NFL Picks

Week 13

Indianapolis over Cleveland
Baltimore over Cincinnati
Miami over St Louis
Buffalo over San Francisco
Green Bay over Carolina
Tampa over New Orleans
NY Giants over Washington
Atlanta over San Diego
New England over Pittsburgh
NY Jets over Denver
Kansas City over Oakland
Minnesota over Chicago
Jacksonville over Houston

Uni

I forgot to add this Uni Watch....it ties into the Wizards...maybe Jordan quit once he saw these throwbacks..

Questionables

Donovan McNabb got benched yesterday at halftime of a 12-7 game vs the Ravens....yes he had 2 ints and a fumble...but to bench him?....he's gone..theres no way you could tell me Kolb would have done better against that team..nor is it good to "evaluate" him against that defense...and as a result...he did no better than Donovan did...he's gotta go...i'd be really angry if I was McNabb..that city and this staff has done nothing but criticize me...from the day he got drafted...he has his faults..like every other QB..but he takes waaaaay more shots than any other QB for no reason.

The Wizards fired coach Eddie Jordan after going 1-10 so far...I dont think he should have been fired..but with a record of 1-10...its hard to defend when you have Jamison and Butler healthy and playing...yes...Gil isnt playing..nor is Haywood...but 1-10?..I dont know who you are going to bring in that will do any better...just keep in mind that Gil,Butler and Jamison are never healthy together...and all are locked in for a while..

Texas...Texas Tech...and Oklahoma are all 10-1...Oklahoma lost to Texas..but beat Texas Tech..Texas Tech beat Texas...but lost to Oklahoma...and Texas beat Oklahoma...but lost to Texas Tech....did your head explode there?....

Speaking of college...you know who should be fired?...Charlie Weis of Notre Dame...6-5 is decent..but their losses are very good ones..last week it was to Syracuse and they blew a big lead..certain schools have big expectations..and if you dont meet them..you get replaced by someone who can...sorry...he isnt...

Week 12

11-3 last week...here we go

Cleveland over Houston
Kansas City over Buffalo
New England over Miami
Tennessee over NY Jets
Baltimore over Philly
Dallas over San Francisco
DETROIT OVER TAMPA BAY
Jacksonville over Minnesota
Chicago over St Louis
Denver over Oakland
Carolina over Atlanta
NY Giants over Arizona
Washington over Seattle
Indianapolis over San Diego
Green Bay over New Orleans

Trade To The Future

The Knicks...the Warriors and the Clippers have made a trade with each other....sorta..this is how it went

NY sends Zach Randolph and Marty Collins to LA for Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley

NY sends Jamal Crawford to Golden State for Al Harrington

Here is how I see things...Golden State is....sidestepping?...Harrington wanted out so getting him out is a good thing..but bringing in Crawford is..questionable..he's a scorer..he needs alot of shots..but at his position would be Steven Jackson...Corey Maggette and Kelenna Azubuike all manning the wings...I cant see how that would work..well if you move Crawford to the point..things become a little more interesting...I dont know if he can play the point(for the reasons i've provided earlier) or if Jackson plays full time at that spot(had been doing heavy unofficial work there already)..but Monta Ellis(remember him?) is coming back within the next month and that would create a problem there as well...I dont know..I'll give more when I actually see it.

The Clippers have a similar issue but at a bigger position...they bring in Zach to play the 4..well that helps the small issue with the Camby/Kaman duo...Camby should be the one who goes to the bench..even though any combo is pretty good..I actually think that there will another trade involving Kaman..but thats for another time...anyways getting Cuttino out of town frees up time for rookie Eric Gordon to get some regular minutes...but the downside is that Ricky Davis is still there and will use most of those minutes taking bad shots...good and bad.

And there is the Knicks....who..were playing fairly well...they get Al Harrington..whos...okay...just never a player you could be excited about..he does some things well..some things bad...but his basketball IQ isnt there alot of the time..so he'll have some really bad plays..but somehow he'll be masked by the uptempo style.They get Cuttino and Tim Thomas...both are decent shooters who underachieve..um..the reason they made this trade was to free up space for the summer of 2010...so when Wade,Joe Johnson,Lebron,Bosh,Amare and others are free agents..they can make a run for 2 players and go for whatever..um...thats 2 years away...so are you committed to sucking and not making the playoffs now and next year...so in 2010 you have a "chance" to get a superstar?...risky...very risky...they better get 2 good ones because if not...you've wasted 2 years that you can never get back....oh yeah..Stephon and Eddy still arent playing...

Week 11

12-1 last week(whoa)...lets try it again..

Atlanta over Denver
Indy over Houston
Miami over Oakland
NY Giants over Baltimore
Carolina over Detroit
Philly over Cincinnati
Chicago over Green Bay
New Orleans over Kansas City
Tampa over Minnesota
San Francisco over St Louis
Arizona over Seattle
Tennessee over Jacksonville
Pittsburgh over San Diego
Dallas over Washington

Enjoy the games...

Miffed

Um...well I'll be honest with you...there are quite a few things I dont know about...I watch sports..I see everything thats going on..it processes...but I dont know...

I watched Detroit take on Boston last night...alot of things going there..KG vs Sheed..Tayshaun vs Paul..Ray vs Rip..and oh yeah..the meshing process of the shipping out of Billups and in the incoming of Allen Iverson...big stuff..well...the game was a trainwreck..the Pistons individually looked okay...Rip didnt look good at all...but it just made the point of me questioning the move still...on paper it seemed like an upgrade offensively...but the actual execution of it all didnt look good..I think Rip will suffer the most because his shots will have to change a bit with a more of a scoring lead guard..it can only get better because it couldnt get any worse.

This is how I'll explain what i've seen in the NFL..

Most Surprised with(Good)
-Matt Ryan/Atlanta Falcons-Come on...he's playing better than any other QB I've seen at the rookie level..had to be here
-Tennessee Titans-The defense had always been good,but the pass offense has been actually decent..and thats all they need
-Washington Redskins-Finally it seems that everything is coming together for them..oddly enough it would be for a 1st time coach in Jim Zorn..
-Baltimore Ravens-The defense has always been great..it still is...but another rookie QB Joe Flacco has been showing everyone why he was taken where he was taken..its amazing what a good QB can do to a team...ask the Dolphins

Most Surprising(Bad)
-Seattle Seahawks-Offense has been bad due to injuries...but the defense has been bad because of...I dont know...everyone figured to have them 1st or 2nd in the division at this point..not at 2-6
-San Diego Chargers-Other than Shawne Merriman being out..this is the same team...but yet they've been mediocre..like edging out Kansas City mediocre..if it wasnt for their division they wouldnt sniff the playoffs
-Dallas Cowboys-Another talent filled team like San Diego..and the same results...just more hype behind them...I could reasonably see them not making the playoffs and you would think the world was ending..stop.
-Oakland Raiders-I figured they wouldnt be good...I get that..but all the off the field stuff..cutting DeAngelo Hall...firing their coach...Al Davis..just a mess of an organization..to another level.


San Francisco's Tim Lincecum is your NL Cy Young...I'm so happy...the kid had a great year for a team that didnt even make the playoffs...which is different for baseball because your team can affect your record...he still outplayed Johan Santana and Brandon Webb...I'm glad..and I feel he'll have more.

Week 10

10-4 last week...

Tennessee over Chicago
Jacksonville over Detroit
Baltimore over Houston
New England over Buffalo
New Orleans over Atlanta
Miami over Seattle
Green Bay over Minnesota
NY Jets over St Louis
Carolina over Oakland
Indy over Pittsburgh
San Diego over Kansas City
NY Giants over Philly
Arizona over San Francisco

Around The Sports

Here's what I've been noticing around the league...

Stephon Marbury doesnt play...again..and has been put on the inactive list.I think I may be the only one who'll say this..but he's getting a bum rap here.Its one thing for him to be acting like he did last year and past years where he's not getting along with teammates or coach..he's good at that..and I cant defend any of those situations..I'm talking about the now..here and now..he went through training camps..no issues with anyone..he played in the preseason..no problems...thought he should start,was told he wasnt going to start...accepted it and no problems..all that just to be inactive?...and they're losing?...come on...thats not acceptable.I think this is another situation where people dont like the player(ie Barry Bonds,A-Rod,TO,etc) where it clouds people's perception of a bad situation and I think that is wrong.He may not able to be traded(21 mil this year will do that) but I think if you dont want him around you get rid of him by cutting him...having him sit and do nothing for $21 mil is reasonably worse than him playing it out..and NOW New York is penny pitching?....gimme a break.

So how long before ESPN starts to criticize Brett Favre for his lackluster play?....He's throwing interceptions like its nobodies business and they've sputtered because of it..but nah he's still a gunslinger who is just having fun...remember what I said about perception?

The Oakland Raiders are reallllly bad..like turn away from the highlights bad..if you cant watch the highlights of their games..ew

Baron Davis is injured and out...did you win the office pool?

I've been hearing more Allen Iverson trade rumors now than I did when he was in Philly..I think he's gone sometime this year...but where?

Week 9

Sorry for the missed picks last week..I was dealing with some overly wild stuff this time last week..so lets get to the picks via iPod Touch

Bills over Jets
Jags over Bengals
Ravens over Browns
Vikings over Houston
Bears over Lions
Bucs over Chiefs
Titans over Packers
Cardinals over Rams
Broncos over Dolphins
Giants over Cowboys
Falcons over Raiders
Eagles over Seahawks
Patriots over Colts
Steelers over Redskins

enjoy the games