Groin Shot of the Week Candidates
Shaun Alexander. Did anyone actually play against Shaun Alexander's 5 TD performance and not lose? No small coincidence, the Vikings defense has placed a player among our Groin Shot of the Week candidates every week so far this season. They really out did themselves this time though.

Trent Green. Tough call whether to put Green up here or Tony Gonzalez. Considering Gonzalez is an automatic start each week, and Green was sitting on my bench (grr...), we'll give Green the honors. A medical miracle, he somehow corrected his color blindness condition by failing to throw a single pass to an opposing player.

LaDainian Tomlinson. Remember the old wrestler who called himself One Man Gang? Tomlinson certainly fits that nickname. It always amazes me when a defense knows their opponent is going to run most every down, and they still can't stop it for the life of them.

Quick Hits

• Every year a single game makes a big difference between going to the playoffs and sitting at home for many teams. Why then, do teams just fail to show up some Sundays? Yes New Orleans, I am talking to you.

• Stacey Mack, goal-line back? That wasn't in my pre-game notes.

• Where fan loyalty and fantasy success clash. As a Bills fan, the dramatic overtime wins that Drew Bledsoe is pulling out are fantastic. For some reason though, I found myself playing against the Bills player who scored the deciding TD in each OT win. That's ok. I'll make the sacrifice if it means the Bills continue winning. I just wish we could have a do-over against the Jets.

• The Cowboys-Rams game yesterday would make a great coaching and training video of what not to do in a football game.

• Do kickers have any friends? In the span of about a minute, I flipped between channels and saw the Bills Mike Hollis miss a game winning FG, soon to be ex-Panthers Shayne Graham miss a game tying FG and Phil Dawson of the Browns miss a FG in OT. Quite the trifecta of ineptitude.

• Plaxico Burress and Johnnie Morton, welcome to the 2002 season. Nice to have you join us finally.

• Anyone using individual defensive players out there? You know things are going well when you watch your LB Mike Vrabel (Patriots) catch a TD pass and S Brian Dawkins (Eagles) scamper 57 yards for a TD reception.

• Who would have ever thought anyone's pinky finger could be so popular?

• Flipped to the Packers game momentarily just in time to watch Donald Driver catch a 76 yard TD. No, it isn't in the box score. It was called back because of a stupid penalty. Talk about inflating and bursting my bubble in all of 10 seconds.

• The Akili Smith experiment came to the same conclusion as the Gus Frerotte experiment and the Jon Kitna experiment. Back to the old drawing board.

• Brian Griese enters the Monday night game with a slight ankle injury caused as a result of tripping over his dog. No truth to the rumor the Ravens tried to sign Griese's golden retriever, Bella, to play on pass-rush downs this week.

And The Winner Is...
While I tried in a few leagues to trade for Shaun Alexander the past couple weeks, the owners just wouldn't bite. I'm kind of glad though, because I wouldn't want to feel responsible for anyone jumping off a ledge this morning or quitting fantasy football forever. As if there was any doubt, Alexander is the winner. We at least get a small reprieve from the Vikings defense next week as they can't cause any more damage being on their bye. I don't think they can anyway...

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