2014 NFL Pickem Week 2

[Cory Caboose]

 

keyholder21>>Dolphins looked pretty good last week, so I like that pick.

I thought so too. Here's hoping! :).

 

 

 

Cory is a copycat .

 

 

Consider me picking against the Bills

 

There are zero universes where the Bills go 2-0 this year

 

zero universes

[SinisterDeath]

 

Oh I know preseason doesn't affect/say much about the regular season. But you really can't compare vikings this season to how they played last season either.

 

 

Why not?  Are the players markedly different?  Whole new coaching staff?  What makes them so different this year?

 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/2013_roster.htm

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/2014_roster.htm

The above will show the roster comparisons if you want to go indepth on it.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/roster-analysis-minnesota-vikings-212141436--nfl.htm

Some new Coach(es) this year. Some better defense (if you can even call last year a 'defense', and a similar offense that they had last year, with the addition of Cassle, so hopefully less Interceptions thrown by ponder...

 

And then there's this guy,

http://www.vikings.com/team/roster/adam-thielen/0572bf6f-3462-47ee-9ded-ec62d0eecb1c/

Actually from the town I live in. I have a hunch that he won't cave under pressure like some of the vikings have been known to.

[Tyler Glembo]

The key pieces don't seem terribly different to me.  Cassel/Ponder is meh.  Zimmer is a rookie head coach an though his debut was impressive I'm not going to expect huge changes yet.  And the D lost Jared Allen which is pretty key IMO.

 

As for Adam Theilen, backup WRs don't typically make a huge difference in the end of season W/L column. 

[Andrej]

Anthony Barr tho

[SinisterDeath]

The key pieces don't seem terribly different to me. Cassel/Ponder is meh. Zimmer is a rookie head coach an though his debut was impressive I'm not going to expect huge changes yet. And the D lost Jared Allen which is pretty key IMO.

 

As for Adam Theilen, backup WRs don't typically make a huge difference in the end of season W/L column.

As one of the articles states, many of there veterans were recovering from injuries last year. So those guys may have been awful last year, but might (are) playing closer to how they did in 2012.

New defensive coach, even as a 'rookie' coach, is still better then there old coach...

[Clovdyx]

 

 

 

 

Clov you must've not seen the Dolphins run all over the Pats.

 

All Day AP going ham this week

 

gg

 

Unless Adrian Peterson runs for 200, it's not going to matter.

 

5-0 baby, 5-0.

 

 

Uh, erm... 11-5?

 

This season, Vikings 5-0 (Pre-Regular season) Patriots are 2-3.  (Pre+regular Season)

Vikings 1st in NFC, Patriots 4th in AFC. Even though the odds favor the patriots, Vikings are going to stomp them.

 

 

I thought you were talking about your points in the contest.

[Yates]

As one of the articles states, many of there veterans...

 

New defensive coach, even as a 'rookie' coach, is still better then there old coach...

WORD CRIMES!!!!

 

[Tyler Glembo]

#Yates

 

Making the grammar nazi fun since 1962.

[Yates]

^5

 

Homonyms ftw.

 

In fairness, I was just looking for an excuse to post that video because it made me LITERALLY LOL.

[Tyler Glembo]

It's ok Yates, we no that their are only an few grammar nazi's as cool as ewe is.

[SinisterDeath]

It's ok Yates, we no that their are only an few grammar nazi's as cool as ewe is.

+1

[Yates]

It's ok Yates, we no that their are only an few grammar nazi's as cool as ewe is.

[Tyler Glembo]

[keyholder21]

It's ok Yates, we no that their are only an few grammar nazi's as cool as ewe is.

 

 

*shudders*  

[SinisterDeath]

Clov you must've not seen the Dolphins run all over the Pats.

 

All Day AP going ham this week

 

gg

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/26520182/vikings-star-rb-adrian-peterson-indicted-in-child-injury-case

Huh

 

Good thing courts are closed on sundays?

[SBoydW]

PANTHERS

 

I'm ashamed for shying away from my team last week and for picking a division rival.  Time for a course correction.

[Clovdyx]

Ouch.

[Yates]

The Vikings announced on Friday evening Peterson has been deactivated for Sunday's game against New England.

Guess he beat his 4-year-old son with a switch?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/vikings-star-adrian-peterson-indicted-for-reckless-or-negligent-injury-to-a-child-210420668.html

 

This makes me sad. I liked AP. Then again, you pick up a lot of parenting mistakes from bad parents.

[Al'Lan Mandragoran]

http://deadspin.com/tag/why-your-team-sucks

 

for anybody interested, pretty funny stuff

[Haxorsist]

Cardinals

[SinisterDeath]

 

The Vikings announced on Friday evening Peterson has been deactivated for Sunday's game against New England.

Guess he beat his 4-year-old son with a switch?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/vikings-star-adrian-peterson-indicted-for-reckless-or-negligent-injury-to-a-child-210420668.html

 

This makes me sad. I liked AP. Then again, you pick up a lot of parenting mistakes from bad parents.

 

Yep... Also incredibly bad timing at that. If this had happened months before the Rice thing, or months after, he might have just been suspended for a season. This will probably suspend him forever.

*Note*

Its hard to say what all happened with his kid and this beating with a switch. (sensationalist headline is a possibility. Or it could be accurate. Afterall many parents still spank these days. Perhaps this is his first time with a switch, and he didn't know how easy it was to do serious damage? Perhaps he's done it before, and truely on purpose beat his kid. I dunno. Eitherway as far as this game is concerned he's probably out forever.)

[WWWwombat]

Patriots

[Clovdyx]

Patriots

 

 

Wombley knows.

[SinisterDeath]

 

Patriots

 

 

Wombley knows.

 

I shall feast upon your tears when the Vikings pillage the Patriots!

[WWWwombat]

Axes vs Muskets?  I like our chances xD