Since there have been so many upsets lately....?

Question

Why is it that when people ask for predictions everyone always goes the safe route and picks the obvious team? I mean, I try and always pick at least a couple I think could pull off an upset....

So anyways, for those of you who like upsets....who do you think will pull it off this week?

Arizona @ Green Bay
Atlanta @ Cincinnati
Baltimore @ New Orleans
Houston @ Tennessee
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia
Seattle @ Kansas City
San Francisco @ Chicago
Tampa Bay @ NY Giants
St. Louis @ San Diego
Indianapolis @ Denver
NY Jets @ Cleveland
Pittsburgh @ Oakland
Dallas @ Carolina
New England @ Minnesota

And PLEASE no Bears bandwagon fans (b/c everyone knows no one would claim to be a bears fan until recently) saying "DA BEARS are gonna win" lol B/c that's not an upset. I don't have anything against the bears...just don't really want irrelevant answers.....and even though I said that I'm sure I'll still get some...

oops sorry...here ya go!
Underdogs are:
-3 Houston
-6 Jacksonville
-4.5 Atlanta
-9 Tampa Bay
-16.5 San Francisco
-3.5 Arizona
-6.5 Seattle
-2 Baltimore
-9 St. Louis
-9 At Oakland
-1.5 NY Jets
-2.5 Indianapolis
-5.5 Dallas

Answer 1

wow this is gonna be a loooooong answer...

-Green Bay wins; The Cards are now the WORST team in football after giving the fmr winless team their first win. GB 14 AZ 9

-hm. Cincy wins, purely out of Chad's ego lol. this one should be hella close, though. CIN 24 ATL 21

-Nawleans wins because Brees is having a sensational year and who knows? Reggie might make more than one TD this time.
NO 17 BAL 10

-Houston wins; Mario is starting to look like the deservedly first pick he is and the offense was decent last week against the jags in that admittedly suprising win. plus the titans are just out of it. HOU 20 TEN 13

-ooh..this should be good. both teams coming off horrible losses, i think the eagles will win. just kind of a gut feeling and of course who can deny the pure throwing power of #5? PHI 27 JAX 14

-after losing their QB, seattle has lost pretty much their entire offense, i think. can anybody even name the backup (no looking on the site)? KC 17 SEA 14

-ahh da bears. being a niners fan, last year stung like hell. if that MNF game was any indication, DA BEEEARS might look like they're faltering. And if Arizona can do it, why cant we? SF 14 CHI 7 (im hoping..)

-well, the bucs got REALLY lucky last week, nailing that 62 yarder. but after seeing the G-MEN dominate against the 'boys, i think that they're definitely playoff-bound. NYG 35 TB 20

-shawne "lights out" merriman a CHEATER??? apparently.
but they're still great anyway; LT and AG. SD 21 STL 17

-ah the AFC championship rematch. the colts are still untouchable on offense, while the broncs have the most suffocating D in the league. definitely game of the week. IND 30 DEN 27

-i think this one is pretty obvious..the browns are just a mess right now. NYJ 23 CLE 10

-likewise, just as obvious. PIT 33 OAK 20

-keyshawn against his former team...and now we find out ROMO gets the start!! alright upset time: DAL 20 CAR 17

-are the vikes for real???maybe, just maybe. MIN 27 NE 20

Answer 2

I think that denver might beat indy this week. Also without
QB Matt H. and RB Shaun A., this will make the seattle's offense attack weak, kansas city wins over seattle. finally i think that baltimore's d fence will hold up against RB Reggie Bush. Baltimore wins that one on a late field goal with under 2:00 to go in the game.

Personally, I'm a Packers fan. Green Bay will win by less than six points against the cardinals

Answer 3

I don't see many upsets.. its a tough week to call, but i got two surprises for ya
Minnesota is underrated and New England is overrated and that will be proven this weekend
It might not be an upset cause Hasselback and Alexander aren't there, but Larry Johnson is turning the corner and around that corner is a stomping on the seahawk's front 7.

Answer 4

Arizona @ Green Bay
Atlanta @ Cincinnati
Baltimore @ New Orleans
Houston @ Tennessee
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia
Seattle @ Kansas City
San Francisco @ Chicago
Tampa Bay @ NY Giants

All the teams on the Left will win

Answer 5

Arizona @ Green Bay - arizona
Atlanta @ Cincinnati - cincinnati
Baltimore @ New Orleans - baltimore
Houston @ Tennessee - houston
Jacksonville @ Philadelphia - jacksonville
Seattle @ Kansas City - kansas city
San Francisco @ Chicago - chicago
Tampa Bay @ NY Giants - *upset* tampa bay
St. Louis @ San Diego- san diego
Indianapolis @ Denver - *upset* denve
NY Jets @ Cleveland - ny jets
Pittsburgh @ Oakland - pittsburg
Dallas @ Carolina - *upset* dallas
New England @ Minnesota - new england

Answer 6

You don't mention the spreads to clarify who's the underdog, and a lot of these teams seem pretty evenly matched, but...

I think Denver will hand Indy their first loss this weekend. And I'm getting a weird Cleveland-over-the-Jets vibe.

P.S. I have always subscribed to your theory - that there's usually at least one upset - but it's so hard to actually pull the trigger on a hunch that runs counter to conventional wisdom.

Answer 7

Minnesota, Tampa Bay and Arizona Are good upset picks that's head to head with the point spread I don't know. Good Luck.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I can see Arizona beating GB. If Roethlisberger is out, then Raiders over Pittsburgh is a good possibility. I'm going to predict it anyway...Raiders win 2 in a row.

Answer 10

NY Giants and the Jets They didnt do too good last season but so far they are doing great "from my point of view"