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I’d like to petition that the NFL scrap the traditional NFC playoffs this year and just have the Giants, Cowboys, Eagles and Redskins face off in a 3-week round-robin tourney.

When the 4-1 Cowboys are in third place, you know you’re in a brutal division.

82

No shit right. Someone from that division is going to have to play on the road in a wild card game with a 12-4 record, I think.

83

God, what an idiot. Slide tackle you moron. And why aren’t they running the ball more at the end anyway? Horrible.

Couldn’t agree more. He’s no head coach. He’s in cruise control on the team Marty and A.J built and the clutch is slipping. If Chambers is hurt for an extended period of time, get out the shovel and pour dirt on these humps. You see how Miami played? There’s a team that is well-coached. Parcells has his handprints all over that team.

Home vs. away for the most part. I still like the Cards improving regardless due to the upgrade at head coach that I believe Whisenhunt is. They’ll end up hosting the Redskins in the wild card round and get bounced or something to that effect but hey, that’s a wild over-achievement in their books.

84

As a Skins fan, i’m ecstatic we won at Dallas, and then at Philly in successive weekends. I was hoping for a 3-3 record in the division (hold serve at home).

85

Skins have already played all their divisional road games now, right? And come away 2-1? Man. That November 30th game where they host the Giants may be a very, very big game.

86

(Looks at TV, throws picks in the garbage, leaves room)

87

(Follows suit)

88

I shot todays NY Giants Game with my Nikon D300 and 18-200VR from the mezzanine not expecting much, and am relatively happy with the results, plus the giants kicked the snot out of Seattle so that was good!

If anyone cares, full set is here:

Took over 500 photos, edited 146 and will probably print a couple dozen.

89

Hey Talisker, not to sound annoying but why no updated totals? I guess I’ve become spoiled . . .

:-)

Edit: Also, why is Rimbot/Rimbo listed as 0-0 going into this week on the summary a couple of days ago?

90

Answer to question #2: Because of a bug in the script I introduced with the Rimbo/Rimbot name change.

Answer to question #1: Because I haven’t fixed that bug yet – looking at it right now :)

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====== preliminary week 5 computed results ======

 1.             balut 11-2    NO

 2.       Alan Dunkin 10-3    NO
 2.      BennyProfane 10-3    NO
 2.           Crispus 10-3    NO
 2.           jpinard 10-3    NO

 6.         bahimiron  9-4   MIN
 6.        Jon_Danger  9-4    NO
 6.         Juan Rayo  9-4    NO
 6.      Kid Socrates  9-4    NO
 6.      Robert Sharp  9-4   MIN

11.     BlueJackalope  8-5    NO
11.          ColonelT  8-5    NO
11.           Contrai  8-5    NO
11.            Gratzy  8-5    NO
11.            Greedo  8-5    NO
11.            Lorini  8-5    NO
11.      Matt Perkins  8-5    NO
11.            NatCox  8-5    NO
11.           *Rimbot  8-5    NO
11.            Sarkus  8-5    NO
11.     Slainte Mhath  8-5    NO
11.   Squirrel Killer  8-5   MIN
11.          Talisker  8-5    NO
11. Troy S Goodfellow  8-5    NO

25.        amiller320  7-6    NO
25.   Bill Dungsroman  7-6    NO
25.             jeffd  7-6    NO
25.            Kraaze  7-6    NO
25.           MrFrump  7-6    NO
25.          Omniscia  7-6   MIN
25.            Ryan A  7-6    NO
25.            Shmtur  7-6    NO
25.            sluggo  7-6    NO

34.        Mark Crump  6-7    NO
34.           nixon66  6-7    NO
34.     Not One Of Us  6-7    NO

37.           shadarr  5-8   MIN

38.       Uncle Larry  4-9    NO

39.         Charlatan  0-0   
39.             Siren  0-0   
39.      wildpokerman  0-0   


====== preliminary week 5 computed season totals ======

 1.   Bill Dungsroman  51-22  (70%)   NO

 2.            NatCox  50-23  (68%)   NO
 2.            sluggo  50-23  (68%)   NO

 4.     Slainte Mhath  49-24  (67%)   NO

 5.             balut  48-25  (66%)   NO

 6.            Sarkus  47-26  (64%)   NO
 6.            Shmtur  47-26  (64%)   NO

 8.         bahimiron  46-27  (63%)  MIN
 8.           Crispus  46-27  (63%)   NO
 8.            Ryan A  46-27  (63%)   NO

11.       Alan Dunkin  45-27  (63%)   NO

12.        amiller320  45-28  (62%)   NO
12.      BennyProfane  45-28  (62%)   NO
12.        Jon_Danger  45-28  (62%)   NO

15.         Juan Rayo  44-29  (60%)   NO
15.      Kid Socrates  44-29  (60%)   NO
15.            Lorini  44-29  (60%)   NO
15.           nixon66  44-29  (60%)   NO
15.          Talisker  44-29  (60%)   NO
15. Troy S Goodfellow  44-29  (60%)   NO

21.     BlueJackalope  43-30  (59%)   NO
21.      Matt Perkins  43-30  (59%)   NO
21.   Squirrel Killer  43-30  (59%)  MIN

24.          ColonelT  41-32  (56%)   NO
24.           Contrai  41-32  (56%)   NO
24.            Kraaze  41-32  (56%)   NO
24.           MrFrump  41-32  (56%)   NO
24.      Robert Sharp  41-32  (56%)  MIN

29.           *Rimbot  40-33  (55%)   NO

30.          Omniscia  39-33  (54%)  MIN

31.     Not One Of Us  39-34  (53%)   NO

32.        Mark Crump  38-34  (53%)   NO

33.            Greedo  38-35  (52%)   NO
33.           shadarr  38-35  (52%)  MIN
33.       Uncle Larry  38-35  (52%)   NO

36.            Gratzy  35-22  (61%)   NO

37.             jeffd  29-28  (51%)   NO

38.      wildpokerman  18-13  (58%)  

39.         Charlatan  16-15  (52%)  

40.           jpinard  10-3   (77%)   NO

41.             Siren  10-6   (63%)

====== week 5 pick stats ======

# of picks per team:

TEN 29 @ BAL 9
(BAL: Alan Dunkin, amiller320, ColonelT, Kraaze, Mark Crump, MrFrump, Ryan A, sluggo, Uncle Larry)

KC 0 @ CAR 38

CHI 31 @ DET 7
(DET: jpinard, Mark Crump, MrFrump, Not One Of Us, Robert Sharp, shadarr, Talisker)

ATL 5 @ GB 33
(ATL: balut, BennyProfane, Crispus, jpinard, Matt Perkins)

IND 31 @ HOU 7
(HOU: Bill Dungsroman, Contrai, Gratzy, Robert Sharp, shadarr, Shmtur, Uncle Larry)

SD 28 @ MIA 10

SEA 5 @ NYG 33
(SEA: BlueJackalope, jeffd, Mark Crump, Ryan A, Uncle Larry)

WAS 10 @ PHI 28

TB 11 @ DEN 27

BUF 27 @ ARI 11

CIN 1 @ DAL 37
(CIN: Uncle Larry)

NE 25 @ SF 13

PIT 11 @ JAC 27

MIN 5 @ NO 33
(MIN: bahimiron, Omniscia, Robert Sharp, shadarr, Squirrel Killer)

The QT3 consensus:
TEN CAR CHI GB IND SD NYG PHI DEN BUF DAL NE JAC NO

Maverick ratings (# of picks that differ with the QT3 consensus):
6: Alan Dunkin, Robert Sharp, shadarr
5: balut, Kraaze
4: *Rimbot, ColonelT, Contrai, Gratzy, jpinard, Mark Crump, Matt Perkins, Not One Of Us, Uncle Larry
3: Bill Dungsroman, MrFrump, Ryan A, Shmtur, Squirrel Killer
2: bahimiron, BennyProfane, BlueJackalope, Crispus, Greedo, nixon66, Omniscia, Slainte Mhath, Talisker, Troy S Goodfellow
1: amiller320, jeffd, Jon_Danger, Juan Rayo, Kid Socrates, sluggo
0: Lorini, NatCox, Sarkus

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93

More like “Re-Sucking”

94

Wow, this weeks picks killed me! Jeez. Still some good football (Indy, the Steelers/Jags game) and some really really bad football (Seattle…).

95

Wow, what the hell is wrong with San Diego?

Also, looks like the Patriots rediscovered their offense this week.

96

Norv. As Bill Dungsroman covered above.

97

No, that was an example of Mike Nolan hamstringing his own defense and playing a near-prevent base package for three quarters of the game. They lined up the corner 10 yards of the line on 3rd and 3 and gave up the easy first. They gave up 7 easy yards to put the Pats in field goal range and seal the victory. And on a number of plays, defensive rookie of the year LB Patrick Willis was lined up so deep he was practically a safety. He was tackling Welker 10 yards down the field and he had to come up to do it.

98

Wow, the coin flip ate a whole bag of dicks.

99

Speaking selfishly, it’s nice to finally have some company in the basement of the “people-who’ve-picked-every-week” club. :)

100

Yep. I’d have been happy with 1-2 from those three games…2-1 is just icing on the cake.

That November 30th game where they host the Giants may be a very, very big game.

I’m just looking to the Skins next 3 opponents. Rams, Browns, at Lions. 1-11 combined!