Here are my week 3 matchup predictions.
Symbols vs. Roe
Yahoo projected score: Symbols 130.46, Roe 129.41
Prediction - Roe: Too many weapons - Fitzgerald, Jennings, Chris Johnson, Arian Foster. No way he has two consecutive bad weeks. Symbols is averaging less than 113 points per game, which won't get it done. He'll likely have to best that average by 20-25 to have any chance to win.
The Yellow Dart vs. First Down Syndrome
Yahoo projected score: TYD 140.95, FDS 135.27
Prediction - TYD: He's been a higher scoring team the first two weeks by nearly 20 points per game. He's the second highest scoring team in the league and his players have much better matchups. FDS's projection is too high.
Roe is a Jerk vs. McKinney Maulers
Yahoo projected score: McKinney Maulers 128.25, Roe is a Jerk 126.48
Prediction - McKinney: Aaron Rodgers will have a huge game against Chicago, but that's really the only safe bet for big-time production on Roe is a Jerk's squad. McKinney has Matt Schaub and Frank Gore and a bunch of others that are consistent contributors week after week.
Lost a bet with Mike vs. Hamski
Yahoo projected score: Lost a bet with Mike 133.03, Hamski 113.65
Prediction - Lost a bet with Mike: I liked DJ's team after the draft and although I didn't like it in either of the first two weeks, it came through last week with 138 points even though he left an injured Beanie Wells in his starting lineup. Hamski has four players who could have big weeks (Randy Moss, DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy and Tony Gonzalez), but after that I think points are going to be sparse.
redhypocycloid vs. Ribs-N-Whiskey
Yahoo projected score: redhypocycloid 129.13, Ribs-N-Whiskey 111.87
Prediction - redhypocycloid: Ribs-N-Whiskey put up 157 points last week, but 51 of it was from Jahvid Best. That probably won't happen again this week. He's also without Pierre Garcon and Ryan Mathews this week, so it's a bit of a make-shift lineup. I like redhypocycloid behind Brady and Welker (vs. Buffalo) and Adrian Peterson (vs. Detroit), but keep in mind redhypocycloid loses in crazy ways. He lost in week 2 by .38 when Marques Colston caught a 30-yard pass with 18 seconds left. He better blow out Ribs-N-Whiskey, because if it's close going into Monday night, history says the Green Bay defense will get enough points for Ribs-N-Whiskey to hand redhypocycloid another excruciating loss.
-BG
win or lose, boy were you wrong about my matchup... and willy and dave's matchup... and dave and randy's matchup.
ReplyDeletecongratulations, you are the Joe Lunardi of this blog.
having said that, i look forward to these writeups... too bad i never get to read them until after all the games are already over. but its great fun to point out the fact that betting against your picks would be more lucrative than betting with them. hahaha!
p.s. stop being a pansy and post writeups on your own matchup!!!
2-3 in my predictions three straight weeks. Not good, but I don't feel so bad since a certain critic was 0-5 with his matchup predictions this week on the league message board.
ReplyDeletethose pics were for comedic effect. everyone knew mark laird was gonna win in a landslide. if you want to go toe-to-toe with me, then put me on this blog and we can DO this.
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