RJ's Pick: New York Giants by 21
1:00 p.m. - New Orleans Saints (1-0) @ Washington Redskins (0-1) [Line: New Orleans by 1]
New Orleans beat division rival Tampa Bay 24-20 last Sunday. QB Drew Brees threw for 343 yards and 3 TDs while completing 23 of 32 passes. RB Reggie Bush rushed for 51 yards, and caught eight passes for 112 more and a TD. (Yanno, if I played fantasy football, I would want those two on my team...) The Redskins lost to the Giants in Week One. RB Clinton Portis was held to just 3.7 yards per carry.
RJ's Pick: New Orleans by 9
4:05 p.m. - San Francisco 49ers (0-1) @ Seattle Seahawks (0-1) [Line: Seattle by 7.5]
The 49ers lost at home to the Cardinals last week. RB Frank Gore had a good game, rushing for 96 yards and a TD on just 14 carries, and also making 4 receptions for 55 yards. That was about it for the 49ers offense, though. They turned the ball over five times, including two fumbles and an INT by QB JT O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan was also sacked four times. (As you may have already guessed, he is a former Detroit Lion.) The Seahawks got rocked by the Bills last Sunday. QB Matt Hasselbeck was just 17-for-41 passing, with one TD and one INT, and got sacked five times. Hey, the NFC Worst might actually be up for grabs this year! Could we have a 6-10 division winner?
RJ's Pick: Seattle by 4
4:05 p.m. - Atlanta Falcons (1-0) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1) [Line: Tampa Bay by 8]
Atlanta humiliated Detroit last week, 34-21. RB Michael Turner rushed for 220 yards on 22 carries, with 2 TDs. If you do the math, that's ten yards per carry. I don't think he'll be able to keep that average up there in the double-digits, though, unless there's a sudden scheduling change and he ends up facing the Lions defense fifteen more times this season. Tampa Bay lost to the Saints last Sunday. RB Earnest Graham had a nice performance in a losing effort, rushing for 91 yards on ten carries, and also catching three passes for 27 more. Expect a lot of yards on the ground (for both teams) in this one.
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— go to most recent comments1 - alessandro
Bong. Funneee.
NE, PHI, GB, KC, NYG, IND, NO, ARI, PIT, TEN, SEA, CAR, TB, DEN, HOU, BUF.
2 - Adam
I'll be 11-5 going into week 2.
My predictions are...
1. The Pack wins over the Lions
2. The Cheifs take out Oakland
3. Gaints easily beat the Rams
4. The Vikings will redeem themselves and Colts will start out 0-2
5. Titans squeek one out against the Bengals
6. The Redskins beat the highly over rated Saints (the Gaints scored points in the air but beat them on the run, where NO is weaker IMO)
7. Carolina wins over the Bears at home
8. The Jags kill off Bills fans hope for the season
9. Seattle crushes the 49er's
10. The Falcons upset the Bucs at home.
11. The Jets are finally able to win two games in a row.
12. The Cards beat out the Fins
13. Denver will be the second underdog team to upset the Bolts
14. Steelers dominate the Browns
15. Dallas wins at home
16. The Texans also win one at home
3 - RJ Elliott
Thank you for your contributions, Alessandro and Adam.
4 - Tom
HEY RJ JUS CURIOUS WHY YOUR SUCH A BIG LIONS FAN
5 - RJ Elliott
Tom:
I used to live in the Detroit area, and grew up in the Barry Sanders era.
6 - sshhhhhh
My picks ATS and where they got locked for me...
Kansas City -3.5
Green Bay -3
Tennessee 1.5
Carolina -3
Buffalo 5.5
New Orleans -1
Indianapolis -2
NY Giants -9
San Francisco 7.5
Atlanta 8
Arizona -6.5
New England 2.5
Houston -4.5
Denver 1.5
Pittsburgh -6
Philadelphia 7
7 - DOM
9-7 last week
Bears
Bengals
Packers
Jags
Raiders...
Vikings
Giants
Saints
Niners..hawks have 4 starting WR's out.. cmon..
Bucks
Dolphins...
Broncos
Houston
Patriots
Steelers
Cowboys
8 - RJ Elliott
Good luck, sshhhhhh and DOM.
9 - RJ Elliott
Final Scores:
Carolina 20, Chicago 17 - RJ 1-0
Tennessee 24, Cincinnati 7 - RJ 2-0
Buffalo 20, Jacksonville 16 - RJ 2-1
10 - RJ Elliott
Final Scores:
Oakland 23, Kansas City 8 - RJ 2-2
Indianapolis 18, Minnesota 15 - RJ 3-2
New York Giants 41, St. Louis Rams 13 - RJ 4-2
11 - RJ Elliott
Final Scores:
Green Bay 48(!), Detroit 25 - RJ 4-3
Washington Redskins 29, New Orleans Saints 24 - RJ 4-4
12 - RJ Elliott
Note:
The Baltimore Ravens @ Houston Texans game was canceled, and rescheduled for November 9th, due to Hurricane Ike. Reliant Stadium was apparently severely damaged in the storm. So, this will count as the "bye week" for both the Ravens and the Texans.
13 - RJ Elliott
ESPN's NFL "experts" through eight games:
Wickersham 4-4
Fleming 6-2
Hoge 5-3
Jaworski 5-3
Schlereth 5-3
Allen 5-3
Mortensen 3-5
Golic 6-2
Accuscore 6-2
Pick'em 5-3
14 - RJ Elliott
Final Scores:
Arizona 31, Miami 10 - RJ 5-4
Tampa Bay 24, Atlanta 9 - RJ 6-4
15 - RJ Elliott
Final Score:
New England 19, New York Jets 10 - RJ 7-4
16 - RJ Elliott
Final Score:
San Francisco 33, Seattle 30 (in OT) - RJ 7-5
17 - Glen Boyd
Man the Seahawks are off to a sucky start this year.
-Glen
18 - RJ Elliott
Final Score:
Denver 39, San Diego 38 - RJ 8-5 (and I nailed the spread!) [Norv Turner robbed two weeks in a row!] {ZOMG!}
19 - RJ Elliott
Glen,
Hasselbeck has looked awful in both games, too.
20 - RJ Elliott
ESPN's NFL "experts" through 13 games:
Wickersham 6-7
Fleming 9-4
Hoge 8-5
Jaworski 9-4
Schlereth 9-4
Allen 9-4
Mortensen 7-6
Golic 9-4
Accuscore 9-4
Pick'em 8-5
21 - RJ Elliott
FINAL SCORE:
Steelers 10, Browns 6 - RJ 9-5
22 - alessandro
Yeah, tough break for SD.
Love NE.
Alessandro 11-3.
When do I get my complimentary mug?
23 - EEL
What do you guys think about tonight EAGS & COWBOYS ?
24 - EEL
9 ERS !
25 - DOM
8-6.. took lots of dogs this week.. most favorites ended up pulling through in the 4th Q.
go niners though... when was last time they scored that many points?