The Guru and Friends Predict Week 3
by John Bena on Sep 18, 2008 8:54 AM MDT
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Each year, I have given my thoughts and expertise a run for their money by publicly making my picks for each game every week. To add a twist, the fine contributors of MileHighReport have agreed to do the same, along with my lovely wife, with the winner laying claim to the Title of "Best Game Picker On MHR Until Next Year..." or something like that.
My thanks to Styg50, HoosierTeacher, Zappa, MDierk and Melissa for agreeing to partake in a little bit of fun. Without further ado, the picks --
| GAME | TheSportsGuru | Styg50 | HoosierTeacher | Zappa | MDierk | Melissa |
| K.C. @ ATL |
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| T.B. @ CHI |
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| MIA @ N.E. |
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| HOU @ TEN |
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| OAK @ BUF |
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| CAR @ MIN |
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| CIN @ NYG |
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| ARI @ WAS |
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| DET @ S.F. |
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| STL @ SEA |
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| PIT @ PHI |
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| JAX @ IND |
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| CLE @ BAL |
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| N.O. @ DEN |
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| DAL @ G.B. |
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| NYJ @ S.D. |
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| W-L | 17-14 | 18-13 | 19-12 | 19-12 | 21-10 | 19-12 |
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Arizona over Washington
Arizona has a better offense then New Orleans( without Colston) and is better defensively than New Orleans. The Saints had a skeleton secondary last week, missing Mike Mckenzie, Randall Gay and Roman Harper. I need more proof that Jason Campbell is the guy he showed us in week 2, than the guy that was last year, and week 1.
"People ask me, 'What did you think about the draft picks?' I said, 'Dude, I don't watch.' I'm still kind of bitter," Smith said. "Some guys got drafted and they ain't played football in 15 years and I'm still waiting to get drafted. I'm still waiting to hear my name." -Rod Smith
by The Heat on Sep 18, 2008 12:37 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
To Clarify...
Washington played the Saints last week.
"People ask me, 'What did you think about the draft picks?' I said, 'Dude, I don't watch.' I'm still kind of bitter," Smith said. "Some guys got drafted and they ain't played football in 15 years and I'm still waiting to get drafted. I'm still waiting to hear my name." -Rod Smith
by The Heat on Sep 18, 2008 12:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am not sold on Arizona yet....
I consider them and Washington to be equals. I choose the home team. :)
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 12:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I picked Jax, not Ind. fyi
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 12:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm just asking for a bad week aren't I?
fader nation is a conquered nation
"Jerry Jones is Al Davis with a smile!"
The creator of the following names: conquered fader nation, Phyllis and his merry men
by mdierk on Sep 18, 2008 1:34 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
heheheh...read my mind. :P
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 1:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
btw, mdierk is cheating. I saw him looking into Chuck Norris' crystal ball last week.
I’ve reported him to the proper authorities…
mdierk, you must cease and desist beating my arse!
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 1:34 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
HT and I had the same record last week
fader nation is a conquered nation
"Jerry Jones is Al Davis with a smile!"
The creator of the following names: conquered fader nation, Phyllis and his merry men
by mdierk on Sep 18, 2008 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tell that to Chuck when he comes to visit you! :P ;)
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
We had the same, great record...
…even with different picks!
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Sep 18, 2008 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Upset of the week
Detroit over SF, sorry but Detroit has to win at least two games this year and SF is awful, I really don’t think anyone should be allowed to go to the playoffs from the NFC West
"How do the berries taste Ralph?" Bart Simpson
"They taste like burning." Ralph Wigam
Broncoman
by Broncoman on Sep 18, 2008 1:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
He lives in Cleveland...its hard not to fall for the koolaid over the airways.
I even thought the Raiders might take us in Week 1….ha! (I live in Sacramento, so the Raiders are local and the local koolaid fooled me too)
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you're 17-14...
…you have start taking calculated risks to give yourself a chance to get back in it.
Clevelands a good risk. ;-)
by UnarmingMermaid on Sep 18, 2008 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea, I may have taken too many calculated risks.
Being along with the TB and JAX picks is scary. Almost alone with the PIT pick also, but I think people are underestimating them as much as they underestimate the Broncos.
I’ll be happy as a clam if MIN, TB, JAX, and DEN all win this week.
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll be happy if Denver wins this week
Also hope Chargers lose again
Victor Frankl:
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
by wyoeng on Sep 18, 2008 2:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only rule I follow religiously when handicapping
is
“Don’t be surprised by your own picks.”
I really wish we were picking against the spread. I’m better at figuring out how teams will play eachother, not who will win…
Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.
by Jeremy Bolander on Sep 18, 2008 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm glad we aren't because I suck at betting the spread.
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 2:21 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm best when picking with confidence points...
…where one rates how sure he/she is of the pick. Close games or upsets may get a point or two, whle the sure things get more like 15 or 16 points.
I used to tear up the faculty pick ’em pool at my school.
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Sep 18, 2008 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer the close games...
I win or lose the season based on close games. Week 1, I nailed it…Week 2, I bombed it.
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 3:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those are the types of pools that I run
Makes you pick on something more than just uniform color :-P
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"I love your analysis of our team. Its kinda like watching a spider monkey trying to figure out a jar of peanuts.. you know whats going on.. you know whats in there, but to actually figure it out, is just a bit beyond your mental skills..."
- Bronco Dano
by DesertBroncoFan on Sep 18, 2008 3:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Melissa!!
I like the bold pick of the Cardinals!
That’s ok with me. We’re playing for wins, not media publicity....HT 9/11/08
by firstfan on Sep 18, 2008 2:15 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes
I hate it when everyone picks Denver to win. Those are the games we seem to lose.
by hawaiiguy on Sep 18, 2008 2:43 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
We all picked Denver weeks 1 and 2. ;)
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 2:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I'll be honest and pick Denver if I expect them to lose.
I’m just nervous about having to be the first one and catching all of the grief!
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Sep 18, 2008 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will not pick against the Broncos until we play the Jets.
I will pick the Jets only to stir up all the Brett Favre crap again. lol
In fact, I already have all three loses mapped out. We get Favre’d then lose to the Bills(revenge on us) and the stinkin’ Chargers. But we only lose to the Chargers because we already have the division and first round bye locked up. :P
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
i wont pick against them then
You are breaking your tenants of LaLA land. I am disappointed
Love is a razor and I have walked the line on that silver blade
by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 18, 2008 3:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zappa must now go and bathe in the South Platte to become cerimonially clean
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn
Tom Arnold, of Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, said this about Warren Sapp: "Hey, Warren, the Raiders signed you to a seven-year deal. I guess Bill Callahan was right --- they are the dumbest team in America."
by Philistine21 on Sep 18, 2008 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have sinned.
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I find your...
…lack of faith disturbing" , Darth Vader.
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Sep 18, 2008 5:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
or, in his case
the Sacramento…
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"I love your analysis of our team. Its kinda like watching a spider monkey trying to figure out a jar of peanuts.. you know whats going on.. you know whats in there, but to actually figure it out, is just a bit beyond your mental skills..."
- Bronco Dano
by DesertBroncoFan on Sep 18, 2008 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I freely enter and leave La La Land.
I am above it all, Chuck Norris protects me.
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 3:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
You ARE la la land. :-)
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn
Tom Arnold, of Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, said this about Warren Sapp: "Hey, Warren, the Raiders signed you to a seven-year deal. I guess Bill Callahan was right --- they are the dumbest team in America."
by Philistine21 on Sep 18, 2008 5:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The reason I picked the Jets this week is.....
Favre will find a way to get to the Chargers. San Diego is still grousing about the game in Denver so they are ripe for getting Favred Monday night.
fader nation is a conquered nation
"Jerry Jones is Al Davis with a smile!"
The creator of the following names: conquered fader nation, Phyllis and his merry men
by mdierk on Sep 18, 2008 3:06 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't blame you
I mean with the way Cutler performed against their secondary Sunday, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Favre do the same. Besides he is 5-0 vs SD. On the other hand it is at home and the Chargers are going to come out pissed. Should be interesting and I will be a Favre fan for one night.
I don’t think the Vikes will be the Panthers despite having a new QB on Sunday. The Panthers are looking good and they get Steve Smith back.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 4
by weazel on Sep 18, 2008 3:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chargers were supposed to be pissed last week. ;)
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
Denver has better WR/TE’s that were a better match against the Chargers. Favre maybe a gunslinger (hate him I really do) but he doesnt have the weapons Jay does. So while it wouldnt surprise me I expect Sd to kick the crap out of them. Basically because they cant afford to start out 0-3 and fall 3 games back of Denver this early
Love is a razor and I have walked the line on that silver blade
by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 18, 2008 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think SD will win too
however I won’t be surprised if he has a good day. He seems to do well on primetime.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 4
by weazel on Sep 18, 2008 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you over-estimate the power of Favre
The fact is he barely beat one of the worst teams in the NFL in the Dolphines (watch what the Cardinals did to them last week) and then can’t beat a New England team minus Tom Brady with a very old and pedestrian defense, the Jets don’t have any recievers and I really doubt their defense will be able to stop the Chargers. Just an opinion though, that’s why they play the game.
"How do the berries taste Ralph?" Bart Simpson
"They taste like burning." Ralph Wigam
Broncoman
by Broncoman on Sep 18, 2008 5:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is the national bird of La La Land?
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn
Tom Arnold, of Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, said this about Warren Sapp: "Hey, Warren, the Raiders signed you to a seven-year deal. I guess Bill Callahan was right --- they are the dumbest team in America."
by Philistine21 on Sep 18, 2008 4:52 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Pheonix
rising from the ashes
Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.
by Jeremy Bolander on Sep 18, 2008 5:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice call
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn
Tom Arnold, of Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, said this about Warren Sapp: "Hey, Warren, the Raiders signed you to a seven-year deal. I guess Bill Callahan was right --- they are the dumbest team in America."
by Philistine21 on Sep 18, 2008 5:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or the ostrich.
Keeping its head in the sand, refusing to believe that the team still needs a few tweaks before being dominant.
: )
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Sep 18, 2008 5:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is the wisest bird?
After all, we are 2-0…. :)
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 18, 2008 7:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
THE VULCHER.
It waits for Denver to Kill the other team and then eats the dead meat!
by metalman5050 on Sep 18, 2008 7:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some think the owl is wisest.
But I’m biased towards the American Bald Eagle.
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Sep 19, 2008 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
La La Land is a fantasy land for the most part....
I’d prefer to keep the Eagle strictly America related!
I like the Owl the best.
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 19, 2008 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Owls keep their eyes wide open.
They don’t wear rosy colored glasses. They (owls) might not be the best representatives of La La.
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Sep 19, 2008 6:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol, good point!
any blind birds out there? how about a Bat?
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 20, 2008 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like a BAT!!!
“the best attack I’ve found is to just run away. That way you instill fear in you opponent. They never know when you might descend from the rafters…LIKE A BAT!!!” —Reed Tucker
Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.
by Jeremy Bolander on Sep 20, 2008 9:03 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bat it is!
If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
by Tim Lynch on Sep 20, 2008 9:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhm.
Bats are not birds. They’re mammals.
On the other hand, being a giant Batman fan, I’d go for it.
"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe
by Steve Nichols on Sep 21, 2008 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
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