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NFL Pick'Em Game 2016!

Ok time for this weeks fabulous dartboard picks. No sacrifices to the dartboard gods this week. Fickle bastards they are.

Here we go.

WEEK 9

Thursday, November 03, 2016

Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sunday, November 06, 2016

Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders * Raiders are good on the road, not so much at home. I cant bring myself to pick against my team though. Go Raiders.

Monday, November 07, 2016

Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders *
Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
Top Cat said:
So is Ben going to play?
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I don't know - I've only heard that he's back on the field practicing lightly. If I was making the decision, I'd hold him out of the Baltimore game, in Baltimore. The Ravens always play hard, tough football, and they'd like nothing better than to kill the Steeler's season by knocking Ben out long term. Steelers with Jones having 2 weeks to prepare the offense and for the Ravens is good enough to get a win so I'd rest him one more week. I'd save him for the Cowboys game at home the following week - that will be a fun matchup.
 
antiquity said:
Since this is the half way point (give or take) I will give my mid season predictions for teams who are in and who are out.

AFC East: Patriots: lock
Bills:possible wildcard
Dolphins and Jets: out

AFC West: Raiders, Broncos, Chiefs all have a shot with the loser getting the wild card, this weekend game b/w the Raiders and Broncos could be the deciding factor.
Chargers: out

AFC North:Steelers, depends on their QB situation but they are still the team to beat.
Ravens and Bengals: out
Browns: almost guaranteed the top draft pick and could very likely not win a game.

AFC South: Texans in: but Strangely the Titans are still in the hunt. Second place team in this division will not make the playoffs.
Colts and Jags: out.

NFC East: Cowboys: in
Out of the rest of this division, the Giants, Eagles and Redskins the top one of these three will most likely get the wildcard.

NFC West: Seattle: in
Cardinals: possible in which I mean an outside shot at a wildcard. Depends the loser of the NFC North and their record.
Rams and 49ers: out

NFC North: Vikings and Packers will battle to the end but I will pick the Vikings with the Packers with a possible wildcard depending on the Cardinals fate.
Lions and Bears: out

NFC South: Falcons: in
Buccaneers, Saints and Panthers: out

Your thoughts.....
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Can't really quibble with much of what you've posted since I haven't reviewed the remaining schedules for each of the contending teams, but I think it's pretty safe that the Patriots will win their division - yawn - again. The Steelers are the best team in the AFC North, but if the injury bug gets them again, they'll be a very weak division winner - Cincinnati looks lost and the Ravens have lost 4 in a row and should be bottom feeders, but if they beat the Steelers this weekend, they're in first. The AFC South is awful, and I wouldn't be gifting the division to Houston just yet - they are playing like a team going 8-8 with all wins at home and all losses on the road. It's still possible, although unlikely, that the Jags could find a way to make their pre-season prediction of vast improvement come true. The best division in the AFC is by far the West - I see three teams from the West in the playoffs, and I'm not ready to toss San Diego just yet.

As for the NFC, Dallas and Seattle look solid but if Dallas has a QB controversy in coming weeks, that could unsettle them and Seattle is really beat up and having trouble scoring - they need to get healthy fast before Arizona wakes up. I'm not sold on Atlanta just yet but they could and should hang on - don't underestimate Tampa hanging around until late in the year. I was really sold on Minnesota until Bradford got back to Philly and he turned back into a toad. Green Bay looks like they could retake command there. The wildcards in the NFC are a crap shoot at this point - too many teams with a chance.
 
DA60 said:
Personally, I think Brady is a bit overrated. A great QB - sure. But I highly doubt he would have been as great as he has been for as long as he has been without Bill Belichick as a head coach.

Belichick has proven time and again how he gets the most out of many average-decent players.

Stick Brady on an solid-average team for his entire career and I really don't think we would be talking about him remotely as often - or maybe even talking about him for the Hall of Fame.
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Perhaps you are correct. Max Kellerman made the point recently the Patriots are like the Harvard of the NFL. If you take two intelligent high school students, and one goes to Harvard for 4 years, and the other goes to a community college, obviously the student that went to Harvard will have a significant leg up.

Brady was drafted by the Harvard of the NFL, graduated, did 4 years undergrad, did 4 years as a grad student, basically he has absorbed so much knowledge and information he could take what he learned and would have success on any other team.

Brady is not an average player. Too put up the stats that he has, you have to be great.
 
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders *
Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
My NFL 2016 picks for ..
.. WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders
Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks

Go Cowboys!
 
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders *
Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders *
Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders *
Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders *

Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders
Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos* at Oakland Raiders

Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks

-edit- Just realized I put the highlights at the wrong spot for the Denver/Oakland game. If such a change isn't allowed prior to game time, then feel free to count that one as a loss regardless.
 
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PoS said:
WEEK 7 Results : (With help from DA60)

CanadaJohn 5
Higgins86 10
Opopanax 5
calamity 7
Bucky 8
rjay 8
roughdraft274 7
Hicup 7
Ontologuy 7
Your Star 10
VanceMack 9
Top Cat 8
Humbolt 8
penn1954 10
Zyphlin 7
gdgyva 6
Middleground 11
PirateMk1 8
Simplexity 8
PoS 8
Tigerace117 5
Botanist 7
antiquity 9

And this weeks winner is another Canuck. No it ain't CJ, it's Middleground with an astounding 11 picks. Congrats! :2canadian:july_4th:

WIENERBOARD:

Higgins86 69
CanadaJohn 67
Bucky 65
Hicup 65
Your Star 65
calamity 64
VanceMack 64
rjay 64
penn1954 64
Opopanax 63
roughdraft274 63
Ontologuy 63
Top Cat 63
Humbolt 62
Middleground 62
Zyphlin 58
PirateMk1 58
Simplexity 58
gdgyva 57
PoS 56
Botanist 53
Tigerace117 52
antiquity 36
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PoS said:
WEEK 8 Results: Thanks to DA60

Higgins86 7
CanadaJohn 6
Bucky 7
Hicup 7
Your Star 7
calamity 9
VanceMack 8
rjay 8
penn1954 10
Opopanax 7
roughdraft274 9
Ontologuy 8
Top Cat 8
Humbolt 6
Middleground 8
Zyphlin 6
PirateMk1 9
Simplexity 9
gdgyva 7
PoS 8
Botanist 8
Tigerace117 5
antiquity 7


OVERALL WIENERS:

Higgins86 76
penn1954 74
CanadaJohn 73
calamity 73
Bucky 72
Hicup 72
Your Star 72
VanceMack 72
rjay 72
Ontologuy 71
Top Cat 71
Opopanax 70
Middleground 70
Humbolt 68
PirateMk1 67
Simplexity 67
Zyphlin 64
gdgyva 64
PoS 64
Botanist 61
Tigerace117 57
antiquity 43

Higgins is still in the lead, but Penn moves up to 2nd place! We're halfway done and there's 8 more weeks to go! :mrgreen:
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Not sure why but I wasn't listed in the overall this week. I got 9 correct and old score was 63 so I should be at 72. :)
 
Atlanta Falcons
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Cowboys
Kansas City Chiefs
Miami Dolphins
Minnesota Vikings
New York Giants
Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints
Green Bay Packers
San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos
Buffalo Bills
 
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders *
Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks


Good luck everyone.

Tim-
 
CanadaJohn said:
Democrats were practice counting ballots and eliminating voters they don't like.
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I think I speak for everyone here when I say that I appreciate the humor, but please don't muck up the one thread on this forum that is free of partisan BS. I beg of you CJ. ;)
 
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders *

Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
My choices for this week's NFL games:





Dallas over Cleveland


That is all.
 
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers : Yeah, I know I'm being crazy betting against the Jones and Ryan show. It's just a hunch mixed in with a little WTF.

Sunday, November 06, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens : Ravens suck, but Pitt is pretty overrated.
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns: I think this game might be closer than it looks on paper.
Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs : NO brainer
New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings : The Purple Lion eaters will be back on track.
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants : Thinking with my heart here. But the Midgets are not that good.
Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers : Brees is going to torch San Fran. And you thought the California fires were done with for the year, silly fools.
Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers : I think the Pack are turning it around.
Tennessee Titans at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders : Slow n' steady Denver will control this one.

Monday, November 07, 2016
Buffalo Bills at Seattle Seahawks
 
Middleground said:
WEEK 9
Thursday, November 03, 2016
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers : Yeah, I know I'm being crazy betting against the Jones and Ryan show. It's just a hunch mixed in with a little WTF.
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About that. . . . :2razz:
 
roughdraft274 said:
Not sure why but I wasn't listed in the overall this week. I got 9 correct and old score was 63 so I should be at 72. :)
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Ah, my mistake. I must have accidentally deleted you when I was arranging the final count. It will be rectified. :cool:

roughdraft274 said:
I think I speak for everyone here when I say that I appreciate the humor, but please don't muck up the one thread on this forum that is free of partisan BS. I beg of you CJ. ;)
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Well said. From now on anyone who dares mention politics in this thread will get a game deducted from their totals. This is for trash talking in the NFL only. ;)
 
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