As the whole country gets ready for Super Bowl XLIII, a YouTube collection of NFL.com’s “Pick Me” fantasy football commercials has been getting linked to quite a bit recently. (As of 12:30 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, the video below had drawn nearly 4.3 million views, including two by me.)

The spots played in advance of this NFL season and featured a number of NFL players performing trick photography stunts on and off the practice field. I could descirbe them here, but it’s better to just let you watch the thoroughly enjoyable video.

Although the commercials can be enjoyed by football fans and non-fans alike, knowledgeable fantasy players might find a bit more humor in them. Namely:

– Now we know why New England’s Laurence Maroney can’t keep his stupid shoulder healthy.

– Someone with NFL.com must not have checked out the career completion rate of Washington quarterback Jason Campbell (59.7 percent) before holding him up as a beacon of accuracy.

– Marc Bulger can apparently still grip and throw a football at times. Somehow he even managed to get four throws off in his commercial without getting sacked.

Enjoy the game.

Tags: chris chambers, chris cooley, fantasy football, fantasy sports, fantasy sports industry, jason campbell, laurence maroney, marc bulger, marques colston, mason crosby, nfl, nfl.com

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