After going 2-3 last week, I fell to 29-25-1 on the season. Here are my picks for today:
New England +3 at Green Bay
Arizona -2 at Atlanta
Carolina +2.5 at Minnesota
New York Giants -3 at Jacksonville
Tennessee +7 at Houston
Also, Place to be Nation's "Greatest Song of the 90's" Tournament has two polls today. Vote for groups AA and BB by clicking on the links below:
http://placetobenation.com/ptbns-greatest-song-of-the-90s-tournament-pool-round-one-group-aa/
http://placetobenation.com/ptbns-greatest-song-of-the-90s-tournament-pool-round-one-group-bb/
New England +3 at Green Bay
Arizona -2 at Atlanta
Carolina +2.5 at Minnesota
New York Giants -3 at Jacksonville
Tennessee +7 at Houston
Also, Place to be Nation's "Greatest Song of the 90's" Tournament has two polls today. Vote for groups AA and BB by clicking on the links below:
http://placetobenation.com/ptbns-greatest-song-of-the-90s-tournament-pool-round-one-group-aa/
http://placetobenation.com/ptbns-greatest-song-of-the-90s-tournament-pool-round-one-group-bb/
George Atkinson's son doing kick returns. A Raider family dynasty in the making.
ReplyDeleteAndy Dalton already has an interception.
ReplyDeleteFrom a true Angelino, fuck the Raiders and Rams. I don't see how any LA person can like either of those teams.
ReplyDeleteAnd Colt McCoy already has the Redskins in the red zone.
ReplyDeleteI ended up taking Baltimore ML, Pats +3.5 and I have the Dolphins teased with all kinds of other action. If the Jets end up screwing me on Monday as hard as I got screwed in the Pitt/Jets game, I'm going to hate life.
ReplyDeleteNever mind, came from a turnover.
ReplyDeleteYour NFL Coverage Map... http://506sports.com/
ReplyDeleteWhich is only relevant for the morning, because we're ALL getting Patriots/Packers for the late game... except for Atlanta because they suck.
That's great. I don't hate Dalton but I do root for him to play as terrible as possible because it's highly entertaining.
ReplyDeleteThe Ginja Ninja strikes first!
ReplyDeleteHis eventual total self destruction is eminent.
ReplyDeleteHe's the new Matt Schaub... except there's no name for taking pleasure in Dalton's failures.
ReplyDelete#Schaubenfreude
I'm glad they didn't put New England vs. Green Bay in prime time. Because it would have inevitably been a blowout if it was.
ReplyDeleteHopkins is a pretty decent receiver but his give a fuck level is so low.
ReplyDeleteThey call it the Collinsworth Curse.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Barkevious Mingo ate your baby?
ReplyDeleteI hate Fantasy Football. I'm a Raider fan but I've got Tre Mason on my fantasy squad. Conflict of interest.
ReplyDeleteLA's got it made for the NFL. 10 am start times and all the good games.
ReplyDelete1-11 on the season... let's talk about it.
ReplyDelete10 AM start time sounds awful. Noon start time is where it's at.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Luck and Andy Dalton are um not off to good starts
ReplyDeleteI'll be nice and not tell you my record.
ReplyDeleteBut hey! You got that first win. You and my Raiders have that in common. I'm rooting for you.
What happened? Injuries or the team you drafted just didn't pan out?
http://deadspin.com/bo-pelini-on-nebraska-fans-fuck-you-fans-fuck-all-o-1327398903/1664828657/+samer
ReplyDeleteOnly in major college football is a .712 winning percentage unacceptable.
As a west coaster I revile 10 AM starts.
ReplyDeleteOne of these things is par for the course.
ReplyDeleteI seem to think it wasn't as much as his wins as it was he pissed off the wrong people.
ReplyDeleteHe's killing me. Last week against Jax he was 15 points under projection. Now he's off to a -2 start. Luck isn't who I thought he was, so now I can't crown his ass.
ReplyDeleteEVERYBODY IN THE CLUB THROWING PICKSES
ReplyDeleteUgh, my antivirus scan has been stuck at 81% for like an hour and hogging up all kinds of resources.
ReplyDeleteTaunting is the dumbest penalty. Five yards for block in the back and other penalties that could injure other players, fifteen yards for hurting their feelings. Also, Jerome Boger should be a ward of the state.
ReplyDeleteWe keep saying it, it's not just wins, it's who you beat. You can't beat the best at a powerhouse program, you're not gonna stay.
ReplyDeletePlus he was pretty unpopular there
Thanksgiving really messed up fantasy. For some odd reason every one of my opponents scored like 80 points with half of their team on Thanksgiving day itself. My teams scored only like 4 points on average.
ReplyDeleteNot starting Jacquo Bell screwed me. But I had Charles, Morris, Gore, and Vereen on those teams.
Rams haven't thrown the ball past the line of scrimmage.
ReplyDeleteSo happy I got Tre Mason as my flex, my team is STACKED
ReplyDeleteJust... not going my way. Nothing really wrong with my team. Lacy didn't start playing until about Week 4 and he was my star. My next two picks of Reggie Bush and AJ Green have been hurt or not producing. I've been jumping around on defenses all season. Dan Carpenter is a great kicker. Only good waiver pickup I had was Martavis Bryant. The rest didn't pan out.
ReplyDeleteOnly been destroyed twice. The rest of the losses happened via the Sunday night game or in 3 cases... 4th quarter of Monday night.
The Huskers think they should still be challenging for national titles.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll need TY Hilton and Julius Thomas to explode for huge games to have a chance this week.
ReplyDeleteDamn. I'd rather be destroyed than suffer those close losses. It's happened a few times. It's ugly.
ReplyDeleteHilton is the master of awesome game, invisible game
ReplyDeleteI wish refs would just kind of let that stuff slide with a warning... same for excessive celebration.
ReplyDeleteBaltimore is trending up as a SB contender.
ReplyDeleteAnd fuck your basketball team.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to hate our league. The usual half the players don't care, they're just taking depth from the league.
Studman Bailey is legit.
ReplyDeleteTerrance West coughs it up inside the 10
ReplyDeleteHe's a Stud,man.
ReplyDelete16 people is way too many. I think the commish needs to keep tabs on the non players and boot them next season
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have joined if I knew it was gonna be 16. I think by the time I got in, it was 10. Isn't default like 12?
ReplyDeleteAhhh Shaun Hill rushing TD!
ReplyDeleteCarolina looking sharp early. And by sharp, I mean fucking atrocious.
ReplyDeleteNever mind that shit
ReplyDeleteTurnovers for everyone!
ReplyDeleteYeah, 16 is just too much.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna own being acab it owner this year. Sixteen is too many and the number of spots we need to fill + the roster caps make it impossible to do anything.
ReplyDeleteDamn you Hill you glory hound! Give it to Mason. The Rams are out to get me.
ReplyDeleteWE WANT MA SON
ReplyDeleteTampa Bay: 2-8, in contention for the NFC South title. The trophy this year will be a Certificate of Appreciation and a fez.
ReplyDeleteI'm just cheering against all NFC South teams in all games just for fun at this point. I want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes and how bad a record the division winner has. They're all out of the division this week so I get to cheer against all of them. I'm enjoying this.
ReplyDeleteSomeone on the Washington D dun goofed
ReplyDeleteI normally would be worried that he's only got one carry but he's got the TD catch and I know they're gonna start pounding the ball soon.
ReplyDeleteScrawny Arms Rob Lowe... BRILLIANT!
ReplyDeleteHe's my flex so he's already earned his keep
ReplyDeleteHe's my RB2 so there's more eating that needs to be done.
ReplyDeleteThis may be the first-ever 6-win division champion, considering the records now.
ReplyDeleteJim Carey on Letterman... I just... Anyone else think Jim Carey has a REALLY tough time just being Jim Carey?
ReplyDeleteNew Dart ad: uh, Craig, the police *will* be siding with your neighbor and you may be shot.
ReplyDelete... and a copy of Football for Dummies.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard when your career is toast
ReplyDeleteI've gone against DBSM twice already. And his teams have been on a tear against me specifically. Really annoyed. That's fine though, because that's how things go.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm looking around for some solid rebounding and assists, and the available players are just sad. It's like all of us are just trading the same names from week to week based on how their schedules and our matchups are.
3rd and 1. Odds Shula calls a twenty yard pass?
ReplyDeleteSteelers dodged two bullets in 20 seconds of gametime...
ReplyDeleteThe Raiders desperately need to get Carr some help in the offseason. They need to get a running game because this kid can't throw it 50 times a game like he's been forced to do.
ReplyDeleteFantasy hockey advice. Well, not actual advice...
ReplyDeleteSo in our league, we play head to head with another player for the week. I barely squeaked out a lead following last night's play by .1 of a point. I have four players playing today (only one game in the NHL, Detroit vs. Vancouver), the last day of the week, and my opponent has none. So technically, I've won the week already.
So what I did was sit all four of my guys down and will win without playing them. If I do play them, I risk losing cumulative points via plus/minus (say one of my players has a bad plus/minus game, I lose points overall) as my opponent can take the lead. If I do nothing and bench my guys, I win the week.
Kind of a chintzy way to win? Or good strategy?
31-28 is very possible here.
ReplyDeleteIt's got to be tough, he just wants to be seen as a serious actor... but the problem is, there's a plethora of guys who do that better than Jim Carey... so he's stuck doing "Jim Carey movies," which were FANTASTIC in the 90s, but that time has come and gone.
ReplyDeleteSame. I hope they only play non-division at this point.
ReplyDeleteI have Matt Ryan, and he's been just a bit below par. It's definitely cost me a few times.
Kick their gumbo-sucking asses.
ReplyDeleteI don't follow movie stars so maybe it's a dumb question but what happened to his career? He did a lot of juvenile comic movies and most of those were good. Then he had a run where he was trying to be a serious actor with Man on the Moon, Eternal Sunshine and the Truman Show. And those were all good too.
ReplyDeleteSo what happened exactly? Why is he not even a B-lister anymore?
I think when the camera is on him, he just turns on the performance. It's just his quirk. Like Robin Williams used to.
ReplyDeleteI was talking Football...
ReplyDeleteMy Raider fan roommate hasn't actively hated Carr this year, thinks he might be alright...
ReplyDeleteBig Pun at the bottom...hey guys just because you're wrestling fans doesn't mean your taste in everything else has to be complete shit too.
ReplyDelete... and it was REALLY hard for Robin Williams to just be Robin Williams too.
ReplyDeleteThe winning strategy is the best one. I sit pitchers all the time in baseball when I have a win in hand.
ReplyDeleteTHE ONLY WINNING MOVE IS NOT TO PLAY
Fuck Riverboat Ron, I'm ready for the Gus Bus.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to say if Carey's issues are from himself, or bad management.
ReplyDeleteHe was really funny once, and he's still pretty good overall. I respect his ventures into the more serious sides, but they haven't worked out for him. I loved Truman Show and I thought he was solid, but it wasn't gangbusters or anything.
Yea.
ReplyDeleteI think he is too. It's just hard to tell when they have a historically bad running game and he has to throw 50 times a game. And he doesn't have choice receiving targets either.
ReplyDeleteI think they could actually build something around him. But they gotta give him something. Get rid of Jones-Drew and McFadden for starters.
It's true. Man, you should have seen me last night following the games. I had a terrible day but Ryan Getzlaf scored like three points in the third period of his game and that pulled it off...and then I realized what I could do with today's strategy at like 1:30am and it blew my mind!
ReplyDeleteFor years, I thought the Truman Show was snubbed by not getting Oscar nominations, but go back and watch it again. Jim's work in it is only great when he's being funny.
ReplyDeleteJim Carrey was great in The Majestic (i think) and the Truman show, but yeah there's too many folks that are just way better.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with it. I've sat goalies to keep my GGA before.
ReplyDeleteI think he's perfectly capable of being a serious actor, I don't know why that didn't work out.
ReplyDeleteI mean, that new Dumb and Dumber movie looks dreadful and like 15 years too late.
If they think he's the answer, the fuck do they do at the top of the draft?
ReplyDeleteHe was great in the serious role in Eternal Sunshine
ReplyDeleteFile this under the "you don't say!" I hope Goodell preemptively bans his Criminole ass.
ReplyDeleteYou're the only Raider fan I know so let me ask you. Say the Raiders don't win again and pick 1st or 2nd (seems safe). Do you take Mariota? If not who do you take? The only team that could pick ahead of the Raiders if they don't win again is Jacksonville who will not take him so he's definitely going to be on the board.
ReplyDeleteThanks, dude! I was feeling guilty before but now I say, fuck'em!
ReplyDeletePlay to win.
ReplyDeleteIf they are serious about keeping him I could see them going with Amari Cooper. If they're gonna ditch him then probably Mariota.
ReplyDeleteTheir problems go deeper than QB, they need to take the best non skill position, someone who will help the line or defense
ReplyDeleteThanks, my African brother!
ReplyDeleteThat happening plus all the AFC NORTH teams finishing above .500 would be FANTASTIC.
ReplyDeleteSorry...my African "brotha".
ReplyDeleteReally hoping the Falcon get that 6-10 title and Detroit travels there as wildcard for their playoff game, assuming GB wins the North
ReplyDeleteCarrey's said that he suffers from depression, too.
ReplyDeleteThey're actually 2-9.
ReplyDeleteThey should not go with Mariotta... that way the Bucs can take him with the 2nd pick.
ReplyDeleteI think Carr could be somebody and I think they can win with him. As a rookie with a stunning dearth of talent around him, he's kept them in games. If they can get him some talent. Problem is, it's gonna take some patience. They need to get a RB, some receiving talent and some big repairs on defense.
ReplyDeleteThey've never shown the patience to do that so I'm worried they'll take Mariota and ditch Carr and then Mariota will struggle in the same situation Carr has.
Big Pun is right where he needs to be.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's right. I said it. Whatcha gunna do, West Side?
I'd build from the lines out...Who's that DL from USC that keeps getting hyped up?
ReplyDeleteLeonard Williams. He's legit.
ReplyDeleteI had Carolina with the inside track to win the division with 6-9-1, but I thought they'd win today so...I don't even know. Carolina's tie might make the final records look even worse. It's actually possible for them to win with a 5-10-1.
ReplyDeleteWell if someone lets say the Jets falls in love with Mariota, maybe they can trade out of the spot.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't call him a B-lister. Dumb and Dumber To might have been shit but it did win the box office.
ReplyDeleteIt's just that people's comedy tastes change and when he was hot, he did a lot of serious movies because they were offered. But when he went back to comedy, he couldn't relate to the audience anymore.
It's happened to Robin Williams and Ben Stiller, too and it'll happen to Seth Rogen and his crew, probably. Will Ferrell seems to be the one guy it hasn't affected.
Leonard Williams is a monster, he's a worthy #1 pick. Only problem with the Raiders is that the Jags think so also and they probably aren't going to win again either.
ReplyDeleteChicken parm you taste so good...
ReplyDeleteNot sure that we really have A List anymore. I mean Chris Pratt seems to be the biggest star right now. I wouldn't consider him A List.
ReplyDeleteWe have a LOT of B+ players, and then the part timers come out to do a movie once a year...
Wait a minute...
Taking engagement photos today this better not interfere with the Packers-Pats game
ReplyDeleteLol Bucs up on the Bungles 10-0 I approve
ReplyDeleteI agree. If they don't take Cooper they need to bite the bullet and not live by the Donna Meagle motto of "Skill Positions Only" and get some lineman. Get some vital pieces.
ReplyDeleteWait, wait... Opposing teams can PUNT to the Carolina Panthers? Get the fuck out!
ReplyDeleteGod help Mariota if the Jets fall in love with him.
ReplyDeleteThat's true. And you could say Guardians or Lego Movie would be huge hits without Pratt.
ReplyDeleteBig stars don't mean hits anymore as audiences are going for concept over star power. Even Johnny Depp and Will Smith aren't guaranteed successes anymore.
Fuck you, Cincinnati. Damn Buccaneers.
ReplyDeleteI was talking basketball.
ReplyDeleteAlthough in 1 of my 3 fantasy football leagues, I'm in a 16 person league with no trades. I hate that league. Commish totally didn't say any rule changes and I was an idiot for not reading the rules of the league before joining.
Dear Browns: stop shitting the bed against bad teams. Or throw every game. Either way.
ReplyDeleteThere are no "draws" in movies anymore... it's more about the franchise themselves...
ReplyDeleteWait a minute...
I take it you aren't happy with RRR...
ReplyDeleteHowever, the Panthers' owner is a crotchety old shitheel.
That whoever wins that dumpster fire of a division gets a home playoff game is bullshit.
ReplyDeleteYes. He flamed out after winning the Vezina trophy.
ReplyDeleteThat ad made me seek out a decent chicken parm locally. All the good ones are way over in St. Louis. We don't have enough dagos on this side of the river.
ReplyDeleteThe day of the one guy being a draw is over. Studios realized that if you have a good premise or brand, you can make it a smash with an ensemble
ReplyDeleteBen Stiller is fucking awful. Just had to say that.
ReplyDeleteGod I'm kicking myself for taking Dalton & Ryan as my fantasy QBs.
ReplyDeleteNice catch by Stedman Bailey.
ReplyDeleteI agree...but for awhile, he was THE big comedy star.
ReplyDeleteI am of the opinion that they should fire everybody. The coaching has been legitimately horrid.
ReplyDeleteHe has a good little nitche in opening movies around holidays. Where people are just used to going to the movies on those days and they end up seeing a familiar face. Safe family stuff.
ReplyDeleteHow the hell did they pull out 12 wins last year?
ReplyDeleteJim Kelly yay!!!
ReplyDeleteBREAKING NEWS!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Saints are dogshit outside the dome...More at 11
Vince was ahead of the curve for once!...course, he's in the wrong business for that mindset. Maybe he really thinks that he makes movies
ReplyDeleteThe Browns allowing huge chunks of yardage against yet another garbage team BOOOOOOO!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've liked anything he's done other than Zoolander and Dodgeball and he was the worst part of Dodgeball to me and Zoolander was just kinda OK. I don't get his appeal at all.
ReplyDeleteFucking choke artist.
ReplyDeleteDalton yes. Ryan, no.
ReplyDeleteRyan is a good fantasy QB except his O-line has been terrible. Although his top 2 receivers have been slowed by injuries last 2 years.
Sex with Scarlett Johansson would not interfere with that game for me today.
ReplyDeleteGiants looking good today, but is it enough to save Coughlin's job?
ReplyDeleteDefense was playing out of their minds.
ReplyDelete"Face Off 2: Faces Off" could be HUGE!
ReplyDeleteThe Browns stink.
ReplyDeleteBetter secondary + better D-line + better O-line and healthier running game. Coaching was ancillary.
ReplyDeleteThe era of PG-13 comedies ended leaving him in a lurch. The dramas that he loves doing were rejected.
ReplyDeleteHe's also crazy and I think hard to work with, which doesn't help. His public behaviour has overshadowed his films which makes execs skittish
Cam was healthier last year too.
ReplyDelete"2 Faces, 2 Furious"
ReplyDeleteAnd Orton bails them out
ReplyDeleteThere it is!
ReplyDeleteA LOT of people really didn't get his humor. I found him more annoying than funny. He was better trying to play the "unfortunate everyman" like There's Something About Mary or Meet the Parents.
ReplyDeleteThey sure do, but I made a commitment.
ReplyDeleteBig Pun was so classic. I like in 1999 where every big guy was nicknamed "Big Pun".
ReplyDeleteI'd say no, but it's a mystery that he's been there that long, so who knows...
ReplyDeleteIf the Bills had a competent quarterback, that's at least a 10-win team.
ReplyDeleteThe Bills were just simply the best team in a shitty conference. He didn't choke. It's like when the Nets were in the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003.
ReplyDeleteI'm of the opinion that if your division can be won with a losing record, then your division doesn't deserve to be represented in the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteKyle Orton.
ReplyDeleteFucking Shula... Needs 5 yards, calls a forty yard bomb.
ReplyDelete2 Super Bowl rings.
ReplyDeleteThen don't have divisions at all.
ReplyDeleteFucking Orton. You suck, pal. And the QB from the Bills is shit too.
ReplyDeleteOH JESUS, CAROLINA...
ReplyDeleteTwo blocked punts for TDs.
Not in 91. They were definitely the best in the NFL.
ReplyDeleteMissed the playoffs every other year though.
ReplyDeleteTHROW THE DAMN TOWEL!
ReplyDeleteThat was a lucky pick.
ReplyDeleteInterception OUTTA NOWHERE
ReplyDeleteYea, that one they gagged. The other three...not so much
ReplyDeleteLOLOLOLOLOL
ReplyDeleteIt really sucks all his post-Truman dramatic work didn't catch fire, cause he was great almost every time out
ReplyDeleteThat's not true, they just flamed out in the playoffs
ReplyDeleteFAT GUY TD
ReplyDeleteYou don't make four straight SuperBowls without being a great team. They were great, and except for their first one... just could not get anything going in the SuperBowl.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen people this overmatched since the Battle of Wolf 359.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I Love You Phillip Morris one of my favourite movies but it just didn't get the nominations it needed to breakout. It's a shame, since he is amazing in it.
ReplyDeleteThe AFC was awful then.
ReplyDeleteYeah, great movie
ReplyDeleteThey are overmatched by the Sex Boat Bandits? Oh boy...
ReplyDeleteNERD!
ReplyDeleteThe second on against Dallas they choked too. The other 2 they just got blown the Fuck out. Though 9 turnovers in a game is fucking inexcusable.
ReplyDeleteYup, I sure tuned into this game to see Jerome Boger. God he sucks.
ReplyDeleteDown 21 and you're playing for field position? I'll take it, but sheesh.
ReplyDeleteThey were competing with Marino in their division in his prime. Granted Marino was about all the Dolphins had... but he made Peyton Manning look like Mark Sanchez.
ReplyDeleteHard to keep track, I'm tearing up everyone in all three leagues right now.
ReplyDeleteHis fantasy numbers have not Been what they should be. Yes it's most at fault of his o-line and team injuries, still doesn't mean he's been solid
ReplyDeleteHERE WE GO!
ReplyDeleteThis happens once every five years. Football will survive.
At least my team is considerate. I know they're losing before the mid point of the second quarter.
ReplyDeleteIn one game? Damn...
ReplyDeleteNo. It's time for the giants to move on.
ReplyDeleteIt shouldnt happen at all. A team with a losing record doesn't deserve a spot over ones that win.
ReplyDeleteIn ONE HALF.
ReplyDeleteIt's the Jag's. They'd be losing if they were playing someone good I'm sure
ReplyDelete"Hey man, I know you're not going to believe me, but don't buy a RG3 jersey. He's gonna be out of the league in 2 years."
ReplyDelete- 2014 Bruce to 2012 Bruce.