New coaches.
New quarterbacks.
We’re only a quarter of the way through our NFL season, and the NFL landscape is changing drastically.
Yet, Shauna Dooley-Wallace of Durango was the model of consistency.
Our Week 4 Gridiron Green winner scored 11 out of 13 correctly, one behind the national pacesetter, Amanda Nelson of Virginia Beach, to stand alone atop our local standings. She beat out a quartet of 10s, while our past weekly champions filed in with a 7 (Aaron Archuleta) and two 6s (Doug Carman and Marcia Kuzma).
The Gridiron Guru filed a 6, as well, and for the season is seven off Archuleta’s pace.
Week 5
Bye: Miami, Oakland
Thursday, Oct. 2
Minnesota at Green Bay (KCNC, KREZ; NFL Network) – Speaking of new quarterbacks, Teddy Bridgewater splashed onto the scene with an auspicious debut in a home win over the Falcons. But he’s questionable with an ankle injury, so the Vikings are pondering another switch to an old starter. Pick: Packers, 33-16. Line: Packers by 9½.
Sunday, Oct. 5
Cleveland at Tennessee – Browns off the bye. Pick: Browns, 20-19. Line: Titans by 2.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans – Two of the Week 4 outliers, New Orleans lost to Dallas, and Tampa Bay beat Pittsburgh. Expect normalcy this week. Pick: Saints, 27-20. Line: Saints by 10½.
Houston at Dallas (KREZ) – Are these new Cowboys legit? Pick: Cowboys, 28-20. Line: Cowboys by 4.
Chicago at Carolina – The Panthers aren’t right, and the Bears are 2-0 on the road with wins at the N.Y. Jets and San Francisco. Pick: Bears, 27-21. Line: Panthers by 2½.
St. Louis at Philadelphia – The Rams are coming off a bye, but ... Pick: Eagles, 33-23. Line: Eagles by 7.
Atlanta at N.Y. Giants – Are these new Giants for real? Pick: Giants, 28-17. Line: Giants by 4.
Buffalo at Detroit – The E.J. Manuel experience is over, and Kyle Orton is (not) the answer. Pick: Lions, 26-16. Line: Lions by 7.
Baltimore at Indianapolis (KCNC) – These two have history. Pick: Colts, 31-30. Line: Colts by 3½.
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville – Lose to the winless Buccaneers, why not to Blake Bortles and the winless Jaguars? Pick: Jaguars, 27-23. Line: Steelers by 6½.
Arizona at Denver (KASA; KRSJ 100.5 FM) – Both elite teams are coming off bye weeks, but Carson Palmer remains down and out, so, advantage, Peyton Manning. Pick: Broncos, 27-17. Line: Broncos by 7.
Kansas City at San Francisco (KREZ) – 49ers foil Alex Smith’s return to the Bay. Pick: 24-23. Line: 49ers by 6½.
N.Y. Jets at San Diego – Philip Rivers and the Chargers roll. Pick: Chargers, 27-13. Line: Chargers by 6½.
Cincinnati at New England (KOBF, KUSA) – It’s a pick ’em!? After the Bengals’ bye week and the Patriots’ “performance” Monday night, I pick Cincinnati. Pick: Bengals, 19-17. Line: pick ’em.
Monday, Oct. 6
Seattle at Washington (ESPN) – East Coast Washington vs. West Coast Washington. There’s been a security breach out east. Pick: Seahawks, 33-16. Line: Seahawks by 7.
Gridiron Green
Week 4
Note: The names in bold are the weekly Gridiron Green winners, and the numbers in parentheses indicate the weeks in which they won.
Overall Week 4
shauna (4) 34 11
joosten 38 10
lbewley 34 10
mcheather 36 10
cidx2 35 10
dave 34 9
jwilson 27 9
packerfan 36 9
robrog 37 9
edonelan 37 9
netter 37 9
SWITT 39 9
marionl 32 9
chrissim33 27 9
ryanp 34 9
aelliott 37 9
goober 27 9
stoneage 35 9
hmorris 33 9
trooper 28 9
Missali23 40 9
baylsc 38 9
broncosbm 33 9
erinjlopez 21 9
kslyter 35 9
odhainey 34 9
rionate 33 9
ElleBee 29 8
Skater22 36 8
ncblue311 35 8
mike 31 8
KittyCent 34 8
roylb 34 8
kristalp 37 8
deanob 35 8
slroberts 34 8
glnorton 32 8
elvis65 35 8
scott27 34 8
rmorris 40 8
susanne 34 8
GinaA 36 8
sherry 36 8
jrichardso 34 8
rrichardso 32 8
Tanaya 26 8
clarkbar 33 8
skibum 39 8
Hound 36 8
klyons 32 8
azfan 37 8
sparky 33 8
w00dy 36 8
esteban 36 8
Geri 563 34 8
byron 18 8
oscar 37 8
Shaqattack 33 8
debbiez 29 8
stkitts10 32 8
ryans 39 8
crisg 30 8
pckrgrl 36 8
bojangles 34 8
vickyt 28 8
alisha 37 8
Cyphers 32 8
huckster 38 8
harry55 38 8
marioG 37 8
paulj 40 8
brandon198 21 8
fdeano45 34 8
chanel 26 8
truchas 36 8
broncos 35 8
mikecortez 34 8
tiffmc 30 8
mamajama 33 8
bobster 32 8
crazylouie 31 8
zoeygirl 35 8
tarheel 34 8
cajun 35 8
lisadonela 33 8
bigdog99 34 8
thomas24 32 8
eblack 30 8
peggy 37 8
lamar18 31 8
jakem 34 8
ollie 27 8
atrain 19 8
nlopez 18 8
texasdeck 14 8
moni 8 8
ajheirtz 36 8
Atbatcat 25 8
bjforkner 8 8
blwells 33 8
boydh 36 8
broncfan51 36 8
broncobart 31 8
broncoh8r 35 8
dciluffo 36 8
dpgrizzly 25 8
gdhudson53 34 8
Maverick 36 8
hmckie 36 8
jcbia 33 8
kelleyj4 39 8
lamadden 34 8
mikerak 8 8
moreh2o 36 8
pewtergirl 35 8
picklepus 35 8
ag120695 34 8
quasarwes 36 8
rams91 35 8
suealsum 36 8
StephieO 34 8
smouret 36 8
tspoon32 34 8
SnapFace 36 8
xskunk 31 8
xt1ngu1sh 35 8
youngkathy 36 8
Zabkatista 37 8
zman033 29 8
petershirk 32 7
cindylou 34 7
cookie45 34 7
blackrose 34 7
meyers 36 7
pistolpete 37 7
connief 32 7
master 36 7
wally49 31 7
tlittle 28 7
dragracer 32 7
jaydoc 16 7
katwalk 17 7
jsquires 35 7
dpollock 33 7
june 36 7
ladonna 34 7
amos 33 7
simpson 28 7
redhawks 33 7
dominique 32 7
twheeler 31 7
MillerTime 34 7
gjohnson 35 7
khinkle 31 7
bemrich 29 7
ZumaB 34 7
billy 35 7
janiceb 32 7
rickb 38 7
swami 37 7
Aaron A. (2) 42 7
Gremlins 35 7
jsalchicha 34 7
Evans 25 7
weese338 26 7
Motob 38 7
CC23 18 7
cardfan 40 7
kmvdad0927 34 7
mbalzen 34 7
Mr. Wales 35 7
bree 31 7
opie 33 7
forsberg39 35 7
lester 32 7
mamat 24 7
hsteinle 35 7
ramjet 37 7
paddy 33 7
terry n 36 7
waylon 30 7
johnnygood 31 7
c130 31 7
boatie 34 7
aeverett81 34 7
cbef 34 7
DO86 35 7
joyceella 28 7
jrarch55 33 7
lordhunter 35 7
plgone 33 7
Pat Flores 32 7
skolmn 36 7
spannistan 36 7
Gridiron Guru 35 6
Peyday 34 6
james 28 6
christinab 23 6
tramirez 32 6
kane 37 6
albertf 32 6
Tripp 34 6
dbroncos 37 6
heatmiser 28 6
broncbust 35 6
deanna 32 6
marmstrong 35 6
jorjor 22 6
groberts 37 6
tomd 23 6
hawk99 34 6
vince 35 6
antonio 31 6
justjamee 6 6
yogibear 23 6
delbs 32 6
jetsfan 31 6
Josie_L 24 6
fishscale 6 6
sobrino 31 6
taylor 23 6
56golf 32 6
shed 32 6
bigal60 36 6
tanner1 33 6
tbone 33 6
steeler75 (3) 32 6
trav 32 6
mommamary 22 6
oldman 6 6
benruybal 25 6
broncosfvr 29 6
cooter89 29 6
crnorton 32 6
durango57 30 6
EL GECKO 32 6
hesperado (1) 38 6
jadosse 31 6
jimsquires 32 6
lsovocool 38 6
mgrome 35 6
mwanger 33 6
pkabill 34 6
rick81326 26 6
crowley 33 6
superextem 19 6
ta26 35 6
jason 34 5
rmiller 35 5
jlane 26 5
yomama 30 5
rbarkley 25 5
beaver74 5 5
redskin58 26 5
jennifertr 10 5
choker 35 5
hillster 32 5
jesvigil 30 5
reddurango 32 5
butterguy 34 5
carriekate 22 5
cas19 33 5
eaglesrgr8 25 5
quiklikeab 32 5
rtm79 30 5
sdebelina1 33 5
shupie 32 5
threef504 32 5
grandma1 29 4
ABC123 30 4
john_s 23 4
denvoo 16 4
michmat 28 4
wildryty 33 4
“XXX” 3 3
tucson 18 3
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