Ahira's Hangar

Well, you can go with picking the scores of the Sunday night and Monday night games...

How many ties have then come down to having the same tie-breaker score?
That's what I thought! I doubt if anyone wants to have to check all the previous predictions to see if the score they want is taken. Ties are part of life in sports, rare but there. Just my 2 cents.

Actually we have had a couple of co-winners of the week before, so, I guess ties are no big deal. I do think it's wrong to use the same score over and over again .

Sunshine's picks:
Philadelphia at Carolina PHILLY
Minnesota at Cleveland MINN
Kansas City at Baltimore RAVENS
Denver at Cincinnati CINN
Jacksonville at Indianapolis INDY
NY Jets at Houston TEXANS
Dallas at Tampa Bay DALLAS
Detroit at New Orleans NO
Miami at Atlanta FALCONS
San Francisco at Arizona CARDS
Washington at NY Giants NYG
St. Louis at Seattle SEATTLE
Chicago at Green Bay CHI
Buffalo at New England NE
San Diego at Oakland SD 31-17

Bulldog's picks:
Philadelphia at Carolina PHILLY
Minnesota at Cleveland MINN
Kansas City at Baltimore RAVENS
Denver at Cincinnati CINN
Jacksonville at Indianapolis INDY
NY Jets at Houston TEXANS
Dallas at Tampa Bay TB
Detroit at New Orleans NO
Miami at Atlanta MIAMI
San Francisco at Arizona CARDS
Washington at NY Giants NYG
St. Louis at Seattle RAMS
Chicago at Green Bay BEARS
Buffalo at New England BILLS
San Diego at Oakland SD 24-13

California's baby's picks:
Philadelphia at Carolina PHILLY
Minnesota at Cleveland MINN
Kansas City at Baltimore BALT
Denver at Cincinnati CINN
Jacksonville at Indianapolis INDY
NY Jets at Houston TEXANS
Dallas at Tampa Bay DALLAS
Detroit at New Orleans NO
Miami at Atlanta FALCONS
San Francisco at Arizona CARDS
Washington at NY Giants NYG
St. Louis at Seattle SEATTLE
Chicago at Green Bay CHI
Buffalo at New England NE
San Diego at Oakland SD 27-17

Duchess's Picks:
Philadelphia at Carolina EAGLES
Minnesota at Cleveland BROWNS
Kansas City at Baltimore RAVENS
Denver at Cincinnati DENVER
Jacksonville at Indianapolis INDY
NY Jets at Houston HOUSTON
Dallas at Tampa Bay DALLAS
Detroit at New Orleans NO
Miami at Atlanta MIAMI
San Francisco at Arizona CARDS
Washington at NY Giants GIANTS
St. Louis at Seattle SEAHAWKS
Chicago at Green Bay BEARS
Buffalo at New England NE
San Diego at Oakland SD 22-18

As always, those were not my picks, and Danlo can completely ignore them for stats purposes. My husband and kids say they will keep picking for me until I pick for myself. I rarely use this emoticon, but...

Sorry I'm late-between recovering from my best friend's birthday party, a needy four year old and processing 20 people for the first time, whew!

early results:
Let's get the shocker out of the way: Denver 12 Cincy 7. Almost all of us picked the Bengals to win and the Broncs were trailing 6-7 almost all game until a 50 yd hail Mary, intended for Marshall bounced into Brandon Stokely's hands for a TD. Kyle Orton 243 pass yd, Stokley 87 rec yd 1 TD. The rookie wins his first game and J-E-T-S shut down Tex 24-7. Mark Sanchez throws for 272 yd and a TD, Thomas Jones 107 rush yd 1 TD. In a beautiful QB clinic Drew Brees passes for 358 yd and 6, count 'em, 6 TDs. The beneficiaries were Devery Henderson 103 rec yd 1 TD, Marques Colston 1, Robert Meachem 1, Heath Evans 1, and cantankerous TE Jeremy Schokey hauled in 2. New Orleans 45 Det 27. Colts nip JAX 14-12 Peyton Manning 301 pass yd 1 TD to Reggie Wayne 162 rec yd. Purple Jesus rushes for 180 yd 3 big TDs. Minnesota 34 Cleve 20. Brett Farve didn't throw much, but he did complete his first TD as a Viking to young Percy Harvin. Cowboys push past TB 34-21 Tony Romo jacks 3 TDs, 353 pass yd, Roy Williams 86 yd rec 1 TD, Marion Barber 76 rush yd 1 TD. Donovan McNabb didn't pass for many yds but he did connect for 2 TDs and ran one in-after that he had to be taken to the locker room with a shoulder injury. Philadelphia 38 Carolina 10 (I knew I should have taken Philly!). Ravens outscore KC 38-24 Joey Flacco quite impressive: 307 pass yd 3 TDs, Mark Clayton 77 rec yd 1 TD, Todd Heap 74 rec yd 1 TD. Rutgers' Ray Rice 108 rush yd. Finally, Atlanta 19 Miami 7 Matt Ryan 2 pass TDs one to Tony Gonzalez 73 rec yd.

early standings:
Boy has Earthblood been hot! Catch him if you can! (please remember to verify you own records, I'm not perfect.)
Earthy 10-0 BOOM!
kins 8-2
Endy9 8-2
BaABNG 8-2
Cleburne 8-2
psytech 8-2
Damelon 8-2
Mr. S 8-2
cali 8-2
danlo 7-3
Menolly 7-3
aTOM 7-3
SoftOne 7-3
jelerak 7-3
tj 7-3
elanor 6-3
dAN 6-4
BigRed 6-4
duchy 6-4
moon 5-5
DD 5-5

Boy you sure are grumpy lady! This is supposed to be a FUN game, you're bringing everybody down...

afternoon results:
Nothing stat-wise to brag about, but the victor is very interesting Forty Niners outkick, out last AZ 20-16. New York G 23 Wash 17 Eli Manning 256 pass yd 1 TD. Man it's been a great day for tight ends! Look at John Carlson: 95 rec yd 2 TDs as the Seahawks KO StL 28-0. Matt Hasslebeck 279 pass yd, Julius Jones 117 rush yd 1 TD, Nate Burleson 74 rec yd 1 TD.

current standings:
Earthy's still ahead, but at least 6 are in position to catch him!
Earthy 12-1
Damelon 11-2 (only one to go 3-0 this afternoon)
Endy9 10-3
Cleburne 10-3
psytech 10-3
Mr. S 10-3
cali 10-3
kins 9-4
BaABng 9-4
Menolly 9-4
aTOM 9-4
jelerak 9-4
tj 9-4
elanor 8-4
duchy 8-5
danlo 8-5
SoftOne 8-5
DD 7-6
moon 7-6
dAN 7-6
BigRed 7-6

I'm getting Earthy to pick my lottery numbers next week...

Danlo - you and my husband and children are a pack of ginormous rats!

late result:
Cutler looked like crap in his first start for da Bears and Aaron Rodgers engineered a big comeback with a 50 yd TD pass to Greg Jennings on 3rd and long with just 1:11 left. Jennings had 106 rec yd, Ryan Grant 61 rush yd 1 TD. Green Bay 21 Chi 15.

current standings:
psytech joins the top 3 in position to win the week!
Earthy 12-2
psytech 11-3
Damelon 11-3 (hard core Bears fan...he couldn't help it)
cali 10-4
Mr. S 10-4
tj 10-4
Cleburne 10-4
Menolly 10-4
Endy9 10-4
kins 10-4
danlo 9-5
jelerak 9-5
SoftOne 9-5
aTOM 9-5
BaABng 9-5
elanor 8-5
DD 8-6
moon 8-6
duchy 8-6
dAN 7-7
BigRed 7-7

mmm...
not a bad opening week for a heart over head player...

now I need to learn how I did in each of the fantasy football leagues I'm in