And the Gridiron Guru followed suit with an 8-8 week, which landed him among the Week 2 majority.

One man stood above the rest: Aaron Archuleta of Durango, who carded a 13 to win this season’s second Gridiron Green and place him alone atop the two-week leaderboard with 23 points.

Lew Sovocool, newly married and clearly leaning on the good love of a good woman, is second with 22 points.

Richard Black is third (21).

There are 11 players tied at 20. The Guru is 18-14 overall.

Thursday, Sept. 18

Tampa Bay at Atlanta (KCNC, KREZ; NFL Network) – After two weeks, the Buccaneers already are on a sinking ship. Pick: Falcons, 23-20. Line: Falcons by 6½.

Sunday, Sept. 21

Dallas at St. Louis (KASA) – Stop Murray, and the Rams win. Pick: Rams, 26-24. Line: Cowboys by 1.

Minnesota at New Orleans – While All Day goes away, so, too, go the Vikings. Pick: Saints, 34-20. Line: Saints by 9½.

San Diego at Buffalo, 11 a.m. – OK, now the Bills will lose. Right? Pick: Chargers, 27-21. Line: Bills by 2.

Washington at Philadelphia – With or without DeSean Jackson, these Eagles can fly. Pick: Eagles, 30-20. Line: Eagles by 6½.

Houston at N.Y. Giants – If the Cardinals can do it with their backup quarterback, then the Texans can do it with their starter. Pick: Texans, 17-16. Line: Texans by 2½.

Tennessee at Cincinnati – Battered, bruised, but not beaten. Pick: Bengals, 23-20. Line: Bengals by 7.

Baltimore at Cleveland – Beat the Saints at home, and hello, Ravens. Pick: Browns, 19-17. Line: Ravens by 1.

Green Bay at Detroit – The Packers show holes; this is the Lions’ chance to move up in the division. Pick: Lions, 33-31. Line: Lions by 1½.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville – The Colts can score; they just can’t win. (The Jaguars have an app for that.) Pick: Colts, 23-13. Line: Colts by 7.

Oakland at New England (KCNC, KREZ) – You like apples? How do you like these apples? Pick: Patriots, 33-10. Line: Patriots by 14.

San Francisco at Arizona – It doesn’t look good for Carson Palmer, and it looks even worse for Jonathan Dwyer (arrested Wednesday on aggravated assault). Pick: 49ers, 19-14. Line: 49ers by 3.

Denver at Seattle (KCNC, KREZ; KRSJ 100.5 FM) – Super Bowl XLVIII, Part II. Behind their 12th man, the result will look different but is all the same. Pick: Seahawks, 27-26. Line: Seahawks by 4½.

Kansas City at Miami – It’s not pretty; both teams are banged up. Pick: Chiefs, 20-10. Line: Dolphins by 4½.

Pittsburgh at Carolina (KOBF, KUSA) – Even without Greg Hardy (see: Dwyer, Jonathan; Peterson, Adrian; Rice, Ray), the Panthers’ defense is everything the Steelers’ defense used to be. Pick: Panthers, 22-13. Line: Panthers by 3½.

Monday, Sept. 22

Chicago at N.Y. Jets (ESPN) – One team’s second half last week won them a football game. One team’s second half last week lost them a football game. Take the hot hand. Pick: Bears, 27-20. Line: Jets by 2½.

Gridiron Green

Week 2
Overall Week 2
Aaron A. 23 13
aelliott 19 11
ABC123 18 11
Missali23 20 11
rmorris 20 10
groberts 20 10
rickb 18 10
vickyt 10 10
alisha 19 10
paulj 20 10
eaglesrgr8 10 10
lsovocool 22 10
shupie 17 10
wildryty 18 10
Peyday 21 9
ncblue311 17 9
kristalp 19 9
kane 19 9
dbroncos 20 9
heatmiser 12 9
tlittle 12 9
ladonna 19 9
susanne 16 9
rmiller 20 9
SWITT 20 9
marionl 15 9
antonio 15 9
swami 19 9
weese338 9 9
cardfan 19 9
Mr. Wales 18 9
hillster 18 9
56golf 16 9
bigal60 19 9
paddy 18 9
ollie 9 9
john_s 9 9
boydh 18 9
quiklikeab 19 9
suealsum 18 9
skolmn 19 9
ta26 19 9
xt1ngu1sh 17 9
joosten 20 8
mike 12 8
meyers 17 8
pistolpete 17 8
Tripp 17 8
wally49 15 8
broncbust 16 8
deanna 16 8
dpollock 16 8
marmstrong 17 8
june 17 8
amos 17 8
GinaA 19 8
MillerTime 17 8
gjohnson 18 8
netter 18 8
clarkbar 16 8
Hound 16 8
azfan 17 8
billy 17 8
hawk99 19 8
vince 19 8
w00dy 17 8
esteban 16 8
Geri 563 17 8
jsalchicha 16 8
Evans 9 8
oscar 19 8
Motob 19 8
ryans 17 8
huckster 20 8
harry55 17 8
marioG 19 8
mamat 8 8
taylor 8 8
chanel 8 8
ramjet 19 8
tanner1 17 8
johnnygood 16 8
cajun 17 8
reddurango 19 8
peggy 17 8
jakem 17 8
aeverett81 18 8
benruybal 8 8
broncfan51 19 8
broncoh8r 17 8
EL GECKO 16 8
kelleyj4 19 8
picklepus 18 8
rick81326 8 8
rionate 15 8
crowley 17 8
sdebelina1 20 8
youngkathy 17 8
Zabkatista 18 8
zman033 11 8
Skater22 18 7
cindylou 15 7
cookie45 18 7
james 12 7
KittyCent 16 7
christinab 7 7
blackrose 17 7
jason 18 7
slroberts 16 7
connief 17 7
lbewley 16 7
elvis65 18 7
master 17 7
robrog 16 7
scott27 16 7
jsquires 15 7
shauna 12 7
dominique 17 7
twheeler 15 7
sherry 17 7
Tanaya 7 7
yomama 16 7
khinkle 15 7
ZumaB 17 7
janiceb 17 7
grandma1 14 7
chrissim33 8 7
sparky 15 7
yogibear 7 7
Gremlins 16 7
jetsfan 14 7
kmvdad0927 17 7
stkitts10 14 7
pckrgrl 16 7
choker 17 7
bree 15 7
Cyphers 14 7
opie 17 7
lester 14 7
hsteinle 17 7
fdeano45 16 7
truchas 18 7
broncos 17 7
tiffmc 14 7
terry 17 7
crazylouie 13 7
zoeygirl 17 7
boatie 15 7
lisadonela 16 7
bigdog99 16 7
thomas24 14 7
lamar18 15 7
mcheather 15 7
tucson 7 7
trooper 7 7
mommamary 7 7
ajheirtz 18 7
baylsc 17 7
broncobart 13 7
broncosbm 15 7
broncosfvr 17 7
cbef 17 7
cidx2 15 7
cooter89 15 7
dciluffo 18 7
Maverick 18 7
hesperado 20 7
hmckie 18 7
jadosse 17 7
jcbia 14 7
jimsquires 16 7
joyceella 16 7
jrarch55 14 7
kslyter 17 7
lamadden 16 7
moreh2o 18 7
pewtergirl 18 7
pkabill 17 7
quasarwes 18 7
StephieO 15 7
spannistan 17 7
threef504 17 7
tspoon32 15 7
SnapFace 18 7
xskunk 14 7
petershirk 14 6
tramirez 16 6
deanob 16 6
dave 15 6
albertf 16 6
packerfan 18 6
dragracer 15 6
redhawks 16 6
jorjor 6 6
jrichardso 17 6
rrichardso 13 6
jlane 13 6
edonelan 17 6
skibum 18 6
tomd 6 6
ryanp 15 6
delbs 16 6
redskin58 12 6
Shaqattack 15 6
mbalzen 16 6
bojangles 14 6
Josie_L 8 6
forsberg39 15 6
jesvigil 13 6
stoneage 16 6
mikecortez 16 6
mamajama 15 6
hmorris 14 6
c130 14 6
tbone 18 6
tarheel 16 6
steeler75 11 6
trav 16 6
Atbatcat 7 6
blwells 16 6
butterguy 17 6
cas19 16 6
crnorton 16 6
DO86 15 6
dpgrizzly 6 6
durango57 15 6
gdhudson53 15 6
lordhunter 16 6
mgrome 16 6
michmat 17 6
mwanger 15 6
ag120695 16 6
Pat Flores 16 6
rams91 16 6
rtm79 15 6
smouret 16 6
ElleBee 12 5
roylb 16 5
jwilson 10 5
klyons 13 5
debbiez 15 5
goober 5 5
sobrino 15 5
shed 15 5
waylon 13 5
carriekate 7 5
odhainey 13 5
plgone 16 5
glnorton 15 4
simpson 11 4
bemrich 12 4
bobster 14 4
rbarkley 11 3
crisg 14 3
brandon198 3 3
eblack 12 3
superextem 3 3
atrain 1 1
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