Thursday, November 26, 2009

2009 NFL ATS Pick 'Em: Week Eleven - Jason Fazzone

By: Luke Florence
PITTSBURGH AT KANSAS CITY:

I can see giving up kick return touchdowns to Cribbs and Harvin, but Bernard Scott too? I’m just waiting for Eric Metcalf to suit up for the Chiefs in this one – I can slick my hair back and relive 1993 all over again.

INDIANAPOLIS AT BALTIMORE:

Indianapolis steals the Colts from Baltimore, then in an even bigger move, steals Matt Stover. Baltimore gets its revenge and ends the Colts’ perfect season.

SAN FRANCISCO AT GREEN BAY:

Number of times the Niners picked off Jay Cutler last week: Five. Number of times Aaron Rodgers has been picked off all season: Five. Sorry, Niners.

BUFFALO AT JACKSONVILLE:

So the Bills fire Dick Jauron and promote the coordinator whose defense got shredded last week. The Hyphens win big and keep their playoff hopes alive.

ATLANTA AT N.Y. GIANTS:

May as well call this the Ex-Lax/Depends Bowl since both teams have been shitting themselves silly the past few weeks.

NEW ORLEANS AT TAMPA BAY:

Yours truly called the Rams almost pulling off the upset last week. Unfortunately for the Bucs, they won’t come close to Brees & Co. here.

CLEVELAND AT DETROIT:

In 2002, the Charleston Riverdogs baseball team held “Nobody Night,” a promotion in which fans weren’t allowed to enter the stadium until the fifth inning. This would be the perfect game to replicate that promotion, except that the fans would actually stay away for the duration of the game.

ARIZONA AT ST. LOUIS:

Rams made me look good at home last week. I expect the Rams to hang around enough to cover again this week. I just wish Steven Jackson didn’t have to play for such an irrelevant football team.

N.Y. JETS AT NEW ENGLAND:

After the events of this week, one thing is for certain: Rex Ryan is the lovechild of Charlie Weis and Dick Vermeil.

SAN DIEGO AT DENVER:

Denver is on the verge of another choke job. But Orton should be coming back, and the Broncos don’t have Cutler anymore.

CINCINNATI AT OAKLAND:

This game legitimately scared me as someone who’s taking the Bengals. But then I see Bruce Gradkowski is starting for the Raiders, and my mind is at ease again.

PHILADELPHIA AT CHICAGO:

In one of his typical prime-time performances, Jay Cutler will find 10 different receivers in this game. Four of them will be Eagles.

TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON:

Bud Adams did his best Stone Cold Steve Austin impression last week. Now it’s on his Titans to deliver a Stunner to the Texans’ playoff hopes.

Have to give Jason Fazzone credit. He has morphed into last year's version of Jake Young. Even though he probably will not make any money, he is still sending in comments for every game and writing a clever special section. Wouldn't be the same without him. And yes, I wrote all that knowing full well he loves the Steelers.

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