2008 NFL Pick-em: Week 1

[Logan Byers]

Time to start the third season.
This game is open to everyone.
Pick the winning team by copying the schedule and highlighting the winning team in some fashion (I normally put the winning team in bold).
If it is not clear what team you are picking, you will not get any points for that game.
Explanations are optional.
Changes can be made up until kickoff.

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants
Detroit at Atlanta

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

Good Luck.

[acdcfan259]

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants
Detroit at Atlanta

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

I'm pretty much picking whoever I feel like without much thought , so don't yell at me.

[Travis Hoffman]

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants
Detroit at Atlanta

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

[Carlee10]

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants
Detroit at Atlanta

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

All purely guesses...

[Alex Cormier]

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants
Detroit at Atlanta

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

Will look into GB or MN. and post back.

[acdcfan259]

AHHHH!!!!! Are you all really so close-minded to think that the Packers are THAT bad of a team without Favre. They won 13 games last year. Brett Favre didn't win 13 games, the team did. Aaron Rodgers has proved his worth and ability to replace Favre, he's had three years to prepare. He was expected to be the number one pick three years ago. The team is still just as talented as they were last year, if not better.

I'm going on record here to say that Green Bay WILL win the first game. If not, you can mock me all you want.

[xzvrw2]

here we go another year

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants
even with usi out, they will still win
Detroit at Atlanta
it is possible to lose more games then you did last year and still be a better team, but detroit will win this game by big

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
flacco is good, cincy is having injury issues.
Seattle at Buffalo
this will be a good game, watch out for seattle this year though, they are out to prove something
New York Jets at Miami
and farve goes down!!
Kansas City at New England
come on....
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
remember the last time brees had a great TE??
St. Louis at Philadelphia
man this is going to be a baaaaaaad game
Houston at Pittsburgh
houston makes the playoffs this year
Jacksonville at Tennessee
afc south is the toughest division in all of football, and jacksonville will win it this year, thats right i said it, jacksonville will win it
Dallas at Cleveland
quinn is a bust and edwards is a great wr, lets go anderson!!!!!
Carolina at San Diego
merriman should sit out the season, but he willstill contribute
Arizona at San Francisco
man a bad game here too
Chicago at Indianapolis
devin hester aint runnin anything back haha

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
put in flynn!!!
Denver at Oakland
eh why not

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by xzvrw2

Dallas at Cleveland
quinn is a bust and edwards is a great wr, lets go anderson!!!!!

LOL. How can Quinn be a bust when he has yet to start a regular season NFL game? It's not his fault the Browns' front office is infatuated with Derek Anderson.

Brady has looked average to awesome in any position he's been put in, including his short regular season stint in a game late last year. His stats have been tempered by several TD drops in the end zone and a few cheap INT's that were a result of his receivers bobbling catchable balls.

Even with all of that, he rarely makes the boneheaded mistakes Anderson has a propensity to demonstrate at the worst possible times.

Derek Anderson is a grossly inaccurate, overhyped interception machine whose inadequacies were greatly masked by the awesome talent of his receiving crew and offensive line.

If he does not SIGNIFICANTLY improve his completion percentage and cut back on the number of turnovers this year, he should be holding a clipboard next year while Quinn gets a REAL chance to demonstrate his abilities as a starting NFL QB.

Currently I have no confidence in DA's ability to improve himself as a QB. With the offensive weapons and protection afforded to him, he has NO EXCUSES - improve your game or sit the heck down.

[A_Reed]

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants - Default Loss


Sunday
Detroit at Atlanta
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

[SSMike]

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants - default loss
Detroit at Atlanta

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants
Detroit at Atlanta

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Seattle at Buffalo
New York Jets at Miami
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
Denver at Oakland

Will look into GB or MN. and post back.

hmm...i can't edite my post, so here goes.

Minnesota at Green Bay

[acdcfan259]

Originally Posted by acdcfan259

Carolina at San Diego

I'd like to change that. I must have had a brain fart when I made that pick.

[Taylor]

Aah, week one, the toughest week of the year.


Thursday
Washington at New York Giants NYG misses their D
Detroit at Atlanta Welcome to the NFL, Mr. Ryan. You just got beat by Detroit. Ouch.

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore Nice knowing you, Rudi.
Seattle at Buffalo I'm tired of picking away teams.
New York Jets at Miami Chad Pennington's redemption game.
Kansas City at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans Come about Week 4 or 5 when Shockey's tuned in to the offense, NO will be a beast.
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Houston at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Dallas at Cleveland
Carolina at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco Warner is old and completely overrated.
Chicago at Indianapolis

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay Poor Mr. Rodgers
Denver at Oakland

[Logan Byers]

Thursday
Washington at New York Giants
Injuries to the Giants D = Bad
Detroit at Atlanta
Detroit’s passing attack will be too much for the Falcons to handle

Sunday
Cincinnati at Baltimore
Bengals are back to being dysfunctional
Seattle at Buffalo
A good young team = possible wild card team.
New York Jets at Miami
Favre… why did you leave Green Bay?
Kansas City at New England
Patriots are going to be playing angry, just like they did last year. Watch them run up the score again this year…
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
Brees and Shockey could be a great combo
St. Louis at Philadelphia
I still question the St. Louis offensive line
Houston at Pittsburgh
Mendenhall and Parker will make a great RB tandem
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Still no go-to receiver for VY
Dallas at Cleveland
Shoot-out
Carolina at San Diego
Panthers hurt themselves by suspending Steve Smith, but it was necessary
Arizona at San Francisco
Toss-up
Chicago at Indianapolis
No more Rex, but no receiving corps either.

Monday
Minnesota at Green Bay
2 tough defenses, Adrian Peterson for the tie-breaker
Denver at Oakland
Raiders have to prove they are worthy first.

[Koko Ed]

Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Washington at N.Y. Giants, 7pm
The Giants are not getting the respect they deserve.

Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008
Detroit at Atlanta, 1pm
Atlanta is a disaster.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1pm
Cincy is back to being a joke once again. Marvin Lewis deserves better.

Seattle at Buffalo, 1pm
Seattle is hurt. Bills steal one at home.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1pm
I don't know how good Farve will be for the Jets but he should be good enough to take Miami.

Kansas City at New England, 1pm
The Patriots get a nice cushy assignment on the path to redemption.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1pm
Take the home team.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 1pm
Phili should be tough at home. At least til McNabb gets hurt again.

Houston at Pittsburgh, 1pm
Houston is getting better every year. But not beat Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh better.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1pm
Jacksonville has a better quarterback and that will be the difference.

Dallas at Cleveland, 4:15pm
Cleveland pulls the upset at home.

Carolina at San Diego, 4:15pm
I still don't believe in Norv Turner but they should be able to deal with the Panthers at home.

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:15pm
Why do I have a feeling I'm going to regret this pick?

Chicago at Indianapolis, 8:15pm
To think this was a Superbowl two years ago. It could be a long time before Superbowl and Chicago Bears will be in the same sentence for a long time.

Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
Minnesota at Green Bay, 7pm
I'm going out on a limb here but I just feel the Pack will push hard to prove they were more than just Brett Farve.

Denver at Oakland, 10:15pm
Denver owns the Raiders. So long as Shanhan is on the Denver sidelines and Davis is in the Raiders owner box that shouldn't change.