Things are just as muddled this week as they’ve always been. We see four legitimate contenders (Pit, NE, Phi, Ind) and a handful of teams that might or might not be frauds. The rest of the teams are unbearable to watch. The NFL should be ashamed for making us watch Krenzel vs Henson on everyone’s favorite holiday.
These picks are from 2004. Check out the 2005 picks here.
Last week was a great week for picks as Vegas Vinny, Mile High and Guru Ganu had 12, 13 and 14 picks correct. We won’t mention Mr. X’s record. We’re hoping to keep the hot streak alive this week.
Here we go with the Week 12 Picks. If you want to see how well the experts here at SC stack up against the competition, check out this excel file.
There was no change in slots 1 through 11 this week and you’d think it’d make the Power Rankings easier to write. But how do you rank Buffalo at 4-6 if they just beat St. Louis at 5-5? Then you have the problem of a host of terrible teams all bunched up at 4-6 and 3-7. Is Tennessee better than Detroit? Who knows! Well, we’ll know in week 17 but you know what I’m getting at.
Last week, despite some stinkers on the schedule, turned out to be a pretty good week to watch football. Gotta love those OT games even if they don’t go the way we thought.
Here we go with the Week 11 Picks. If you want to see how well the experts here at SC stack up against the competition, check out this excel file.
Wooo Boy! What a week in the NFL. There were a lot of hard decision to be made in this week’s power rankings — how good is Atlanta? Is Green Bay the third best team in the NFC? Can you make a case for New England as still the top team in the AFC? I’m hoping this week’s games start separating the wheat from the chaff.
So much for that ‘last home game for the Skins predicting the election’ trend. I guess if the Patsies could have their 21 game streak ended, the 16 election streak was bound to end as well.
Here we go with the Week 9 Picks. If you want to see how well the experts here at SC stack up against the competition, check out this excel file.
After 7 weeks, there’s finally a change at the top with the undefeated Eagles in the #1 slot. The Patriots are still the team to beat in the AFC but for now, Pittsburgh moves into #2. Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot from the “Steeler Nation”. What is this crap with every fan base being a nation? There’s the Raider Nation and that’s it.
The NFL is a strange place. Just when you think you have it figured out, someone like Indy does something stupid and loses to Jacksonville. At home. But then you have someone like the 5-1 Falcons who you knew weren’t as good as their record and they go out and prove everyone right. We’re almost at the halfway point in the season and it’s looking more and more like a five horse race. Well, here are your horses.
These weeks don’t get any easier to pick in the NFL. We’re all hovering around the 60% mark each week, with the exception of Mr. X. I hate to call him out but what crack pipe has he been smoking? Well, at least he’s smarter than Merrill Hoge who still insists the Redskins are the team to beat in the NFC East and that the Eagles won’t make the playoffs.
Everyone talks about parity in the NFL. Well, where exactly is it? The league right is made out of the haves and the have-nots. The top 6 look very strong followed by a bunch of teams whose records indicate they’re better than they really are. Sure, as the adage goes, you’re only as good or as bad as your record says you are. But really, are the Giants or Jax a legitimate threat come playoff time? I don’t think so.
Then we have the bottom of the barrel of 2 and 1 win teams. Just terrible football teams that can only climb up the rankings by beating each other. It’s a small field, folks.