NFL 2013: Week 1

Speaking of stupid... Special teams is holding a master class tonight.

McFinn wrote:

Speaking of stupid... Special teams is holding a master class tonight.

No kidding. The Ravens guy who ran over Jacoby Jones might be unemployed after tonight.

Did you see the hit Michael Oher's knee took on Rice's TD run? ouch ouch ouch

Hm. Manning has a new favorite TE?

Stele wrote:

Hm. Manning has a new favorite TE?

Yep. Looks like he's a pretty good fielder, too! Nice play on that short hop.

Elvis Dumervil... FROM LOUISVILLE!

And that's why the NFL is so stupid... getting the calls right shouldn't be some mini-game for coaches. Just review sh*t and get it right like college does.

I mean it's pretty pathetic when your organization is less efficient than the NCAA in anything.

I didn't even know Andre Caldwell was on the team.

garion333 wrote:

I didn't even know Andre Caldwell was on the team.

0% owned in FleaFlicker leagues. Guess that might change this week.

Jimmy Smith is such a b***h.

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Picks made. I like it. Also, as the resident Broncos fan, that 3rd quarter made me happy. The 4th almost gave me a heart attack.

Manning and Welker are on my fantasy team, though, so I cleaned up tonight.

Normally I shrug week 1 games off because teams are usually unsettled at the time, but that offensive spanking by the Broncos was nuts. Outside of Ladarius Webb (who I hope stays healthy as he's one of my favorite players) that secondary was a mess. I know the Broncos probably have the best set of receivers out there and Manning is in great form, but jeez I don't want to re-watch this game, I'd rather forget about it.

Manning usually picks the Ravens apart, but without Lewis or Reed playing I think he completely outsmarted them.

Loss of Oher and Jones certainly hurt. I really hope Oher is back next week as Flacco is going to need 10 seconds every play for his receivers to get open.

Up to 38 picks for week 1. Still 48 hours to go.

49ers, Rams and Chiefs are emerging as clear favorites, while Bengals and Saints are slight favorites but really a tossup. Interesting so far.

Ouch.

@SandoESPN: Last season, the Ravens allowed their 7th TD pass of the season in a Week 10 game against the Raiders. This year, Week 1.

Are my picks in?

Jayhawker wrote:

Are my picks in?

I was planning on doing this tomorrow, 24 hours out or so. But since you asked, here is everyone who has submitted a response:
Stele
Leroyog
iaintgotnopants
Elliottx
paleocon
TheGameGuru
Cobble
tboon
kaostheory
Jolly Bill
psu_13
Fedaykin98
Laarrs
McFinn
Secret Asian Man
s0lidarity
Infyrnos
oldmanscene24
Gumbie
MudderFudder77
Jowner
billt721
Kush15
karmajay
TheGameGuru
TheGameGuru
Bzzz
Jasonofindy
TempestBlayze
LeapingGnome
Atras
FSeven
TheGameGuru
mudbunny
Grumpicus
Xeknos
TheGameGuru
onewild

Hm... looks like GameGuru had an issue with the submit button... or something. 4 entries across 2 days.

And no, no Jayhawker. We did make a new form after testing the first one in the old thread. I didn't copy any entries over from there.

Cool, that's what I was afraid of.

Jayhawker wrote:

Cool, that's what I was afraid of.

For reference, you picked 49ers, Bears, Falcons, Rams, Chiefs, if you wanted to be consistent with your first picks.

Stele wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

Cool, that's what I was afraid of.

For reference, you picked 49ers, Bears, Falcons, Rams, Chiefs, if you wanted to be consistent with your first picks. ;)

The only one I wondered about was the Niners, and I got that right!

Wait, I don't see my name.

I resubmitted.

Jayhawker wrote:
Stele wrote:
Jayhawker wrote:

Cool, that's what I was afraid of.

For reference, you picked 49ers, Bears, Falcons, Rams, Chiefs, if you wanted to be consistent with your first picks. ;)

The only one I wondered about was the Niners, and I got that right!

Well if you took the Niners you actually got that one wrong.

For GG, are all those entries different?

karmajay wrote:

For GG, are all those entries different? ;)

Nope. 4 of the same. I figured "double submit button" for the first one or something as they were only a couple minutes apart on timestamp. But #3 was several hours later last night and #4 was this morning.

What is the cut-off for entries for this season, before the Thursday game starts or when?

Sun at 1pm eastern, like usual.

Assuming we don't have any Thurs night games, and I think last year we decided it was best to avoid those.

Stele wrote:

Sun at 1pm eastern, like usual.

Assuming we don't have any Thurs night games, and I think last year we decided it was best to avoid those.

Yes, it is. And we all thank you for that.

Just read Baltimore Jones out to 4 to 6 weeks

karmajay wrote:

Just read Baltimore Jones out to 4 to 6 weeks

MCL spain from the bonehead special teams play.

karmajay wrote:

Just read Baltimore Jones out to 4 to 6 weeks

Quick read and I couldn't remember a player named Baltimore Jones (I'm thinking like Carson [city] Palmer). Took a second to realize it was Jacoby. Moment of duh.

I like the new link thing....I think it took my picks. Just in case, shared them here too.

Packers at 49ers:
Bengals at Bears:
Falcons at Saints:
Cardinals at Rams:
Chiefs at Jaguars: