Thursday, October 13
matchup time (CT) nat tv location tickets
Denver DEN
San Diego SD7:25 PM CBS Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego 6,498 tickets available from $78
Sunday, October 16
Monday, October 17
matchup time (CT) nat tv location tickets
New York NYJ
Arizona ARI7:30 PM U of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale 8,574 tickets available from $37
BYE
Minnesota Vikings (5-0)
Tampa Bucs (2-3)
Co-Matchups of the week: DAL (4-1) @ GB (3-1); ATL (4-1) @ SEA (3-1). Shame that they are both at the same time (3:25) and both on FOX.
Right, sorry.
October 16, 2016
All listings are unofficial and subject to change. Check back often for updates.
NATIONAL BROADCASTS
Thursday Night: Denver @ San Diego (CBS; NFLN)
Sunday Night: Indianapolis @ Houston (NBC)
Monday Night: NY Jets @ Arizona (ESPN)
CBS SINGLE
█ Anchorage AK | █ Fairbanks AK
█ Honolulu HI
█ Cincinnati @ New England
Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts█ Baltimore @ NY Giants
Greg Gumbel, Trent Green█ Pittsburgh @ Miami
Spero Dedes, Solomon Wilcots█ Jacksonville @ Chicago
Andrew Catalon, Steve Beuerlein, Steve Tasker█ Cleveland @ Tennessee
Tom McCarthy, Adam Archuleta█ Kansas City @ Oakland (LATE)
Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon
FOX EARLY
█ Anchorage AK | █ Fairbanks AK
█ Honolulu HI
█ Philadelphia @ Washington
Kenny Albert, John Lynch█ Carolina @ New Orleans
Sam Rosen, Daryl Johnston█ Los Angeles @ Detroit
Justin Kutcher, Charles Davis, Chris Spielman█ San Francisco @ Buffalo
Stockton, David Diehl█ NO GAME due to local team at home on CBS
FOX LATE
█ Anchorage AK | █ Fairbanks AK
█ Honolulu HI
█ Dallas @ Green Bay
Thom Brennaman, Troy Aikman█ Atlanta @ Seattle
Chris Myers, Ronde Barber█ NO GAME due to local team at home on CBS
yeah, the Ravens should be on TV here Sunday!
they might lose
Thom Brennaman is calling the Cowboys at Packers game instead of Buck... perfect.
Remember in 2014 in the same type situation when the Cowboys were 4-1 going into Seattle (also 3-1 that year, like the Packers this year) and the Cowboys scored an unlikely win there to improve to 5-1? Brennaman was also the announcer for THAT game, too... incredible... maybe he's good luck for us?! Maybe Buck is secretly a Cowboys fan and took his vacation at the same time for the purpose of deja vu?
That's what it is. I'm just glad I won't need to find a stream.
Lots of potentially exciting and meaningful early-season games this week.
Loser of the Ravens-Giants game will probably implode...they already have 5 consecutive losses combined. On the flipside, it's pretty much guaranteed to be close since 9 of their 10 games have been down to the wire.
-I don't care if Buffalo wins 7-6, just please don't lose to those narcissistic s bags they have at QB and HC. Not an exciting matchup outside of the media-driven narrative.
There's only 3 of 15 matchups that hold no interest: Browns- ans, Jags-Bears, Rams-Lions
Panthers-Saints game is pretty much an elimination game too.
Saints are the NFC Colts, they're not going anywhere with their QB hogging all the cap money and thus next to no football players around him or on defense
Overall Record (straight-up): 50-27 (tied with Avante)
Safety Pick Record: 5-0
Surprise Pick Record: 3-2
***MY PICKS***
DEN @ SD
PHI @ WAS
PIT @ MIA
JAX @ CHI
CLE @ TEN
CIN @ NE (safety pick)
SF @ BUF
BAL @ NYG
LA @ DET
CAR @ NO
KC @ OAK
DAL @ GB (surprise pick)
ATL @ SEA
IND @ HOU
NYJ @ AZ
chiefs - raiders should be a good one. carr is on another level this year, but has generally struggled against KC
2 in 3 weeks, a dud for NBC and SNF....
The Saints have 40 million dollars in dead money against the cap from bad GM & Coach signings. That has nothing to do with Brees's contract. Brees already renegotiated. Your statement is completely inaccurate.
would be nice if in typical thursday night fashion the game is ugly and the chargers pull off some miracle at home
I started to say...."how can you make your picks this early without knowing more about the injury reports"....BUT...since we are tied...hey.
Unless I find out something to change my mind, I agree with all your picks except the Cowboys beating Packers IN GB. I have the Packers there.
They played GB in GB late in the season in 2015 (Pack had no Jordy Nelson) and lost 28-7. Now add GB in a second home game, since 2011 they are 9-1, in that "spot". Jason Garrett is 0-3 vs GB, so that's a strong 12-1 trend favoring GB.
Last edited by Avante; 10-12-2016 at 05:15 PM.
Cowboys had no quarterback and a worse defense.
Seahawks were 17-1 at home in the Russell Wilson era before the Cowboys rode into Seattle and pulled the upset on October 12, 2014... with the Cowboys 4-1 and Packers 3-1, ironically.
I just can't see any rookie QB going into GB and beating Aaron Rodgers there.
No vacation time for Buck. He's broadcasting the MLB playoffs for Fox.
Remember which dumbass posted it.
Only a dumbass what blame Brees's contract when Payton and the front office are the ones who put a ty roster around him. But the Saints should win this game. They played a much better Panthers team really tough twice last season. If they lose this weekend to this ty version, they need to hang it up the rest of the way.
On the flipside, if the Panthers lose they need to tank...
Saints have really screwed themselves over in the draft by winning too many games even though they're no longer playoff contenders.
If Dez Bryant plays... the Packers defense will have no answer. You have to stop:
1) Zeke Elliott, best in the NFL, on the ground
2) Cowboys elite short/intermediate game with Witten, Beasley, and screens to Elliott and Dunbar
3) Dez Bryant intermediate and deep -- must double
Packers have several options to counter, but it's largely "pick your poison".
7 in the box = allows you to double Dez Bryant and play coverage on the other receivers, but you get eaten alive in the running game by Zeke and the best OL in the NFL.
8 in the box = depending on the Cowboys formation, you may or may not be able to double Dez Bryant, but even if you can, Beasley and Witten will be open for easy 10-15 yard completions all game.
9 in the box = you're man on man throughout and while this will succeed in squelching the run game, you can't do this if the Cowboys go 3-wide, and the Cowboys will be going deep often, particularly to Dez.
Plus, you have to account for all the wrinkles/play action QB runs and bootlegs with Dak Prescott as he's always a threat to pick up a first down on the ground if you don't account for him. With Romo on the field you can eliminate this threat as a defense, though Romo is arguably the most savvy in the league at avoiding the sack and finding his deep target.
Packers defense is really in for it here... yes they're ranked #1 in rushing defense but that's the absolute definition of fool's gold because their 4 opponents so far are ranked 30th, 32nd, 23rd, and 27th, respectively in rushing offense. The Cowboys are ranked #1 in rushing, Tennessee is a jump below at #2 with Murray... after that, it's a pretty big dropoff.
Cowboys 31-24.
That being said, if Dez can't go I may change my pick to GB before the game. It's a huge factor on offense.
The Packers have significantly less options on offense with Starks out and Lacy limited and hobbled... expect some draws for Randall Cobb which eliminates him as an intermediate or deep threat in the play action/receiving game... otherwise their running game is going to be putrid, as their only other back on the team is a practice squad kid.
They do of course have a still-great QB and a past-his-prime but still pretty good receiver in Jordy Nelson. But that offense is a far cry from what it was when they had Driver, Nelson, Jennings, Finley all tearing up defenses with a younger Rodgers who ran more back then as well.
thanks UNT
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