Week 7 NFL Games

[TruffleShuffle]

Sunday, Oct. 22nd at 1 pm

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Carolina at Cincinnati

Detroit at NY Jets

Green Bay at Miami

Jacksonville at Houston

New England at Buffalo

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay

Pittsburgh at Atlanta

San Diego at Kansas City

 

Sunday, Oct. 22nd at 4 pm

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Denver at Cleveland

Arizona at Oakland

Minnesota at Seattle

Washington at Indianapolis

 

Monday, Oct. 23rd at 8:30 pm (ESPN)

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NY Giants at Dallas

 

No Sunday-nighter. The Bears are off so this is all the NFL action for this week.

 

The teams in bold will win. Arizona-Oakland game should be cancelled, though.

[TruffleShuffle]

Ferguson could be done for the year with the Packers with a foot injury. And Koren Robinson was just suspended by the NFL for one year.

 

Yay, I actually thought we'd win this week, but we'll be lucky to win two more games now this season.

 

What a joke. Our 3rd receiver is going to be some practice squad player that no one has ever heard of. And Thompson completely missed the boat on trading for Jerry Porter. What an idiot.

Quite a bit of a receivers' success depends on the quarterback. If Favre does well the rest of the year, the Packers could end up having a star receiver who started the year on the practice squad and took a rare opportunity to make it big. A good game by Leinart last night made a star out of Boldin.

 

Uh didn't Boldin already make a star out of himself by catching 100 passes for about 1400 yards in his two healthy NFL seasons?

[series65cubsfan]

How can the return of Steve Hutchinson to Seattle not make the week somewhat interesting. After all the "poison pill" stuff this offseason, this game should be highly entertaining and therefore not on in my area

 

Exactly my thoughts as well. The Koren Robinson link is gone though. That of would have been interesting to see Seattle's DB's covering him.

[Andy]

I've got coverage maps.

 

http://www.gribblenation.net/nflmaps/07-FOX-E.gif

 

http://www.gribblenation.net/nflmaps/07-CBS.gif

 

http://www.gribblenation.net/nflmaps/07-FOX-L.gif

 

I get to see Carolina...again. :D

[UMFan83]

GEE SO GLAD THE CHICAGO MARKET IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE GB-MIA INSTEAD OF A GREAT CIN-CAR MATCHUP.

 

Geez, I hate Brett Favre

[series65cubsfan]

It's aggravating. Someone please explain to me why southern California is watching Washington vs. Indianapolis instead of the Minnesota - Seattle game. I can even make a case for AZ against the Raiders being broadcast.

 

I guess it's about Manning (?) Don't see why you couldn't draw good ratings with last years SB team though.

[CubColtPacer]

This is the first week that my market has 3 very good games on it. I am unfortunately in the Titans zone, but this is their bye week. I get to see Pittsburgh-Atlanta, Carolina-Cincinnati, and my Colts play the Redskins. This looks like the start of 3 weeks in a row that I get to see the Colts on TV, which makes me very happy.

[goonys evil twin]

It's aggravating. Someone please explain to me why southern California is watching Washington vs. Indianapolis instead of the Minnesota - Seattle game. I can even make a case for AZ against the Raiders being broadcast.

 

I guess it's about Manning (?) Don't see why you couldn't draw good ratings with last years SB team though.

 

southwest coast bias man.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

It's aggravating. Someone please explain to me why southern California is watching Washington vs. Indianapolis instead of the Minnesota - Seattle game. I can even make a case for AZ against the Raiders being broadcast.

 

I guess it's about Manning (?) Don't see why you couldn't draw good ratings with last years SB team though.

 

I don't see why the Raiders game isn't on here, but since AZ and Oakland suck, I won't complain.

[CubColtPacer]

Well, I guess the bye week still didn't help the Colts injury situation that much. Wednesday injury report came out with 21 players questionable. Notable names include several starters on defense (Freeney, Reagor, Gardner, Sanders) our 3rd and 4th corners (Jackson, Hayden) pretty much all of our backup defensive linemen (Reid, Klecko, LaCasse, Thomas), our starting center and 2nd tight end for our 2 tight end formation (Saturday, Utecht) our 3rd, 4th, and 5th receivers (Stokely, Moorehead, Wilkins) and our kicker and punter, along with a couple of others. I hope half of those players can play, or else you might see people at positions you have never seen before.

[soccer10k]

It' looks like Davis is borderline but hopefully I'll get the Minnesota-Seattle game instead of the Arizona-Oakland game.

[Flames24Rulz]

GEE SO GLAD THE CHICAGO MARKET IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE GB-MIA INSTEAD OF A GREAT CIN-CAR MATCHUP.

 

Geez, I hate Brett Favre

 

I'll gladly trade.

 

The one thing I liked about being in the Chicago market was that they ALWAYS get the Packers game whenever the Bears are playing at a different time (or not playing at all in this case).

 

This sucks :x Looks like BWW it is.

[Andy]

The picks:

 

San Diego (-5) over KANSAS CITY

Green Bay (+5) over MIAMI

NY JETS (-3.5) over Detroit

ATLANTA (+2.5) over Pittsburgh

Philadelphia (-5) over TAMPA BAY

New England (-5.5) over BUFFALO

Jacksonville (-9.5) over HOUSTON

Carolina (+3) over CINCINNATI

Denver (-4.5) over CLEVELAND

OAKLAND (+3) over Arizona

SEATTLE (-6.5) over Minnesota

INDIANAPOLIS (-9) over Washington

DALLAS (-3.5) over NY Giants

[CaliforniaRaisin]

It' looks like Davis is borderline but hopefully I'll get the Minnesota-Seattle game instead of the Arizona-Oakland game.

 

I don't see how you guys are borderline at all. You should get Vikings-Seahawks.

[TruffleShuffle]

ATS picks:

 

Kansas City +5

Green Bay +5

Jets -3.5

Pittsburgh -2.5

Philadelphia -5

New England -5.5

Houston +9.5

Carolina +3

Denver -4.5

Arizona -3

Seattle -6.5

Indy -9

NY Giants +3.5

[Banedon]

I don't normally post my picks on here, but I just want to say that I think Oakland wins this week.

[soccer10k]

San Diego (-5)

Miami (-5)

NY Jets (-3.5)

Pittsburgh (-2.5)

Philadelphia (-5)

New England (-5.5)

Jacksonville (-9.5)

Carolina (+3)

Denver (-4.5)

Arizona (-3)

Seattle (-6.5)

Indianapolis (-9)

Dallas (-3.5)

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'll get to my pics tomorrow. It's been a busy week.

[Guest]

It' looks like Davis is borderline but hopefully I'll get the Minnesota-Seattle game instead of the Arizona-Oakland game.

 

I don't see how you guys are borderline at all. You should get Vikings-Seahawks.

what maps are you guys looking at? The one I saw is clearly Oakland and Arizona - I would have been shocked if it were otherwise.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

It' looks like Davis is borderline but hopefully I'll get the Minnesota-Seattle game instead of the Arizona-Oakland game.

 

I don't see how you guys are borderline at all. You should get Vikings-Seahawks.

what maps are you guys looking at? The one I saw is clearly Oakland and Arizona - I would have been shocked if it were otherwise.

 

Err, the map seems to have changed.

[Balsa]

ROFL

 

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/pit/211716219.html

 

"In or around the End Zone"

 

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Alright...time for week seven picks. Last week was not kind, but I'm still a game over even for the year. Hopefully, this will be the week I break out of my funk. Well, here we go!

 

Jacksonville (-9.5) at Houston. For a half last week in Dallas, the Texans resembled a football team. Jacksonville, however will put it to them. This game is an easy one to pick. Even with the large spread, give me Jaguars (-9.5).

 

Carolina (+3) at Cincinnati. The Panthers go on the road to take on the Bengals. It's going to be a hard-fought game, and if the Bengals surrender yardage on the ground like they did against New England, they could be in trouble. I'm following my gut that the Bengals will step it up and score more points than the Panthers can muster. Bengals will win by a TD, so give me Cincinnati (-3).

 

New England (-5.5) at Buffalo. The Bills will have trouble scoring on the Patriots and I expect the Dillon-Maroney tandem to run all over the Bills. Give me Patriots (-5.5)

 

Philadelphi (-5.5) at Tampa. The Bucs will win sometime this year. It won't be this week. Eagles (-5.5)

 

Detroit (+3.5) at NY Jets. Nothing about the Jets impress me much. In a bleh game, I'll follow the points.Give me Lions and the 3.5 points.

 

Green Bay (+5.5) at Miami. I think Miami will win the game, but it's going to be close. So close, I'm taking the Packers (+5.5)

 

San Diego (-5) at Kansas City. LJ vs LT. The Chargers have the better supporting cast. Chargers (-5).

 

Pittsburgh (-2.5) at Atlanta. Vick will break out on Sunday. Falcons (+2.5)

 

Denver (-4.5) at Cleveland. Call me crazy, but I expect the Browns to pull off the upset at the Dog Pound. Browns (+4.5)

 

Arizona (-3) at Oakland. I'm not sure Oakland will win all year. I am certain Leinart and the Cardinals have the better weapons. Cardinals (-3).

 

Minnesota (+6.5) at Seattle. In a game that I think will be decided by less than a TD, I'll follow the points. Vikings (+6.5)

 

Washington (+8) at Indianapolis. The Colts will lose this year. It won't happen in week seven. Colts (-8).

 

NY Giants (+3) at Dallas. The Cowboys have struggled offensively, but their defense has been stalwart. I think the Cowboy defense will cause Manning to make mistakes and those mistakes will cost the Giants. Cowboys (-3)

[bukie]

This week's DVOA ratings: here

 

Bears fall back to the pack, and clear separation once again between quality teams and bad teams. Buffalo falls back to the bad teams category completely now.

 

Division net ratings:

1. NFC East: 91.3%

2. AFC North: 18.6%

3. AFC West: 8.9%

4. NFC North: 8.8%

5. NFC South: -2.2%

6. NFC West: -29.7%

7. AFC South: -42.9%

8. AFC East: -45.7%

 

Notes:

- NFC North falls mostly due to the Bears coming back from the stratosphere. Teams overall aren't as bad as other divisions' bad teams.

- NFC East appears to be in a class of its own, with no bad teams.

- AFC East has just one good team, AFC South has 2 of the 3 worst teams.

- AFC North is improving despite Cincy's and Baltimore's struggles due to Pittsburgh coming on strong.

[TruffleShuffle]

Philadelphi (-5.5) at Tampa. The Bucs will win sometime this year. It won't be this week. Eagles (-5.5)

 

How about last week? :wink:

[B]

Yay, Go Bucs.