NFL 2011 Week 10

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Brrrrrrr. Now it's football weather.

Jets 27 - Bills 11: I'm starting to think Buffalo's fairy tale coach is turning back into a pumpkin right about now, particularly with the division they're in.

Seahawks 13 - Cowboys 23: Not exactly unexpected. Moving on.

Falcons 31 - Colts 7: Congratulations, Indianpolis; you're in sole possession of first place in the Suck for Luck sweepstakes. However, your problems run deeper than the starting QB position.

Dolphins 31 - Chiefs 3: Miami, you're doing it wrong, unless your goal was to get Todd Haley to stop looking like a hobo.

Buccaneers 16 - Saints 27: Think it's possible that both wild cards could come out of the NFC South? Maybe only if both of those teams somehow overtake Detroit which doesn't seem likely.

49ers 19 - Redskins 11: I remember after San Francisco trounced Tampa Bay my mother asking me "Who are these guys?" The answer finally hit me yesterday in the form of words not from the current head coach but a previous one: "Our formula is this: we go out, we hit people in the mouth." Jim Harbaugh just figured out how to execute that formula in a way Mike Singletary couldn't.

Browns 12 - Texans 30: Andre who?

Bengals 24 - Titans 17: About the only flaw I can see in Cincinnati is that they play in the AFC North.

Tebows 38 - Raiders 24: If John Elway and John Fox's grand plan was to throw Tim Tebow into a position where he'll fail and shake the Denver fan base's faith in him, then they're doing a lousy job of it. About the only quarterback at this point who is guaranteed a starting job next season is Jason Campbell.

Giants 24 - Patriots 20: My jogging path in the morning takes me near a middle school and yesterday I ran past a 12 year old who was a lot taller than me. Then I thought, this kid's taller than Wes Welker!

Rams 13 - Cardinals 19: Perhaps Arizona took inspiration from the presence of Muhammed Ali. Special teams certainly must have, what with a blocked field goal and a punt return for a TD in OT.

Packers 45 - Chargers 38: If Phillip Rivers didn't throw two pick sixes, then Miami fans could have popped two bottles of champagne on Sunday. People keep wondering how Green Bay can be defeated and San Diego gave people a good blueprint to start from. But, all San Diego accomplished was set up the AFC West to supply this year's rant about letting a .500 team or worst into the playoffs over a potential wild card team with a better record.

Ravens 23 - Steelers 20: The LSU v. Alabama comparison is apt. Chances are they will meet again in the playoffs and at least no one's going to complain about the system being broke if they do.

Bears 30 - Eagles 24: Yesterday Dan Le Batard (whose ESPN2 show is worth watching only for the father-son banter) proclaimed Philadelphia as the 2nd best team in the NFC. Maybe that might have been true has his papi, aka El Oraculo, said it.

Week 10 Pick 'Em:

My record: 3-2

Your records:

MilkmanDanimal: 4-1
iaintgotnopants: 4-1
TheGameguru: 4-1

Nightmare: 3-2
oldmanscene24: 3-2
Minase: 3-2
*Legion*: 3-2
Enix: 3-2
boogle: 3-2
bighoppa: 3-2
Elliotx: 3-2
garion333: 3-2
LeapingGnome: 3-2

Xeknos: 2-3
Jayhawker: 2-3
Kush15: 2-3
Gumbie: 2-3

Unfortunately, I got no picks this week from Landshrk83, so I'm dinging him with 5 goose eggs and doing the same with Elliotx for last week. Still plenty of time to make up some ground:

My record: 33-12

Your guys' record:

TheGameguru: 33-12

Minase: 32-13
Nightmare: 32-13

garion333: 30-15
boogle: 30-15

Xeknos: 29-16
Kush15: 29-16
iaintgotnopants: 29-16

Gumbie: 28-17
oldmanscene24: 28-17
LeapingGnome: 28-17
*Legion*: 28-17
MilkmanDanimal: 28-17

Jayhawker: 27-18
bighoppa: 27-18
Enix: 27-18

Landshrk83: 24-21

Elliotx: 23-22

For now, TheGameguru holds sole possession of first place, but that could change as early as this week. Speaking of which...

Saints at Falcons: This is an example of one of those games where you wonder which team is going to show up, and I'm not referring to New Orleans or Atlanta in general. Both teams have shown inconsistencies this season, making you doubt whether or not they can contend for the NFC South crown. If Good Drew Brees shows up, it's the Saints. If Good Matt Ryan shows up, it's the Falcons. On the other hand, Matt Ryan has Michael Turner (who could pull a Steven Jackson on New Orleans), Roddy White, Julio Jones, and Tony Gonzalez to lean on. Falcons.

Steelers at Bengals: This one is a little easier to figure out but just like the last time we featured Pittsburgh or the Jets-Bills match-up could end up going the other way and tossing a monkey wrench in the works. Still, I don't see the Andy and A.J. Show being able to hold up against Pittsburgh's defense the way Baltimore did. Steelers.

Lions at Bears: I would have gone all in on Detroit until I saw what happened last night. Of course, Detroit has had a few bad performances and if Chicago's D can pull an Optimus Prime on Megatron like San Francisco did a few weeks ago, that could open the door for Jay Cutler and friends. I don't know what I feel worse about: working a Transformers reference in or praising Jay Cutler. Da Bears.

Giants at 49ers: Usually I'd pick San Francisco for the sake of being a homer, but considering how New York already lost one against an NFC West team at home and considering how well Frank Gore's been carrying the rock, there's plenty of reason to think they have a shot. Well, that and I can see Justin Smith getting well acquainted with Pie F...Eli Manning. 49ers.

For my wild card, I'm playing it safe and taking the Ravens over the Seahawks.

Enjoy the week, folks.

Saints at Falcons: Both erratic, but the Saints are more explosive. Also, the Saints like to blitz and you mix the Falcons' offensive line plus Matt Ryan's less-than-stellar ability to handle pressure and, well, Saints.

Steelers at Bengals: Yeah, the Bengals are 6-2. Four of those wins are against Cleveland, Jacksonville, Indy, and Seattle. One of the losses is to Denver. This does not scream "GOOD TEAM" to me.

Lions at Bears: 3 for 3 on away teams so far. That defensive line is still that defensive line, and, while Cutler has been insanely good recently, I still vote on a combination of him getting pressured and the patented "throw it towards Megatron and good things happen" offensive gameplan.

Giants at 49ers: The Giants have been barely winning, the 49ers have been convincingly winning.

Wildcard: Texans over Bucs: I'm continuing my all-Tampa wildcard picking, when available. Gerald McCoy is now out for the year AGAIN. The remaining DTs don't have much burst; I expect Arian Foster to have a lovely day eating the Bucs for lunch.

I cannot argue with Milkman's picks.

Saints over Falcons
Steelers over Bengals
Lions over Bears
49ers over Giants

Wildcard: Texans over Bucs - Don't forget Tate in that rushing buffet. Also, Andre was said to be optimistic after workout yesterday. I would say sit him until after the bye, but if the man says he's ready and the doctors clear him, you might as well suit him up - even if it's limited action.

I've decided it's my turn to upload the proverbial photo of the week for captioning. Seen in a sandwich place inside the Atlanta airport this weekend:

IMAGE(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s149/MilkmanDanimal/SadFrye.jpg)

"You know, once you put this shirt on, this sh*t sandwich actually isn't half-bad!"

That guy hasn't played for the Browns in over 4 years! I saw a guy in a Bengals Chad Johnson jersey yesterday and I thought that was bad, he has nothing on mister horrible haircut there.

Saints at Falcons

Steelers at Bengals

Lions at Bears

Giants at 49ers

Are you sure that isn't actually Charlie Frye? I mean, who else is buying his jersey?

Saints at Falcons: Saints. Dunno.

Steelers at Bengals: The Bengals haven't really played any "real" teams yet. Steelers.

Lions at Bears: Lions. This one should be good. I don't expect the Bears' o-line to survive the Lions' d-line.

Giants at 49ers: 49ers. That d is too good and Gore has been on a tear.

Wild Card: I'm going to go with the Panthers over the Titans.

iaintgotnopants wrote:

Are you sure that isn't actually Charlie Frye? I mean, who else is buying his jersey?

This is an excellent question.

This is why I took the surreptitious picture; who would wear such a thing? I'd normally think "homeless guy with no better options", but he was inside security at the airport, meaning he could clearly afford a flight of some sort. He's too old to be Charlie Frye. While he could actually be Charlie Frye's dad, I would think even Charlie Frye's dad has SOME standards in terms of appearance.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

This is why I took the surreptitious picture; who would wear such a thing? I'd normally think "homeless guy with no better options", but he was inside security at the airport, meaning he could clearly afford a flight of some sort. He's too old to be Charlie Frye. While he could actually be Charlie Frye's dad, I would think even Charlie Frye's dad has SOME standards in terms of appearance.

Maybe he's been in the airport since Frye was still on the team. He'll only come out when he gets to start again.

garion333 wrote:
MilkmanDanimal wrote:

This is why I took the surreptitious picture; who would wear such a thing? I'd normally think "homeless guy with no better options", but he was inside security at the airport, meaning he could clearly afford a flight of some sort. He's too old to be Charlie Frye. While he could actually be Charlie Frye's dad, I would think even Charlie Frye's dad has SOME standards in terms of appearance.

Maybe he's been in the airport since Frye was still on the team. He'll only come out when he gets to start again.

So, he's like Tom Hanks in that one movie?

Thanks for the link garion.

Go 49ers! I still can't believe we're winning, with Alex Smith no less... but here we are at the halfway point of the year.

Stele wrote:

Thanks for the link garion.

Go 49ers! I still can't believe we're winning, with Alex Smith no less... but here we are at the halfway point of the year. :shock:

And it's not winning despite Alex Smith, it's winning because of Alex Smith.

64% completion, 10 TDs to 2 INTs, 97.3 passer rating. It sure didn't take Harbaugh long to make an impact - you have to wonder just how much of "the Alex Smith problem" was the substandard coaches he's had to this point.

Haynesworth snagged by the Bucs.

garion333 wrote:

Haynesworth snagged by the Bucs.

Ugh

garion333 wrote:

Haynesworth snagged by the Bucs.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC . . . guess the last letter.

Seriously?

Right before they play the Texans?

Ahhh...what am I worried about. He's had three tackles all season.

If I had a and 2 bullets in a room with Hitler, Zombie Osama and Haynesworth, I would shoot Albert twice.

boogle wrote:

If I had a and 2 bullets in a room with Hitler, Zombie Osama and Haynesworth, I would shoot Albert twice.

Why is Osama a zombie but Hitler isn't? Does that mean that it's just Hitler's corpse? Or, is this a time machine situation but Osama just happens to be a zombie? Am I over-thinking this?

iaintgotnopants wrote:
boogle wrote:

If I had a and 2 bullets in a room with Hitler, Zombie Osama and Haynesworth, I would shoot Albert twice.

Why is Osama a zombie but Hitler isn't? Does that mean that it's just Hitler's corpse? Or, is this a time machine situation but Osama just happens to be a zombie? Am I over-thinking this?

Wouldn't Haynesworth just be likely to eat the other two anyways?

How are Hitler, Zombie Osama, and Haynesworth alike?

They're all laying flat on the ground.

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Lol that's a great picture. What a waste of talent. Imagine him on the same team as Reggie White and Jerome Brown.

In classic fanboy fashion, I'm managing to talk myself into this one a very little bit. Haynesworth was a terror in Tennessee when his job was to disrupt the middle and crush the QB. In both Washington and New England, he was in different systems doing different things. In Tampa, that's his role. Do I think this is a good idea? Not really, no, but if he has a chance to succeed anywhere, this would seem to be his best shot.

Besides, if he gets out of line, Aqib Talib will probably shoot him.

Uh no...but I understand your feelings

I'm trying to come up with a slogan for this week's game, like "Beat the Heat" or something.

...anyone know a derogatory verb that rhymes with "Bucs"?

Fedaykin98 wrote:

I'm trying to come up with a slogan for this week's game, like "Beat the Heat" or something.

...anyone know a derogatory verb that rhymes with "Bucs"?

;)

Does "Texans fans don't get to trash-talk until they actually make the playoffs in a way that doesn't involve every other team in the division falling apart" rhyme with "Bucs"?

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

In classic fanboy fashion, I'm managing to talk myself into this one a very little bit. Haynesworth was a terror in Tennessee when his job was to disrupt the middle and crush the QB. In both Washington and New England, he was in different systems doing different things. In Tampa, that's his role. Do I think this is a good idea? Not really, no, but if he has a chance to succeed anywhere, this would seem to be his best shot.

Besides, if he gets out of line, Aqib Talib will probably shoot him.

haha Headline at yahoo:

"Albert Haynesworth’s next ex-team is the Buccaneers"

EDIT: Nm, I see that MMD is a Bucs fan who happens to live in Minnesota.

How about: Save your trash talk until after Houston beats you; you'll be wanting to talk the Texans up then.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

EDIT: Nm, I see that MMD is a Bucs fan who happens to live in Minnesota.

How about: Save your trash talk until after Houston beats you; you'll be wanting to talk the Texans up then. :razz:

I picked the Texans over the Bucs this week; they're a better team. I said at the start of the year Tampa would win 7-8 games; it's not their year yet. It's also not the Texans year. However, if Matt Ryan and Drew Brees both suffer season-ending neck injuries which allow me to get inflated numbers of wins based on dumb luck rather than actual talent, I promise you, I will trash talk like the wind.

Yeah there was some talk today... NFL Live or First Take, I forget... about what was wrong with the Bucs after their promising 10 wins last year.

I don't actually remember what they said because it was obvious to me. They got 10 wins last year because they had an easy schedule. 4 free wins against the NFC West, and 2 more against Cincy and Cleveland, and 2 against Carolina. Every playoff team, plus a few that missed it, would have got those 8 wins last year. The only impressive thing they did was win at New Orleans in the finale.

They're just a middle-of-the-pack team who got lucky with last year's schedule. Not a year-in-year-out playoff team, until they spend a little money. Hence the non-sellout games, fan displeasure, and blackouts down here.

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