NFL: Help me select 1 winner this weekend

The Washington Redskins.

I think it depends on whether I want a banker or a stand-out-from-the-crowd approach.

[spoiler]Banker : New York Giants.

Standout : Detroit Lions.

I really think they have a chance, from the performance of the Redskins the first two weeks.[/spoiler]

I see what you are doing there!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

I would pick Philly over the Chiefs. KC is horrible.

That is not a reverse jinx. If we’re going to be the worst team in the NFL, then, by god, I want to be the worst team in NFL history. Let’s be the best at being the worst, because we’re not going to actually, you know, win anything.

Is it working yet?

I’d take Minnesota over SF. People seem a little too quick to shovel dirt on Carolina; while they haven’t looked good, it’s only been two games, they were mostly excellent last season, and they were in the game last week.

Kansas City really sucks, but it looks like the Eagles won’t have McNabb or DeSean Jackson this week, and Brian Westbrook also didn’t practice today.

Cowboys

OK, well I didn’t get enough responses to get a statistically significant result. But I’ll stick to my word and the Eagles (4) were the most selected team over Minnesota (3) and Dallas (3). It kind of makes sense since San Fran might be pretty good and Romo sucks in pressure games (Monday night).

So, I’ll be riding Kevin Kolb on hopes of a $140K payout.

That’s what I’m going with - that really sticks out as a terrible matchup. If I had to pick two, it’d be Green Bay (over St. Louis) and Pittsburgh (over Cincinnati).

St. Louis was no real threat to Philly. Thanks everyone.

ST. Louis better not have been a threat to Philly, they didn’t even play each other this week.

You’re welcome.

At least I got the state right. :o

In case anyone is interested, these were this weeks picks:

Survivors Remaining: 2955
Total Eliminated Overall: 4409

Team Times Selected
NY Giants 655
Philadelphia 582
Dallas 498
Green Bay 382
New Orleans 187
Minnesota 174
San Diego 119
Pittsburgh 70
Houston 63
New England 54
Washington 50
Chicago 43
NY Jets 16
Indianapolis 5
Denver 5
Tennessee 3
Miami 3
San Francisco 3
Seattle 2
St. Louis 1
Arizona 1
Buffalo 1
Oakland 1
Tampa Bay 1

For the record, I followed my own advice and took the Texans over the Jaguars. :frowning:

At least it’s a two strike elimination league.

I think it’s interesting that all three of the top contenders for your pick won. See coming to the collective wisdom of the Dope will get you to win this for sure. Who are you picking this week?

49ers over the Rams

Yup.

especially considering this is a good time to pick the 49ers instead of some more obvious team you can save for later. You may not get this opportunity later in the season.

I think the Niners will win but for this pool I think the safe money would be on

Chicago

Cincy

You could also do well sticking with the Bengals this week. I just can’t see them losing to the Browns. If they do it’ll be a huge setback. With apologies to SenorBeef, the Browns are the worst team in football right now, which feels weird pointing that out about another team when my squad has occupied that slot so often.