NFL Predictions Week 7

In My Humble Opinion
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Colts at Chiefs Colts. Chiefs aren’t stable.

Jaguars at Ravens Ravens. I don’t see them going three losses in a row, and they WANT it.

Vikings at Bucs Bucs (my NFC team). For the last 7 or 8 years they have split the series 1 - 1. I don’t see this trend changing this year with these two teams. However, a few Bucs starters might be out.

Bengals at Lions Bengals. The Lions have been consistantly sad, and the Bengals have a team when they’re on the same page.

49ers at Bears Daaa Bears. Aren’t they looking good this year?

Saints at Rams Saints. They have the ability to, and I think the Rams are getting lazy. Too over-confident.

Jets at Panthers Panthers, but seriously, I don’t think anyone cares.

Cardinals at Cowboys I’m gonna go with the Cardinals on this one. The magic 8 ball is telling me it’s not the Cowboy’s week. :wink:

Raiders at Eagles Raiders. On with the imperial march!

Patriots at Broncos Patriots… What the hell hgappened to the Broncos? Not that I mind, being a Cleveland Browns fan, but seriously…

Bills at Chargers Chargers. The Bills are a sad, sad team. Plus like 9 Chargers have the Bill’s number.

Dolphins at Seahawks Dolphins. I thought they sent the Seahawks back to the pee-wee league a few years back…? They certainly play that way.

Giants at Redskins Giants. I don’t like them, but c’mon, the Redskins? Could anyone seriously pick the 'skins over the Giants in this matchup?

Titans at Steelers I think this will be a good game, but the Steeler’s 4 - 3 defense will prevail.

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Well, I made my 5 team parlay picks.

Miami, San Diego, Arizona, NY Jets, and Indy.

4 road teams, oh damn. I had been considering swapping in Oakland for every one of these so if I go 4-1 I’ll be salty.

I may have an answer for it all tonite.

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Damnit, I started Alexander and he isn’t even playing. This guy is the biggest pussy in the NFL behind Cleeland.

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Jaguars at Ravens: The Ravens should win this one. Then again, the Ravens should have stomped the Brown flat, not lost by 10 points. So it depends on the Jaguars. Make of this what you will. :stuck_out_tongue:

Vikings at Buccaneers: Ah, the crumbling sorta-dynasty against the perennial also-rans. Prediction - Someone makes a totally moronic blunder which a junior high schooler could avoid which costs his team the game, infuriating a whole bunch of gamblers.

Bengals at Lions: If the Bengals don’t win this one, I’ll…uh…spend more time on yardwork than usual this week. Yeah. (I know the Lions are abysmal, but I don’t trust the Bengals at this point.)

49ers at Bears: Conventional wisdom says that the Bears can’t win five in a row. Of course, if you bet according to conventional wisdom this season, you’d better have a sturdy refrigerator carton handy, if you catch my drift. Bears should win and cover the spread, although not by much.

Saints at Rams: Does anyone else see the irony about a 6-0 team “running up the score” (like anyone’s going to give a crap in the NFL)? See, if they were 2-4, and they were running it up against weak opponents, that’d be disgusting. But they’re pulling out the stops against everybody, leading me to believe that that’s just how their offense works. Anyway, I don’t think the Saints have the weapons to stop them.

Jets at Panthers: Good call, Omniscient. Might want to rethink the Vikings-Buccaneers game as well. The Jets, of course, have a lot more to play for (playoffs + that New York thing), which means that they’ll either 1) play inspiring football and win big or 2) choke and lose big. And they’re 3-3, so who the hell knows??

Cardinals at Cowboys: Oh god. On paper, the Cardinals should win handily, as the Cowboys are at rock bottom righ tnow. But that should be little comfort to a unit that’s something like 4-500,000,000 against Dallas. Sheesh, if Buddy Ryan coudln’t win this one…Prediction - The Cardinals go up by 56 with four minutes remaining, then give up 49 unanswered points. Then with one second remaining, the Cowboys return a punt 93 yards for a touchdown. But Arizona blocks the extra point and wins 56-55. (Don’t laugh…last year’s Cardinals-Redskins game was even weirder than this.)

Raiders at Eagles: The Raiders have been winning, but not impressively. The Eagles are atop the division, but they’re prone to a letdown at any time. This is going to be tight.

Patriots at Broncos: Another game where both teams have disappointed. Prediction - If the Ewing Theory still has steam, Patriots win easily. Otherwise it’s a toss-up.

Bills at Chargers: The Bills have something of a quarterback controversy. Yeah, like the Lions have had for ages. Prediction - The Chargers take another step toward a repeat of their last Super Bowl run.

Dolphins at Seahawks: Assuming that the Patriots return to form, the Dolphins have an opportunity to pull away in the AFC East. Thanks to convincing wins over Jacksonville and Denver, the Seahawks are still under High Expectations, meaning that the Dolphins should run away with this one.

Giants at Redskins: Man, the Giants *better win…

Titans at Steelers: The Titans are “recovering”. The Steelers are overrated, Kordellized, whatever…

Big footballin’ deal. Steelers in a blowout.

(Yes, this was a “spite” pick. Your point? :D)

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WTF - Alexander’s not playing? He wasn’t even on the injury list! You know, I got screwed like this on Marcus Robinson 2 years ago. Oh well, at least my bench WRs were Freeman (bye) and Pathon (out).

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He was injured during the pregame warmups. Something with his ribs. So far during the season, Alexander has had trouble with his achilles, back, and ribs. You’re kind of lucky that you don’t have anyone to back him up, cause I’m pissed that I could be getting Horn or Ismail’s points.

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Well, I went ahead and picked two games that I initially swore I wouldn’t touch. After last night I’ve got one of those under my belt. Thats a nice feeling.

The Colts sure as shit tried to spoil it and let KC cover. If it’d have gone to OT I’d have been might pissed cause the game would probably pushed with a field goal.

Here’s to going into Sunday 1-0

cracks a beer

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And imagine if Alexander would have played. I garuntee their wouldn’t have been 5 dropped passes in the first half, and I’m sure points would have come from those successful drives. Indy needs to fire Jim Mora during the offseason unless they go to the AFC championship or Super Bowl.

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Well at least I got one of my upset picks right, and luckily it was the one about the home team. Can you say home field advantage @Super Bowl? Anyway, Alexander has really pissed me off. I played him over Horn and Ismail who both had big days, especially Horn. Oh well, I picked up the A Train last week and Terell and they both look like the real thing.

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Ah, so close yet so far.

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stuffinb - Good call! Even if it was the team that lost the flip that won.

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Once again, the Bear’s defense comes through. I’m surprised that Garcia didn’t get knocked out of that game, after seeing some of hits he got.

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Hrm, so far i’m 10 for 13. If the Steelers win tomorrow i’ll be 11 for 14. That ain’t bad :smiley:

DKW, so… No yardwork this week?

:wink:

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Well, Gazoo, it looks like you’re back on track.

…straight-up, that is. The spread is another story.

Since you’re not actually gambling on these games, I’ll leave it you to decide which is more important. :slight_smile:

(Footnote: Boy, are the Lions choking this year or what?)

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Wow. Close, but not quite at all. Too bad we kicked some Vikings ass today, 41-14, and Dunn didn’t even play there, Gazoo buddy. Sprained Hamstring. Neither did Jaquez Greene or Keyshawn for most of the game for that matter, and we still smacked the Viks like a red-headed stepchild. 3 TD’s by Alstott? How much better do you get than that. I am a proud Bucs fan today, yessiree. They even let King play, and he threw the longest pass of the day. Goodie goodie, I’m happy. ShibbOleth will be too.

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Good call, sure wish I’d listened to your advice.

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Yes, happy I am. Also happy to see you round these parts again, and smiling, my dear. My father called me as I was driving back from OhDope to talk about the game. Unfortunately as I somehow lost my voice last night, I was only able to sort of squeak hoarsely back at him. Since I can barely talke in real life, I shall shout here, “IT’S ABOUT F&%KING TIME!!”
:sigh:
Why can’t they play like this every week? I just hope this is the true Bucs coming together as they should, and not just false hope based on a weak opponent. The true test is next weekend back on the ballyhooed frozen tundra.

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Gazoo said:

Yeah that was kinda of spooky, with the Saints also meeting my prediction. Luckily for me Philly and Detroit smacked me with a dose of reality.

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9-4 so far straight up. That’s a little better.

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Of the games I committed a opinion on I went 9-3 straight up, 7-5 against the spread going into Monday. My best week so far and I still only got 2 of 5 in my parlay, damnit.

I was right about the Jets-Panthers game, even though I didn’t pick it initially. Knew it would be a clusterfuck, and I called teh big day from Martin. Now if Vinny hadn’t tossed all those INTs I might have been ok parlaying it.

Really took it on the chin with the G’ints, but so did everyone else, so its OK.