Loving me some Jaws - Houston Texans Message Board & Forum

sakebomb · 09-15-2007

I always thought he was the smartest of the bunch.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/features/talent

sakebomb · 09-15-2007

More love from a few guys with big mouths.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/notebo...daycountdown07

I hope these guys are right.

The Pencil Neck · 09-15-2007

I'd like to point this out.

These guys are "experts" and they all definitely know more about football than I ever will. BUT. In our TexansTalk pick'em league, we've got 7 people who were 12-4 or better including a 14-2. But of these experts, the best were 12-4. Eric Allen is an "expert" and he went 6-10?

I've been in leagues like this for years and normally, I score higher than most experts. Normally, several guys score higher than the experts. Sometimes it's not even people who know what they're doing. One guy (who doesn't know much about football) took all the experts and put together a conglomeration of their picks and dominated; the next year, he tried the same thing, and did horrible.

This whole expert thing is a bit over-rated when it comes to picking games.

That's all I'm saying.

NitroGSXR · 09-15-2007

It's just a guess. Any schmoe can make a guess. They've got a fifty-fifty chance of getting it right. Now they can make an educated guess, I understand that but it's still just a guess.

Anything can happen on gameday is basically my point.

Cats · 09-15-2007

i don't put any stock in expert picks, they show just as much bias and homerism as we do on the message boards. Keyshawn for example, the Texans could start Mario at QB and he would pick them to win....understandable though, the Panthers did do him wrong....can't blame the guy for being a tad sore.

**False Start** · 09-15-2007

Sometimes it seems these guys say things just to be trendy . This team has been so bad , for so long , that it is gonna take awhile for them to get some respect . It happened with the Bengals , it can happen with us .

The Pencil Neck · 09-15-2007

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Originally Posted by Cats

i don't put any stock in expert picks, they show just as much bias and homerism as we do on the message boards. Keyshawn for example, the Texans could start Mario at QB and he would pick them to win....understandable though, the Panthers did do him wrong....can't blame the guy for being a tad sore.

Yeah, when I looked at his pick, I didn't even think about his history with the Panthers.

HJam72 · 09-15-2007

Sometimes, I don't think they care so much about trying to make the right picks. I think what they care about is picking the teams they think the overall average fan in the United States wants them to pick.

This means that East/West coast teams are going to be overrated continuously--although I wouldn't apply that to Carolina, because I'm kinda talking the biggest cities on the coasts.

PS--Houston would be double screwed, because of the humidity as well. Thank God we're not a smaller market, or we'd be put down even worse.

PSS--it does help that our cheerleaders are hot.

LORK 88 · 09-15-2007

Haha, Keyshawn is still bitter about being cut . . .

**Specnatz** · 09-15-2007

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Originally Posted by The Pencil Neck

I'd like to point this out.

These guys are "experts" and they all definitely know more about football than I ever will. BUT. In our TexansTalk pick'em league, we've got 7 people who were 12-4 or better including a 14-2. But of these experts, the best were 12-4. Eric Allen is an "expert" and he went 6-10?

I've been in leagues like this for years and normally, I score higher than most experts. Normally, several guys score higher than the experts. Sometimes it's not even people who know what they're doing. One guy (who doesn't know much about football) took all the experts and put together a conglomeration of their picks and dominated; the next year, he tried the same thing, and did horrible.

This whole expert thing is a bit over-rated when it comes to picking games.

That's all I'm saying.

I went 13 - 3 last week. Missing Atl vs Minn Miami vs Wash and Carolina vs Stl.

Jackofalltrades · 09-15-2007

For what it's worth, most of these same "experts" picked the Rams over the Panthers last week.

GuerillaBlack · 09-15-2007

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Originally Posted by Jackofalltrades

For what it's worth, most of these same "experts" picked the Rams over the Panthers last week.

Yeah well, and most of them picked the Panthers over the Texans this week, so...

Jackofalltrades · 09-15-2007

Finally came to their senses. They figured out that Carolina actually has an offense and the D is as reliable as always.

dickieb · 09-16-2007

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Originally Posted by Jackofalltrades

Finally came to their senses. They figured out that Carolina actually has an offense and the D is as reliable as always.

You're D is not so reliable now, huh?

**feebleminded** · 09-16-2007

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Originally Posted by sakebomb

I always thought he was the smartest of the bunch.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/features/talent

Heard around Bristol:

Yeah, he is a real Norman Einstein

09-15-2007	#1
sakebomb Hall of Fame Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 1,271 Rep Power: 1858	Loving me some Jaws I always thought he was the smartest of the bunch. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/features/talent __________________ 2011 - The year of the TEXANS!

09-15-2007	#2
sakebomb Hall of Fame Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 1,271 Rep Power: 1858	Re: Loving me some Jaws More love from a few guys with big mouths. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/notebo...daycountdown07 I hope these guys are right. __________________ 2011 - The year of the TEXANS!

09-15-2007	#3
The Pencil Neck Hall of Fame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 51 Posts: 14,407 Rep Power: 45486	Re: Loving me some Jaws I'd like to point this out. These guys are "experts" and they all definitely know more about football than I ever will. BUT. In our TexansTalk pick'em league, we've got 7 people who were 12-4 or better including a 14-2. But of these experts, the best were 12-4. Eric Allen is an "expert" and he went 6-10? I've been in leagues like this for years and normally, I score higher than most experts. Normally, several guys score higher than the experts. Sometimes it's not even people who know what they're doing. One guy (who doesn't know much about football) took all the experts and put together a conglomeration of their picks and dominated; the next year, he tried the same thing, and did horrible. This whole expert thing is a bit over-rated when it comes to picking games. That's all I'm saying. __________________ Adoptee: #55 - Chris Myers.

09-15-2007	#4
NitroGSXR Super Sic #58 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pflugerville, TX Age: 36 Posts: 10,586 Rep Power: 48530	Re: Loving me some Jaws It's just a guess. Any schmoe can make a guess. They've got a fifty-fifty chance of getting it right. Now they can make an educated guess, I understand that but it's still just a guess. Anything can happen on gameday is basically my point. __________________ Why are you teaching your hearing son ASL? He's not deaf. --Pflugerville Independent School District

09-15-2007	#5
Cats Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Re: Loving me some Jaws i don't put any stock in expert picks, they show just as much bias and homerism as we do on the message boards. Keyshawn for example, the Texans could start Mario at QB and he would pick them to win....understandable though, the Panthers did do him wrong....can't blame the guy for being a tad sore.

09-15-2007	#6
False Start On # 69 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Waiting For the Turning Point! Section: 420 Posts: 12,144 Rep Power: 28885	Re: Loving me some Jaws Sometimes it seems these guys say things just to be trendy . This team has been so bad , for so long , that it is gonna take awhile for them to get some respect . It happened with the Bengals , it can happen with us . __________________ RIP DIMEBAG DARRELL - 1966-2004 - GETCHA PULL! CLIFF BURTON - 1962-1986 - CLIFF EM' ALL! MMO JWO

09-15-2007	#8
HJam72 Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Over here. Age: 40 Posts: 10,472 Rep Power: 18004	Re: Loving me some Jaws Sometimes, I don't think they care so much about trying to make the right picks. I think what they care about is picking the teams they think the overall average fan in the United States wants them to pick. This means that East/West coast teams are going to be overrated continuously--although I wouldn't apply that to Carolina, because I'm kinda talking the biggest cities on the coasts. PS--Houston would be double screwed, because of the humidity as well. Thank God we're not a smaller market, or we'd be put down even worse. PSS--it does help that our cheerleaders are hot. __________________

09-15-2007	#9
LORK 88 Wreck'em Ŧech! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Tech Age: 26 Posts: 1,205 Rep Power: 201	Re: Loving me some Jaws Haha, Keyshawn is still bitter about being cut . . . __________________

09-15-2007	#11
Jackofalltrades Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 6	Re: Loving me some Jaws For what it's worth, most of these same "experts" picked the Rams over the Panthers last week.

09-15-2007	#13
Jackofalltrades Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 6	Re: Loving me some Jaws Finally came to their senses. They figured out that Carolina actually has an offense and the D is as reliable as always.

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