2021-2022 NFL Pick Em/Discussion Megathread

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Packers stink

[GeorgiaModerate]

Some weird upsets today.

As a group, we're just barely over .500 so far (if the Bears and Raiders win, we'll finish below it).  Politics Fan is currently leading at 10-4 with a few people at 9-5.

[DINGO Joe]

Saints played a really good game today

[GeorgiaModerate]

Saints played a really good game today

Clearly they need to play all their home games in Jacksonville!

[Alben Barkley]

The Rams are my early pick for SB favorites, honestly. They finally have the missing piece with Stafford.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Some weird upsets today.

As a group, we're just barely over .500 so far (if the Bears and Raiders win, we'll finish below it).  Politics Fan is currently leading at 10-4 with a few people at 9-5.

You were saying the Bears were gonna win, Stafford knows the Bears very well as a Lion

[GeorgiaModerate]

Some weird upsets today.

As a group, we're just barely over .500 so far (if the Bears and Raiders win, we'll finish below it).  Politics Fan is currently leading at 10-4 with a few people at 9-5.

You were saying the Bears were gonna win, Stafford knows the Bears very well as a Lion

I didn't pick the Bears (in fact, nobody did).  I just said that if the Bears & Raiders both win, the pick'em players will collectively have a losing record this week.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The Bears weren't gonna beat Rams away anyways only if they're playing in Chicago

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

My prediction held 30/15 Rams, Stafford is a title contenders, move over Packers, it's Rams,Bucks and Chiefs and Pitts as title contenders


Lions, Packers, Vikings, Bears are all 0/1

[Alben Barkley]

My prediction held 30/15 Rams, Stafford is a title contenders, move over Packers, it's Rams,Bucks and Chiefs and Pitts as title contenders


Lions, Packers, Vikings, Bears are all 0/1

NFC North is new NFC Least.

Cowboys looking pretty good despite narrow loss to Bucs (which came down to a missed kick and bad refs), Eagles looked better than anticipated today, WFT not even too bad. Giants may be a weak spot but better than NFC North where they ALL seem to suck bad.

[S019]

My prediction held 30/15 Rams, Stafford is a title contenders, move over Packers, it's Rams,Bucks and Chiefs and Pitts as title contenders


Lions, Packers, Vikings, Bears are all 0/1

NFC North is new NFC Least.

Cowboys looking pretty good despite narrow loss to Bucs (which came down to a missed kick and bad refs), Eagles looked better than anticipated today, WFT not even too bad. Giants may be a weak spot but better than NFC North where they ALL seem to suck bad.

I fully expect the Packers to play much better next week and for the rest of the season, their week one performance was indeed quite bizarre. Yeah, if they stay healthy, Dallas should probably be able to win the NFC East (they would've almost certainly won it last year before Prescott's injury derailed their season). I think we're too quick to overreact to games in the first week sometimes anyways, in fact I'm old enough to remember teams who started the year (let alone just the first game) 9-0, 8-0, even 11-0, and didn't even make it to the Conference Championship game. It's just one game out of a total of 17, if this same pattern repeats in Weeks 2, 3, 4, etc., then maybe there'll be reason for concern.

[JGibson]

Glad the Steelers came back to win their game 23-16. They were down 10-0 at the half.

[Continential]

Glad the Steelers came back to win their game 23-16. They were down 10-0 at the half.

It is a pleasant surprise to see the Steelers win, especially since I am preconditioned to expect them to lose.

[Donerail]

https://twitter.com/yungkitty404/status/1436177436157353984

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Glad the Steelers came back to win their game 23-16. They were down 10-0 at the half.

Nothing is coming of the Steelers, they're gonna do the samething as Last yr fold, Big Ben is old and don't have Troy Palamolou the only 3x s he gotten to Superbowl

It's the BUCS, Rams, and Chiefs League right now

[Thunder98 🇮🇱 🤝 🇵🇸]

The Raiders vs Ravens are going into OT! Man what a great 4th quarter!

[S019]

The Raiders vs Ravens are going into OT! Man what a great 4th quarter!

Ugh beat me to it, definitely feels like one of those games that didn't deserve to go to overtime, given the Raiders didn't lead at any point, but then again, I guess it's Baltimore's fault for blowing an early 14 point lead and then blowing multiple 7 point leads.

[S019]

The Raiders win in perhaps the most fitting way, a touchdown pass to a totally open receiver, on a play that followed a penalty for taking their kicking team out too late (yes, this will sound quite bizarre to anyone who didn't watch the game)

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Lamar Jackson and Justin Fields and Cam Newton are all the same they can run the ball but can't throw it, that's why Cam was benched as Patriots starter

Rams are the best team out west and so is the Niners, if it wasn't for the Rams and the arm of Stafford, Carr would be winning a title this yr, but Superbowl is in LA and that motivates the Rand to win

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 1 RESULTS

There was a three-way tie for first at 11-5 between olawakandi, Politics Fan, and Thunder 98.  Full results:

11 olawakandi, Politics Fan, Thunder98
10 CraneHusband, Grumps, Illiniwek, NY Express, Smash255, SWE
9 nclib, Spark
8 ExtremeRepublican, fluffypanther19, JGibson, S019, slimey56, texasgurl
7 Donerail, GeorgiaModerate, Storr
6 Terry
5 Drew
1 Ishan (only picked the Thursday night game)

There were two unanimous picks (Panthers-Jets and Rams-Bears) and both were correct.  There were also two games with a single dissenter (Bucs-Cowboys and 49ers-Lions) and the dissenter was wrong in both of them.

[NewYorkExpress]

Schedule for Week Two

Thursday, September 18

New York Giants @ Washington Football Team 8:20 PM NFL Network

Sunday, September 19

The following games are at 1:00 PM

Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears FOX

Houston Texans @ Cleveland Browns CBS

Los Angeles Rams @ Indianapolis Colts FOX

Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins FOX

 New England Patriots@ New York Jets CBS

San Francisco 49ers @ Philadelphia Eagles FOX

Las Vegas Raiders @ Pittsburgh Steelers CBS

New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers FOX

Denver Broncos @ Jacksonville Jaguars CBS

The following games start at 4:05 PM

Minnesota Vikings @ Arizona Cardinals FOX

Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers FOX

The following games start at 4:25 PM

Dallas Cowboys @ Los Angeles Chargers CBS

Tennessee Titans @ Seattle Seahawks CBS

The following game starts at 8:20 PM

Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens NBC

Monday, September 20

Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers 8:15 PM ESPN

[Illiniwek]

New York Giants @ Washington Football Team 8:20 PM NFL Network

Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears FOX
Houston Texans @ Cleveland Browns CBS
Los Angeles Rams @ Indianapolis Colts FOX
Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins FOX
New England Patriots @ New York Jets CBS
San Francisco 49ers @ Philadelphia Eagles FOX
Las Vegas Raiders @ Pittsburgh Steelers CBS
New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers FOX
Denver Broncos @ Jacksonville Jaguars CBS

Minnesota Vikings @ Arizona Cardinals FOX
Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers FOX

Dallas Cowboys @ Los Angeles Chargers CBS
Tennessee Titans @ Seattle Seahawks CBS

Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens NBC

Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers 8:15 PM ESPN

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Schedule for Week Two

Thursday, September 18

New York Giants @ Washington Football Team 8:20 PM NFL Network


Sunday, September 19

Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears FOX

Houston Texans @ Cleveland Browns CBS

Los Angeles Rams @ Indianapolis Colts FOX

Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins FOX

New England Patriots @ New York Jets CBS

San Francisco 49ers @ Philadelphia Eagles FOX

Las Vegas Raiders @ Pittsburgh Steelers CBS

New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers FOX

Denver Broncos @ Jacksonville Jaguars CBS

Minnesota Vikings @ Arizona Cardinals FOX

Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers FOX

Dallas Cowboys @ Los Angeles Chargers CBS

Tennessee Titans @ Seattle Seahawks CBS

Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens NBC

Monday, September 20

Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers 8:15 PM ESPN

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Derek Carr is SF QB as I lived in SF and Stafford is LA QB, both can win title

[GeorgiaModerate]

New York Giants @ Washington Football Team

Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears FOX
Houston Texans @ Cleveland Browns CBS
Los Angeles Rams @ Indianapolis Colts FOX
Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins FOX
New England Patriots @ New York Jets CBS
San Francisco 49ers @ Philadelphia Eagles FOX
Las Vegas Raiders @ Pittsburgh Steelers CBS
New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers FOX
Denver Broncos @ Jacksonville Jaguars CBS
Minnesota Vikings @ Arizona Cardinals FOX
Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers FOX
Dallas Cowboys @ Los Angeles Chargers CBS
Tennessee Titans @ Seattle Seahawks CBS
Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens NBC

Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers