NFL Week 8

NFL.com ^ | October 31,2004 | Vigilantcitizen

[Vigilantcitizen]

WEEK 8
Sunday, Oct. 31
Arizona at Buffalo, 1:00 pm	Baltimore at Philadelphia, 1:00 pm
Cincinnati at Tennessee, 1:00 pm	Detroit at Dallas, 1:00 pm
Green Bay at Washington, 1:00 pm	Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1:00 pm
Jacksonville at Houston, 1:00 pm	N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 1:00 pm
Atlanta at Denver, 4:05 pm	Carolina at Seattle, 4:05 pm
New England at Pittsburgh, 4:15 pm	Oakland at San Diego, 4:15 pm
San Francisco at Chicago, 8:30 pm
Monday, Nov. 1
Miami at N.Y. Jets, 9:00 pm
Open date: Cleveland, New Orleans, St. Louis, Tampa Bay

Week 8  games between division leaders:
New England at Pittsburgh, Atlanta at Denver

Games between playoff contenders:
Baltimore at Philadelphia, N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, Jacksonville at Houston.

Games with one playoff contender:
Indianapolis at Kansas City, Detroit at Dallas, Carolina at Seattle, Oakland at San Diego, Miami at N.Y. Jets.


 Playoff picture heading into week 8:

AFC Division Leaders
Patriots  6-0
Steelers 5-1
Denver 5-1
Jags     5-2

AFC Wildcard Race
Jets      5-1
Ravens  4-2
Colts     4-2
Chargers 4-3

AFC Outside looking in..
Texans   3-3
Browns  3-4

NFC Division Leaders
Eagles   6-0
Vikings  5-1
Falcons  5-2
Rams     4-3

NFC Wildcard Race
Lions        4-2
Giants      4-2
Seahawks 3-3
Packers     3-4

NFC Outside Looking in
Saints     3-4
Cardinals 2-4

[Vigilantcitizen]

With the halfway point of the season upon us, the playoff picture will become clearer today.

With two teams high in the wildcard race having tough games, ravens and giants, teams below them have a good chance of making up ground for the wildcard.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Good article by John Clayton about the increased percentage of blitzes defenses are running this year.

Good article by Dan Pompei about the Patriots, and how their balance on both sides of the ball has contributed to their success.

[roadrunner96]

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/NFL_SC-PRED

Some prognosticators predict on this page.

As I remarked earlier; how interesting that with the Spread, Pittsburgh is picked by 4 of 6 of the quote experts unquote to defeat New England-3. I can easily picture this as being a game where New England wins but by only 3 points.

In fact, 4 of the 6 "experts" are below 500.

Maybe I do not understand the spread rules that well. I do not see "Oakland @ San Diego (-5.5)" at all.

An interesting table to look at in that linked page.

[DoctorMichael]

Thanks for the schedule AND the highlighting of important games.

[Pharmboy]

Reporting from Giants country in Freeperland. I was at the home loss last week vs. the Lions and the parking lot before the game was the highlight of the day. If they can't come back today against the Vikes they'll look like pretenders.

Historical footnote: it was during their run to the SB in '86 that they were losing against Minnesota and Phil Simms completed a 4th and 17 sideline pass to Bobby Johnson. They won the game, and ran the string on the season from that point on. That is considered THE play of that season.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Are you ready for some football?

NFL week 8 ping.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Thanks for the schedule AND the highlighting of important games.

You're welcome. I'll be doing it every week.

[Allegra]

GO REDSKINS!!

I'm actually a die-hard TEXANS fan, but the Redskins need to win today because of that election thing that has held fast since 1933. Besides, I went to high school in the DC area and they're my second favorite team. ;-)

[Vigilantcitizen]

Historical footnote: it was during their run to the SB in '86 that they were losing against Minnesota and Phil Simms completed a 4th and 17 sideline pass to Bobby Johnson. They won the game, and ran the string on the season from that point on. That is considered THE play of that season.

I remember that game.

The giants are in a very important game today. They have the talent to beat the vikings, which requires controlling the ball on offense. But, I just don't see it happening. The vikings have that "look" about them this year.

[Vigilantcitizen]

The Texans are a young,good looking team. They'll be good for a couple of years, barring bad injury luck.

IMO...The skins have their work cut out for them today. With the best defense in the NFL, anything resembling adequate on offense and the skins would be challenging the eagles.

[Vigilantcitizen]

My straight up pics for the week.

After last week's pitiful performance, I'm 60-42 for the year.

ARIZONA
DETROIT
JACKSONVILLE
KANSAS CITY
MINNESOTA
PHILADELPHIA
CINCINNATI
GREEN BAY
ATLANTA
SEATTLE
PITTSBURGH
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
NEW YORK JETS

[cgk]

Thanks for the ping! Passing it on ...

[cgk]

bump!

[roadrunner96]

Excellently done!

[Captiva]

ugh. I hate when the Browns are off.

Go New England!

(for today only)

[roadrunner96]

I'll opine; Skins over the Pack, Philly ain't going to lose this week to Baltimore, Arizona dfeats Buffalo before it gets to cold up there with savvy veteran coach Green, Vikings have a bit of a grudge and for the 2nd straight year it is in Minnesota, so I will pick them, Culpepper is so hot, with tossing 5 TDs in a few consecutive games, Bengals I hope keep on rolling from Monday night, Chiefs win as Colts have a mini-slump, Lions win, Texans, Broncos, Seattle, New England win, the Bolts over the Raiders, I'll pick Chicago and finally, I'll take the Fish over the Jets.

[Snerdley]

From the Frozen Tundra, and even though I have the pack in my office pool, GO HOGS! GO W!

[Vigilantcitizen]

Top 5 NFL feuds.

[Allegra]

I like your picks. :-)

[Vigilantcitizen]

Culpepper fumbled, giants recovered and are driving.

Lions up on Dallas early 7-0.

KC driving on the colts.