Well, the best weekend of the NFL Season was a bit of a fizzle, at least in terms of excitement level. Maybe next year, eh?
ITB and Isaacson-Tarbell were 3-1 last week, while Beatpaths was 2-2.
| Isaacson-Tarbell | Beatpaths | Isaacson-Tarbell-Beatpaths | |
| Record So Far | 161-103 | 169-95 | 168-96 |
| Last Week | 3-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 |
| NY Jets (11-7) at Indianapolis (15-2): Well, the NY Jets already beat Indianapolis, at Indianapolis!! Right?? Anyway. We’ve got #11 at #3 here. What’s more, it’s a unanimous pick and a BeatPick. Once again, we are picking the team that lost in the previous matchup, let’s see if we’re right this time. | IND | IND* | IND |
| Minnesota (13-4) at New Orleans (14-3): At last, a real game! Isaacson-Tarbell picks New Orleans due to the slightly better record. Beatpaths actually has Minnesota ranked as only #8, compared to New Orleans’ #2, so it is a unanimous pick for New Orleans – but not a BeatPick. I’m going to personally pick Minnesota, though, because of the defensive side of the ball. | NO | NO | NO |
well, man. two areas of annoyance regarding the MIN@NO game –
First is that the gamebook sucks. I looked at one of the online sources and it said that Minnesota had won 30-28, after New Orleans had returned the overtime kickoff, but had then run back into their endzone and been tackled for a safety on the first play of overtime. This was actually in the online sources. I excitedly described it to my friends over dinner, only to find out later that they were still playing in overtime.
Second is that – and this is without having a dog in the hunt really, and only looking at the highlights – doesn’t it seem that New Orleans was the beneficiary of two really ticky-tack penalty calls on the overtime drive? That really sucks.