NBD - Week 8 Review

If anyone else is watching the Wizards opening game against the Nets right now, we may be seeing some historically bad professional basketball here, especially with the full second unit for each team on the court in the 2nd quarter. Kudos to Nick Young and Andray Blatche, though, for bringing back early-90's black hairstyles. Anyways, back to your regularly scheduled truncated fantasy football notes:

Stadler & Waldorf 77.58, Matt Ryan Loves Dogs 104.34
If I win all my games from here on out I'll finish 7-6 and probably won't make the playoffs. I declared my solidarity with MRLD a few weeks ago, so I was happy to spot them a victory here. Also helping were Kurt Warner (22) and Frank Gore (16).

CH Croakies 89.02, Burke City Giants 89.30
Squeeeeeak! This must have been a nerve-wracking Monday night for the Toobins. Michael went into the game with a nearly 20-point lead and Reggie Wayne to play, but Peyton Manning seemed to only have eyes for Elliott's Dallas Clark, and as the game progressed the Croakies inched closer and closer. Alas, a 14-yard pass in the fourth quarter brought Wayne up to the princely sum of 2.9 points, which was enough by less than 3/10ths of a point to stay ahead of Clark's massive night (21).

Chestpubes & Ballfro 83.28, Lassard Blows Harris 82.22
Another tight one. In case anyone hasn't noticed, Roddy White has been blowing up lately and this Sunday was no exception (23). He was matched by LDT and supported well by Chris Johnson (16) who is looking like a great candidate to replace Tomlinson as the top RB for the defending champs next season. That was about it for C&B, who had some seriously lame performances at many of the other positions, but that was just enough to sneak by the Harris-Blowers despite a strong return by Anquan Boldin (21). Good to see that he can play despite having a crushed head.



[Wizards game break: rookie Javale McGee appears to be over 9 feet tall]

The Leadfarmers 67.66, Wyld Stallyns 73.44
Some interesting facts about this game: I would have beaten both teams. DeYoung's San Diego Defense, drafted in the 7th round (first among D's) scored -2 points. Josh Scobee has an interest in amateur animal husbandry. 69% of the Stallyns scoring came from two players (Philip Rivers and Santana Moss). One of these facts was made up. If you know which one it was, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Commandant Lassard c/o Sovicorps Industries, 163 Huntington St. Apt. 2, Brooklyn NY 11231, identify the false fact and you will receive a prize.

Hamster Now Guinea Pig 104.38, Tri Steeg Area 69.92
Since the beginning of the season, I have had waiver wire priority while Haller's nearly undefeated team has been at the bottom of the totem pole. And yet, while I've managed to snag such fantasy luminaries as David Patten, Brandon Jackson, and Greg Camarillo, Haller ended up with Donnie Avery, averaging 15 points a game over his last 4 games, including 22 this week. What the fuck, man.

Woody's Warriors 116.34, Mephistopheles 77.46
Last week Woodrow briefly loosened my stranglehold on the bottom of the league table, but the top-scoring performance of Week 8 not only slammed me back into place, it also sent Pops Sovic back down with me and leapfrogged the Warriors over several other teams into 8th place. This victory came largely on the shoulders of the triumphant return of Brian Westbrook (33), but Antonio Gates (16) and Marc Bulger (15) also deserve some credit. Meanwhile, the Satanists - lowest-scoring team in the league - are shockingly finding little success with the backfield tandem of Cedric Benson (7) and Warrick Dunn (1). We have seen only one trade in all of the NBD this year. Surely one of you front-runners should make a move for Drew Brees in exchange for some keepable talent, no?