Tag Archives: week 9

It’s a pretty busy day today and if I get any blogging time later I have something else I’m thinking about writing, so I’m just going to throw the power ranking and season predictions up without much comment.  Maybe, like, … Continue reading →

This week we have some interesting games early and then some more typical games late.  The early games are interesting in that there are five home underdogs, the most we’ve had in one week in about a month.  Once you … Continue reading →

Just a couple years ago the San Diego Chargers were the best team in the NFL (which was true even early in the season), even if they had atrocious special teams and ended up not making the playoffs.  That year … Continue reading →

Another week, another power rankings.  Tomorrow brings our first Thursday night game (I consider the week one game a gimmick) and it’s a relatively important one: Oakland and San Diego are tied for first in the AFC West, and only … Continue reading →

I was oddly relaxed this weekend, then I realized the Lions were on their bye.  Even my fantasy football results were locked in by the end of the afternoon games on Sunday.  Instead all I had to worry about was … Continue reading →

I continually hope to get my predictions up a little earlier than Sunday morning, but Bodog rarely has numbers up for every game at that point.  Why?  Injuries.  The books like to know who’s playing before they set the line.  … Continue reading →

The Cowboys have officially become the red-headed stepchild of the NFL after last night’s thrashing by the Packers.  Green Bay is 6-3 and so it looks like Dallas just ran into a good team, but my rankings have them only … Continue reading →

Bill Simmons has his first power poll of the season along with his picks this week.  If you look at my rankings, you’ll see there are some disagreements.  I think having the Patriots at number one is especially bad (although … Continue reading →

There wasn’t much change in the power rankings from last week to this.  Oakland continued its meteoric rise with another big victory, but the rest of the league stayed about where it was.  This should be comforting; it means that … Continue reading →