Don’t look at me.
Daniel Orris was this week’s Gridiron Guru. DO86 was the only local to score 15 out of 16, and his money pick was Seattle over San Francisco in the Pacific Northwest.
I can at least claim that “upset” on my Week 2 roster; I finished 9-7 – one better than opening week – to run my record to 17-15.
Hey, it’s improvement.
Look at Orris, he finished one worse than me Week 1 with only 7 out of 16 right.
There’s hope for all of us.
On a grander scale, Glen Loppnow of Wisconsin picked his Packers to win, then got the other 15 right, too, to make it two weeks in a row the national champion went 16-for-16.
Thursday, Sept. 19
Kansas City at Philadelphia, (NFL Network) – Andy Reid is back, and so is Donovan McNabb, who will have his No. 5 retired at halftime. He better hope the Eagles are winning, or he might be the first to get booed by the home town on his big day. Pick: Eagles, 33-30. Line: Eagles by 3.
Sunday, Sept. 22
San Diego at Tennessee – So far anyway, Philip Rivers is playing like the QB of old. Pick: Chargers, 24-23. Line: Titans by 3.
Arizona at New Orleans – The Saints are building a defense to go with their offense. Pick: Saints, 40-30. Line: Saints by 8.
St. Louis at Dallas (KASA) – Bradford the Boomer Sooner knows what it takes to upset Texas. Pick: Rams, 24-23. Line: Cowboys by 4.
Cleveland at Minnesota – I don’t think Hoyer for Weeden is considered a cure for what ails you, and now the Browns have no running back, too. Pick: Vikings, 20-9. Line: Vikings by 5.
Houston at Baltimore (KCNC, KREZ) – Joe Cool might be without Ray Rice. Pick: Texans, 20-16. Line: Texans by 2.
N.Y. Giants at Carolina – The Book of Eli consists of a lot of touchdowns and a lot of interceptions. That’ll work this weekend. Pick: Giants, 30-24. Line: Panthers by 1½.
Detroit at Washington – RGIII is going to need some time to warm up. Pick: Redskins, 29-28. Line: Redskins by 2½.
Tampa Bay at New England – The Patriots are struggling. The Buccaneers are struggling more. Pick: Patriots, 19-17. Line: Patriots by 7½.
Green Bay at Cincinnati – A-Rog and the boys rally at Paul Brown on the Bengals. Pick: Packers, 24-21. Line: Packers by 1.
Atlanta at Miami – My money is on Matty Ice finding a way to win in South Beach. Pick: Falcons, 23-20. Line: Dolphins by 1½.
Indianapolis at San Francisco (KCNC, KREZ) – Harbaugh hosts Luck, his star college QB from Stanford. Oh, and the QB has a new toy, too: The Colts traded a 2014 first-round pick to the Browns for Trent Richardson on Wednesday. Pick: 49ers, 27-24. Line: 49ers by 10½.
Jacksonville at Seattle – San Francisco can’t even win at Seattle. Pick: Seahawks, 31-10. Line: Seahawks by 19½.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets – Manuel vs. Smith could be fun. Pick: Jets, 17-16. Line: Jets by 2.
Chicago at Pittsburgh (NBC Sports) – It’s hard to imagine the Steelers’ franchise at 0-3, but that’s a very real possibility. Pick: Bears, 22-10. Line: Bears by 2.
Monday, Sept. 23
Oakland at Denver (ESPN; KRSJ 100.5 FM) – Here’s the deal: Chris Clark is no Ryan Clady, and there simply is no (Winston) Justice in the “Super Bowl good” Denver Broncos losing their left tackle – aka Peyton Manning’s blindside protector – just two weeks into the regular season. The loss, as big as it is (6-6, 315 pounds, $52.5 million), won’t hurt the Broncos just yet – even against the surprisingly good 4½-sacks-per-game Oakland Raiders. Pick: Broncos, 37-13. Line: Broncos by 14½.
Gridiron Green
Overall Week2
DO86 22 15
GlennM 20 14
james 25 14
broncbust 21 14
lgallegos 25 14
betsy 26 14
kmvdad0927 25 14
cas19 23 14
mschwantes 25 14
rick81326 23 14
Zabkatista 24 14
PeteRdG 21 13
LukeMartin 22 13
blackrose 24 13
pistolpete 21 13
deanob 20 13
connief 13 13
june 22 13
MillerTime 24 13
chainsaw 21 13
sherry 22 13
cowboydave 22 13
JSKY 23 13
khinkle 22 13
kgerber 21 13
vince 22 13
w00dy 23 13
debra 25 13
marge 20 13
oscar 21 13
weese338 23 13
Klacker 23 13
danielle 13 13
cardfan 23 13
jtripp 24 13
broncfan 23 13
eric1972 23 13
pickem 23 13
hillster 18 13
danrose 13 13
aeverett81 21 13
atbatcat 24 13
bigj13 17 13
billcorwin 22 13
drtonyk 23 13
traderzane 26 13
finfan59 20 13
kslyter 23 13
mauiandy 24 13
pewtergirl 24 13
realmccoy4 13 13
ryanmckie 24 13
suealsum 25 13
schwanmu13 24 13
skolmn 25 13
teambohica 22 13
Peyday 22 12
DSlice 22 12
Sarge 22 12
NJboy 23 12
cookie45 24 12
mike 21 12
Nemesis 23 12
meyers 21 12
daniel 23 12
albertf 12 12
elvis65 24 12
dbroncos 23 12
jaydoc 23 12
katwalk 23 12
jsquires 20 12
dpollock 20 12
marmstrong 23 12
cabeyta 24 12
simpson 20 12
barbarak 19 12
susan 22 12
bella11 22 12
jorjor 23 12
jrichardso 24 12
chuck66 22 12
sergent 22 12
klyons 20 12
buds 23 12
beaver74 23 12
chrissim33 23 12
esteban 21 12
yogibear 21 12
howard 21 12
jsalchicha 21 12
Evans 20 12
putnam 12 12
Wohlfpack 23 12
mspat 12 12
tracy 25 12
brandonw 22 12
Gina 12 12
stkitts10 23 12
11chris 20 12
hillbillyj 21 12
Mr. Wales 23 12
nole 22 12
cheryl 19 12
bojangles 24 12
joan 20 12
daisy 20 12
travh 18 12
laff 21 12
forsberg39 23 12
huckster 21 12
lynda 21 12
harry55 24 12
broncos76 20 12
cardoc 24 12
billsfan 22 12
adam81 19 12
thomas 12 12
ablinville 23 12
ajheirtz 24 12
blwells 22 12
broncfan51 22 12
chystall 24 12
RK CK 21 12
hmckie 20 12
Ironman79 20 12
jimsquires 22 12
johnnygaz 22 12
kaygriffth 23 12
mgrome 24 12
michmat 20 12
mwanger 20 12
probee 21 12
rams91 23 12
roliger 22 12
shately 21 12
shupie 20 12
smouret 23 12
Troy valde 21 12
tfwaters 22 12
butch 22 11
Falcoholic 19 11
joelr 22 11
jeffrx17 23 11
jeremiah 21 11
Angela Joy 19 11
kent 21 11
Allison 20 11
cdossey 22 11
bsdossey 21 11
cindylou 23 11
lunchbox 18 11
delbz 23 11
roylb 20 11
jason 22 11
vikingman 18 11
amber 19 11
kane 23 11
lbewley 22 11
glnorton 21 11
Zachary 24 11
Tripp 22 11
heatmiser 23 11
grneyedgrl 19 11
randallg 21 11
packerfan 20 11
robrog 22 11
scott27 20 11
dragracer 21 11
deanna 22 11
ladonna 20 11
jordan 12 11
redhawks 21 11
brian 23 11
susanne 21 11
twheeler 19 11
rmiller 22 11
edonelan 24 11
Darrell 22 11
rbarkley 20 11
anthony 19 11
netter 21 11
eagleigh 22 11
1standgoal 22 11
azfan 21 11
donnie 19 11
Lockman 22 11
sharim 24 11
josh 23 11
billy 22 11
janiceb 23 11
laura 11 11
lonzo 20 11
broncodude 23 11
antonio 12 11
reddurango 19 11
swami 21 11
tomp 20 11
phil 22 11
mark 23 11
JanaCarter 21 11
fuse 21 11
Gremlins 21 11
golfkrze 21 11
big_al 22 11
josh1 22 11
ajherrera 19 11
CathyS 23 11
miaf 20 11
debbiez 22 11
ivypeace1 20 11
mbalzen 22 11
angdolphin 22 11
jeffblack 18 11
yarb0348 19 11
crisg 22 11
pckrgrl 18 11
benny 18 11
Sweetness 20 11
orangeblue 21 11
petee 20 11
vickyt 22 11
beckysmith 21 11
tammy 23 11
cass 21 11
awesomo 22 11
rosebud 21 11
freewill 20 11
legdryrob 22 11
leww 23 11
jdixon 21 11
fishscale 21 11
rayray 21 11
remiller 23 11
hambone 23 11
adrian 21 11
gregory 22 11
kath 20 11
dizzydean 22 11
brianj 20 11
pegg 21 11
raiderfan 19 11
tlopez 21 11
beans 12 11
shorty 11 11
cash 11 11
gsxr 11 11
alb970 19 11
andytripp 22 11
baylsc 22 11
boydh 24 11
WEBIV 22 11
butterguy 20 11
cdarlingto 22 11
cdowns1 23 11
Ceromero12 21 11
chevwizard 21 11
cidx2 20 11
commute29 24 11
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corwinc 23 11
crnorton 23 11
damudders 12 11
dantest 23 11
dciluffo 23 11
gankamel 23 11
hazelnut18 20 11
jadosse 23 11
joefpayne 11 11
johernande 11 11
johnmank 23 11
jordan79mb 19 11
joshbo 21 11
jrarch55 23 11
jwforshee 22 11
Arizona 23 11
lil04joe 19 11
lordhunter 20 11
lsovocool 17 11
mbush9 23 11
mhotter2 18 11
mikerak 21 11
picklepus 21 11
plgone 23 11
puig1 18 11
realmccoy2 11 11
Hannigan 21 11
shupe52 11 11
soco21 22 11
Otto 22 11
tcotten 23 11
TonyHotter 23 11
threef504 21 11
tobyjm 19 11
wewalker 11 11
wildryty 18 11
xt1ngu1sh 18 11
Doowyt 22 10
Schosh5 18 10
billydee 21 10
brianac 19 10
christinab 20 10
tramirez 20 10
ldossey 20 10
kristalp 23 10
papadan 21 10
master 19 10
wally49 20 10
gary 23 10
jwilson 23 10
amos 20 10
rcundiff 10 10
rrichardso 21 10
gjohnson 23 10
jlane 22 10
skibum 19 10
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amanda 20 10
beth 20 10
grandma1 19 10
deano 22 10
sparky 21 10
dgardner 20 10
bobo 20 10
mateo 20 10
choker 20 10
bill 19 10
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bree 18 10
alisha 20 10
raymond 20 10
opie 21 10
mixhael 21 10
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jeremy 21 10
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michelle 10 10
keith 10 10
darci 10 10
terence 10 10
babs 10 10
mamat 10 10
realmccoy1 10 10
colomom 10 10
avs2012 20 10
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moze2013 20 10
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php75161 10 10
pwflores 21 10
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realmccoy5 10 10
rionate 20 10
sbrinton 22 10
swindell26 10 10
tdossey 18 10
thepaddler 20 10
wizmo 21 10
CMDurango 18 9
joosten 16 9
dave 20 9
commander 18 9
shauna 19 9
cruzr74 18 9
baygirl 18 9
clarkbar 16 9
bemrich 20 9
clifford 18 9
hawk99 20 9
stephwitt 21 9
rickb 20 9
spirit 9 9
raudel 18 9
jetsfan 20 9
jennifertr 9 9
themainman 20 9
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ricksmith 20 9
josie 15 9
sobrino 20 9
rhight 20 9
lester 9 9
kylie 9 9
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eloy1 19 9
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ag120695 17 9
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tlittle 16 8
tlyn 8 8
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jrod 17 8
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denton 16 8
yukmouth 8 8
bigheirtz 16 8
bretnewlin 16 8
broncosfvr 16 8
dayzduke 9 8
jeanneemue 18 8
kalby 14 8
Tanaya 11 7
orlando 7 7
goober 13 7
btwo 17 7
ronny 7 7
slwalker 4 4
joyce 4 4
speedracer 3 3
gigigarcia 3 3
richardson 1 1
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ryanp 0 0
hsteinle 0 0
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