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Week 2 NFL Picks: Redemption Time For Tony Romo And The Cowboys

The BTB glitterati weigh in with their picks for the Week 2 games.

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At the end of Week 2, no more than 13 teams will be able to claim a perfect 2-0 record, leaving at least 19 clubs at 1-1 or 0-2. The NFL informs us that since realignment in 2002, 86 of the 144 playoff teams (59.7 percent) began the year at either 1-1 or 0-2, including five of the eight division champions in 2013 (Panthers, Bengals, Packers, Colts, Eagles). So not all is lost for teams that lost their season opener.

Today we take a stab at predicting this weekend's game outcomes. Oh, and a little shocker right up front: this week we're taking the Cowboys unanimously.

Below are our Week 2, 2014 picks. Agree, disagree, and do you think it will be redemption time for Tony Romo and the Cowboys? Let us know in the comments section.

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2013 Record
161-95 158-98 - - 160-96 - - - - 165-91 164-92 152-104 158-98 157-99
2013 Percentage .629 .617 - - .625 - - - - .644 .640 .594 .617 .613
Record Week 1
7-9 9-7 11-5 10-6 11-5 9-7 10-6 8-8 7-9 10-6 10-6

PIT @ BAL (-2.5) Pit_medium Pit_medium Bal_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Pit_medium Bal_medium PIT: 62% Pit_medium
MIA (-1) @ BUF Buf_medium Mia_medium Buf_medium Buf_medium Mia_medium Mia_medium Buf_medium Buf_medium Mia_medium MIA: 72% Buf_medium
JAC @ WAS (-6) Was_medium Was_medium Jac_medium Jac_medium Was_medium Jac_medium Was_medium Was_medium Jac_medium WAS: 52% Was_medium
DAL @ TEN -3.5) Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium Dal_medium DAL: 87%
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ARI (-2.5) @ NYG Ari_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium Ari_medium ARI: 95% Ari_medium
NE (-3) @ MIN Ne_medium Min_medium Min_medium Ne_medium Ne_medium Ne_medium Min_medium Ne_medium Ne_medium NE: 76% Ne_medium
NO (-6.5) @ CLE No_medium No_medium No_medium No_medium No_medium No_medium No_medium No_medium No_medium NO: 97% No_medium
ATL @ CIN (-5) Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium Cin_medium CIN: 65% Cin_medium
DET @ CAR (-3) Det_medium Det_medium Det_medium Car_medium Det_medium Det_medium Car_medium Car_medium Det_medium DET: 67% Det_medium
STL @ TB (-5.5) Tb_medium Tb_medium Tb_medium Tb_medium Tb_medium Tb_medium Tb_medium Tb_medium Tb_medium TB: 87% Tb_medium
SEA (-6) @ SD Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium Sea_medium SEA: 93% Sea_medium
HOU (-3) @ OAK Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Oak_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium Hou_medium HOU: 78% Hou_medium
NYJ @ GB (-8.5) Gb_medium Gb_medium Gb_medium Gb_medium Gb_medium Gb_medium Gb_medium Gb_medium Gb_medium GB: 98% Gb_medium
KC @ DEN (-12) Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium Den_medium DEN: 98% Den_medium
CHI @ SF (-7) Sf_medium Sf_medium Sf_medium Sf_medium Chi_medium Sf_medium Sf_medium Sf_medium Sf_medium SF: 82%
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PHI @ IND (-3) Ind_medium Ind_medium Phi_medium Ind_medium Ind_medium Ind_medium Ind_medium Ind_medium Ind_medium IND: 87% Ind_medium

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This year, in addition to the front page writers, were adding a column for the BTB users who are participating in our Pick 256 challenge.Pick_256_ls_medium

Pick 256 is a season-long contest in which BTB members and readers get to pick the straight-up winners for all games each week. If you haven't yet submitted your picks yet, now would be a good time, here's the link to the entry form.

We currently have a little over 340 pick submissions, which means there's plenty of room for more. If you haven't done so yet, you can still submit your picks until kickoff of the Steelers @ Ravens game tonight. You can see where the popular vote is trending for each game (as per early this morning) in the table above.

It is perhaps worth noting that of the 340 pick submissions, only four submissions have picked the exact 16 winners outlined as the consensus picks in the Pick 256 column above.

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