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The Picks: Cowboys vs. Falcons

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The Picks: Cowboys vs. Falcons
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It’s that time of week. Time to man up and make your pick for Sunday’s game. Get it right, and you’ll go on a wild celebration binge, quaffing every bottle of Thunderbird in sight, blacking out, and waking up inside a shipping container in the Indian Ocean destined for Perth, Australia. Get it wrong, and you’ll go on a wild depression binge, quaffing every bottle of Thunderbird in sight, blacking out, and waking up inside a shipping container in the Indian Ocean destined for Perth, Australia. Here are our picks, plus picks from across the rest of the media.

Scott Crisp: Falcons 21, Cowboys 20

Josh Alper: Falcons 24, Cowboys 17

Bill Simmons: Not in yet. I suspect his pick will be THE BOOK OF BASKETBALL, NOW AVAILABLE FOR 40 PERCENT OFF ON AMAZON IF YOU PRE-ORDER!

Peter King: Falcons 27, Cowboys 24. “Matt Ryan's 7-1 in his last eight games. He's good on the road, and the Dallas pass-rush isn't going to bother him much. On the other side, I say John Abraham is going to be buzzing around Tony Romo's head all day.” Keep in mind that Peter King uses the same column space here to inform readers that Matt Schaub leads the league in normalcy.

60 Percent of SI Users: Falcons.

Seven of 10 ESPN Experts: Falcons.

Michael Silver: Falcons.

58 Percent Of Yahoo! Users: Falcons.

Pete Prisco (CBS): Falcons.

Andy (Cowboys fan I know): Cowboys 21-20. (“Dude, Matt Ryan is fat. Have you seen the Gillette commercial? He’s got a little pot belly. Total fatty. I know Romo has a big ass, but Ryan is a hog.”)

Index Card I Threw Up In The Air With The Name Of Each Team On Either Side, Seeing Which Team Would Land Face Up: Cowboys.

The Wife: Cowboys

Me: All the experts are taking the Falcons here. And that calls for a CONTRARIAN ALERT. Dallas had an awfully good week, what with the rest of the division collapsing and all. I say they seize the momentum and turn in their best performance of the season. And then they totally s—t the bed next week against Seattle. Cowboys 31, Falcons 20.

Yours in the comments.

BY Drew Magary // Friday, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:00 CDT

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  • 20% thrilled 2
  • 10% sad 1
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          JOSH ALPER

          Contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com.

          MATT BARRIE

          NBC 5 sports reporter and anchor with reporting experiences on both sides ofthe Texoma border.

          SCOTT CRISP

          A Dallas native, a writer, a former collegiate athlete and a beleaguered, life-long Dallas sports fan.

          SAM HALE

          Sports producer for NBC 5, offering his take on everything behind the scenes with the Cowboys.

          DREW MAGARY

          Co-founder of Kissing Suzy Kolber, columnist for Deadspin, and author of Men With Balls, now in bookstores.

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