Review and Picks

Back again for another week review in the NFL and my week three picks.

Not as good in week two as I was in week one. I went 9-7. Then again, I want to see someone who did pick week two and have a good record with some of the upsets. Cincy over Green Bay, Jets over Pats, Texans over Titans and, just to name a few.

So I will take my two games over .500 for the week and sit at 23-9 overall on the season.

Before I get into this weeks picks, I need to review a few observations I made after my picks last week.

1. I picked half of the road teams to win... and half of the road teams won.... just not all the ones I actually picked

2. I said the Bears would fall to 0-2 and the Broncos would be 2-0... half right, Cutler didn't look that bad.

3. I said Jags will be 0-2... they are and waiting for Tebow.

4. I said the Panthers would be 0-2 and I wanted to take back them beating us late in the season... they are 0-2 and I still want to take back us losing to them late in the season

So I didn't do to bad on my Observations; two correct, two half correct.

Alright, time to get into the meat of this here outfit.

Week Three NFL Picks!!!

I have decided to pick an upset of the week starting this week, so enjoy and/or ridicule.

Home team first, winner in CAPS

VIKES vs 49ers

Rams vs PACKERS

Pats vs FALCONS = *UPSET PICK*

Seahawks vs BEARS

JETS vs Titans

Bucks vs GIANTS

EAGLES vs Chiefs

TEXANS vs Jags

Lions vs SKINS

RAVENS vs Browns

Bills vs SAINTS

CHARGERS vs Dolphins

Raiders vs BRONCOS

Bengals vs STEELERS

Cards vs COLTS

COWBOY vs Panthers

Week Three Observations

1. Jets will be 3-0, alone in First Place in the AFC EAST, and have a REALLY nice QB in Sanchez

2. A team started off last season going 10-0 but this season starts off 0-3 so far... and I picked them as the 2nd Wild Card team... they are the Titans... hopefully they can turn it around after this week.

3. The Broncos will move to 3-0 after they looked like they might not win more then a few games after the off-season... again, Cutler who?

There you have it, week three NFL picks. Lets hope I can do better then 9-7 this week, but as long as I stay above .500, I guess I'll be happy.

One non-NFL tid-bit I wanted to touch on. The Twins are only 2.5 back of the Tigers with 10 games left, 4 against the Tigers. Well, I didn't see this coming, although I probably should have. The Twins always seem to do this to us. Lets see if they can make magic again. It will be tough though, with 4 in Detroit and I think I heard we get Cy Young to be Greinke twice in the last 10... ouch.

Thats all for now folks, until next time.

King

Review and New NFL Picks

Howdy again folks. That's right, I said it and I am not deleting it. You are going to have to live with the fact that I opened this post with, what some might call, a southern accent. Although, since this is a blog, how do you know that it was said in a southern accent when it wasn't said at all.

Ok, that is a weird start to this blog, lets get into this shall we, before the whole things goes down the crapper.

Week one of the NFL season has some pretty entertaining games. I actually flipped the channel from the Vikings game to see the miraculous catch and play in the Denver/Cincy game. I was stunned. And it actually helped me out, since I had Denver winning that game. My overall record for week one was 14-2... not to shabby. The two that I picked wrong were Arizona and Houston winning.

Oh well, can't get them all right all the time. Lets see if I can't back up a strong week one performance with a similar if not stronger week two. Here we go!

Again, home team is listed first and CAPS team is my winner.

Lions vs VIKINGS

Jets vs PATS

PACKERS vs Bengals

Bears vs STEELERS

REDSKINS vs Rams

TITANS vs Texans

Eagles vs SAINTS

CHIEFS vs Raiders

Jaguars vs CARDS

FALCONS vs Panthers

49er's vs SEAHAWKS

BILLS vs Bucks

CHARGERS vs Ravens

BRONCOS vs Browns

Cowboys vs GIANTS

Dolphins vs COLTS

Few observations for Week two, if all things go according to my picks:

1. I am picking half of the road teams to win

2. Bears will fall to 0-2 while the Broncos will move to 2-0... Cutler who?

3. Jags will be 0-2 and well on their way to forfeiting the season for Tebow

4. Panthers also fall to 0-2 and I REALLY want to take back picking the Vikings to lose @ Carolina

I will recap these observations sometime next week and see how close they are to being true.

Well, thats all for today folks, until next time, stay classy Minneapolis.

King

NFL Predictions and Picks

Hello all and welcome back. Holy Toledo! I posted two post in two days!! Don't expect this too much, I just need to get caught up on some important topics.

Todays important topics are:

1. NFL Season and Post-Season predictions

2. My Week 1 picks.

Now, I am just going to clear this right now. The PREDICTIONS are based off right now and my picks may not reflect that later in the season. You see, there could be injuries, teams over achieving, underachieving, or many other reasons that may change throughout the year. I don't want to hear any complaining when I am picking against a team late in the year when I had them winning a division or playoff games or even the Super Bowl, things change.

Now that I have that all cleared away, here are my season ending predictions.

NFC East = GIANTS (#1 Bye)

NFC North = VIKINGS (#2 Bye)

NFC South = SAINTS (#3)

NFC West = SEAHAWKS (#4)

Wild Cards = EAGLES(#5) and BEARS(#6)

AFC North = STEELERS (#1 Bye)

AFC South = COLTS (#2 Bye)

AFC East = PATRIOTS (#3)

AFC West = CHARGERS(#4)

Wild Cards = RAVENS (#5) and TITANS(#6)

WILD CARD ROUND

SAINTS over BEARS and EAGLES over SEAHAWKS

PATS over TITANS and CHARGERS over RAVENS

DIVISIONAL ROUND

GIANTS over EALGES and VIKINGS over SAINTS

STEELERS over CHARGERS and COLTS over PATS

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

VIKINGS OVER GIANTS

STEELERS over COLTS

SUPER BOWL

VIKINGS over STEELERS Old School Style 13-10

Now, I may get a lot of people saying that this is a homer pick and it may just be that. I just feel that the Vikings have all the right STAR players in the right position to make a run at this. We will see how it goes.

Time now for my weekly picks. I will try to do this every Wednesday or the day before the first game of that week. The team in CAPS is my winner and the HOME teams is listed first.

WEEK ONE

PITT vs Titans

RAVENS vs Chiefs

Panthers vs EAGLES

Browns vs VIKINGS

FALCONS vs Dolphins

SAINTS vs Lions

COLTS vs Jags

Bengals vs BRONCOS

Bucs vs COWBOYS

TEXANS vs Jets

SEAHWAKS vs Rams

GIANTS vs Redskins

CARDS vs 49'ers

PACKERS vs Bears

PATS vs Bills

Raiders vs CHARGERS

There you have it folks, the season predictions and Week One Picks. Hope you enjoyed!

Until next time, have a good one!

King

Number 4... Super Bowl Homeboy!!!

Hello all and welcome again to the Sportsaholic. I can finally and hopefully get into the blogging thing on a regular basis. The last few weeks have been hectic with the great MN get together and all.... got bags? One positive thing from the fair this year for me is that I got to see my favorite comedian, Jeff Dunham. He rocked last night.

No more fair stuff, one sentence is enough for that. Its time for me to take a look at the Vikings season and give my predictions as to how they are going to fair... and away we go!

Week One @ Cleveland: WIN

Come on Mangini, keeping the starting QB a secret isn't going to affect how the Vikes game plan... they are going to sack and beat up WHOEVER you put out there.

Week Two @ Lions: WIN

Quick research, only lost to them once since 2003, enough said. ( didn't look back any farther)

Week Three vs 49ers WIN

We are better then them, just saying is all.

Week Four vs Packers WIN

Oh my, I cannot wait for this game. Favre torches former team for a blow out win! (More then likely at tight game with a game winning field goal as time expires... i'll take either)

Week Five @ Rams WIN

This one could sneak up on the Vikes but the Rams D is soooo bad that we should win this game if it comes to a shoot-out. Need to stop Steven Jackson to win and thats no easy task if he is healthy.

Week Six vs Baltimore WIN

Thought about this one long and hard... two great D's, two good running games, we can probably throw better then them now and we are at home, that's why we win this game... going to be a tough one though.

Week Seven @ Steelers LOSS

First lose of the year come at Pittsburgh and I am totally fine with that. I just hope that Favre can come out of this game alive the way the Steelers D works. Should be low scoring with Pitt on top.

Week Eight @ Packers LOSS

Thank you to whoever put this schedule together. I am both happy and mad at this game. Happy because we don't play GB late in Dec, but mad that we go back to back on the road against Pitt and Pack. Not a good combo. I'm not going to be a rube here and pick the Vikes and Favre to win in GB... just don't have a good feeling about this game, that's all I can call it, a bad feeling... Vikes lose.

BYE WEEK 6-2

So the bye week comes at a great time with the Vikings playing three tough teams and only going 1-2 in those games. But another thanks to the NFL Schedule committee for giving us the Lions right out the week off.

Week Ten vs Lions WIN

Look at week two

Week Eleven vs Seahawks WIN

This team will be better than last year but their O-line is banged up and you don't want that against the Vikes front 7... long day for Hasselholf.

Week Twelve vs Bears WIN

Our first look at Cutler and the bears isn't until week 11 and the end of November... but we still get the win here. Since '03, only one loss at home to the Bears. (didn't look past '03)

Week Thirteen @ Cards WIN

Whether its like that game last year or a bit closer in the final score, we are just better the the Cards and will beat them again... sorry Fitzy.

Week Fourteen vs Bengals WIN

This is another BAD team that we will handle at home.. should be fun to watch Ocho Cinco though.

Week Fifteen @ Carolina LOSS

The start of a tough 3 games to end the season, and they won't start it off right against the Panthers. They have a good running and throwing combo if Delhomme can stay healthy. Vikes Lose this one.

Week Sixteen @ Bears LOSS

Cutler and Forte get the best of us this week on their home turf for the Vikes fourth lose of the year.

Week Seventeen vs Giants PUSH

Second year in a row that the Vikings end the season against the G-men. I haven't gone through any other teams schedule so I don't know if the Giants and/or the Vikes will have anything wrapped up at this point. I have a feeling one of them will and so this game might not mean anything. I am going to put a PUSH on this game for that reason only. I still think the Vikes will win so I will put that in the Final Record, but we will see when this game arrives if it means a whole lot.

So there you have it, the Vikings will go 12-4 this year. Now they could for 11-5 and I could still be right because of that last game being a PUSH in my mind. Again, we will have to wait and see.

Thats all for now, the next post will have my NFL Season Predictions including Playoffs and Super Bowl predictions.

Have a good one!

p.s. I know that I lied and said that this post would talk about the Twins... but this was more fun... Twins are probably dead.

King