BR.com You Pick 'Em S4 Week One

[AwakenTheDemon]

Already ladies and gentlemen, today kicks off week of the the season. You guys know the drill. For those that don't, I'll give out a quick rundown.

Each week I'll post the top ten and the "on the bubble" records. I'll also have this week's schedule of games posted.You'll welcome and encouraged (but in no means required) to share your picks with the rest of us, y'know to facilitate discussion. This will repeat for the entire season, all the way through to the Super Bowl.

With that said, have fun and good luck everyone.

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[u]Wednesday, September 5th:[/u]
-=8:30PM=-
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants

[u]Sunday, September 9th:[/u]
-=1:00PM=-
Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears
Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns
St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions
Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans
Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings
Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans

-=4:25PM=-
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals
San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

-=8:20PM=-
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos

[u]Monday, September 10th:[/u]
-=7:00PM=-
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

-=10:15PM=-
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders

Good luck with week one!

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Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants: [b]Giants[/b]

Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears: [b]Bears[/b]
Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns: [b]Eagles[/b]
St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions: [b]Lions[/b]
Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans: [b]Texans[/b]
Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs: [b]Falcons[/b]
Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings: [b]Vikings[/b]
Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints: [b]Saints[/b]
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets: [b]Bills[/b]
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans: [b]Patriots[/b]
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals: [b]Seahawks[/b]
San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers: [b]Packers[/b]
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: [b]Panthers[/b]
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos: [b]Broncos[/b]
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens: [b]Ravens[/b]
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders: [b]Raiders[/b]

[JO_75]

Don't know why but I'm tempted to go with Cleveland over Philly as my upset of the week.

[Mt. Crushmore]

[quote name='JO_75' timestamp='1346696822' post='1138216']
Don't know why but I'm tempted to go with Cleveland over Philly as my upset of the week.
[/quote]

I don't have a week one upset. I just went with all favorites.

[JO_75]

[quote name='Mt. Crushmore' timestamp='1346701833' post='1138301']
I don't have a week one upset. I just went with all favorites.
[/quote]

Yeah that is the one thing I noticed, there really is no noticeable upset in Week one, just seems pick the favorites and you'll have a chance at winning.

[mhead66]

When in doubt, I usually go with the home team...

Here's my first attempt:

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants: [b]G-Men[/b]
Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears: [b]Da Bears[/b]
Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns: [b]Eagles[/b]
St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions: [b]Lions[/b]
Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans: [b]Texans[/b]
Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs: [b]Falcons[/b]
Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings: [b]Vikes[/b]
Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints: [b]Saints[/b]
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets: [b]Jets... but I'm not sure...[/b]
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans: [b]Patriots[/b][b]**[/b]
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals: [b]Seahawks[/b]
San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers: [b]Packers[/b]
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: [b]Panthers[/b]
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos: [b]Steelers[/b]
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens: [b]Ravens[/b]
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders: [b]Chargers[/b]

[Mt. Crushmore]

[quote name='mhead66' timestamp='1346703569' post='1138328']
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets: [b]Jets... but I'm not sure...[/b]
[/quote]

No, just no. Bills 24 Jets 9

[Purple Nurple]

Dont help the man, lol.

[mhead66]

[quote name='Mt. Crushmore' timestamp='1346704229' post='1138342']
No, just no. Bills 24 Jets 9
[/quote]
Yeah, but they've got Tebooooowwwwwwwwwww!!!

[JO_75]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' timestamp='1346704501' post='1138347']
Dont help the man, lol.
[/quote]

I know, let him regret that pick lol.

[JO_75]

Here's my picks, going to keep the Eagles winning over the Browns, but chose a different upset of the week.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants: [/font][/color][b]Giants[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears: [/font][/color][b]Bears[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns: [/font][/color][b]Eagles[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions: [/font][/color][b]Lions[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans: [/font][/color][b]Texans[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs: [/font][/color][b]Falcons[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings: [b]Jaguars[/b][/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints: [b]Redskins **Upset of The Week**[/b][/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Buffalo Bills at New York Jets: [/font][/color][b]Bills[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans: [/font][/color][b]Patriots[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals: [/font][/color][b]Seahawks[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers: [/font][/color][b]Packers[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: [/font][/color][b]Panthers[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos: [/font][/color][b]Broncos[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens: [/font][/color][b]Ravens[/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders: [b]Chargers[/b][/font][/color]

[Mt. Crushmore]

My picks are [url="http://fanspeak.com/nflbreakdown/2012/09/03/week-one-picks/"]here[/url].

[descent into the maelstrom]

I'll just go with the teams I'd like to see win. (If I find out there's a trip to the Super Bowl as a prize for the most accurate predictions, I'll be back to change a lot of these.) I think someone needs to pick the Titans over the Patriots - I'll be the guinea pig.

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants: [b]Cowboys[/b]
Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears: [b]Bears[/b]
Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns: [b]Brown[/b][b]s[/b]
St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions: [b]Lions[/b]
Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans: [b]Dolphi[/b][b]ns[/b]
Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs: [b]Falcons[/b]
Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings: [b]Vikings[/b]
Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints: [b]Redskin[/b][b]s[/b]
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets: [b]Jets[/b]
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans: [b]Titans[/b]
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals: [b]Seahawks[/b]
San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers: [b]49[/b][b]ers[/b]
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: [b]Buccaneers[/b]
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos: [b]Bronco[/b][b]s[/b]
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens: [b]Ravens[/b]
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders: [b]Raid[/b][b]ers[/b]

[Purple Nurple]

You're clearly gonna lose like a champ this season!

[ravens__]

You'd "like to see" the Browns beat the Eagles? Why?

[T3hRaven]

I think my only upset this week is the Cowboys beating the Giants tomorrow. Pittsburgh over Denver and Buffalo over NYJ are technically upsets based upon the percentage picking them, but it's a small margin and those people are wrong. Peyton will struggle in his first game back, and the Jets are a joke. And if Ike Taylor doesn't shank Demaryius Thomas I'll be very surprised.

[JO_75]

[quote name='T3hRaven' timestamp='1346824456' post='1139807']
I think my only upset this week is the Cowboys beating the Giants tomorrow. Pittsburgh over Denver and Buffalo over NYJ are technically upsets based upon the percentage picking them, but it's a small margin and those people are wrong. Peyton will struggle in his first game back, and the Jets are a joke. And if Ike Taylor doesn't shank Demaryius Thomas I'll be very surprised.
[/quote]

Now that is Bold. I was waiting to see who would pick the Cowboys, but Pittsburgh over Denver? Tim Tebow beat them, Mark Sanchez has even beat the Steelers. Now they face Peyton Manning, no way Denver loses, that defense is going to take advantage of their weak offensive line.

[T3hRaven]

[quote name='JO_75' timestamp='1346824753' post='1139810']
Now that is Bold. I was waiting to see who would pick the Cowboys, but Pittsburgh over Denver? Tim Tebow beat them, Mark Sanchez has even beat the Steelers. Now they face Peyton Manning, no way Denver loses, that defense is going to take advantage of their weak offensive line.
[/quote]

When has Ben played with a good offensive line? He's used to it by now. They're still pissed about that playoff loss, with or without Tebow there. They ain't losing that game. I don't understand how people think that Peyton Manning is going to suddenly come back as good as he was before after a year off like nothing ever happened. He has an entirely new cast, and as we saw in (I believe) the last season he played in Indy when everyone was getting hurt it takes some time for him to adjust to new personnel in game situations. He's going to be rusty, and he's going to get beat.

[descent into the maelstrom]

[quote name='ravens__' timestamp='1346792532' post='1139338']
You'd "like to see" the Browns beat the Eagles? Why?
[/quote]

Only because if they can beat the Eagles, it bodes very well for us the following week in Philadelphia. Has nothing to do with actually liking the Browns or disliking the Eagles.

[Free Agent]

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants:[b] <missed>[/b]
Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears: [b]Bears[/b]
Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns: [b]Eagles[/b]
St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions: [b]Lions[/b]
Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans: [b]Texans[/b]
Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs: [b]Chiefs[/b]
Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings: [b]Vikings[/b]
Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints: [b]Saints[/b]
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets: [b]Bills[/b]
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans: [b]Patriots[/b]
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals: [b]Seahawks[/b]
San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers: [b]Packers[/b]
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: [b]Panthers[/b]
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos: [b]Broncos[/b]
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens: [b]Ravens[/b]
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders: [b]Chargers[/b]

[T3hRaven]

How bout them Cowboys?

[Purple Nurple]

[quote name='T3hRaven' timestamp='1346902464' post='1140635']
How bout them Cowboys?
[/quote]

Ogletree looked good. Who? Exactly. Got to love it.

[flaccopoe]

I know I'm not in the Pick'Em League, but I'll post my predictions anyway, for fun.

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants: [b]Giants[/b]
Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears: [b]Bears[/b]
Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns: [b]Eagles[/b]
St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions: [b]Lions[/b]
Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans: [b]Texans[/b]
Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs: [b]Chiefs[/b]
Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings: [b]Vikings[/b]
Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints: [b]Redskins[/b]
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets: [b]Bills[/b]
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans: [b]Patriots[/b]
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals: [b]Cardinals[/b]
San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers: [b]Packers[/b]
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: [b]Panthers[/b]
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos: [b]Broncos[/b]
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens: [b]Ravens[/b]
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders: [b]Raiders[/b]

[Sizzlebshu]

and Im 0/1 just like the majority of ppl lol

[Mt. Crushmore]

[quote name='Sizzlebshu' timestamp='1346943053' post='1140925']
and Im 0/1 just like the majority of ppl lol
[/quote]

I think only 2 people got it right.

[AwakenTheDemon]

[quote name='Mt. Crushmore' timestamp='1346976540' post='1141304']
I think only 2 people got it right.
[/quote]

Yup lol Orz I really didn't see that happening... nor did I see Cruz dropping three passes. Well, I did see him actually drop the passes...

[Sizzlebshu]

[quote name='AwakenTheDemon' timestamp='1346977398' post='1141309']
Yup lol Orz I really didn't see that happening... nor did I see Cruz dropping three passes. Well, I did see him actually drop the passes...
[/quote]

I thought Dallas was the better team but I wasnt going to bet agains the Champs being 8-0 on opening day without a good reason

[Jabara]

I can't believe I missed the league this season. I've had so much stuff going on that I couldn't get around to it.
Here are my picks anyway...


[u]Sunday, September 9th:[/u]
-=1:00PM=-
Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears (Bears)
Philadelphia Eagles at Cleveland Browns (Eagles)
St. Louis Rams at Detroit Lions (Lions)
Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans (Texans)
Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs (Falcons)
Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings (Vikings) (?)
Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints (Saints)
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets (Bills) Unless the Jets have been lying about their offense all preseason
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans (Pats) Could be very close

-=4:25PM=-
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals (Seahawks)
San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers (Packers)
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Bucs) HFA

-=8:20PM=-
Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos (Broncos) Gonna be fun to watch this one

[u]Monday, September 10th:[/u]
-=7:00PM=-
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens (Ravens!)

-=10:15PM=-
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders (Chargers) Can the Chargers start strong for once?

I've picked more away teams than usual in week 1, let's see if being aggressive pays off.
I really haven't spent as much time following teams other than the Ravens this offseason, and I no longer have cable to help see the highlights, gonna be an interesting season for picking...



Go Ravens!!!

[theblackdog]

[quote name='AwakenTheDemon' timestamp='1346977398' post='1141309']
Yup lol Orz I really didn't see that happening... nor did I see Cruz dropping three passes. Well, I did see him actually drop the passes...
[/quote]

Tell me about it, and I started Cruz on my fantasy league this week

[theblackdog]

[quote name='Mt. Crushmore' timestamp='1346976540' post='1141304']
I think only 2 people got it right.
[/quote]

Yup, at least on the BR.com league. On my other pick'em league, all of us (20 total) picked the Giants.

[codizzle]

[quote name='Mt. Crushmore' timestamp='1346976540' post='1141304']


I think only 2 people got it right.
[/quote]
I'll have a terrible record for sure but saw this game coming from a mile away...

Giants only went 9-7 last year.. They just got hot at the right time