Sorry Lil about the late response; hope to get in next weekthanks for doing this again.



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CarrieLee said:

Revolution said:

What the hell was I thinking? Oh well, the first week is always the
toughest...now I have something to gauge against (but so do you all )
I still say no one on Prince-dot-Org knows football better than ME, and
will vow to claw my way to the top.

Oh man, all of my boys lost this weekend. First Carolina to the Bulldogs, then the Panthers to the Falcons, and then Andy Roddick to Roger Federer. What gives? I mean, I kinda figured the outcome of the Andy Roddick match and the Gamecocks/Bulldogs game, but the Panthers? c'mon.....they just didn't play like their usual selves today. I watched the end of that Dallas game. I knew the refs were gonna cheat for Dallas when they reviewed that call. It's a good thing they lost anyway My picks were kinda off this week....already.

AnckSuNamun said:

Damn, she hate me, what happened to your team?

lilgish said:

They just couldn't advance the ball All of their points came from Casey I hope after losing this game they don't rush to put Steve Smith back in. I'm scared he might not be fully healed and make the injury even worse.

Ok, sunday games just ended. 2 games on monday.

My Patriots were giving me anxiety the first half, good lawd.

I didn't know at the time, but Benjamin Watson was sitting in the seat across from me when I went to Atlanta. He was on both of my flights...I knew he was someone important because he had Louis Vitton baggage and a nice suit on. I just didn't who know he was, damn I coulda got a rad picture.
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AnckSuNamun said:

Stop hating.....

I just got home from the Giants-Colts game.
the officiating could NOT have been worse. I wonder how much money they had on the colts.

purplerein said:

Yeah, they did, but it looks like Tiki is going to be a monster again. Too bad Eli threw that late interception.

jerseykrs said:

if the ref didn't call a phantom "offensive pass interference" call, the interception wouldn't have happened. 70,000+ people saw the call was bullshite

purplerein said:

I hate the Colts! I hate that dumb ass Peyton! I hate that Adam V. is on that team now! HATE HATE HATE!

purplerein said:

That was a horrible call.

But penalties stole the Giants' momentum all game long. They'd get great yardage, then lose 5-10 off of stupidity.

The Colts and the Cowboys are the refs's pets

Seahawks won 9-6 over Detroit. That's good enough for me. Looking forward to the first home game.


We just got Deion Branch over from the New England Patriots today.

july said:

Sept. 11, 2006, 6:00PM
Patriots trade Deion Branch to Seahawks


By GREGG BELL AP Sports Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

KIRKLAND, Wash. — The New England Patriots ended the holdout of receiver Deion Branch on Monday by trading him to the Seattle Seahawks for a first-round draft pick.

Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell called Branch "a known commodity," and added that a first-round pick "can be a crapshoot."

Seattle expects to finalize a new, multiyear contract with the MVP from the Super Bowl in 2000 in the next few days.

"It's tremendous. I think he's a fine football player and a tremendous young man. You can't have too many of those guys," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said.

Seattle now has four proven, NFL starting receivers for Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and an offense that was sluggish in a 9-6 win in Detroit in its opener on Sunday.

"Our quarterback, he's in his prime of his career," Ruskell said. "We want to give him all the tools to work with.

And, as Holmgren was quick to point out, "We still have the MVP of football on our team," 2005 league rushing leader Shaun Alexander.

"We still have to figure out how to get all the people on the field," a smiling Holmgren said. "That's the chess game for our coaches right now."

Branch was entering the last season of the five-year contract he signed as a rookie. He held out of the mandatory minicamp in June and all of training camp. He has been subject to a $14,000 fine for each day he held out from July 28, the start of training camp.

"It's been a long process," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "I think we tried hard to make it work out. I think Deion tried hard. We tried. It didn't work out and we've moved on."

Branch was eligible for arbitration after this season, but Belichick said the prospect of a potentially contentious arbitration process was not "that big a factor" in the Patriots' decision to trade Branch.

In the 2005 Super Bowl, Branch had 11 catches for 133 yards against Philadelphia, helping the Patriots win their third championship in four years. Last season, he caught 78 passes for 998 yards and five touchdowns, all career highs. In four seasons, he has 213 receptions for 2,744 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Branch joins a team whose leading receiver, Darrell Jackson, missed the preseason. Jackson had not practiced until last week following his second knee surgery in four months, in February. Jackson played far more than expected in Sunday's 9-6 win over the Detroit Lions.

The Seahawks are close to reaching a deal on a multiyear contract with Branch.

"His representatives are flying in today," Ruskell said. "Obviously, we wouldn't have done this without the gist of the deal getting done."

Seattle also has veteran Bobby Engram, former Minnesota Viking Nate Burleson and 2005 surprise D.J. Hackett in its receiving corps.

The last time the Seahawks traded their first-round pick for a veteran player was March 2, 2001, when then-general manager Holmgren traded for quarterback Matt Hasselbeck.

The Patriots are without their top two receivers from last season. David Givens signed with Tennessee as a free agent for five years and $24 million, including an $8 million signing bonus.

On Aug. 25, the Patriots gave Branch, who had been scheduled to make $1.045 million this year, permission to negotiate a contract with other teams and seek a trade until Sept. 1. The NFL Players Association filed a grievance on behalf of Branch after the Patriots did not trade him by the team-imposed deadline.

The grievance alleged that in allowing Branch to work out a contract with another team, the Patriots agreed they would trade him if Branch was comfortable with that contract and the draft choice compensation for him "was commensurate with what has been the value of similar players," union lawyer Richard Berthelsen said.

He said the New York Jets had offered a second-round draft pick for Branch, which Berthelsen said was of commensurate value.

july said:

I think I would've died of boredom with a low scoring game like that The Lions kept the game that close? I'd be scared if I was a Seahawks fan You didn't make picks this week?

Chiefs' Green out indefinitely

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Trent Green sustained a "very, very severe concussion" when his head was slammed into the ground by Cincinnati's Robert Geathers and will be hospitalized at least until Tuesday, the Kansas City Chiefs said.

"He's feeling much better," Chiefs President Carl Peterson said Monday. "But he has a very king-sized headache. Hopefully he'll be able to go home tomorrow."

The two-time Pro bowl quarterback will be listed as questionable this week at Denver. Peterson said he didn't know when Green might return.

Losing Green for long could be devastating to the Chiefs. Starting at Denver will be journeyman Damon Huard, who until Sunday had not completed a pass in the NFL since Dec. 24, 2000. Behind Huard are rookies Brodie Croyle and Casey Printers, both of whom were unimpressive in the preseason.

"There's no question this will test the football team," Peterson said. "Trent Green has been a tremendous leader for us both on and off the field. We're anticipating that Trent will get through this and get well and be back with us. At this point, though, I wouldn't put any time on it."

Protected by an outstanding offensive line and surrounded by stars such as Priest Holmes and Tony Gonzalez, Green started 80 straight games from 2001-2005, while Kansas City gained more yards (30,470), scored more touchdowns (262) and rushed for more TDs (131) than any other team in the league.

Joining the Chiefs from St. Louis after surviving a career-threatening injury and undergoing four knee operations, Green passed for 20,117 yards and 111 touchdowns from 2001-2005 -- numbers exceeded only by Peyton Manning.

"It will be a day-to-day, week-to-week evaluation by the doctors," said Peterson. "Thank goodness he had no problems with his limbs."

Meanwhile, talk continued over the hit that knocked Green unconscious in the third quarter of Cincinnati's 23-10 victory.

Green, 36, one of the oldest starting quarterbacks in the NFL, was going feet-first into a hook slide right in front of the Chiefs bench. Geathers, possibly pushed from behind at least somewhat by Kansas City wide receiver Eddie Kennison, came flying in. Geathers' right shoulder slammed Green's chest and head and snapped the back of Green's head violently to the turf.

Officials did not call a foul, explaining to the enraged Chiefs sideline that Geathers' momentum had carried him into the player.

"In my opinion, I think it was a late hit. I think it was obviously a very vicious hit," Peterson said, "one that unfortunately Trent Green and the Kansas City Chiefs are paying a price for."

Peterson said he had reviewed film of the play Monday with league officials.

"They're drawing their conclusion and will make their decision later in the week," he said.

Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer said Monday that he had tried to call Green. When Palmer sustained a devastating knee injury last January, Green called him with advice and encouragement.

"Everything I've heard is good," Palmer said. "I heard that he regained consciousness in the locker room, and he's going to be OK."

Palmer also defended Geathers.

"Knowing Robert, he's not a guy who likes to take cheap shots or really ever does take cheap shots. He was trying to make a tackle, he kind of got (blocked) low, almost like he fell into him. When you're 280 pounds and you're falling into a quarterback, something bad's going to happen. There's nothing you can do in that situation."

Gonzalez said he didn't think it was a cheap shot. "He didn't hit him with his helmet," he added.

But Peterson, and many other Kansas City players, had a different view.

"I think the quarterback was trying to slide, which he's instructed to do. The minute he starts that, the defensive player is supposed to get off, to back off any type of hitting or touching the quarterback," he said.

http://sports.yahoo.com/n...&type=lgns

Just waiting for tonights games to go final, Week 2 will be up tonight with everyone's results.

Glad the Jets got rid of John Hall!!!

AnckSuNamun said:

The Official pets of the NFL Refs.

AnckSuNamun said:

Hey, sweet thang. Naw. I only pick one team. Smile... Everytime. The Mf'n Seattle Seahawks!
Go Hawks! Go Seattle!

Well, yeah, it was an odd field goal game. But, i'll take it. Have a good week, AnckSuNamun.

Looks like the columnists who predicted my Raiders would be stinky this season were onto something.

If Brooks doesn't learn to throw to Moss early and often, the team is gonna be outta luck...

And, why didn't they kick that last-second field goal???

Art Shell looked like he was catatonic, when it was all over.

july said:

This makes me very sad!!!!!

StarMon said:

I think I'd rather see John Madden in a thong

july said:

I pick my Panthers every game too You too

Where are the results!! I came back on here to play this game and I like to see the results posted on here instead of going on YAHOO!!

RAIDERSATION said:

Pittsburgh 28, Miami 17

Sunday, Sep. 10

Atlanta 20, Carolina 6
Baltimore 27, Tampa Bay 0
New England 19, Buffalo 17
Cincinnati 23, Kansas City 10
St. Louis 18, Denver 10
New Orleans 19, Cleveland 14
N.Y. Jets 23, Tennessee 16
Philadelphia 24, Houston 10
Seattle 9, Detroit 6
Chicago 26, Green Bay 0
Jacksonville 24, Dallas 17
Arizona 34, San Francisco 27
Indianapolis 26, N.Y. Giants 21