With the Cotto/Pacquiao fight tonight as well, this weekend looks to be a great one for sports enthusiasts. As such, NFL games have started on Thursdays, giving fans an early start on the weekend. Hopefully the Eagles will bounce back in the same manner as the 49ers did a few days back. Predictions and back-talk, we need you under the cut.

Real talk, that (2)Dope Madden League was another fail, and I’m just advancing weeks on GP since nobody seems remotely interested in participating. Dah well, doesn’t mean I won’t ignore it and I’ll still be in there. *Kanye shrugs*

Chicago 6, San Francisco 10
Atlanta at Carolina
Tampa Bay at Miami
Detroit at MInnesota
Jacksonville at NY Jets
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
New Orleans at St. Louis
Buffalo at Tennessee
Denver at Washington
Kansas City at Oakland
Seattle at Arizona
Dallas at Green Bay
Philadelphia at San Diego
New England at Indianapolis
Baltimore at Cleveland

Week 9 is here, and obviously the Cowboys-Eagles matchup is the game of the week. However, the Texans-Colts game looks to be a good one as well. Real talk, this year’s Texans = last year’s Cardinals in terms of surprising teams. As usual, shit-talking under the cut.

Now, on to this (2)Dope Madden League madness… what am I doing wrong, people? Because people just aren’t showing up, I’m just advancing weeks. So you (the participants) tell me (the commish) what should go down in order to make this work. Let me know, party people.

Washington at Atlanta
Arizona at Chicago
Baltimore at Cincinnati
Houston at Indianapolis
Kansas City at Jacksonville
Miami at New England
Green Bay at Tampa Bay
Carolina at New Orleans
Detroit at Seattle
San Diego at NY Giants
Tennessee at San Francisco
Dallas at Philadelphia
Pittsburgh at Denver

Week 8 is here folks, and this is when the season starts to get interesting. While some teams are all but done (Titans, St. Louis), others have been dominant (Saints, Colts) and others have been surprises (Bengals, Bears). The Giants-Eagles, Vikings-Packers and Saints-Falcons are the games to watch this weekend. On the (2)Dope Madden front, basically the same problem that plagued last year’s season is on this one: nobody is around to bother playing their opponents. I can’t force anybody to do so, but I can start kicking people out if they won’t play, and I’m thinking of wiping clean that league and starting over. We’ll see what happens over the next few weeks. Shit-talking under the cut.

Denver at Baltimore
Houston at Buffalo
Cleveland at Chicago
Seattle at Dallas
St. Louis at Detroit
San Francisco at Indianapolis
Miami at NY Jets
NY Giants at Philadelphia
Oakland at San Diego
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Minnesota at Green Bay
Carolina at Arizona
Atlanta at New Orleans

Week 7 is upon us, people. And after last week’s Jets-Bills overtime debacle, hopefully this week’s games won’t be as ridiculous. The Vikings-Steelers seems to be the game of the week, but you know Shake and myself will be watching our respective teams (Crabtree set to make his first appearance this year, Eagles hoping to bounce back from last week’s weak game). As for the Madden League, it seems that there’s an issue with people being online all at once. So I propose this week that those who are in it should all be online by 5pm EST (2pm PST) Sunday, hopefully that’ll spark some momentum. Shit talking under the cut, please.

Green Bay at Cleveland
San Francisco at Houston
San Diego at Kansas City
Minnesota at Pittsburgh
Indianapolis at St. Louis
New England at Tampa Bay
Buffalo at Carolina
NY Jets at Oakland
Chicago at Cincinnati
Atlanta at Dallas
New Orleans at Miami
Arizona at NY Giants
Philadelphia at Washington

Here we go again, folks: another weekend brings forth action-packed football games. I’ll be honest: I want the Detroit Lions to win every time they play. Even though I only know of Stafford and that monster of a WR Johnson, I see how hard they play every Sunday, and I’ve become a silent rooter for them. Let’s see how they do against Green Bay this week. As far as the (2)Dope Madden League, it seems to be going alright. Anybody who’s a part of it, if you have thoughts on it [constructive, destructive, etc] feel free to drop knowledge in the c-section. Also, if you’ve played your game leave your name and team in the c-section as well, as I can determine who is and is not playing. Let the shit talk commence under the cut.

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

Another Gameday Remix for ya’ll. This time Larry Fitzgerald adds some vocals to the self-titled St. Lunatics joint from Nelly & Co.

DOWNLOAD: Larry Fitzgerald – St. Lunatics (Nike Sport Remix) | Mediafire

Here we are at the fifth week of the NFL season. Some teams are back to their old ways (Colts, Giants), some are mucking it up as usual (Chiefs, Raiders), some have been uninspiring (Chargers, Redskins) and some have been surprising (Bengals, San Francisco). The key games this week seem to be the Bengals/Ravens, Broncos/Patriots and Falcons/49ers. As usual, shit-talking, predictions and more shall commence in the c-section.

(2)Dope Madden League ‘10: For those of you who have both an XBox 360 and Madden ‘10, I’ve set up a franchise league for 16 players to participate for bragging writes and possibly a prize at the end (working on that now). How to enter? Well, if you have both an XBox Live account and an online franchise, do the following:

* select the “Join Franchise” option
* search for the League Name: 2dopemadden (all lower-case letters)

It’s a first come, first serve deal, so the first 15 people that join will be able to participate. IF YOU’RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE, YOU MUST PLAY AT LEAST ONE GAME A WEEK TO STAY IN THE LEAGUE. After last year’s debacle – where people joined and didn’t do shit else – by week seven’s prediction post (October 24th) I’ll start eliminating people who haven’t played at lease two games. Got it? Good. Schedule under the cut. UPDATE: Due to the demand, I’ve allowed for 32 players now.

Cincinnati at Baltimore
Cleveland at Buffalo
Washington at Carolina
Pittsburgh at Detroit
Dallas at Kansas City
Oakland at NY Giants
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia
Minnesota at St. Louis
Atlanta at San Francisco
Houston at Arizona
New England at Denver
Jacksonville at Seattle
Indianapolis at Tennessee
NY Jets at Miami

Week 4 is upon us, people. While my Eagles have a bye week, I can sit and enjoy the other teams battle it out. Obviously the Packers/Vikings duel is the highlight of the week, but the Steelers/Chargers and Patriots/Ravens games look to be good as well. Predictions, shit-talking and other such fuckery people. Also, the (2)Dope Madden League will kick off next weekend. SHAKE UPDATE: Bringing it back to the top so ya’ll can get your shit talking on through out the day.

Detroit at Chicago
Cincinnati at Cleveland
Oakland at Houston
Seattle at Indianapolis
Tennessee at Jacksonville
NY Giants at Kansas City
Baltimore at New England
Tampa Bay at Washington
Buffalo at Miami
NY Jets at New Orleans
Dallas at Denver
St. Louis at San Francisco
San Diego at Pittsburgh
Green Bay at Minnesota

With Michael Vick returning to the game after over two years away, the Eagles/Chiefs game is my early pick for highlight of the week. Unfortunately, most of the games don’t really seem that interesting this weekend. You know the drill, party people: predictions, shit-talking and more under the cut. (2)Dope Madden League information (for the XBox 360) coming soon. UPDATE: Bringing this back to the top so ya’ll can talk your shit during game day. Let’s go Niners. Damn… that’s a hard loss to swallow. Still happy how Hill played though. And we held our own without Gore (and Crabtree). Fuck Favre haha.

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

Week 2 is upon us folks. While both the Chargers and Patriots escaped with wins at the last moment Monday night, the Eagles, Steelers and Colts both lost key members on their respective teams in their wins. The key game seems to be the Jets/Patriots squab and the Sunday night game between the Giants and Cowboys. Who will win? Predictions, thoughts and other such shit-talking, people. Also, I’ve not been on Madden in a few weeks, so I’ve been unable to set up the (2)Dope Madden ‘10 League. I’ll likely set that up within the next few weeks and whatnot. Schedule under the cut. Also, check out Complex Mag’s list of the 50 most brutal hits in the NFL. SHAKE UPDATE: Figured I’d bring this back to the top for a unified place to talk shit about today’s games.

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