Early NFL picks for 09-10
So, my buddy Squid Dog (diehard Packers fan) and I had our yearly NFL picks email swap today. Here’s the conversation
Squid:
I can’t believe Favre was on the practice field within 90 minutes of landing in Minnesota. 2 Year contract too.
Me:
Conflicted, are ya? I seem to recall you saying a couple weeks ago that you’d like to see him play again.
Squid:
Very conflicted. I love watching him play and want him to do well, but with the Vikings? Man.
Me:
Hahaha!
Squid:
I’ll just have to see how I feel when the season starts.
ready to make predictions?
Me:
Sure!
Tits have a 10-6 or 11-5 season but win the AFC South since everyone else got worse since last year except maybe the Texans (fucker!), who couldn’t get much worse.
Patriots win the AFC East with a 12-4 season, Dolphins and Jets suck. Ravens win the AFC North with a 10-6 season, decided by Pittsburgh losing to the Ravens, even though they have the same record. Cleveland and Cincinatti both still suck. AFC West is kind of a toss-up between a declining San Diego, a rising Kansas City and a mediocre Denver. I would be surprised in anyone in that division gets more than 9 wins. Raiders still suck.
Squid:
I’m goinna go with:
Pittsburgh wins their division.
I’m gonna go with the Eagles winning their division and the Giants getting a wild card.
Detroit will fail miserably to prove themselves to be a team.
Minnesota will win the Division with Green Bay and Chicago tied but the Packers getting the Wild Card spot.
Chargers will win the division, but lose in the first game of the playoffs.
Patriots win the division but with an 11-5 record.
Falcons win the division because the Saints defense won’t be able to stop anything.
Injury whammy – Peyton Manning, week 3 @ AZ. Right shoulder.
Me:
You know, there’s basically two Favres playing in the NFC North. Jay Cutler is a total gunslinger like Favre, with the huge arm and interception count to go with it. Still, I think the Bears were missing QB to get them farther. If they don’t go to the playoffs this year, I would be really surprised. I think Detroit will still be pretty bad, but I don’t think they’ll have the worst record in the NFL. The Tits’ defensive coach got the head coach gig up there. I don’t think I’m ready to say they’ll go 8-8, but 6-10 or even 7-9 could happen.
Don’t think Dallas is gonna do well? Romo absolved himself of the Jessica Simpson curse, and they removed the TO tumor as well.
Atlanta is totally gonna win the NFC South. They’re my pick to win the NFC completely.
My injury whammy is Drew Brees – ACL. I’m gonna guess before October.
Squid:
Nope, I don’t see the Bears or Cowboys making the post season this year.
Me:
I think the Bears’ window is closing with their awesome defense.
Squid:
Yup. They missed their shot.
Me:
I dunno if it’s gone yet, but it’s closing pretty fast
Squid:
I can’t wait until regular season starts. I miss football. Should be
a lot of good games. There was a larger than normal QB shakeup around
the league during the off season.
Me:
Yeah there was. It should be a fun season to watch.
So there you have it. When Squid Dog makes some outrageous claims later in the season that he predicted all this, we have a blog post for reference.
Because he’s a liar. Hee hee.
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