Havent decided for sure yet - but between these three I feel as though I've got at least two winners.
Skins at -2.5 seems like its too easy so i am a tad afraid of this one... The Giants arent very good on either side of the ball - and as long as my man warner is at the helm I'm gonna be looking for fade ops. I went with the giants last week because I thought the 9 points was a bit high - yet my question was the secondary and sure enough it came back to haunt me as TO tore them up. Brunell and his no name receivers had little impact last week - but portis should be able to plug out another 100+ yarder, at least similar to what the giants gave up to westbrook last week (if not more)...
Oak -3 Bledsoe looks to be up to his old tricks - racking up decent performances with little effectiveness overall. Who knows how this will go - but I think that with the raiders coming home facing a relatively even team the 3 points is about right.
minny +3 The Minny lean is another close one - and these teams are so similar on offense it amazes me. They both have feature QBs and media hungry WRs, paired with less than average backs. Not saying that westbrook wont run all over minny like he did last week against the Giants, but I think that its more likely that the scoring in this one will be taking place in (or primarily facilitated by) the air... Thats gonna have to be the case for minny to win - because it appears as though onterrio smith wont play at all. Overall I think it will come down to how the corners are able to handle TO/Moss. It would appear that the vikes would have the advantage there - and I also saw that the vikes held TO to 55 yds last year...
GL guys
Skins at -2.5 seems like its too easy so i am a tad afraid of this one... The Giants arent very good on either side of the ball - and as long as my man warner is at the helm I'm gonna be looking for fade ops. I went with the giants last week because I thought the 9 points was a bit high - yet my question was the secondary and sure enough it came back to haunt me as TO tore them up. Brunell and his no name receivers had little impact last week - but portis should be able to plug out another 100+ yarder, at least similar to what the giants gave up to westbrook last week (if not more)...
Oak -3 Bledsoe looks to be up to his old tricks - racking up decent performances with little effectiveness overall. Who knows how this will go - but I think that with the raiders coming home facing a relatively even team the 3 points is about right.
minny +3 The Minny lean is another close one - and these teams are so similar on offense it amazes me. They both have feature QBs and media hungry WRs, paired with less than average backs. Not saying that westbrook wont run all over minny like he did last week against the Giants, but I think that its more likely that the scoring in this one will be taking place in (or primarily facilitated by) the air... Thats gonna have to be the case for minny to win - because it appears as though onterrio smith wont play at all. Overall I think it will come down to how the corners are able to handle TO/Moss. It would appear that the vikes would have the advantage there - and I also saw that the vikes held TO to 55 yds last year...
GL guys
Oakland should win it's home opener, I think, but I didn't pick them. Gannon is never going to be the same since that Superbowl disaster, and he didn't look very good last week. Those 3 turn-overs, plus 2 fumbles that were recovered by the Raiders, never used to happen with him. Our offensive line is partly to blame, but his indecisiveness, holding on to the ball too long is also. I see them as an 8-8 team this year with Gannon starting, with all of their games being struggles. gl
thanks md rams
I just posted a little note to you in the other thread regarding this guy:
Best of luck to you
Oren - I know what you are going through - as a fan you hate to risk be wrong about your own team, but in this case the matchups would seem to clearly point to oakland IMO. Do you agree?
I'm not making excuses (well...) but the turnovers possibly were a result of some rustyness and Id give some of the blame to the line as well - plus the steelers D looked pretty good minus a few big plays they gave up - you know?
a 58 yard pass and a 38 yard pass for TDs was all they really gave up - and I give credit to Pitt for being able to hold them back - but also credit to Oakland showing they can stick around even without a running game, in someone elses home opener - but still up 21-10 at the end of 3 isnt what I'd call a close game despite the ending...
The bills defense certainly looked penetrable - even again the lackluster offense of Jacksonville. Gannon is no superstar in my book - but he is head and shoulders above leftwich and co.
GL guys
I just posted a little note to you in the other thread regarding this guy:
Best of luck to you
Oren - I know what you are going through - as a fan you hate to risk be wrong about your own team, but in this case the matchups would seem to clearly point to oakland IMO. Do you agree?
I'm not making excuses (well...) but the turnovers possibly were a result of some rustyness and Id give some of the blame to the line as well - plus the steelers D looked pretty good minus a few big plays they gave up - you know?
a 58 yard pass and a 38 yard pass for TDs was all they really gave up - and I give credit to Pitt for being able to hold them back - but also credit to Oakland showing they can stick around even without a running game, in someone elses home opener - but still up 21-10 at the end of 3 isnt what I'd call a close game despite the ending...
The bills defense certainly looked penetrable - even again the lackluster offense of Jacksonville. Gannon is no superstar in my book - but he is head and shoulders above leftwich and co.
GL guys
heheh yeah if I had to bet on the game I would say that Oakland -3 is the side. The Steelers D did look impressive, much better than what Oakland saw in the preseason. I hope you're right about it just being rustiness, but, I'm pretty pessimistic after last year's performance, which Gannon seemd to blame their offensive coordinator for, when Gannon just looked terrible. His quarterback rating was 73.5 last year, and last week he was 77.0. not exactly Pro Bowl material. Those two touchdown passes were the difference from last year, and having Brown out of the picture, and then Rice out the second half, helped. They do play a lot better at home, the black hole is no joke, although I doubt it's gonna be a sell-out so i'll be listening to it on the radio unfortunately.
Wow I dont know if its just me or what - but I've had real problems getting on to the site since wednesday...
Anyone know whats going on?
Anyway I'm going with these (5 total):
Skins -3 -105
Oakland -3 -118
Minnesota +3 +101
Jets -3 -114
and a 4 team 13pter
Redskins +10
Oakland +9½
Jets +10
Minnesota +16
Anyone know whats going on?
Anyway I'm going with these (5 total):
Skins -3 -105
Oakland -3 -118
Minnesota +3 +101
Jets -3 -114
and a 4 team 13pter
Redskins +10
Oakland +9½
Jets +10
Minnesota +16
I am having some concerns on this and I am afraid that when I did my initial research I recklessly passed over the fact that the minny defense gave up 425 yards, 355 to the rickety arm of vinny testicles...
also I didnt see until just now that their starting corner was injured and is now probably out for the season.
ugh
also I didnt see until just now that their starting corner was injured and is now probably out for the season.
ugh
