A couple of huge games this week. The Rams try to keep their momentum going as they travel to play the Redskins. How much will Martz let Warner mess up before he pulls him? Or will Warner resort to his MVP level? The Bills pay a visit to the suddenly-hot Jets. The Bills offense seems to have cooled a bit, but if the coaches let Bledsoe air it out, it could be a great game. The Chargers come east to take on the AFC East leading Dolphins. Should be quite the defensive battle between division leaders. The two hottest teams, the Falcons and the Titans, both go on the road to take on pretty good defensive teams. Michael Vick leads the Falcons into Carolina, while Tennessee goes to Baltimore. These are the kind of land mine games that a team needs to win and not have a letdown. And the most important game by far is the Battle of the Bays-Green at Tampa. The winner will have an inside track to home field advantage through the playoffs. Home field is muy importante for both squads. The Bucs don't want to have to travel to Wisconsin in January. And the Pack is undefeated at home in the playoffs. The Broncos will try to keep a share of the AFC West lead as they host the Colts and break in a new quarterback. Denver has been dreadful in their national TV appearances so far this year. Will Buerlein help turn that around. And in our Game of the Week, as selected by Week 11 winner Cyd, the McNabb-less Eagles travel west to take on the 49ers. The Niners let one get away last week and the Eagles will try to hold it together sans Donovan.

If you've not played before, you are still invited to join in this week. For those who have played, the rules are the same. And for those who would like to play its really quite easy. Each week, I will post the complete schedule of NFL games for the coming week. You simply predict the winner of each game. We don't need no stinkin' point spreads here! Here's how you do it:


1. Pick the winners in EACH game.

2. Predict how many points the team you pick to win the designated Game of the Week will win by. This week, its the Eagles at 49ers, as selected by last week's co-winner, Cyd. This will be used for tiebreak purposes.

3. All picks are due by kickoff of the opening game of that weekend. Thankfully, there are no games until Sunday. So your picks are due by 1pm Eastern time Sunday.

4. Picks MUST be submitted either via the Private Message function or E-mail. My email address is geolovevikes@yahoo.com. I must ask that you do not post your picks here. That way I can ensure picks are submitted before the deadline. Please include your Outsports nickname with your picks! Any questions, email me.


PLEASE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE ALL 16 GAMES AS WELL AS THE POINT SPREAD FOR THE TIEBREAK GAME!!!

Here are the games:

Sunday 11/24

1. Lions at Bears
2. Rams at Redskins
3. Bills at Jets
4. Chargers at Dolphins
5. Vikings at Patriots
6. Falcons at Panthers
7. Jaguars at Cowboys
8. Bengals at Steelers
9. Browns at Saints
10. Titans at Ravens
11. Raiders at Cardinals
12. Chiefs at Seahawks
13. Giants at Texans
14. Packers at Buccaneers
15. Colts at Broncos

Monday 11/25

16. Eagles at 49ers (TIEBREAK GAME)

Happy picking boys!

Picks from:

Pat 125
Sportinlife

DenverFan
IndyMike

Billsf
Seph

GoMonica
DCBucky

Updated Season-to-Date Standings:

11 WEEKS

(out of 160 games)


103 .644

Theo


102 .638

BigBucBoy


100 .625

MunsonMan


99 .619

Gamecock


98 .613

Zeno


97 .606

DCBucky


96 .600

George_vikingfan
GoMonica


94 .588

Billsf
Leoman

Jqueer
GoldenStateDude


93 .581

Seph
Cyd@Outsports

EdChow
Meric

Lakersdabomb
PCC


91 .569
Pat125


90 .563

IUFan
MetsBoy

MCMikeNamara
triguy262


85 .531
gp43


84 .525
JoeinPhilly


82 .513
Sportinlife


10 WEEKS

Kennysf 94/146 .644
UWFan 94/146 .644

ESPNBill 90/144 .625

CowboysHskrFan 88/144 .611

Azairforce 87/144 .604

MarinerDuckBoy 88/146 .603

ATLJock 85/146 .582

Maddog 82/146 .562

9 WEEKS

Phillyrunner 84/130 .646

Brett4Fan 72/130 .554

Trevor 66/130 .508


7 WEEKS

p2insdca 61/100 .610


5 WEEKS

Alton 46/72 .639


3 WEEKS

DenverFan 26/44 .591


2 WEEKS

IndyMike 23/30 .767


1 WEEK

AC4KC 11/16 .688

Marc 10/16 .625


As a group, we are 3695/6270 for a .589 winning percentage, an increase of .010 from last week's .579!

[ November 21, 2002: Message edited by: George_vikingfan ]

Woohoo! I'm finally a bottom.

Looks like I got your back Joe. Hey, that's why we're the city of brutha-ly luv.

I should deliberately try and pick the wrong teams so I can go from first to worst...of course, then I'd probably end up winning the week...

More picks from:

JoeinPhilly
Meric

Cyd@Outsports
EdChow

ATLJock
Kennysf
triguy262

Less than 24 hours for you procrastinating prognosticators. More picks received from:

UWFan, Azairforce, ESPNBill, Marc, GoldenStateDude, Theo, Zeno, Lakersdabomb, MunsonMan.

Just a few more hours to get those picks in.

Additional picks from: MetsBoy, PCC,ALton, Leoman, Phillyrunner, MarinerDuckBoy, Jqueer, p2insdca, IUFan, Maddog, CowboysHskrFan.

My picks: Bears, Rams, Jets, Dolphins, Patriots, Falcons, Jaguars, Steelers, Saints, Titans, Raiders, Chiefs, Giants, Buccaneers, Broncos, 49ers by 4.

[ November 24, 2002: Message edited by: George_vikingfan ]

With only the Monday Night Football game to play, we have 2 guys tied for first with 11-4 records so far. And since only 1 player out of the entire group picked the Eagles (his initials are JoeinPhilly), the final winner will come down to the tiebreak.

[quote]Originally posted by George_vikingfan:
And since only 1 player out of the entire group picked the Eagles (his initials are JoeinPhilly),

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Heh heh heh...I was wondering about this, since I didn't see the usual breakdown of the selections this week.

I did so bad this week. So many upsets.

Fear not, Bill! It was a rough week for most everyone. Many guys did as poorly, or worse than you did!

I feel your pain, billsf.

[quote]Originally posted by George_vikingfan:
the final winner will come down to the tiebreak.

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In other words somebody's gonna get "spread-eagled"