NFL picks: Week 8

[Raft Boy]

Week 7 is probably going to go in the books as the craziest week of the 2004 season. We had Miami beating the so-called "Greatest Show on Turf", the Cards taking down the reeling Seachickens, Culpepper throwing for under 200 yards and 1 TD without Moss and the Vikes still beating the Titans by 17, and the Chiefs hanging 8 rushing TDs on the #1 rushing defense (up to that point in the season). The only certainties were the Pats beating yet another team and the Jags pulling off a win in the last minute (all 5 of their wins so far came under 1 minute remaining). But how many of these things were really surprises and which of them were bound to happen? So the question of the week is: what's the most overrated?

Last week was brutal, with a whopping 7 people over .500 and Ash leading the charge at 10-4. Overall, Ash reclaims a share of the lead with piff and SBR. Croup lurks four games back. In the percentage race, toader keeps the pace and stays 1% back. skihard still has a week or two to go before eligibility, but dang if that isn't a good pace so far.

Last week's results:
Rafty 7-7 last week, 59-43 overall
cougar 7-7, 61-41
Ash 10-4, 67-35
Magius 8-6, 57-45
Isolde 6-8, 57-45
SBR 7-7, ,67-35
thundergod 7-7, 60-42
piff 7-7, 67-35
axeil 7-7, 61-41
gismo 7-7, 59-43
Croup 6-8, 63-39
Xoranix 7-7, 60-42
Dutch 6-8, 57-45
Lunar 7-7, 46-27
toader 8-6, 56-30
Mr. Pipes 6-8, 52-34
Mongoose 7-7, 42-43
jimmyboy 9-5, 52-34
LostProphet 7-7, 53-33
nashfinch 9-5, 51-35
Fritos 6-8, 49-37
jdawg 6-8, 38-32
cookies 9-5, 27-15
Shinnok 6-8, 17-10
skihard 8-6, 19-9

Week 8 picks:
Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets

Not very many good games this week, but the Colts/Chiefs should be a shootout, the Giants/Vikes and Jags/Texans look decent, and the Ravens/Eagles look good, but the game of the week goes to (surprise!) the Pats, who take on the Steelers. The Panthers/Seahawks looked good at the beginning of the season and who wants to bet that the NFL wishes they could reschedule the Monday night game?

Good luck to everyone!

[toader]

Week 8 picks:
Arizona Cardinals
Philadelphia Eagles
Tennesse Titans
Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers
Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars
Minnesota Vikings
Denver Broncos
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
San Diego Chargers
Chicago Bears
N.Y. Jets

[Mongoose88]

Arizona Cardinals
Philadelphia Eagles
Tennessee Titans
Dallas Cowboys
Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts
Houston Texans
Minnesota Vikings
Denver Broncos
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
Oakland Raiders
San Francisco 49ers
N.Y. Jets

[Lord_Shinnok]

Buffalo Bills
Philadelphia Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals
Detroit Lions
Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Minnesota Vikings
Denver Broncos
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers
N.Y. Jets

[skihard]

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets


on a side note I think Durf would get more votes in the polls provided he wasn't teamed up with boobies. It's hard to say boobies are over rated.

[Croup]

Ugh, I called that Chiefs "upset" everywhere but here. Oh well, it's not like that week wouldn't have killed me anyway.

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills.................................... Cardinals
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles.......................... Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans.......................... Bengals
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys.................................... Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins..................... Packers
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs.......................... Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans......................... Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings................................... Giants
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos................................ Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks........................... Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers.................... Steelers
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers.......................... Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears............................ Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets........................................... Jets


That's right, I'm taking a stand on the damn Patriots and going with the Steelers. I'll probably be wrong, but I don't care much at this point. Damn Patriots.

[nashfinch]

Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Detroit Lions
Washington Redskins
Kansas City Chiefs
Houston Texans
Minnesota Vikings
Denver Broncos
Seattle Seahawks
Pittsburgh Steelers
San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers
N.Y. Jets

[Xoranix]

Bills over Cards
Eagles over Ravens
Bengals over Titans
Lions over Cowboys
Packers over Redskins
Chiefs over Colts
Jags over Texans
Vikings over Giants
Broncos over Falcons
Seahawks over Panthers
Patriots over Steelers
Chargers over Raiders
Bears over 49ers
Jets over Dolphins

[thejdawg2]

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills ---> ARI
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles ---> PHI
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans ---> CIN
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys ---> DET
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins ---> GB
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs ---> IND
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans ---> HOU
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings ---> MIN
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos ---> DEN
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks ---> SEA
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers ---> PIT
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers ---> SD
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears ---> Oh, I don't know. Tails. Um, I mean, 49ers.
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets ---> NYJ

[thundergod]

Buffalo
Philly
Tenn
Dallas
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Minn
Denver
Seattle
Pitt (they have to loose sometime)
San Diego
San Fran
N.Y. Jets

[SelfBaisResistor]

Buffalo Bills
Philadelphia Eagles
Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Minnesota Vikings
Denver Broncos
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
San Diego Chargers
Chicago Bears
N.Y. Jets

I got to do better than 7-7 this week in order to stay on top. Here goes nothing.

[MrPipes]

Buffalo Bills
Philadelphia Eagles
Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars
N.Y. Giants
Denver Broncos
Seattle Seahawks
Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders
San Francisco 49ers
N.Y. Jets

I'm going against the Pats until I'm finally right. And I'll never pick the Dolphins. Ever.

[piff]

I'm gonna watch some TV and such, do some research, ect, then I'll post my picks later.

Last week was bad. Very, very bad. Good luck to all this week and go Steelers!!!

[Raft Boy]

It's hard to say boobies are over rated.
Ask Zep or one of the other ladies here. I'm sure they would say differently. :uhhuh:

Edit: You're still at the top, piff, you've got no right to complain. :p

[piff]

You're still at the top, piff, you've got no right to complain. :p

Oh, but I am not alone at the top :lol:

[Rabid_Monkey_Girl]

Lets see, who shall it be.
Cardinals vs Bills....Bills, Cardinals can have on one winning streak in a row, they then get cocky and start their normal losing streak again.

Ravens vs Eagles .....Ravens to win
Bengals vs Titans.....Bengals to win
Lions vs Cowboys .....Lions to win..Cowboys have been better..but still stink
Packers vs Redskins ...Packers to win
Colts vs Chiefs...........Colts to win, Chiefs havent been doing so well lately
Jaguars vs Texans......Jaguars to win, not sure why, just a lucky guess :)
Giants vs Vikings.........Vikings to win
Falcons vs Broncos......Broncos to win
Panthers vs Seahawks..Seahawks to win..believe, believe, they can do it.
Patriots vs Steelers.....Steelers to win
Raiders vs Chargers.....hmmm Chargers to win
49ers vs Bears............49ers...yeah...to win..thats a no brainer :P
Dolphins vs Jets..........Goooooooooooo Dolphins !!!!! Away from home though, ohhh...I will hafta go with the JETS, but I want the Dolphins to win :)

[Ash Housewares]

Bills
Eagles - good game!
Bengals
Cowboys
Packers
Chiefs
Jaguars
Vikings
Broncos
Seahawks
Patriots
Chargers
49ers - good game! :lol:
Jets

[MagiusTheGrey]

Buffalo Bills
Philadelphia Eagles
Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts
Houston Texans
Minnesota Vikings
Denver Broncos
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
San Diego Chargers
Chicago Bears
N.Y. Jets

[Xavier_Hungwell]

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills.................................... Cardinals
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles.......................... Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans.......................... Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys.................................... Lions
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins..................... Skins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs.......................... Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans......................... Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings................................... Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos................................ Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks........................... Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers.................... Patriots
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers.......................... Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears............................ Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets........................................... Jets

[Lostprophet]

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles (against the gut, and the fanship... GO RAVENS!!!!!!)
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans (Thsi game is agonizing to pick).
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs (this one too... but, no Priest Holmes, so...)
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers ( :cheesy: )
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets

[SelfBaisResistor]

Oh, but I am not alone at the top :lol:

How do you like it up here?

[piff]

How do you like it up here?
Well, there is quite a nice view, isn't there?

[Lord_Shinnok]

I hope you don't get a bloody nose form the high altitude.... :uhhuh:

[piff]

We won't, don't worry about us. Maybe if you had the talent to overcome us, you'd know how it feels.

(I can't beleive I'm talking trash in a pick'em league....)

[Lord_Shinnok]

O Snap! No you didn't! Now you is getin it boy'ee.



:lol:




I would reply with more trash but as you said, it would be to sad. Well, sadder.

[piff]

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets

Gotta pick the Patriots...No Hampton=no pass defense. Also and expert coach and a top notch defense will confuse the hell out of Roethelisburger. I hate to say it, but the Steelers will lose.

No huge surprises this week, maybe the Bengals over the Titans is a surprise, but I think the Bengals could still be #2 in the AFC North. Texans will also undo the Jags, and I suppose this would be the upset special for this week. There's way too many teams that are supposed to be bad but are good and vice versa. There are really only a couple of horrible teams, and maybe no team that is incredibly better than the rest. Can't wait for playoffs.

[jimmyboy]

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets

Cardinals
Eagles
Bengals
Cowboys
Packers
Colts
Jaguars
Vikings
Broncos
Seahawks
Patriots
Chargers
49ers
Jets

[Isolde212]

Bills
Eagles
Titans
Cowboys
Packers
Colts
Jaguars
Vikings
Broncos
Patriots
Chargers
Bears
Dolphins

[Dutchman]

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets

[cougar]

Cardinals at Bills
Ravens at Eagles
Bengals at Titans
Lions at Cowboys
Packers at Redskins
Colts at Chiefs
Jaguars at Texans
Giants at Minnesota
Falcons at Broncos
Panthers at Seahawks
Patriots at Steelers
Raiders at Chargers
49ers at Bears
Dolphins at Jets

Pats and Eagles are going DOWN

[axeil]

Not gonna give analysis due to the Guild Wars Preview and my wanting to play as much as i can on it.

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets

[gismo]

Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks-------->Panthers :wink2:
Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills-------------->Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles------->Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans------->Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys-------------->Lions
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins--->Packers
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs------->Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans------>Jaguars
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings------------->Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos----------->Broncos
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers--->Patriots
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers-------->Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears--------->Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets------------------->Jets

[CookiesnCream]

Arizona Cardinals at Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles
Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets

Well Ashlee Simpson is the most overrated, but the Atlanta Falcons are the most overrated football team if you ask me.

[Raft Boy]

N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings
:grrr:

And I was right, the Colts and the Chiefs are in a shootout with about 1 minute left.

[SelfBaisResistor]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Raft Boy
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota Vikings

:grrr:


Looks good to me and with the Lions losing too that sure helps the Pack. The one thing I was sick and tired of hearing was if the Redskins lost that Kerry would win or if the Packers lost Bush would win. Damn C Team Fox announcers!

[Raft Boy]

Geez, were the announcers actually spouting that off during the game? That must have been fun to listen to.

I have a theory as to why the Steelers are up big on the Pats after 1 quarter. The Red Sox won the World Series, and because nature doesn't like an imbalance, the Pats have to lose to keep the status quo of 1 good and 1 bad team. ;)

[axeil]

Wow. Steelers up 21-3 at the end of the first. Is this the end for the Pats?

[Lord_Shinnok]

I'll change my shoice from the pats to the steelers :cheesy:


Just joking. I was expecting a good game but the pats are getting whooped. The steelers really showed up today on both offence and deffence. If the steelers win then i'll still be happy even though it was against my pick cause i want the pats to loose and stop this winning streak.


and the Bills won so happy days.

[axeil]

I'm happy as long as the Steelers dont get any more points. My fantasy game is riding on the Pats getting an INT or fumble recovery or SOMETHING.

[piff]

Wow. Even though I am going about 7-7 right now, I don't care because my Steelers won. Hell yeah! That's right, Tom. Good game, but not quite good enough. Bring on the Eagles!

EDIT: SBR, enjoy your time on top. I've suffered a mighty blow, but I'll be back.