27, Carolina 21 (OT/F): Had Buccaneers winning. Really one of the great games of the weekend. Doug Martin had another great game to further solidify his offensive rookie of the year stock. Cam Newton had this one in the bag really…

Cleveland 20, Dallas 23 (OT/F): Had Cowboys winning. Had another bad feeling in my gut with this one and this was merely evident in the game if you watched it. Cleveland seriously should’ve won this game because the Cowboys stunk it up.

Cincinnati 28, Kansas City: Had Cincy winning. This game was purely awful. This game was the NFL team in the Cincinnati Bengals and the Division 1 FBS Kansas City Chiefs. Purely awful.

New York Jets 27, St. Louis 13: Had New York winning. Here’s a theory I would like to propose to you: if you put the Jets and a great team on the same field, the Jets lose. Now if you put this same Jets team with a bad team (like the Rams) and the Jets win big. The Jets have a bigger split personality than Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Maybe worse. I’ll leave that up to you.

Philadelphia 6, Washington 31: Had Redskins winning. I rested my case on Wednesday on who would win in a battle with Nick Foles and Robert Griffin III and I proved you right, Eagles sucked harder than The Love Guru (seriously Mike Myers, I’m sorry I still think you’re an awesome Canadian). RGIII had one of the best games you could ever ask for in a quarterback. To say that the Redskins would be at 4-6 at this point would be a great season for them.

New Orleans 38, Oakland 17: Had New Orleans winning. Saints are getting hot and to say that they will make the postseason is a bit of a stretch. What’s sad in this game was that Carson Palmer threw for more yards passing than Drew Brees and still lost.

Jacksonville 37, Houston 43: Had Houston winning. Another one of those surprise games that the team that’s supposed to win by a lot had to find a way to win… in overtime when that particular team should’ve lost. Yep that’s the Texans. Chad Henne woke up that lummox in the Jaguars offense and made the Texans say “say what?”

Indianapolis 24, New England 59: Had Colts winning. Well this game looked pretty entertaining in the first half, then Andrew Luck did too much for his team and then choked badly. I’m sorry Patriots.

San Diego 23, Denver 30: Had Denver winning. The game didn’t look that good to me but it actually was good. I hate it but I like it when I’m wrong. It actually was a good game.

Baltimore 13, Pittsburgh 10: Had Ravens winning. A defensive battle that ended up like any Ravens-Steelers game in the past. Gritty, hard-nosed defense that was a bloodbath. Ravens sneak away with a win and control their own destiny in the AFC North.

Chicago 7, San Francisco 32: Had San Francisco winning. The thoughts before I picked this game was that Jay Cutler and Alex Smith would be back and I didn’t get that wish. 49ers defense is seriously better than the Bears. Bears starting to go on their annual skid this time of the season. Of course Jay Cutler is the reason, poor soul.

Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 7-9
Week 3: 7-9
Week 4: 11-3-1
Week 5: 8-6
Week 6: 4-10
Week 7: 11-2
Week 8: 11-3
Week 9: 10-4
Week 10: 9-4-1
Week 11: 12-2

Overall 101-57-2

NFL Week 10 Recap

Week 10 is in the books finally. It was a great week. Sarcasm by the way. None of these games looked appetizing from the beginning. There were some close games but mostly down right awful football. More blowouts. Here’s the recap:

Indianapolis 27, Jacksonville 10: Had Indy winning. I figured that the Colts would win this even if pigs fly. Jaguars are a wreck. Not much else to say.

Oakland 20, Baltimore 55: Had Ravens winning. Well there’s always a reason not to pick the Raiders in games like this. They usually do awful. I mean even true Raiders fans would agree with me. Ravens don’t get the righteous slap of shame from me for not winning this game. Trust me you don’t want the righteous slap of shame.

Denver 36, Carolina 14: Had Denver winning. The Broncos would have a great game for Peyton Manning. The guy is quickly garnering MVP votes, certainly deservedly but also Comeback Player of the Year too. Panthers actually lose a game when I don’t pick them. Finally something right.

New York Giants 13, Cincinnati 31: Had Giants winning. The big surprise this week was more than likely this one. The Giants stunk up more than Madonna’s version of “American Pie.” Andy Dalton had a great game with not 1, not 2, certainly not 3, but 4 touchdown passes. Pow.

Tennessee 37, Miami 3: Had Dolphins winning. The fish slapped me silly in this one. Seriously! When I believe in you, you certainly have to believe that you can win. Nope! Miami had to lay a bigger egg than John Cena’s second act as an actor. A friend of mine hates the guy.

Detroit 24, Minnesota 34: Had Detroit winning. The Lions looked like crap for 3 quarters in this one. They showed up in the 4th quarter but sadly they forgot to play the rest of the game. Well I was mistakenly wrong in this one as I have not heard whether if Samantha Steele (the girl who works for College GameDay for ESPN, who’s also a 12 out of 10, sexy eyes and smile)  would end the relationship with Christian Ponder. Ponder’s job is safe for now, not just being the quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings but as being the man who gets to date Samantha Steele. The guy has my respect but if he hurts her in anyway, Samantha I will be always there for you, I will be the guy that will write to you in rhyming sentences, with AP style writing (that’s a turn on), and many other things with you. Okay now I’m blushing.

Buffalo 31, New England 37: Had Patriots winning. The game was a lot more closer than I thought it would be. Patriots defense is now coming into question but hey as long as Tom Brady is the quarterback, he’ll be there.

Atlanta 27, New Orleans 31: Had Atlanta winning. The Falcons finally lose their first game of the season in this game. Closest game in the whole slate of games on Sunday as well. I didn’t feel that the “Dirty Birds” would go undefeated despite all the talk. This team has the chance to go 15-1 but 14-2 is more likely.

San Diego 24, Tampa Bay 34: Had Tampa Bay winning. The Buccaneers had a solid game in this one, so did the Chargers, just unfortunately the Chargers let a pick 6 go against them. The Buccaneers are getting hot. Like Christie Brinkley in National Lampoon’s Vacation hot.

New York Jets 7, Seattle 28: Had Seahawks winning. The Jets struggles continue to mount for this team. Only score in this one for the Jets was a fumble return for a touchdown, after that this one was all Seattle.

Dallas 38, Philadelphia 23: Had Dallas winning. When I was thinking who was going to win this one I thought the Cowboys would win it, and apparently they didn’t let me down. Just unfortunately I thought this game would be a turnover festival. Michael Vick got a concussion in the game and that was pretty much a death blow for the Eagles.

St. Louis 24, San Francisco 24 (OT/F): Had San Francisco winning. This game was horrible, thank god it wasn’t on in my market. Seriously some of those players didn’t know games could end in a tie. Even me, a loner, knew that ties can occur in NFL games. If you can’t win for 4 quarters and for 15 minutes in overtime you don’t deserve to get another chance to win a game. Ridiculous.

Houston 13, Chicago 6: Had Texans winning. The Texans played better despite being the “indoor team” in this game. The game was overall a slug fest with two titans on defense. The turnover nightmare of the Bears came back to haunt them in this one. Got lucky in picking this one.

Kansas City 13, Pittsburgh 16 (OT): Had Pittsburgh winning. The game was more closer than I thought it would be. The Chiefs can be relieved that they got a lead in this game. Yet somehow people should still look down on them. The Chiefs held a 10 point lead for at least 20 minutes in the first half. Big Ben got injured, Byron Leftwich comes in relief and wins it for the Steelers.

Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 7-9
Week 3: 7-9
Week 4: 11-3-1
Week 5: 8-6
Week 6: 4-10
Week 7: 11-2
Week 8: 11-3
Week 9: 10-4
Week 10: 9-4-1

Overall: 89-55-2

NFL Week 9 Recap

Well its been two weeks since I did a recap for a NFL week but here it is. This week passes the midway point in the season. From then on in there will be playoff implications. Should be interesting season from here on out. Here is the recap:

Kansas City 13, San Diego 31: Had San Diego winning. Figured that the Chargers would win this one. Chiefs as a team are terrible and their fans are hiding in caves. Ehh…

Arizona 17, Green Bay 31: Had Packers winning. Aaron Rodgers had another great game to give this team their 4th straight win. Arizona is still a work in progress, and John Skelton is not the answer. Sorry Cardinals…

Baltimore 25, Cleveland 15: Had Ravens winning. The Browns are still a work in progress and the Ravens were really the better team in this game. Ravens had to win this or they’d be a laughing stock in the AFC. 

Buffalo 9, Houston 21: Had Houston winning. A solid win for the Texans. Can’t really say much else from this game. The Texans play a big game Sunday night against the Bears a team that has the same record, and have been beat by the same team, the Packers.

Miami 20, Indianapolis 23: Had Miami winning. Well I didn’t really factor in Andrew Luck having a career game. Anyone hear about Terry Bradshaw saying Reggie Bush was running like “he was running for a bucket of chicken” like WTF Bradshaw. Bush could make fun of your bald spots so hard you would revert to your 1973 poor QB play. Seriously haha.

Detroit 31, Jacksonville 14: Had Jags winning. The whole idea of picking the Jaguars was a decent shot for a crappy team. But you win some you lose some. Lions are good again. *There I said it*

Carolina 21, Washington 13: Had Redskins winning. Well it seemed like a game for Cam Newton to strike back at critics and they proved it. RGIII is well… RGIII. I don’t get the Panthers, do you?

Tampa Bay 42, Oakland 32: Had the Bucs winning. The Buccaneers had another great day for Doug Martin. Seriously if you don’t know about this guy, just ask Vikings fans. They will tell you about it. 

Minnesota 20, Seattle 30: Had Seattle winning. The Seahawks QB Russell Wilson continues to have a good rookie year. Unfortunately this team can only play so well at home they have to play on the road and win on the road to get to a playoff spot. As for the Vikings, Ponder continues to struggle. i don’t believe that Samantha Steele is the problem, she just needs to get with me, I’m not a QB but I believe that she and me are the peanut butter and bread that will go together? Don’t believe me? Okay it probably won’t happen anyway. 

Pittsburgh 24, New York Giants 20: Had the Giants winning. This game lived up to its billing. Just unfortunately for the Giants they blew a 10 point lead in the 4th Quarter. Not sure if this is really a hiccup for the Giants or something that could turn into bad for the Giants but they’re still the champs right? 

Denver 31, Cincinnati 23: Had Denver winning. The game was also a good game seriously. I didn’t think that the Bengals would keep up with the Peyton Manning Broncos. Tightly close matchup. Bengals are still good team. 

Chicago 51, Tennessee 20: Had the Bears winning. The Bears certainly didn’t let me down in this one. The only good thing to mention in this one for the Titans is that safety. The Bears defense is number 1 in the league. Absolutely devastating, dangerous team… THE PACKERS STILL BEAT THEM HANDILY! 

Dallas 13, Atlanta 19: Had Falcons winning. The game was also pretty tight. The Cowboys despite having this much talent find ways to lose. The Falcons just keep on winning. Shocking!

Philadelphia 13, New Orleans 28: Had Saints winning. I actually was nervous about this matchup. I thought the Vick machine would run the Saints defense over like a Monster Truck destroying a Land Rover. Never thought the Eagles would lay another egg in this one. Who Dat Saints? 

Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 7-9
Week 3: 7-9
Week 4: 11-3-1
Week 5: 8-6
Week 6: 4-10
Week 7: 11-2
Week 8: 11-3
Week 9: 10-4

Overall: 80-51-1

NFL Week 7 Recap

Hello and good evening to you all. Another post as the week that was for week 7 of the NFL regular season is finished. Yes I did have a better week in picking games this week than last week (4-10 for those who are new to my column blog, welcome by the way!). 11-2 in 13 games for week 7. 6 teams had a bye week. In terms it was a pretty good week for me. So here we go:

Seattle 6, San Francisco 13: Had the Niners winning. The game was a close, defensive contest for the most part. The Niners got a safety but Jim Harbaugh decided to keep it a 7 point game to keep the spread at 7. Good move I suppose. Alex Smith might not be the QB that can get the job done right in the Bay City but he’s better than anyone else there.

Tennessee 35, Buffalo 34: Had the Bills winning. Somehow or another this pick sounded logical towards the end of the game. The Bills had a 6-point lead then the Bills fail and score on a late touchdown pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Yes he’s still in the league, I’m sure you’re shocked too… right?). Very good scoring contest.

Dallas 19, Carolina 14: Had Dallas winning. The Cowboys had an alright game. Tony Romo played well enough to get a win. Big story for this game was Cam Newton getting criticism by a lot of people. My take is that his team has a lot of running backs USE THEM! Take the pressure off Cam Newton, he isn’t Superman. The Panthers pride themselves on their running game. Its like that scene in Scary Movie 4 when Charlie Sheen’s character eats too many Viagra pills thus causing his penis to grow the size of a whale’s penis, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT MOMENT TO PLEASE EVERY WOMAN YOU SEE! Okay maybe that wasn’t a good example but you should get that pop culture reference.

Baltimore 13, Houston 43: Had Texans winning. The game was awful to watch if you were a Ravens fan. It was sad to see no Ray Lewis on the field. I mean Terrell Suggs was in the game but it was the Texans game to lose and they showed up to play after a bad performance against the Packers. 

Cleveland 13, Indianapolis 17: Had Indy winning. The Colts had an alright game, Weeden had a good game with 2 touchdown passes and 0 interceptions (yep you heard it here 0 int’s!). Andrew Luck ran in for 2 scores. Maybe he could be a runner as well as a passer. 

Arizona 14, Minnesota 21: Had the Vikings winning. A pretty tight game. If you had Adrian Peterson on your fantasy team he had a great day. 153 rushing yards for a 1 touchdown. Skelton got roughed up quite a bit didn’t he…

Washington 23, New York Giants 27: had the G-men winning. A lot of people had the Redskins winning in this one based on the fact that the Redskins owned the season series last season. The Giants had Victor Cruz to a winning score in the 4th quarter. Did the salsa dance… should be on Dancing With The Stars when his career is over! He’d take down Emmitt Smith and Donald Driver by a landslide. 

Green Bay 30, St. Louis 20: Had the Packers winning. The Packers had a solid game for them going on in their 3rd straight road game. The game was a great one for Aaron Rodgers who looked to be back on track to the Aaron Rodgers we should know. St. Louis is still a good team but they’re a long ways from getting back to a playoff team.

New Orleans 35, Tampa Bay 28: Had New Orleans winning. The Saints only won this game because of Drew Brees. Their defense has to be one of the worst in the league. I mean its awful, awful, awful. Okay I’m done.

New York Jets 26, New England 29 (OT): Had New England winning. The game was supposed to be in favor of the Patriots by 10 1/2 points. The Patriots problems are starting to surface and it can’t be all Tom Brady’s fault. The defense should be better than this. I mean the Patriots, like the Packers spent a lot of draft picks on defense to repair the defense but somehow the Pats win this one close.

Jacksonville 23, Oakland 26 (OT): Had the Jaguars winning. The Jaguars pick seemed to me like a good idea. But only to realize that the Jaguars are crap without Blaine Gabbert at the helm. The Jaguars blew a 17-6 lead after halftime. Gabbert left the game. Have to give the Raiders a lot of credit. 

Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 17: Had Pittsburgh winning. The Steelers proved that they can still win close games and Big Ben proved in this game if you heard about his pep talk to his offense to step up while their banged up defense some help with some rest. 

Detroit 7, Chicago 13: Had the Bears winning. A lot of talk has been on the Vikings so far this season and probably the Bears are the most complete team in the NFC if not the NFL at this point. However the Packers did beat them so I can’t give them all the credit *wink wink* 

Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 7-9
Week 3: 7-9
Week 4: 11-3-1
Week 5: 8-6
Week 6: 4-10
Week 7: 11-2

Overall: 59-44-1

NFL Week 5 Recap

Hello readers been dealing with some outside forces to unfortunately do a post until tonight. Got to see some Minnesota Timberwolves basketball definitely excited about that. So anyway here is the recap of what it was last week in week 5 of NFL play. Will do picks as well just to make you feel better.

Arizona 3, St. Louis 17: Had Arizona winning. Well it seemed like a classic trap game for the Cardinals. That and maybe the “Thursday Night Football of Epic Downturns Loss” kind of games. Seriously I know NFL Network needs money to keep themselves in line but to have more than 10 games a season is a bit much…

Green Bay 27, Indianapolis 30: Had Green Bay winning. Biggest upset and collapse of the season so far for the Packers. Had a 21-3 lead after halftime and no excuses about it we choked. ‘Nuff said. 

Baltimore 9, Kansas City 6: Had the Ravens winning. The Ravens played a tight one that should’ve been a lot less closer. Like a camp counselor and Camp Crystal Lake less closer. Okay that reference was a bit off. Baltimore gets a win, can’t get much happy.

Miami 17, Cincinnati 13: Had Cincy winning. A bit of an upset of sorts in the Jungle. Dolphins are 2-3 so far. A bit of a surprise as well okay there’s my thought on them. Ryan Tannehill’s wife. Okay.

Philadelphia 14, Pittsburgh 16: Had the Steelers winning. The battle of Pennsylvania ended up neither being a blowout or a good game. Didn’t learn much from the Steelers in this one but the Eagles certainly. 

Atlanta 24, Washington 17: Had Atlanta winning. The game was probably the best one of the week, at least in the early games. Teams that can win close games know how to deal with the pressure that’s for sure. Falcons are the only undefeated team in the NFC, Texans in the AFC (Super Bowl preview?) 

Cleveland 27, New York Giants 41: Had the G-men winning. The Browns looked so good in this game that they had scored 14 in the first quarter then, gave up 20 in the second quarter. Poor Brownies. 😦

Seattle 16, Carolina 12: Had the Panthers winning. Seriously what’s up with Carolina, Cam Newton’s doing too much, inconsistent, and they have a plethora of running backs yet they don’t take advantage of that. Anyway never going to pick the Panthers unless they’re playing the Browns. Wait did I just say that? Sorry Cleveland.

Chicago 41, Jacksonville 3: Had Chicago winning. The Bears dominated this game and didn’t let the Jaguars move at all in this one. Ugly, ugly, ugly. Can’t wait til the Bears lose… >:) 

Denver 21, New England 31: Had Denver upsetting the Patriots. Well the upset seemed like a good one. Peyton Manning versus Tom Brady. Same rivalry, different team for Manning. Patriots shock. 

Buffalo 3, San Francisco 45: San Francisco winning. Well somehow I figure the 49ers pick would be a good one and it was a good one. Bills gave up 600 yards of offense. Not good. 

Tennessee 7, Minnesota 30: Had the Vikings winning. The Vikings continue to have their magical season with this win. We’ll have to see them play the Texans to see if they’re for real. I hate saying this just so you know *Packers fan mumbling and grumbling* 

San Diego 24, New Orleans 31: Had San Diego winning. The Chargers played a good game unfortunately it was Drew Brees and the Saints’ night. Amazing accomplishment to Mr. Brees, Johnny Unitas would be proud.

Houston 23, New York Jets 17: Had Houston winning. The Texans didn’t play as well as I thought they would in this game. Jets showed quite a bit of heart despite what has happened to them this season. 

Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 7-9
Week 3: 7-9
Week 4: 11-3-1
Week 5: 8-6

Overall: 44-32-1

NFL Week 4 recap

Hi readers, this is the man Tom again. Well a quarter of the season is done for the NFL and things are starting to get saucy. Saucy good. Had a better week than last week too. Well here’s the recap:

Cleveland 16, Baltimore 23: Had Baltimore winning. The Ravens won a close game on Thursday night. Pretty tight one too. Cleveland came out to battle. Browns still winless. 

Carolina 28, Atlanta 30: Had Atlanta winning. Pretty close game than a lot of people thought. The Panthers are still inconsistent but they could’ve had given the Falcons their first loss, not an easy thing to do. Matt Ryan still looks great.

New England 52, Buffalo 28: Had New England winning. The Patriots absolutely thrashed on the Bills. Bills haven’t proven to be a great team so far this season. Tom Brady is still amazing. 

Minnesota 20, Detroit 13: Probably the biggest two surprises happen in this game. The Vikings good start, and the Lions bad start. The Lions offense is severely unbalanced and their defense is exposed badly. Not good for Lions fans. How about Minnesota?

Tennessee 14, Houston 38: Had the Texans winning. Houston is pretty much the real deal this season. It could be great to see these guys face off against the Packers in 2 weeks.

San Diego 37, Kansas City 20: Had San Diego winning. The Chiefs continue to disappoint. Chargers are quietly becoming a great team under the quiet eye of the AFC West. 

San Francisco 34, New York Jets 0: Had San Francisco winning. After getting shocked to the Vikings last week the Niners came out in force and soundly defeated the awful Jets. The Jets offense lost Santonio Holmes which is not good for an offense which is lacking in great weapons. 

Seattle 13, St. Louis 19: Had Seahawks winning. Well somehow or another I picked the Seahawks even after they got lucky last week. The Rams proved me wrong in picking Seattle. 

Miami 21, Arizona 24: Had the Cardinals winning. Well it was both a close and ugly game. Tannehill and Kolb combined for 4 INT’s. Cardinals got lucky win. 

Oakland 6, Denver 37: Forgot to pick this game therefore I can’t give myself a win or loss, more of a “tie” in ways. How about Peyton Manning? 

Cincinnati 27, Jacksonville 10: Had the Bengals winning. The Bengal train keeps rolling. Dalton looked good in the game. Jaguars aren’t that good.

New Orleans 27, Green Bay 28: Had Green Bay winning. Well it was a close game than I needed it to be. Aaron Rodgers saved our season. Even in week 4. 

Washington 24, Tampa Bay 22: Had Buccaneers winning. Well not so much for the upset special I had planned for this game early last week. RGIII is the man. 

New York Giants 17, Philadelphia 19; Had the Giants winning. Well the Eagles continue their season at 3-1 and beat a good Giants team. Impressive win.

Chicago 34, Dallas 18: had Chicago winning. Well the Bears proved me right and that they would beat the Cowboys soundly. Tony Romo looked like awful. Tony Romo looked like Jay Cutler, and Jay Cutler looked like Tony Romo (on a good day). 

Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 7-9
Week 3: 7-9
Week 4: 11-3-1

Overall: 36-26-1