Week 3 Results

Fair to middlin'.

WEEK 3
AWAY	SCORE	HOME	SCORE	CONF PTS
Cincinnati	27	Carolina	9	15
Buffalo	24	New England	27	5
San Francisco	20	Kansas City	17	L
Tennessee	31	NY Giants	19	14
Cleveland	6	Baltimore	20	16
Pittsburgh	6	Tampa Bay	10	L
Atlanta	20	New Orleans	30	L
Detroit	20	Minnesota	21	2
Dallas	13	Houston	28	L
Philadelphia	24	Jacksonville	18	8
Washington	10	St. Louis	7	L
Indianapolis	25	Denver	20	11
Oakland	21	Arizona	10	L
San Diego	16	Seattle	20	9
NY Jets	13	Miami	21	L
Green Bay	20	Chicago	31	12
Week 3		9-7		92
SEASON		28-20		244

WEEK 33

WEEK 3
AWAY	SCORE	HOME	SCORE	CONF PTS
Cincinnati	27	Carolina	9	15
Buffalo	24	New England	27	5
San Francisco	20	Kansas City	17	4
Tennessee	31	NY Giants	19	14
Cleveland	6	Baltimore	20	16
Pittsburgh	6	Tampa Bay	10	6
Atlanta	20	New Orleans	30	7
Detroit	20	Minnesota	21	2
Dallas	13	Houston	28	1
Philadelphia	24	Jacksonville	18	8
Washington	10	St. Louis	7	3
Indianapolis	25	Denver	20	11
Oakland	21	Arizona	10	13
San Diego	16	Seattle	20	9
NY Jets	13	Miami	21	10
Green Bay	20	Chicago	31	12

Week 2 Results

All I will say is Jason Garrett had better start calling a better more balanced game and stop worrying about what the defenses can do.  If the offense is that talented, they should be able to overcome any defense with balance and timely play calling.  Everything doesn't have to be a trick.  Just line up and play.

WEEK 2
AWAY	SCORE	HOME	SCORE	CONF PTS
Pittsburgh	16	Tennessee	24	L
Baltimore	17	Cincinnati	13	L
Philadelphia	28	Detroit	20	9
Arizona	13	Atlanta	21	5
Miami	20	Minnesota	24	L
Kansas City	16	Cleveland	13	1
Tampa Bay	24	Carolina	10	13
Buffalo	9	Green Bay	27	12
Chicago	13	Dallas	31	L
Seattle	17	Denver	20	2
St. Louis	10	Oakland	14	10
Jacksonville	14	San Diego	17	3
New England	30	NY Jets	13	L
Houston	31	Washington	10	15
NY Giants	21	Indianapolis	24	7
New Orleans	35	San Francisco	24	14
WEEK 2		11-5		91
SEASON		19-13		152

Week 2 Picks

WEEK 2
AWAY	SCORE	HOME	SCORE	CONF PTS
Pittsburgh	16	Tennessee	24	8
Baltimore	17	Cincinnati	13	4
Philadelphia	28	Detroit	20	9
Arizona	13	Atlanta	21	5
Miami	20	Minnesota	24	6
Kansas City	16	Cleveland	13	1
Tampa Bay	24	Carolina	10	13
Buffalo	9	Green Bay	27	12
Chicago	13	Dallas	31	11
Seattle	17	Denver	20	2
St. Louis	10	Oakland	14	10
Jacksonville	14	San Diego	17	3
New England	30	NY Jets	13	16
Houston	31	Washington	10	15
NY Giants	21	Indianapolis	24	7
New Orleans	35	San Francisco	24	14

WEEK 1 RECAP

 

WEEK 1
AWAY	SCORE	HOME	SCORE	CONF PTS
Minnesota	21	New Orleans	31	3
Carolina	14	NY Giants	21	4
Atlanta	27	Pittsburgh	17	L
Cleveland	10	Tampa Bay	17	5
Denver	13	Jacksonville	20	13
Indianapolis	24	Houston	14	L
Miami	20	Buffalo	21	L
Detroit	20	Chicago	13	L
Oakland	14	Tennessee	28	10
Cincinnati	27	New England	35	2
Arizona	16	St. Louis	21	L
San Francisco	24	Seattle	16	L
Green Bay	24	Philadelphia	10	16
Dallas	26	Washington	13	L
Baltimore	20	NY Jets	10	8
San Diego	17	Kansas City	13	L
RECORD		8-8		61

 Not the start I had hoped for, but the season is still young.  Some thoughts:The Lions are doomed.  With Ryan Grant out the Packers will struggle to win their division.  The Cards are awful and will stay that way.Now to the Sunday night game.  Scream at Alex Barron all you want.  He did not cost the Cowboys the game.  It was clear the Cowboys could move the ball with ease.  To all except Jason Garrett.   His overly conservative play calling in the 1st half is what lost this game.  He over compensated for the injuries to Columbo and Kosier throughout the 1st half.  These backups will never learn the true offense if they are never in it.

NFL Week 1 and Season Picks

This year my friend and I are going with confidence picks rather than straight win loss.  This means a point value is assigned to each game based on how confident I am with the pick.  It will be based on the number of games each week, so some weeks max points will be 16 (when all teams play), but most weeks will be 14 points due to the bye.
I expect to see an AFC Championship game between Indianapolis and New England, an NFC Championship game between Dallas and New Orleans with the Colts beating Dallas in the Super Bowl.  In confidence terms I put the teams I pick at an 8 but the result at 1.  I think it will be a close game and really think the Cowboys can go all the way.   The reason for my pick of the Colts is:  I never get what I want (see Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks).
Expect:  the Jets to come back to earth at 6-10, Arizona to get the first pick, Detroit to win as many as 7 but more likely 5-6, the NFC East to be over by week 10 with only Dallas having a winning record for the year, the Pats to be tough and game but be the victim of the Colts revenge at home in the AFC Championship game,  the Bengals to win 8 due to T O, San Diego to win AFC West by default, and most of the rest won't matter.
Now, here are this weeks picks:

WEEK 1
AWAY	SCORE	HOME	SCORE	CONF PTS
Minnesota	21	New Orleans	31	3
Carolina	14	NY Giants	21	4
Atlanta	27	Pittsburgh	17	11
Cleveland	10	Tampa Bay	17	5
Denver	13	Jacksonville	20	13
Indianapolis	24	Houston	14	12
Miami	20	Buffalo	21	1
Detroit	20	Chicago	13	14
Oakland	14	Tennessee	28	10
Cincinnati	27	New England	35	2
Arizona	16	St. Louis	21	15
San Francisco	24	Seattle	16	9
Green Bay	24	Philadelphia	10	16
Dallas	26	Washington	13	6
Baltimore	20	NY Jets	10	8
San Diego	17	Kansas City	13	7