9/12: Yet Another NFL Prediction Entry (Part II)
• If you don’t know what I’m doing, go read Sunday's entry. These predictions were made before the Sunday games, and I’m not going to change them based on opening weekend results.
Week 14:
Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Baltimore at Kansas City
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
Minnesota at Detroit
New England at Miami
New Orleans at Dallas
N.Y. Giants at Carolina
Oakland at Cincinnati
Philadelphia at Washington
Tennessee at Houston
Green Bay at San Francisco
Seattle at Arizona
Denver at San Diego
Holy divisional matchups, Batman. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, New England at Miami, Philadelphia at Washington and Denver at San Diego. There’s also Atlanta at Tampa Bay, Baltimore at Kansas City and New York at Carolina. As much as I want to see Emily Manning crushed again by Carolina, Indianapolis at Jacksonville always seems to produce a good contest.
Week 15:
Cleveland at Baltimore
Detroit at Green Bay
Houston at New England
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Miami at Buffalo
N.Y. Jets at Minnesota
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants
Shittsburgh at Carolina
Tampa Bay at Chicago
Washington at New Orleans
Denver at Arizona
Kansas City at San Diego
St. Louis at Oakland
This is like Week 14, only in reverse. Shittsburgh at Carolina looks to be a safe bet, and Kansas City at San Diego could have playoff implications. However, I’m afraid that Philadelphia at New York might get the green light due to media market reasons. Fuck that. I’m going with Kansas City at San Diego because of my East Coast bias.
Week 16:
Baltimore at Shittsburgh
Carolina at Atlanta
Chicago at Detroit
Indianapolis at Houston
New England at Jacksonville
New Orleans at N.Y. Giants
Tampa Bay at Cleveland
Tennessee at Buffalo
Washington at St. Louis
Arizona at San Francisco
Cincinnati at Denver
San Diego at Seattle
Baltimore at Shittsburgh usually produces a physical game. If Atlanta can somehow be in the playoff picture, their match with Carolina could be interesting. New England at Jacksonville would be a repeat of last year’s Wild Card game. Cincinnati at Denver and San Diego at Seattle look are my finalists. I’ll go with Cincinnati at Denver.
Week 17:
Atlanta at Philadelphia
Buffalo at Baltimore
Carolina at New Orleans
Cleveland at Houston
Detroit at Dallas
Green Bay at Chicago
Jacksonville at Kansas City
Miami at Indianapolis
New England at Tennessee
Oakland at N.Y. Jets
Shittsburgh at Cincinnati
Seattle at Tampa Bay
St. Louis at Minnesota
Arizona at San Diego
San Francisco at Denver
This will be tricky. Some good teams could be resting starters and some so-so teams will be in the fight for their playoff lives. Jacksonville at Kansas City, Miami at Indianapolis, Shittsburgh at Cincinnati stand out the most for me this week. Gotta go divisional once again: Shittsburgh at Cincinnati.
• Speaking of predictions, let's see how well I fared with my Week 1 picks.
Miami at Shittsburgh. Wrong.
I love how after the Steelers fumbled near the goal line after a nine-minute, 16-play drive they then responded with an 80+ yard touchdown pass on the first play of their next possession.
Atlanta at Carolina. Correct.
Good thing I wasn't sure with which divisional foe has Vick's number.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay. Wrong
I'm going to pretend this game never happened.
Buffalo at New England. Wrong.
The Pats won, but didn't cover.
Cincinnati at Kansas City. Wrong.
This one hurt almost as much as that Trent Green hit. And while I'm on this subject, I wonder if all the Cincinnati fans who bitched about the "dirty" hit on Carson Palmer last year in the playoffs will say anything about the cheap shot given to the Chiefs quarterback.
Denver at St. Louis. Wrong.
Great job by new Rams defensive coordinator Jim Haslet.
New Orleans at Cleveland. Correct.
Let the Bush blow jobs begin.
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee. Correct.
Was there any doubt?
Philadelphia at Houston. Correct.
I wonder who ESPN will suck off more this year? Reggie Bush or Donovan McNabb?
Seattle at Detroit. Wrong.
Wow. I don't now if Detroit played tough or if Seattle just continued sucking at Ford Field.
Chicago at Green Bay. Correct.
I said that I was smelling upset, but the only things "upset" were Packer fans. Good thing I try not to follow my nose.
Dallas at Jacksonville. Wrong.
Good game. Bad pick.
San Francisco at Arizona. Correct.
That late 49er field goal made quite an impact on this week's pick 'em contest.
Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants. Correct.
I don't know where I saw the Mannings more -- on the field or in the commercials.
Minnesota at Washington. Correct.
One of the few upset picks I got right.
San Diego at Oakland. Correct.
My favorite "Black Hole" fan is the guy in the Vader outfit. If I paid to watch my favorite team put up this big a stinker, I'd wear a mask, too.
Overall score: 9-7. I guess this would get me into the playoffs some years.
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