Two quick things first:
1. I would just like to point out that Michael Wilbon stated, in not such direct terms, what I said Sunday night. The Redskins came out flat (in some part due to their blowout win against the 49ers), and that things were not helped by the death of Wellington Mara. And I know, it's kind of sad of me to point that out.
2. The Wizards won their season opener up in Toronto, 99-96. Now I know that "a win is a win" especially away, but Toronto isn't exactly going to surprise anyone this year. Heck, I only know 3 players in Toronto: Jalen Rose, Chris Bosh and Charlie Villaneuva... all good guys but thats all they got. I'm just wondering if Larry Hughes could have helped keep Toronto under 90 points. Ahhh, forget it! I keep forgetting that Cleveland overpaid him, and the Wizards are better off not spending so much money to keep a team together that got swept by the Miami Heat last year. Anyways, I shouldn't complain considering it is the first game of the season and I barely watched about 5 minutes of the game.
Now on to the rest of the NFL.
So partly because of laziness and partly because I actually agreed with ESPN's week 8 NFL Power Ranking, last week I did not do my own ranking. And yes, in case you are wondering, I look at other rankings to see if any point is made about a team that I have missed. Alot of the time it helps. Sometimes, though, I find things that I think are just plain dumb. For instance, in ESPN's week 9 NFL Power Ranking apparently the Giants have the most explosive offense, even though they are 13th in total offense (1st in scoring though). I guess it doesn't matter that their supposedly weak defense has recovered 22 turnovers for the offense, making scoring much easier. Trust me, the Giants are scoring points because of those turnovers. I'll go with San Diego, Indianapolis or Cincinnati as more "explosive" thank you.
Anyways, my thoughts from last week on the teams still stand. So this week I am again forgoing the ranking and instead I am making my "Quick Picks." That is I am making picks without analyzing things, I am just going with my gut feeling:
Atlanta OVER Miami - Two words: Marcus Vick. Miami is better than 3-4 but I don't believe in Nick Saban.
Tampa Bay OVER Carolina - Pretty well matched up... so Tampa Bay at home after a bad time in San Fran. Plus Carolina just won 4 against some bad teams.
Chicago OVER New Orleans - I have no clue where they are playing and you just can't trust the Saints.
Cincinnati OVER Baltimore - Baltimore might not be able to get over barely losing to Pittsburgh.
Tennessee OVER Cleveland - I don't even want to think about this game so I'm going with the road team who is also the underdog.
Minnesota OVER Detroit - Another suckfest, I'm going wiith Minnesota because I like the crazy Vikings at home
Jacksonville OVER Houston - I refuse to go with the Texans
Kansas City OVER Oakland - I like Oakland, but not away, not in Arrowhead, and not Norv
NY Giants OVER San Francisco - I refuse to go with the Niners unless they are playing the Texans
Green Bay OVER Pittsburgh - This is my upset special of the week, since all those betting book guys have em, I think I want one too. I'll even add one of those crazy quotes that sounds plausible even though they are RETARDED: "The Packers finally pick up their first win in Lambeau this year" BTW this is probably the worst pick of em all.
San Diego OVER NY Jets - Even though I almost feel certain this will be a close game and the Chargers will find a way to lose.
Seattle OVER Arizona - Seattle is a good team, Arizona is not.
Washington OVER Philadelphia - Read my post from this past sunday for an explanation.
Indianapolis OVER New England - Looking forward to this game, and I think this is the Colts over the hump game.
So finally remember these are my Quick Picks, which means all of these picks are hunches. I'll probably read more about each team later and think "why did I ever make that pick?"
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