The time has come to see how I've done. I made my predictions last week for this past weekend's NFL games; let us now judge my powers of prognostication. Remember, my picks are the teams in capital letters.
MY PICKS and
THE REALITY
BEARS at Carolina Panthers
Carolina 20, BEARS 17
GREEN BAY PACKERS at Detroit Lions
GREEN BAY 48, Detroit 25
NEW YORK GIANTS at St. Louis Rams
NEW YORK 41, St. Louis 13
Indianapolis Colts at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
Indianapolis 18, MINNESOTA 15
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at Washington Redskins
Washington 29, NEW ORLEANS 24
TENNESSEE TITANS at Cincinnati Bengals
TENNESSEE 24, Cincinnati 7
Buffalo Bills at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
Buffalo 20, JACKSONVILLE 16
San Francisco 49er's at SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
San Francisco 33, SEATTLE 30 OT
Atlanta Falcons at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
TAMPA BAY 24, Atlanta 9
Baltimore Ravens at HOUSTON TEXANS
Baltimore, Houston postponed
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at New York Jets
NEW ENGLAND 19, New York Jets 10
Miami Dolphins at ARIZONA CARDINALS
ARIZONA 31, Miami 10
San Diego Chargers at DENVER BRONCOS
DENVER 39, San Diego 38
PITTSBURGH STEELERS at Cleveland Browns
PITTSBURGH 10, Cleveland 6
Monday, September 15
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at Dallas Cowboys
Dallas 41, PHILADELPHIA 37
Here's the lowdown: 15 games means 15 predictions and I predicted...drum roll please...8 correct winners and 6 losers. (The Texans games against the Ravens in Houston was hurricaned out.) So my record after one week is 8-6. Not bad for someone with little or no knowledge of injuries and how well individuals are playing. My goal is that as the season progresses I can make picks based on trends that I see among teams. We'll see about that, we'll see.
Impressions of what I saw of the games: the Minnesota offense appeared to be on fire at times, yet couldn't make any big scoring plays...at the end of the Jets-Patriots game, Brett Favre had a look on his face that seemed to indicate he was thinking he may have made a bad decision coming to New York...29 seconds left at the end of the Broncos-Chargers game and the Broncos go for a 2-point attempt and succeed to take the lead; that's exciting football...when I saw that the Bears had blocked a punt and scored a touchdown early in the game, I thought "these guys are on fire" and that they might win the game...in a case of premature celebration last night an Eagles rookie running for a touchdown arrogantly flipped the football down on the ground; unfortunately for him, he hadn't crossed the plane with ball when he did this, and the touchdown was reversed upon review; coach Andy Reid may want to have a talk with this guy.
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