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Here are the week 3 Power Rankings, as decided by..well, me. Records aren’t everything so I don’t want to hear any complaints about Jacksonville being 3-0. I’d take Indy to beat them every single day of the week and twice on Sundays. Wait a minute, look what’s coming up this weekend: Jaguars vs Colts. If the Jags can beat the Colts, I’ll danced naked through the next snowstorm we get here.
[These are the 2004 Picks. Get the Week 3 2006 Picks here.]
Last week the Sportscolumn staff picked 64% of the games right. Overall, our record is 62% right. That’s not setting any records but we’re still beating the “experts” at ESPN.com who are picking only 59%. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather get more right and not have to look at that that smug bastard, Merrill Hoge. In any case, here are the week 3 picks.
…It was midday on Thursday afternoon September 23rd, 2004. My day was rather common: work, lunch, time spent on NFL web sites between projects. I had been intrigued all week by the NFL.COM’s Rookie of the week voting. Until I realized that it means absolutely nothing and the NFL just tells us who we voted for…
What a difference a week makes! Last week, no one gave the Packers a chance to win their Monday night matchup against Carolina and this week, no one is willing to touch the Panthers with a ten foot pole. Meanwhile all of us are picking Green Bay to beat the Bears. But don’t worry, there’s plenty of games we still disagree on. Here are your Week 2 picks, served piping hot.
Opening day of the NFL season is probably the second best day in all of sports; number 1 being the first round of the NCAA tourney, which actually spans two days, but you know what I mean. So, instead of doing my usual post-game Eagles analysis, I’m going to cover the entire week 1. I couldn’t watch every game but with Sunday Ticket and by the grace of God, I was able to watch a hell of a lot of football.
We’re back! The Sportscolumn.com Football experts are returning this year with your weekly picks and your Locks of the Week. After kicking the ESPN experts’ ass last year, we feel confident we can outpick them again this year. So here we go.
Three teams with a vile hatred for each other once again resume their on going battle for AFC West supremacy. Denver and Kansas City both head into the 2004 NFL season trying to shake the nightmare of countless Peyton Manning TD passes; I think Brandon Stokley just scored again. While Oakland is still trying to fathom that Rick Mirer was their starting quarterback for half the season. All three teams have a legitimate shot to snatch the AFC Western crown in the upcoming season and below are my predictions. Don’t worry San Diego fans I didn’t forget about your beloved Chargers. I threw in a blurb about the `Bolts since they do have a shot at the division, well technically anyway.
Two playoff contending teams, two young quarterbacks, two legacies to prove. Chad Pennington and Mike Vick are a duo of fiery youngsters with unlimited potential and boundless jubilance. Both men started their careers illustriously as Pennington led the Jets past the first round of the playoffs in 2002, and Vick revolutionized the definition of a playmaker, while earning his spot as the poster boy for the Madden cover.
Both quarterbacks also suffered the horrific fate that all rookie stars dread, injury. Having fully recovered from injuries that had them sidelined for most of last season, these young superstars are out to show the world they belong in football.
Two vastly different players with the same goal in mind, to win. The only question now: whom would you take, Pennington or Vick?
It is never too early to start speculating which NFL head coaches are in trouble. With up to a third of the teams changing coaches each year, keeping up with the status of head coaches has become a habit for serious NFL fans. Some casinos have started betting lines on who will be the first coach fired. As another NFL season is about to begin, it is appropriate to evaluate the state of each Head Coach.
The climactic finale to the 2004 Super Bowl marked the start of a whirlwind of controversy, bruised egos, loud-mouthed superstars, and dope smoking running backs that made this off-season one to remember.
I’ll briefly analyze and rank all the divisions in the NFL, all the best players in the NFL, and tell you who I think will win it all in 2005.