Nolebucgrl’s NFL Picks Week 1

And we’re off, the season is about to begin and I am going to make my weekly picks.  I do not portend to be an expert nor do I bet on my picks, so nobody should use these as guides, just a for fun thing.  Some weeks I will be good, some weeks I will suck and we can all laugh at me.  I’ll be doing it too!  So, since things kick off on Thursday, let’s get started.

Redskins over Giants (I’ll go with an upset to start the season, I think the Skins might just be a playoff team and I think the Giants are a one hit wonder, especially with Osi and Strahan gone)

Detroit over Atlanta (my pick for worst game of the week, you’d have to pay me to watch this, unless it was to laugh at Atlanta)

Seattle over Buffalo (this is a toss up for me, I think the Bills might be poised to make the leap this year but I don’t trust them yet, so going with the known playoff team)

Jacksonville over Tennessee (the Jags are looking good, even if half their team is getting arrested and/or shot)

Jets over Miami (ahhh the first Favre game, do you think that people will throw roses on the field and cry in the streets?)

New England over KC (Brady and the boys will return to form, nice they got a cupcake opponent to start the season with Tommy’s aching foot, shouldn’t be a problem here)

Sigh, New Orleans over my Bucs (if I go with my heart, I’ll pick Tampa, but my head has to rule here and the Saints scare me)

Philly over St. Louis (still hate the Rams, always and forever, and Philly is yet another NFC East team that could easily make the playoffs as long as McNabb stays healthy)

Pittsburgh over Houston (Texans are getting better, but not quite good enough)

Cincy over Baltimore (I hear the Ravens are going with Flacco to start the season, rookie qb…hmm, don’t like it.  I like him but already?  Gotta go with the Chad here, errr Ocho Cinco that is)

San Diego over Carolina (The Chargers are still a kick butt team, but I don’t like Merriman insisting on playing with his knee injury, I hope someone there sits him down and stops him)

Arizona over San Fran (San Fran has no quarterback…or 3 of them that don’t equal one, whatever.  Terrible.  Leinart gets the bench, I go for AZ)

Dallas over Cleveland (Dallas will be good again in the regular season, we’ll see what they do in the playoffs.  I like Cleveland as well, could be a great game, except I think Romo will pick apart Cleveland’s corners)

Indy over Chicago (I don’t think Indy is going to be the force they’ve been in years past due to the Oline injuries and Manning’s knee, but Chicago still has the two-headed quarterback system going and neither heads are worth watching)

Minnesota over Green Bay (The Favre-less era begins.  Minny has a better team all around though both have qb questions.  I’ll go with Adrian Peterson here, and totally irrelevant but isn’t he hot?)

Denver over Oakland (I don’t really need to say anything here, Oakland sucks.  McFadden might be fun to watch but their WR’s are full of questions and the qb situation doesn’t fill me with confidence)

So there you have the week one picks.  Feel free to leave your own or to make fun of mine all you want.  I’m so elated that the season is finally here I could go 0-16 and still be happy.  Damn I missed football.