Seth's 50 Centers

First, what a game last night from the Cincinnati Bengals defense!

Those guys played like they haven’t played since, uh well, since before I was in middle school.

It was almost like the Indianapolis Colts D last season. When the Colts entered the playoffs everyone thought the only way they could make it to the Super Bowl would be if Peyton Manning put up monster numbers. Instead, the offense struggled at times and the defense came up huge, catapulting them to the Super Bowl.

This isn’t quite to the same level, of course, but all last season, and all preseason this year, these Bengals were woeful with tackling and covering the pass. It was embarrassing to watch, but last night the guys hit hard, they made plays, Marvin Lewis allowed them to blitz, and blitz often and they came up big when it mattered most, with a goal-line stand that seemed to span over four minutes.

It sounded like a great atmosphere at the game and it certainly was a great time in the man cave, in full HD of course!

NFL Picks

Here’s where the good times stop rolling, for me anyway. After a woeful start to the first week’s picks, I rallied to pick the last seven games correctly. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to top even my sister, Jessica, who added her picks to the fray.

Here are the Week One standings, with Brian leading the way and getting an extra point for winning the week.

Brian 15-2
Jessica 13-3
Big Game 12-4
The CPA 10-6
Seth 9-7

And here is the Week Two schedule. Feel free to make your own picks by submitting a comment.

Week Two

Cincinnati (1-0) at Cleveland (0-1)
Indianapolis (1-0) at Tennessee (1-0)
San Francisco (1-0) at St. Louis (0-1)
Green Bay (1-0) at NY Giants (0-1)
Buffalo (0-1) at Pittsburgh (1-0)
New Orleans (0-1) at Tampa Bay (0-1)
Houston (1-0) at Carolina (1-0)
Atlanta (0-1) at Jacksonville (0-1)
Minnesota (1-0) at Detroit (1-0)
Dallas (1-0) at Miami (0-1)
Seattle (1-0) at Arizona (0-1)
Kansas City (0-1) at Chicago (0-1)
Oakland (0-1) at Denver (1-0)
NY Jets (0-1) at Baltimore (0-1)
San Diego (1-0) at New England (1-0)

Monday
Washington (1-0) at Philadelphia (0-1) Pts.______

The picks

Brian
Bengals
Colts
49ers
Packers
Steelers
Saints
Panthers
Jaguars
Vikings
Cowboys
Seahawks
Bears
Broncos
Ravens
Patriots
Eagles: 33

Seth
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
NY Giants
Buffalo
New Orleans
Carolina
Jacksonville
Detroit
Dallas
Seattle
Chicago
Denver
Baltimore
New England
Philadelphia: 38

The CPA
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
San Francisco
NY Giants
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Carolina
Jacksonville
Detroit
Dallas
Seattle
Kansas City
Denver
Baltimore
New England
Philadelphia: 40 pts.

Jessica
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Carolina
San Francisco
Green Bay
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Detroit
Dallas
Seattle
NY Jets
Denver
Chicago
New England
Philadelphia: 34

Big Game
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Green Bay
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Carolina
Jacksonville
Detroit
Miami
Seattle
Chicago
Denver
Baltimore
San Diego
Philadelphia: 40