NFL Week-1 2014 is Finally Here!

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An Incredible Image from Last Week's Oklahoma Tornadoes

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Glad I live in SOUTH Texas.

My Perfect Week

I've only done it one other time in 17 years of NFL picks. Yeah it's pretty rare. I don't remember many perfect pick 'em weeks happening, although I suspect there were probably several for this week-7. Kudos to me!

C'Mon Cowboys

3-1 is so much better than 2-2 at this stage, we know you can do it!

Cowboys' offensive line is gonna be the key to this game. Having already faced three fierce tests against the G-Men, the Seahawks, and most importantly the vicious Bucs, we know the Bears D-line is also one of the best. It's not gonna get any easier with this schedule, either. After the week-5 bye, we have to visit the Ravens in Baltimore! Ouch. Let's all say a little prayer now that we see Romo alive & well for week-7's game in Carolina.

Great Start, Cowboyz!

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Posts

Sorry for the lack of posts last week. No real reason - I just didn't find a lot of stuff. I also went to a concert Friday night, so in addition to already having a few things ready to go, I'll be posting a little review of that show.

So we'll get off to a good start this week! Thank you for continuing to visit!

Let's Go Cowboys!

A Terence Newman tweet:


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Yeah I totally believe we'll beat the Giants tonight. I'm glad I ran across this.

UPDATE: Wow. Just wow - How ironic could this have been? If there is ONE player who COULD be blamed for this loss to the Giants, yes, it's Terence Newman. Seinfeld: "Newman!" Gotta replace this guy ASAP. Gotta get 2 corners and 2 safeties who can cover receivers. Lord knows the ones we have can't.

PotW

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Good Goin' Rob

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NFL Bye Weeks Are Coming

I just realized this, and thought I'd pass it on for what it's worth.

The bye structure is different this season than in most previous ones, and I don't know why - other than all the possible lockout ramifications. Instead of starting at week 5 with 4 teams per week, then a couple weeks with 6 teams on bye, wrapping it up at week 10, this is how it is this season.
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The odd & interesting thing is there are no byes week-10:

Wk-5: 6 teams (CLE, DAL, STL, MIA, WAS, BAL)
Wk-6: 6 teams (DEN, TEN, KC, ARZ, SD, SEA)
Wk-7: 6 teams (BUF, CIN, NE, NYG, PHI, SF)
Wk-8: 6 teams (ATL, CHI, GB, OAK, NYJ, TB)
Wk-9: 4 teams (DET, MIN, CAR, JAX)
Wk-10: NONE -- wtf?
Wk-11: 4 teams (HOU, IND, NO, PHI) ..and DONE!

Thanksgiving falls in wk-12, so I'm not sure what's so special about wk-10, but hey if they're gonna spread it out more like this, they ought to spread it out even more, I say.

32 ÷ 4 = 8 Eight weeks, 4 thru 11, four teams each!

Or why not bunch 'em up? 32 ÷ 8 = 4 (duh) Four weeks, 6 thru 9, eight teams each?

Fantasy struggles either way. The ideal scenario for fantasy football is NO friggin' byes, but for some reason the NFL feels the need to give every team a week off - even though it is at a different time of the season for most of them. Which begs the question - what is the reason for the bye weeks anyway? Hmm...

Fantasy football would obviously be more "slammed" with the 2nd of those two options. For those four weeks fantasy teams would be scrambling to add/drop half their roster perhaps, and the result would suck... but it would "get it over with" in a much more concise period of time. The first idea provides fantasy teams to not be bogged down by a bunch of substitutions at one time, but it would simply stretch out the period of worrying about bye weeks a lot longer.

We all hate the bye weeks and must deal with them - or must we?

Vacation Rules

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Posts are gonna be a little slow this week until I get back home from a much-needed week's vacation. OK, it's much more needed for my wife than for myself, but it'll be great to be along with her on this much needed vacation of hers.

I'll have a link dump I've been preparing tomorrow to keep you all busy!

Rush's Neil Peart On Letterman's Drummers Week - 6/9/2011

Yeah, if it were not for Neil Peart, I would not be the person, let alone the drummer, that I am today. I sat and learned a ton of Rush songs, and played along with a lot of rock music. Iron Maiden, Metallica, a lot of others.. But there is no other drummer who is as great an influence to me than this man. I literally drummed to Moving Pictures start to finish hundreds of times. Then I went back to Permanent Waves, 2112, Farewell To Kings, and Hemispheres.

Ask any great drummer today his major influences, and if he doesn't mention Neil Peart, I'll be shocked.

He's the master.

Unnecessary Censorship

These have gone on wayyy too long for me not to have posted one. Hmm.. then again I may have posted one, but I can't remember.



All of them

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Champ Week: Seriously Underrated

March Madness is right around the corner!! How things have changed in the Big-12. Texas was #1 in the country a few weeks ago at 18-0. North Carolina is 16-15 and a #10 seed in the ACC tournament! Gonna be a crazy week. Tons up for grabs. Pretty wide open too!

And don't forget about the NBA!

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NFL Week 17 -- NFC

Wow. I love the last week of the regular season in the NFL.

95% of all your "fantasy football" involvement is now gone, and playoff scenarios are getting cut down to about 1/3 after everyone plays a game. And yet this season, there's still tons of things that can happen. Well, in the NFC, anyway.


I won't bore everyone with that crazy total scenario monologue that you hear a little too much, but it's incredibly crazy in the NFC with a week to go, though... and here's why:

Dallas and Philadelphia have both locked-up a playoff birth. But they just happen to play each other in the final week - for the NFC EAST division championship, and at worst a home playoff game... but better yet, each team is also gonna be motivated by the fact that a Minnesota loss gives us a chance at a first-round bye! But of course we gotta win! And a few more chances for something else to happen. But,

The winner is very likely to host the 6-seed in a wildcard game... which just happens to be each other. Oh yeah, and both have as good a chance as any NFC team of going as far as anyone.

DAL 26-17

Almost..

No one takes more advantage of his post-game press-conferences like Brett Favre. Right? Does anyone else go that deep into his thought process? Kurt Warner, maybe, but hey.. don't they get tired?

They.. the Vikings.. have lost 3 of 4 now, and will limp into the playoffs whether or not they win next week, really. But no doubt they'd much rather play at home - in da dome? But we get the Giants? Damn.. I haven't picked this game yet, but nothing would make these G-Men happier at this point.

Packers/Cardinals are both playing very well at the moment, but it could always change. Don't forget Kurt Warner's most important statistic. The Cardinals have at least won three of their last 5, after an eerily similar start as Minnesota. But haven't won more than 3-striaght all season. A season which has been very similar to their last, in which we saw them win those three straight at JUST the right time, en route to the Big Game. I don't think anyone would look forward to playing the Packers, either. But having lost twice in 5-weeks to the Vikings, at least they can hope to avoid them, which is very possible.

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Wait, the other team is the New Orleans Saints. Having already gotten to the 13-0 mark, I think they realized just what they had achieved, and also know exactly what they are doing. Of course, they'd like to have won the last two. But they knew this 2 weeks ago. Maybe a "get it out of your system now" or "these 3 games are meaningless" mind-set. Even Carolina is gonna be a tough win next Sunday, but Saints go into the playoffs with the best, most complete team. Sunday will be a huge key to how this NFC will unfold. But I think this is the team to beat.

Super Bowl Odds after NFL week-16:
Saints - 5:1
Eagles - 7:1
Cowboys - 15:2
Cardinals - 12:1
Vikings - 13:1
Packers - 16:1

I will be updating this! And will also be back for the AFC.