Around the League: WEEK 1 Baby!

[DynamiteRave]

We already have Helu and Redd. Thompson on the practice squad. Granted Helu can't block for shit but... Na.. I'll pass.

[punch it in]

Id rather have seastrunk back

[CRedskinsRule]

did Seastrunk end up anywhere?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

did Seastrunk end up anywhere?

his couch

[punch it in]

I just meant if i had to choose between the two.
I am surprised he is not on any team.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

his couch

Can't be. He was, is, should be, the awesomest, mostest, amazingest Speedster any NFL team could wantest.

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

From Business Insider:

Microsoft's Cortana, the Windows phone virtual assistant that correctly predicted 15 of 16 World Cup knockout stage games, is back for the NFL season.
The predictions come from a model by Bing Predicts that takes into account 2013 results, offensive and defensive stats, margin of victory, location, weather, and public sentiment (which is meant to help identify real-time factors such as injuries).

Since the model just picks a winner and doesn't predict a score against the spread, the hit rate should be well over 50%.

Cortana did well at the World Cup, and even picked Germany over Brazil in the semifinal when other statistical models had Brazil as the heavy favorite. So if you're the gambling sort, it might be wise to take these picks into account.

Here are the Bing Predicts odds for Week 1:

Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks — Seahawks win (74.2% chance)
New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons — Falcons win (61.4% chance)
Minnesota Vikings at St. Louis Rams — Rams win (67.4% chance)
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers — Steelers win (70.2% chance)
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Philadelphia Eagles — Eagles win (75.4% chance)
Oakland Raiders at New York Jets — Jets win (62.9% chance)
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens — Ravens win (59.8% chance)
Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears — Bears win (64.4% chance)
Washington Redskins at Houston Texans — Texans win (51% chance)
Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs — Chiefs win (64.4% chance)
New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins — Patriots win (61.4% chance)
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Buccaneers win (56.6% chance)
San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys — 49ers win (68.8% chance)
Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos — Broncos win (77.8% chance)
New York Giants at Detroit Lions — Lions win (61.4%% chance)
San Diego Chargers at Arizona Cardinals — Cardinals win (58.2% chance)

8-6 so far

[CrustyRedskin]

Looks like the NFC Least might go 1-3 this weekend. If Jacksonville wasn't Jacksonville it would be 0-4. Thanks for blowing a nice opportunity Skins.

[44Deezel]

Man, it would be great to have a mobile QB like Matthew Stafford. Great step up in the pocket to buy time on that TD pass to Megatron.

[Chico23231]

Giants look absolutely horrible. I mean awful.

This guy Calvin Johnson could be good

[CrustyRedskin]

How did he not block that!!

[mooby]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

Mathis is anything but underrated. He led the league in sacks last year.

Definitely a huge loss for them. The chiefs had two players lost for the season as well with Achilles injuries, Derrick Johnson and a DL man whose name escapes me.

Idk, do you think the average fan knows who Robert Mathis is? He's always been low key, always putting up good numbers but I don't see him being mentioned with the JJ Watt's of the league.

[Meks]

Would be.nice to run a real NFL offense instead of what i saw from us yesterday

[Ruhskins]

I wish the NFL would review game changing penalties. Should it be roughing the Giants' kicker, when a Giants player pushed the Lions' guy into Weatherford?

[Meks]

That was a terrible call