BuffOrange

What adjustment do you make for squandering 3 scoring opportunities for 0 points?

How the !@#$ is this game tied?

Well this is a backdoor cover if there ever was one.

Did you see LT, Brown, Holt, and Driver on his team?

I'm a fan of playing your higher picks this early unless there are unusual circumstances or big matchup discrepancies. Go with Brees & Walker.

Yeah, that's what I was getting at.

ATBNG and I are on the same page in liking home dogs a lot. The Ravens have looked great so far, but the Bucs & Raiders appear pretty bad and failed to score a TD in their other games as well. Also, the Ravens offense wasn't very good vs. Oakland. Of course the Browns have been awful so far, but if they're not up for this game they'll never be up for any game. Last year they were an impossible team to get a handle on - I kinda think under Romeo they've replaced the Haslett Saints as the "bad wildly unpredictable team you should never wager on or against". I wouldn't be at all surprised if they won outright, but I'd really want no part of the game.

I like Carolina -3.5 because they're the much better team. Both of those teams for the last few years have played better on the road, so homefield is of virtually no concern. Cards -4 - when in doubt, pick against the Rams on the road. Lions -6.5 - I'm ok with that. GB just really really sucks.

I like Pittsburgh. Seeing as how they're one of the few known quantities in the league, I'm surprised that their poor performance Monday night apparantly affected the line that much (they'd probably be -4 or so if they had won in Jax). Plus it's obviously more important to Pitt than Cincy; -2 seems pretty low to me. I honestly can't envision any way Denver wins outright, therefore I'd be a bit hesitant to take 7. Lets face it the Broncos got outplayed in the playoffs last year and "outPatrioted" the Patriots. NE has all the intangibles going for them in this one much like Dallas did last Sunday night. I can see Denver getting spanked pretty easily. While I agree that Minnesota is fortunate to be 2-0 and Chicago is probably the better team, I don't understand why everyone loves laying 3+. Bears offense looks good so far, but to my knowledge Grossman has never played a defense as good as the Vikings on the road.

Vick seems to be the consensus here and elsewhere, which really surprises me. I should mention it is largely a TD league. On first thought this would seem to make Vick the even more obvious choice since Brees is likely to throw for more yards, but on the other hand Vick's rushing yards aren't going to get me anywhere unless he has 100+. The Eagles I have to figure will score 1-2 more TD's than the Bills; and I'm trying to figure if that's enough to go with Brown. McNabb spreads the ball around so damn much circa Brady that I don't know what % of passing TD's Brown will be on the receiving end of, between Stallworth, Westbrook, Smith, etc. Conversely, there's a really good chance Evans will catch the TD if JP only throws for 1, not withstanding last week's Josh Reed anomaly. BTW - I'm rather proud of myself as a Bills fan, for not being the least bit disapointed about Reed's score, despite having McGahee & Evans in my lineup. The interference penalty was a bit annoying though - that was a TD damnit!

No offence but these are some dreadful picks IMO. I don't play teasers much but it seems like you can find lines more favorable than these. Taking the Skins & Bears +2 on the road is really asking for it; I'd much rather go the other way on those games and take 8-9 points if I had to. But what about the Lions, Eagles, and Pats all at around -1? Or Tennessee +17? edited cause I mistakenly said Houston instead of Tennessee.

Yeah, I also have a bad feeling this is a "worse than you think/linger all season" injury circa Moulds' groin 2003

Brees or Vick at QB Monday night? Evans or Reggie Brown at WR?

Johnson and it's not close.

Especially with his RB's...ouch. Can't pull the trigger fast enough.

I'd go with Maroney as well. Only consider Bush if you get points for catches.

link - it's about as exciting as last week's gameplan.

No kidding. I think Phillip Fulmer is still paying off SEC refs for the '98 screwjob in the Carrier Dome that gave Tennessee their Nat'l title.

What about Wyeth?

I'd go with Gore. F. Taylor never scores so he's out. To me, it's highly likely that Green's week 1 performance was an anomaly. I doubt the Bears gameplanned all week to shut him down as the Eagles did with Barber.

Yeah, he has 21 TD's since 2004. I guess you meant "since last year's injury-plagued 8TD season + 2 games this year against 2 of the best defenses in the league"? Yes, his best days are behind him. Everything else you said about him is also true for Chris Chambers (nice catch in the endzone in Pittsburgh when Dante finally put the ball in his hands). OK well, I tried. I think it's quite obviously a bad trade, but whatever.

Doesn't GSK have an internal job posting site for employees?

It's true, it's true.

I like your idea. Only flaw is as you pointed out, SOS isn't worth a damn at this point and probably won't until around Thanksgiving.