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patsfaninpittsburgh · 09-18-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Deus Irae

Perhaps the "other" ESPN pick grouping, where 7 out of 10 'experts' chose the Patriots, should have been included?

NFL Picks and Predictions for Week 2 - National Football League - ESPN

Jaws pick is the one of interest since he is probably the best person to gauge TB's progression back.

jmt57 · 09-18-2009, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deus Irae

Perhaps the "other" ESPN pick grouping, where 7 out of 10 'experts' chose the Patriots, should have been included?

NFL Picks and Predictions for Week 2 - National Football League - ESPN

Slightly off-topic but a couple other surprises with their picks:

9 out of 10 pick the Eagles to lose at home to the Saints. I know McNabb is out but as I recall the Saints haven't done to well on the road the last couple of years. Plus, Philly's defense was mighty impressive last week.
Only 1 out of 10 pick the Dolphins to win at home. Granted they're playing the Colts, but I would have expected a few more votes for Miami.
Just 2 out of 10 pick the defending NFC champs Arizona to win, against Jacksonville. Cardinals are a team that didn't do well at all playing on the east coast last year, but I would think they'll be highly motivated coming off a loss. Plus, Jacksonville isn't all that good a team and doesn't have the home field advantage other teams do in terms of crowd noise.
Not one single person picked Carolina to beat the Falcons. Yeah, it's in Atlanta and the Panthers looked bad last week, but haven't they ever heard of a team rebounding after a bad game? Carolina did go 12-4 last year (only the Titans were better) and although they weren't able to do anything in free agency because of the cap and franchising Peppers, I still think it's a bit premature to write them off yet.
9 out of 10 are picking the Bills over the Bucs. I'll be curious to see how Buffalo responds; they have a short week to prepare and could have an emotional letdown and look past Tampa Bay.