#2 The Week That Was and the Week That Will Be

Time Out! Total Overkill! Terrell Owens Fired! No Fun League Strikes Again!

Holy overkill Batman! The Eagles, in their “we know what we are doing, we never won a Super Bowl mindset”, fired their best player and promptly lost to division rival Washington. “We can’t take it anymore! All this guy does is bitch all week and kick ass all Sunday!” hollered Coach Reid. How dare he make fun of nice guy “Chunky Soup” McNabb? How dare he blow the doors off opposing DB’s? In the land of “We boo Santa” Philly, there is no place for “I boo my QB” Terrell.

There has not been a bigger faux pas since Ike cut Patton. Not since the French let the Muslims in. What the hell is Philly thinking? Harmony does not win ballgames, 91 yard TD receptions do. Terrell does not shut up, and he says stupid things to ESPN interns on his doorstep with the video cameras they got for Christmas. This is not news. His agent is a numbskull. This is not news. He wants more money because he is the finest wide receiver in all of football land. So instead of giving this guy a raise the Philadelphia brain trust fired their superstar. Smooth move Ex-lax. Try this one on for size Andy, “I have no comment on Mr. Owens’ comments.” But then Andy would not be leading his team. Leading them right into the cellar of the NFC East.

In football action this week every running back in fantasy land was injured. Or so it seemed as Tom Jones, Fred Taylor, Mewelde Moore, Reuben Droughns and Kevin Jones all left week 9 hurt. At least Reuben piled up the yards before being helped off the field. Inspired by the Ohio State Police he had 116 yards on the ground and 73 more through the air. All that running and booze must have led to his leg cramps. He should be in fine working order week 10.

By now if you have been paying attention to your Fantasy team then you understand the injury bug is a gigantic roach that consumes all the players it can get it’s antennae on. I hope that you have planned accordingly. Depth wins championships. The good news is that Sam Gado, Mike Bennett, ReShard Lee, Adrian Peterson, Cedric Benson, Alvin Pearman and Greg Jones should be on the waiver wire. Look for these guys to see action and plug roster holes for the near future. Both Gado and Peterson looked good scoring TD’s and running for over 50 yards. The rookie Benson had 79 yards. Gado had 26 carries so expect the Pack to stick with the hot hand. Mike Bennett had 106 and a TD reception for Minny. Nice action if you can get it.

Sadly, it seems like the career of Wayne Chrebet is over. I witnessed the noggin rocking tackle that sent Wayne into La La land. The guy has played hard his whole career and put his team ahead of his own safety. Let’s hope he quits before he’s drooling into a cup. The 2005 Jets are not worth it.

At the Jets game, Curtis Martin scored his 100th career touchdown, one of only 17 men to do it. The stadium announcer made mention. Just food for thought.

Toot! Toot! Toot! That is the sound of my own horn honking. I was 3 for 3 on picks last week calling the Bears, the Skins and the Colts who tossed off the monkey and the Patriots at Lincoln Field. Boy Peyton is well on his way this year, 8 for 8 at the turn. This week is cake as the not so tall Texans walk into Indy. I am picking Indy to be 9 and 0 when they stride into Cincinnati in week 11.

That is the easiest pick on the board, so let’s look at New England and Miami. This game is for first as 3 and 5 Miami is only one game behind 4 and 4 New England. The Pats are a road favorite despite the middling record and the faltering defense. Gus Ferotte is the polar opposite of Tom Terrific. Tom good, Gus Bad. So how do the Dolphins pull this one out? Rushing.

The Pat Dee is letting up 4.0 yards a rush and The Fish can run. The two headed pot smoking monster that is Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams is tearing up the league.

RB has 173 yards the last two weeks, RW has 134. They both have a knack for busting big runs. If Chris Chambers and Marty Booker can just keep the New England defenders honest expect the Kid from ‘Bama and the Stoned Hammer to win it for Miami. I am picking the home dog.

Chicago survived the aforementioned loss of their starting horse to clip the Saints on the final play in Red Stick, Louisiana. The Bears are rolling, four wins in a row for the first time since ‘01-’02. You have to simply love the ’05 Bears. Smash mouth and Orton off the bench has them sitting in first with the 49er’s on the way into town. I called on Mushin last week and he responded with 3 balls for 85 yards. Stick with him.

Pick number 3 this week is Green Bay over the Dirty Birds in Hotlanta. Farve on the rug in the dome running and gunning all day. The master teaches the young jedi a thing or two about throwing down field. And winning.