Week 1 picks
Greetings fellow NFL fans. We've made it to the first Sunday of the NFL season, after seven months of wondering and waiting. They keep saying football is a year-round event, but if you are a fan the only thing that matters is game time. so let's have some fun picking these.....
NY Jets at Buffalo--I grew up in New York a Giants fan. I have many friends that are Jets fans. I know it's easy for me to say I feel their pain, but I really do. And this year, the Jets are going to be hot garbage, perhaps being lucky to win two games. Bills 33, Jets 10
Jacksonville at Houston--Here's hoping this game will help the good people of Houston (and probably of Jacksonville too) cope with hurricane damage, if only to let them forget about it for three hours. The game itself....the Jags are still QB'd by Blake Bortles and Chad Henne. Yeah. Texans 19, Jaguars 13
Pittsburgh at Cleveland--You wanna talk about a franchise that's been snake bit. The Browns re-entered the NFL in 1999 as an expansion team after Art Model followed the crab cakes. They made the playoffs in 2002. The end. Steelers 40, Browns 9
Arizona at Detroit--Every time I see part of any Lions game, I see them in a nail biter with a minute left and Matt Stafford running a 2-minute drill. He's got stones no other QB in the league has. But he still has to play against Aaron Rodgers twice a year, sometimes three. Lions 35, Cards 34
Atlanta at Chicago--Mitch Trubisky is the most Chicago sounding QB ever. "Hey Trubisky, you want a BRAAAAAT?" Congrats Chicago, you are going to suck again. Falcons 31, Bears 14
Oakland at Tennessee--The Raiders were looking like a legitimate Super Bowl contender last year before Derek Carr's injury cut the season short. Marcus Mariota's Titans' season was also cut short due to injury. The Redemption Bowl is going to be the best game of the day. Raiders 31, Titans 27
Baltimore at Cincinnati--Whenever I think of the Ravens, Bengals or Steelers, my body hurts as if I could feel the hits they inflict on each other. These division games are really tricky to pick, too. Oh, and they gave Vontaze Burfict a 3-year extension. That guy loves collecting 15-yard flags during potential game-winning drives for the other team. Only the Bengals do that. Bengals 21, Ravens 17
Philadelphia at Washington--I hate the Eagles. I hate the Eagles. I hate the Eagles. Oh hey look, Carson Wentz just shot a duck. Redskins 24, Eagles 21
Indianapolis at LA Rams--People keep saying the Rams will be improved this year. I won't buy that until I see it. Would anyone notice if they played this game in Canada? Colts 16, Rams 13
Carolina at San Francisco--Superman has looked less Super since getting beaten up in the Super Bowl by Von Miller two seasons ago. But he has a new toy in Christian McCaffrey, and the Niners will not be contenders overnight. Panthers 34, Niners 17
Seattle at Green Bay--These two teams seem to open the season against each other every year, don't they? And hey, they win the Joe Buck sweepstakes this week! Packers 27, Seahawks 24
NY Giants at Dallas--These two teams don't seem to open against each other every year. They really do. This will be the third straight time that they've opened the season on Sunday Night Football, in Jerry World. And the fourth time in five years they opened against each other. I guess we win the Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth sweepstakes. Take a drink every time Collinsworth gushes over Sean Lee. Cowboys 24, Giants 20
New Orleans at Minnesota--I don't know how I think they will pull this off with Sam Bradford leading them, but the Vikes will pull this off with Mike Zimmer's specialty--suffocating D. Vikings 19, Saints 17
LA Chargers at Denver--Who does the thin air of Denver help more? Me, because I'm not there. Broncos 26, Chargers 24
NY Jets at Buffalo--I grew up in New York a Giants fan. I have many friends that are Jets fans. I know it's easy for me to say I feel their pain, but I really do. And this year, the Jets are going to be hot garbage, perhaps being lucky to win two games. Bills 33, Jets 10
Jacksonville at Houston--Here's hoping this game will help the good people of Houston (and probably of Jacksonville too) cope with hurricane damage, if only to let them forget about it for three hours. The game itself....the Jags are still QB'd by Blake Bortles and Chad Henne. Yeah. Texans 19, Jaguars 13
Pittsburgh at Cleveland--You wanna talk about a franchise that's been snake bit. The Browns re-entered the NFL in 1999 as an expansion team after Art Model followed the crab cakes. They made the playoffs in 2002. The end. Steelers 40, Browns 9
Arizona at Detroit--Every time I see part of any Lions game, I see them in a nail biter with a minute left and Matt Stafford running a 2-minute drill. He's got stones no other QB in the league has. But he still has to play against Aaron Rodgers twice a year, sometimes three. Lions 35, Cards 34
Atlanta at Chicago--Mitch Trubisky is the most Chicago sounding QB ever. "Hey Trubisky, you want a BRAAAAAT?" Congrats Chicago, you are going to suck again. Falcons 31, Bears 14
Oakland at Tennessee--The Raiders were looking like a legitimate Super Bowl contender last year before Derek Carr's injury cut the season short. Marcus Mariota's Titans' season was also cut short due to injury. The Redemption Bowl is going to be the best game of the day. Raiders 31, Titans 27
Baltimore at Cincinnati--Whenever I think of the Ravens, Bengals or Steelers, my body hurts as if I could feel the hits they inflict on each other. These division games are really tricky to pick, too. Oh, and they gave Vontaze Burfict a 3-year extension. That guy loves collecting 15-yard flags during potential game-winning drives for the other team. Only the Bengals do that. Bengals 21, Ravens 17
Philadelphia at Washington--I hate the Eagles. I hate the Eagles. I hate the Eagles. Oh hey look, Carson Wentz just shot a duck. Redskins 24, Eagles 21
Indianapolis at LA Rams--People keep saying the Rams will be improved this year. I won't buy that until I see it. Would anyone notice if they played this game in Canada? Colts 16, Rams 13
Carolina at San Francisco--Superman has looked less Super since getting beaten up in the Super Bowl by Von Miller two seasons ago. But he has a new toy in Christian McCaffrey, and the Niners will not be contenders overnight. Panthers 34, Niners 17
Seattle at Green Bay--These two teams seem to open the season against each other every year, don't they? And hey, they win the Joe Buck sweepstakes this week! Packers 27, Seahawks 24
NY Giants at Dallas--These two teams don't seem to open against each other every year. They really do. This will be the third straight time that they've opened the season on Sunday Night Football, in Jerry World. And the fourth time in five years they opened against each other. I guess we win the Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth sweepstakes. Take a drink every time Collinsworth gushes over Sean Lee. Cowboys 24, Giants 20
New Orleans at Minnesota--I don't know how I think they will pull this off with Sam Bradford leading them, but the Vikes will pull this off with Mike Zimmer's specialty--suffocating D. Vikings 19, Saints 17
LA Chargers at Denver--Who does the thin air of Denver help more? Me, because I'm not there. Broncos 26, Chargers 24
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