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Skip Bayless Boasts About Picking Cowboys To Win NFC East; He Actually Picked Redskins

ByJack Crosby|
Feb 23, 2013; Fort Collins, CO, USA; Colorado State Rams fans hold large cut outs of ESPN television personality Stephen A. Smith (left) and Skip Bayless (right) during the game against the New Mexico Lobos at Moby Arena. The Lobos defeated the Rams 91-82. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 23, 2013; Fort Collins, CO, USA; Colorado State Rams fans hold large cut outs of ESPN television personality Stephen A. Smith (left) and Skip Bayless (right) during the game against the New Mexico Lobos at Moby Arena. The Lobos defeated the Rams 91-82. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Skip Bayless wanted to brag about picking his Cowboys to win the NFC East before the season started, although in reality he actually didn’t. 

The Dallas Cowboys, with their win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, clinched their first NFC East division championship since 2009, much to the delight of Dallas fans all around the world. Well for those of us that happen to watch ESPN’s First Take a lot, we know that Skip Bayless is in that grouping.

So you would definitely expect that Bayless would boast about the Cowboys taking the division, which he did on twitter right after the win. He was quick to point out that he chose the Cowboys to win the division before the season even started.


Except, here’s the thing…he didn’t pick the Cowboys, he actually was on the Redskins bandwagon at the time with his beloved RGIII.

Here’s an excerpt from the Washington Post earlier this year about an episode of First Take, and even they couldn’t believe what Bayless was saying.

"“It says that the oddsmakers have little to no respect for next year’s NFC East, because the oddsmakers are saying that only one team in the East is even going to be slightly above .500 when all is said and done,” Bayless said. “That would be the Eagles at around 9-7, and yet I think the oddsmakers at this moment … are overestimating Dallas to win eight games and go 8-8 again. I think that’s high. And I think the Redskins at about seven-and-a-half wins — projected — I think that’s low. Right now, if you backed me into a corner, I’m picking the Redskins to win the NFC East.Say what?"

Could Bayless have flip-flopped? Of course he could have, but he has to be a little more specific about saying he predicted something before the season started.

Because this definitive comment was made…before the season started.

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