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the nfl 11-12 prediction thread

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I almost did it, but I will argue that side anyways just because I like to argue

while Carolina is explosive and entertaining, they aren't necessarily a good or even nearly winning footbaw team. Christian Ponder looked real good in his first game. also, Minnesota holds the advantage over Carolina in two very big footbaw departments - run game and defense. the Adrian Peterson factor can't be denied

shit, I might have to change my pick now!
 
Kenickie said:
those of you picking min


why?
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i picked them because i think ponder is going to quickly build on the momentum his 1st start has given him. the vikings scored 27 points against a pretty good green bay defense and gave up 33 points to their top-tier offense. carolina's offense is pretty solid but their defense is poorer than green bay's - ap ran for 175 yards against green bay's 9th-ranked rush defense - carolina are 29th against the run.

alasdair
 
MIN vs CAR is a wash for me so I went with the home team. Ponder is going to need to make the Panthers respect the pass for them to win. AP is a great back (best in the league IMO) but Minnesota is severely lacking everything else on offense so even bad defenses like the Panthers can shut him down sometimes. Cam Newton is the best rookie talent ive seen since ive been following the NFL, so I like the panthers to score a lot of points against a Minnesota defense that I see as pretty average.
 
Stafford is questionable for Sunday, and the lions are not the same team without him. If Tebow can somehow pull a W at home against the Lions his personality cult will grow even more.
 
mia @ nyg
jac @ hou
ari @ bal
no @ stl
min @ car
ind @ ten
det @ den
was @ buf
cin @ sea
cle @ sf
ne @ pit
dal @ phi
sd @ kc

alasdair
 
Kenickie said:
those of you picking min


why?
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damn Keni, looks like we got that one wrong. I wish I would have convinced myself on Minn just a wee bit more. I was so close to changing that one

see. I told ya'll that Cinci would whip Seattle
 
cam newton turns the ball over way too much. 9 ints and 4 fumbles in 8 games. like i think john madden said the team with the least amount of turnovers usually wins and thats why panthers record is 2-6
 
Methadone84 said:
cam newton turns the ball over way too much. 9 ints and 4 fumbles in 8 games. like i think john madden said the team with the least amount of turnovers usually wins and thats why panthers record is 2-6
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Those numbers dont seem too bad at all. Especially for a big QB who scrambles as well as he does. Drew Brees threw 22 INT last year and he has thrown more than Newton this year. Not bad for a rookie.

If Newton wasnt there, the Panthers would be 0-8 for sure. 3 of their 4 losses have been by only 1 score. Yesterday, Newton came up against the monster season Jared Allen is having. He still had them in the game only for a kicker to fuck it up. Their defense is his biggest problem.
 
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ChickenScratch said:
cincinnati pretty much sucks. seattle is a tough place to play. seattle wins.
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not really :)

also, it was a close one but my minnesota pick was correct.

china rider was the only person to pick the rams to beat the saints but he gets no props for it because he just picks the rams to win every game :)

alasdair
 
i don't need no fuckin props

if ya'll smart, you should as well will be picking the rams the next 4 weeks

@ari, @cle, sea, ari
 
eh, I could see Kevin Colb light up the Rams, despite they're young and very effective defense

Cincinnati is starting to look like a good footbaw team. I'm sure Cam Newton is a lock for Rookie of the Year, but I feel like Cinci's Andy Dalton should be praised more, because he is leading his team to actual victories. we'll see what Cinci does later this year, they have the misfortune of playing Pittsburgh and Baltimore twice a year; the schedule for Cinci and Cleveland fans must be BRUTAL, lolol. I hate saying nice things about Cincinnasti footbaw

I wished I changed my pick from Carolina to Minnesota, it was so obvious

it looks like I will only have 2 losses for this week. damn, it feels so good to be on a roll this season. the last couple seasons got questionable concerning the results of my picks. but I will not brag, for the footbaw gods BOTH giveth and BOTH taketh away

plus, I only had 3 losses last week until that insane + inane MNF match-up betwixt the Jags and the Ravens. at least most everybody looses during the biggest upsets - unless you are one of retarded homers for your team. there are tons of NFL fans like that in Ohio, who have rooted for Cleveland so long that their brains are fried, and I like to think of them as Brownstarded. some people here are Falcontarded, Ramstarded, etc. but those guys must feel soooo good when their team has a winning season, ie: the Bills

can I win two weeks in a row?? would be tite
 
Carolina game was a coin flip but cant believe I picked the Cowboys looking back now. I got swayed by Demarco Murray last week. Horrendous choice.
 
so you're an NFL fan from Ireland, correct?

who is your favorite team. imo it should be the hard-nosed, always consistent Pittsburgh Steelers

did you know that their owner, a descendants from the family line of the Rooneys, is the official USA ambassador to the great nation of Ireland?
 
axl blaze said:
so you're an NFL fan from Ireland, correct?

who is your favorite team. imo it should be the hard-nosed, always consistent Pittsburgh Steelers

did you know that their owner, a descendants from the family line of the Rooneys, is the official USA ambassador to the great nation of Ireland?
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i think your favorite team should be the cleveland browns

DYK that the rock n roll HoF is located in the city of cleveland?

it's a city in ohio
 
suburu said:
Those numbers dont seem too bad at all. Especially for a big QB who scrambles as well as he does. Drew Brees threw 22 INT last year and he has thrown more than Newton this year. Not bad for a rookie.

If Newton wasnt there, the Panthers would be 0-8 for sure. 3 of their 4 losses have been by only 1 score. Yesterday, Newton came up against the monster season Jared Allen is having. He still had them in the game only for a kicker to fuck it up. Their defense is his biggest problem.
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Newton has a chance to beat the record for turnovers in a season i dont get how thats not bad.
 
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