LAS VEGAS – All right, NFL season kick-off is just a couple hours away, so we figured we’d better get our picks posted.

There’s a bunch of different picks below–basically, Andy picks them, I pick them, you can see the ZoneBlitz picks that were submitted in a pick pool (along with where we ranked the games), and a ZoneBlitz pick against the spread.

In year’s past, we’ve used a few different methods for making our pick pool selections–from averaging our rankings, to just hashing them out over hours online–and we’ve not yet finished in the money (came in 3rd place one week last year, I believe). Which is too bad, because the pool is big enough that finishing in first for one week during the season doubles your entry fee back.

This year, at least to start the season, we went with a game draft–I won the coin toss, and elected to pick the first game (Indy over Chicago), Andy got to pick the next two, and we alternated from there.

As for the spread picks, pretty much going with Andy’s picks because I’m in the room typing this, and he’s at the tables right now, so we can’t argue about them. That’s why you’ll see some strange picks, like Cincinnati being our 13 point game in the pick pool, but taking the Ravens against the spread (Andy thinks the Ravens defense wins them the game–I think Joe Flacco keeps them from doing so).

Check back for updates!

Andy
Tony

ZoneBlitz
(Ranked)

ZoneBlitz
(AtS)
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Washington Redskins @ NY Giants
NYG
Was
Was – 3
Was (+4.5)
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Seattle Seahawks @ Buffalo Bills
Buf
Buf
Buf – 6
Buf (-1)
Detroit Lions @ Atlanta Falcons
Det
Det
Det – 7
Det (-3)
Cincinncati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens
Bal
Cin
Cin – 13
Bal (+1.5)
St. Louis Rams @ Philadelphia Eagles
Phi
Phi
Phi – 14
Phi (-7.5)
Houston Texans @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Pit
Pit
Pit – 11
Hou (+6.5)
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans
Jac
Jac
Jac – 4
Jac (-3)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints
NO
NO
NO – 10
NO (-3)
Kansas City Chiefs @ New England Patriots
NE
NE
NE – 15
NE (-16)
New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins
NYJ
NYJ
NYJ – 2
NYJ (-3)
Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers
SF
SF
SF – 1
SF (-2.5)
Carolina Panthers @ San Deigo Chargers
SD
SD
SD – 9
SD (-9.5)
Dallas Cowboys @ Cleveland Browns
Dal
Dal
Dal – 12
Dal (-5)
Chicago Bears @ Indianapolis Colts
Ind
Ind
Ind – 16
Ind (-9.5)
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers
GB
Min
Min – 5
GB (-2.5)
Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders
Den
Oak
Den – 8
Oak (+3)