2009 NFC West Featured Columnist Competition: Week Twelve Picks

Time for round 12 (it's getting LATE!) of this year's NFC West featured columnist competition!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with this competition, please click here for a brief outline of the rules, as well as a small bio of each contestant.

In short, this is a pick 'em competition. Contestants are in teams of two, each representing the team they write for on Bleacher Report.

Each week, I will publish an article which announces the picks, such as this. Additionally, I will publish a results article once the games are completed, which will include weekly and yearly standings.

Observations from Week Nine Picks

Everybody likes the Dolphins, Bengals, Falcons, Eagles, and Vikings— Each of these teams have a fairly easy matchup in Week 12. In my opinion, the most likely undisputed pick to be upset is the Dolphins, but who knows, maybe life without Ronnie Brown will be just as peachy as it has been.

The Underdog Is Dead— Not really, but it's definitely on vacation. The Underdog had a few big weeks, but other than that there hasn't been much noise from the Bonus. In Week 12, there are three Underdog selections: Indy over Houston (Steven), KC over San Diego (Seth), and Pitt over Baltimore (Andrew). I hate the Pittsburgh pick, love the Houston pick (see Week Nine), and am secretly praying for the KC pick (I hate the Chargers). But again, just my opinion.

No Split Decisions— There are a lot of 5-3 votes in Week 12, but no split decisions to be found. The jury is almost out  (a 5-3 vote) on Carolina over NY Jets, Seattle over St. Louis, San Francisco over Jacksonville, Arizona over Tennessee, and New Orleans over New England, but the contestants couldn't completely disagree a single time.

Homer Alert —Sure, the Seahawks have looked rough, but both  of the St. Louis FCs are taking the Rams over the 'Hawks in Week 12. Please note that this could be the first (and probably last) time that these two have both endorsed the Rams in the same week. The Rams have a chance (Vegas says 4.5), but this looks at tad bit homer-istic...

Without further ado, here are the picks. Please comment below with your thoughts.

	Rob	Scotty	Ron	Seth	Andrew	Dray	Chris	Steven
GB@DET	GB	GB	GB	GB	GB	GB	GB	GB
OAK@DAL	DAL	DAL	DAL	DAL	DAL	DAL	DAL	DAL
NYG@DEN	NYG	DEN	DEN	DEN	NYG	NYG	NYG	NYG
MIA@BUF	MIA	MIA	MIA	MIA	MIA	MIA	MIA	MIA
CLE@CIN	CIN	CIN	CIN	CIN	CIN	CIN	CIN	CIN
IND@HOU	IND	IND	IND	IND	IND	IND	HOU	IND
TB@ATL	ATL	ATL	ATL	ATL	ATL	ATL	ATL	ATL
WAS@PHI	PHI	PHI	PHI	PHI	PHI	PHI	PHI	PHI
CAR@NYJ	CAR	CAR	NYJ	NYJ	NYJ	CAR	CAR	CAR
SEA@STL	SEA	SEA	STL	STL	SEA	STL	SEA	SEA
JAX@SF	SF	JAX	SF	SF	JAX	SF	SF	JAX
KC@SD	SD	SD	SD	KC	SD	SD	SD	SD
CHI@MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN	MIN
ARI@TEN	ARI	ARI	TEN	ARI	ARI	TEN	TEN	ARI
PIT@BAL	BAL	BAL	BAL	BAL	PIT	BAL	BAL	BAL
NE@NO	NO	NE	NO	NE	NO	NO	NO	NE