Week 17 - No slacking this week

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

I slacked last week with being much too busy with the holidays to even watch much football. I did get to watch the embarrassing Monday night game which I wish I hadn't now but oh well. Although it is noteworthy that the Vikings have more players going to the Pro Bowl than any other single team. This week many teams are fighting for their playoff future so it should provide some good football. The NFC is pretty well set as long as the Cowboys off the Eagles we are good. The AFC has some teams scratching at the door including the Texans.

Woohoo, here we go!

What a Finish

Week 16 had a wild finish. The starters for Indianapolis were all benched in the 3rd quarter, thereby allowing the New York Jets to win. The road to perfection for Indianapolis has come to an end, but more importantly for NY it keeps their playoff hopes alive. The week culminated in Minnesota falling in overtime to Chicago, thereby losing their shot at the number 1 seed.

The playoff picture for the AFC cleared up a little bit this week, but not much. Because of all the losses, Jacksonville still has an outside shot, but they're not in control of their own destiny at thsi point. But the important team here is Houston. I was of the thinking that a New York Jets win would eliminate Houston, but I was wrong. Houston still has an outside shot, but they will need to win in Week 17 and will need losses by a couple of other teams in front of them. I forget the scenarios, but they showed them for each team yesterday on Game Day Final. Houston has a real shot at winning this Sunday as New England has not played well on the road all season and may rest their starters as they've clinched the AFC East (thanks to Houston). The playoff teams in the NFC have all been set, the only thing really left to play for at this point is to determine who clinches the NFC East.

As far as the Week 16 picks go, Mardi sent me an email giving me the decision on how to handle it. I've decided that I win this week 1-0. Admittedly I've been slacking on keeping up with the score, but I will have it updated and posted when I make my Week 17 predictions. I know it's close between us, though.

Week 16 So Far

Wow, there are some interesting results from the early games on Sunday. The biggest surprise is Tampa Bay beating New Orleans. This should be welcome news for Mardi (and any other Vikings fans out there) as they still have a shot at the 1st seed in the playoffs. Houston beat Miami, which eliminates Miami but more importantly gives Houston a better shot at the playoffs. And let's just say the New York Giants were embarassed by Carolina today. With Baltimore losing at Pittsburgh today and Jacksonville losing at New England, Houston needs at least a New York Jets loss to stay alive. Since they're playing at Indianapolis today, that is a good possbility. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The AFC playoff hunt is so confusing that I'm sure I've missed something. I guess I'll just have to watch a lot of NFL Total Access tonight after Dallas beat Washington.

Rick's Week 16

Grr... I was going to pick San Diego to beat Tennessee, but got so caught up in Christmas preparations that posting my prediction completely slipped my mind. Believe it or not, I actually started my predictions on the 23rd, but wasn't able to finish them. Oh well, since Mardi also missed the post, that game is a wash. But here we go with my Week 16 predictions.

Buffalo at Atlanta (Atlanta)
Kansas City at Cincinnati (Cincinnnati)
Oakland at Cleveland (Oakland)
Seattle at Green Bay (Green Bay)
Houston at Miami (Houston)
Jacksonville at New England (New England)
Tampa Bay at New Orleans (New Orleans)
Carolina at New York Giants (New York Giants)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (Baltimore)
St. Louis at Arizona (Arizona)
Detroit at San Francisco (San Francisco)
New York Jets at Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
Denver at Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
Dallas at Washington (Dallas)

Monday Night:
Minnesota at Chicago (Minnesota 24-14)

Houston is in a must win situation against Miami. Both Miami and Houston are facing complete elimination on Sunday. Houston has an outside, but slim chance of making the playoffs this year. The only way they can stay alive is to win this game. Matt Shaub and Andre Johnson should both have a good day against the suspect pass defense in Miami. Hopefully New England will give us a hand and beat Jacksonville on Sunday as well.

As far as Minnesota goes, they have already clinched the NFC North and are guaranteed a playoff spot. They had a chance to fight for the number 1 seed, but that was dashed in their upset loss to Carolina. Chicago can defend the pass, but is not so good with defending the run. Adrian Peterson will need to have a good day against Chicago for his team to succeed and secure the number 2 seed. It also doesn't hurt that Chicago's offense isn't very good.

Week 15 Final Predictions

Chicago at Baltimore (Baltimore)
New England at Buffalo (New England)
Arizona at Detroit (Arizona)
Houston at St Louis (Houston)
Miami at Tennessee (Tennessee)*
Cleveland at Kansas City (Kansas City)
Atlanta at New York Jets (New York Jets)
San Francisco at Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
Oakland at Denver (Denver)
Cincinnati at San Diego (San Diego)
Green Bay at Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)*
Tampa Bay at Seattle (Seattle)
Minnesota at Carolina (Minnesota)

Monday:
New York Giants at Washington (Washington 27-13)

Sorry for the last minute post. Let's watch some football!

Week 15 Continued

New Orleans will beat Dallas tonight.

Week 15

Indianapolis beats Hacksonville tonight.

Well well well here we go again, Week 15

You know the closer to Christmas it gets the crazier it gets. Thankfully we have football to keep us grounded. Here we go again with another week of predictions.

Thursday:
Indianapolis at Jacksonville (Indianapolis)
Saturday:
Dallas at New Orleans (New Orleans)
Sunday:
Chicago at Baltimore (Baltimore)
New England at Buffalo (New England)
Arizona at Detroit (Arizona)
Houston at St Louis (Houston)
Miami at Tennessee (Miami)
Cleveland at Kansas City (Kansas City)
Atlanta at New York Jets (New York Jets)
San Francisco at Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
Oakland at Denver (Denver)
Cincinnati at San Diego (San Diego)
Green Bay at Pittsburgh (Green Bay)
Tampa Bay at Seattle (Seattle)
Minnesota at Carolina (Minnesota)
Monday:
New York Giants at Washington (Washington 24-13)

Monday night again

So we come down to the Monday night score again, it took us six weeks to have a tie and now we seem to be stuck in them. I was a little surprised to see Rick pick Cincinnati over the Vikings but I am sure after last weeks performance quite a few people lost faith. The funny thing is, it was typical Vikings fashion, they have an absolutely embarrassing butt kicking and then turn around and play like an elite team once again. Of course having Antoine back helps, and losing EJ is devastating.
And than we come to the Jets and Bucs, ok so that was a long shot but I really thought the Bucs had a chance. I know I should have known better but hey gotta take a chance some time. So anywho, we head into the Monday night game and the tie breaker once again.
Enjoy!

Week 14 Sunday Morning Picks by Rick

New Orleans at Atlanta (New Orleans)
Detroit at Baltimore (Baltimore)
Green Bay at Chicago (Green Bay)
Seattle at Houston (Houston)
Denver at Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
Miami at Jacksonville (Miami)
Buffalo at Kansas City (Kansas City)
Cincinnati at Minnesota (Cincinnati)*
Carolina at New England (New England)
New York Jets at Tampa Bay (New York Jets)*
St. Louis at Tennessee (Tennessee)
Washington at Oakland (Washington)
San Diego at Dallas (San Diego)
Philadelphia at New York Giants (Philadelphia)

Monday:
Arizona at San Francisco (Arizona 28-17)

Enough said.

Wow

I was so close to picking Cleveland. Damn, could have started the week 1-0. Well, I'm posting this on my phone. I will have my picks up on Friday.

Thursday nights are starting to suck. I'm a little torn on this one. Brady Quinn is starting to live up to his billing. Pittsburgh has been in a serious slump. It's definitely not a foregone conclusion, bit I predict a Pittsburgh win tonight.

Week 14 - the Home stretch

We get closer and closer to playoffs and the games seem to be getting closer and closer as well. I expect nothing less this week. So here we go:

Thursday:
Pittsburgh at Cleveland (Pittsburgh)

Sunday:
New Orleans at Atlanta (New Orleans)
Detroit at Baltimore (Baltimore)
Green Bay at Chicago (Green Bay)
Seattle at Houston (Houston)
Denver at Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
Miami at Jacksonville (Miami)
Buffalo at Kansas City (Kansas City)
Cincinnati at Minnesota (Minnesota)
Carolina at New England (New England)
New York Jets at Tampa Bay (Tampa Bay)
St. Louis at Tennessee (Tennessee)
Washington at Oakland (Washington)
San Diego at Dallas (San Diego)
Philadelphia at New York Giants (Philadelphia)

Monday:
Arizona at San Francisco (Arizona 24 San Francisco 17)

So week 13...... yeah the Vikings sucked. Straight up they thought they were better and had an easy win and they got their butts handed to them on a platter. Arizona is not a great team that game was an absolute disgrace. That said I am hoping they pull their stuff together this week and figure out they really do have to play.
I honestly didn't get to see the other games much, it was a busy weekend so I can't comment.
One last note - I hope for a speedy recovery for EJ Henderson - that was a nasty break.

Phew!

The rest of the week:

Philadelphia at Atlanta (Philadelphia)
Tampa Bay at Carolina (Tampa Bay)*
St. Louis at Chicago (Chicago)
Detroit at Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
Tennessee at Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
Houston at Jacksonville (Houston)
Denver at Kansas City (Denver)
Oakland at Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
New Orleans at Washington (New Orleans)
San Diego at Cleveland (San Diego)
Dallas at New York Giants (Dallas)
San Francisco at Seattle (San Francisco)
New England at Miami (New England)
Minnesota at Arizona (Minnesota)

Monday:
Baltimore at Green Bay (Green Bay 21-14)

I expect both of our respective teams to have close games today but expect them both to win.

I'm going to say we don't count the Thursday game since Mardi's prediction came in late. What does she think?

Week 13 - Mardi

Sorry its so last minute super swamped lately

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

Monday
Baltimore at Green Bay (Baltimore 17 Green Bay 24)

Week 13

Little pressed for time. I predict a New York Jets win tonight.

Goodbye Week 12

And with that Week 12 is behind us. This week we saw some good football. Before we get to that let’s look at the scores. If my math is correct I show Rick at 113-63 and me at 113-63. We have had to use the tie breaker 5 times in total with Rick at 3 and me at 2. This does not include any preseason games. All in all I would say we are doing pretty well. We rank right up there with the pros making the calls.

All right now let’s look at the games, Minnesota had a beautiful game on Sunday. They dominated the Bears, with Favre getting 392 yards, Adrian Peterson getting 85 yards rushing and Percy Harvin 101 yards receiving. This leads us to the Cardinals next week who will be hungry but will be sadly disappointed. The Colts and Texans game was a nail-biter. It was so close at times I think I held my breath. The first half was dominated by the Texans, it looked like they were going to upset the Colts. Halftime proved to be their downfall this time. Either the Colts ate their Wheaties or the Texans decided to go on vacation, the ball was turned over three times and they were flat out outplayed.

New England and New Orleans certainly put on a good show. While NE got stomped on, the game was none the less interesting. Of course this helps N.O. get home field advantage which is not good for the Vikes but none the less I think we all knew they were going to win. Denver pounded the Giants in a surprising upset. I didn’t get to watch the game but I saw highlights…. Just not sure what happened there.
We move to Week 13 and closer to playoff’s….. picks coming soon.