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RJ's Famous NFL Picks, Week One
BlogCritics ^ | September 5th, 2007 | RJ Elliott

Posted on 09/04/2007 11:02:39 PM PDT by rob88888

Atlanta (7-9) at Minnesota (6-10) - 1:00 PM

The Falcons missed the playoffs last year by losing their final three games. And now they've lost noted animal-lover and PETA spokesman Michael Vick for 12 to 60 months due to a self-inflicted injury. Vick will be replaced at QB by the lovable Joey Harrington, who won't throw for many touchdowns, but he won't be flipping off the home crowd/spreading herpes/killing dogs with his bare hands, either. The Falcons are going to need their defense to overachieve and RB Warrick Dunn to rush for 1,500+ yards just to avoid losing double-digit games this season.

The Minnesota Vikings started out 4-2 last season, only to lose eight of their last ten games and (obviously) miss the playoffs. QB Brad Johnson was released in the off-season, so the unproven Tarvaris Jackson will be starting under center. The Vikes will need a strong season out of RB Chester Taylor in order to put many points on the board. The defense should be better-than-average.

PICK: I predict an ugly, low-scoring game. Overtime is a possibility, with an interception/fumble return for a TD providing the final score. (Sylvia Browne ain't got nothin' on me.) VIKINGS BY 6.

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To: Liberty Valance

Gary P Nunn, excellent song! (What I Like About Texas), the only thing missing from that excellent video was perhaps a passing image of Buddy Holly (native son of Lubbock), who was a musical pioneer (IMHO) right up there with Bob Wills.

Thanks for the music this morning, it’s helping to salvage a rough start, but that’s another story. ;)


21 posted on 09/05/2007 6:15:16 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jan 20, 2009 - "We Don't Know. Where Rudy Went. Just Glad He's Not. The President. Burma Shave.")
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To: perez24
Did you notice that in listing the new defensive players that the Redskins picked up he include Dallas Sartz who isn’t on the team anymore?

I had not noticed that, I need coffee. LOL
22 posted on 09/05/2007 6:16:00 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jan 20, 2009 - "We Don't Know. Where Rudy Went. Just Glad He's Not. The President. Burma Shave.")
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To: Liberty Valance

Nice pom-poms!


23 posted on 09/05/2007 6:16:42 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: swain_forkbeard

As a life-long Bear fan I’d like to point out that the Colts QB ...er ... whatshisname had something to do with the outcome of the Super Bowl

we played badly

they played better


24 posted on 09/05/2007 6:22:33 AM PDT by daku ("My dream continues with ferocity, thank you.")
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To: mkjessup
Got news for ya pal, blondes jiggling on the sidelines have yet to score even ONE point

They score points with ME! lol

25 posted on 09/05/2007 6:29:48 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: rob88888

The Bears ate too much deep dish Chicago pizza last season and concentrated more on watching the chicks along Michigan Street than on the football.

This season, pizza gorging and chick watching will again be primary on the Bear’s schedule, as they limp through the season wounded and bloody, reflecting perfectly their namesake home - Soldier’s Field. Calls will be made to rename the stadium Bear Rug, as team after team walks over the former Monsters of the Midway.

By game 5, Wrecks Grossman will enter the field of combat with a trench shovel in hand, hoping to bury a performance even more dismal than last season.

That the Bears will lose twice to the hated Green Bay Packers has already been chiseled in stone by God. But losing twice to the Detroit Lions on last minute fumbles/interceptions by Grossman will have Chicago fans begging for the Chicago mob to dig graves to bury the remainder of the season.

The highlight of the season will be that Chicago deep dish pizzas will retain their title as the best pizzas east of the Mississippi and girl watching along Michigan Street will still be the No. 1 Chicago spectator sport, both of which the Bears will have done too much of.


26 posted on 09/05/2007 6:32:30 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Condor51
As a Seahawks fan I am all too familiar with my team sticking with the wrong QB for too long (Rick Mier).

On one hand the Bears did make the SB, on the other the D and Special Teams won quite a few games for them. While I didn't watch too many Bears games, the ones I saw Rex looked like crap and the SB was a huge melt down.

Rex is bad and he isn't going to get any better.

27 posted on 09/05/2007 6:37:20 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: normy

I just watched the Superbowl on NFL Channel. Rex threw a pick for a touchdown and singlehandedly turned a 2nd and 1 into 4th and 20 something by falling down and fumbling. I think the score would have been exactly the same no matter who played on your D.

I watched that last night with my wife - a HUGE Colts and Manning fanatic.

And I agree completely. Rex Grossman simply isn’t a good quarterback. He freaks out at the oddest times in games....has anyone ever fumbled as many snaps from center in a single season?

As long as he’s the QB for the Bears, that defense will never see a winning Super Bowl. Watching the game last night just reconfirmed the view I held all last year, and that I hold going into this season.


28 posted on 09/05/2007 6:46:09 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: Just another Joe
They score points with ME! lol

We're talking on the scoreboard, not on your personal levels of testosterone, but I salute you having a good eye! LOL
29 posted on 09/05/2007 6:54:29 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jan 20, 2009 - "We Don't Know. Where Rudy Went. Just Glad He's Not. The President. Burma Shave.")
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To: Badeye

I think Roman Gabrial at one time held the record for fumbles in a single season by a QB. Last year, Tony Romo had a near mental breakdown in his playoff game and lost that game for Dallas.


30 posted on 09/05/2007 6:54:55 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: Badeye
Right. You can't take away from the Colts winning that game.

A great defense can win you a Superbowl if your quarterback doesn't lose it for you. Think Dilfer and the Ravens or McMahon and the 85 Bears.

31 posted on 09/05/2007 7:00:33 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: 7thson

Hmmm. Now that you mention it....(chuckle)


32 posted on 09/05/2007 7:01:00 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: normy

‘A great defense can win you a Superbowl if your quarterback doesn’t lose it for you. Think Dilfer and the Ravens or McMahon and the 85 Bears.’

Yep, a point I tried to make with some last year...but nope, they insisted Grossman was a ‘good quarterback’.

If he was ‘competent’ the Bears would be world champs today.

btw, best opening week game is Ravens at Bengals.


33 posted on 09/05/2007 7:02:14 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: Badeye

Monday night no less.


34 posted on 09/05/2007 7:06:45 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: normy

‘Monday night no less.’

Yep. Its going to be a long Thursday - Monday here in Bengals country.

We’ll known if the Bengals have finally gotten it all together by the first week of October. First two games are divisional (Ravens and Browns) then off to Seattle, then at home against the Patriots.

If we come out of the first four games 2 -2 with the wins against the AFC North rivals, the schedule is the easiest since Marvin Lewis was hired four years ago.

Lotta unrealized potential on the Bengals. Its time to step it up.


35 posted on 09/05/2007 7:09:34 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: rob88888

Surprise teams marked improvements: Dolphins and Browns.

Surprise teams noted disappointments: Ravens and Chargers.

Editorial: Not a Falcons fan, but damn! - I hope Joey Harrington has a career year and the Falcons go at least 8-8 just to prove an anti-Vick point. (though I do want New Orleans to win that division...)

Are we ready for some football!?


36 posted on 09/05/2007 7:11:06 AM PDT by DangerDanger ("Libertarianism is the Heart and Soul of Conservatism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Badeye
Whew thats a tough first 4! A win in Baltimore would be huge.

I was gonna say "time for the Bengals to step it up" but I thought I would be nice. No playoffs this year and Marvin probably has to go.

You hate to see a team with the offensive talent of the Bengals waste it. Kinda like the Cardinals talent wise anyway. Really good receivers, back and QB but ya go 4 years without anything significant and the studs will be looking for a new home on a winning organization.

37 posted on 09/05/2007 7:14:41 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: DangerDanger

38 posted on 09/05/2007 7:18:54 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: normy

‘Whew thats a tough first 4! A win in Baltimore would be huge.’

Yep. but after that, its the easiest schedule they’ve had since Palmer was drafted.

They can’t afford to lose the home opener. If they split the month as I described up above, they are in great shape for a playoff run.

The problem is its all offense, and pathetic defense. Run defense appears ‘on paper’ to be improved, but too me its a reflection of how the games went last year, and the type of teams we played than any real ‘improvement’. Watching as they gave up 42 points in 11 minutes against San Diego....God it was ugly.

btw, even if the Bengals produced a losing record, Marvin Lewis’s job is 100% safe. Hell, he’s got the safest job in the NFL today. Remember, Mike Brown and company kept the absurd David Schula for years, despite multiple embarrassing seasons. No way they fire him, he’s got a winning record.

The guy with his head on the chopping block in Chuck Bresnahan, a underwhelming Defensive Coordinator that owes his current job to the Raiders Super Bowl OFFENSE. Bresnahan has never produced a 15th ranked or better Defense in his NFL career. As the San Diego game demonstrated quite well, he’s simply a horrible, horrible DC. Why we hired him remains a mystery here in Bengals nation.


39 posted on 09/05/2007 7:24:05 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: Badeye
When do Palmer, Chad and Rudi Johnson become free agents though?
40 posted on 09/05/2007 7:27:04 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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