Week 6: Dunno about you guys, but we definitely DON'T want Carr

Seattle at Chicago
Miami at Green Bay
San Diego at St. Louis
Baltimore at New England
New Orleans at Tampa Bay
Detroit at NY Giants
Atlanta at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Pittsburgh
Kansas City at Houston
Oakland at San Francisco
NY Jets at Denver
Dallas at Minnesota
Indianapolis at Washington

alternate thread titles

Week 6: Where your quarterback's rating is less than his age

or

Week 6: As Colt McCoy gets helped off the field with an apparent concussion, Bernie Kosar finishes his scotch and picks up a football...

carryover fron week 5

Things are about to get uglier in browns town as it looks like Colt McCoy may be starting next Sunday against the Steelers.

RIP 2010.

Steelers coming off of bye with Roffles starting his first game. McCoy was not good in the preseason.

Bernie Kosar finishes his scotch and picks up a football

my fantasy

goddam, the Texans have a tough schedule upcoming

i think this is the first week specific thread i've made -- if y'all aren't feeling the title or like any of my alternates better, forks can feel free to change it

we have some garbage night games this week

at the very least maybe forks could correct my misspelling of definitely

8-6 this week, 44-32 on the season

Seattle at Chicago -- CHI
Miami at Green Bay -- MIA (I don't see Rodgers getting Wally Pipped tbh)
San Diego at St. Louis -- SD
Baltimore at New England -- NE (NEW WEAPON FOR TOM BARDY)
New Orleans at Tampa Bay -- NO
Detroit at NY Giants -- NYG
Atlanta at Philadelphia -- ATL
Cleveland at Pittsburgh -- Is Roffles starting? He looks fat. PIT
Kansas City at Houston -- HOU
Oakland at San Francisco -- OAK
NY Jets at Denver -- NYJ
Dallas at Minnesota -- DAL (This is whatever the opposite of Sophie's Choice is)
Indianapolis at Washington -- IND

A completely embarrassing 5-9 last week, and an equally embarrassing 40-36 on the year.

Seattle at Chicago → CHI. I'm picking the Bears under the assumption that Cutler returns. I expect this game to suck either way, though.
Miami at Green Bay → MIA. Rodgers has a hurty head and won't be playing. I like the Dolphins to snap back after a week off.
San Diego at St. Louis → SD. I didn't see the Week 5 game, but it appears that w/o Mark Clayton, the Rams offense has no idea what to do.
Baltimore at New England → BAL. Even with Flacco not exactly excelling right now, I like the Ravens' chances here.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay → TB. I'll be at this game, which will be a much closer game than I expected when I bought the tickets. Saints looks amazingly bad right now.
Detroit at NY Giants → NYG. I wish the Lions could win this, I really do. But I don't think so.
Atlanta at Philadelphia → ATL. I may change this pick once I know Vick's status.
Cleveland at Pittsburgh → PIT. Roffles is back under center.
Kansas City at Houston → KC. I'm picking the Chefs because I want to, not because I like their chances.
Oakland at San Francisco → SF. I think the Niners are -almost- there. Alex Smith just needs Singletary to put the fear of god in him again.
NY Jets at Denver → NYJ. Kyle Orton might be the best qb no one anywhere is talking about right now, but I think the Jets D brings him down to earth this week.
Dallas at Minnesota → DAL. R0m0 vs. Favre. I hate America.
Indianapolis at Washington → IND. If the Skins win this, it will no longer be accepted wisdom to pick against them.

7-7 last wk; 44-32 for the year

Seattle at Chicago -- bears
Miami at Green Bay -- mia -- i imagine theyve been working on spec teams & expect this game 2 b low scoring, decided by a special teams or defensive play perhaps
San Diego at St. Louis -- cant entirely figure out why everyone thinks mark clayton is such a crippling loss for stl? regardless, chargers
Baltimore at New England -- NE, revenge game for wc round last yr
New Orleans at Tampa Bay -- will root tampa but will pick NO
Detroit at NY Giants -- NYG
Atlanta at Philadelphia -- atl
Cleveland at Pittsburgh -- steelers
Kansas City at Houston -- feel like houston really needs this game &'ll play well
Oakland at San Francisco -- OAK
NY Jets at Denver -- NYJ
Dallas at Minnesota -- vikings but no way in hell am i watching this
Indianapolis at Washington -- IND

I haven't been doing picks this year because I missed the first week, but my one prediction this week will be that SF gets their first win against Oakland. But I will be rooting for Oakland.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/magazine/10/12/agent/index.html

lol @ jonathan ogden anecdote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICA539aGHBo

loved that

The Broncos could use Alphonso Smith and Peyton Hillis.

everyone's heard the story behind that dance right?

I just assumed he loves Alphonso Ribiero like any god-fearing american.

enlighten me

apparently in 8th grade he promised his classmates that one day he'd score a td in the nfl and when he did he would do the carlton dance.

and now you know...the rest of the story

that's a great story

Last week 8-6, for the year 44-32

To be honest, I feel fine with the results as the NFL is so evened out, you just can't count on much. I guess the Rams winning on the road is a stretch, but losing by 30? How good are the Texans, Giants, Chargers, Cowboys and Titans anyway? One week they will look great, one week they will look like crud.

Seattle at Chicago -- I'm going Bears, as their defense is real and they are at home.

Miami at Green Bay -- Here is a couple of under performing teams, I guess GB at home. Packers defense over the past couple of years pretty much lives and dies on the big play, as they give up a crap load of yards. GB also is a penalty machine. Don't know Miami well enough to really gauge, but if I got those two backs, I don't let the young QB lose the game. No real proof, but I would think the Dolphin D is Ok.

San Diego at St. Louis -- Chargers should win, but I think if the club starts believing SS Norv is heading for the bottom, they could lose a game like this one.

Baltimore at New England -- This will be a knuckleduster and pretty even. I'm curious to see how NE does really, as I think they are OK, but it is still living on past rep right now. Baltimore lost to them in where Ray Ray was crying about Brady taking a dive, then the Ravens smacked them around pretty bad in the playoffs. I'm kind of leaning Ravens.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay -- I'm taking NO, but they are looking pretty damn 9-7 right now. Tampa got lucky as sXXT against the Bengals, as they pretty much handed them that game last week. TB is better though, as when I saw them play the Giants this time last year, they were the worst club in the NFL and couldn't do anything right at all.

Detroit at NY Giants -- I'll take the Giants, as the Lions haven't won many road games in a decade.

Atlanta at Philadelphia -- I could see the Eagles playing up and keeping it close, but Atlanta seems to be a better club at this point and this is the kind of game the Falcons need to be able to pull off if they are ready to step up to the next level.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh -- Steelers, but Cleveland could make it interesting, as their defense is pretty decent. It will be a fugly offensive game to watch.

Kansas City at Houston -- KC is Ok, but Houston has to win this one if the are for real (and I'm not really buying at this point). Cassel isn't getting much help from hands of stone Bowe, but KC needs Cassel to be able to match with the big offensive clubs when needed. I'll go Houston and if they lose, screw em no playoffs for you and have fun at 8-8 or 9-7.

Oakland at San Francisco -- 49ers have played tough and this one will be a riot but I think SF will win. Oaktown's schedule is pretty workable for a bit, so they could go into a bye week with playoff hopes that will only be dashed later on.

NY Jets at Denver -- Jets look pretty good. Denver could play them close even win if they can cause NYJ to make some turnovers.

Dallas at Minnesota -- screwed up versus screwed up...Minnesota to me seems a bit more screwed up, take the Cowboys.

Indianapolis at Washington -- I'm not sure, but I don't think McNabb and Manning have faced off very much as I seem to think at least one time I could remember the Eagles had a backup QB when they played the Colts. Going Colts...should be a pretty good game.

DONT FORGET (some have it missing above)
Tennessee at Jacksonville -- Titans, but I could go either way. Being Monday Night Football, it might actually sell out in Jacksonville.

I'll take TN over JAX

earlnash: no rogers this week! maybe worth rethinking the green bay game.

whoops - TN vs JAX - i will not be watching this, either - titans

Jerome Harrison to the Eagles for Mike Bell

Man the packers must really dig Brandon Jackson huh

Why does Mangini hate Jerome Harrison so much, tho?

who knows

I think Jerome wanted to start and got mad when Peyton got the job, that's all I can figure

So I guess Shawne Merriman will be playing elsewhere soon. So...Patriots?

no way

I could see the Redskins throwing money at him too.

i mean anyone who can't recognize that he's been terrible since being suspended for peds deserves to throw money at him...so yeah, probably the 'skins

one of the a+ assholes in the league, wish him nothing but the worst

Yeah, I'm def not a fan. I'm just counting on either a rube like Snyder being starstruck by the big name or a guy like Belichick thinking he can be molded like clay.

yeah i know what you mean but given the active dislike between the patriots and the chargers circa 06-07 i would be extremely surprised

i think the last thing the pats need is another slow & ineffective olb

in fact, let's relive some of those fun times!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQPk7cfR2g

those chargers teams were hella unlikeable

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BpMgNcZq53c/R515mMSSyYI/AAAAAAAAAss/0nzfi9q7Tck/s320/ladainian-tomlinson.jpg

hahahahaha

is that a trainer's bench?

8-6 last week, 42-33 on the season

Seattle at Chicago - chicago D is for real and if cutler's head isn't fogged up he should light up the seattle secondary
Miami at Green Bay - miami will win this one pretty easily i think. only reason the pack isn't in serious trouble is b/c the vikes are hilariously falling apart and the bears will probably come back down to earth.
San Diego at St. Louis - chargers will be pissed this week and will win
Baltimore at New England - i could see NE pulling this one off but that ravens have a good offense and can keep the pace. despite the balt defense i think it might end up being a shootout, actually.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay - new orleans but not comfortably
Detroit at NY Giants - giants
Atlanta at Philadelphia - atlanta. too bad vick won't be around for this one.
Cleveland at Pittsburgh - steelers
Kansas City at Houston - KC looked solid against indy even though they lost. maybe they can hold down the houston offense? i'm picking the chiefs, why not
Oakland at San Francisco - these two teams bore me so much (aside from singletary's antics.) i dunno, the raiders.
NY Jets at Denver - jets
Dallas at Minnesota - a couple of keystone cops squads here. i'll pick the vikings only because they're at home and i think it's going to come down to a favre interception at the dallas 4 yard line with 2 minutes left, followed byhttp://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPGvictoriously kneeling four consecutive times, after the last of which there is still 2 seconds left on the clock, then the vikings kick a field goal and win.
Indianapolis at Washington - indy

Seattle at Chicago -- Bearz
Miami at Green Bay -- Finz
San Diego at St. Louis -- Chargerz
Baltimore at New England -- Patriotz
New Orleans at Tampa Bay -- Saintz
Detroit at NY Giants -- Giantz
Atlanta at Philadelphia -- Falconz
Cleveland at Pittsburgh -- Steelerz
Kansas City at Houston -- Chiefz
Oakland at San Francisco -- Raiderz. Please god beat the Niners. Half my office is Niner fans, I don't think I could bear a beating. Besides, I mean COME ON.
NY Jets at Denver -- JETZ
Dallas at Minnesota -- Vikingz though I honestly don't know.
Indianapolis at Washington -- Coltz.
Titans at Jacksonville - Titanz

oh no, not the cat again.

Can we PLEASE quit leaving the Titans / Jags game out of our picks, people??

Allow me to make you all feel better about yourselves re: picks - I'm 6-8 last week and a disgusting 37-39 overall. I'm notorious for picking "from hunger," though. That said...

Seattle at Chicago : DABears, especially if Cutler's good to go. Love that defense!

Miami at Green Bay : Dolphins, providing they used their bye-week to get their special teams issues worked out. Also, isn't Rodgers hurt?

San Diego at St. Louis : SD

Baltimore at New England : Ravens

New Orleans at Tampa Bay : NO

Detroit at NY Giants : Rooting for Detroit, picking Giants

Atlanta at Philadelphia : Iggles (with Vick OR with Kolb)

Cleveland at Pittsburgh : Big Ben

Kansas City at Houston : Looking forward to this one, oughta be good. I'm still pulling for the Chiefs.

Oakland at San Francisco : Raiders. How the hell can you pick the Niners?

NY Jets at Denver : God help me, Jets. Hate both of these teams.

Dallas at Minnesota : Vikings if Favre actually plays. You gotta believe. (My pick becomes the Cowboys if Tarvaris Jackson takes the field).

Indianapolis at Washington : Redskins

Titans at Jacksonville : Two televised Titans games in two weeks! Christmas in October here in Bungles country. Titans in a good one.

Also, if the Skins beat the Colts, I'll buy a Redskins jersey.

Anyone know if Stafford is playing on Sunday?

http://i54.tinypic.com/2rdgu95.jpg

It's probably not, but I'd like to think this is Kerry Collins' car.

Gradkowski didn't practice ;_;
Campbell stepped up on Sunday and managed a couple of nice long drives down the field, but I'm still a little flinchy about him being THE guy.

I've seen Jason Campbell play well. That bad thing about that is it really only happens 5 or 6 drives per season.

Kerry Collins is the NFL player I'd most like to do cocaine with

yeah

colts offense is so boring imho

it's the worst

they run 6 plays

i can't wait for peyton manning to retire so that team can go away

yes yes yes

i mean there's a certain beauty to it

yes

h8 u guys

:(

haha no i can't really blame you

what a fucked up week.
welcome back tamtam

Surprising number of near picks by Manning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIXvBZywCVQ

nice metaphor for the AFC West.

stat of the weekend: chicago 0-12 on third downs

The hell?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/18/junior-seau-hospitalized-after-driving-suv-off-cliff-report-says/

deranged suicide attempt obv

it's so bizarre. seau of all people? wonder how many times he got hit in the head over 20 seasons.

my dream job for jon gruden 2 have is the red zone guy - he would be so entertaining i could almost not even deal

oh my god you are so right

man. that's a lot of people wearing teal.

so britt is kind of an animal huh

OWWWW....that cannot be good for your ankle.

Hopefully Vince is not hurt too bad.

haha so no one is watching this right

boston radio host today basically said seau is nuts from years of roiding and had a rep of not being the most stable guy behind the scenes

haha so no one is watching this right

― call all destroyer, Monday, October 18, 2010 8:31 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

no

I've got it on in the background and reading.

They are somewhat evenly matched clubs.

Old Man Collins isn't looking too bad. Criminy hasn't he been in the NFL since like 1989?

i'm watching but nothing weird has happened. i just like listening to the commentary. chucky explains to you why it is a big deal that chris johnson makes a block on this play, because usually i just watch the ball.

man, teal. teal makes poorly dressed fans look even tackier

boston radio host today basically said seau is nuts from years of roiding and had a rep of not being the most stable guy behind the scenes

should i believe a boston radio host? wow i had no idea

both of those things seem incredibly plausible

he was on the patriots beat for years; i find it v. plausible.

"CHUCK CECIL. HE'S A QUALITY GUY. HE LOVES FOOTBALL."

if there's one thing that supersedes my undying love for chuckie, it's cliff lee lethally injecting the whole yankees lineup

i don't care about baseball. however i do like it when the yankees lose

titans kinda walloping the jags at the moment, but even as a homer fan I don't want to watch a 17-0 blowout in the mighty battle between kerry collins and trent edwards yuck

this is so boring i might have to watch baseball

jags need to get rid of the teal, also a new mascot, a new font, etc. maybe some gold pants idk

rofl

lol trent edwards really

o man that jacksonville mascot is ultra poochie
and those outfits are not slimming
the logo is all trapper keeper
the font is 1995 incarnate
they're cyndi lauper at a heal the world remake

"the PALACE IN DALLAS"

chucky & jaws suddenly turn into beavis and butt-head

eli manning, the world is counting on you to wreck the cowboys season for good

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/1424/floridan.jpg

this guy.

jaguars fans dressed up = as wtf as miami fans, but lazy. this guy needs more glitter

what the mother fuck

Even if they don't, take a look at the 'boys schedule. They ain't going nowhere.

NFL is so even, it is going to be a freakin' dog fight to make the playoff and if you are 1-4 and unless you play in the NFC West, it's not going to happen. NFC East isn't dominating, but the clubs are all pretty evenly matched, so there is no way the Cowboys sweep out over the Eagles, Redskins and Giants.

The AFC South is so competitive, there is going to be a club in that division not make the playoffs that could whip a couple of teams that make it. I think those two in division losses by the Colts could haunt, as I was looking at their schedule, and it really doesn't let up. Even the clubs that are not doing well they play are not terrible and could come up and pull a win out.

lol did I just the Law & Order sound?

jaguars gave up on this game an hour ago

dawns on me that selecting what shots of the fans you run = editorial commentary on this game by espn crew

dang, texas rangers have scored more points in one inning than jacksonville

i just saw that Garcon catch for the first time. ho-lee fuck.