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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: David F.

Let's get this party started. I've seen enough to make my predictions (please no major injuries!).



@ Det - W
@ Chi - W
vs Cle - W
'vs' Pitt - L
vs Car - W
at NYG - L
vs GB - W
at Dal - W
vs Was - W
at Sea - W
at GB - L
vs Chi - W
at Bal - W
vs Phi - W
at Cin - W
vs Det - W

Game 1: It's Detroit. Game over. Vikes by 13.

Game 2: If there was one game on this schedule that I'm on the fence with it's this one. But screw it! It's Chicago and they only have Cutler to Marshall. We now have The Eraser and three good CB's. Vikes by three.

Game 3: Home opener against Cleveland. We own them. Vikes by 17.

Game 4: London game. Vikes don't seem to do well in 'non-standard' game day conditions. Pittsburgh has 'Big Ben'. So do the Brits. Steelers by 10.

Game 5: First game after the bye week. Vikes historically excellent in that game. Panthers just don't match up well against us. Vikes by ten.

Game 6: Let down game. Once again a 'prime time' game and we suck at those. Giants by seven but really not that close.

Game 7: If there's one thing that can get you over the 'prime time' problem it's bringing in the cheese for a home game. Bet your house on this one. Vikes by 13 and it will be all the talk for the next week. The Pack didn't do enough to protect Rodgers and the Vikes are currently built to destroy him. Look for Rodger's lazy eye to get knocked straight, then crooked again, and then straight again.

Game 8: Tee off on Romo and he makes mistakes both severely and plentifully. Vikes by seven.

Game 9: This is the second closest game I came to marking as a 'L'. 'Prime time' again - yuck! That being said I just don't see us laying the egg against them that we did last year. On top of that we are at home this time. This will be Frazier's defining moment as a coach and he will contain RGIII with a few surprises a la the Philly game when Winfield had a 'field' day against Vick. Vike's by seven but it's not really that close.

Game 10: Love you Winfield - you're my second favorite Vike of all time but you've gotten old. Percy can go pound sand. Grudge match all the way! This time Musgrave doesn't let off the ground attack. Vikes by four.

Game 11: It's so hard to win there. They get so many horseshit calls. Entitlement Town. Pack by ten.

Game 12: We will see the epic meltdown of Cutler. Their playoff dreams and really their entire franchise dream's of building around Cutler and Marshall will crash all around them. Vikes by 17. Yep - you read that correctly. Don't worry though Chicago - you'll always have 1985.

Game 13: Ravens mortgaged everything to get that Superbowl last year. I don't blame them - I'd do it too. Congrats to the 2012 squad. This year's Ravens wont even closely resemble last year's team. Vikes by seven.

Game 14: I don't know if the 15th of December is too early for Santa Claus to come out and get boo'd and pelted by snowballs but I think Philly is in tough shape this year. Vikes by three.

Game 15: This is the third-most closest pick I had to a 'L'. Either the Bengals will have disintegrated by now or will be fighting for a playoff spot. Either way - they won't have enough talent to withstand a Vikings squad that is starting to realize they have a chance - THIS YEAR. Vikes by four.

Game 16: Last game (regular season) game ever at the Dome. It's Detroit. It's a slaughter. The fact that there will be a home playoff game upcoming will be the only thing keeping us from taking our four seats with us out the door. Vikes by 17.

Time to get one correct this weekend, and then get another one wrong in Great Britain. Cheerio!

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

NFL Predictions

AFC East
NE 12-4
Mia 7-9
NYJ 6-10
Buf 5-11

AFC North
Pit 10-6
Cin 8-8
Balt 8-8
Cle 7-9

AFC South
Hou 11-5
Indy 10-6
Ten 4-12
Jax 3-13

AFC West
Den 13-3
KC 9-7
SD 7-9
Oak 4-12

What an ugly conference!

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

NFC East
NYG 10-6
Phi 9-7
Dal 8-8
Was 6-10

NFC North
GB 10-6
Chi 10-6
Min 7-9
Det 7-9

NFC South
Atl 11-5
NO 10-6
TB 7-9
Car 6-10

NFC West
SF 12-4
Sea 10-6
St-L 6-10
Ari 5-11

No margin for error in this conference. Think several division will come down to the final day.

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ORIGINAL: marty

I certainly wouldn't call it a lock Brad, it's not like they are playing Jacksonville.

Philly has a HORRIBLE defense, but they are coming off a bye. Should they get an early 14 point lead, they DO have to guys that can rush the passer, and you might see them get aggressive and get some turnovers. I would still expect Denver to win, but it might be by just 10.

It wouldn't surprise me, if everyone tells Philly it's impossible for them to win this game, just like many thought it would be impossible for Cleveland to win at Minnesota, that Philly pulls an upset. I'm NOT picking Philly, but to me it wouldn't be the biggest surprise upset of the week.

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ORIGINAL: marty

A couple of superteasers:

1) Pitts +9, Buf +16, Clev +16, Indy + 2 1/2, Hou +10, Ari +13 1/2, Chi +12, NY Jets +16, Dallas +10, OAK + 13 1/2, DEN - 3, ATL + 10, Mia + 13 1/2, Pit/Min O 32

2) Indy + 2 1/2, Ari + 13 1/2, Chi +12, Pit/Min O 32, Bal/Buf U 54 1/2, Indy/Jax O 31 1/2, Sea/Hou U 55, Ari/TB U 50 1/2, Chi/Det U 58, NY G/KC U 55 1/2, NY J/TEN U 48 1/2, Dal/SD O 34 1/2, Phil/DEN U 69 1/2, Mia/NO O 37

Teasers are NOT that easy to hit, that is why a 14 teamer like I showed here, pays 20-1. But I HAVE hit one for real in Vegas, it can be done.

This past week, the one posted above, I hit 12 of 14 on the 1st one with the Jets +16 not being enough against Tennessee, and Miami + 13 1/2 not enough against NO. They are both weak teams that I shouldn't have been taking on the road. I just didn't think the Titans could dominate that much, and I overestimated the Dolphins.

I was right on all the teams with the 2nd super teaser, but missed on 3 over/unders. The one that surprised me the most was Chi/Det went well over 58 (72 points scored). I also just barely missed the other 2: NYJ/Ten went 3 over 48 with 51 points scored, Phi/Den still managed to get over 69 with 72 points.

While I didn't hit either teaser I was fairy close this week; just have to avoid bad teams on the road. I almost didn't pick Chi/Det over when I heard Bush was playing for sure, should have stayed off that one. I think this week helps give a pretty good idea where teams are at, and with that knowledge I'm hoping to post in advance a 14 team winner in the next few weeks ($100 pays $2000, plus you get the $100 back).

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IF somebody trusts my predictions, and they are in Vegas, they could actually put some money down, and win a considerable amount.

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ORIGINAL: Prescott

The whole point of teasers is that you can get almost all of them right, it's always one or two that kill you. That's why they do them, and make huge money on it.