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Originally Posted by whitev70r
Skinny, you've been batting .500 on your guesses in week 1 and so far in week 2. For tomorrow, which one of your predictions would you like to be right?
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Hmm I wonder
It's tough picking close games and shootouts!
A lot of the time when there's an upset, the wins make sense in a close game that can go either way, and sometimes they don't really make sense, and are just shocking upsets.
If the Texans had won today, it would've had to have been a completely shocking game with no fake penalties from the refs, and good offense by the Texans. Neither of those happened. Everyone remembers the Texans vs Chargers being a blowout upset, but the Chargers were within 1 or 2 scores for the majority of the game up until the pick 6. The Texans were not doing anything on offense in that game and still won thanks to the turnovers.
Commandos upsetting the Bucs was an easy call in a pick 'em shootout. Rams upsetting the Vikings was a bit tougher, unless you thought the Darnold and o-line meltdown would continue
Commandos vs Lions could go either way in a big shoot out, but somehow the Lions managed to have 5 turnovers. Even when they were down 10, it didn't feel like they were out of it.. until the 4th turnover and then it was all ogre. Not as shocking because the Lions had a horribly injured defense, and the Commanders play a lot of read option. That means the defense can not possibly have numbers in their favour, so they have to rely on making plays. Relying on 3rd and 4th stringers to make plays, forget it. What I didn't expect was all the turnovers from Goof and the Lions.
I picked the Eagles to beat the Rams, but the other way around wouldn't be a shock. Same as Bills vs Ravens. 4 very good teams, only 2 will come out of it. I think the Rams and Bills are undersized on D, and am expecting them to get run over by the Eagles and Ravens offense respectively. It still has to happen though right? Who gets the chance to get fucked by the refs in KC next week? I am confident but nervous, because single elimination, good teams, all that. Neither the Rams nor the Bills winning would be a big shocking result.