So,

NFL 05 is on the Air. Lets get the picks here. Thanks guys for reminding me. Didn't have enough time earlier in the day to start the thread. So, here I am early morning- getting the picks.

NFL Week 1

Oakland Raiders @ New England Patriots ------>Patriots (no brainer)

Sun Sep 11, 2005
Houston Texans @ Buffalo Bills ------>Bills (Losman debut not too attractice but the defense helps the cause)

New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers ------->Panthers (look who is going back to SB LX? Fantasy points for my DST/STS)

Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns ------->Bengals (hey Coach we still lover you here in NE. Well, Brown are in the rebuilding process)

Seattle Seahawks @ Jacksonville Jaguars -------> Jaguars (Defense and Home field, too many drops from the Hawks)

New York Jets @ Kansas City Chiefs -------> Chiefs (We still love you Ty Law but now you are a Rival. Look for Priest to get free)

Denver Broncos @ Miami Dolphins -------> Broncos (Are the FIsh sure about startign Frerotte? OR who is starting at HB?)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Minnesota Vikings ---> Vikings (At home and life without Moss... pretty Darn Goood0

Tennessee Titans @ Pittsburgh Steelers ------> Steelers (The pain of Salary Cap Burden: Kearse left a year ago, then D. Mason and ROlle.... too much loses to overcome for the Titans)

Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins -------> Reskins (Defensive battle, Skins has the better Qb of the two)

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions --------> Lions (AHHH.. I can't go against Favre,, but hey Packers has to prove they got defense. And lions are the Sleepers of 05)

Arizona Cardinals @ New York Giants --------> Giants (Eli is morecomfortable with the offense now. Oh...he is facing..... KURT usuallly pick defense over offense. Colts might be too good. I Hope Manning passes over 400 yrs - 5 Tds and J. Lewis runs over 150 yards.... lol.. both are on mY fantasy leagues team.)

Mon Sep 12, 2005
Philadelphia Eagles @ Atlanta Falcons --------> Eagles aka on MAdden football I call them e-girls for they are so cheesy ( think Falcons will take the revenge of NFC champ. game??? You are dead wrong. I hope Vick comes out healthy from this game)WAGNER. watch out. IF THE birds were playing home, I would pick them)

Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers ------> The BOlts i.e Chargers (Hard not to pick Cowboys. Just that Bledsoe is mR. Unreliable)

St. Louis Rams @ San Francisco 49ers ------> Rams : this one is FUTBal AMericaNo (I am assuming Alex Smith will get some snaps)

ndianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens -------> Colts (I
So,

NFL 05 is on the Air. Lets get the picks here. Thanks guys for reminding me. Didn't have enough time earlier on the day to start the thread. So, here I am early morning- getting the picks.

NFL Week 1

Oakland Raiders @ New England Patriots ------>Patriots (no brainer)

Sun Sep 11, 2005
Houston Texans @ Buffalo Bills ------>Bills (Losman debut not too attractice but the defense helps the cause)

New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers ------->Panthers (look who is going back to SB XL? Fantasy points for my DST/STS)

Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns ------->Bengals (hey Coach we still love you here in NE. Well, Brown are in the rebuilding process)

Seattle Seahawks @ Jacksonville Jaguars -------> Jaguars (Defense and Home field, too many drops from the Hawks)

New York Jets @ Kansas City Chiefs -------> Chiefs (We still love you Ty Law but now you are a Rival. Look for Priest to get free)

Denver Broncos @ Miami Dolphins -------> Broncos (Are the FIsh sure about starting Frerotte? OR who is starting at HB?)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Minnesota Vikings ---> Vikings (At home, and life without Moss... pretty Darn Goood)

Tennessee Titans @ Pittsburgh Steelers ------> Steelers (The pain of Salary Cap Burden: Kearse left a year ago, then D. Mason and ROlle.... too much loses to overcome for the Titans)

Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins -------> Redskins (Defensive battle, Skins has the better Qb of the two)

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions --------> Lions (AHHH.. I can't go against Favre,, but hey Packers has to prove they got defense. And lions are the Sleepers of 05)

Arizona Cardinals @ New York Giants --------> Giants (Eli is more comfortable with the offense now. Oh...he is facing..... KURT WAGNER. watch out. IF THE birds were playing home, I would pick them)

Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers ------> The BOlts i.e Chargers (Hard not to pick Cowboys. Just that Bledsoe is mR. Unreliable)

St. Louis Rams @ San Francisco 49ers ------> Rams : this one is FUTBal AMericaNo (I am assuming Alex Smith will get some snaps)

Indianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens -------> Colts (I usuallly pick defense over offense. Colts might be too good. I Hope Manning passes over 400 yrs - 5 Tds and J. Lewis runs over 150 yards.... lol.. both are in mY fantasy leagues team.)

Mon Sep 12, 2005
Philadelphia Eagles @ Atlanta Falcons --------> Eagles aka on MAdden football I call them e-girls for they are so cheesy ( think Falcons will take the revenge of NFC champ. game??? You are dead wrong. I hope Vick comes out healthy from this game)


The Run to 3 peat begins. Just like the past two seasons, the pats shall go undefeated at home this season.
GO pats go.
jai nepal
ProudNEpali

DWI, congratulation being the overall leader. It's nice to see the leader from NYC rather than NE (no offense Proud bro) :D:D I am making progress and I am always do better on 2nd half of the seaosn :p don't believe me? ask Nepali NBA fantasy league manager :)

Congratulation kanchi... ya did a great job picking texans and jags.... I have yet to meet a girl who knows about all sports like you....

Congratulation tot he texans fans for their first win... enjoy it as much you can coz you may not see another win......

One girl in the league and she kicked our rear end... heheheheheh I am okay with it. I know some of us got something called male ego :p if so good luck with your picks for this weekend

Is NY Giants that good of a team??? I picked them first time to win the game and will be picking them rest of the season.... Tikki seems to always perform good... I don't think of him as a good RB... but he seems to be underrated now..... Younger Manning seems comfortable now...REAL DEAL??? let's wait till end of the year...

JETS is a BAD BAD BAD team and Minny in a horrible state after losing Dante.... I hear Dante is done for good??? I hope not... got a glimpse of his talent while in college... it seems i will never get to see him play as a pro.... Farve and 5 picks??? I am not surprised with such a lousy sorrouding casts, I think Farve should step aside and let Rodgers play.....

what's up with chargers again... i picked them to lose and they win... I think DWI has a better records on Chargers so I will pick wotever he does.... I can't understand this team at all.

Turbine, thanks for correcting me.. I changed the score.... Proud bro, jhelli garnu paundaina la... if I did any more boo-boo, please inform me ... Thanks

AX,
Dude do you run this show in here? It looks like you into sports although you just can cheer up for your SIR CHARLES back in days but now you moved into different sports since Sir charles retired.

Peace out brother.

hey,

what's on the air?
I just got too busy at my work. Dam, I had to make my picks at my 15 minutes break :) I thought I didn't put enough thoughts on my picks since I was in a hurry. Nevertheless, not too bad.

I will like to see COmpetition:) You see what I meant AX? At least DWI is giving me some compeition. That is cool. lol

ANd I bet this coming weekend (on MNF) I will be the LONE picker of my NE Pats. I am guessing, PATS will go pick up Lenny Walls (corner Back) from Denver. I heard Walls is placed on Injured Reserve and is going to get cut off. Since the rookies Williams and Foxworth are outplaying Walls, Broncos are going to let him go. And I am sure with injuries to POOle, Randal GAy, ChadScott (scott and Poole out for season, with TY LAw already in NY) and all the 3 guys on Strong safeties banged up (Harrison out for the season, backup Guss Scott out for the season, and third stringer James Sanders also injured, the OUT OF the Street Pick up Stones doing the duties) Lenny Walls can play some NICKLE role. he can surely be used against the opponent's 3rd or 4th wrs.

Anyways, Good to see Bruschi back. I hope Seymour gets back soon. Gosh.... another Pats (patrick Pass) goes down. Oh, we are getting Turnovers. We will need more of them against the Colts. This time we shall beat Colts with the offense :)

Hey AX bro, I didnt do any JHELA!! but again, one game is not gonna affect that much. well you can say I would have tied for the lead at this point:) well, let's see, its just halfway to the season.
Anyways, guys keep it up.

jai Nepal
Go pats go
proudNepali

hey Rekha,

Thanks for posting my post here. Seems like Kurakani now open on my computer also.



Jaai Nepal.
Go Pats go
ProudNepali

Proud, what's up with the name Rekha???
Competition eh? Hmm...U know what, this board has been so civil, I wouldn't mind some trash talks too..in a good/humerous way. So! Bring it on baby!!

In all honesty, I am just contend on getting more than 50% every single week than leading the pack. I know Hangu, Proud are right behind so the title is up for grabs. AX is just warming up so u never know, he might catch up. Turbine is running as well, is it the regular 7 stage turbine? Wish Kanchi had started earlier, we could off talk some trash to her as well, lol. But as far as % win is concerned Kanchi is right there. I think we should also acknowledge that.

AX, problem is not with Favre..look at the protection he gets. As far as Manny is concerned, he didn't have a great game last week..but survived. That'll teach him some character.

Proud Bro,

All this time I was thinking you were a guy. Well being into all the sports and stuff. (No offense to Kanchi ofcourse). Now I'm wondering are you a guy or a girl? Cause the name REKHA is certainly not a guys name. So if you are a girl, I guess I have to say you're well informed of your sport. Keep it up.

Anyways, congrats to Kanchi for her good picks. I don't know if this is my worst picks yet. 7-7. That sucks. Next week will be better for sure.

DWI, hope I'm not in some sort of a flunk. Don't worry. Not too long before I catch up to you. The Season is only half over.

Ax bro thanks for the correction and the continued update you do for us.

Good luck to all especially to me for the coming week's pick......

sorry about the confusion Turbine bro,

I had problems getting to post on my computer. So, I emailed Rekha, and she posted for me. I will be really surprised to know if any Nepali Gal will have such detailed knowledge of American sports. I know bunch of Nepali sathi (ketis) who have some knowledge about their school teams and their rivals but not one with all around knowledge. But again, I am ready as always to be proved wrong.

haha DWI, take it easy.
And yeah, its quiet easy to get in Competition with just picking the picks. One can always listen to guys at vegas and get minimum of 10 correct picks each week. But I know none here does that. Just like myself many of you guys just guess. I know AX bro goes through the team's reports and few more. I try to pick few upsets all the time. But again, the favorites to win the game (by poll or by experts guess) wins most of the time. For an example: for week 9: atlanta, carolina, cincy, detroit, jacksonville, KC, SD, Tennessee, Chicaog NY (giants), Seattle, Pitts, Philly, Indianapolis wil be the VEgas picks. But I dont go with just the matchups,, I try to look at the guys who wil be missing, or the guys who are in good shape and etc.. its an intellgent guess rather than just a pick up guess. But again Football is an interesting game..... need I say more.

to solve these Problems with ties. I will get a COnfidence Pool next year. I will explain how it works. But i will assure you guys, COnfidence pool will distinguish, the bling guessers from the intelligent guessers. haha, but again most of the folks here on Sajha are intelligent.
In the same line, KuDoS to AX for getting the spreadsheets and heads Up to folks leading on the picks.

as always
jai Nepal
go pats go
proudNepali

Okay Proud, I said trash...but not that much of it. lol.
Don't u have to pay some dough for those Vegas prediction? Beside would it be fun to just go along with somebody else's prediction. I don't know most of the folks around here, but I can say that AX is a good analyzer. I have seen ur reasonings as well so know for sure u don't follow the predictions (nothing wrong with that but still). As for me these are the factors I look:
1. Team's overall record
2. Major injuries
3. Offensive match up, Rushing and Passing yds for both teams
4. Defensive match up, Rushing/Passing yds of opponent
5. Home/Away team (ofcourse advantage to home)
6. Performance in last 4 matches (downward or upward trend)

Above are my major criteria in the correct order. Other things such as momentum, team build-up, coaching style of the match up etc factor in as well when the match up is really tight.

Now as far as a Nepali girl knowing these stuffs..hasn't Kanchi proven that already?

Fun to have competition, proud, Boston and NY always had the rivalry remember? Brings up the respect factor.

welcome to the thread himalaya178, you have been missing all this fun, you can still join this league... my only job here is to tally the scores :) and to spice up this thread with controversial comments :D:D you also should join the NEP NBA fantasy league...you can get more info at http://sajha.com/sajha/html/OpenThread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=24356
I know you are a good basketball player, but let's see how good of a talent evaluator you are :p

yo guys, ya giving me more credit than i deserve... honestly i am really bad picking nfl games.... the standing tells the whole story... if it was not our reddu bro, i be sitting at the bottom by myself :D:D

proud bro and turbine, be glad that many sajha feminists haven't read your comments else you two been..... ani laaj lagdaina testo bhannu lai after getting kicked our rear end by kanchi... or she is not nep :s

I agree with DWI and proud, I enjoy picking upset of the week and controversial games..... i do check injury reports before i pick the teams.. having said i still need help picking Lions and Chargers games ;)

NFL is not my forte... I like college football than pro... I enjoy MLB and NBA than football.... so can we move the thrash talking stuffs to NBA thread :p

i just pick games with my instinct, trust me, whenever i feel like i copy the games list, and 1 minute, i am done........maybe that's why i suck!

hey guys...
been busy all week...
First of all thank to AX for keeping the track of the scores.....u're doin gr8 ....
What a week once again for the Pro football fans............. good to c Bruschi back on the field............Tiki Barber ofcourse had a dream week.........Bronces are back this season with a bang after their marauding rhe eagles.......
Sad that Culpepper, it seems is out for the season.......I still believe he is a good QB.
Well Tuna n his boys can catch their breath a bit after being 5-3 before a bye week ahead........they surely have a tough 3 games in 11 days after that...........
of course there are lots of should have been and would have been before the bye week........

BEST GAME OF THE WEEK---------> Steelers vs. Ravens......
WORST GAME OF THE WEEK----------> Redskins Vs. giants ( unless u r giants fan)

Ofcourse I wished I could have joined this Sajha league earlier.....anyways ...

hey....anyone buying the idea for Manning VS. Mannning SuperBowl....well too early i guess

Wow ....what a week we're heading into ........Colts vs. Pats ...what a game that'll be......i'd love to c the predictions divided.....( or maybe not)
colts are 7-0 this season but payton manning is 0-7 against the pats at foxborough....

Interesting to know how u guys pick the teams....well i agree with AX and Proud......injury report n fantasy football helps........also your whim for home team ...

BEST OF LUCK FOR NEXT WEEK.......

Kanchi, you failed to mention the worst game of the week also goes to Vikes against Carolina. I could not watch this brutal thrashing by the Carolina, all credits to them btw for playing an excellent game. Delhomme was pretty. It was a marvellous exhibition of quartebacking.

But again, what a loss for Minnesota. Can anything go bad for them at the moment? It has just gone worst. The loss of Dante will have a tremendous impact on the already struggling Vikes team who needed their QB to guide them. But now they have to rely on the arm of the old horse. I think the team tactics needs to change immediately. I don't think the Vikings are good through the air now that Dante is gone. The ground game should be impeccable. The duos of Moe Willams and Mewelde Moore can be a good one-two punch. Ocassional play action passes will result in big gains if the ground game becomes a weapon.

They have got to get their receivers open through the ground attack. Mewelde Moore just scored his second touchdown in consecutive games. I think now Moe Williams needs to be converted from a short yardage specialist to a long yardage powerplay. Mike tice needs to get the two tied ends to immediately become active. The Vikes need the old Jim Kliensasser right away. We all know what he is capable of as he showed his class before his injury that sidelined him for the rest of the last year. But again, he is a super player. I think the idea behind throwing to a rookie Williamson one on one with the secondary looks like a bad one. Nate Burleson has shown flashes of genius ocassionally. He should be the target, rather than Williamson.

And by the way! what a MNF in offer. Pats agaist Colts. Should be a treat!

You all kNow,

I wil be Picking PAts even pats had 0-7 record :) But again, In "Bill" we trust. As long as BRady (brady not Favre) is throwing the Ball we have all the hopes. That's what a NEw Englander Feels.

Hey AX bro, I didn't try to offend any Nepali Kanchis, Sailis, mailis, jethis etc. Just stating the simple plain truth. But again this friend of mine in CAlifornia (Jethi..I guess) knows more about baseball (not football).... we talk about baseball a lot and she wil bring lots of Un-Highlighted Historical events. Hmm... I hope all these kanchis will appreciate My Honest inputs. haha

With or without Dante Culpepper.. the Vikes did stink this first half of the year. I am Dante Fan myself but he been struggling this season. But hey man, he is a QB he isn't supposed to be scrambling so dangerously in the middle of the field. I know his "legs" give him clear advantage amongst the QBs in this league, but man when you know you are going to get hit you just slide and protect yourself. I know we all love him for what he does but sometimes, you need to protect yourself. I hope he gets a good rehab. and comes back firing as his usual self. Like the Dante of 2004.

Jai Nepal
Go Pats Go
ProudNepali

DWI, I didn't mean to bench Farve becuase he is performing poorly. Packers season is over and they need to look towards future. Rodgers is their future. He needs to have some games under his belt beore he becomes fulltime QB.......

half thru the season and here's my contender and pretender list (3 from each conf)

contenders:
Colts
Pats
Broncos
Panthers
Seahawks
Giants

Pretenders:
Chargers
Chiefs
Bengals
Eagles
Buccs
Rams


Week 9 template

Tennessee vs Cleveland ---------------->
Atlanta vs Miami ------------------------>
San Diego vs New York Jets ----------->
Houston vs Jacksonville --------------->
Chicago vs New Orleans --------------->
NY Giants vs San Francisco ----------->
Philadelphia vs Washington ------------>
Oakland vs Kansas City ---------------->
Detroit vs Minnesota -------------------->
Carolina vs Tampa Bay ----------------->
Cincinnati vs Baltimore ------------------>
Seattle vs Arizona ---------------------->
Pittsburgh vs Green Bay --------------->
Indianapolis vs New England ----------->


good luck all

seems all sports fans are exhausted from the late nite NBA draft..... it was fun :)

Tennessee vs Cleveland ----------------> Tenn
Atlanta vs Miami ------------------------> Miami
San Diego vs New York Jets -----------> NY
Houston vs Jacksonville ---------------> jack
Chicago vs New Orleans ---------------> NO
NY Giants vs San Francisco -----------> NY
Philadelphia vs Washington ------------> Wash
Oakland vs Kansas City ----------------> KC
Detroit vs Minnesota --------------------> Min
Carolina vs Tampa Bay -----------------> TB
Cincinnati vs Baltimore ------------------> Cinci
Seattle vs Arizona ----------------------> Ari
Pittsburgh vs Green Bay ---------------> Pit
Indianapolis vs New England -----------> NE

Tennessee vs Cleveland ----------------> Browns
Atlanta vs Miami ------------------------> Falcons
San Diego vs New York Jets -----------> Chargers
Houston vs Jacksonville ---------------> Jaguars
Chicago vs New Orleans ---------------> THA Bears
NY Giants vs San Francisco -----------> Giants
Philadelphia vs Washington ------------> Eagles
Oakland vs Kansas City ----------------> Chiefs
Detroit vs Minnesota --------------------> Lions
Carolina vs Tampa Bay -----------------> Panthers
Cincinnati vs Baltimore ------------------> Bengals
Seattle vs Arizona ----------------------> Cardinals
Pittsburgh vs Green Bay ---------------> Steelers(Cower Sucks)
Indianapolis vs New England -----------> New England Patsies

Washington was just destroyed by Giants. It was as if they deployed a nuclear bomb. They learnt a good lesson though - "do not trade your back up quarterback to your division rivals." Tim Hesselbeck knew every move Washington was going to make. He was with a microphone in the sidelines acting like a play-caller.

No free toppings by Papa John last monday. Lets see how many free topings i am going to get this Monday when Eagles come to town. Good luck with your picks guys. I will post my picks at the last moment. Games are mostly decided on who will play and who will not. They change the roster at the last moment, so my picks will also come at last moment.

Rekha is also a football fan huh!! never knew that!

Congrats DWI, but i'm behind you. You might say way-behind but i hope to catch up. hehe..

Tennessee vs Cleveland ----------------> Browns
Atlanta vs Miami ------------------------> Dolphins
San Diego vs New York Jets -----------> Chargers
Houston vs Jacksonville ---------------> Jaguars
Chicago vs New Orleans ---------------> Bears
NY Giants vs San Francisco -----------> Giants
Philadelphia vs Washington ------------> Eagles
Oakland vs Kansas City ----------------> Chiefs
Detroit vs Minnesota --------------------> Vikings
Carolina vs Tampa Bay -----------------> Panthers
Cincinnati vs Baltimore ------------------> Bengals
Seattle vs Arizona ----------------------> Seahawks
Pittsburgh vs Green Bay ---------------> Steelers
Indianapolis vs New England -----------> COLTS...this is gonna be a good game!

My picks for Week 9
ennessee vs Cleveland ----------------> Browns
Atlanta vs Miami ------------------------> Atlanta
San Diego vs New York Jets -----------> Chargers
Houston vs Jacksonville ---------------> Jacks
Chicago vs New Orleans ---------------> Chicago
NY Giants vs San Francisco -----------> Giants
Philadelphia vs Washington ------------> Eagles
Oakland vs Kansas City ----------------> Oakland
Detroit vs Minnesota --------------------> Detroit
Carolina vs Tampa Bay -----------------> Panthers
Cincinnati vs Baltimore ------------------> Bengals
Seattle vs Arizona ----------------------> Seahawks
Pittsburgh vs Green Bay ---------------> Steelers
Indianapolis vs New England -----------> Pats

Tennessee vs Cleveland ----------------> Titans
Atlanta vs Miami ------------------------> Atlanta
San Diego vs New York Jets -----------> Chargers
Houston vs Jacksonville ---------------> Jags
Chicago vs New Orleans ---------------> New Orleans
NY Giants vs San Francisco -----------> Giants
Philadelphia vs Washington ------------> Redskins
Oakland vs Kansas City ----------------> Chiefs
Detroit vs Minnesota --------------------> Vikings
Carolina vs Tampa Bay -----------------> Panthers
Cincinnati vs Baltimore ------------------> Ravens
Seattle vs Arizona ----------------------> Seahawks
Pittsburgh vs Green Bay ---------------> Steelers
Indianapolis vs New England -----------> Colts