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We’re at the ¼ mark of the season….already….it always goes so damn fast …but time for another week of football and the fantasy football owner’s worst nightmare….the BYE WEEK OF DOOOOOM! (and six teams this week, that’s way too many, its pathetic that the NFL can’t get this right and go one division at a time….that just makes too much sense….you know like asking a casino for a video tape….or suspending players for getting arrested for felonies….all the minor details)…at least having Arizona, Denver, Cinci, St Louis, Seattle and Cleveland off make this an easier write up…but not an exciting week of games on paper either….least the fun bartender will be there, NOTHING is worse then a weak football Sunday and a robotic zombie bartender with the personality of the NBC pre-game show….fvcking TERRIBLE it is….

 

Thursday Sept 25:

NY Giants at REDSKINS:

The best thing about this game will be seeing Phil Simms SQUIRM on his alleged high horse and wince and have to hear the PA system says REDSKINS in his ear all night….there’s nothing worse then an insanely rich white person with a guilty conscience about an over-inflated non-issue cause that the media has fallen in love with…..are the Giants good enough to put two solid efforts in a row out there?? I don’t think they are….the Redskins are good against the run….making Eli pass the ball does lead to my beloved EL-I-N-T moments….I’m ok with that….and I am a big believer in Kirk Cousins in this new offense, system and talented that seems right up his alley for making plays…and don’t sell short how important the extra day of planning that the home team gets in these crappy Thursday Night games….maybe this is why I suck at picking Thursday Night games…..I was just told the stat this week that the home team is like 70% winners in these….

Winner:  REDSKINS (CMONNN Simms…SAY IT!!!)

Game Quality: ** ¾ (bad defenses playing each other is what the NFL wants)

 

Sunday Sept 28:

1pm:

Carolina at Baltimore:

The Ravens are good at home….and the hot rumor is that #89 is gonna be a bit fired up for this one….that’s a scary fact….he’s an emotion type guy and he’s been the best Raven offensive player AS IS….add in Carolina being on the road and having a MASSIVE stinker with the Steelers (and boy was that as awful a Sunday Night game as I expected right??)…it’s really really hard to make a case for Carolina (though they have done a wonderful job with this patchwork offense and crappy running game)…the Carolina backs are beat up as always….and hey maybe we can have a Derek Anderson QB-controversy?? Nahh….I kid….for the most…..this is an easy one for the Ravens…now watch them go screw it up!!!

Winner: Ravens

Game Quality: **

 

Green Bay at Chicago:

….I can’t believe I’m gonna say the Packers are gonna start 1-3….but yeah, aside of one half against the Jets this fully healthy offense has done NOTHING so far this season and that’s a bad and a troubling sign… A-Rod’s numbers are down, Nelson was a one half wonder too….Eddie Lacy’s been TERRIBLE (yes the Beluga injury hurts that….and God Forbid some team go out and sign Incognito since “bullying” a grown adult is now as bad as domestic abuse *eyeroll*)…the Bears on the other hand…the offense is rolling….Cutler is getting the ball to his big weapons and receivers (though Forte has been eh too, but its ok when you’re throwing the ball like they are)….the defense may not have the numbers but they pull out some big plays via the Fuller-effect! History says things tend to blow up on the Bears, and the Packers always seem to right the ship and things end up going their way….but I can’t look at how these teams are and are playing now....there’s no magic wand flipping these two ships….maybe the Packers can stop those damned awful discount double check spots and fix their crappy football karma now….

Winner: Bears

Game Quality: *** ½

 

Bills at Houston:

Boy oh Boy did we see the REAL Ryan INT’s-Patrick last week??? He blew up like a bathroom after explosive chili was served (that’s KINDA a Texican reference right??)…the Giants also ran ALL OVER the Houston defense….that’s a bad sign for this week….the Bills are wayyy more aggressive on D, better at Running Back and even O-Line….and they know the INT-man about as well as anyone too…this could be a case of matchups…and the matchup doesn’t look good for Houston….funny I’d be more confident about the Texicans if I didn’t see them play the Giants just 5 days ago….but that’s how it is….we overreact off one bad week….no matter how much I try otherwise!!!

Winner: Bills

Game Quality: **

Titans at Colts:

Remember how the Colts just kicked the piss out of Jacksonville last week?? Umm…yeah….and no Jake Locker?? As average (and glass) as he is….Charlie Whitehurst and IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT HIS NAME IS (the other guy who stinks at QB for them)….that’s just ugly….the Colts get a nice double dose of feel more betterer thanks to playing division opponents…back to 2-2 for the Colts….and maybe finally TY Hilton finally has that breakout game this week…..

Winner:  Colts

Game Quality: DUD

 

Lions at NY Jets:

So jet fans are already calling for Vick??? Have you guys watched Vick the last few years?? Inaccurate, turnover prone…all that other good stuff….I guess Jet fans are too used to that from their QB….the Grass (or the Jet jersey in this case) is NOT Greener on the other side here….you have wayyy more upside in Geno and if you sit him now and it’s not for injury….it’s just a disaster in the making….don’t get me wrong the Lions worked REALLY hard to screw up the game last week too, but the Packers seemed to want it less…..go figure….plus you give me Calvin-Tron vs the Jets secondary and I’ll shout ALL HAIL MEGATRON all day long…it may not be pretty but the Lions should win this too and all hell will break loose in Jet-land….

Winner: Lions

Game Quality: **

 

Miami vs Oakland VIA LONDON:

Once again a game so horrid on paper we had to ship it out of the damn country….oh boy….do we still hold a grudge against the British from all the tea taxes back in the day?? (and damn I DO love my Green Tea after all)….we sure don’t like sending them quality football….this game is a MUST for Miami…but on the other hand….if the Raiders lose….it’s an 0-4 start and heads and coaches are gonna fly (they might in Miami too mind you)….how ironic that the Dolphins might get Sparano another head coach job after giving him one he didn’t deserve in the first place….I love that kinda irony….I am worried about the idiot head coach playing mind games with his starting QB…that’s NOT a good sign…..

Winner: Miami

Game Quality:  ANTI-FOOTBALL (we should get free beers for watching this :P)

 

Tampa at Pittsburgh:

Holy Christ I can still remember the beatdown Tampa just took from Atlanta….and nothing like an extra half a week to sit on that horrid a loss….will McNown play?? Who really cares….after that last game it looked like season OVER for Tampa….the stink was quite strong….my only regret is Schiano can sit on his unemployed ass and say “hey, see it wasn’t all me”….YES IT WAS….it’s just gonna take some time to weed out your stink sir douche-a-lot…the Steelers ran and ran and ran and ran all over Carolina…it might be just as painful this week….add in some more turnovers…and the Bucs as a team look as horrible as their sh!tty jerseys and I spent enough time talking about this train wreck in football pads…..and then I see a Pro Football Mock article “Buccaneers Now Firing Celebratory End Zone Cannons Any Time Offense Manages To Go Three Straight Downs Without A Turnover”….and I had to think since it might ACTUALLY be true……

Winner: Steelers

Game Quality: DUD

 

4pm:

Phily at 49ers:

Here’s the big problem with the 49ers….they think they’re a passing team….they forgot that their QB is Black Tebow….it just doesn’t work…he’s NOT the guy to sling it a million times…..they need to get back to their run first and second mindset to be successful….and yeah the Phily D is a bit weak, but that offense is gonna put its foot to the gas on the 49er D and get their matchup personnel advantages all over Phily and make this game into a track meet….this is not a good thing for the Niners…least it should be fun to see that lunatic Harbaugh just blow twelve gaskets (I do wish he’d get pissed off enough to see his damn head explode literally on the sideline….that would be quite awesome! I’ll take the Warp Speed Offense over the one stuck in neutral every time (plus I’m still stunned they crapped the bed with the Cardinals….)

Winner:  Eagles

Game Quality: *** (Harbaugh will yell loudly at me if I rate this game lower….)

 

Atlanta at Minnesota:

FINALLY….some good news for the Vikings and hope for the future….now that the Matt Cassel movement is now on IR after breaking too many bones in his foot to list means that the Vikings have to hand the keys over to Teddy Bridgewater and let him see what he can do…and after all the awful AP news, the gloom and doom and the two horrible losses in a row (and losing Kyle Rudolph too)…the Vikings NEEDED some good news and positive hope…..now they need the kid to get out there and make a few plays with Patterson….get this fan base excited and see some hope….now that I’ve said all this *cues British accent*….MINNESOTA…Im afraid I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU…. *sigh* I do miss Bad News Barrett….the Falcons are awesome in Dome Games and this offense has been shredding everyone, and the Vikings just don’t have the firepower to play in this gun fight…..hopefully the Vikings show SOMETHING in this game….but someone’s gonna get their ass kicked….and it’s not the dirty birds…..

Winner: Atlanta

Game Quality:  ** (I’m intrigued by Bridgewater)

 

Jacksonville at San Diego:

Fun fact….since going up 17-0 on the Eagles, Jacksonville has been outscored by about 100 points!!! That’s just NUTS…and the sign of a bad team getting worse….no wonder Chad Henne gets to ride the bench and Blake Bortles gets to get out there and run for his bloody life….its also a good pick because the Charger D is a bit beat up and this is as good a starting point as you’re gonna get in the NFL….and the San Diego offense is just gonna blow them out of the water anyway….so hell….why not?? The only thing to worry about here is the Chargers have been playing Legend Killers here (knocking off two undefeated already)….and this COULD have “letdown game” written all over it….but still it’s the Jaguars…letting them be in the game when the 4th quarter starts IS playing a letdown game……

Winner:  Chargers

Game Quality:  DUD

 

8pm:

New Orleans at Dallas:

God fraking DAMMIT….I have done a WONDERFUL job of avoiding the Cowboys this year….I don’t buy into ONE BIT of beating up on the Titans and Rams no matter how big the damn comeback was….and I don’t care how pathetic the Saints have been in the first 3 weeks of the year (and yes they have), this is the CLASSIC Cowboys moment when they hook you in….give you a big opponent and take a week 17-sized crap all over the damned football field and make you hate life again…and FALL FOR THAT TRICK I WILL NOT!!!!! I KNOW BETTER…. Drew Brees will run wild like Hulk-A-Mania in its prime….the Dallas defense will get shredded by land, sea and air….and the offense will forget about handing the ball off and Dumbo will explode like the opening credits in a Michael Bay movie….and I’m gonna be stuck watching this life-abortion

Winner:  Saints

Game Quality:  *** (should be lots of offense, and Jamie mocking me about the Cowboys)

Monday Sept 22:

New England at Kansas City

Oh boy….ESPN gets to wax poetic about Tom Brady….hell they might even stick a Derek Jeter reference in tonight (speaking of….not that I give a damn about baseball, but how quick until Michael Kay….or worse….Suzie Know-it-all drops the line “well its raining today because God doesn’t want Derek Jeter play his last game as a Yankee”….and someone should stab that person’s eyes out with a fvcking spoon….seriously….the Chiefs are frankly horrible now…Charles or not, the Patriots had their stinker last week with the Raiders….no way in hell that happens two weeks in a row….hell Revis doesn’t even have anyone on the Chiefs to get beat deep by….add in the ESPN Parrots and this is unwatchable…..

Winner:  Patriots

Game Quality:  DUD

 

NFL Week 2 Power Rankings:

AFC:

  1. Denver…getting to OT was a MORAL VICTORY….right?
  2. Bengals….just winning games and making plays, but still kinda under the radar
  3. Ravens….I need a strong brand of Reverse-Jinx Juice…..
  4. Pittsburgh….if they fixed their issues in the trenches they will be formidable
  5. San Diego….starting to become the Legend Killers

NFC:

  1. Seattle….Told you they still had it….
  2. Phily….don’t get warmed up till they’re down 15 points….
  3. Arizona…. Aryans for Coach of the year…..
  4. Chicago….a good start and chance to stake a claim in the NFC North
  5. Detroit….my God the NFC got bad in a HURRY
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This is the only post that actually shows up, although your preview only exists on Facebook atm  :P  It's one thing for the board to outright not work but it's been infested by gremlins all day.

 

I guess we can take Kirk Cousins out of the Hall of Fame now though :lol:

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That NE-KC game is going to be a lot closer than you think Crash.  I think the NE offense is going to have issues all season, especially as opposing Ds start gameplanning to make players other than Gronkowski (who has looked very ordinary so far this season) and Edelman beat them.  Brady is going to have to start going to other players soon...Amendola seems to be permanently stuck in Brady's doghouse. 

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I realize the TNF games are a raging success money-wise....but Jesus they are TERRIBLE for the product.....just move the damn games to Friday already!!!!

 

That NE-KC game is going to be a lot closer than you think Crash.  I think the NE offense is going to have issues all season, especially as opposing Ds start gameplanning to make players other than Gronkowski (who has looked very ordinary so far this season) and Edelman beat them.  Brady is going to have to start going to other players soon...Amendola seems to be permanently stuck in Brady's doghouse. 

 

Mine is more an anti-KC sentiment than a pro-Pats one....the Chiefs already have major injuries everywhere and they're a mess....kinda like this forum was yesterday :lol:

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I read Gronk's only played 30% of the snaps too so he probably isn't 'back' just yet. If that's the case though why isn't Wright more involved?

 

I don't think Brady's "feeling" him yet.

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Very nice win for the giants- I will root against the skins until the day I die but... My fantasy league opponent has Peyton on a bye this week. I think to myself "sweet, I lucked out and maybe can steal a win here." Well his backup is Eli. Oh yeah he also has donnell and the giants defense.

This will be the third week in a row I lose to the week's highest scoring team.

Luckily I'll have hockey soon to distract from my terrible fantasy football abilities.

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I don't think Brady's "feeling" him yet.

 

This is beginning to be a pretty significant problem with the Patriots....I get wanting that QB-WR chemistry....but if Brady is going to be too Diva to look at other receivers....no wonder the Patriot offense is turning into team pop-gun offense

 

...and there is no bigger crap shoot in sports then fantasy football....you can have the most stacked team ever and lose three people on the first play....all you can do is order shots of JD and get numb :lol:

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This is beginning to be a pretty significant problem with the Patriots....I get wanting that QB-WR chemistry....but if Brady is going to be too Diva to look at other receivers....no wonder the Patriot offense is turning into team pop-gun offense

 

...and there is no bigger crap shoot in sports then fantasy football....you can have the most stacked team ever and lose three people on the first play....all you can do is order shots of JD and get numb :lol:

 

Oh I agree...one of Brady's greatest attributes was his ability to make do with his receivers no matter what...he damned near got to a Super Bowl with Reche Caldwell as his #1.  He has to find a way to make it work.  As long as BB and Puppetricia are calling the shots on D, the Patriots are going to have to score to be successful. 

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...and there is no bigger crap shoot in sports then fantasy football....you can have the most stacked team ever and lose three people on the first play....all you can do is order shots of JD and get numb :lol:

haha very true. My problem is over the years I've become less interested in football- I don't really have a specific team that I follow and it's so dang hard to watch on tv because of all the commercials. So fantasy is one way to get me invested in the sport. But yes it looks like my alcohol expenses will be going up quite a bit these next few months...
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haha very true. My problem is over the years I've become less interested in football- I don't really have a specific team that I follow and it's so dang hard to watch on tv because of all the commercials. So fantasy is one way to get me invested in the sport. But yes it looks like my alcohol expenses will be going up quite a bit these next few months...

 

I'm kinda the same with the NHL actually....3 floor hockey and one ice hockey league a week (I play even more in the summer).....and I go to Devil games and I get depressed cause I wanna be on the damn ice not sitting there watching!!!

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I could actually see Torrey going off now that Pitta's gone.  Especially since he's due anyway :lol:

 

My other fantasy league I'm stuck with Heath Miller at TE now that I have no Pitta (it's a 16-team PPR), and probably starting Alex Smith at QB cause Peyton's got a bye and Locker's hurt (literally the only other starters available are Glennon and Whitehurst :P).  Already had a quiet game from Garcon so I'm probably doomed there anyway.

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And why again did the Bucs bother throwing several million at McCown?

 

NFL teams massively over-value veteran players about as much as fans over-value young talent :P

 

that's a disgraceful loss for the Steelers....the only thing that would make me angrier is if Schiano was there......

*and insert tantrum for Eat A Dick getting pick six'ed when I need Foles and McCoy points :rant: *

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NFL teams massively over-value veteran players about as much as fans over-value young talent :P

 

that's a disgraceful loss for the Steelers....the only thing that would make me angrier is if Schiano was there......

*and insert tantrum for Eat A Dick getting pick six'ed when I need Foles and McCoy points :rant: *

 

I thought it was just a total anti-Kaepernick move when Brian picked up the Eagles D for the week in NJDevs...turns out it was a genius move with the defensive TD AND the special teams TD :P

 

What the hell IS Harbaugh doing anyway, did he hit his head this offseason and think he was taking over the Broncos?  They need to go back to ground and pound, forget about the ninety-five WR's they signed.

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What the hell IS Harbaugh doing anyway, did he hit his head this offseason and think he was taking over the Broncos?  They need to go back to ground and pound, forget about the ninety-five WR's they signed.

 

Yeah I know....maybe he's too obsessed with Seattle (or he's trying to get fired)....but this is NOT a passing team, I don't care how many WR-toys they have....that's not what Black Tebow needs to succeed.....its almost baffling......

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Imagine if you had both!

SF D has shut down this Eagles Offense, it's the dam special teams.

Glennon is good, need him in FF

"It's third and long, it must be Boldin for the first". Happy with SS Sr. But still have a man crush on Q. Wish he were still a Raven

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