The 5
I don't have time for the 5/5/& 5 this week so I'm just going to write about the 5 major things that I noticed this weekend/got wrong/got really right. I'm not sure how it's going to pan out, so I'll just start:
5. Bengals getting whipped by the Pats at home. I definitely didn't see this one coming. I guess every team is suspect to a let-down and this surely was one of those games for the Bungals. They're still my favorite to win the Super Bowl and I suspect this will just be a major motivator for Marvin Lewis and the Bengals. We'll have to see how well they rebound but I'm guessing they still win the division and get into the post season with a bye. But the resurgence of the Patriots? Maybe. Laurence Maroney looks like a #1 pick RB and Corey Dillion is choking on his mouthpiece. Brady is still the stud of previous years and may have found another favorite target in Doug Gabriel. You can never count the Patriots out, but they're still not quite as good as the last few years.
4. My scoring predictions are still getting close to spot on. The games I picked right ended up really close to the scores I picked, and if not the totals, the differences. I can surely pin down a lot of these predictions well, I just have to get the slop out and go with the teams that are going to win. I hope I can get another 14-2-like week. Stay tuned.
3. Jacksonville over Washington. WHERE IS THIS OFFENSE COMING FROM!?!? The Redskins were absolutely dead in the water in weeks 1 & 2 but have now emerged as one of the best in the league the last two weeks. And against a major player on defense! The Jags are still a great team but their massive schedule might make their playoff hunt a really difficult one. When they came back and tied it at 30, I thought for sure they'd beat the lowly Redskins in OT but I must have forgotten about Santana Moss. What a catch, what a run. I'll be giving a bit more clout to Washington just so you know, but I still think they're overrated. (Every year)
2. Seattle over Chicago. WOW, did those Bears put on a show or what?!? Seattle didn't have Sean Alexander and that was definitely a factor because it would have made Hasslebeck a bit more settled, but I don't think they would have won anyway. The Bears D made Seattle's prolific (against the Giants anyway) offense look LAME. Chicago's offense even looked solid. Thomas Jones two touchdowns? That killed me in my fantasy league. Bastards. Maybe the Bears are the real deal. Maybe they're not. I'm leaning towards NOT still, but they're definitely going to have a bye week going into the playoffs. We'll talk about the matchups when they happen.
1. San Franchoko- Okay, I get it. I have red and gold blinders and I can't see my team for what it really is. I'm totally die-hard for the Niners and I can't really get a real evaluation on them because I see potential when there probably isn't any. I think we're better than we are because I WANT us to be better than we are. I will work on picking us to lose from now on, I promise. Should we have lost by 41? ABSOLUTELY NOT. We have a MUCH better offense than that and Norv is making me scratch my chin a bit. The worst part is that I have to pick them again this week! I won't give you a 10 minute run-down of why we CAN win the game when I make my predictions later. I will just tell you the final score so I remove myself from the potentially damaging biased comments that reporters so dearly fear. I still love my shitty team though, yes, yes I do.
5. Bengals getting whipped by the Pats at home. I definitely didn't see this one coming. I guess every team is suspect to a let-down and this surely was one of those games for the Bungals. They're still my favorite to win the Super Bowl and I suspect this will just be a major motivator for Marvin Lewis and the Bengals. We'll have to see how well they rebound but I'm guessing they still win the division and get into the post season with a bye. But the resurgence of the Patriots? Maybe. Laurence Maroney looks like a #1 pick RB and Corey Dillion is choking on his mouthpiece. Brady is still the stud of previous years and may have found another favorite target in Doug Gabriel. You can never count the Patriots out, but they're still not quite as good as the last few years.
4. My scoring predictions are still getting close to spot on. The games I picked right ended up really close to the scores I picked, and if not the totals, the differences. I can surely pin down a lot of these predictions well, I just have to get the slop out and go with the teams that are going to win. I hope I can get another 14-2-like week. Stay tuned.
3. Jacksonville over Washington. WHERE IS THIS OFFENSE COMING FROM!?!? The Redskins were absolutely dead in the water in weeks 1 & 2 but have now emerged as one of the best in the league the last two weeks. And against a major player on defense! The Jags are still a great team but their massive schedule might make their playoff hunt a really difficult one. When they came back and tied it at 30, I thought for sure they'd beat the lowly Redskins in OT but I must have forgotten about Santana Moss. What a catch, what a run. I'll be giving a bit more clout to Washington just so you know, but I still think they're overrated. (Every year)
2. Seattle over Chicago. WOW, did those Bears put on a show or what?!? Seattle didn't have Sean Alexander and that was definitely a factor because it would have made Hasslebeck a bit more settled, but I don't think they would have won anyway. The Bears D made Seattle's prolific (against the Giants anyway) offense look LAME. Chicago's offense even looked solid. Thomas Jones two touchdowns? That killed me in my fantasy league. Bastards. Maybe the Bears are the real deal. Maybe they're not. I'm leaning towards NOT still, but they're definitely going to have a bye week going into the playoffs. We'll talk about the matchups when they happen.
1. San Franchoko- Okay, I get it. I have red and gold blinders and I can't see my team for what it really is. I'm totally die-hard for the Niners and I can't really get a real evaluation on them because I see potential when there probably isn't any. I think we're better than we are because I WANT us to be better than we are. I will work on picking us to lose from now on, I promise. Should we have lost by 41? ABSOLUTELY NOT. We have a MUCH better offense than that and Norv is making me scratch my chin a bit. The worst part is that I have to pick them again this week! I won't give you a 10 minute run-down of why we CAN win the game when I make my predictions later. I will just tell you the final score so I remove myself from the potentially damaging biased comments that reporters so dearly fear. I still love my shitty team though, yes, yes I do.
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