WEEK ONE - 2010/2011 NFL SEASON - 31 Way Tie for First (I think Tampa Bay already lost one)[ed. note: they did not]

Kicking off Thursday!

football!!!

Minnesota at New Orleans: Clash of the titans here (lolololpunz) but gonna give it to NO that don't seem to have as many (migraine, ankle) issues
Carolina at NYG: Carolina is hot and NYG O-line looks like shit (also fuck a Beast competitor): Carolina scrapes a win
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: Ben Rape'lsburger is still out so I guess uh, Falcons win this one. (fuck the braves, fwiw btw)
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Buccs beat the Browns
Denver at Jacksonville: Something weird going on with MJD, I'm calling the Broncos to win
Indianapolis at Houston: Coltsduh.
Miami at Buffalo: Wildcat trumps the nocat everytime
Detroit at Chicago: Bears
Oakland at Tennessee: CJ runs for a million yards to win the game
Cincinnati at New England: T.O. bites off Brady's head during the halftime show, Bengals win
Arizona at St. Louis: Cards win
San Fran at Seattle: No WR in Seattle + San Fran gets the Iggles alumni vote so 49ers
Green Bay at Philadelphia: IGGGGGGGGGGGGGGLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!
Dallas at Washington: idk, fuck both of em. (ps. cowboys win. ew.)
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Ravens
SD at KC: Chargers

it's real. it's really real.

some good games this week. thankfully, ours isn't one of them:

miami over buffalololololololololololololololololololol.

Minnesota at New Orleans - Aints
Carolina at NYG: Gints
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: Dirty Birds
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Browns
Denver at Jacksonville: Broncs
Indianapolis at Houston: Indy
Miami at Buffalo: Fins
Detroit at Chicago: Lions
Oakland at Tennessee: Thumbtacks
Cincinnati at New England: Pats
Arizona at St. Louis: they can't both lose. Cards
San Fran at Seattle: niners
Green Bay at Philadelphia: cheeseheads
Dallas at Washington: romos
Baltimore at NJ Jets: ravens i guess? would be a nice statement for NY
SD at KC: Bolts

minnesota/new orleans - SAINTS
carolina/giants - giants
atlanta/pittsburg - falcons
cleveland/tampa bay - nobody wins here
denver/jville - denvers
indy/houston - HOUSTON
miami/buffalo - miami
detroit/chicago - bearz
oakland/tennessee - raiders
cincy/new england - pats
zona/st louis - rams
san fran/seattle - niners
green bay/philly - green bay
dallas/washington - REDSKINS
bmore/jets - baltimore
sd/kc - CHIEFS

Minnesota at New Orleans - nola
Carolina at NYG: panthers
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: falcons
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: bucs
Denver at Jacksonville: jags
Indianapolis at Houston: colts
Miami at Buffalo: fins
Detroit at Chicago: lions
Oakland at Tennessee: titans
Cincinnati at New England: pats
Arizona at St. Louis: rams
San Fran at Seattle: niners
Green Bay at Philadelphia: packers
Dallas at Washington: cowboys
Baltimore at NJ Jets: ravens
SD at KC: bolts

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

i'm going to miss the first four early games due to a dumb work obligation but yay it's almost the best time of year!!!!

i miss ade.

Minnesota at New Orleans: Broken receivers vs hangover. Minn b/c AP.
Carolina at NYG: Carolina
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: No rapey, no winny. Falcons.
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: TB. The Browns look terribad.
Denver at Jacksonville: Jags for no reason.
Indianapolis at Houston: Houston for challops.
Miami at Buffalo: Phins.
Detroit at Chicago: Lions for fun.
Oakland at Tennessee: Tittans.
Cincinnati at New England: Pats :( free cankles
Arizona at St. Louis: The RAMS srs. they could be like 3-1 at some point. and then 3-13.
San Fran at Seattle: this is why the rams can have hope. all these teams suck ass.
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Packers. good game.
Dallas at Washington: cowboys....
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Juh juh jets
SD at KC: Nick Rivers

Minnesota at New Orleans: Nola, duhh (who needs LBs anyway?)
Carolina at NYG: if the Giants can't beat a team that went through all of preseason without an offensive touchdown then I don't know what to think
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: Dirty Birds probably would've taken them out even with Big Ben in the game
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Bucs suck but they have a lot of practice picking off Delhomme so I'll give it to 'em.
Denver at Jacksonville: I don't understand the AFC so I'll say broncos.
Indianapolis at Houston: Colts.
Miami at Buffalo: Rickey!!
Detroit at Chicago: I'm rooting for Detroit playoffs this year.
Oakland at Tennessee: Oakland, haha
Cincinnati at New England: T.Ocho
Arizona at St. Louis: Cards win
San Fran at Seattle: 9ers
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Rooting for the eagles but I think Rodgers is gonna have 400+
Dallas at Washington: Skins
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Jets were a fluke last year. Ravens.
SD at KC: Rivers.

Revis just signed a new deal with the Jets -- I think the Miami/Jets game could go either way now (but I'll still call it for Miami since Revis hasn't practiced all off-season)

Thank god Revis Island has lifted the embargo

here's hoping that revis won't bother showing up on sundays now the check is in the bank.

In a surprise move, the Baltimore Ravens reached agreement with former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh on a one-year, $855,000 deal, according to league sources.

Seattle still owes Houshmandzadeh $6.15 million, meaning the receiver will make a total of $7 million this season.

Flacco's got a lot of options.

Good for the Ravens + TJ.

Minnesota at New Orleans: New Orleans
Carolina at NYG: NYG
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: Falcons
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Browns
Denver at Jacksonville: Broncos
Indianapolis at Houston: Houston
Miami at Buffalo: Miami
Detroit at Chicago: Bears
Oakland at Tennessee: Tennessee
Cincinnati at New England: New England
Arizona at St. Louis: Arizona
San Fran at Seattle: San Francisco
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Green Bay
Dallas at Washington: Dallas
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Baltimore
SD at KC: Chargers

Minnesota at New Orleans: New Orleans
Carolina at NYG: NYG
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: An intersting matchup if the Ben was playing. ATL
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: No Question that the Browns will win.
Denver at Jacksonville: Jax
Indianapolis at Houston: Indy
Miami at Buffalo: Miami
Detroit at Chicago: Lions
Oakland at Tennessee: Tennessee
Cincinnati at New England: New England
Arizona at St. Louis: Derek Anderson will wreck the Cardinals. St. Louis in a laugher.
San Fran at Seattle: San Francisco
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Green Bay
Dallas at Washington: Washington
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Jets
SD at KC: Chargers

Nice one, Dan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYFHK4-CQOg

wow

"need to hit them like rihanna"

the Onion season preview is pretty lol http://www.theonion.com/articles/onion-sports-2010-nfl-teambyteam-guide,18023/?slide=1 e.g. (Jax) With stalwart Aaron Kampman at defensive end, opponents will be forced to throw at the weak secondary or run through the soft middle of their line

great lolz at (AZ): Weakness: Kurt Warner is getting slower and less accurate because he has retired and is never, ever coming back

Minnesota at New Orleans: New Orleans
Carolina at NYG: NYG, but i would not give the 7.5 line no way
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: ATL
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: cleveland
Denver at Jacksonville: Jax (didnt realize tebow's 1st game was in jax)
Indianapolis at Houston: Indy (colts in houston is always a close game tho, i think)
Miami at Buffalo: mia
Detroit at Chicago: Bears
Oakland at Tennessee: Tennessee
Cincinnati at New England: Cincy
Arizona at St. Louis: AZ
San Fran at Seattle: San Francisco
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Green Bay
Dallas at Washington: Washington
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Ravens
SD at KC: Chargers

Weakness: Terrell Owens wants to prove he can still play at a high level, but he wants to systematically destroy an entire football organization much, much more

roflz

Minnesota at New Orleans: New Orleans in a lively festival of rape
Carolina at NYG: NYG
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: ATL. 0-16 for steelers
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: CLE
Denver at Jacksonville: JX
Indianapolis at Houston: HOUSTON IN AN ACT OF POINTLESS CONTRARIANISIM. I am bearish on the Colts this yr.
Miami at Buffalo: MIA
Detroit at Chicago: DET <--see what I did there.
Oakland at Tennessee: TN
Cincinnati at New England: CIN
Arizona at St. Louis: AZ <--this is actually the worst game
San Fran at Seattle: SF
Green Bay at Philadelphia: GB
Dallas at Washington: DAL
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Ravens
SD at KC: SD

also lol

Intangibles: Matt Leinart, who may be the least tangible quarterback in the NFL

Intangibles: Fuck the Dallas Cowboys and every fucking thing they stand for; special teams

Also terrible looking o-line which I'm surprised they didn't note considering their totally reasonable hatred of the Cowboys.

Strength: He may not be a Joe Montana, but Alex Smith is proving to be a better QB than Jim Druckenmiller, Gio Carmazzi, or Steve Stenstrom ever were

i should basically have just c+p the whole fucking thing instead of dribbling it out piecemeal but i can't help myself.

Minnesota at New Orleans: NOS
Carolina at NYG: NYG
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: AF
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: CB
Denver at Jacksonville: DB
Indianapolis at Houston: IC
Miami at Buffalo: MD
Detroit at Chicago: CB
Oakland at Tennessee: TT
Cincinnati at New England: CB ;_;
Arizona at St. Louis: LAR
San Fran at Seattle: SF49ers
Green Bay at Philadelphia: GBP
Dallas at Washington: DC
Baltimore at NJ Jets: BR
SD at KC: KCC

hey look, i win both ways on 'DC'

fence-sitter

this thing will work when cincy play cleveland too. if i keep this up i am guaranteed 4 correct picks this season alone.

Minnesota at New Orleans: NOS
Carolina at NYG: NYG
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: AF
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: CB
Denver at Jacksonville: DB
Indianapolis at Houston: Indy
Miami at Buffalo: Miami
Detroit at Chicago: Chicago
Oakland at Tennessee: Tennessee
Cincinnati at New England: New England
Arizona at St. Louis: St. Louis
San Fran at Seattle: Niners
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Green Bay
Dallas at Washington: Dallas
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Bawlmore
SD at KC: San Diego

Minnesota at New Orleans: Saints
Carolina at NYG: Giants
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: Birds
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Bux
Denver at Jacksonville: Bronx
Indianapolis at Houston: Colts, but I agree w/Crunch that this is going to be close
Miami at Buffalo: Fins
Detroit at Chicago: Da Bearz
Oakland at Tennessee: Voluptuous Naked Painted Ladies
Cincinnati at New England: Pasties
Arizona at St. Louis: Cards
San Fran at Seattle: Niners
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Pack
Dallas at Washington: Boys
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Jets
SD at KC: Bolts

Voluptuous Naked Painted Ladies

There are a lot of these in Oakland.

Minnesota at New Orleans: Saints
Carolina at NYG: Giants
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: Falcons
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Browns
Denver at Jacksonville: Broncos
Indianapolis at Houston: Colts
Miami at Buffalo: Dolphins
Detroit at Chicago: Bears
Oakland at Tennessee: Raiders
Cincinnati at New England: Patriots
Arizona at St. Louis: Rams
San Fran at Seattle: Niners
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Packers
Dallas at Washington: Cowboys
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Ravens
SD at KC: Chargers

Hooray!!!!!!! It's time!!! It's really here!!

Minnesota at New Orleans: New Orleans (killer way to open season-great game)
Carolina at NYG: NYG (no running game by Giants makes this one close)
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: Falcons (would like Steelers to get crushed)
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Bucs (awful game)
Denver at Jacksonville: Broncos (not the best matchup of all time)
Indianapolis at Houston: Colts (this could be good)
Miami at Buffalo: Miami (really hoping Buffalo pulls off an upset, but doubt it)
Detroit at Chicago: Bears (easy way to open up the season for my team, but watch them fuck it up)
Oakland at Tennessee: Tennessee (Oak a hot preseason sleeper, they will still probably shit the bed)
Cincinnati at New England: New England (this could be hilariously entertaining)
Arizona at St. Louis: Rams (just basing this on qb issues Arizona has had)
San Fran at Seattle: San Francisco (SF destroys Seattle here)
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Green Bay (if Green Bay has an o-line this year, they could be unbeatable)
Dallas at Washington: Dallas (two of the most repulsive teams of all time)
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Baltimore (woulld give anything to see Ray Lewis shut the fucking Jets up)
SD at KC: Chargers (SD wins big on the road here)

THIS POST IS A BANGER

http://bit.ly/chAXFX

The Jets were up 17-6 in the championship game, and might have been able to sustain it with Kris Jenkins on the field, who is imo their second best defensive player. Don't like how they handled the offseason but I still think they will be dangerous.

Damn, I think whoever wrote that Onion preview reads our site, as half of those things are stuff like gets said here.

•Intangibles: Can't discount the possibility of another horrific injury to quarterback Tom Brady; oh, please, Lord, let there be another horrific injury to Tom Brady
•Biggest Question: This may be the year New England finally falls out of contention, but we know full well these fucks will pull a 12-4 season out of their ass somehow

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

•Weakness: Looking at this roster, it may not be the best year to play in a stadium where fans have access to several functioning cannons
•Intangibles: Signing a rookie wide receiver named Mike Williams has done nothing but backfire throughout the entire history of the league
•Player To Watch: Remember Warrick Dunn? He was a fun player to watch. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy, too.

Seattle Seahawks

•Weakness: Team is in their 10th year of humoring quarterback and Make-A-Wish cancer patient Matt Hasselbeck
•Intangibles: Billionaire owner Paul Allen is concentrating less on his team and more on hollowing out the earth so he can live inside it with the dinosaurs there.

Intangibles: Can't discount the possibility of another horrific injury to quarterback Tom Brady; oh, please, Lord, let there be another horrific injury to Tom Brady

Biggest Question: This may be the year New England finally falls out of contention, but we know full well these fucks will pull a 12-4 season out of their ass somehow

hahaha!

I’ll be honest with you; I pretty much haven’t followed much football since Manning through that pick 6 in the Super Bowl. Even if you do follow it, I think it is pretty much like reading tea leaves to know what is going on the first couple of weeks, as pre-season is such a poor indicator of much.

Minnesota at New Orleans: I’ll take the Saints at home, although they still might be hung over. Minnesota will probably try and fail to kill Drew Brees. Favre pretty much throws out the whole thing on “you gotta prepare” showing up 10 minutes before the game in some Wranglers and flip flops.

Carolina at NYG: I’ll go Giants at home, as Carolina has to be the most boring club in the NFL. The Giants are so fruity, you never know how good they are week to week either way.

Atlanta at Pittsburgh: This is kind of a tough one, as the Falcons road record over the decades is really poor and while the Steelers are probably not as good as could be, they still might be OK. Question—If they are 4-0 and Dixon’s getting the job done, does the masher get his job back? I’m going Steelers in a slight upset, even though it is the Falcons on the road.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Oh boy…I’m taking Cleveland to win as that would be more fun and they actually seemed to improve towards the end of last year, which the Bucs definitely did not.

Denver at Jacksonville: Jville is hard to figure, they pretty much melted away in the second half kind of like the Broncos. I think this is a toss up, and I will take the Jags to win an ugly one, although I have no idea how good either of these clubs might be.

Indianapolis at Houston: Texans usually play the Colts pretty good in Houston. They beat them a couple of years ago on a ½ mile field goal and then pretty much gave away the game the last couple of years after beating them pretty good for 3 quarters. I’m going Indy, but I’d like to know how well they will run the ball on Sunday. Their running game was pretty pathetic last year, had to be the worse running game to ever get to a Super Bowl.

Miami at Buffalo: I could believe Buffalo making it a game, as that sometimes happens in division, but the Dolphins seem to be a pretty talented club all the way round, so give me Miami.

Detroit at Chicago: I don’t think the problems they had last year really got fixed much. The O-line is either young and bad or old and getting bad, which means they probably still won’t be able to run and Cutler will still be running for his life. Sucks as they actually have a few decent skills guys, but I think it would take Sweetness to be able to run behind that line. The defense is getting old too, so it is hard to figure where they will be. I’m going Bears, as you cannot pick the Lions to win on the road.

Oakland at Tennessee: Well Oaktown is going to be better, as even though Jason Campbell is a bust, he is not a BIG F-IN BUST like JaBustus. Tennessee looked pretty good at the end of last year and I’ll take them to win, but if Oakland can run the ball or get a couple of big turnovers they might hang around.

Cincinnati at New England: Freak City Open on this one…TO, OCHO & MOSS man in the same stadium, criminy this should be like some WWF event. I want to go Bengals and I hope they cream those bastards, but it’s the Pats and they will probably squeak out a win.

Arizona at St. Louis: AZ has some talent but it seems really weird to be picking a club with Derek Anderson to win, then again he has Larry Fitzgerald instead of Braylon Edwards. It is also on the road and the Cards are not exactly road warriors. Err….I guess Cards it is, but don’t feel good on it.

San Fran at Seattle: Seahawks might bounce back, but I think the 49ers are a bit better club.

Green Bay at Philadelphia: Hard to figure on Eagles without McNabb, I’ll go Green Bay, but they were pretty shaky at times. Philly isn’t an easy place to win.

Dallas at Washington: Which owner do you despise more? I don’t care who wins, I just want something to happen to cause both of those pricks to somehow lose money on the game (as long as no fans get hurt or nothing). I guess Dallas, but big whoop.

Baltimore at NJ Jets: Pretty similar clubs…although the Ravens threw it a heck of a lot more than you would expect last year. Jets have gotten pretty inflated and the Ravens were kind of droopy down the stretch. I’m still going out and taking Ravens in an upset.

SD at KC: I’m going Chargers, but KC is always a tough place for an AFC West team to play. You never know what SD will show up, but I think KC still is a bit below the talent level. KC would need to capitalize on some Charger mistakes to win.

I feel like the bucs could spectacularly crash and burn this year

Minnesota at New Orleans: Saints
Carolina at NYG: Giants
Atlanta at Pittsburgh: Falcons
Cleveland at Tampa Bay: Browns
Denver at Jacksonville: Jagwads
Indianapolis at Houston: Colts
Miami at Buffalo: Dolphins
Detroit at Chicago: Lions
Oakland at Tennessee: Titans
Cincinnati at New England: Bungles
Arizona at St. Louis: Cards
San Fran at Seattle: Niners
Green Bay at Philadelphia: Packers
Dallas at Washington: Cowboys
Baltimore at NJ Jets: Jets
SD at KC: Chargers

Interesting that the 49ers picked up Troy Smith. Always thought he deserved a real shot.

imo it was better to pick up Troy Smith than Matt Leinart.

in the same boat as you clay

so loud!

OH SHIT I WIN GO CHIEFS

CHIEFS!

BA -DOW!

ALLLLLLLL RIGHT

YAY

THAT WAS A GAME

KANSAS CITY SAVED FOOTBALL

they might've missed vincent jackson inside the 10 there

dallas/washington - REDSKINS
bmore/jets - baltimore
sd/kc - CHIEFS

― wears suburban hang-ups on her sleeve like some kind of corporate logo (daria-g), Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:05 PM (1 week ago)

Do you believe in miracles
Magic
Unicorns
Ribs

It's a good thing the survival league is 2-strikes, because 3 people picked the Superchargers.

Not me! :)

See? Totally dreamy

idk cassell is a bit moonfaced for my tastes

Lies

monday night football dude: SEE YOU NEXT WEEK IN SAN FRANSISCO

rest of country: ...............................

wkiw kansas city tonight

(makes plans to wash hair)

That was almost as fun as the Dolphins/Jets game early last year, or was it the Dolphins/Colts game? I can't remember which one led to the more insane thread here.

I hear KC is lovely this time of year...what with the winning & dreaminess

both games were pretty frickin sweet -- dolphins game came down to final play tho

I can't hardly remember last year

i think it was fins/jets, but maybe both? fins with the fire drill offense confusing the hell out of everybody & chucky going crazy about the WILDCAT

Oh wait I remember now

Fins/jets sounds right

yeah that game was amazing

it was!

Glad I stayed up to catch the 4th quarter. Jeez Louise what a game.

btw -- jets @ dolphins pt II is on sunday night in two weeks

^_^

i hope the dolphins kill 'em

u & me both, sister

Stuart Scott just invoked "clear eyes full heart can't lose" for Jets/Ravens highlights. Facepalm. yellow card.

Use it for KC, dork.

Yeah Dolphins to cream Jets. Please please please

i just want to make sure that everyone remembers that next sunday night is ELI VS PEYTON i.e. GOOD VS EVIL

listen

Manning e Manning

ray lewis is the best

we all must love ray lewis

He's a cool dude. And he hits like a truck full of hammers

oh bucs...
http://static.nfl.com/static/content/catch_all/nfl_image/canon_10_wk_1_03.jpg

apparently kris jenkins is done for the season again. post-hard knocks i gotta say i feel for the guy.

Here's Ray Lewis just taking Dustin Keller's will to live away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3jdNLQO99g&feature=player_embedded

Fucking awesome

doesn't translate to fantasy unfortunately.

Yahoo headlines
Incident between Jets, Azteca reporter Sainz, draws cultural, moral lines
Doug Farrar September 14, 2010

Video: Tennessee Titans mascot 'eats' cheerleader
Chris Chase September 13, 2010

doesn't translate to fantasy unfortunately.

Solo tackle's a solo tackle. Worth one point in our league.

It wasnt a tackle, it was an incomplete pass. But "scaring the shit out of somebody so he drops the ball" would be a good fantasy stat.

i don't think it was fear that caused him to miss that catch, I think it was Lewis bodyslamming him

It was that fear from getting crushed that probably caused him to wimp out on the fourth down play where he ran short of the first down.