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NFL Week 1 Schedule/Predictions
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06-09-2011 12:47pm#1
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Right I'll give this a go...
Saints @ PackersI expect/hope the Packers win a shootout here with Aaron Rodgers continuing on his post season form from last year.
Steelers @ Ravens
Oooh what a game, Ravens will be looking for revenge after the playoff loss. Steelers to win this one but it will be close and physical.
Falcons @ Bears
What kind of affect will Julio Jones have on this game, there is a lot of pressure on the Falcons after that draft pick. Cutler to put in a stellar performance on silence the haters (for a lil while)
Bengals @ Browns
Havn't liked the look of Andy Dalton at all in the pre season where as Colt Mccoy has been decent. Hard one to call here but I'll go with the home team.
Colts @ Texans
Will Peyton Manning play? It doesn't look like it as of now. Will Arian Foster play? I'm going with the Texans to make statement in the AFC South here.
Titans @ Jags
CJ2K might be a lil bit rusty after his holdout. MoJo will probably be rusty also. Both teams have a reasonable chance of making the playoffs this year IMO. I'll go with the Titans here
Bills @ Chiefs
Chiefs to be too strong for the Bills here. I really like the look of their offense. Will be challenging SD for the division.
Eagles @ Rams
Josh Mcdaniels the O.C says he has some plans on how to tackle the Eagles Dream Team corners. I don't think Vick looked too great in Pre Season and they have issues on the O Line still. Rams to upset the Eagles.
Lions @ Bucs
The two up an coming young teams if the Media has you believe. Stafford was a beast in Pre Season but how will his shoulders hold up in the real thing. Love watching Suh play as well. Lions to win in a very good game.
Giants @ Redskins
Game of great sentimental value to both cities. Hopefully in this and the SNF game they put on a great show for their fans. Rex Grossman is the starter officially now for the Redskins. I still think they are lacking any real punch offensively and even with the Giants diminished with injuries I still expect them to win.
Panthers @ Cardinals
It's gonna be a long year for Newton I think, plenty of talent but he will need time. Kevin Kolb is overrated also but the Cardinals should take it with Larry menacing the Panthers secondary.
Vikings @ Chargers
Probably way wrong here but I think a Chargers thrashing of the Vikes is on the cards here. Philip Rivers is my pick for MVP and SD for the Superbowl so I think they will get off to a flyer. Matthews looks great and VJax is back for the season with Gates fit.
Seahawks @ 49ers
San Fran I think will have the Andrew Luck Pick next year in the Draft. It will be a tough season with them with poor QB play once again the main topic. Then again it could be Seattle getting that spot. They look a poor team but then again they looked a poor team last year
Cowboys and Jets
Still really worried about the starting offence which wasn't all pre season. Im really hoping Sanchez makes the big leap forward and sometimes I think he will and others he looks absoloutely hopeless out there for multiple series. Still the Defence has been solid all preseason and hopefully is continues. Interesting to see how Romo gets on in this one. I think the Jets just about nick this.
Patriots @ Dolphins
The Patriots will hammer the Dolphins. Too strong on offense and Belichick has shored up the D this year. Them two TE's are monsters, and along with Welker, Branch, Chad and a solid running game they are going to be hard to stop. 16-0? With some luck they could do it. Chad Henne stinks but the Dolphins will be better this year.
Raiders @ Broncos
Will be recording this one (it's on at a crazy hour over here). I guess ESPN where hoping to give Tebow is Nationally Televised debut on MNF but alas Kyle Orton has looked good. Raiders lose Nnamdi and Miller and don't really replace them well. Darren Mcfadden is a machine and could be in for a huge year. Broncos to win, Von Miller to dominate.0 -
Delightful stuff Oscar, this should eat up half an hour at work
I'm also going to include what way I think the spread will go for kicks.
Saints @ Packers
A shootout with the Packers coming out on top, although I do expect the Saints to cover the +4 spread - I don't see more than a field goal in this either way. Both QBs could and probably should eclipse 300 yards in this one.
Steelers @ Ravens
Joe Flacco has never beaten Ben Roethlisberger before, so I'll always predict the Steelers until he convinces me otherwise. Obviously the Steelers to cover +2.5 goes hand in hand with this.
Falcons @ Bears
It's the Falcons, it's an outdoor game, and it's against the Bears who are underdogs despite being one game away from the SuperBowl last year. I like the Bears to win, and obviously cover +3.
Bengals @ Browns
Both young, underperforming teams, although as Oscar says, the Browns QB situation is better. If the Bengals start Bruce Gradkowski, I'd give them more of a shot. I think they'll cover +6.5, but can't see them winning.
Colts @ Texans
Texans to take it, but not with as much ease as is expected. Definitely not by anywhere near the -9 spread. Colts to cover, Texans to win (barely).
Titans @ Jags
Titans have the better of the Jags in recent meetings, and I think Hasselbeck will bring some stability to their offence. Like them to both cover +3 and take the win.
Bills @ Chiefs
Not that I rate Cassell too highly or anything, but I don't see the Chiefs winning without him. I don't think Jamaal Charles will be used anywhere near as much as he should be, I like the Bills to cover +5.5 and take the win.
Eagles @ Rams
I'm not buying into the Eagles hype just yet, but I do think they'll ever so slightly edge this one. Like the Packers - Saints, I don't see anything more than a field goal in this. Eagles to win, but Rams to cover +4.5.
Lions @ Bucs
If this were a home game, I might pick the Lions no matter who they were playing. Confidence is high, but I can't see them rolling into Tampa and taking home the win. Their coverage is soft and I think Josh Freeman has what it takes to take advantage of it. Mike Williams to have a huge game for me. Bucs with the win and -1.
Giants @ Redskins
I found the Redskins a hilarious prospect before preseason, but Rex Grossman and Tim Hightower actually look pretty damn good. The Giants are ravaged with injuries too, so I like the Skins to pull the upset with the win and covering +3.
Panthers @ Cardinals
Very little separating these two, I'm just gonna have to side with the fact Kolb and Fitz have been working out together all summer. That gives the Cards the edge, but not by -7, so I fancy Carolina to at least cover that.
Vikings @ Chargers
Were this in Minnesota, I wouldn't hesitate on choosing the Vikings. But given that it's in San Diego, I think the Chargers have it in them. Chargers to win but Minnesota to cover +9.
Seahawks @ 49ers
Seahawks took this on the opening day last year, but that was in Seattle. I like SF to take this one - neither team has a whole heap going for them right now but I think Harbaugh gets off to a winning start simply because he has more playmakers on his side.
Cowboys @ Jets
Tony Romo on primetime television? It's been too long, and I think Romo reminds us all that he's a cracking QB by going to New York and taking the W. Cowboys to win, and covering +4 follows that.
Patriots @ Dolphins
HOMER ALERT. Nah, the Pats should easily beat a poor Miami team. They still have a good defence, but Brady and his array of weapons shouldn't have too much trouble putting up points. NE will lead, which means Henne will be forced to throw the ball and this young Patriots defence could well eat him up. Pats to win and cover -7.
Raiders @ Broncos
Raiders will struggle big time without Nnamdi, which is good news for the Kyle Orton + Brandon Lloyd combination. Denver will also went to avenge the stomping Oakland gave them at Mile High last year. Denver to win and cover -3.0 -
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Saints @ Packers: I could see a combination of the Packers super bowl hangover and the target they've becoming giving the Saints some incentive, but it could go either way really. Rookie to Watch: Ingram has a big shot to show why he was the most highly regarded back of the '11 class.
Steelers @ Ravens: In a game where two teams are as closely matched and scores will be so low it'll take one big play to change everything - I'm looking at Evans and Boldin to open things up for Ray Rice to do just that behind Vonta Leach. Rookie to Watch: Jimmy Smith may not play much, but he's expected to improve the poor secondary, if he can show some signs of that here he'll be a fan favourite immediately.
Falcons @ Bears: Julio Jones probably won't do much in week 1, but all the attention he's gotten really shouldn't distract from the fact that the Falcons are a lot better than the Bears, who appear to have gotten worse this off season. Rookie to Watch: Tackle Gabe Carimi might actually provide some protection for Cutler, that could massively improve the Bears offense.
Bengals @ Browns: The Bengals are about a year or two behind the Browns in the rebuilding process and the experience of (can't believe I'm saying this) Colt McCoy should give the Browns the edge. Rookie to Watch: AJ Green should be able to impress against the Browns, and might help Dalton look ok in his first real test.
Colts @ Texans: No Manning means the Colts become an average team at best. They can't stop the run, so even with Foster potentially out they should be easy pickings for the talents on the Texans offense. Rookie to watch: JJ Watt could give Kerry Collins a long day.
Titans @ Jags: The Jaguars have improved this off season, the Titans haven't. CJ2K has nothing much in Hasselbeck and sub-par receivers to keep defenses honest, so the Jags have a real chance to get a win early. Rookie to Watch: Gabbert and Locker should excitedly rush about with clipboards, while Akeem Ayers will get on the field and get a few tackles, if nothing else.
Bills @ Chiefs: Chiefs have the talent, Bills don't. It's a fairly simple call really. On both sides of the ball the Chiefs look better and should win easily. Rookie to Watch: Marcel Dareus needs to make life hard on the Chiefs weakest link - The QB. If he can, he might actually inspire the Bills to a win.
Eagles @ Rams: Dream team be damned, too many egos, too many expectations, too many risks. Bradford is a better QB than Vick, and with a year's experience should be able to compete with the potentially high-scoring Eagles, Nnamdi or not. Vick was mistake prone in pre-season, and has a lot less to prove, he could be the teams undoing. Rookie to Watch: Lance Kendricks has quickly become a favourite target for Bradford, and with the quality in the Eagles secondary, a safe throw to Kendricks every now and then will be key to a Rams victory.
Lions @ Bucs: I'm not convinced the Bucs can protect Freeman from Suh. A healthy Stafford is better than Freeman, and has better receivers. The Lions are just that little further toward being elite. Rookie to Watch: Adrian Clayborn can make a name for himself by putting Stafford on IR.
Giants @ Redskins: Eli has had an awful preseason, the Giants don't have a secondary and there's no Steve Smith to keep the pressure off Nicks. The Redskins look good running the ball, which could set up Grossman for a pass or two. Redskins by a score. Rookie to Watch: Ryan Kerrigan should put pressure on Manning, he'll hope to create some turnovers.
Panthers @ Cardinals: Newton isn't ready yet, simple as. Kolb on the other hand, is. He has Fitz, he has a healthy Wells and he has Todd Heap. He'll do fine here against what should still be a decent defense - Wells should have a long day though. Rookie to Watch: Patrick Peterson should be grabbing Cam Newton's passes if the preseason is any indicator.
Vikings @ Chargers: The Chargers and slow starts have become an early season staple, but the Vikings are looking pretty thin on defense, and unless McNabb changes dramatically from lat season, on offense too. Even with Peterson running the clock, there's no reason not to expect huge numbers from Rivers. Rookie to Watch: Corey Liuget will look to add some pass rush bite to an already formidable defense.
Seahawks @ 49ers: Suck for Luck, Round 1. Neither team has much to be happy about right now. Tavaris Jackson is terrible, and while I like Alex Smith and think he can do well, he won't in San Fran. The Niners have enough talent to edge this in Gore and Patrick Willis, but it won't be pretty. Rookie to Watch: Aldon Smith has been a solid pass rusher in preseason, not much to stop that in this game.
Cowboys and Jets: Romo's back, Austin, Witten, Jones and Bryant are a handful and Sanchez' offensive line has seen a lot of change. Even with the vaunted Jets D, Romo should be able to score. Revis covers Austin, throw to Bryant and vice-versa. Sanchez doesn't have the arm or weapons to exploit a poor Cowboys secondary. Rookie to Watch: Philip Tanner, just in case his helmet pops off (If he gets near the field that is).
Patriots @ Dolphins: Pats will dominate here, and probably all year. Their defense is better, their offense is arguably better with the addition of Ocho and Solder and the Dolphins lost Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams. With Henne passing to a disappointing Brandon Marshall and little else, how will they score? Rookie to Watch: Daniel Thomas might be the best chance the Fins have of putting up points. Bush has the name, Thomas might just have the talent.
Raiders @ Broncos: Suck for Luck, Round 2. The Raiders have gone from one of the best, to one of the worst secondaries in the league thanks to the departure of one player - Zach Miller
Losing top players is bad, but the mess in Denver with Orton almost traded and Tebow losing support is worse. Von Miller might be a big time talent, but he won't save the Broncos alone. Jason Campbell and his team of sprinters should help Run DMC win this one for Raider Nation. Rookie to Watch: Von Miller is the obvious choice, so I chose him. He's an elite talent and should upgrade the Broncos D immediately. 0 -
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landsleaving wrote: »Patrick Peterson should be grabbing Cam Newton's passes if the preseason is any indicator.
If that happens, Cam will just decide to run the ball and embarrass Peterson's sorry ass again
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Regular Season Week 1
Saints @ Packers - What a game to start off the season. This has the markings of a shootout and my gut says New Orleans, it also helps that as a Bears fan i like to see the Pack lose
Steelers @ Ravens - I would love to see the Ravens win this one just to get that monkey off Flaccos back but until he does i cant see them winning
Bears - Loving all the love for the Bears this week, especially going against one of the so called front runners for the NFC. In my mind the Bears are going 16-0 when predicting so going with them
Bengals @ Browns - Will take a while before Cincy's offense gets going so dont think they will do much against the Browns
Colts @ Texans - Was going for the Texans even if Manning was available so dont see any reason to change that.
Titans @ Jags - Was tempted to go for the Jags but then they released Garrard it swung it the Titans way
Bills @ Chiefs - Obviously depends on Cassel starting which i think is likely. Too much for the Bills here
Eagles @ Rams - The "Dream Team" will not be as dominant as lots of people think but they should win this one.
Lions @ Bucs - Got the making of another shootout but going for home advantage here or should i say non dome advantage
Giants @ Redskins -The Giants D is decimated by injury so this should allow Skins opportunities to score but just think the Giants will score more.
Cardinals - Not going for the Panthers until i see more of them. I think Newtons first attempt at a run could be met with a heavy hit from the Cards D. Oh yeah and Fitz to play havoc with Panthers secondary.
Vikings @ Chargers - Outside of AP not sure about the Vikes offense and the Chargers are stronger offensively than last year. Should be easy.
Seahawks @ 49ers - Not a pretty one but opening win for Harbaugh.
Cowboys @ Jets - I'd say the Jets will be slow out of the blocks and the Cowboys to take advantage of it.
Patriots @ Dolphins - Hard to see past the Pats here.
Raiders @ Broncos - Raiders secondary weakened and Orton will take advantage. Might be some hint of revenge from last year too.0 -
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vinny chase wrote: »Broncos defense looks much better too with the returning Dumervil and the great looking Von Miller.
Or as they call them in Denver, Von Doom.
Was playing Madden with a mate last night, every time one of Miller or Dumervil sacked or tackled him, I just couldn't help but shout "Von Doooooooom!!!". It's fun, you should try it :pac:0 -
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Mr. Guappa wrote: »Cowboys @ Jets: No other justification for this pick other than I do not like the Jets.
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Ah boards AF forum, where you come for in depth knowledge, inside information, statistics and permutations reviewed, historical records checked and every scenario judged
Which reminds me of this post from last year
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68271860&postcount=3
The gold standard of analysis :cool:
You're getting there Mr. Guappa0 -
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Jealousy gets you nowhere...Spongey1975 wrote: »<snip>....it also helps that as a Bears fan I like to see the Pack lose:p 0 -
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vinny chase wrote: »Week 1 Predictions
Lions @ Buccaneers
Sadly (I'm a Buccs fan) I think we'll slightly underperform this year with the tougher schedule and the fact that not as many teams will underestimate the Buccs this year. Really impressed by the new-look Lions D, and if Stafford stays healthy they'd be a outside bet for a wild card playoff spot for me.
Shame on you
I think we will shade this, we were missing a few players in the loss last year, some on our O line if i rememeber. Talib was injured too so he will be back to take on Megatron.
Should be a cracker though, very interested to see how our rookies do on our defence. Roll on Sunday.0 -
jester1980 wrote: »Shame on you
I think we will shade this, we were missing a few players in the loss last year, some on our O line if i rememeber. Talib was injured too so he will be back to take on Megatron.
Should be a cracker though, very interested to see how our rookies do on our defence. Roll on Sunday.
We were absolutely robbed last year! They ruled out Kellen Winslow's absolutely legitimate TD, which cost us that game! Had we won then, Packers would have missed the playoffs and that would have shaken things up a little bit!
I'd absolutely love to be wrong on this, but just feel that teams are more alert to how good the young guys are now and won't sleep on them like they did last season. Every time I read another source somewhere hyping them up I cringe because I feel it's putting a big target on their back!
We need McCoy to have a huge season, and if Brian Price can stay healthy and contribute too that'd be fantastic. A lot of pressure on Mason Foster too at MLB. If he shines this year, we could be all good!0 -
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September 8th - The Kickoff Game
Saints @ Packers -- Live on SS2 (1:30 AM)
September 11 - 6:00 PM Games
Steelers @ Ravens-- Live on on SS3 (Others on NFL Redzone on the Red Button)
Falcons @ Bears
Bengals @ Browns
Colts @ Texans
Titans @ Jags
Bills @ Chiefs
Eagles @ Rams
Lions @ Bucs
September 11 - 9:15 PM Games
Giants @ Redskins -- Live on SS3
Panthers @ Cardinals
Vikings @ Chargers
Seahawks @ 49ers
Sunday Night Football - 1:20 AM
Cowboys @ Jets -- Live on Channel 4
Monday Night Football - Double Header
Patriots @ Dolphins -- Live on ESPN at 00:00 AM
Raiders @ Broncos -- Live on ESPN at 3:15 AM
Can I also add:
WOOOOOOOOOOO It's back 0 -
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Ha, yeah forgot about him! Also was watching 'The Pony Express' ESPN 30-for-30 documentary the other night and was stunned to see Jeff Reinebold is now an ass't coach at Southern Methodist University. If you haven't een the 30-for-30 docs, do! The USFL, Ricky Williams and 'The U' ones stand out the most for NFL stuff, but the random sports ones might be the best of them (including NASCAR of all things...)JohnnyRyan99 wrote: »^^^
Agreed, but I'd say he's just not on tonight, alot of games last year he wasn't there for! My biggest concern is the lact of Bradlee Van Pelt and his intense stares!
God I love these NFL Films!
I was tempted to throw a bit on the Saints to beat the handicap, but as a Packers fan I don't like betting against my own team. Couldn't ask for a better game on paper to start the season, mind.
Random, but Cecil Martin also reminds me of 'Randy' from seasons 4/5 of The Wire. 0 -
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Guess we'll just have to put this on loop until Sunday at least...
Also, who/how/WHY do they think it's a good idea to call anything related to gambling "Rehab _____" ?0 -
This video sums up how I feel with football back on our screens:
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Great by Rodgers on 3rd down there! Then to Nelson!
Just feel like bragging: I saw his first NFL passes live in person (in a 48-3 loss to the Ravens - worst in MNF history). Well, barring one pass vs. the Saints earlier that season, that went for 0 yards (so it doesn't count!). 0 -
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