Last Week of Practice!!
Are you ready? It's
almost here!! Only ONE MORE WEEK of guesses and the Regular Season
Begins!! Hopefully you have all gotten back into the routine of weekly
picks, but if not you still have one more week until the games
(and your picks) begin to count! You DO NOT want to fall
behind once the regular season begins because you forget to pick and end
up forfeiting some (or all) of a week's games! It's no fun playing
catch-up because you forgot to get your picks in!! So use this last week
of preseason to get your self ready - because after THIS THURSDAY
guessing stops and strategy begins. Although, I have a funny feeling
that some of you do guess more than you want us to know - even during
the regular season :)
For Pre Week 3 we had
a bit of a shake-up at the top as
Cody went 5-11 and fell from 1st
down to T-5th! Shawn
had the best week, going 11-5, but it was
Steve P.
who snuck into the lead with 29-20 thus far. With one week left we still
may see a change at the top. As for the bottom, looks like
Scott,
Steve B.
and Greg
are our worst guessers.
There are ONLY GAMES
ON THURSDAY this week as we close out our preseason; we've got to let
those players have a little rest before we put them to work for 17+ hard
weeks! So DO NOT WAIT to get those picks in or you may find that the
week has come and gone and you missed 'em all!
For the final time
this year - Guess Well!
Mark your calendars,
put weekly reminders in your computers and phones - it's NFLWP time once
again and this year we have 2 Kings and a Queen to push off that throne!
Shawn Presenting 2 of our 3 Champions with our
trophy!
I've decided to leave the
end of the year columns from our very own NFLWP Think Tank below for
now. So if you haven't read/watched them again do it now, they could be
gone at any moment.
So What Do You Think?
Poll by Todd Whitaker
Jason Campbell -> N.O. -> 501-589 -> Deion Sanders ->
Curling -> multiple men in motion -> they're grrreat -> Dungy ->
Redskins -> 3 -> Eli Manning -> Peyton Manning -> Mastercard -> Each of
your teams home games -> Ind -> Perfect Season -> Jason Campbell
Ha! we did it. We made it through the first NFLWP poll chain and it
ended up as a loop back to the beginning. I'm wondering if you all
really felt that Jason Campbell had the worst year or if you just wanted
to see the circle complete.
Well, let's look back at some of the results and see what happened over
the life of our chain. First, you said that Jason Campbell would have
the most surprising year of the players listed...yeah surprisingly bad!
Then you said N.O. would have the best turnaround year for the 8-8 teams
of last year. Looks pretty good too except they faded in the last 3
weeks...we'll see how the playoffs treat 'em. You then said New Orleans
would get between 501 and 589 total points this year...510!! Right on!!
Looks like you guys are pretty smart so far!! After a few fun opinion
polls that didn't really have a proven answer, we're back to Jason
Campbell's team, the Redskins. They were supposed to be the most
dungy...we'll not quite but almost, which leads to the next poll about
how many wins Wsh would get - the answer was 3 but they actually got 4.
Very close though. You said Eli Manning is getting overpaid - probably
true - and that his brother is a very very deserving MVP - again true.
Then on to some more opinion polls that don't really matter, and back to
Peyton with a question about who is the best undefeated home team. The
answer was Ind. That still remains to be seen, but I'd say you're
probably right there too. Here's where you then messed up....well maybe
it wasn't your fault. You said Ind would have the perfect
season....Nope, sorry Ben but your owners and coaches decided that it
wasn't important. One person got it right though saying that they would
lose week 16. Finally, you again reiterated that Jason Campbell was not
perfect and the Redskins are once again called losers on NFLWP. This is
evidenced by their coach getting fired like 12 hours after the season
ended.
So, you guys were pretty much right on with most of your answers. I
think this chain concept turned out well and I will probably do it again
next year. It was fun not having any idea what the next week would bring
because it was all based on the previous week's most popular answer. It
has been fun ya'll - good luck in the playoffs.
Don't forget to
use our
message board to share your
wisdom, or to defend your team! And remember, ESPN frequents our
message board to get ideas for Sports Center - so be sure to include
your name on all posts so they can know who they are quoting come air
time!
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Congratulations
King
Jason,
King Ken and
Queen Stephanie! |
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Controversial
Calls
by Jerry Parrish
All good seasons must come to an
end, and so it will on this Sunday.
1) This Super Bowl is all about New Orleans. Peyton Manning is from New
Orleans. He and his family love that town. Losing to the Saints in the
Super Bowl will not be such a bad thing for him.
2) The Colts may have a high powered offense, but their Freeney-less
defense will be suspect against an equal if not better Saints Offense.
3) The weather will not factor in a game featuring two Dome teams except
for this… only a three hour downpour may quell a shootout.
4) This Super Bowl may be one of the most fun ever. Expect trick plays,
big plays, and as always, goofy commercials.
5) Expect a party on Bourbon Street, Royal Street, Toulouse, Canal, and
all the other cross streets that run along the French Quarter, because
the Saints will be Marching home with a trophy unlike any they have ever
seen in the Bayou. I’m thinking 38-35. It might even go to OT.
All that being said, my appearances may be few and far between next year
as I work on a special project for NFLWP. Till then, as always, ‘Go
Long!’
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