NFL 2023 Week 1

[ditchlights]

Originally Posted by Stripes17

I'll gladly take 9-7 after not doing any preseason homework for the week 1 picks!

Probably better off that way. Putting too much thought into Week 1 usually doesn't pay off much.

My biggest flaw is I sometimes tend to pick who I want to win over who I think will win.

[maniac77]

Originally Posted by aquacannon

Here are the results after week 1, and glad I'm doing this because not saying names but I caught at least 4 people giving false standings but I write everything down before I post it to fact-check... Anyway, 22 people participated and here it is.


Overall standings

maniac77: 11-5 (winner of the week)
aquacannon: 10-6
FierceKaia: 10-6
jjbnum3: 10-6
Labonte18: 10-6
7express: 10-6
BobTex: 10-6
everwinter: 10-6
DRob4JC: 9-7
IXCell: 9-7
Stripes17: 9-7
USNRET04: 9-7
Mike from back east: 8-8
LargeKingCat: 8-8
Hermit12: 8-8
JBtwinz: 8-8
ditchlights: 8-8
Star691: 8-8
susancruzs: 7-9
quiet life: 7-9
LexWest: 6-10
SluggerMatt15: 5-11

Thanks for doing this, aquacannon! I was just about to post the standings. These match exactly what I have, so Week 1 is verified, accurate, and in the books. 22 participants this year compared to 19 in Week 1 last year. Welcome to the new pickers! It is a great group of pickers. Week 1 was a big improvement over last year. How great is it to have football back even if the Cowboys won 40-0?

[maniac77]

Originally Posted by aquacannon

Also, decided to do analytics on how we picked for the games which i usually do every week.
(Bold games are ones we missed.)

(p.s., oh one other reminder, I count games that are pushed as a tie)


Week 1 Analytics:

For the week our group went 8-7-1
On the year our group is 8-7-1

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Detroit @ Kansas City - 20-2 Chiefs. Very happy we won and beat the defending SB champs on national television. Congrats to IXCell and everwinter for getting this right.

Carolina @ Atlanta - 17-5 Falcons.

Cincinnati @ Cleveland - 17-5 Bengals. Burrow is now 1-5 against the Browns and I believe of the last 11 meetings, Browns have won 9 of them. The Bengals have to stop the trash-talking pre-games.

Jacksonville @ Indianapolis - 22-0 Jaguars.

Tampa Bay @ Minnesota - 22-0 Vikings. Everyone missed this game. Baker and Mike Evans had a connection but it was close.

San Francisco @ Pittsburgh - 14-8 49ers.

Arizona @ Washington - 22-0 Commanders. Cardinals actually looked good on defense, don't know if it was their opponent or week 1?

Houston @ Baltimore - 21-2 Ravens.

Tennessee @ New Orleans - 13-9 Saints.

Miami @ LA Chargers - 13-9 Chargers. Really good back and forth game, 70 points scored total.

Philadelphia @ New England - 20-2 Eagles. Actually a competitive game, and if the Patriots had cleaned up their own mistakes, they maybe could've shocked.

LA Rams @ Seattle - 19-3 Seahawks. I just don't understand what went wrong here. But felicitations to FierceKaia, DRob4JC, and everwinter for calling the win.

Green Bay @ Chicago - 9-9 [Push]. I don't think anyone saw that blowout coming, but hats off to the Packers for figuring it out and yeah, they looked really good.

Las Vegas @ Denver - 13-9 Broncos.

Dallas @ NY Giants - 13-9 Cowboys. Yeah that was a real blowout. Me and maniac wish it would've went in the other direction but one team came in ready for war.

Buffalo @ NY Jets - 13-9 Bills. We hope Rodgers is able to come back and pray his injury is nothing serious. But they got the W even without him. Garrett's td catch and the punt return were truly exceptional plays.

Thanks for the analytics! Above .500 is good for Week 1.

[Mike from back east]

Jets coach Robert Saleh confirmed after the game that Rodgers will likely miss the season and Wilson will be the starter. They’ll get official test results on the Achilles today.

[susancruzs]

It is confirmed as an Achilles, he'll be out for the season. Too bad, horrible for football in general actually. Jets have to move on with Wilson.

[LargeKingCat]

SO I went 8-8 I did not watch the game last night past the first Quarter, I switched over to scary movies and went to bed thinking the Jets lost. Nothing scarier than a torn achilles in the opening drive. Well, maybe a giant 70 foot ants attacking a city, but not much else...

Hopefully I will get to watch some games next weekend.

[aquacannon]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

What happened here? Did people forget to pick this one?

lol, it was 11-11. I even had it written down on my paper. Its all good tho

[RMESMH]

Love that the Niners and the Raiders both won.

Would have been even better if the Texans had won.

[sluggermatt15]

Originally Posted by aquacannon

Here are the results after week 1, and glad I'm doing this because not saying names but I caught at least 4 people giving false standings but I write everything down before I post it to fact-check... Anyway, 22 people participated and here it is.


Overall standings

maniac77: 11-5 (winner of the week)
aquacannon: 10-6
FierceKaia: 10-6
jjbnum3: 10-6
Labonte18: 10-6
7express: 10-6
BobTex: 10-6
everwinter: 10-6
DRob4JC: 9-7
IXCell: 9-7
Stripes17: 9-7
USNRET04: 9-7
Mike from back east: 8-8
LargeKingCat: 8-8
Hermit12: 8-8
JBtwinz: 8-8
ditchlights: 8-8
Star691: 8-8
susancruzs: 7-9
quiet life: 7-9
LexWest: 6-10
SluggerMatt15: 5-11

They save the best for last, LOL! J/k. I really need to pick it up!

Thanks for the results, aqua & congrats to maniac77 on the top score!