Sunday, November 11
Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh W
Philadelphia vs. Washington L
Atlanta vs. Carolina L
St. Louis vs. New Orleans L
Buffalo vs. Miami W
Denver vs. Kansas City W
Jacksonville vs. Tennessee L
Minnesota vs. Green Bay W
Cincinnati vs. Baltimore L
Dallas vs. NY Giants W
Detroit vs. Arizona L
Chicago vs. Oakland W
Indianapolis vs. San Diego W

Monday, November 12
San Francisco vs. Seattle W

Pittsburgh
Washington
Carolina
New Orleans
Buffalo
Denver
Jacksonville
Green Bay
Baltimore
New York G-Men
Detroit
Chicago
Indiapolis

Seattle

Sunday, November 11
Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh...This'll be a walk. Big Ben threw 5 scores last week, no reason to think he can't/won't do it again.
Philadelphia vs. Washington...WAS a consensus pick on Yahoo!, but I gotta go with my gut here. Philly wins it on a FG.
Atlanta vs. Carolina...CAR's 11th-ranked rush attack will walk all over Atlanta's D-line. PREDICTION: ATL 3-13 at end of season.
St. Louis vs. New Orleans...Brees tossed 11 TDs in last 4 games. PREDICTION: Brees-300+, 3TD, 1INT.
Buffalo vs. Miami...Cleo Lemon: 0-3 in last 3 starts; BUF not great, but good enough. Lee Evans proving why he's BUF's O-captain.
Denver vs. Kansas City...Putting money BACK on the table for Broncos.. don't let me down again.
Jacksonville vs. Tennessee...Jags hard-hitting D will keep Young in pocket all day; low-scoring. PREDICTION: Jags 13-6.
Minnesota vs. Green Bay...Pack 82% consensus pick on Yahoo!, good enough for me. AP likely rushes for 125+, though.
Cincinnati vs. Baltimore...TJ-Housh now feature receiver in Cincy (2 TDs), but McNair will impress with lackluster Ravens O.
Dallas vs. NY Giants...GAME OF THE WEEK; will be close and high-scoring, Dallas pulls it out in 4th Q.
Detroit vs. Arizona...Again going against the Lions; 'Zona not good, but Jeff Garcia = great, esp. vs. worst pass D in NFL.
Chicago vs. Oakland...WHAT, picking the Raiders? OAK has 4th-ranked rush offense in NFL, Bears just lost best LG in league for the year.
Indianapolis vs. San Diego...Only 10% picking Chargers; SD looks phenominal, but nothing halts momentum like the Indy Colts.

Monday, November 12
San Francisco vs. Seattle...What a stinker on a Monday night. Seattle will stink LESS than San-Fran, who might not win another game this year.

Detroit vs. Arizona...Again going against the Lions; 'Zona not good, but Jeff Garcia = great, esp. vs. worst pass D in NFL.

Garcia plays in Tampa Bay. The Lions have the best turnover ratio in the league. "'Zona" sucks, we've beaten them before and we'll beat them again. Not only that, I am predicting that when the Lions play the Cowboys in a few weeks, they'll win that game too.


Fuck Tony Romo, overrated piece of shit.

You know what? You're absolutely right. I dunno what I was thinking there. I think I just have a man-crush on Jeff Garcia, because people are finally seeing how badly they underrated him. Let's amend that.

Okay, for some reason, I can't edit that post. Messed up. So here's the new prediction.



Detroit vs. Arizona...Again, going against the Lions; Arizona's pretty bad, but DET still has worst pass D in NFL, and Kurt Warner can exploit that (actually got the QB right that time). Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald can have a feild day against a secondary that might not be able to stop a high school team. And, in a few weeks time, so will Tony Romo.

Garcia...underrated? are you kidding me? that guy gets way more credit then he deserves. in San Francisco he did alright but guess what, he had Terrell Owens and even Jerry Rice for a few years, two hall of famers at wide out. What'd he do in Cleveland? What he'd do in Detroit? he's washed up, no fuck that, he's a never has been. he needs to go back to Canada where he can actually be the best player on the field. ouch...that was harsh..but it worked for Ricky Williams until he got hurt.

Now he's in Tampa with Joey "Lightspeed" Galloway (who amazes me how fast he still is). Tampa has a decent record of 5-4 but look at who they've beaten. They beat up on a weak New Orleans and St. Louis team in the beginning of the season, beat Carolina who is having a shit ton of problems with their QB's this season which makes it hard to get into the right rhythm. Then Tennessee and Arizona, who both suck.

One mentionable loss Garcia did suffer this season, was in Detroit to his former team. DET still has the worst pass D in the NFL, but they also still have the most INT's, forced fumbles (2nd in recoveries), and 2nd in defensive TD's. So Kurt Warner might be able to exploit them for yards, but I'm willing to bet that someone in that secondary will find their way to the ball.


Stay tuned for the Romo Rant, coming soon!

I'll start with two minor points.

Romo is the second-ranked fantasy QB in the NFL right now, and many would place him #3 behind Brady and Manning. But that's debatable.

Also, Ricky Williams was never, at any time, the best player on the field, the best running back on the field, or even the best back on his TEAM in the CFL. John Avery owned him in every aspect of the game -- faster, stronger, more elusive, and not a deadbeat dope hound.

Garcia is wholly underrated. What other QB in his age bracket is as mobile as he is and still has zip in their arm? Let's look at the numbers through 9 weeks, Swami.
Pass YDS: 1967 (11th in NFL, but remember, this is with the run-heavy TB offense)
TD/INT ratio: 3:1 (2nd in NFL behind only Tom Brady)
Rush YDS: 111 (4th among QBs, but those QBs ahead of him average 26 years old compared to Garcia, almost 38)

i don't care what Romo is "ranked" fantasy wise, what i do care about is all these analysts trying to brand him the new "Brett Farve" and saying that he's a god send for Dallas. last time i checked, he hasn't even played a full season, he has jack shit to show for his career, and he has fucking Terrell Owens to throw to. i could be QB behind that line and with TO and the rest of that receiving corps. not to mention he also has a great balanced running game with Barber and Jones, and a good enough defense to carry his ass if he has a shitty day. Romo aint shit period.

which leads me to my next point, Garcia aint shit period. he can't run. i don't care how many yards he has to show for it, i don't care how "tough" he is and how good he can take a hit, he cannot run. I don't like his decision making on when to go, i don't think he's outstandingly athletic to the point where he even needs to run. I don't think there are any definite strong points to Garcia at all. The only way I would have him on my team is as a back up, and even then I'd rather fill that spot with a young QB then his decrepit ass.

I thought I had heard Ricky Williams was doing really well in the CFL until he broke his arm or whatever. But I could wrong, I don't pay attention to the CFL at all...only reason I even knew that little bit was from a blurb on Sports Center. He's not even playing there anymore is he?

Garcia is washed up. He had his best chance at anything last year when miraculously the Eagles made the playoffs with him at QB. And like Garcia always does, he lost. That's his legacy.

Ricky is trying to get re-instated into the NFL with the Dolphins. Consider him third string now behind Ronnie Brown (once he gets healthy) and Jesse Chatman.

I really think you're a little bitter over Garcia because he didn't do anything when he was with Detroit. But then, hey, what did he do after that, right?

Let's see.

-He helps lead the Eagles to the DIVISION TITLE when a franchise QB goes down, winning 5 of 6 starts.
-He WINS in the playoffs (contrary to your belief) when the Eagles beat the Giants 23-20.
-He loses in the next playoff game, yes, BUT threw for 240 yards and a score and lost by 3 points to the heavily favoured Saints.
-He's having a great season with not much to throw to in T-Bay.

It's basically a vendetta as far as I can tell. Do you remember WHY he didn't do much in Detroit? He broke his fibula in the pre-season, didn't play til October, and couldn't find his groove. Who did Garcia have to throw to that year? Roy Williams and Eddie Drummond. Williams has decent hands but Eddie Drummond is basically a glorified punt returner. You're just bitter because Garcia couldn't help Detroit get somewhere that they haven't been since 1999 - the playoffs. I think the problem with the Lions' whole franchise is the repetitive stress disorder from seeing "4th - NFC North" beside their logo all the time.

You can hate on Garcia all you want, but he is underrated, he can run, and hey, don't look now, BUT THE BUCS ARE LEADING THEIR DIVISION!

Oh, by the way -- ARI 31 DET 14 in the 4th, Warner's thrown for 3 scores.

I like the Cowboys, and think Tony Romo is a good quarterback, but I think it's way too early to call him the next anything until he does something that those other quarterbacks have done, and that's win the Super Bowl.