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Fun facts from Week 9

Posted by Michael Seff on Tuesday, November 8, 2011,

Safety first

The Rams did something historic in an otherwise-ugly third quarter in Arizona. With their only two scores being safeties, they became the first team to ever score exactly four points in a single quarter. They also became the first team since the 1999 Jaguars to record safeties on consecutive defensive plays. Perhaps not surprisingly, the two quarterbacks in these instances are Kordell Stewart and John Skelton.

Double whammy

It’s not often we get to enjoy ...

Pigskin Predictions for Week 7

Posted by Michael Seff on Friday, October 21, 2011,

Finally, a week to be proud of. 8-4-1 (I guess the bye weeks are helping me out) and now 3-3 on upset specials for the year. Did I say upset special? Jim Schwartz was especially upset after Jim Harbaugh’s overly-excited postgame handshake. That means only the 6-0 Packers remain unbeaten. Will they remain so in Week 7? Let’s take a look at the 13 games on tap:

Last week: 8-4-1
Season: 40-45-5

Atlanta at Detroit (-3.5)

Analysis: Okay, so the Lions are human after all. At 5-1, t...