Stone Cold NFL Locks Week 9

   

      

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Stone Cold Locks is taking a beating this year, the
record has now dropped to a dismal 15-9, and
1-5 over the last two weeks.  There are no gimmes
this season.  Let's see what this week has in store
for us.  Here goes: 
  
1. Green Bay - My only winner last week, so I'll stick
with them, plus Arizona looks horrible after a 4-0 start. 
 
2. Washington - RGIII shows Cam Newton and the
nation who's the Man.
 
3. Houston - It won't be a very happy homecoming
for Mario Williams as far as I can see.
     
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Don't Believe In Plays, Believe In Players - Al Davis

Stone Cold NFL Locks Week 3

 
Last week I was stunned to see the Patriots fall to
the Arizona Cardinals for my 1st loss of the season, 
but now my mark is 5-1 and I'm one missed field goal
away from having been perfect after two weeks.
This week I will try and get back on track by paying
better attention to staying consistent, but I will admit
this week seems especially hard to pick, here goes:

1. New Orleans - They have to win eventually, and 
this is as good a spot as any.

2. San Francisco - Consistency is what they provide.

3. Washington - A little bit of a reach, but in RGIII I Trust
  
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Redskins Move For RG III Is Worth It

With all the talk about Andrew luck these days it's
easy to forget that many a great quarterback failed
to be drafted with the number one overall pick in the
NFL draft. Not only will this continue to happen as
long as a draft exists, but you can count on it to
happen once again in this years event as well.

Robert Griffin III, or RG III is of course who I'm
speaking of. I not only believe that RG III will turn
into a stellar NFL caliber QB, but I am also quite
confident that he will be a better bet to succeed at
that position than the aforementioned Luck. The trade
for the right to pick #2 overall in the 2012 draft and
ultimately get RG III is probably the only thing that
might get the Colts and Luck off the hook pressure wise
when it comes to the draft, and that's only because the
Redskins gave up so much to get him. First round picks
in three drafts and a second round pick in another are
quite the ransom, but if you really want to be fair
about this, and are willing to concede that not only is
Griffin not a lock to succeed and neither is Luck, then
it's only a small price to pay for the guy you want
RIGHT NOW. Normally when you pick first and your pick
doesn't pan out, he is eventually labeled a bust, but
that does not always apply to the #2 pick, because in
essence you had one less choice, and an excuse as well
if #1 does pan out for the team that picks ahead of you.
This year, that won't be the case, not with this trade,
and not with the price that was paid to move up to #2,
and yet I applaud the Redskins for doing this.

Though Daniel Snyder has never been afraid to pull the
trigger on the player he wants, at least this time he
has two guys who know something about football running
the show for him and playing a big part in this trade
in Bruce Allen, and Mike Shananhan. Though I have never
been a big Shanahan supporter, I can't really argue with
this move. It was brash, bold, aggressive, and the right
thing to do. Even if the Colts wise up and see what many
other people are seeing and change their mind to pick
RG III instead of Luck, the Redskins can always say that
they got the best QB in the draft, and that's what they
were hoping for, and save face.

I was kinda rooting for the Browns to pull this off, and
since they were early favorites in moving up into the Rams
spot, it's probably what drove the price up. Holmgren may
be a bright football mind, but letting this one get away
might prove to be a fatal for football in Cleveland for a
little while longer, and it seems as though the fans there
just knew this wasn't going to be an Eric Couch situation
all over again. Looks like Kyrie Irving is going to have
to not only pick up the slack for the LeBron departure, but
for some bad football for Clevelanders as well unless Colt
McCoy has a resurrection of sorts.

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NFL Stone Cold Locks Week 9

With the record at 21-3, it looks like last years
mark should be surpassed, but I want 3-0 every
week the rest of the way. Last week I went 3-0,
so that's a good start, now I need to maintain
great momentum like a streaking playoff team in
December and January. This weeks picks are ready
to be the momentum I need, let's see:

1. Atlanta - If they lose this, label them pretenders?
2. Houston - Same goes for the perenial under achievers
3. San Francisco - Wasn't sure, but the Skins are dying



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It's Clear These NFL Teams Need Help, Right?

It's true that sometimes you need stuff to write about,
so what you do right about is a bit of a reach, but
after reading Jason Cole's article on Yahoo Sports about
who should get traded before the NFL trade deadline,
he left me wondering, are there only seven teams in
this league?

The article proposed about 14 trades, and he had all the
players going to either Pittsburgh, New England, Baltimore,
San Francisco, Houston, Washington or San Diego. Does no
one else in the league need help or should only the teams
in or near 1st get any help. I'm not really a writer so
I'm in no real position to critique writing, but you have
to admit, the premise is a little shallow, no?




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Cowboys Ball DeAngelo Hall

After seeing DeAngelo Hall allow his man to
get open with the Cowboys facing a 3rd and
21, two things are worth mentioning, and the
first one is forget the rest of his play in
this game, even though it wasn't any good,
and secondly, that it is quite apparent why
the Falcons didn't fight very hard to keep
him and the Raiders were glad to bite the
bullet on the $8 million they had already
paid him after just eight games, not to
mention the draft choices they gave up to
get him, so long as he got the heck out of
Oakland. I'm sure Rob Ryan, his defensive
coordinator with the Raiders whispered in
Tony Romo's ear, as if he needed to, and let
Romo know how easy it was to expose the
second rate first stringer. Hall's departure
from Oakland was highlighted by the fact that
when opposite Nnamdi Asomougha, teams through
in his direction, and his direction only,
quickly stealing the nick name of former
Giant cornerback Elvis Patterson of "Toast"
he was burned for huge games so often.
DeAngelo single handedly made a star out of
Broncos rookie wide receiver Eddie Royal when
he allowed Royal to run amock at receiver in
his NFL debut. And oh yeah, by the way, when
got replaced by Chris Johnson a relative
nobody in football circles, the defensive
secondary immediately improved. Leave it to
Dan Snyder to pick that junk up from the trash.
Good thing he got the chance to defend his honor
by later ripping the coaches and the referees
after the Redskins fell to the Cowboys.


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NFC: The New Monster Of The "Midway" Division

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Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but when
you have Dallas (Americas Team), the New York
Giants (New York, New York, so nice they named
it twice), the Philadelphia Eagles (The NEW
Miami Heat?), and The Washington Redskins
(Well it is the Nations Capitol, anyway), then
you have lots on swag going on, and as far as
divisions go, it is a bit of a Monster, and one
that will be followed very closely throughout
the year, especially if the Cowboys can steal
one against the Jets on Sunday night football
on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and momentarily
silence Rex Ryan (Who am I kidding!). This is
how I think it will look at seasons end.

1. Philadelphia Eagles (Too Much REAL Talent)
2. Dallas Cowboys (For Real, & Will Make Some Noise)
3. NY Giants (Injuries Hurt/End Season Before It Begins)
4. Washington Redskins (Shanahan A One Trick Pony, No
Elway, No Tricks. O V E R R A T E D)

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