Week 10

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears, it's a world of hopes, it's a world of fear. This might have been our most competitive week ever. Only one game was a true blow out (1442 vs 870) but the other four games went to the wire. Heck, one game was decided by just one yard! As Thomas streaks to a possible undefeated season, Hong, Tae, Jon, and Chris are fighting neck and neck for second place. How many teams make the playoffs Will? Are there byes? Anyway, on to the show!


Redskins (1872) vs The Dog Whisperers (1870)
Disgusted with the events of November 2nd, Chris came out guns blazing and mowed down his former boss. Well, mowed down isn't quite accurate. Beat by a yard is more like it. Somehow, Chris had the foresight to start Packers' RB Ryan Grant, who exploded for 363 points. Along with Vince Young's 317 points -- outpacing Peyton Manning's 249, the Skins eked out a dramatic win to put themselves into playoff position. The Cesar Milan's had Matt Hasselbeck and Reggie Wayne hook up for a combined 744 points but like the Titans in the 2000, they came up one yard short.

El Nino's (2328) vs Ask About Me (2230)
Despite an empty QB and WR slot, Hong's team put a quick end to Will's four game winning streak. By riding Brian Westbrook's 571 points and relying on Seahawks defense to make a big stand on Monday Night (a shutout of Will's beloved 49ers for 350 pts), Hong moves himself into second place yet again. Will's running back by committee -- Jesse Chatman and Selvin Young -- performed admirably with 656 points combined and when QB Donovan McNabb exploding for 464 points, a victory was just about in the bag. But alas, Hong shows Will who's boss by edging him out for a narrow victory.

Bad News Bruins (2039) vs Team Rich (1652)
The Bruins have won three in a row and maybe they've recovered some of that belly fire that they started the season with. Brett Favre is vying for league MVP and he shows again why he's ageless and a certain HoF with 477 points. Even Kurt Warner, fabled veteran and former grocery clerk, contributed 310 points. In order for Tae's team to keep winning, he's going to have to weather the loss of Larry Johnson -- who was being benched anyway -- and hope that Laurence Maroney can step it up. Rich has some running back problems of his own as Travis Henry took a seat and his replacement, Selvin Young, had a fine game. Rich's team had a mediocre week with Tom Brady on the bench and couldn't put up many points.

Call Me Mr G (1442) vs StickIT2Em (870)
I refuse to discuss Ben's team until he changes his lineup. R-E-F-U-S-E. Jermaine didn't really need Terrell Owens big 400 point game but it was nice to have. With Adrian Peterson now hobbled, it's the perfect time for first round pick and huge disappointment Steven Jackson to pick up the slack, something he did with 337 points this week. Ben, change your lineup! Pretty please?

Vultures (2310) vs Renegadez (2196)
You know the old Marvel Comics, "What If...?" Like "What if Wolverine wasn't Canadian?" Or "What if Bruce Banner wasn't such a wussy?" Our "What If" question goes like this: What if Rene had played Maurice Jones-Drew (instead of Jamal Lewis versus a tough Steelers' defense)? The answer to that would have been a loss for Thomas' Vultures. Instead, Jason Campbell's fine 330 point performance -- and Warrick Dunn's 355 -- were all for naught as the Vultures roll to yet another victory.

With the majority of their byes out of the way, the Vultures are locked and loaded for a historic reason. Damn Big Ben and Tony Romo, who combined for 930 points Sunday. How many more weeks can Thomas dodge the bullet? Just four more wins gets them an unprecendented undefeated (regular) season. Someone stop him! Let freedom ring!

Next week: Vultures vs Redskins. Let's go for a bigger margin of victory than 2 points Chris! Blow Thomas out! Or at least just beat him...