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That's not really true.

Meh, the schedule got easier after the '06 opener and we went 2-0 vs. mediocre NFC teams at home. Great. 3-2 after 5 games is certainly possible. I thought that before Monday night. The Jets game starts a 4 out of 5 stretch on the road. Can we go 3-2 in those games? I highly doubt it. Say what you want about the Panthers/Jags/Texans and how bad they looked opening day but those are going to be tough tough games. It would be an awesome scene at the Ralph at 1:00 on 11/29 if we're 6-4 playing Miami.

I think it has more to do with him being one of the few coach's who understands math and common sense; and less to do with respect. I mean Brad Childress and Marvin Lewis don't punt in those situations out of respect; they do it because they're brain-dead idiots. Jauron is about league average in those decisions imo. Better than Gregg Williams, worse than Mularkey.

Nothin like a couple backdoor covers to salvage a .500 week (although GB did overcome some brutal officiating). Meh I probably deserved it after some of the losses last year. Week 2 is always fun because you have to decide if Vegas is going to be slow reacting to teams much better/worse than the previous year (last yr we rode the Ravens & Titans early and often) or if there's some week 1 overreactions. We're almost certainly neither betting 6 games or 4 road teams again but here we go: Week 2 Detroit +10 vs. Minnesota - I'm just not a believer in the Vikings as a SB contender (more because of Childress than Favre), and I don't think anyone who is not on that elite level should be laying these points on the road. Both of these games last year were close and one of them was gift-wrapped on a bogus interference call. NYG +3 @ Dallas - A rare game where I can't help but side with the general public. The only thing I can think of is homefield is being weighted more than usual because of the new stadium. But ehh, that didn't help the Colts last year and the Dallas crowd is always soft anyhow. Chicago +3 vs. Pittsburgh - WTF happened to Tennessee's pass-rush in the 2nd half last week? The Steelers couldn't run the ball at all sans Haynesworth; and I really think their OL weakness was a problem they inexplicably overcame last yr but can only continue for so long. I don't see them winning this game with 40 throws. Cutler & his WR's were obviously off last week but they were still in the game late on the road vs. one of the better teams in the NFC imo. New England -3.5 @ NYJ - I can't poke holes in the Jets week 1 performance. Their defense without 2 of their best players dominated a good offense on the road and the rookie QB played well in his 1st start. Doesn't that sound too good to be true for any team? I think they miss a guy like Pace this week, and if anyone can take a marginally talented defense and confuse a rookie QB, it's Bellicheat. NE's offense should clean up their uncharacteristic errors last week like dropped passes, redzone stalls, and missing 4th&shorts. Homefield in this series has historically meant nothing, so I'll give points on the road here which I very rarely do. Carolina +6.5 @ Atlanta - Lets be honest, this is a Jake Delhomme sucks line. I think his career might be done but too but we'll roll the dice this one week. I don't think going on the road can be a bad thing for him. Except for the reg. season last year the Panthers have always been a better road team under Fox anyway. Oakland +3 @ KC - Not sure but I thought the Raiders were the better team going into the season and nothing last week changed my mind. They probably should've won last week, got hosed on a TD reversal. While the Chiefs put up a great fight on the scoreboard for 57 minutes, they were pounded in every other stat category. Asomugah I think can be an answer for KC's best weapon but don't know if the Chiefs bad defense has an answer for Oakland's running game. Last Week: 2-2

I was shocked they didn't go for the sneak. They needed like 2 inches, albeit after a ridiculously generous spot.

After fake punt: Michaels: Lovie Smith is going to challenge Collinsworth: Maybe his own call. <3

I'm playing JStew this week. He looked pretty healthy last week to me and got almost the same touches as Williams.

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The tunnel-vision bashers should stop nitpicking. He played well. Lets say very well given the circumstances. But lets talk about what really matters here. I don't know if it was his best game, but based on what we've seen over a significant sample of starts, on a curve it's definitely his B+/A- game.... How likely are we to get that every week? How much better can he be? We all know he can be much worse.

I've never been the guy to say that; but you also can't have it both ways by ignoring the yardage & TOP discrepancies and say "we limited them to FG's so that's all that matters". I heard the same comments after the Denver game 2yrs ago. Redzone defense isn't that sustainable from week to week. Next time we're not gonna have a defensive TD, they're not gonna miss a 40yd FG, we're not going to get any questionable flags in our favor, and they're not going to not run a QB sneak w/ Brady on 4th& inches against us which by my count as worked 8,002 consecutive times.

At least admit you're repeating what Collinsworth said and stop pretending you're in the film room.

Because notwithstanding Ryan/Flacco last year, rookie QB's are usually pretty awful. But yah their defense and OL are obv. good so if Sanchez can be average, that's a pretty good team.

I watched the Fox and NBC highlights. Neither set crowned him at all. Who specifically are you talking about?

This. His career is over.

Fair enough. Yah it's definitely more likely to go to 11.5 than 9.5. Biggest square side of the week has to be Minnesota.

I mean I guess this was vague enough that you can backpedal, but you're pretty clearly saying that the media-brainwashed drones (who btw are not concerned about Brady whatsoever) are even in numbers on both sides. It'd be pretty easy to bet against the Cowboys, Lakers, and Yankees every game and profit if this big market hogwash were true.

I think it means he has a bad cough. Start him.

That sums it up pretty well. Weiss obv. didn't bring the NE refs with him. RRod otoh clearly brought the WV refs from his last game against Pitt when they bent over backwards to give him a spot in the title game yet still got beat. But both teams are going nowhere this year so whatever. tOSU with the easy cover and loss. Perfect.

Sort of a sad slate of games tbh. Philly-Carolina and Miami-Atl I guess are the most interesting. I guess it's week 1 so it doesn't matter.

Has to be a good CBS acronym I think. Bills Football: Can't Be Suckier

I'm with paragraph guy. tldr

You must not watch much football.

Good to see Michigan is back to winning fluke games they don't deserve. It just didn't feel like college football season last year without it.

Please stop it with this. It was wrong last week, it was wrong on Thursday, and it's wrong today. Milk money doesn't move lines.

I like tOSU +7 tonight a lot. People can say "zomg Navy" or whatever, but that's one of the primary reasons a Freshman QB is laying a TD on the road at night, when Tressell teams aren't exactly known for blowing away inferior teams anyhow...Ring the register on this.