In 2007, Bill Simmons puzzled America by picking the Vickless Falcons as a playoff team based on his most famous one-man meme. Well today he's one-upped himself, announcing the Falcons as his NFC Champion. Colin Cowherd has been tooting Atlanta's horn for months now, also picking the Falcons to reach the Super Bowl.
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- Of ESPN.com's sixteen treasured lumped-together football personalities (not including Cowherd or Simmons), seven have Atlanta winning the South, and three others see wild card. ↵
- In some other entirely different ESPN.com cobble of beloved pigskin scribes, ten of fourteen picked Atlanta to top New Orleans. ↵
- ESPN.com employs entirely too many people. ↵
- SI.com's nine clustered gridiron prophets have the Falcons down for five wild card spots and one division title. ↵
- In a seven-genius pileup at NFL.com, the Falcons reach the playoffs in some capacity or another according to everyone except Michael Lombardi, but at least Jason La Canfora and his smarmy face like us. ↵