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Welcome to the Annual NFL Guild Pick of the Week 2010. We will be selecting the winners from 5 NFL games. After you have selected the winning team your choice is final. You must post the teams you are selecting here. Do not PM me your choices. If you don't post here who you are selecting I won't know. Once you have posted you choices here I will add your name to the list of people participating in the event. Remember that this guild event is free. We will keep a record of your wins and the person with the most wins or perhaps win percentage not only gets the bragging rights, but 5000 gold. Or maybe more if I can actually access the guild account...

The NFL Guild Pick of the Week will be closed 30 minutes before kickoff of the first game.

Important Read
-Do not PM me your choices. Write your choice in this thread!
-All choices are final.
-A record of all participates wins will be kept.

How the Games are Picked: We try to pick the best match ups looking at odds and past performances and then of course, pretty much the Sunday and Monday Night games.

The worst thing about last week, I saw many red flags in choosing against the Seahawks and picking the Saints. I knew I should have, but went with the Saints anyways, thinking there was no way Seattle would win. I actually knew better, but my "Better Judgement" became my enemy.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh- Sunday the Ravens looked like an unstoppable force and crushed Kansas City in what was the biggest victory of the weekend. Many members of the team have mentioned how their two most hated rivals are the Steelers and the Patriots. Going up against a Pittsburgh team they should have beaten earlier, and a chance to take on the Patriots and beat them in Foxborough in the playoffs two years in a row, this team has more motivation than any other.
WINNER- BALTIMORE RAVENS

Green Bay at Atlanta- Aaron Rodgers got one monkey off his back by finally winning a playoff game, but until he wins a Superbowl he will still be stuck in Favre's shadow. Their Defense is Superbowl worthy, but as we've seen before Rodgers is their life force on offense, he goes down, the Packers go down with him. Stark had a great game against the Eagles, but their offense needs to do more if they want to move on to the next level.
WINNER- ATLANTA FALCONS

Seattle at Chicago- Tougher to call than last week's game, since the Seahawks beat the Bears, IN CHICAGO earlier this season 23-20, and sacked Cutler 6 times in that game. The Bears for a while improved their pass blocking, but have given up quite a few sacks in the weeks leading up to the end of the regular season. Seattle's win over the Saints was great, I will ROFLMAO till the following Sunday if the Seahawks win again and go to the NFC championship.
WINNER- SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

N.Y. Jets at New England- Game one went to the Jets in a 28-14 victory. Game 2 went to the Patriots in a crushing 45-3 victory on Monday night. the Jets really really really REALLY need to fix themselves good before this game. They have what it takes to beat New England, but unlikely will be able to do it. At the very least I see them having a much closer game this time around.
WINNER- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Recap- Ravens, Falcons, Seahawks, Patriots

Ravens
Falcons mrgreen
Seahawks
Patriots

The battle of the most feared defenses, always fun to watch power defenses collide. Anyways, Ravens crushed Kansas City last week and it waqs really no surprise. First of all, most of the turnovers were caused by Cassel's bad judgment and the Ravens offense were able to put up number. However, the ravens o-line looked pretty poor allowing the chiefs to pound on Flacco the entire duration of the game. The ravens will have their hands full in this game offensively because they're going against a pretty solid front four at pittsburgh. And considering the fact that Polamalu will be playing and a healthy secondary, gives Ravens WR a hard time.

The Baltimore Ravens VS. The Pittsburgh Steelers

The Packers made a statement last week defeating the could-be team led by the versatile Michael Vick. But think of it this way, the Eagles lost their last 3 games of the regular season. They've faced a team which struggled towards the end of the season that ultimately carried on to the playoffs. In the regular season The Packers played their heart out because they decided their own fate. So having that momentum going does increase confidence. But their journey ends here. The falcons do have to protect their position and expect them to pull off a close game. The Packers are 18th in run defense so expect Turner to run all over them.

The Green Bay Packers VS. The Atlanta Falcons

After one game, Marshawn Lynch is one of the NFL's best RB? Dont expect him to rack up another miraculous game. & Matt Hasselbeck's postseason game was one of the franchise's best games by a QB, Hasselbeck is known to be inconsistent, and see him fall apart against this rested bears defense.

The Seattle Seahawks VS. The Chicago Bears

The jets are probably the team that I question the most. Even though they've beaten the colts, I find it not rather surprising. The colts have suffered all season long with injuries and surprising inconsistency from Peyton Manning. The Jets were man handled in their previous encounter (41-3 Patriot W) earlier this season. Tom Brady has a great WR line up. & Revis & cromartie cant cover all of them. The Patriots Defense is also ranked first in fantasy which give the QB Sanchez a pretty hard time. what the jets need to do is stop Brady, and the patriots line is a line you can't mess with

The New York Jets VS. The New England Patriots


Overall: Home teams will win!

Ravens
Falcons
Bears
Patriots