And
then there were none.
The
Tampa Bay Buccaneers will not match the win total of their 1976 team when they
went 0-14. The Jacksonville Jaguars won their first game of the season as well.
They're both still terrible, but the good news is that no team will try to
duplicate what the 2008 Lions did and go winless.
There
is still one team left among the unbeaten ranks: Kansas City. I think folks
knew they would be better, but start the season 9-0? I didn't.
Speaking
of losing, Dallas
got trounced in Louisiana. Mark Ingram, who has failed to live up to
expectations as a Heisman Trophy winning running back, rushed for 145 yards and
a touchdown. The Dallas defense gave up 625 yards which was the most.... since
their Week 8 loss to
the Lions.
As
usual the Dallas sports media begins asking the questions about who is to blame
but we all know who it is in the end.
Jerry
Jones
Why
doesn't this guy fire his general manager?! Who is the GM of this team?!
Oh....
right...
Right
now Dallas is 5-5 and heading into the bye week. There are six games left.
Dallas might end up winning the NFC East by default because the rest of the
division is awful. And then they get curb stomped by the NFC West division
runner-up either the Seahawks or the 49ers as part of their run to a Super Bowl
title.
Or....
Dallas wins their final five, make the playoffs as the 3-seed, defeat the
Saints in the NFC Title Game, and end up hoisting their 6th Vince Lombardi Trophy on a mild New Jersey winter evening this coming February.
Well,
if there is an upside at least we aren't the Texans.
On
the bye week topic: The other team is the Rams. The bye week comes at an
opportune time as after this week, there will be 6 games left in the season and
it could make the difference between the Cowboys making the playoffs or
spending another off-season wondering what could've been. Oh and if you have
any Cowboys on your fantasy roster, please adjust your fantasy team as needed.
I cannot stress that enough.
The
games this coming weekend is the start of the playoff run for most teams. The
Colts can widen their AFC South lead over the Titans in Nashville this evening.
Sunday's early games features the Eagles hosting the Redskins. A Philadelphia
win would put them ahead of idle Dallas and give them the season sweep over
Washington. So far Eagles quarterback Nick Foles since earning the starting job
has yet to throw an interception.
Right
now the Jets would be in the playoffs while the Bills hopes to make the
playoffs are fading. Meanwhile the Chargers travel to Miami as both teams look
to get to .500. A loss for either of those teams could spell doom for their
postseason prospects.
The
Ravens might not make the playoffs. A win against the injury plagued Bears
could help them. Baltimore needed overtime to survive the Bengals last Sunday.
This
is the first Sunday featuring a flex game. Since obtaining the NFL's Sunday
Night package in 2006, NBC has the option of selecting a more competitive
matchup from only the Sunday games for their telecast. When the schedule is
released in April, the selection of when games air is usually based on last
season's results. But sometimes those matchups don't pan out as expected. Take
the originally planned Sunday Night game of Packers at Giants. Well, the
Packers lived up to expectations until Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone and
are now struggling with quarterback issues. Meanwhile the Giants started the
season 0-6, but have won their last 3 to pull within 2 games of NFC East
leaders Dallas and Philadelphia and could emerge at the top of the dumpster
fire the division.
NBC
in probably one
of their best television moves in a long time asked to have the Chiefs at Broncos
flexed to primetime. After this week, NBC will feature the Broncos at Patriots
in another edition of Peyton vs. Brady and on Thanksgiving Night the Steelers
traveling to Baltimore to take on the Ravens. NBC might get another game flexed
if the Redskins and Giants respective seasons continue to tank, but they might
keep it because it is the NFC East and those games usually get a good audience.
The
49ers return to New Orleans for the first time since February. The last time
they were there was for their 34-31 loss to the Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII.
This time they are taking on the hometown Saints who demolished the Cowboys on
national television. The audience is a tad smaller (the game is on
Fox),
but it will have the feeling of a playoff game. It would not surprise me if
these teams met again in January like they did back in the 2011 playoffs.
Monday
night has the Patriots traveling to Charlotte to take on the Panthers. This
should be a good one.
Ms.
Roberts and I finished 6-8 while that lucky S.O.B our good friend Mr.
Blake ended up 9-5. I'm in second place back 4 games while Ms. Roberts has
a good hold on third place and bringing up the rear are the 1974-75
Washington Capitals,
1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, 1962 New York
Mets,
Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Houston Astros.
And
we have gotten word that the Astros have been eliminated from playoff
contention.
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Me
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Monica
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Eli
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Week
10
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6-8
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6-8
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9-5
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OVERALL
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91-56
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81-66
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95-52
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Picks
are in BOLD
Times
are Central Time Zone
Games
airing in DFW are noted by (DFW)
BYE
WEEK: Cowboys, Rams
THURSDAY NIGHT, 7:20 PM (CT) NFL NETWORK
Colts at Titans
FOX NOON
Redskins
at Eagles (DFW)
Cardinals at Jaguars
Lions at Steelers
Falcons at Buccaneers
CBS NOON
Ravens
at Bears (DFW)
Browns
at Bengals
Jets at Bills
Raiders
at Texans
FOX 3PM
49ers
at Saints (DFW)
Packers
at Giants
Vikings
at Seahawks
CBS 3PM
Chargers at Dolphins
SUNDAY NIGHT, 7:20 PM (CT) NBC
Chiefs
at Broncos
MONDAY NIGHT, ESPN 7:30 PM (CT)
Patriots at Panthers
1 comment:
Michael: your math is bad. I went 9-6 same as you guys last week. The nine winners I had were the Buccaneers, Eagles, Bears, Bengals, Cardinals, Seahawks, Saints, Giants and Panthers.
Since we disagreed on four games, it was mathematically impossible for me to lose one game to you. In fact, in the games we disagreed on we went 2-2, but if you'd won three of those you'd have gained two games, not one.
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