NFL Football Pool, picks week #1

[RobAce]

Ok here we go folks.
Do not worry about the Thurs. night game.
We will go from here. Only picks before the games start will count.

WEEK 1:
Date & Time Favorite Line Underdog
9/7 1:00 ET Cincinnati -2 At Baltimore
9/7 1:00 ET NY Jets -3 At Miami
9/7 1:00 ET At New England -16 Kansas City
9/7 1:00 ET At Pittsburgh -6.5 Houston
9/7 1:00 ET Jacksonville -3 At Tennessee
9/7 1:00 ET Detroit -3 At Atlanta
9/7 1:00 ET At Buffalo -1 Seattle
9/7 1:00 ET At New Orleans -3 Tampa Bay
9/7 1:00 ET At Philadelphia -8 St. Louis
9/7 4:15 ET Dallas -6 At Cleveland
9/7 4:15 ET At San Diego -9 Carolina
9/7 4:15 ET Arizona -2.5 At San Francisco
9/7 8:15 ET At Indianapolis -9.5 Chicago

Monday Night Football Line

9/8 7:00 ET At Green Bay -2 Minnesota
9/8 10:15 ET Denver -3 At Oakland

 

[RobAce]

My picks....(remember Im picking the points so if Pittsburgh wins by 3, picking Houston is right)

Baltimore over Cincinnati
NY Jets over Miami
New England over Kansas City
Houston over Pittsburgh
Jacksonville over Tennessee
Atlanta over Detroit
Seattle over Buffalo
New Orleans over Tampa Bay
Philadelphia over St. Louis
Dallas over Cleveland
San Diego over Carolina
Arizona over San. Fran
Indianapolis over Chicago
Green Bay over Minnesota
Denver over Oakland

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There we go, lets see how it goes.

Rob

 

[Cy/MiG]

I'm far from an expert, but I'll take a stab anyways (been doing it on my own for a while... maybe a 50% success rate...maybe) Besides, it's week one, anything can happen.

AZ -2 1/2, OVER
SEA +1, OVER
BAL +1 1/2, UNDER
DAL- 5 1/2, OVER
DET -3, UNDER
CHI +9 1/2, UNDER
JAX -3, UNDER
NE -15 1/2, OVER
NO -3, OVER
NYJ -3, OVER
PHI -7 1/2, OVER
PIT -6 1/2, OVER
SD -9, OVER
OAK +3, UNDER
MIN +2 1/2, OVER

I'm really banking on parody and some teams being 'flat'... we'll see how bad these picks look come Sunday night...

 

[SamuelKhan]

SamuelKhan's NFL Picks

Here's my first TMF pool entry:

@Atlanta +3 Detroit
@Baltimore -7 Cincinatti
Seattle -13 @Buffalo
NY Jets +7 @Miami
@New England +13 Kansas City
@New Orleans -7 Tampa Bay
St. Louis -3 @Philadelphia
@Pittsburgh +10 Houston
Jacksonville -7 @Tennessee
Dallas +10 @Cleveland
@San Diego +13 Carolina
Arizona -3 @San Francisco
@Indianapolis -7 Chicago

Minnesota -7 @Green Bay
Denver +13 @Oakland

 

[alchemy]

Here are my picks for the new 08 season!

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

 

[Laugh]

My picks ATS:

Cincinnati
NY Jets
KC
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
Detroit
Seattle
New Orleans
St Louis
Cleveland
San Diego
San Fran
Indy

Mon night:
Minnesota
Denver

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

WOW!!!! Rob, I was going to start this next week!!! I had gotten some calls and emails. But since you started it, I'll go for it!!!

9/7 1:00 ET Cincinnati -2 At Baltimore --- Cincinnati to get a good road effort. I am not sure how Baltimore is going to handle their QB issues. But Ray Rice should have a good game against this Bengals Defense ( if that is what you want to call it. )

9/7 1:00 ET NY Jets -3 At Miami --- Let a new ERA begin??? Brett Farve what is he going to do??? He will do enough to beat the Fish. Pennington will probably have a good game and the Jets walk out of Miami with a 24-17 win.

9/7 1:00 ET At New England -16 vs. Kansas City --- Tom Who??? OH...the fourth Brady... I thought that was cousin Oliver ( didn't he have blond hair??? ) Herm Edwards defense will do enough to keep the game withing 2 TD's.

9/7 1:00 ET At Pittsburgh -6.5 vs. Houston --- Houston has not been a good road team and I don't expect that to change. Though 6 1/2 is a rich bet, I am willing to take that chance. Steelers 27- Texans 20.

9/7 1:00 ET Jacksonville -3 At Tennessee --- Jacksonville is the more talented team. But there are obvious issues over the last couple of weeks. Particularly their fallen teammate. Can they focus for 60 minutes. Maybe...but the Titans are not to be taken lightly here. This will be a close game. I will take the the points and the Titans.

9/7 1:00 ET Detroit -3 At Atlanta --- Matt Ryan vs Jon Kitna...who do you like??? Yeah, I would take Kitna too!!! Lions get out the gate fast.

9/7 1:00 ET At Buffalo -1 vs. Seattle --- At least Seattle gets to Buffalo in September. Buffalo is still warm in September. Should be a fun game. Bills will send Seattle back to the Pacific NorthWest 0-1.

9/7 1:00 ET At New Orleans -3 vs. Tampa Bay --- I think Dree Brees has enough weapons on this team to make a Super Bowl push. It starts with a week one clobbering of Tampa Bay.

9/7 1:00 ET At Philadelphia -8 vs. St. Louis --- McNabb will take out about twp years of frustration and injuries out on the Rams to prove he should still be an elite QB. Look for vintage McNabb as the Rams get pasted by the Eagles.

9/7 4:15 ET Dallas -6 At Cleveland --- My mind tells me Dallas. My gut tells me this will be a hell of a game. I still think that Dallas wins this game, but I am not liking that point spread. Give me the points and the Browns.

9/7 4:15 ET At San Diego-9 vs. Carolina --- I think the Chargers will be ummm...well...Charged up ( excuse the pun ). I think that LT will have a great game and I also think that Rivers has a very good game as well. Chargers with this one 28- 13.

9/7 4:15 ET Arizona -2.5 At San Francisco --- The last three years I have been on the Cardinals bandwagon. The beautiful thing about picking a team over and over and over again is that at some point you have to be right. 😛 I think I will be right on this one. Though Mike Martz brings his offensive genius to the Bay, I do believe it will get off to a slow but entertain start. Cardinals 31- 49ers 27.

9/7 8:15 ET At Indianapolis -9.5 vs. Chicago --- Kyle Orton versus some guy by the name of Manning. We are not sure if this guy Manning will be any good. He is a bit raw but I pick him to " upset " Orton. Is that Kyle Orton or is that Randy Orton. Regardless, Payton should have class in session on Sunday Night.

Monday Night Football Line

9/8 7:00 ET At Green Bay -2 vs. Minnesota --- Green Bay will do whatever they can to prove that letting go their previous QB was the right decision. Therefore, the Packers at home on what was originally scheduled to be Brett Farve night ( that will be postponed due to Farve having a previous engagement ) will prevail in a 17-14 game.

9/8 10:15 ET Denver -3 At Oakland --- I think that the Broncos want to see Cutler put it all together this season. If he does, the Broncos will do well. If he has a season like he did last year, it could be a long season for the Broncos. It will at least get off to a fighting start. Broncos 21- Raiders 17.

Those are the picks for week #1 in the league where they play...for pay!!!


P.S. Rob pm me when you get a chance!!!

 

[KrazieDog]

I don't ever do points, just wanted to give my predictions:

Cincinnati over Baltimore

NY Jets over Miami

New England over Kansas City

Houston overPittsburgh

Jacksonville over Tennessee

Atlanta over Detroit

Seattle over Buffalo

New Orleans over Tampa Bay (my boys from the cresent city have the offense to make the big run, but the defensive secondary scares the shit out of me. Sucks having season tickets and living 2000 miles away 🙁)

Philadelphia over Louis

Dallas over Cleveland

San Diego over Carolina

San Francisco over Arizona (going with the upset for my buds here who back the 9'ers)

Indianapolis over Chicago

Monday Night Football Line

Minnesota over Green Bay
Denver over Oakland

 

[slacker2114]

I dunno why I do this to myself every year. I suck when it comes to point spreads. Anyway, here we go....


WEEK 1:
9/7 1:00 ET Cincinnati -2 At Baltimore
9/7 1:00 ET NY Jets -3 At Miami
9/7 1:00 ET At New England -16 Kansas City
9/7 1:00 ET At Pittsburgh -6.5 Houston
9/7 1:00 ET Jacksonville -3 At Tennessee
9/7 1:00 ET Detroit -3 At Atlanta
9/7 1:00 ET At Buffalo -1 Seattle
9/7 1:00 ET At New Orleans -3 Tampa Bay
9/7 1:00 ET At Philadelphia -8 St. Louis
9/7 4:15 ET Dallas -6 At Cleveland
9/7 4:15 ET At San Diego -9 Carolina
9/7 4:15 ET Arizona -2.5 At San Francisco
9/7 8:15 ET At Indianapolis -9.5 Chicago

Monday Night Football Line

9/8 7:00 ET At Green Bay -2 Minnesota
9/8 10:15 ET Denver -3 At Oakland

 

[giantfan121262]

Cincinnati -2 At Baltimore
NY Jets -3 At Miami
New England -16 Kansas City
Pittsburgh -6.5 Houston
Jacksonville -3 At Tennessee
Detroit -3 At Atlanta
Buffalo -1 Seattle
New Orleans -3 Tampa Bay
Philadelphia -8 St. Louis
Dallas -6 At Cleveland
San Diego -9 Carolina
Arizona -2.5 At San Francisco
Indianapolis -9.5 Chicago

 

[unclebill]

Cincinnati

New York Jets

New England

Pittsburgh

Jacksonville

Detroit

Seattle

Tampa Bay

Philadelphia

Dallas

San Diego

Arizona

Indianapolis

Green Bay

Denver

 

[manic971]

Baltimore over Cincinnati

Jets over Miami

New England over Kansas City

Pittsburgh over Houston

Jacksonville over Tennessee

Detroit over Atlanta

Seattle over Buffalo

Tampa Bay over New Orleans
St. Louis over Philadelphia

Cleveland over Dallas

San Diego over Carolina

San Francisco over Arizona

Indianapolis over Chicago

Minnesota over Green Bay

Denver over Oakland

 

[CitY of MicA]

just in the nick of time

WEEK 1:
Date & Time Favorite Line Underdog
9/7 1:00 ET Cincinnati -2 At Baltimore
9/7 1:00 ET NY Jets -3 At Miami
9/7 1:00 ET At New England -16 Kansas City
9/7 1:00 ET At Pittsburgh -6.5 Houston
9/7 1:00 ET Jacksonville -3 At Tennessee
9/7 1:00 ET Detroit -3 At Atlanta
9/7 1:00 ET At Buffalo -1 Seattle
9/7 1:00 ET At New Orleans -3 Tampa Bay
9/7 1:00 ET At Philadelphia -8 St. Louis
9/7 4:15 ET Dallas -6 At Cleveland
9/7 4:15 ET At San Diego -9 Carolina
9/7 4:15 ET Arizona -2.5 At San Francisco
9/7 8:15 ET At Indianapolis -9.5 Chicago

Monday Night Football Line

9/8 7:00 ET At Green Bay -2 Minnesota
9/8 10:15 ET Denver -3 At Oakland


Thanks Rob- and TF4F!

 

[Tickle Fiend]

This is the first chance I've had to get online since last night. I'll post every games from here on out. However, I've picked the Cowboys every game since we've been doing this so I don't think it would be cheating if I was allowed to pick that game. I would've picked them anyway. The score is 14-7 at the 2-minute mark as I type with Dallas leading.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

America's Team over Cleveland
Indy over Chicago

Monday, September 8, 2008

Minnesota over Green Bay
Oakland over Denver

 

[Cy/MiG]

So far I'm 8-6 ATS and 7-7 O/U (knock on wood)... no TOO bad... (considering Brady's injury and Seattle's meltdown)

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

I'm far from an expert, but I'll take a stab anyways (been doing it on my own for a while... maybe a 50% success rate...maybe) Besides, it's week one, anything can happen.

AZ -2 1/2, OVER
SEA +1, OVER
BAL +1 1/2, UNDER
DAL- 5 1/2, OVER
DET -3, UNDER
CHI +9 1/2, UNDER
JAX -3, UNDER
NE -15 1/2, OVER
NO -3, OVER
NYJ -3, OVER
PHI -7 1/2, OVER
PIT -6 1/2, OVER
SD -9, OVER
OAK +3, UNDER
MIN +2 1/2, OVER

I'm really banking on parody and some teams being 'flat'... we'll see how bad these picks look come Sunday night...

Please DO NOT change the spreads. It does get confusing. The spreads for this week are the spreads that are made in the initial post which Robace did. At the time he did those spreads they are locked in and should not be changed. Your record with be based on Robace's initial post. I thank you and everyone who participates. This is usually a fun time and and gives us football fans chance to bond.

 

[Cy/MiG]

Please DO NOT change the spreads. It does get confusing. The spreads for this week are the spreads that are made in the initial post which Robace did. At the time he did those spreads they are locked in and should not be changed. Your record with be based on Robace's initial post. I thank you and everyone who participates. This is usually a fun time and and gives us football fans chance to bond.

Sorry, I do my own picking based on Yahoo's! up-to-date spreads and those are the numbers I used.

I'll follow his numbers next time (although I'll have to adjust a few picks I suppose)

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

I don't ever do points, just wanted to give my predictions:
Cincinnati over Baltimore

NY Jets over Miami

New England over Kansas City

Houston overPittsburgh

Jacksonville over Tennessee

Atlanta over Detroit

Seattle over Buffalo

New Orleans over Tampa Bay (my boys from the cresent city have the offense to make the big run, but the defensive secondary scares the shit out of me. Sucks having season tickets and living 2000 miles away 🙁)

Philadelphia over Louis

Dallas over Cleveland

San Diego over Carolina

San Francisco over Arizona (going with the upset for my buds here who back the 9'ers)

Indianapolis over Chicago

Monday Night Football Line

Minnesota over Green Bay
Denver over Oakland

Well when I do the standings it will be based on point spreads. I can get somebody who knows nothing about football and pick a team without point spreads. You want to play, well welcome to the Big Leagues. Robace put out point spreads that is the way we roll!!!



Cy/MiG: That is no problem. We have been running this for the last two years and we have the spreads posted so it gives everyone one number to work with. Most of the time it will be posted on Wednesday. Thursday games will usually be posted on Tuesday.

Samuel Khan: I see you put different point spreads from what the spreads really are yet you did not pick teams. I am not sure I understand how you are doing this. New England +13 vs Kansas City??? Are you trying to say that you thought the Patriots were HUGE underdogs in this game that the Chiefs would beat them by two touchdowns??? Get back to me.

A note again guys: We will post the spreads. You pick the teams based on the spreads we have written down. If you see +6 that means that team is the a six point underdog. If you see a -6 then that team is a six point favorite and are expected to win the game by that much or more.

Any questions, please drop me a pm.

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

I dunno why I do this to myself every year. I suck when it comes to point spreads. Anyway, here we go....


WEEK 1:
9/7 1:00 ET Cincinnati -2 At Baltimore
9/7 1:00 ET NY Jets -3 At Miami
9/7 1:00 ET At New England -16 Kansas City
9/7 1:00 ET At Pittsburgh -6.5 Houston
9/7 1:00 ET Jacksonville -3 At Tennessee
9/7 1:00 ET Detroit -3 At Atlanta
9/7 1:00 ET At Buffalo -1 Seattle
9/7 1:00 ET At New Orleans -3 Tampa Bay
9/7 1:00 ET At Philadelphia -8 St. Louis
9/7 4:15 ET Dallas -6 At Cleveland
9/7 4:15 ET At San Diego -9 Carolina
9/7 4:15 ET Arizona -2.5 At San Francisco
9/7 8:15 ET At Indianapolis -9.5 Chicago

Monday Night Football Line

9/8 7:00 ET At Green Bay -2 Minnesota
9/8 10:15 ET Denver -3 At Oakland

Because you love us Slacker. Besides it is all for fun. It is not like you are winning a vacation home and a trip to Bora Bora. Sorry to say!!!

 

[SamuelKhan]

Well when I do the standings it will be based on point spreads. I can get somebody who knows nothing about football and pick a team without point spreads. You want to play, well welcome to the Big Leagues. Robace put out point spreads that is the way we roll!!!



Cy/MiG: That is no problem. We have been running this for the last two years and we have the spreads posted so it gives everyone one number to work with. Most of the time it will be posted on Wednesday. Thursday games will usually be posted on Tuesday.

Samuel Khan: I see you put different point spreads from what the spreads really are yet you did not pick teams. I am not sure I understand how you are doing this. New England +13 vs Kansas City??? Are you trying to say that you thought the Patriots were HUGE underdogs in this game that the Chiefs would beat them by two touchdowns??? Get back to me.

A note again guys: We will post the spreads. You pick the teams based on the spreads we have written down. If you see +6 that means that team is the a six point underdog. If you see a -6 then that team is a six point favorite and are expected to win the game by that much or more.

Any questions, please drop me a pm.

I'll just post the teams next time. That was a bit confusing.