9-6-1 (or 10-5-1 in the Yahoo! pool FTW). I'll take that every time I felt as muddled about the slate as I did last week. I was right about Jacksonville and Tampa's D, Atlanta being overrated off Week 1's game, Pittsburgh being for real (or at least, Houston being crappy for real real). I was wrong about Tennessee being as bad as week 1 (or about Baltimore with Wright being good), dead wrong about the Lions and the Pats. I probably got lucky with Washington (I felt it'd be a low scoring close game, but I didn't expect a total meltdown from Dallas late in a game they dominated).
Things to ponder: The Browns are BAD, the Packers are AWFUL. Still unsure which Jets team is the real one (same with Miami, but leaning towards typical strong D at home early before melting down during Dolphannukah). Cincinnatti is the media darling, but look back at who they've beaten. Two awful teams in Minnesota and Cleveland. Still not sold.
September 23 2005, 22:27:04 UTC 6 years ago
September 23 2005, 22:42:16 UTC 6 years ago
I think the west coast trip after a short week (played on Monday night) is blunted a lot by the fact that the game is at 5:30pm local time.
I don't know if the Giants will win outright, but I'd have put the line closer to 2 (more or less a pick 'em straight up, with some home field for S.D.).
September 23 2005, 23:38:31 UTC 6 years ago
I still have a sentimental attachment to the Patriots but I don't like the math. They lost two good coordinators in the off season and added.... nothing but some draft picks.
September 24 2005, 11:32:00 UTC 6 years ago
PIT/NE should be a great game.