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Professor Summer 2020, Week 1
5 years ago
The 2020 NFL Season is upon us, the Super Bowl back in February feels like it was 20 years ago, but also, it feels like summer has just begun, how can it be football season already? My weekly series has been brought out of retirement in part due to a challenge from 
ZeusPegasus13 ! We'll be matching wits week to week, more correct selections in week is worth a point, aaaaannnd, there were be positioning in a lewd picture at the conclusion of the 17 week regular season at stake for whoever gets more points. We'll do our best to make lock our picks in publicly, but 17 weeks is a long time, so trust that we'll be keeping it honest during non journal weeks.
Current score:
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For those unfamiliar, the positive or negative number of each pick reflects the "spread" that must be accounted for a pick to be successful. A negative number is subtracted from the given team's real life score, while a positive number is added to that teams real life score. For example. Team A -3.5 vs Team B. Real life score Team A 10 Team B 7. 3.5 is subtracted from Team A, for a pick score of Team A 6.5 Team B 7. Team B is the "correct" pick and Team A is wrong.
Pick 1
Seattle Seahawks -2.5 to defeat Atlanta Falcons
Early season gambling is tough, and in this year without a preseason or much visibility it's even harder. That said, I expect Seattle to remain among the elite in the NFC West, and while Atlanta should rebound from their unexpectedly poor season last year, I still expect them to lose to Seattle by more than a field goal.
Result: Seahawks 38 (-2.5 = 35.5) Vs Falcons 25 - CORRECT
Pick 2
Minnesota Vikings -2.5 to defeat Green Bay Packers
Green Bay overperformed in 2019, Aaron Rodgers is aging, Green Bay still doesn't seem to have actual receivers for Rodgers to target. Minnesota is a team on the rise, their shock victory over the New Orleans Saints in the first round of last year's playoffs was a sign of things to come, and beating the Packers by 3 or more will be their first step toward announcing their legitimacy as a contender.
Result: Vikings 34 (-2.5 = 31.5) Vs Packers 43 - LOL, NO
Pick 3
Dallas Cowboys *barf* -2 to defeat Los Angeles Rams
Dallas is going to be annoooooyyyyyiiiiing this year. They have a ton of offensive firepower and they're going to be all over our televisions. The Rams, Jared Goff, and Sean McVay were exposed in the Super Bowl by Bill Belichek and the league was paying attention. He has done that to Buffalo twice a year for the LAST 15 YEARS ITS SOANNOYINGWHENERVERTHEBILLSAREONTHERISE.....I digress. Last year's below expectation result for the Rams was the start of a trend, sadly. The 2018 Rams were fun but they're not coming back. Cowboys by a lot in this one.
Result: Cowboys 17 (-2 = 15) Rams 20 - LOL, NO
Season long skunk prediction: Tom Brady, now in Tampa Bay. Is cooked. He'll start out the season hot, and if you follow football you're going to hear a LOT about it when he does, but as the season progresses he'll deteriorate to average quarterback and then to below average quarterback. No one outside of the New England states will feel sorry for him.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9614925
1. Indianapolis Colts -8 defeat Jax Jags Result: Colts 20 (-8 = 12) Jags 27, Wrong
2. Philadelphia Eagles -5.5 defeat Washington Football Team Result: Eagles 17 (-5.5 = 11.5) Team 27, Wrong
3. Miami Dolphins +6.5 defeat the despicable New England Patriots Result: Dolphins 11 (+6.5 = 17.5) Patriots 21, Wrong
See? It's not as easy as I make it look :)
Well it was an ugly 1 out of 3 week, but by virtue of Zeus being shut out in his inaugural week, Professor Summer takes the week 1 point.
GOOOO BILLLLLLLS!
ZeusPegasus13 ! We'll be matching wits week to week, more correct selections in week is worth a point, aaaaannnd, there were be positioning in a lewd picture at the conclusion of the 17 week regular season at stake for whoever gets more points. We'll do our best to make lock our picks in publicly, but 17 weeks is a long time, so trust that we'll be keeping it honest during non journal weeks. Current score:
Summer 0 zeuspegasus13 0For those unfamiliar, the positive or negative number of each pick reflects the "spread" that must be accounted for a pick to be successful. A negative number is subtracted from the given team's real life score, while a positive number is added to that teams real life score. For example. Team A -3.5 vs Team B. Real life score Team A 10 Team B 7. 3.5 is subtracted from Team A, for a pick score of Team A 6.5 Team B 7. Team B is the "correct" pick and Team A is wrong.
Pick 1
Seattle Seahawks -2.5 to defeat Atlanta Falcons
Early season gambling is tough, and in this year without a preseason or much visibility it's even harder. That said, I expect Seattle to remain among the elite in the NFC West, and while Atlanta should rebound from their unexpectedly poor season last year, I still expect them to lose to Seattle by more than a field goal.
Result: Seahawks 38 (-2.5 = 35.5) Vs Falcons 25 - CORRECT
Pick 2
Minnesota Vikings -2.5 to defeat Green Bay Packers
Green Bay overperformed in 2019, Aaron Rodgers is aging, Green Bay still doesn't seem to have actual receivers for Rodgers to target. Minnesota is a team on the rise, their shock victory over the New Orleans Saints in the first round of last year's playoffs was a sign of things to come, and beating the Packers by 3 or more will be their first step toward announcing their legitimacy as a contender.
Result: Vikings 34 (-2.5 = 31.5) Vs Packers 43 - LOL, NO
Pick 3
Dallas Cowboys *barf* -2 to defeat Los Angeles Rams
Dallas is going to be annoooooyyyyyiiiiing this year. They have a ton of offensive firepower and they're going to be all over our televisions. The Rams, Jared Goff, and Sean McVay were exposed in the Super Bowl by Bill Belichek and the league was paying attention. He has done that to Buffalo twice a year for the LAST 15 YEARS ITS SOANNOYINGWHENERVERTHEBILLSAREONTHERISE.....I digress. Last year's below expectation result for the Rams was the start of a trend, sadly. The 2018 Rams were fun but they're not coming back. Cowboys by a lot in this one.
Result: Cowboys 17 (-2 = 15) Rams 20 - LOL, NO
Season long skunk prediction: Tom Brady, now in Tampa Bay. Is cooked. He'll start out the season hot, and if you follow football you're going to hear a LOT about it when he does, but as the season progresses he'll deteriorate to average quarterback and then to below average quarterback. No one outside of the New England states will feel sorry for him.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9614925
1. Indianapolis Colts -8 defeat Jax Jags Result: Colts 20 (-8 = 12) Jags 27, Wrong
2. Philadelphia Eagles -5.5 defeat Washington Football Team Result: Eagles 17 (-5.5 = 11.5) Team 27, Wrong
3. Miami Dolphins +6.5 defeat the despicable New England Patriots Result: Dolphins 11 (+6.5 = 17.5) Patriots 21, Wrong
See? It's not as easy as I make it look :)
Well it was an ugly 1 out of 3 week, but by virtue of Zeus being shut out in his inaugural week, Professor Summer takes the week 1 point.
GOOOO BILLLLLLLS!
