Are You Ready For Some Football?

Tonight the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers will kickoff the NFL Season and let me tell you I am very excited.  Insert Hank William's song:  

Still so much better than the new songs! Anywho.....

This year I will post all my picks to my blog as well as some Fantasy Football notes. I will be using NFL.com's weekly pick'em page to keep track of my record throughout the season. Thursdays game will be picked Thursday before the game, Sunday's games on Sunday morning and Mondays's games will be picked Monday night before the game. Let me know what you think of my picks or let me know your picks for the games.


Green Bay @ Seattle NBC 8:30 ET 

I'm going with Seattle mainly because they are at home, young and healthy, and looked extremely sharp in pre-season. The defending champ hasn't historically done well in the opening Thursday night game(look at Baltimore Denver game last year) but I think that trend changes tonight.  No Failmary needed this time.

Game Result: Seattle 24 - Green Bay 20
















Fantasy Factors Seattle: 

Percy Harvin: He is healthy and should have a big game.  With Golden Tate gone Harvin is now the primary target and will be used in a variety of ways.  He is also always a threat in the return game to give you that bonus touchdown.

Russell Wilson: I expect big things from Wilson this year.  He is one year wiser and looks extremely confident in the offense. His ability to run extra yards and touchdowns makes him even more valuable in fantasy.  I think he does well against Green Bay and overall has a great fantasy year.

Fantasy Factors Green Bay :

Randall Cobb:  With Seattle's D making it hard for receivers on the outside Green Bay has to attack the middle of the field and that is where Randall Cobb is most dangerous.  Look for Cobb to make some big catches and score a touchdown.  There won't be many chances but the ones available will probably be to Cobb.

Eddie Lacey: Someone's got to soften the Seattle D up and Lacey's rugged style is going to be called upon a lot.  Seattle has had some changes on the defensive line and Lacey will try to expose that.  Look for him to get a lot of work in this game. 20 touches.