In honor of this monumental occassion of reaching double digits I have decided to mix it up this week. Every participant received their own space to make comments. Instead of grouping the comments together by game, I decided to group them by the individual who made them. For one, it's a nice change of pace and two, the Browns start in one hour. Each game will have a number which will correspond to the comments. Giddy up.
Congrats to Bart for going 10-4 last week and posting the best record. For the first time all season Bart has gone over .500. Also, congrats to the league as a whole. For the first time all year, just two players are not over .500. Like I said earlier, getting through the first several weeks are difficult and this league is a testiment to that statement.
STANDINGS (after nine weeks)
1) Luke 73-57 (6-8)
2) Sara 71-59 (8-6)
3) Kevin 70-60 (9-5)
4) Devin 68-62 (6-8)
4) Jeff 68-62 (9-5)
6) Bart 66-64 (10-4)
7) Barnes 62-68 (8-6)
8) Grothaus 61-69 (7-7)
#1 - Jacksonville @ Tennessee (-4)
JAX: Devin, Grothaus
TEN: Luke, Sara, Kevin, Jeff, Bart, Barnes
#2 - Denver @ Kansas City (-3.5)
DEN: Luke, Barnes, Grothaus
KC: Sara, Kevin, Devin, Jeff, Bart
#3 - Buffalo (-3) @ Miami
BUF: Sara, Devin, Jeff, Bart, Barnes, Grothaus
MIA: Luke, Kevin
#4 - Cleveland @ Pittsburgh (-9.5)
CLE: Luke, Sara, Kevin, Devin
PIT: Jeff, Bart, Barnes, Grothaus
#5 - St. Louis @ New Orleans (-11.5)
STL: Luke, Jeff, Bart, Grothaus
NO: Sara, Kevin, Devin, Barnes
#6 - Atlanta @ Carolina (-4)
ATL: Luke, Bart, Barnes, Grothaus
CAR: Sara, Kevin, Devin, Jeff
#7 - Philadelphia @ Washington (-3)
PHI: Luke, Sara, Jeff
WAS: Kevin, Devin, Bart, Barnes, Grothaus
#8 - Minnesota @ Green Bay (-6)
MIN: Luke, Jeff, Bart, Grothaus
GB: Sara, Kevin, Devin, Barnes
#9 - Cincinnati @ Baltimore (-4.5)
CIN: Luke, Sara, Devin, Jeff, Bart, Barnes
BAL: Kevin, Grothaus
#10 - Chicago (-3.5) @ Oakland
CHI: Luke, Kevin, Jeff, Barnes, Grothaus
OAK: Sara, Devin, Bart
#11 - Dallas (-1) @ New York Giants
DAL: Kevin, Devin, Bart, Barnes, Grothaus
NYG: Luke, Sara, Jeff
#12 - Detroit @ Arizona (-1)
DET: Everyone
ARI: No one
#13 - Indianapolis (-3.5) @ San Diego
IND: Everyone
SD: No one
#14 - San Francisco @ Seattle (-10)
SF: Devin, Jeff, Barnes
SEA: Luke, Sara, Kevin, Bart, Grothaus
#3 - Buffalo is a different team on the road. Phins get their first win today.
#4 - It can not be any worse than it was way back in week one. I expect this game to be close. Fortunately for the Browns, if they lose this game it's not that big of a deal as far as AFC Wild Card hopes.
#5 - Too many points for Steven Jackson.
#6 - I know I said I would back Maxine Hunt, but come on, Carolina has NO ONE at QB.
#8 - God bless Adrian Peterson. He is unreal.
#9 - This just in: Ray Lewis does not play offense. He's my 2nd most hated athlete and all he does is keep giving me ammunition.
#11 - Should be a good game between the best the NFC has to offer. I expect the Giants to play a lot better on defense and win a close game. The typical Tom Coughlin collapse is just weeks away.
#12 - Oddsmakers still have no faith in this Lions bunch. Again, I'm nervous because it seems with this spread that they know something I don't.
#13 - Colts are too good to lose this one. Chargers have been a flaky bunch all year, kind of like their coach.
#14 - ESPN wishes they could have this pick back. Ouch.
I'd just like to say that it feels good to be back, and I'm looking forward to actually being able to watch the games on TV!!! Watch out, everyone ... especially you Luke. Now I can actually make some educated picks!! Woo hoo!! Go BROWNS!!
#4 - CAN IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!?!?
#5 - This is a huge spread ... and it's awfully tempting. But no thanks, I'll take the Saints.
#10 - I like that new Justin Fargas kid as the RB.
#12 - Lions love the desert.
KEVIN
No Ballbuster Pick this week. It's been awful lately and I guess I can do just as well by actually picking. If I don't go .500 this week, it will return.
#2 - Denver is not Green Bay and, therefore, will not win at Arrowhead.
#3 - They (MIA) have to win sometime, don't they?? Might as well be at home. And I'm not talking about England. I mean, the place is called, "Wembley."
#4 - Hoping the Brownies can just keep it close.
#5 - I don't know, I just don't know...
#6 - Maxine Hunt Pick of the Week (3-1) - as made LIVE on OCR, Tuesday night. She went with Carolina because that's where she wants to go on vacation. She practically denied that she doesn't want to have a vacation in Atlanta for no real reason -- although Carolina is at home, so we'll give her a break. In other news, it's unknown whether Vinny Testaverde will play, but something tells me that if he starts, that would only make Maxine want to pick his team more.
#7 - Philly has to be one of the most ridiculous teams to watch at this point. Which is interesting for a team that scored 56 points in a game early in the year. Now they're talking about sitting Donovan McNabb for Kevin Kolb. Yikes.
#8 - Back the Pack 'cause the Pack is Back!! I'm starting to love Brett Favre almost more than John Madden. And yes, I realize how scary this really is.
#9 - As much as I hate Baltimore after that Monday Night Game, I hate the Bengals on the road even more. Recently reinstated WR Chris Henry could be the game-changer for Cincinnati, but I think he'll be rusty, at best.
#10 - Every week when I make the pick in the Oakland game, I type my answer, but call timeout in my head just before I finish it. Then I type it again. It usually ends up being the other team that I type the second time. I hate the Raiders.
#11 - Oddsmakers really want people to pick up on the Giants, I guess. I just don't trust them yet. I would rather not pick any games involving the NFC East.
#12 - Lions eat Cardinals. It's that simple. I guess the spread could be transferred into teeth in this example. So not only are cats eating birds, but the cats are getting another tooth with which to eat them. Can Detroit really win this many games??
#13 - No such thing as a hangover from losing to NE. They weren't talking about that game before it got there, they won't remember it now, either. The loss was mostly blamed on the lack of health on their team, so the Colts obviously don't care a whole lot about the regular season loss. The Chargers, meanwhile, got a beat down by Minnesota and helped the Browns exit the top slot in a bad spot inthe record books.
#14 - The Seahawks just lost to the Browns, but this season that doesn't seem like such a devastating defeat. Their problem was that they went too long with Shawn Alexander. Welcome in Maurice Morris as a starter and Seattle takes care of the 49ers. San Francisco is awful and I blame Matt Barnes and Emmitt Smith. Barnes abandoned the team and Steve Young's 49ers mojo has been all but obliterated by Emmitt Smith's being beside the former QB at the desk on ESPN. The only thing saving San Fran's year would be bulletin board material reading: Don't Quit, don't even quit.
#1 - Titans -- not even sure about the Jags defense anymore.
#2 - KC -- yeah the Chiefs fans said their prayers - the Priest came back.
#3 - Buffalo impresses me SOMEWHAT -- Miami not at all ---- Buffalo
#4 - My heart says Browns -- my head says Steelers --- Pitt but it hurts.
#5 - St. Louis -- Jackson being back may keep Brees off the field.
#6 - Carolina -- Atlanta played well last week -- back to normal today.
#7 - Philly -- McNabb is so bad he is due for a HUGE week.
#8 - Vikings --- Peterson helps the Vikings control the clock.
#9 - Cincinnati -- yeah rooting for the Bunlgles here -- I must have a concussion.
#10 - Bears -- Raiders flopping QBs, RBs, only Janikowski "stable"?
#11 - GMEN --- I think the Giants defense will be the difference.
#12 - Detroit -- Kitna keeps em rolling.
#13 - Indy - Not a Phillip Rivers fan and Indy won't have a letdown.
#14 - SF -- only because of the points!!!!
So there you go. A new look at the picks and comments for our pick'em league. Bart chose to keep it strictly professional this week and just went with picks.
Quote of the week goes to Kevin for #14. Any time you give reference to Emmitt Smith and his absurd comments you will have a shot at quote of the week.
That's all I got for this week. Best of luck to everyone and go browns!!
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