WEEK 7 Expert Picks: YAHOO!, ESPN, Sunday Countdown,Madden, NBC, FOX, CBS, et al.

[iMeast]

The Washington Redskins have been in every game they have played this year to the final minutes. Last week they were literally three inches away from beating the Indianapolis Colts. Watch the replay on Donovan McNabb's second pick and it will absolutely kill you. Three more inches forward and Joey Galloway is gone for six. This week they find themselves in a favorable match-up against former Mike Shanahan student Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears. The Bears line has been terrible this year. They have allowed their quarterbacks to be sacked some 27 times, putting them on pace for 67 sacks this year. If the 'Skins defense can tighten up and get to Cutler the could avoid yet another nail bitter. The experts seem to think the same thing as the majority is picking Washington to get the job done.

(Not all picks have been posted yet. I will updated as they make their way online.)

YAHOO! Sports (3 of 3):

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/pickem;_ylt=ArmYblmNxoAkz4ELEdQDWtVDubYFF

ESPN (5 of 9): .

http://espn.go.com/nfl/picks

NFL Sunday Countdown (2 of 4):

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/notebook?page=sundaycountdown10

Madden Simulation (1 of 1):

http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/videogames/easims?id=5583383

NBC (2 of 2):

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/21/pfts-week-seven-picks/

FOX (2 of 2):

http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=9faf64f5-597e-44c1-b423-67ccbcf768d0&from=foxsports_en-us_videocentral

and

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Weekly-expert-NFL-picks

CBS (0 of 1):

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/prisco/picks

CBS (3 of 5) against the spread:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks/week7

Inside the NFL (2 of 3):

http://sports.sho.com/infl/picks.html

NFC Playbook (3 of 3):

VIDEO HASN'T BEEN POSTED YET.

USA Today (5 of 8):

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2010-picks.htm

What If Sports Sim (0 of 1):

http://www.whatifsports.com/beyondtheboxscore/default.asp?article=20101024003

Week 1: 11 of 42

Week 2: 16 of 42

Week 3: 40 of 42

Week 4: 7 of 42

Week 5: 12 of 42

Week 6: 12 of 42

Week 7: 28 of 42

HTTR

[fullnelson9999]

Uh oh...getting a little nervous here.

How dare they pick us to win!

[mzkp54]

Yeah its funny how I feel much more confident as the underdog

[MD.C RedskinsFan]

Looking at the ESPN picks you would think that Dallas was 4-2 and top of the NFC East instead of the Giants.

[zCommander]

Looking at the ESPN picks you would think that Dallas was 4-2 and top of the NFC East instead of the Giants.

They are - in the parallel universe.

[Soup]

For once I actually feel confident about the game. The most I've been all season.

[Riggo#44]

I'm pretty confident as well, which kind of scares me...

However, I want to know what Prisco's rationale for this is:

The Bears offensive line is a disaster, but the Redskins haven't exactly lit it up rushing the quarterback. The Bears can score if they can protect. I say they protect better here. Jay Cutler will have success here against a Redskins defense that had issues against the Colts. The Redskins won't keep up.

The Redskins have 13 sacks -- good for 11th in the league. Pretty good -- one sack more than Dallas (in one more game). More than Indy with Freeny and Mathis. Carolina has 7 sacks on the year...three of which came against the Bears. They gave up 6 against Seattle, and they have no one like Orakpo. Did he research this at all?

[Chachie]

We're getting way too much love for my liking.

[jfr3ek]

u know we're in trouble when 'analysts' pick us to win a game.

[Champskins]

for your "Madden Simulation" I got the Skins 27, Bears 21

[MattFancy]

Pretty sure I heard Jaws on the Tony Kornheisrer show either yesterday or Wednesday say the Redskins are going to win...

[MintHillSkinsFan]

They are - in the parallel universe.

Otherwise known as the ESPN universe. Which is also the same universe where people in the United States care about soccer and enjoy seeing it in the "top plays" every day.

[DCranon21]

I'm pretty confident as well, which kind of scares me...

However, I want to know what Prisco's rationale for this is:

The Redskins have 13 sacks -- good for 11th in the league. Pretty good -- one sack more than Dallas (in one more game). More than Indy with Freeny and Mathis. Carolina has 7 sacks on the year...three of which came against the Bears. They gave up 6 against Seattle, and they have no one like Orakpo. Did he research this at all?

Prisco will never pick us to win. For real, I think he thinks the team will finish 5-11 or worse. But I'm real confident about this weekend too. We should take it to em.

[Riggo#44]

Prisco will never pick us to win. For real, I think he thinks the team will finish 5-11 or worse. But I'm real confident about this weekend too. We should take it to em.

I don't think there is a writer out there who I have disagreed with more than Prisco. And it's not just homerism, I read his articles and can easily find scores of evidence to the contrary that he either blatantly ignored or just was ignorant in general of. He is followed closely by Let Fatassarelli and Matt Mosley.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Prisco will never pick us to win. For real, I think he thinks the team will finish 5-11 or worse. But I'm real confident about this weekend too. We should take it to em.

In fairness, Prisco has picked us 4 times this year (Texans, Rams, Packers, and Colts).

[Botched]

For once I actually feel confident about the game. The most I've been all season.

Yeah same here. It just feels like we're going to win this one. I haven't been this sure of a win since the Rams game in 08.

[00Dirty30]

For once I actually feel confident about the game. The most I've been all season.

awesome sig.

[rockfan7224]

Agreed. We're going to lay out Jay Cutler. I hope he's prepared

[Unforgiven]

ESPN Madden Simulation link : http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/videogames/easims?id=5583383

[Taylor4Life]

In fairness, Prisco has picked us 4 times this year (Texans, Rams, Packers, and Colts).

And he was wrong 3 out of the four times. I hope he's wrong this week, too.

[illone]

Playbook 0-3?

Not even Thiesmann picked us? That's odd.

[Riggo#44]

And he was wrong 3 out of the four times. I hope he's wrong this week, too.

That also means he picked us to lose against both Dallas and Philly...so he's 1-5 picking Redskins games...I like those odds.

[Boss_Hogg]

"Washington hangs around games they shouldn't..."

:doh:

[TheGreatBuzz]

I haven't been this confident since the Detroit game last year or the St. Louis game this year.......oh crap.

[jflow78]

With the Giants getting 9 sacks in the first half against the Bears, we should be able to squeak out 5 in the game, I would think.

I really hope Rak and Landry destroy this team, I also hope AH plays and puts every ounce of emotion into this game just to maul people left and rights, especially after getting voted by the players as one of the top over-rated players in the league in SI this week. That CAN'T make the man happy to hear.