NFL Week 1

[Gard]

...and so it begins!!!!



They started early up on OT with this, I'm going to try to do both (mostly cut & paste) here & there this season...so, HERE WE GO!!!



Cleveland @ Tampa Bay - A "Who Cares?" game to start the season, eh? Cleveland has just enough to pull it out here. Cleveland 23 Tampon 13

Miami @ Buffalo - The Chan Gailey era begins in Buffalo. Looks a lot like the Dick Jauron era. Miami 24 Buffalo 10

Cincinnati @ New England - Tough, close game here. Cincy isn't going to implode - YET, but the Patsies appear to have gotten their ship right. Cincinnati 24 New England 31

Indianapolis @ Houston - Houston ain't there yet. Indy still is. Indianapolis 35 Houston 24

Denver @ Jacksonville - Rude welcome home for Teblow. Denver just ain't as good as they believe they are. Denver 17 Jax 27

Atlanta @ Pittsburgh - Tough one to call, Atlanta's defense is still very suspect, but I don't think Pittsburgh's offense has what it needs to exploit it. However, Pittsburgh's DEFENSE has what it takes to shut down Atlanta's highly over-rated offense. Low scoring win for the home team. Atlanta 13 Pittsburgh 20

Oakland @ Tennessee - Oakland will be much better this season. They won't look like it in this game. Oakland 13 Tennessee 31

Carolina @ NY Giants - Carolina's offense has been....offensive...this preseason. Don't expect a change, other than their running game, which is very good, they got NUTTIN'. Unfortunately, that just means a very solid run defense can pin their ears back and beat the crap out of the running game. Which they will do. Carolina has a decent defense, but not going to matter much this season. Won't matter at ALL this game. Carolina 10 NY Giants 24

Arizona @ St. Louis - Man, this has all the makings of either a barn-burner or a real stinker. Cards are a team in disarray, Rams are a team...er....are they a team? Home field 3 win. Arizona 17 St. Louis 20

Green Bay @ Philadelphia - The beginning of the Kevin Kolb era in Philly. He will make you Iggles fans lament the departure of Donovan, mark my words. They'll get a pretty good start at it right out of the gate, as GB will bury them here. Green Bay 35 Philly 13

San Francisco @ Seattle - Not even a game. SF isn't a world beater, but Seattle is hopeless right now. SF's defense wins this one for them, plus a dose of Frank Gore. San Francisco 24 Seattle 6

Dallas @ Washington - Guh. I wish Washington was as good as I wished right now, because any Dall@$$ loss is a good one. However, not today. Closer than Cowgirls fans will like though. Dallas 24 Washington 23

MNF Doubleheader:

Baltimore @ NY Jets - Bubble bursting time right out of the gates. Baltimore actually has an offense to go with that defense now. Jests on the other hand...still can't get Revis Island to show up, and Cromartie is NOT an island. Then there's the Sanchize. Yeah...no! Too much Ravens D for the Jets O; too much Ravens O for the Jets D. Baltimore 27 Jets 20

San Diego @ Kansas City - Snoozer-city game. San Diego will again look like world beaters, because they play in what must be the weakest division in the NFL. They'll win this one comfortably, and begin to yet again make the Blots fans smell a Super Bowl, only to be let down in the first round of the playoffs, when they play an actual NFL football team. San Diego 31 Kansas City 20

THE GAME:

Minnesota @ New Orleans - REVENGE!!! THEY PLAYED DIRTY!!! THE REFS CHEATED TO PUT THE 'AINTS IN THE SUPER BOWL, BUT THE VIKINGS REALLY WERE THE BETTER TEAM!!!!



...blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...been hearing the same whiny garbage out of the mouths of the Whinequeen fans, players, coaches, and portions of the MSM (I'm lookin' at YOU Mike Florio, you idiot) since the NFCCG.

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I won't rehash all the claims in detail (dirty, late hits on FAR-VUH!!! Yeahright...hey, pansyboys, it's FOOTBALL, deal with it; they outgained the Saints - really? How about we add in the facts that 1) the Saints totally dominated in ST yardage, and adding that yardage to their offensive output, there was an EIGHTY YARD DIFFERENCE IN TOTAL YARDAGE, dummies; and 2) if you turn the ball over 5 times, you didn't outplay ANYONE, moron...oh yeah, I wasn't gonna do that! ), no matter what, there is NO revenge here - the Saints won the NFCCG, they won the SB, there's no challenging it, no changing it.

This game - the turning point will be this: can Brent FAR-VUH stay on his feet?

The answer: NO.

Minnesota has an exceedingly BAD offensive line, particularly with regards to pass blocking. They did nothing in the offseason to address the issue. Further, the only reliable blitz pickup blocker they had, Chester Taylor, is now in Chicago. New Orleans has actually IMPROVED their defensive line this offseason, and will put even more pressure on the passing game, without having to resort to blitzing as much (get used to hearing the name Junior Gallette, fast, strong, mean kid).

On defense, Minnesota has retained the same front 7, great run defense, no doubt. However their secondary resembles my favorite spaghetti strainer. New Orleans still has all 11 starters, including the offensive line that SHUT OUT the Vikes defensive front 7 vis-a-vis sacks in the NFCCG. Result: disaster for the Vikes D this time, as Brees stays on his feet long enough to pick the Vike secondary apart like a school of piranha going after a baby bird in the water (yeah, they'll knock him down a few times, and the ex-Mullet Moron will probably try to walk away with Drew's foot tucked under his arm again...but y'know that's not unsportsmanlike conduct, is it? ).

Not even close, folks.

Minnesota 23
New Orleans 42

If they knock FAR-VUH out (which is entirely possible on any play this season, against any team, with his situation), it will be even uglier...

TWO DAT!!!!

[Darkstrike]

Subbed up.

[LilRay]

I'm in, . I'm up for the cut & paste thang too. Fact I'm gonna go one further and use your posts as templates.

How lazy am I?. I just say I'm being resourceful.


Cleveland @ Tampa Bay - A "Who Cares?" game to start the season, eh? Cleveland has just enough to pull it out here. Cleveland 13 Tampa 7 Agreed on sentiment with much lower scoring estimate.


Miami @ Buffalo - The Chan Gailey era begins in Buffalo. Looks a lot worse than his Cowboys tenure. Miami 31 Buffalo 17
UPSET DIV WINNERS START STRONG

Cincinnati @ New England - Tough, close game here. Cincy isn't going to implode - YET, but the Patsies appear to have gotten their ship right. Cincinnati 24 New England 31 AGREED

Indianapolis @ Houston - Houston shows some fight but not quite enough to beat Indy . Indianapolis 35 Houston 31

Denver @ Jacksonville - Denver just ain't as good as they believe they are, but Jacksonville's still in worse shape. Denver 17 Jax 7

Atlanta @ Pittsburgh - Atlanta has a good offense/ weaker defense. Pittsburg has a fair offense with a terrible QB situation/ Excellent but aging D. We're just now seeing Tomlin's crews abilities as he settles in as HC. I don't think he compares with the Pittsburg standard of coaches. I think Tomlin is good, but not enough. Atlanta 24 Pittsburgh 13

Oakland @ Tennessee - Oakland will be much better this season. NOT! They WILL look like DOOKIE in this game. Oakland 10 Tennessee 27

Carolina @ NY Giants - Carolina's offense has been....offensive...this preseason. Don't expect a change, other than their running game, which is very good, they got NUTTIN'. Unfortunately, that just means a very solid run defense can pin their ears back and beat the crap out of the running game. Which they will do. Carolina has a decent defense, but not going to matter much this season. Won't matter at ALL this game. Carolina 10 NY Giants 24 AGREED

Arizona @ St. Louis - Man, this has all the makings of either a barn-burner or a real stinker. Cards are a team in disarray, Rams are a team...er....are they a team? Cards are TOO skrood up. The Leinert thung this late in the game will bite 'em in the azz. Arizona 7 St. Louis 17

Green Bay @ Philadelphia - The beginning of the Kevin Kolb era in Philly. He will make you Iggles fans lament the departure of Donovan, mark my words. They'll get a pretty good start at it right out of the gate, as GB will bury them here. Green Bay 35 Philly 13 AGREED ON ALL COUNTS


San Francisco @ Seattle - I see San Fran being better than expected this Season Singletary won't allow otherwise. San Francisco 27 Seattle 13

MY GAME . Dallas @ Washington -I think both Dallas & Washington will do better this season. Shanahan/McNabb will improve things for the Skins but those two won't be enough. Dallas will unveil a bit of their hand for the year against division rivals Dallas 31 Washington 13


MNF Doubleheader:

Baltimore @ NY Jets - No Revis no Jets win, unless they show something new. Baltimore 17 Jets 10

San Diego @ Kansas City - SD gave LT walking papers. They won't be as fantastic this season. Fantastic enough to stomp KC though. San Diego 35 Kansas City 10

Minnesota @ New Orleans - NO will make the front office idjuts that HAD TO HAVE Farve rather than getting new talent REGRET that decision.

Farve's choice to "wait" to have the ankle surgery so that it just so happened to coincide with, and more importantly, give him an excuse to miss the majority of camp, may indeed end his career during this game. 41 year old feets don't heal like 26 year old feets. And IF Farve survives, he'll make good use of them feets all night RUNNING.

NO- 35 MINNESOTA-21




God Bless, Ray

[svoncampe]

Originally Posted by Gard

Denver @ Jacksonville - Rude welcome home for Teblow. Denver just ain't as good as they believe they are. Denver 17 Jax 27

But thou areth mistaken, my dear friend. Tebow isn't playing yet, so there can't be a rude welcome for him to experience. Starting Denver unit and QB are good enough to come away with a win.

Denver W
Jax L

[LilRay]

Gard,

What do you make of this?

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...hheisman090710



God Bless, Ray

[Bipslapper]

Wow, that would be very intersting. I did hear that Mac Brown suggested Vince Young be awarded the trophy if Reggie is stripped. Should be something to follow.........

Pete

[Eublet]

Well, this is more of a college thing, but it appears Bush will be stripped of his 2005 Heisman. I'm very impressed that they are taking this action. I know many people say he earned that trophy on the field, but a big part of earning the Heisman is that you are an invaluable asset to your team. Everything he did OFF the field shows that he wasn't an asset, but a liability. His actions caused vacated wins and a championship. In that respect, he doesn't deserve the trophy at all. It'll be interesting to see how he responds to that.

I was in the French Quarter yesterday for a good bit. Lots of Drew Brees posters and jerseys everywhere. I don't know that I saw anything with Bush on it.

[Gard]

Originally Posted by Eublet

Well, this is more of a college thing, but it appears Bush will be stripped of his 2005 Heisman. I'm very impressed that they are taking this action. I know many people say he earned that trophy on the field, but a big part of earning the Heisman is that you are an invaluable asset to your team. Everything he did OFF the field shows that he wasn't an asset, but a liability. His actions caused vacated wins and a championship. In that respect, he doesn't deserve the trophy at all. It'll be interesting to see how he responds to that.

I was in the French Quarter yesterday for a good bit. Lots of Drew Brees posters and jerseys everywhere. I don't know that I saw anything with Bush on it.

Well, I still say that the loss of the championship and whatnot can be laid just as equally on Pete Carroll's desk and whoever the AD was at the time. If you don't know that a player on your team is breaking rules like this, then you are intentionally ignoring it.

I won't go into a long defense of Reggie, he did wrong, he got caught. However, he is just one of the guys that GOT CAUGHT, it has gone on for decades, every team is guilty, every player with his type of potential has probably done at least something to violate the rules.

As for his popularity in NOLA, it varies from person to person. Some think of him as overpaid and overrated; some think he's one of the keys to the team's success (FWIW, I'm one of the second crowd - he causes matchup issues that no defensive coordinator can resolve).

Brees, however, can run for any political office in the state and will be elected in a landslide at this point - he probably would run unopposed if he did! He is a truly decent person, on top of being the best QB in the NFL, so he deserves that kind of adulation.

[LilRay]

Originally Posted by Eublet

Well, this is more of a college thing, but it appears Bush will be stripped of his 2005 Heisman. I'm very impressed that they are taking this action. I know many people say he earned that trophy on the field, but a big part of earning the Heisman is that you are an invaluable asset to your team. Everything he did OFF the field shows that he wasn't an asset, but a liability. His actions caused vacated wins and a championship. In that respect, he doesn't deserve the trophy at all. It'll be interesting to see how he responds to that.

I don't pay tons of attention to College ball, but as Gard says below, this is rampant. No excuses at all, but I bet going after Reggie is more politically motivated being he's part of a SB Champ team.

I say dump the school too

Originally Posted by Eublet

I was in the French Quarter yesterday for a good bit. Lots of Drew Brees posters and jerseys everywhere. I don't know that I saw anything with Reggie Bush on it.

I had to edit this before my head exploded.

I've been to the Quarter.......

Originally Posted by Gard

Well, I still say that the loss of the championship and whatnot can be laid just as equally on Pete Carroll's desk and whoever the AD was at the time. If you don't know that a player on your team is breaking rules like this, then you are intentionally ignoring it.

I won't go into a long defense of Reggie, he did wrong, he got caught. However, he is just one of the guys that GOT CAUGHT, it has gone on for decades, every team is guilty, every player with his type of potential has probably done at least something to violate the rules.

As for his popularity in NOLA, it varies from person to person. Some think of him as overpaid and overrated; some think he's one of the keys to the team's success (FWIW, I'm one of the second crowd - he causes matchup issues that no defensive coordinator can resolve).

Brees, however, can run for any political office in the state and will be elected in a landslide at this point - he probably would run unopposed if he did! He is a truly decent person, on top of being the best QB in the NFL, so he deserves that kind of adulation.

Like I said above, go after all involved THEN I'll be impressed that a "wrong" is being righted. Until then, I see smoke and mirrors.



God Bless, Ray

[LilRay]

T-3 Hours to Kickoff.

You antsy too?



God Bless, Ray

[Gard]

Originally Posted by LilRay

T-3 Hours to Kickoff.

You antsy too?



God Bless, Ray

...kickoff?

There's a game tonight?

[LilRay]

Originally Posted by Gard

...kickoff?

There's a game tonight?

Game? What game? Who said Game?

There will be a 3 hour "documentary" on a Mezozoic purple Dinosaur known as the Mississippi Spinelessosaurus.

Should be an interesting watch





God Bless, Ray

[Darkstrike]

I'm quite dissapointed I'm gonna miss this, should be a uh, fun game...

[Gard]

Originally Posted by LilRay

Game? What game? Who said Game?

There will be a 3 hour "documentary" on a Mezozoic purple Dinosaur known as the Mississippi Spinelessosaurus.

Should be an interesting watch





God Bless, Ray

Ray, for a Dall@$$ Cowgirls fan, you're OK.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by Gard

Ray, for a Dall@$$ Cowgirls fan.....

Admittedly though, they're quite awesome....

[LilRay]

^^YUM!!!!^^

You've now entered my dreams.......



God Bless, Ray

[pacojas]

SORRY but, the Cowgirls seriously need some new outfits. that whole look is played out.

[jebmd]

[LilRay]

Originally Posted by pacojas

SORRY but, the Cowgirls seriously need some new outfits. that whole look is played out.

Dissing Form fitted shorts? Are you crazy?

Originally Posted by jebmd

Nice but I'd rather have the churus line of form fitted shorts surrounding me. If for nothing more than increasing the odds.



God Bless, Ray

[VroomVroom]

Here are the Sports Guy's picks for the week.

Originally Posted by Simmons

Q: Knock, knock.
A: Who's there?
A: Dennis Dixon

Even a Steelers fan has to appreciate that one.