A peak at the new NFL Power Rankings (via si.com) suggests the Dallas Cowboys are the number 10 team in the league. That’s nonsense. On the other hand, Demarco Murray is far and away the #1 Fantasy back in the game thus far. The season is unpredictable. Who would’ve guessed Shady McCoy would be average and Matt Asiata would run for 3 tds? My powers of research and observation cannot predict such things accurately, but I can tell you who is going to win from week to week. My 22-19 total suggests that I’m right more often than a monkey slapping at buttons or a baby drooling on the winning team’s logo. That’s not such a great comparative rate of success, but if you eliminate the nonsense of the second week then I’m sitting at around 75% success. That’s something to note. Here are a few more notes on the upcoming slate of games.
GB over MIN
R-E-L-A-X, GB faithful, even with a rookie RB going strong and Matt Asiata making short work of goaline stands, the Vikings are going to get cheesed pretty bad here.
CHI over CAR
Carolina has too many problems to count but it starts with an injury-prone RB corps and a line that isn’t doing much to or create running lanes or protect the QB. I’m putting my faith in Alshon here.
HOU over DAL
Don’t believe the hype. Even injured as it is, the NYG secondary is miles above and beyond anything DAL can do. Add to that the presence of a mostly healthy Arian Foster and the porous DAL D is going to have trouble, which means Romo is going to be playing from behind and throwing that rock all over the place… with limited success.
DET over BUF
PIT over JAC
NO over TB
NYG over ATL
I bench the ATL QBs if i’m you. Seriously: 7 NY picks in the last 2 games…
STL over PHI
The dirty truth of that fast-paced Eagles offense is that it is predicated on a strong run game. STL is predicated on a strong run defense. I see a handful of important stops making this one a close win for STL.
CLE over TEN
DEN over AZ
Denver is just too much offense. It will be close.
SD over NYJ
The Jets are killer against the run and decent against the pass and completely useless on the offensive side of the ball… We Want Vick. I get that he isn’t the end all, but he is able to move the pocket and move the ball outside of the pocket enough to bring up safeties and create match ups that guys like Salas can take advantage of.
SF over KC
NE over CIN
SEA over WAS
Some Thoughts:
- My kids cheat at Black Ops II. Just sayin.
- Been looking at a wealth of energy supplements to get myself back in balance. I had to stop drinking coffee at night because it was limiting my sleep. Now I sleep slightly longer, wake up earlier, and am a great deal more tired on average. That’s all kinds of wrong.
- As a coach and a Dad I’ve been making running punitive. Running shouldn’t be punitive. It should be applauded and rewarded.