Link: Simmons Not Sleeping on the Jets
thejetsblog.com —
... Sports Guy picks the Jets to be his ’sleeper’ team this year’s predictions article. It’s amusing, and long-winded like always, but here’s what he says about Favre. ...
Simmons Pretends Like He Learned His Lesson, Tries Not to Jinx Pats
Kissing Suzy Kolber —
... Though he’s not done being a douche (”The Pats are no fun if I don’t think they’re gonna win a title. I’d rather talk about the Red Sox and the Celtics, preferably the ‘86 vintage”) he’s at least taking a humbler tack out of the gate (despite detailing how every team that has won a title since the Pats last one in ‘04 has been the beneficiary of inordinate amounts of luck. [Tuck rule reference goes here]). Therefore, he’s knocking the Pats all the way down to conference runners-up, presumably hoping this will gin up ...
Pre-vision links
18 to 88 —
... for 2008, but in the meantime feast on a smorgasbord of links. I'm really starting to wonder if the 2008 Colts aren't incredibly underrated. I think people WANT change in the AFC South, but I'll be shocked if this Colts team isn't right at the top of the NFL again. The Freeney issue is still very much in play, but aside from two or three teams in the NFL, I don't think it will impede the regular season production. The embodiement of this is Bill Simmons, who just picked the Colts to "barely make the playoffs". ...
Bearly Relevant: Week One, Peyton and his Colts
Tremendous Upside Potential —
... Simmons: "I'm still disappointed the Bears weren't this year's "Hard Knocks" team. The "Grossman-Orton" battle had Feldman-Haim potential." ...
Eyes in the Backfield
Stampede Blue —
... , but he has been clinically dead for almost 2 years anyway. Bill "Papi up his butt" Simmons thinks the Colts will barely make the playoffs. Thanks Bill. I'll file that one away with your "Peyton will never win a Super Bowl" prediction as well. Good lord, what an asshead. ...
Is The Sports Gal The New Sports Fella? [Bill Simmons]
Deadspin —
... and has returned to his rightful place in the Page 2 masthead. After two months of Rick Reilly's 800-word-and-a pile-of-zing! "journalism" it's nice to see Simmons manically pumping out his usual kajillion word essays for the start of the NFL season. This week's is a welcome (or unwelcome, depending how you feel about him) throwback to Simmons proper — New England homerism, a Len Bias reference, Vegas, "Swingers". Thing is, and I've noticed this for a little while, is it just me or is the Sports Gal actually leg-sweeping Simmons in the funny department? Her "rant" is once ...
And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming
The Bleacher Bums —
... and far-too-brief career of Daunte Culpepper, but David beat me to it, and he's pretty much said it all. But I can't believe this is the last we're going to see of Daunte. Yes, he's damaged goods, but I still think he's better than a lot of the quarterbacks holding down starting jobs in this league. Why Chicago didn't snap him up is beyond me. Who knows, maybe if TJack goes down, we could see Daunte back at the Dome. And then there's this from ESPN writer Bill Simmons, in his annual NFL prediction column : "Prediction No. 7: Minnesota will not make the playoffs" Simmons goes ...
State of the Union: 49ers in 2008
Niners Nation —
... Looking at reader comments and the media around the nation, there are plenty of folks who are not feeling good about the 49ers chances in 2008. For example, Bill Simmons posted his NFL preview column and he was pretty clear in thinking the 49ers will suck this season. Now, clearly what the Sports Guy thinks about the 49ers is not on my radar, but I think it's indicative of the national belief. ...
It Bears Repeating
18 to 88 —
... Oh Bill, how foolish you will look come midnight tonight. I'd be harder on you, but at least you are man enough to admit that the Pats have screwed up their last few draft classes.
Raiders Preview - Week 1 vs Denver
SportsHubLA —
... HAVE THE BALL: [image] ESPN’s Bill Simmons joked that “saying your quarterback should be better this year because he’s finally treating his Type 1 Diabetes” is not a good reason to think playoffs. But it could be reason enough to believe Jay Cutler will show marked improvement. With Cutler healthier, the Broncos ranked fifth in the preseason in yards per play (5.4) and points per game (22.8). However, big plays may prove much more difficult without wide receiver Brandon Marshall, suspended for one game for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Darrell Jackson will ...
A Fool and His Money on 2008 Futures [Win Totals and Over Unders]
Fantasy Football Fools —
... — 8.5 games — UNDER
If I was Vegas, I would set this number at 5.5 games. The Vikings will be terrible because Tarvaris Jackson will play like Tarvaris Jackson, and those fantasy football managers who draft Peterson ahead of Westbrook will get what they deserve. Enjoy the top-three draft pick next year, Vikings fans.
Jacksonville Jaguars — 10 games — OVER
I swear I chose my over/unders before I read Bill Simmons’ NFL preview. Whatever. That dude got beat by his pregnant wife for ...
Sports Guy's NFL Power Poll
ESPN Feed: bill simmons —
... just 24 hours later. Coincidence? Absolutely. But just to make sure I don't have magical powers with resurrecting the careers of NBC stars, let's try to reverse jinx another one: (Hold on, give me the parentheses to build the drama
) If you made a gambling line pitting "total Jacksonville wins in 2008" against "times you'll laugh out loud while watching a Jimmy Fallon webisode over the next six months," would the Jags or Fallon be favored? 24. Washington Redskins I wrote this Sept. 4 : "We're exactly five months away from Bill Cowher pretending that he took the Redskins ...
