2009 NFL ATS Pick 'Em: Week Seven QOTW

By: Luke Florence

It was a weird week for this league with regards to comments. Arguably, it was one of the most balanced weeks this season in terms of different people commenting. But, we also saw two of the top four Gus Johnson leaders fail to send in comments on time or at all.

Will this effect the Gus Johnson standings? Absolutely. The bigger question just might be how it mixes up the race for Bill Walton as well.

Giddy up.

TOP TEN WEEK SEVEN QUOTES

10-tie) “The 40 Year Old Virgin. Romo broke up with Jessica Simpson before she got fat and he's never sealed the deal with a playoff victory. Romo is homo.” - Eric Hug.

10-tie) “Z: Unorthodox, slow, 7-footer who relies on his mid-range jumper yet somehow manages to consistently score 15 and grab 7 or 8 boards. Wildcat: Unorthodox, mildly successful, works against certain match-ups. Buffalo chicken pizza: Unorthodox, delicious going down, fiery on its way out.” - Nick Lay.

9) “I'm rooting for Brett Favre? That's like rooting for vegetables at dinner or clothes for Christmas. And just to spite me, the clothes would be Wranglers.” - Brian Boesch.

8) “As pirates, playing in Europe will be a more historically accurate setting for the Buccaneers than America, while taking the Patriots out of their comfort zone. Oh wait, they still have to play them in football.” - Jeff Schaffer.

7) “Watching Roy E. Williams' awkwardness on the field (when he's not hurt) reminds me of Nick Lay on the basketball court. Lay made Tim Ritzler look athletic...Hell, Nick Lay makes Zydrunas Ilgauskus look athletic.” - Jamie Reamer.

6) “I forgot to swap Peyton Manning for Jason Campbell on one of my fantasy teams last week, but in retrospect I'm glad. The 2.16 points he would have earned me wouldn't have been worth having to admit that I started Jason Campbell.” - Jeff Schaffer.

5) “The Browns playing with the flu is like chopping Petrellos other hand off and then telling him to go out and play receiver better than Barnes (oh wait, that would probably still happen)." - Shane Kline.

4) “So the Redskins pulled Sherman Lewis out of calling BINGO games in Detroit to call the plays for the rest of the season. What’s going to be worse is Jim Zorn taking my old job and ringing up groceries in Youngstown after this season.” - Jason Fazzone.

3) “'The Eagles look to bounce back from a hard-fought loss to a black hole, while Todd Collins will try to revitalize the Washington high school offense' -Mike Tirico's MNF promo.” - Brian Boesch.

2) “I hope the Packers run with this trend of bringing back former players. Today it's Ahman Green, tomorrow it could be Antonio Freeman. That's the world I want to live in.” - Jeff Schaffer.

1) “The Wikipedia reference worked wonders for the Raiders last week. Well, how about one that will rattle the Sanchize. According to Wikipedia, Sanchez is ‘a symbol of Mexican-American identity and a role model for children.’ Good thing I'm not Mexican-American or a child.” - Brian Boesch.

Congratulations to Brian Boesch for earning the Week Seven Quote Of The Week. It's the first QOTW for Brian, and means six league members now have at least one horse in the running for the Quote Of The Year.

Both Boesch and Schaffer reaped the benefits of a couple regular QOTW contributors' absence, as they combined for six of the eleven QOTW contenders in week seven.

Until next time, "read it, roll it, hole it."