So,

NFL 05 is on the Air. Lets get the picks here. Thanks guys for reminding me. Didn't have enough time earlier in the day to start the thread. So, here I am early morning- getting the picks.

NFL Week 1

Oakland Raiders @ New England Patriots ------>Patriots (no brainer)

Sun Sep 11, 2005
Houston Texans @ Buffalo Bills ------>Bills (Losman debut not too attractice but the defense helps the cause)

New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers ------->Panthers (look who is going back to SB LX? Fantasy points for my DST/STS)

Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns ------->Bengals (hey Coach we still lover you here in NE. Well, Brown are in the rebuilding process)

Seattle Seahawks @ Jacksonville Jaguars -------> Jaguars (Defense and Home field, too many drops from the Hawks)

New York Jets @ Kansas City Chiefs -------> Chiefs (We still love you Ty Law but now you are a Rival. Look for Priest to get free)

Denver Broncos @ Miami Dolphins -------> Broncos (Are the FIsh sure about startign Frerotte? OR who is starting at HB?)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Minnesota Vikings ---> Vikings (At home and life without Moss... pretty Darn Goood0

Tennessee Titans @ Pittsburgh Steelers ------> Steelers (The pain of Salary Cap Burden: Kearse left a year ago, then D. Mason and ROlle.... too much loses to overcome for the Titans)

Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins -------> Reskins (Defensive battle, Skins has the better Qb of the two)

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions --------> Lions (AHHH.. I can't go against Favre,, but hey Packers has to prove they got defense. And lions are the Sleepers of 05)

Arizona Cardinals @ New York Giants --------> Giants (Eli is morecomfortable with the offense now. Oh...he is facing..... KURT usuallly pick defense over offense. Colts might be too good. I Hope Manning passes over 400 yrs - 5 Tds and J. Lewis runs over 150 yards.... lol.. both are on mY fantasy leagues team.)

Mon Sep 12, 2005
Philadelphia Eagles @ Atlanta Falcons --------> Eagles aka on MAdden football I call them e-girls for they are so cheesy ( think Falcons will take the revenge of NFC champ. game??? You are dead wrong. I hope Vick comes out healthy from this game)WAGNER. watch out. IF THE birds were playing home, I would pick them)

Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers ------> The BOlts i.e Chargers (Hard not to pick Cowboys. Just that Bledsoe is mR. Unreliable)

St. Louis Rams @ San Francisco 49ers ------> Rams : this one is FUTBal AMericaNo (I am assuming Alex Smith will get some snaps)

ndianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens -------> Colts (I
So,

NFL 05 is on the Air. Lets get the picks here. Thanks guys for reminding me. Didn't have enough time earlier on the day to start the thread. So, here I am early morning- getting the picks.

NFL Week 1

Oakland Raiders @ New England Patriots ------>Patriots (no brainer)

Sun Sep 11, 2005
Houston Texans @ Buffalo Bills ------>Bills (Losman debut not too attractice but the defense helps the cause)

New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers ------->Panthers (look who is going back to SB XL? Fantasy points for my DST/STS)

Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns ------->Bengals (hey Coach we still love you here in NE. Well, Brown are in the rebuilding process)

Seattle Seahawks @ Jacksonville Jaguars -------> Jaguars (Defense and Home field, too many drops from the Hawks)

New York Jets @ Kansas City Chiefs -------> Chiefs (We still love you Ty Law but now you are a Rival. Look for Priest to get free)

Denver Broncos @ Miami Dolphins -------> Broncos (Are the FIsh sure about starting Frerotte? OR who is starting at HB?)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Minnesota Vikings ---> Vikings (At home, and life without Moss... pretty Darn Goood)

Tennessee Titans @ Pittsburgh Steelers ------> Steelers (The pain of Salary Cap Burden: Kearse left a year ago, then D. Mason and ROlle.... too much loses to overcome for the Titans)

Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins -------> Redskins (Defensive battle, Skins has the better Qb of the two)

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions --------> Lions (AHHH.. I can't go against Favre,, but hey Packers has to prove they got defense. And lions are the Sleepers of 05)

Arizona Cardinals @ New York Giants --------> Giants (Eli is more comfortable with the offense now. Oh...he is facing..... KURT WAGNER. watch out. IF THE birds were playing home, I would pick them)

Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers ------> The BOlts i.e Chargers (Hard not to pick Cowboys. Just that Bledsoe is mR. Unreliable)

St. Louis Rams @ San Francisco 49ers ------> Rams : this one is FUTBal AMericaNo (I am assuming Alex Smith will get some snaps)

Indianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens -------> Colts (I usuallly pick defense over offense. Colts might be too good. I Hope Manning passes over 400 yrs - 5 Tds and J. Lewis runs over 150 yards.... lol.. both are in mY fantasy leagues team.)

Mon Sep 12, 2005
Philadelphia Eagles @ Atlanta Falcons --------> Eagles aka on MAdden football I call them e-girls for they are so cheesy ( think Falcons will take the revenge of NFC champ. game??? You are dead wrong. I hope Vick comes out healthy from this game)


The Run to 3 peat begins. Just like the past two seasons, the pats shall go undefeated at home this season.
GO pats go.
jai nepal
ProudNEpali

HHHHmmmmm have to defend my vikings.........hehehe
Proud bro,
u are right about one week charm thing, but its funny what a comeback victory can do to vulnerable fans like us, hehe
i don't want to compare culpepper with brady and such, brady has proven to be a winner. no one comes close, but culpepper ain't bad either,
i won't be surprised if culpepper throws more ints in coming games than touchdowns, i hope he doesn't but i won't be surprised if he does, he needs at least a season to get over his past where randy would run down the field and raise his hand and throw the bomb,
he needs to realize finally he is an average good QB wuthout randy moss, heck randy moss made even Gus frerrote and Todd bouman look like legitimate starters,
but everything said and done, although its unfortunate that the much praised offensive line that vikings had the late 90s and early 2000 is there no more, and it has certainly had its effects on culpepper and his sacks, excuses cannot be made to defend a QB or team, vikings is as ill-coached and ill-managed team as there is in NFL, even Tice knows this is his last yr, eveeryone knows.................
mewelde moore is good but not strong enough, too prone to injuries,
anyways, whatever i said maybe all wrong and my vikings actually prove me wrong..:)

whats up fellas....my picks for the week:

Green Bay vs Cincinnati -------------> Cincinnati
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Chicago
Jacksonville vs St. Louis -------------> St. Louis
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Minnesota
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> New Orleans
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> Philadelphia
Buffalo vs New England --------------> New England
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> Dallas
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Oakland
Washington vs New York Giants -----> New York Giants
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> Huston
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> San Diego
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Tampa Bay
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh ---------------> Pittsburg

Man, this would be the worst year for the Packers. Every week its hit by injuries. Now, the question is not "who is injured?", the question is "who is healthy?" Who said its time to change the quarterback. If it was not for Favre, the defense wouldnt have any points to defend. He is the one leading in TD passes. I feel sorry for Favre. What can he do? He is doing all he can only to see a heart breaker. Its so sad to see his interview after the game man. Very sad story for a great great quarterback like Favre. Only a miracle can save them now from being 2-14.

Green Bay vs Cincinnati -------------> Bengals
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Lions
Jacksonville vs St. Louis -------------> Jaguars
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Panthars
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> Saints
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> Broncos
Buffalo vs New England --------------> Patriots
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> Cowboys
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Raiders
Washington vs New York Giants -----> Redskins
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> Browns
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> Chiefs
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Bucs
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh ---------------> Steelers

Unknown bro,
Hats off to you. that's the way to put the bitter-sweet experience of a favorite team. Vikes have improved Hugely on defense. Oh.. the Numbers might show them to be amongst the worst but I will tell you that "THE VIKES" have top 15 defense in the country. OF course, the stats look bad on their defense. but it's very easy to understand why the stats look so horrible? The thing that makes the DEFENSE look bad or say can affect their stats is the Length of the time the OPPosing offense remains on the field/the number of plays the opposing offense runs. If you are Vikes and your Offense goes 1,2,3 and out. then your defense is going to be on the field all day long. And in the process they will be giving up More and more yardages and also the ScORES. TO make the matter worse when your offense keeps turning the ball over... the DEfense will have too much to do. hence numbers add up and the pretty good defense appears miserable.

By the way Pats are the ones who have lost More Playmakers than any other teams in the league. We have lost the coaches and some BIG-Time names from the locker room. And that surely had haunted us in our games. yet, the team is always waiting for Sunday to come just to prove that the Heart of the Champion cannot be vanished even though some Athletes on Key Skill positions are not there. Packers-titans-vikes to some lesser extent are the other sufferers of the off-season trades/moves. The trade actually was in the favor of Vikes. They got 5 key players in exchange of "MOSS." But again, they didn't get anyone as BIG as MOSS- when it comes to playmaking. Well, The vikes LOST THEIR Offensive Co-ordinator to go along with MOSS. And his absence has been hugely felt in that Vikes gameplanning. AND DON'T FORGET THE VIKES ALSO lost their starting RB due to SUSpension for the season. When you lose Your Primary Receiver, Rusher, and play caller (off. coordnator) your offense is surely going to starve. Ask ME (the pats nation) how we feel on defense?

Oh well, lets hope last week's game was the Turning point for the Vikes season. It's never too late to win that divison.

here in New England we have this saying "In Bill We trust." As long as Brady is leading that offense and Belichick is calling the plays, there is always a hope.

jai Nepal
Go Pats Go
proudnepali

Looks like some people do expect Redskins to win now. What are your thoughts on Redskins guys?

About the game vs Giants, i think Redskins defense will match up with Giants offense, but Giants defense is not that good to stop Redskins offense.

ProudNepali,

It wasn't someone who said Culpepper has Brady like accuracy. I said that, and I am still with that viewpoint eventhough I see you disagree with me. Let's not forget he had a MVP like season last year over-shadowed only by the razor sharp performance from Manning. Now, you might argue that it was Moss. Moss can't catch the ball anywhere its thrown. You need some accuracy to go 55 yarder even for the great WR as Moss. I never said he was like Tom Brady. Brady is a master craftsman, there is no doubt, but there is some of the things that he does which is better than Brady. He runs runs better than Brady, he is better outside the pocket than Brady, he's got the arm strength to go along with.

It takes the performance of the whole team to come up big on big plays and he was the frontline leader in the team. I believe it is time now that Culpepper needs to show what he is capable of. He has been in a lot of pressure, thats when he starts making mistakes. He needs to step up big time here, makes those plays that he can and develop into a QB that he can be.

It takes some special work when you are down 17-0 to come out win the game against Brett Favre. While they might be struggling, that should have been a game winner for Packers right there. Thats the kind of game that gets the team spirit where he needed to be for Vikings. Lets watch the game against Carolina. They will be a different team. Their defense has improved immensely and it is the offense that needs to come out right here.

My picks for Week 8

Green Bay vs Cincinnati -------------> Cincinnati
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Detroit
Jacksonville vs St. Louis -------------> Jacksonville
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Carolina
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> New Orleans
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> Denver
Buffalo vs New England --------------> New England
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> Dallas
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Oakland
Washington vs New York Giants -----> Washington
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> Cleveland
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> San Diego
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Tampa Bay
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh --------------->Pittsburgh.

Green Bay vs Cincinnati -------------> Cincinnati
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Detroit.
Jacksonville vs St. Louis -------------> Jacksonville
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Carolina
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> New Orleans
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> Denver.
Buffalo vs New England --------------> New England
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> Dallas
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Oakland.
Washington vs New York Giants -----> NYG
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> Houston. (About time u win one game!)
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> San Diego
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Tampa Bay
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh ---------------> Pittsburgh

Green Bay vs Cincinnati -------------> Cincy (geico???)
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Lions (QB controversey???)
Jacksonville vs St. Louis -------------> Jags (disarray in Rams land)
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Panthers (Minny is still a bad team)
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> NO (something wrong wiht my FISH)
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> Denver (Denver seems formidable, picking them first time)
Buffalo vs New England --------------> PATS (Bruschi factor, hope he won't play tho)
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> Dallas (boyz boyz boyz don't disappoint me)
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Oakland (playingawful team, MOSS TIME)
Washington vs New York Giants -----> Giants (picking them first time this year)
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> Houston (this must be only cance them to win a game)
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> KC (Chargers are overrated)
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Tampa Bay (49ers is a pro team???)
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh ---------------> Pittsburgh (BIG BEN is great)

Couldn't stop sharing Bengals wide reciever Chad Johnsons take on his matchup with Al Harris: "There are two things for Brother Harris this week. The bad thing is he has to cover me. The good is he can save 15 percent by switching his (auto) insurance to Geico."

alright I am in,

Green Bay vs Cincinnati -------------> Bengals
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Lions
Jacksonville vs St. Louis -------------> Jags
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Carolina
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> Saints
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> Eagles
Buffalo vs New England --------------> The Patriots
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> Cowboys
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Raiders
Washington vs New York Giants -----> Giants
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> Browns
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> Chargers
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Buccs
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh ---------------> Steelers

Jai Nepal
GO pats go
ProudNepali
(at work right now... not enough time to write too much )

Here's my pick for Week 8
Green Bay vs Cincinnati -------------> Green Bay
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Chicago
Jacksonville vs St. Louis -------------> Jacksonville
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Carolina
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> Saints
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> Eagles
Buffalo vs New England --------------> The Patriots
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> Cowboys
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Raiders
Washington vs New York Giants -----> Giants
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> Browns
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> Chargers
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Buccs
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh ---------------> Steelers

'Looks like some people do expect Redskins to win now"

Redskins is the better team of the two, but they're playing in their home turf and Mara just died. If it weren't for Mara's death, I would have picked Redskins myself. Giants defense blows(ranked 31st).
I would say it's going to be a close one, but Giants will win.

green Bay vs Cincinnati -------------> Bengals
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Lions
Jacksonville vs St. Louis -------------> rams
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Panthars
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> Saints
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> Broncos
Buffalo vs New England --------------> Patriots
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> Cowboys
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Raiders
Washington vs New York Giants -----> Redskins
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> Browns
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> chargers
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Bucs
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh ---------------> Steelers

just noticed that proud bro was 11-3 for week 7, not 12-2. sorry proud!!
That's good for me, dwi and trubine, right? ;)

Here is my pick for week 8

Green Bay vs Cincinnati ---------> Bengals( can't let them down for long)
Chicago vs Detroit -------------------> Lions
Jacksonville vs St. Louis ---------> Jags
Minnesota vs Carolina ---------------> Carolina
Miami vs New Orleans ----------------> Saints
Philadelphia vs Denver ---------------> broncos
Buffalo vs New England --------------> pats
Arizona vs Dallas ---------------------> cowboys( ma boyz)
Oakland vs Tennessee ---------------> Raiders
Washington vs New York Giants -----> Giants
Cleveland vs Houston -----------------> texans ( hey ! wake up guys)
Kansas City vs San Diego -------------> chargers
Tampa Bay vs San Francisco ---------> Buccs
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh ---------------> steelers

Go texan go...hya mero naam ko bezzat gari sakyo....go texan go....

Hangu Bro you're right. Proud Bro only was 11-3 for week 7. That's a help for us. I will need it since week 8 just sucked for me.

AX bor, update Proud Bro's stats. He was only 11-3 for week 7. Thank you.

AX
Finally u and I have all but one pick in common, so we are going to be good this week.

I might not be completely sold to this GIANTS team as they still have to win a good road game (with a deserving opponent), but boy are they fun to watch.

Last week they played passing game. This week when Redskins focused on Burres, Shockey, Toomar; Giants, specially Barber, excelled in rushing game this week. They have superstar (Strahan) as defense and number of offensive weapons in TE, WR and RBs in Shockey, Burres, Toomer and Barber. I like what the GM (Ernie Acrosse, if I got the spelling right) has done with this team. Eli is a Quarterback for next 10 years as Michael Kay said. This team has a great future and the present looks equally promising.
WTG, I only hope JETS do the same next year.

Again another heart breaking loss for the Packers. Packers go on match tieing drive and on the 2nd to the last play with less than 50 seconds remaining a fan runs on the field and take the ball from Favre's hand when he is about to throw!! Favre throws 5 interceptions, a career high in regular season. Most of them were just misunderstanding by his receivers and tipped. Again injuries to the main receivers. The Steelers come to Lambeau field next week. Whats next??