Our own Cincinnati Bengals kids sportswriter, Adam, submitted his thoughts on the Bengals-Lions game and his picks from Week 13. Now we are going to review his analysis and see how well he did! Our comments are in italics.
By the way, we are looking for more kids sportswriters to cover the NFL and other sports throughout the year. If you’d like to hop on board the Family Fantasy Sports reporters bandwagon let us know. We are always looking for more writers, so submit your thoughts, comments, picks, articles, editorials, whatever!
Bengals Will Topple The Lions
By Adam Schimberg
I’ve got some picks for you. Read ‘em and weep.
CIN vs. DET= 35-17 CIN (actual: 23-13 CIN)
PHI vs. ATL= 28-21 PHI (actual: 34-7 PHI)
STL vs. CHI= 42-14 CHI (actual: 17-9 CHI)
TEN vs. IND= 38-10 IND (actual 27-17 IND)
DEN vs. KC= 35-24 DEN (actual 44-13 DEN)
NE vs. MIA= 35-31 NE (actual 22-21 MIA)
OAK vs. PIT= 28-3 PIT (actual 27-24 OAK)
NO vs. WASH= 45-17 NO (actual 33-30 NO)
TB vs. CAR= 21-17 CAR (actual 16-6 CAR)
HOU vs. JAC= 28-14 HOU (23-18 JAC)
SD vs. CLE= 35-10 SD (actual 30-23 SD)
DAL vs. NYG= 31-21 DAL (actual 31-24 NYG)
SF vs. SEA= 28-24 SEA (actual 20-17 SEA)
MIN vs. ARI= 35-10 MIN (actual 30-17 ARI)
BAL vs. GB= 17-10 GB (actual 27-14 GB)
OVERALL 10-5
An excellent performance from Adam, proving once again that the Family Fantasy Sports crowd can make the predictions for NFL games just as well (if not better!) than the experts on TV.
Now here are my fantasy picks: I think that Carson Palmer will have a monster game against the Lions defense. Look for the NO defense to stand strong against the Redskins. Check out Steve Slaton, because he’ll run all over the Jags. Chad Ochocinco will be a beast with the arm of Palmer behind him. Matt Stover will make his PAT’s and a field goal against the low-morale TEN defense. I hope you enjoyed my picks.
Since I’m from Cincinnati, I root for the Bengals. When they play the Lions, look for their O-Line to stand strong, and topple the Lions D-Line. Let’s play some football!
Palmer – 15.5 points, decent game
New Orleans DST – 14 points, HUGE game
Slaton – 0 points (injury)
Ochocinc0 -19 points, HUGE game
Stover – 9 points, HUGE game
Adam was pretty much dead-on accurate with his fantasy picks for Week 13. We think they should add a spot for him on one of the big pregame shows. Anyone at ESPN listening?!
It was a strong showing in Week 12 from our 8-year-old fantasy guru, Alex, owner of the 9-3 Determinators in the Campbell Football League. Some of his best picks were Donald Driver, Larry Johnson, and LT!
Here are his picks for Week 13…
My favorite prediction from last week was LT! And he scored 2 TDs! I’m picking two players at each position this week, so here ya go!
PLAYERS TO START:
RB:
Larry Johnson or Ced Benson – If Benson is healthy, he’ll be the guy to start. Otherwise, look for another nice day by LJ (or whomever is at RB for Cincinnati) … at home against Detroit.
Ray Rice – He’s been doing pretty good, GB’s run defense is not that good. Look for a big game from Rice.
QB:
Drew Brees – 5 TDs last week against the Pats! You can’t not play Brees!
David Garrard – Garrard is the top-rated available QB in the Campbell Football League, and he’s playing Houston at home … they give up lots of points.
WR/TE:
Miles Austin – Giants defense has been pretty bad, and Austin is “not good, but pretty good.”
Antonio Gates – Playing Cleveland, had a good week last week. He should do well.
DST:
Philly’s DST – Atlanta is missing Michael Turner, their backup fumbles a lot, and DeSean Jackson is good, too.
Indy’s DST – They’re just good (and happen to be owned and started by Alex this week!)
K:
Shayne Graham – Bengals will score a lot!
Rian Lindell – The Bills are scoring more these days… Alex thinks you should pick their kicker! (Plus, they often don’t score TDs) 
