He's got that spunk still in him! The 2011 NFL Week 3 Thread

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

12-4 last week, 22-10 this season

Houston at New Orleans - SAINTS
NY Giants at Philadelphia - GINTS (Vick-dependent)
Jacksonville at Carolina - PANTHERS
New England at Buffalo - PATS
Miami at Cleveland - BROWNS
San Francisco at Cincinnati - 49ERS
Denver at Tennessee - TITANS
Detroit at Minnesota - LIONZ! go 3-0
Baltimore at St. Louis - RAVENS
NY Jets at Oakland - RAIDERS
Kansas City at San Diego - SUPERCHARGERS
Arizona at Seattle - CARDS
Atlanta at Tampa Bay - BUCS
Green Bay at Chicago - PACK
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis - STILLERS
Washington at Dallas - SKINS

Hmm, a lot of road teams seem like the stronger teams. That's always a tricky proposition.

11 - 5 last week

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

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

12-4 last week
24-8 overall

Houston at New Orleans - texans
NY Giants at Philadelphia - giants
Jacksonville at Carolina - panthers
New England at Buffalo - pats
Miami at Cleveland - browns
San Francisco at Cincinnati - 9ers
Denver at Tennessee - titans
Detroit at Minnesota - vikings
Baltimore at St. Louis - ravens
NY Jets at Oakland - raiders
Kansas City at San Diego - chargers
Arizona at Seattle - cardinals
Atlanta at Tampa Bay - falcons
Green Bay at Chicago - packers
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis - steelers
Washington at Dallas - redskins

inevitably:

Domenik Hixon has a torn right ACL for the second time in 15 months. #NYG

oh shit. dude's gonna have to get a bionic leg sooner or later.

Houston at New Orleans - Saints. Ingram has a big game?
NY Giants at Philadelphia - Eagles
Jacksonville at Carolina - Panthers
New England at Buffalo - Patriots
Miami at Cleveland - Browns
San Francisco at Cincinnati - 49ers
Denver at Tennessee - Titans
Detroit at Minnesota - Lions for real yo
Baltimore at St. Louis - Ravens
NY Jets at Oakland - Raiders. trap game for the jets
Kansas City at San Diego - Chargers
Arizona at Seattle - Cardinals
Atlanta at Tampa Bay - Bucs
Green Bay at Chicago - Packers
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis - Steelers
Washington at Dallas - Cowboys

the last time the vikings were underdogs to the lions at home according to vegas was 1981!

this is gonna be a loooong season

Houston
Philly
Carolina
New England
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Detroit
Baltimore
NY Jets
San Diego
Arizona
Atlanta
Green Bay
Pittsburgh
Washington

Houston at New Orleans - question marks on both these teams, so interesting match up. saints tho, and anything else would a legit shock
NY Giants at Philadelphia - eagles. giants so bad right now
Jacksonville at Carolina - carolina altho cam will throw a combined total of 5 TDs and Ints and the exact split will likely decide it
New England at Buffalo - NE have won this matchup 99 times in a row and the streak has to end sometime, but it just is too unlikely to really credit, especially as the bills seem to be evolving into a store brand version of the pats
Miami at Cleveland - miami win away from margaritaville in a result that shockingly seems shocking
San Francisco at Cincinnati - eternal flames
Denver at Tennessee - tits
Detroit at Minnesota - detroit i guess. i don't think MN looks quite as hopeless as ppl seem to believe, but...
Baltimore at St. Louis - ravens. i was looking forward to seeing what STL and KC came up with this year but neither has been able to keep what weapons they have on the field. at least STL have a chance of coming out of it as the season progresses
NY Jets at Oakland - oak win conceivable but unlikely
Kansas City at San Diego - bolts
Arizona at Seattle - i guess we find out for certain if seattle really is the worst team in the nfl. i say why not
Atlanta at Tampa Bay - buxxx take advantage of a downswing on the falxxx rollercoaster
Green Bay at Chicago - !BEARS!
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis - steelers
Washington at Dallas - there is too much prime time nfc east. break this annoying big market division up now, put jax and buffalo in there. fuck these teams. i hope washington wins but the lights might be too bright for rex this time

i don't know if miami will win this week. but if we don't win, we're facing an 0 -- 5 start (next two away, against chargers and jets), and the death spiral will have begun.

i like the phrase "store brand patriots"

we really should have a confidence picks pool on yahoo next year

we have that

And for the last five (?) years.

fuck

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6177073428_1dd48f0556.jpg

dr. z's power rankings, 9/25/01

Are you making a prediction abt Curtis Painter or?

hey if they were willing to start him maybe i would be!

Painter is perhaps the worst QB, starting or backup, in the NFL. I can't type enough zeros to convey the odds against him becoming another Brady. My best advice for the Colts is to tank this season and let Manning mentor Andrew Luck. Indianapolis fans will understand.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-farmer-nfl-fitzpatrick-20110923,0,7700063.column

Fitzpatrick laughs at himself too. He coined the nickname "The Amish Rifle," drives a pickup truck, and might be the only quarterback who wears his wedding ring when he plays. He's married to Liza Barber, a former soccer star at Harvard, and their engagement story is a classic.

During his rookie season, Fitzpatrick bought a ring with money from a joint bank account he shared with Barber. He hid it in his car, then picked her up for a day of shopping at a St. Louis mall. They stopped by a clothing store, the clerk accidentally double-charged her, and Barber said not to worry because she'd check the account online when she got home.

"So I knew she was going to notice the amount of money that was missing," Fitzpatrick said. "So I was like, 'Oh, man.' I had to figure out from the Gap to my house how I was going to propose to her. Luckily, the ring was in the car.

"We drove by all these fancy places. I asked her if she wanted to grab some dinner and sit by the lake. It was November, and she was like 'Why would I do that? It's freezing outside!' All she wanted was McDonald's. My relationship with my wife, and knowing her, it was just the perfect setting.

"She ordered probably a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets and had sweet-and-sour sauce on her face."

RYAN FITZ, YOU DEVIL <3

lol @ the amish rifle

Houston at New Orleans - saints
NY Giants at Philadelphia - eagles
Jacksonville at Carolina - panthers
New England at Buffalo - pats
Miami at Cleveland - browns
San Francisco at Cincinnati - bengals
Denver at Tennessee - titans
Detroit at Minnesota - lions
Baltimore at St. Louis - ravens
NY Jets at Oakland - jets
Kansas City at San Diego - chargers
Arizona at Seattle - cards
Atlanta at Tampa Bay - bucs
Green Bay at Chicago - packers
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis - steelers
Washington at Dallas - cowboys

Houston at New Orleans - Saints
NY Giants at Philadelphia - Iggles
Jacksonville at Carolina - Panthers, Cam 800 yds
New England at Buffalo - fell like this may be a tease for 3 quarters, Pats
Miami at Cleveland - Fins
San Francisco at Cincinnati - Bengals
Denver at Tennessee - Tit-tans I guess
Detroit at Minnesota - Lions destroy
Baltimore at St. Louis - will be in stands for this slaughter
NY Jets at Oakland - LA Raiders
Kansas City at San Diego - Chargers destroy
Arizona at Seattle - lol nfc west, cards
Atlanta at Tampa Bay - Hotlanta
Green Bay at Chicago - upset, Bears
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis - Stillers
Washington at Dallas - Tony Romo still has 1 lung

13-3 last week; 22-10 overall

Houston at New Orleans - Aints, but should be damn competitive; would not be surprised to see this go the other way
NY Giants at Philadelphia - The Giants started out as a bad football team and are going to see themselves get even worse by injury; eagles and big
Jacksonville at Carolina - Carolina bandwagon is getting full but I suppose I can fit on
New England at Buffalo - should be a helluva shoot out but the pats are so ridiculously dominant offensively right now that I don't think I'm picking against them this year unless brady gets injured
Miami at Cleveland - I know so little about either of these teams. Miami because they have an animal instead of a color as their mascot.
San Francisco at Cincinnati - niners are looking horrible, Cincinnati less horrible than advertised, so the latter.
Denver at Tennessee - welp guess this will be another season where the titans pull off a few surprising wins, stampede a few obvious choices, get maimed by the big boys and finish with between 8 and 9 wins. go tits.
Detroit at Minnesota - panic time in minnesota but lions are looking playoff ready and prepared to go in strong
Baltimore at St. Louis - Ravens, for the maim
NY Jets at Oakland - Jets but it's a bad matchup for them and could go either way
Kansas City at San Diego - Even the Chargers can't fuck this up
Arizona at Seattle - Cardinals; this is my survival LOCK OF THE WEEK tm
Atlanta at Tampa Bay - Atlanta in a competitive one
Green Bay at Chicago - Packers until proven otherwise
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis - Steelers in angry fashion
Washington at Dallas - I think the skins are a better team than they're getting credit for and that dallas is even MORE beat up than advertised. Washington.

no clue what i was last week

New Orleans
Philadelphia
Carolina
New England
Cleveland
San Francisco
Tennessee
Detroit
Baltimore
NY Jets
San Diego
Seattle
Atlanta
Green Bay
Pittsburgh
Dallas tony homo may die

Houston at New Orleans - saints
NY Giants at Philadelphia - everyone will try to lose. eagles
Jacksonville at Carolina - carolina
New England at Buffalo - ochocincos
Miami at Cleveland - browns
San Francisco at Cincinnati - no one wins here
Denver at Tennessee - denver
Detroit at Minnesota - lions
Baltimore at St. Louis - ravens
NY Jets at Oakland - RAIDERS, what the hell
Kansas City at San Diego - san diego super chargers
Arizona at Seattle - arizona super cardinals
Atlanta at Tampa Bay - falcons
Green Bay at Chicago - CHICAGO BEARS
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis - pitt. this is going to be ugly
Washington at Dallas - chucky likes the WASHINGTON REDSKINS, how can i disagree. HAIL

Miami at Cleveland -- Miami because they have an animal instead of a color as their mascot.

best reasoning i've heard.

this made me lol

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football58 says: Sep 24, 2011 7:15 PM

How do you get strep throat from steroids or HGH?

BROWNS HAVE A COACH AS THEIR MASCOT JERKS

BASKETBALL LEGEND LARRY BROWN FYI

best wishes to the Cleveland Larrys

:-0

Don Criqui sighting!

there goes vick again running with the ball in one hand

why don't the coaches tell him to not do that

man the early games are loaded today

i mean totally unsecured. seems like a turnover just waiting to happen

wow apparently in place of any AFC games on CBS in los angeles at 10 AM there is an infomercial called "3 Free Bras!" followed by "The Tim McCarver Show"

colt mccoy just got picked by the dolphins' seven round pick that went to trial as an accused murderer while in college

man the early games are loaded today

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, September 25, 2011 1:13 PM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark

i really wish i could watch saints-texans

lol @ 3 free bras

No more wires, hooks, and adjusting straps. Discpver comfort, discover great looks. (Other).

i have giants/iggles, no game on the other channel. once again i blame dan snyder, i'm sure he had something to do with it

oh man, pats secondary going to get torched again today

stevie!

or...

lol, maybe not! hahahaha bills

game over

lol, for better or for worse

OH, YOU DID NOT FUMBLE REX

snap the football dumbasses before they challenge

SNAP THE BALL REDSKINS DON'T WAIT

lol jason garrett being all "i don't need a replay coordinator *peers up at 5,600 inch TV screen*"

imo that was totally a fumble

DON'T EVEN GET CHUCKIE STARTED, MIKE

i think he was clearly down

AHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

TACOS ALL OVER MY SCREEN

oh my god wtf now

aaaaaaand that's why you can't all out blitz every play

D. HALL.

why the hell did they send everyone on 3rd and 20

no idea

they were expecting a bad snap

YOU WENT OUT OF BOUNDS LOL

LITERALLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS TEAM IT'S LIKE SOMEONE CAST A SPELL ON THEM

someone really needs to make a romo_hit_by_snap.gif compilation after this season

haha -- yes, Jason LaCanfora, Romo makes some "amazing plays" "for worse"

because sometimes amazing plays can really hurt a team

i weep

it has to be set to benny hill theme music xp

why the hell did he run out of bounds

ok cmon GOOD REX right about now

lol how do you get a screen ran on you in prevent defense

F*** IT GO DEEP

gano is gonna hit a 52 yarder to win it

a fitting end

two minute lolffense

jesus christ rex

.............

man everyone is going to be so miserable in this town tomorrow

how did he not see THAT GUY coming jesus christ

i shudder to think that one of tony romo's greatest victories is a 16-15 win over the rex grossman-led washington redskins

that was one of the better played games by the washington redskins in a long time tbh! i just don't understand how TWICE he could not be aware that one of the dallas pass rushers was right behind him about to strip the ball

that was really a great game, in its way.

i nominate LOOK OUT THE BALL OW MY FACE for week 4 thread title

sorry daria

i can't imagine a more fitting end to this game, though

As a long-suffering Lions fan, I have every reason to view their so-far impressive start with tons of trepidation. But if this crap is the best this Cowboys team can do, I'm starting to look forward to next Sunday's matchup with a little bit of confidence.

― Stormy Davis, Monday, September 26, 2011 10:51 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark

congratulations about your detroit lions btw!

the more fitting end would obvs be for the snapper to catch romo unawares during the kneeldown play and then somebody on the skins special teams runs it in for the td

basically having watched so much of these two teams i approach the ends of close games with the expectation that if they are ahead, they will find a completely ridiculous way to lose

horseshoe -- my second favorite team is the Bills (my family roots are in Rochester, although I grew up in Michigan), so this season so far has been magical!

Cowpokes win on 6 field goals? Richie Cunningham set the record, didn't he? I think Cunningham won the game with 7 field goals? I think that was a Monday night game too? I certainly remember watching it...

the more fitting end would obvs be for the snapper to catch romo unawares during the kneeldown play and then somebody on the skins special teams runs it in for the td

― daria-g, Monday, September 26, 2011 11:48 PM (5 minutes ago)

this! how did the redskins not use their last timeout to force another snap!

dying @ london fletcher

horseshoe -- my second favorite team is the Bills (my family roots are in Rochester, although I grew up in Michigan), so this season so far has been magical!

― Stormy Davis, Monday, September 26, 2011 11:53 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

aw i was born in detroit! and it's my dad's favorite city he ever lived in and barry sanders was my first favorite nfl player when i was too young to really understand the game much. yay rust belt!

God fuckin dammit

would've gone 13-3 this week if Washington could have pulled it off tonight

Rust Belt indeed! Lake Erie football! (the Browns are probably my third fave team!) freddie jax is such a great player

STORMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy_97CcJ28E

sad i missed the end but what a perfect nfc east game--hype, terrible football, and somehow still compelling.

Romo has seriously got to be converting people since his week 1 debacle; seriously, it's so rare to make that many dumb mental mistakes and win anyway...that 3rd and 21 was incredible

It'd be hard to fault Romo for anything last night. He was surrounded by complete incompetence. I thought at one point he was about to rip his center's head off.