Football is back baby! The guys get ready to kick off the NFL season with a Week 1 preview. In the news, the guys are happy to announce that Sky Sports and the NFL signed a new 3 year contact, giving the UK network NFL broadcast rights, which include NFL Redzone, Thursday Night Games, Playoff games and the Super Bowl for another three seasons. Steven finds it funny that Jets head coach Rex Ryan thinks he would never be fired but Jeff just wants to get to the games.
As the season begins, the guys seem to agree on how Week 1 will be. Steven and Jeff only disagree on 3 games. Steven likes the Cowboys to open the season with a win, while Jeff is picking the Giants. Steven also likes the Bengals to upset the Ravens and the Steelers to upset the Broncos, while Jeff is going with the home favorites.
Since it was not stated in the show, Steven decided to pick the Steelers vs Broncos game as the Challenge Game. Here we go!
Steven lets Jeff play him like an old piano. Who else thinks Jeff is going to flip his pick to the Bills now that Steven has picked another match-up as the challenge game? The bluff and counter-bluff is very entertaining as Jeff pulls out every stop to avoid ever having to do another knee-crunching forfeit.
Steve`s right about the Steelers. Troy and Ike are gonna be on Decker like a cocoon.
Congrats to Mr. Miranda on making the right call in the Cowboys/Giants game in the face of history. Kudos!
Hope you were also right about Falcons/Chiefs being “dumbest wager of the week”. I have bet £6.00 on the Falcons to win at 5/7 (potential winnings £4.29). Fingers crossed!
(I`ll be watching the Jets but keeping a close eye on the Falcons)
Hi Steven, hi Jeff,
great show as always. I joined your Picke’em group last year. I think I heard you saying that we should join the Eliminator Challenge on ESPN but can’t find the group’s name. What is the group’s name?
Thanks!
PS Jeff, the HQ of Daimler Benz AG is in Stuttgart and not in Berlin!!!
Hello JPJ,
Try this link….
http://games.espn.go.com/nfl-eliminator-challenge/en/group?groupID=10488&entryID=81652
Set up an ESPN account and then make your 17 picks.
Good luck!,
Nigel
Here is the link to the ESPN Eliminator league for NFL RandR.
http://games.espn.go.com/nfl-eliminator-challenge/en/group?groupID=10488
Thanks.
Warning,warning!!
Don’t drink the Pete Carroll Kool aid.
From a once bitten pats fan.
Nice call on the Falcons, Mr. Miranda. Many thanks.