Re: Week 9 NFL Picks

2006-11-06 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], pencimen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's got a long way to go to prove that to me. You can put up gaudy numbers and win a lot of regular season games (Dan Marino and the young John Elway) but you don't achieve greatness in football in the regular season. Montana, the

Re: Week 9 NFL Picks

2006-11-06 Thread pencimen
JDG wrote: So, in other words, you judge QB's in part by factors that are completely outside their control? In part, of course. If a QB with fantastic potential is badly injured early in their career, never to reach his potential, will he ever be considered great? If a QB with potential ends

Week 9 NFL Picks

2006-11-04 Thread John D. Giorgis
A decent enough 9-5 last week, but still five games back of my Dad - whom I'll be joining in Buffalo this week for Bills-Packers Houston at NY Giants - Lock of the week. the Giants' passrush aught to terrorize whomever the Texans trot out at QB. Pick: GIANTS New Orleans at Tampa Bay - Tampa

Re: Week 9 NFL Picks

2006-11-04 Thread pencimen
JDG wrote: ... and only won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be regarded as the best QB in NFL History. He's got a long way to go to prove that to me. You can put up gaudy numbers and win a lot of regular season games (Dan Marino and the young John Elway) but

Re: Week 9 NFL Picks

2006-11-04 Thread Bryon Daly
On 11/4/06, pencimen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JDG wrote: ... and only won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be regarded as the best QB in NFL History. He's got a long way to go to prove that to me. You can put up gaudy numbers and win a lot of regular season

Re: Week 9 NFL Picks

2006-11-04 Thread Julia Thompson
pencimen wrote: In any case, every time I turn on a football game there's an official making yet another god-awful call. What, is the mafia running the game now? At least I haven't heard about any death threats against NFL refs for bad calls Julia

Re: Week 9 NFL Picks

2006-11-04 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: Indianapolis at New England - Amidst all the talk about the instant classic of last week's Colts-Broncos game, something has been lost - the Indy was completely unable to stop anybody on the ground, and only won because of a masterful performance by someone who will

Re: Week 9 NFL Picks

2003-11-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, John D. Giorgis wrote: Washington at Dallas - Washington is down to their third-string running back, and Chad Morton and Rock Cartwright are no Arlen Harris. This is going to force Patrick Ramsey to throw almost every down, which will probably get him killed behind

Week 9 NFL Picks

2003-10-29 Thread John D. Giorgis
Well, its official I'm now doing worse at predicting NFL games than I ever dreamed possible. Still, I am nothing if not stubborn, so here are this week's picks: Carolina at Houston - Its hard to see Tony Banks doing well against this defense. Pick: PANTHERS Indianapolis at Miami - Well,