Football Fun Week 5

[kakn7294]

Sunday, October 5th

Seattle at NY Giants
San Diego at Miami
Indianapolis at Houston
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Kansas City at Carolina
Tennessee at Baltimore
Washington at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
Cincinnati at Dallas
New England at San Francisco
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville

Monday, October 6th

Minneapolis vs. New Orleans (44 Points)

[Scar]

Sunday, October 5th

Seattle at NY Giants
San Diego at Miami
Indianapolis at Houston
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Kansas City at Carolina
Tennessee at Baltimore
Washington at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
Cincinnati at Dallas
New England at San Francisco
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville

Monday, October 6th

Minneapolis vs. New Orleans

[WDWfanatic742]

Sunday, October 5th

Seattle at NY Giants
San Diego at Miami
Indianapolis at Houston
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Kansas City at Carolina
Tennessee at Baltimore
Washington at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
Cincinnati at Dallas
New England at San Francisco
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville

Monday, October 6th

Minneapolis vs. New Orleans (31 Points)

[Melanie]

Sunday, October 5th
Seattle at NY Giants
San Diego at Miami
Indianapolis at Houston
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Kansas City at Carolina
Tennessee at Baltimore
Washington at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
Cincinnati at Dallas
New England at San Francisco
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville

Monday, October 6th
Minneapolis at New Orleans (42 Points)

[Mad About Mickey]

Sunday, October 5th

Seattle at NY Giants
San Diego at Miami
Indianapolis at Houston
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Kansas City at Carolina
Tennessee at Baltimore
Washington at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
Cincinnati at Dallas
New England at San Francisco
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville

Monday, October 6th

Minneapolis vs. New Orleans (51 Points)

[Nascfan]

I completely forgot! What a heck of a week, actually glad golf season is almost over.

Sunday, October 5th

Seattle at NY Giants
San Diego at Miami
Indianapolis at Houston
Atlanta at Green Bay
Chicago at Detroit
Kansas City at Carolina
Tennessee at Baltimore
Washington at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at Denver
Buffalo at Arizona
Cincinnati at Dallas
New England at San Francisco
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville

Monday, October 6th

Minnesota at New Orleans (45 Points)

[Scar]

I think tinkwest, Janet, Mufasa, and Nascfan all deserve an extra point for being the only ones to pick up on the "Minneapolis" thing.

[kakn7294]

I think tinkwest, Janet, Mufasa, and Nascfan all deserve an extra point for being the only ones to pick up on the "Minneapolis" thing.

Hmmm, didn't catch that one. Very often, Pittsburgh gets spelled wrong - I always fix that!

[JanetMegan]

Between the NFl and Nascar yesterday I thought I was getting a beatdown!! What a cruddy day-I'll work numbers up shortly!

[Ian]

Here's what I came up with ... check my math ...

Jen - 11
Raider - 10
Barnaby - 10
Mufasa - 10
Kathy - 10
Scar - 10
Ian - 9
Linda - 9
Missy_Mouses_Dad - 9
sillyolbear - 9
Jeff G. - 9
Amanda - 9
David - 9
Mel - 9
Scott - 9
Reservoir Dog - 8
#1donaldfan - 8
Rhonda - 8
TinkerbellT421 - 8
indytraveler - 8
Christine - 7
Kristen and Ben - 7
Dan - 7
Mad About Mickey - 7
Janet - 6
Donald A - 4

[JanetMegan]

Thanks Ian, math looks right! It looks like if New Orleans wins then Jen wins outright, if Minnesota wins then it comes down to points with Jen and Mufasa!

[tinkwest]

I think tinkwest, Janet, Mufasa, and Nascfan all deserve an extra point for being the only ones to pick up on the "Minneapolis" thing.

I'll take that point! I could use it. Tough season for me.

[Nascfan]

I'll take that point! I could use it. Tough season for me.

Haha, me too Linda, me too.

I did my picks in about 5 minutes Sunday morning, and I did the best I've done all season. I think I'll adopt that strategy from here on out. Too much thinking spoils the picks.

[kakn7294]

Haha, me too Linda, me too.

I did my picks in about 5 minutes Sunday morning, and I did the best I've done all season. I think I'll adopt that strategy from here on out. Too much thinking spoils the picks.

I employed the same strategy except I did mine Saturday am. It worked great - no thinking, just picked one based on my gut feeling.

[Ian]

I employed the "George Costanza Method" of selecting games ... whichever side my gut told me was going to win, I picked the other side.

And you know what? I did the best I've done in weeks. I wish I had used that method for the Miami game, but I felt foolish picking them to win.

Silly me.

[Missy_Mouses_Dad]

I am going to try a new philosophy..never pick the Packers!! I miss #4 at qb. A d- and o- line wouldn't hurt either!!

[Donald A]

I think I need to start picking who I actually think will win instead of who I want to win. Perhaps I haven't grasped this game very well.

[JanetMegan]

Huge congrats to this week's surprise upset winner Mufasa who not only picked the improbable win by the Vikings but also picked the points exactly correct edging out Jen for the win!!

Here are the season long totals after the first 5 games...

Our current leader is Jeff G with 51 correct picks!

Closely behind in second place is Damon18 with 50!

Third Place-Mufasa with 49

Fourth Place-barnaby, Beast_fanatic, Reservoir Dog, Scar, and sillyolbear with 48

Ninth Place-Jen0610 with 47

Tenth Place-dolphinmickey9170, Momof2Boys,
RAIDER with 46

And the rest of us...
Missy_Mouses_Dad, Nascfan 45
Hammer, indytraveler, WDWFanatic742 44
kakn7294, Mad About Mickey 43
#1Donaldfan, Ian, Melanears 42
DonaldA 41
tinkwest 38
JanetMegan 37
TinkerbellT421 31

[TinkerbellT421]

OMG I am losing horribly! I missed the first week, and the second week I did horribly with my picks. I should just quit now Ill never catch up!

[Jeff G]

I am going to try a new philosophy..never pick the Packers!! I miss #4 at qb. A d- and o- line wouldn't hurt either!!

You sound like the fans I was sitting by at Lambeau on Sunday. Rodgers puts up 300 yards w/ 2 touchdowns and a passer rating in the 100's and they were calling for his head. I found it ironic because the Pack was down 10-0 when they started complaining yet the Pack had the ball for only one series. I turned and asked them, if Brett was here would he have played D so Atlanta wouldn't have scored 10? The O line ***** and the D is giving up 190 yards rushing on average the last four games. Then the fact that there have been a lot of horrible untimely penalties on this team that have killed drives or helped the other team. Unless Favre could go play the D-line & O-line the team wouldn't be any better off. The difference this year from last is the injury bug. Al Harris is out which is a devastating injury, the D-line is depleted and can't stop a thing and AJ Hawk is banged up. Last year the Packers D was giving up a lot less points. And then there is the running game. Grant held out and missed training camp and the pre season. The Pack can't run the ball and in part it's because he wasn't in shape and pulled the hamstring.

So we have a beat up o-line that can't make holes or pass block and a running back who wasn't ready at the start of the season. We have a D line that can't stop the run or get much pressure on the QB, our star DB is out and we're starting an incompetent back up. Matt Ryan looked like a seasoned veteran against our secondary. Yes the Pack are loosing games but I wouldn't say that it's because Brett's not here. In fact, Rodgers has been pressured often and escaped because of his feet something Favre couldn't. He has had 4 very good games and one poor game. In the poor game he was beaten up & hit way to often becasue the O-line couldn't protect him. Brett wasn't perfect every game either.

Considering this is Rodgers first year and he is putting up great numbers with all the off season turmoil and injuries around him I think he is doing an amazing job.