NFL: Liver's Week 14 Thursday Night Pick

Adnan TezerDec 9, 2009

The quote of the week goes to my friend Brian in Austin,Texas as he said to me in a text regarding the flag-laden MNF Packers/Ravens game, ”I watched the game and got penalized for it. The refs threw a flag on me for pass interference.”

Of course it goes without saying that the following pick AGAINST THE SPREAD is for RECREATIONAL USE ONLY . Only Rick Pitino, LeGarrette Blount, Donte’ Stallworth, Braylon Edwards, Bob Griese, Miguel Cabrera, Tila Tequila, Bill Belichick, Steve Phillips, Travis Henry, Serena Williams, Michael Jordan, Tony Romo, Elizabeth Lambert, Tiger Woods, Richard Heene (a.k.a. Balloon Boy’s father), the Liver’s biological father (a.k.a. The Most Interesting Man in the World) and all Somali Pirates would be drunk enough to question the Esteemed Liver's pick.

Last week’s record: 7-9

2009 record against the spread: 113-77-2 (.594)

Thursday, December 10

Pittsburgh at Cleveland (+10)

I made the mistake of assuming that the Steelers had too much pride and heart to go out and lose to the Raiders. I was wrong. That Steelers team is awful right now. And for all you Steelers apologists out there, don’t give me this “There’s no Polamalu” crap. If ONE player makes that much difference on that team, then they’re not that good and that Super Bowl win last year was more of a miracle then anyone thought. And let’s be honest Steelers fans, it’s not like they blew the Cardinals out. They had to come from behind in the last two minutes to win.

Luckily for them, they get to play Cleveland who they've beaten 12 times in a row. I’ll be damned if I’m gonna lay that many points on them again this season. Can’t trust them anymore. That defense just can't get teams off the field in the fourth quarter. For some reason this Steelers team reminds me of Sharon Stone in Casino . She looks really hot and vivacious at the beginning but towards the middle and straight through the end you see her just drunk and stoned the entire time and she looks like hell. DeNiro saw the promise in her and took a chance but he was rewarded with a greedy, selfish junkie that stole his money, screwed his best friend and tried to have him killed.