NBD - Week 10 Review A

I'm writing tonight's re-caps while watching the MNF tilt between the 'Skins and Eagles, so this will likely be as much a live-blog of the game as it is a review of Week 10. ESPN just showed the ad for NFL Shop women's apparel with "You Don't Own Me" as the soundtrack. Does anyone understand this ad? It starts off fine: women are breaking up with their dudes, clearing their closets of the jerseys the guys have been storing there. OK, I see the narrative arc you're crafting there, NFLShop.com. And then... Dan Snyder knocks on his wife's door? And she's got a Redskins shirt, which she models for him? And he looks mildly pleased? How does this fit in to the rest of the commercial? And why is Dan Snyder in a commercial for NFL ladieswear at all? I've seen it a bunch of times, and it just keeps leaving me confused.
On the contrary, the Andy Reid youth Punt, Pass, and Kick footage does not leave me with any confusion. It is undoubtedly hilarious.

Little Andy Reid is huge!


8:42: I am not remotely surprised by a bomb from Vick to Jackson on the first play of the game. The happiest Skins fan in the world right now is Colly, who just went from five behind Derek to 17 up. Chris Cooley's gonna need to turn into the Incredible Hulk to keep this game within reach for the Bro Montanas.

8:45: Keiland Williams getting the start is big for DeYoung, who needs 29 out of Williams/McNabb to catch up to Matt Ryan Loves Dogs.

8:47: The first of what will undoubtedly be many 3-and-outs for the Skins gives me a chance to dive in to our first write-up.

Woody's Warriors (89) defeat Burke City Giants (69)
Some weird shit was going on in fantasy this week. I spent most of the day traveling back from Austin to New York, so I missed a lot of it, but here's what I see just from this game alone: the Steelers scored 26 points, but somehow Hines Ward (0) failed to register a single yard - looks like maybe he got concussed. The Colts won, scoring 23 points, but Peyton Manning only managed seven fantasy points. The Panthers lost, but someone named Mike Goodson (9) had 100 rushing yards and 13 receiving yards for them. And perhaps weirdest of all, all these factors combined to give the perenially hapless Warriors (previously 3-6) a victory over the perenially solid Burke City Giants (previously 6-3).

9:05: Potentially the last game update I'll write, since this game has already become unwatchable halfway through the first quarter, with the Redskins already down three touchdowns.

The Warriors were led by Maurice Jones-Drew (24), who has averaged 19 points a game over the past three weeks after a somewhat sluggish start. Do we do this every year with MJD, wringing our hands over early-season mediocrity before he turns it on and blows up the second half of the fantasy season? I think we do. Backing up Jones-Drew in the win was a strong Jay Cutler outing (22), and while the rest of the Warriors weren't terribly noteable, they had enough to overcome the 3-headed rush monster of Jamaal Charles (18), Ahmad Bradshaw (14), and Arian Foster (12).

9:20: The Redskins need something - anything - to keep them involved in this game, which is already at 28-0, and Joey Galloway drops a relatively easy catch on 3rd and 8. Has Galloway been remotely useful this season? Is there any reason he has a job in professional football rather than selling used cars somewhere? Ugh.

Worthless (143+/-) defeats Sir Lucious Left Fut (60)
Just like the game unfolding on television right now, this was an absolute shellacking. (Note: I've taken a 10-minute pause since writing that last sentence since it's become slightly less of a shellacking, with the Skins socring a couple touchdowns. It's amazing how hopeful 35-14 can feel when you've recently been down 35-0.)  Worthless was anything but this week, with multiple players going off and a likely claim on the Classic Soul Jam High Scorer of the Week prize (though this ridiculous Eagles offense is bringing Colly and Haller into play). This week's Classic Soul Jam of the Week is "Stick Up," by Honey Cone, which sounds like the best Jackson 5 song you've never heard, sung by three soulful ladies. And if you peep the video, you'll see some incredible Soul Train moves. You know who else has incredible moves?

This guy. Steven Jackson (shown here as Eric Dickerson) notched his typical 140 overall yards and a touchdown for 21 points. It makes me happy to see the Rams do halfway decent this year, so S-Jax can finally have some fun and enjoy being a kickass running back. Despite his excellence, though, he wasn't even the highest-scoring Jackson on the Worthless squad. That honor went to Fred Jackson (27), who had by far his finest day of the season. Nice play by Papkin. On top of the Jackson brothers, the Bronco hook-up of Kyle Orton (28) and Brandon Lloyd (21) pushed this contest from a mere win to a decisive whupping.