NFL Week 1: The Official 1st Thread of NFL Week MegaThreads

[CountDeMoney]

Thursday
Baltimore Ravens (+7.5) at Denver Broncos, 48

Sunday
New England Patriots (-9.5) at Buffalo Bills, 51
Tennessee Titans (+7) at Pittsburgh Steelers, 42
Atlanta Falcons (+3) at New Orleans Saints, 54
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-3) at New York Jets, 39.5
Kansas City Chiefs (-3.5) at Jacksonville Jaguars, 41
Cincinnati Bengals (-3) at Chicago Bears, 41.5
Miami Dolphins (PK) at Cleveland Browns, 41.5
Seattle Seahawks (-3) at Carolina Panthers, 45
Minnesota Vikings (+4.5) at Detroit Lions, 46.5
Oakland Raiders (+9.5) at Indianapolis Colts, 47
Arizona Cardinals (+4.5) at St. Louis Rams, 41
Green Bay Packers (+4.5) at San Francisco 49ers, 48.5
New York Giants (+3) at Dallas Cowboys, 48.5

Monday
Philadelphia Eagles (+3.5) at Washington Redskins, 51.5
Houston Texans (-4) at San Diego Chargers, 44

MAH PICKS
The Broncos at 7.5 points against the Super Bowl champions (the MGM Grand line has it at 8.5) is as overrated as it is insulting; funny, I don't recall the score in the AFC playoffs being that close. And despite all the hype over the Broncos' offense, they still can't stop the run and have no pass rush that's not playing for the Ravens this year.  Yet another league-inspired conspiracy.  Typical.  Ravens cover.

Tampa Bay should smoke the Jets, who will wind up being one of the worse teams this season.  Bucs cover.

NOBODY CIRCLES THE WAGONS LIKE THE BUFFA meh, who are we kidding.  Patriots at 9.5 favorites is a gift.  Belichick runs up the score, mumbling something about working out kinks from the preseason.  Pats cover.

And my bonus pick:  KC is 3.5 point favorites at the Jags, and quite frankly I think people are going to be surprised with the Chiefs offense this season.  KC covers.

[Ed Anger]

MAH AFC North picks:

Ravens over the Broncos
Titans beat the Steelers.
Fins over the Browns
Bungles over DA BEARS

Best game of the bunch: BUNGLES V. DA BEARS

[Grey Fox]

I believe in Trestman, Go Bears!

Seedy, your new place got Sunday Ticket for pissing off that dad & not watching the 'skins?

[merithyn]

Titans beat the Steelers.

Take it back!

[Neil]

The Ravens should win.  For all the talk about how the Ravens have lost so many important pieces, the Broncos D is in real trouble, what with Miller suspended, Champ Bailey out due to injury, and Elvis Dumervil being a Raven.  The whole Broncos scheme relied on Bailey shutting down #1 targets while the pass rush did their work, and the collapse of that system is what really got the Broncos beat in the playoffs last year.  I expect a hard-fought win for the Ravens.

[derspiess]

I'm going to the Chicago game. It'll be a shitty drive back home Sunday night if the Bungles lose. I've never seen a game in Soldier Field, though, so I'll at least be able to mark it off my bucket list.

[merithyn]

I'm going to the Chicago game. It'll be a shitty drive back home Sunday night if the Bungles lose. I've never seen a game in Soldier Field, though, so I'll at least be able to mark it off my bucket list.

Are tickets hard to come by? Any NFL tickets, I mean.

[Valmy]

Are tickets hard to come by? Any NFL tickets, I mean.

I remember trying to get tickets to see the Redskins play the Cowboys in 1991...and they were $300.00 a seat.  Hell the Cowboys had not even won anything yet.  I cannot imagine how pricey that would be today.  So I imagine they are easy to come by if you are rich.

[merithyn]

Are tickets hard to come by? Any NFL tickets, I mean.

I remember trying to get tickets to see the Redskins play the Cowboys in 1991...and they were $300.00 a seat.  Hell the Cowboys had not even won anything yet.  I cannot imagine how pricey that would be today.  So I imagine they are easy to come by if you are rich.

A quick search on the NFL Exchange says that I can get tickets to the Bengals vs Steelers game my birthday weekend for ~$100/ticket.

[derspiess]

I'm going to the Chicago game. It'll be a shitty drive back home Sunday night if the Bungles lose. I've never seen a game in Soldier Field, though, so I'll at least be able to mark it off my bucket list.

Are tickets hard to come by? Any NFL tickets, I mean.

Depends on the venue.  In places like Jacksonville, they're very easy to come by.  Places like Chicago or Green Bay or New England, not so much.  Of course, they're always "available" on the secondary market if you're willing to pay lots of money. 

I'm getting in for free, but I'll have to work.

[Grey Fox]

Meri, a Jacksonville home game is probably easy to score.

[merithyn]

I'm getting in for free, but I'll have to work.

Doing what?

[merithyn]

Meri, a Jacksonville home game is probably easy to score.

There's a reason for that.

[Grey Fox]

I'm getting in for free, but I'll have to work.

Doing what?

He prints out replays for the Coach. or something.

[derspiess]

Are tickets hard to come by? Any NFL tickets, I mean.

I remember trying to get tickets to see the Redskins play the Cowboys in 1991...and they were $300.00 a seat.  Hell the Cowboys had not even won anything yet.  I cannot imagine how pricey that would be today.  So I imagine they are easy to come by if you are rich.

A quick search on the NFL Exchange says that I can get tickets to the Bengals vs Steelers game my birthday weekend for ~$100/ticket.

Hell, looking at stubhub right now, you can get in to the 9/16 Monday night Steelers @ Bengals game for as low as $65.  Should go up to at least $100 next week.

But of course if you're a Steelers fan, you'd want to get the Heinz Field experience (freezing your ass off in mid-December).