Football!

Picks today:
Cowboys over Chiefs 17-13
Bills over Browns 13-10
Ravens over Bengals 21-13
Panthers over Redskins 17-10
Steelers over Lions 30-17
Giants over Raiders 27-6
Eagles over Buccaneers 31-10
Vikings over Rams 27-3
Falcons over 49ers 17-13 (Upset, hoping I'm wrong though)
Patriots over Broncos 17-10
Jaguars over Seahawks 20-17 (Upset-ish)
Texans over Cardinals 30-24 (Upset)

Gus Johnson gets Ravens/Bengals?  Sweet!

James Harrison gets a sack on Detroit's first play from scrimmage.  Oh yeah, 3-and-out for the Steelers because of yet another dropped pass by Limas Sweed.

some good matchups this week, unfortunatly i get either the Giants and Oakland or Dallas and Kansas City to watch....how long are they going to wear the retro uniforms? they are fun for awhile but they get old real quick.....

 unfortunately, so do i.  But Gus makes it better.

That's one of the better games today, in my opinion

Ed Reed pick six, but then again that is to be expected from him...

 You're right.  And I'm enjoying it.  However, I'm a douchebag Steelers fan.  And I'd rather be watching my team.

Dallas with 2 early turnovers....Kansas city leads 10-0 with little or no offense.....

Rams break out the old school mustard yellow and blue jerseys from the old LA Rams days.  Still there own worse enemy though as Steven Jackson fumbles inside the 1.  Rams have more offensive yards then the Vikings but trail 14-0

Rams get an interception from James Laurianitis but stall.....again.... inside the 10 and are forced to kick a field goal.  14-3 Vikings, halfway thru the 2nd quarter.  Rams are at least moving the ball at will against the Vikings until they get to the red zone

Dont forget the Cowboys also have 6 penalties as well.  Dare I say it, Pat may have been on to something with the Cowboys laying an egg against the Chiefs

Ed Hochuli is jumbling up calls already.  Mike Wallace kicked the ball after he dropped a perfect throw, delay of game penalty.  Being the genius he is, he originally called it on Detroit...FAIL!

Rams driving again on the Vikings... 1st and goal from the 10 as the 2 minute warning hits

TD Hines Ward!

The Vikings are playing like crap against the Rams but still up 17-3.  If the Vikings keep this up though the Rams may make it a game... nevermind another goal line turnover for the Rams offense.  This could easily be tied right now.

 Sweet Baby Jesus.  This Ravens/Bengals game is a hot mess.

I am shocked that the Rams are moving the ball so easily against the Vikings.  Too bad they continue to be there own worse nightmare, 2 fumbles lost inside the Vikings 5 yard line and a Kyle Boller fumble returned for a touchdown by Jared Allen.  The Rams should actually be winning this game

*looks at scores* Seems the Buffalo/Cleveland game is living up to its reputation of this week's stuper bowl.

At least I get the Falcons game this week. I laugh because neither the FOX for Lexington nor the FOX for New York is carrying a 1:00 game. I'm stuck with the Bengals-Ravens and Raiders-Giants game.

Dick Enberg actually said during the opening kickoff in Detroit "we're underway at Forbes Field," oops!

3 sacks for James Harrison.

Hanson misses a 49-yard FG wide right.

I Mike Wallace!  He didn't drop that long pass, 28-13 Steelers.

Damn, Culpepper just made an incredibly stupid play and Ryan Clark ended up with the world's easiest pick.

Marc Bulger replaces a banged up Kyle Boller and leads the Rams on a touchdown drive.  Too little, too late... 31-10 Vikings

Wow...we finally agree on something! Go Cowboys!!!

KC and Dallas are  tied up at 13 in what looks like an early preseason game....Dallas had the Chiefs backed up with a third and 26, got an incomplete pass but got called for an unnecessary roughnes penalty giving the Chiefs a first down.....two bad teams in a sloppy  game......

Agreed...the Cowboys are struggling, BIG TIME, against one of the worst teams in the league! What is up with all the offsides calls? I love my Cowboys but they really need to figure out some answers. Wade Phillips better be getting real nervous if they lose this game!

Carson Palmer hits Andre Caldwell for a 20 yard touchdown, Bengals lead Ravens 17-14 with under 30 seconds left in the game

Lions are driving against the Steelers.  They are however down by 8 so they need a TD and conversion.

Well, the Lions offensive line has given up on blocking so now its 3rd and a ton.

Miles Austin is the man!! Unbelievable career day and has bailed out the Boyz...thank god!

Make that 4th and the whole friggin field.  Seriously, the Lions offensive line is making the Packers look somewhat decent right now.

Steelers just got 3 sacks in a row on Culpepper, 4th down and this play is the ballgame.

Dallas scores on a pass to Miles Austin to take a 7 point lead in a game that neither team deserves to win.....

Incomplete hail mary, Steelers will hang on.

The Bengals beat the Ravens?!

The Bengals are legit

Browns complete 2 of 17 passes for 23 yards and still are able to beat the Bills 6-3

Chiefs score with 24 seconds left to tie Dallas at 20......

Wade Phillips.... I'm afraid your days are numbered as the Cowboy's head coach

Wow! Wild looking unis the Broncos are wearing!

thats some bull it was the fumble that did it again

Falcons turn a Shawn Hill interception into 7 points after a Michael Turner touchdown.  Falcons up 7-0 early in the first quarter

Nice interception by Randy Moss at the half, Patriots looking good against the Broncos.

Michael Turner has 3 touchdown runs, Matt Ryan has 2 touchdown passes to Roddy White and the Falcons are taking the 49ers to the woodshed

This season really has me disoriented right now.  The Bengals, really.  I guess we shouldn't be that surprised considering how good they were a few years back when Palmer's unfortunate injury essentially handed the Steelers the SB... but I feel so confused.  On one hand it feels like they've been very lucky (and on that case unlucky to not be 5-0) - some part of me feels like they shouldn't have won against Baltimore, or the Steelers, or even the Browns, but the other part of me is like, that defense is pretty damn cool and Carson Palmer is finally Carson Palmer and I admire their tenacity... basically part of me is ready to call them legit and the other part is still and will always be skeptical.  It's hard to fathom that Lewis was on his way out and now they've suddenly become what they should have been these past few years.  Benson a stud?  Johnson subdued?  Doesn't help that I have to go to school down here... but at least I haven't heard "who dey" in a long time.  Maybe it's as simple as them finally growing up.

Broncs too... I still don't think either is SB-bound, but the Broncs really have done something spectacular given their situation, even if the best they've beaten so far happens to be the Cowbutts... speaking of which, I still can't quite grasp how miserable they are despite the amount of name-talent they possess.  As much as I dislike them I still can't help but expect them to just break out with a big game one week.  But they haven't.

Otherwise, everything else has been pretty much as expected, except perhaps for the Saints and Jets D.  Although the Titans and Panthers massive falls from grace were pretty shocking... I hadn't even factored them in the year before.  Oh and perhaps how easy the Colts have been - they look amazing.  Nonetheless I feel... ya know how you feel when things are changing around you and you realize but can't do anything or make sense of it?  Like that.

And congrats to the Browns and Panthers for advancing from the ranks of the winless!

I'm wondering if Zorn is going to survive as Wasington's coach through their bye week. That O-line is terrible; no QB could be effective with those guys up front. In other news, the Browns' smashing, dominant victory personifies Bill Simmons'  "Moral Defeat" concept.

Tom Brady looks like Ben Roethlisberger today... and that's not good at all.

 ELVIS!!!!!!

Perfect score for the Texans/Cards game!

 Broncos!!!!!

Today sucked. That is all.

....Wow.....I'm STILL not sold on Denver though.

What an awesome week of football.  Except of course the Dallas game.  My fantasy team tore it up this week.

Says you.
(I don't care if it was *just* the Jags...I'll take a 41-0 win)

Yeah because 277 yds and 3 TDs wouldn't be good enough to win?

Quick... everyone bow down to the greatness of Ben Roethlisberger, who put up some good numbers against the amazing defense of the Detroit Lions.

No, actually I was referring to Brady overthrowing receivers, throwing behind guys, throwing into traffic, etc. Much like an average Roethlisberger performance, I was left unimpressed. By the numbers, most people would say Brady wasn't bad. But anyone who watched the game would see that he's still not himself.

So would you care to explain to me how Roethlisberger is currently in the top 5 in passing yard per game this year?  Your hatred for Roethlisberger continues to cloud your observations, and I'm just going to leave it at that and move on.

He's having a good year. Don't get me wrong. If he continues this, then he might finally be as good as everyone has been pretending he has been for years. Up to this year, he had yet to live up to the hype. Perhaps this will be the year he finally proves his worth. We'll see.

Whoa, time out?  You're actually giving him some credit?!  Cue Fred Sanford!

You, of all people, should know that it's not the first time I've done so. The problem is that 90% of Steelers fans sh*t a brick whenever someone doesn't kiss his ass. I call it like I see it, every game. And Steelers homers don't handle criticism well at all, no matter how accurate it is.

maybe some just can't handle critcism from a Homer??

Maybe, maybe not. Anyone who pays attention should know that I am just as critical of my own teams/players as I am of anyone else. This year, I have had nothing good to say about Tom Brady, outside of a 5-minute portion in week 1. Up until this year, I have generally been highly impressed with Brady's play, hence the lack of criticism. If anyone has anything negative to say about the first 6 years of his career, go ahead. But since he has returned from his injury, he hasn't been the same. And it's not even the injury, because he has showed the ability, just not the accuracy that he used to have, and it's unacceptable. It has cost them 2 games already.

But of course, whenever someone wants to discredit my opinion, the easiest way for the ignorant mind to do so is to try to paint me with the "homer" brush. The casual observer assumes it's true, but anyone whose opinion is worth a damn should know that it's a pathetic excuse for the complete lack of a legitimate argument.

Just saying.

I wasn't arguing.

I'm sure you've also heard me say how those homer Steelers fans you speak of annoy the living hell out of me and embarrass me.

And it sucked for BC too. And the lonhorns and Cowboys won.

Ya, even thought Pat annoys the he** out of me because he hates Texas, he usually isn't a homer in that he dosent make excuses, he does argue in favor of his team though, as we all do. 

I hate that guy! Did any one see that unnessasary roughness in the super bowl?

I meant to click funny.

You want to be objectional? How about Tom Brady played like (insert your opinion here). Instead you go right after the Steelers. Ben had a 123 passer rating today. I know..that sux.

I just don't like Pat because everytime he open his ********* mouth he always make sure to cheap shot the Steelers and their fans!

The Steelers have nothing to do with his team losing but as usual he always try stir **** up by including them in whatever the hells going on in the NFL!

No one is asking him to like the Steelers, and it seems no one has a problem with anyone else not liking the Steelers; only when Pat does it because his "track" record speaks for itself.

The common denominator in this is not the Steeler fans, its PAT! 

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Pat im not going to lie, i hate most fans from boston, i believe alot of them are bandwagon jumpers, but honestly i find my sekf reading every post and agreeing with everything you say, you bash on the steelers a little but doesnt everybody bash there rival team? There are so many people who call themselves true fans on here, but there are a select few who actually are and pat is one of them, when hes wrong he admits it, and come on every one makes iggnorant comments every now and again ha keep doing what you do pat, it keeps reader like me interested and informed

Did anyone else her the the announcer in the Vikings/Rams games misspeak in the Second corner. I cant remember who he was talking about but. At one point the said the Vikings Defencive back was thinking about just "Sh*t in the zone" but quickly corrected himself saying "Sit in the Zone" I had to rewind the DVR like 4 times so prove i heard him correctly. Not Really on topic just wonder if anyone else got to see that game and heard that.

TO ALL THOSES JETS FANS WHO THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BEAT THE FISH. GUEST WHAT YOU GOT BEAT UP HOW BOUT THAT JET DEFENSE. THE FISH OFFENSESIVE LINE BEAT UP THE JETS DEFENSE

fins over jets!!!!! ha ha

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I'm still shocked the Broncos keep winning and beating the Pats no less.  I guess the Patriots aren't the same as '07 with Tom back and may never be.  I'm also shocked the Falcons absolutely spanked the 9ers in SF, Singletary has them playing at a very high level, but perhaps over their heads.  I sure hope Gore comes back soon.  And what's with the Seachicken's putting up 40+ on the Jags, but giving up nothing?  I know Matt came back, but he doesn't play defense too?

Sunday did NOT suck for me, I'm loving 5-0 and thinking perhaps the Ravens and Steelers aren't as scary as I thought they might be at the beginning of the season.  I am scared about a pissed off Ray Lewis coming into town, that's never a good thing.

I'm feeling a hell of a lot better about those nay sayers now. Good for you Houston. 7 years in the dungeon, now you can drag somebody else down there.

I am diggin' Schaub and Cushing more and more! Schaub is arguably among the Top 10 QB's in the league and among the top 3 in the AFC! Cushing is proving to be a ROY candidate also!

I HATE THE BRONCOS!!

i hate the broncos so much but getting rid of jay suckler was the best decision the broncos have ever made