Quote:Thanks,  Sammy.

 

 

I was confident that the Giants would upset the Eagles.       The Raiders over the Steelers pick concerned me.    The Steelers have more talent on paper.   But the combination of the game being played on the West Coast,   the Raiders beating the Steelers in Oakland the previous time they played,  and the Raiders overachieving this season led me to take a chance with Oakland.

 

As for tonight,   I'm taking Seattle.      I think the Seahawks are going to win big.       Even if the St. Louis Rams didn't lose Sam Bradford for the season,    the St. Louis Offensive Line and overall blocking would be no match for Seattle Defense.     

 

 

Congrats to you on your tremendous success with the picks last season and this season!

 


Last week had some brutal picks, and you hit them all (so far, which I am sure we all have Seattle tonight). This coming week I think is even harder than the last. It's one thing to pick them all right when only a game, or 2 are in question, but getting them all right when the competition is so close between 6, or 7 games is having a real feel for the teams, and situations. ... Weeks like these are the one's that make the difference. ... I just hope I can hang on long enough to be in the mix towards the end. Last season around this same time I was in 27th place, I still don't know how I pulled off that comeback win.

 

You are to be watched, that is for sure, D6.

 

PS, I went back & forth on that Lions/Cowboys game. I almost changed my pick to the Lions, but last year early on I would always second guess myself, and change 3 or so picks ... to which seemed to bite me in the rear more often than it helped. This season, I just make the pick, and no matter what I stick with it. I knew it was going to be a good game to watch, and it was.

 

PS #2, then there are those teams I can't get a feel for at all ... Like the Jets. I pick them, they lose, I pick against them, they win. The Falcons have killed me this season as well. Just can't grasp their overall strength, and determination. Then there is the Texans? Maybe a thread titled the team hardest to figure out would be warranted ... Heck, I think this past week was the 1st time I picked the Cardinals, and the Chargers are another team I have no feel for. The list can go on, and on.

 

Anyway, really good picks, D6 ... I think after tonight I will be in 2nd? 3rd? I can't recall the points I got on the Seahawks.

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