RotB Preseason Pick'em League: Week 1*
by Hawkwind on Aug 8, 2009 9:27 AM MDT
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As alluded to earlier, RotB's Preseason Pick'em League will have a twist to the standard format because, well, it's the preseason! About the only thing predictable about preseason games were the Colts would lose every game but who knows now with Dungy retired. Due to the unpredictability of preseason game results potentially everyone will have a similiar Pick'em record. Or will they? Unlike the above image, there's no right or wrong way to go about making your picks in the preseason as the Preaseason Pick'em League winner will prove.
The "twist" on the regular season Pick'em League is to win the Preseason Pick'em you have to post the worst record. Otherwise, all the rules are effectively the same albeit on a smaller scale (half the "season" requires only two weeks of picks to qualify with Preseason Week 4 being the only mandatory week). Also, if you miss tomorrow's Hall of Fame Game pick, don't sweat it, just get your picks in for Week 1 before the scheduled kickoffs that start Thursday and run through Monday.
| Visitor | Home | Date/Time (ET) | Network (live) |
| BUF | TEN | Sun., Aug. 9 8 PM | NBC |
| WAS | BAL | Thu., Aug. 13 7.30 PM | |
| NE | PHI | Thu., Aug. 13 7.30 PM | |
| ARI | PIT | Thu., Aug. 13 8 PM | ESPN |
| DAL | OAK | Thu., Aug. 13 10 PM | |
| STL | NYJ | Fri., Aug. 14 7 PM | NFLN |
| MIN | IND | Fri., Aug. 14 7.30 PM | |
| CIN | NO | Fri., Aug. 14 8 PM | |
| DEN | SF | Fri., Aug. 14 10 PM | NFLN |
| ATL | DET | Sat., Aug. 15 4 PM | NFLN |
| CHI | BUF | Sat., Aug. 15 7 PM | NFLN |
| HOU | KC | Sat., Aug. 15 8 PM | |
| TB | TEN | Sat., Aug. 15 8 PM | |
| CLE | GB | Sat., Aug. 15 8 PM | |
| SEA | SD | Sat., Aug. 15 10 PM | NFLN |
| JAC | MIA | Mon., Aug 17 7.30 PM | |
| CAR | NYG | Mon., Aug 17 8 PM | ESPN |
NFL Network will be reairing every preseason game this year so if you really want to see Brady Quinn flail around in Green Bay, get your DVR set-up to record it.
When making your picks you can be as elaborate as you'd like or succinct. Whichever way you detail your picks, please do me the favour of picking games in the above order; it makes tabulation much easier at 4AM Tuesday morning.
Best of luck! The winner, er, loser (?!) will take home a fabulous Cardinals' Super Bowl collectors item and....a David Boston Cardinals jersey straight from darkest corner of my closet.
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I am pickin' the winners of each game just like normal but hoping the other team wins.
HOFG: Buffalo (I’ll be sick of TO/Vince Young/Steve McNair talk by the end of the telecast)
Washington (The Redskins o-line will stink in the preseason as much in the regular)
New England (Nearly as bad as the Colts in the preseason but this is the Eagles they’re playing)
Pittsburgh (See how the reverse logic is working yet?)
Oakland (Stadium will be 1/3 full and 75% of those will be Cowboy fans)
St. Louis (Looking forward to see Sanchez in “real” action)
Indianapolis (Figuring Dungy’s preseason mentality will carry over)
Cincinnati (Kept picking these guys last year too…wtf was I thinking?)
Denver (Which team mutinies first?)
Detroit (Picked DET for the first game last year too against the Falcons)
Buffalo (Hester is no longer doing kickoffs, what the ‘ell is Smith thinking?)
Kansas City (Haley is going to try to win this game which means he wont)
Tampa Bay (Bucs need to play six quarters to give all the QBs some snaps)
Cleveland (Think the Green Bay faithful are happy Favre finally said “no”?)
Seattle (Mora’s HC return should be interesting to watch)
Jacksonville (Dolphins a one-year fluke? Doubt it.)
NYGiants (Hard one to pick considering last year’s failures in the playoffs)
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
My picks.
Buffalo
Washington
Philly
Arizona
Oakland
St. Louis
Minnesota
New Orleans
San Francisco
Detroit
Buffalo
Houston
Tampa Bay
Cleveland
Seattle
Jacksonville
Carolina
Week 1 Picks
Buffalo
Baltimore
New England
Pittsburgh
Dallas
New York Jets
Minnesota
New Orleans
San Francisco
Atlanta
Chicago
Houston
Tennessee
Cleveland
Seattle
Miami
Carolina
"There are preachermen on TV in a suit and a tie, they tell you to send your money to the Lord, but they give you their address" Hank Williams Jr.
by StuckinColorado on Aug 8, 2009 11:38 AM MDT reply actions
Buffalo
Washington
New England
Pittsburgh
Oakland
St Louis
Minnesota
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Detroit
Chicago
Houston
Tampa Bay
Cleveland
Seattle
Jacksonville
New York
Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds
My Picks
Buffalo
Washington
Philly
Arizona
Oakland
St. Louis
Indy
Cincinatti
Denver
Detroit
Buffalo
Houston
Tampa Bay
Cleveland
Seattle
Jacksonville
Carolina
picks
Tennessee
Baltimore
Philly
Arizona
Dallas
St. Louis
Minnesota
New Orleans
San Francisco
Detroit
Buffalo
Kansas City
Tennessee
Green Bay
Seattle
Miami
Carolina
by Syracuselaxman44 on Aug 9, 2009 1:44 AM MDT reply actions
Stuck at work, but here is the HOF game...
Buffalo: I wonder if the TO Show will show a clip of Finnergan slamming TO on his head out of bounds.
Life's too short. Be a fan. Magic, Cards,Rays and "the U"! What a winning combo.
by hevchv on Aug 9, 2009 3:11 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
The rest...
Was: Rex Ryan is gone but the defense isn’t. Ray Lewis will get at least one good hit before he comes out.
NE: Philly will be trying to win.
Pit: Only in preseason. Reg season it is AZ 19-0. Count on it.
Oak: John Kitna will throw for 12-18, 136 yards and 2 TDs.
STL: The Jets will let Shon Greene and Mark Sanchez wreak havoc.
Ind: When was the last time they won in the preseason.
Cin: Hardknocks started last night. Isn’t that a curse.
Den: Singletary will have his boys wired up and dialed in.
ATL: The Lions will start off on the right foot.
Buf: TO vs Cutler.
Hou: Haley wants this one real bad.
TB: Ten has too much running.
GB: Who really cares?
SEA: Their time is up. They suck.
Jac: The phins are in a groove right now.
NYG: They don’t care about this 1st one.
Life's too short. Be a fan. Magic, Cards,Rays and "the U"! What a winning combo.
Ill do mine later
too tired/hungover to do it at the moment. But I do like the twist, I think its lived up to our lofty expectations.
sc464 week1 pre-season loser picks
Buffalo
Washington
New England
Arizona
Dallas
St Louis
Minnesota
New Orleans
San Fransico
Detroit
Chicago
Houston
Tennesse
Green Bay
San Diego
Miami
Carolina
Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.
My Picks
I usually just read from the site, which, by the way, is fantastic. But I couldn’t resist this:
Tennessee
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Oakland
New York Jets
Minnesota
New Orleans
San Francisco
Detroit
Buffalo
Kansas City
Tennessee
Green Bay
San Diego
Jacksonville
Carolina
Welcome anyway tooman234
This really makes games more interesting throughout the year.
Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds
Picks guaranteed to be wrong (or right depending on how you look at it)
WAS – My favorite 3rd string QB Colt Brennan leads the Skins to victory
NE – Just to make Hawk’s wife sad….
PIT – Whiz might put Grey Beard back in during the 4th Q to exact some revenge (of the birds!!!)
DAL – Hearing Cowboys fans jump off a ledge b/c they lose the preseason opener?? Music to my ears….
STL – can’t think of a cool reason
MIN – They barely have a starting QB so I’d hate to see the depth chart
CIN – Ochocinco get’s suspended for tweeting on the field during the opening drive
DEN – the battle of piss poor QB’s
ATL – The city of Detriot riots in the streets
BUF – I watched them last night……nuff said
HOU – Thigpen is a stud and leads KC to victory
TEN – Fisher leaves Vince Young in too long
GB – Quinn and Anderson are just too potent….haha
SEA – Just because I hope they lose
JAC – Their starters are bad, they’re backups are worse
CAR – The Giants still have David Carr right?
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
picks
Baltimore
Philly
Pittsburgh
Dallas
St Louis
Indy
New Orleans
Denver
Chicago
Kansas City
Tennessee
Cleveland
San Diego
Miami
Lions
Carolina
pre week 1 picks
ravens
pats
cards
cowboys
jets
vikings
saints
broncos
falcons
bears
texans
titans
packers
chargers
dophins
panthers
The HoF game was "bonus" for those that posted a pick before 8 PM ET. You still have plenty of time to post picks for Preseason Week 1.
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
just to be clear.....we're actually supposed to pick the losers right?
So that we end up with the “worst” record instead of the best???? Or did I read that wrong?
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Pick winners as normal. Whoever has the worst record is the "winner". That's the "spin".
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
Alright I missed the Ten. game, I would have picked a winner but here it goes...
Bal
Phi
Ari
Oak
NYJ
MIN
NO
SF
ATL
CHI
HOU
TEN
CLE
SD
MIA
NYG
Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!
Would be pleased to come out of this .500
BAL
NE
AZ
DAL
NYJ
MIN
NO
SF
ATL
BUF
KC
TB
GB
SD
JAX
CAR
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