Weekly NFL Picks Thread

[Ryantology]

I picked the Lions today. I have not been so glad all season to miss on a pick.

[Mystical]

I'm highly disappointed with SD. I should've picked the Saints for their stylish black suits

Also, BRONCOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Cthulhu's mom's integrity relies upon tonight's match. Pray for Cthulhu's mom)

[Jackalope]

I'm highly disappointed with SD. I should've picked the Saints for their stylish black suits

Also, BRONCOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Cthulhu's mom's integrity relies upon tonight's match. Pray for Cthulhu's mom)

Well now, that may very well be the case - but as I said in PM, whatever the outcome, it's a positive for me. KC wins - my lead in our bet becomes a bit more comfortable; Denver wins, Seattle has the best record in the NFL.

Incidentally, if at any point it looks like I'm going to lose the bet, my plan is to attempt the 72oz steak challenge at a local steakhouse, and then go on the mother of all benders. It'll make a week of no meat or beer easy.

[Ryantology]

Weekly Leaderboard so far:

Waratah: 11-3
Faith No More: 10-4
missluckie26: 9-5
Ryantology: 9-5 (guess I should have trusted my team. And gotten on the Bucs Bandwagon)
cato123: 8-5 (did not pick Browns/Bengals)
Crossless1: 8-6
Cthulhu Dreaming: 8-6 (should've followed my advice and picked the same teams I did, except where I mistakenly trusted his team)
Brian37: 6-8
The Reality Salesman and CleanShavenJesus did not pick games.

Faith No more, Waratah, cato123, Cthulhu Dreaming, and Crossless1 have picked Carolina to win tomorrow night. Brian37, missluckie26, and I have picked New England.

[Jackalope]

Cthulhu Dreaming: 8-6 (should've followed my advice and picked the same teams I did, except where I mistakenly trusted his team)

My team is Seattle. I don't think you can go wrong picking them.

This year, at least.

P.S. Nice win for the Steelers. Terrible uniforms, though. Jesus Christ - not one player stood up and said it was a bad idea? All of them had to be thinking that.

[Ryantology]

Cthulhu Dreaming: 8-6 (should've followed my advice and picked the same teams I did, except where I mistakenly trusted his team)

My team is Seattle. I don't think you can go wrong picking them.

This year, at least.

P.S. Nice win for the Steelers. Terrible uniforms, though. Jesus Christ - not one player stood up and said it was a bad idea? All of them had to be thinking that.

Oh wait, it's FNM who's the Lions fan, right? Well, I don't think anybody picked the Steelers, and obviously what happened was that their players read our picks thread and felt like they were being disrespected or something.

[Jackalope]

My team is Seattle. I don't think you can go wrong picking them.

This year, at least.

P.S. Nice win for the Steelers. Terrible uniforms, though. Jesus Christ - not one player stood up and said it was a bad idea? All of them had to be thinking that.

Oh wait, it's FNM who's the Lions fan, right? Well, I don't think anybody picked the Steelers, and obviously what happened was that their players read our picks thread and felt like they were being disrespected or something.

Every dog has his day. Pittsburgh was going to have a bad stretch sooner or later.

Incidentally, if your hypothesis were correct, Tampa and Jacksonville would be 10-0.

[Ryantology]

When the Jags get disrespected, all the do about it is weep silently as they nod in agreement.

[Mystical]

I'm too tired to get back on my computer but I thought I was 10-4, no? PG 22

What kinda ship you runnin here, Ryan?

also did anyone else see the point where a player got in a fight with their QB and walked off field during a game? What team wassat?

And is it also appalling to anyone else here that the Australian has the upper hand? *facepalms every American here

[Tonus]

I guess I can appreciate your compassion for other people, but for me, it's one of the many inherently dangerous contact sports that people get paid lots of money to play. It's entertaining just like boxing.

Oh, I understand that. And the players seem to understand it as well, or at least they feel indestructible enough that they don't think it will happen to them. I think what makes it scary is that it's damage that you don't know is happening. If a guy goes down with a sore shoulder or bruised ribs, you know that he'll get medication and rest and he'll be ready to go again. We understand that a career of such unbridled violence will result in twisted fingers and bum knees. But brain injuries scare me, and I think they scare a lot of people; watching a man in his early 50s in the throes of dementia is both sad and terrifying.

And since it can't be quantified, my imagination is free to run wild in the most horrible ways. Watching Arturo Gatti play ping pong with Joey Gamache's jaw, and then watching Gamache's head bounce violently off of the canvas when he fell, just makes me cringe. We kind of have an idea of the damage it did to him (he almost died that night, and suffers from brain damage that causes migraines, depression, and memory loss), and that just makes it scarier for me.