Rice has proven his worth as a late round fantasy pick

As if this years BFFL season could take any more twists and turns, week 10 decides to rear its ugly head. I will use the word ugly loosely as we take a look into the standings, as perhaps one man’s ugly is another’s excitement. Still, no team is safe from elimination quite yet, as not a single team has clinched a playoff berth officially, and with only three weeks left in the regular season, it may come down to coin flips. The Wackers have regained their spot at the top seed as Wackers and Warriors seem to have a week by week agreement on who gets to be on top. The heavily favored Steelers and their five game winning streak was finally taken down by none other than the new highest win streak team, The Clubbers (W3). Teams like the Clubbers, Canes, and MLSP all rise up and get their 4th wins, and teams like PI, Steelers, and Mob Squad take 1 game pitfalls. A masterful and eye raising trade shakes the foundation of the league, and more injuries than you can throw a bucket at. All this, in JUST week 10. Oh, how the BFFL likes to create a false sense of comfort, just to throw you to the wolves. This just in, Bill Belichick will be punting on all third downs now, just to be safe.

Gridiron Warriors def. Magnum PI 87.6 – 86.5

It was the GOTY for a reason and it really did take almost all week as the match up had games spanning from Thursday to Monday. Although Roethlisberger decided to make things really interesting with only 3.6 points for the Warriors, thee rest of Belonger’s team stepped forward and prevailed. Frank Gore, Ray Rice, Reggie Wayne, and TJ Houshmandzadeh all broke double digits helping give that extra boost that they needed. Ray Rice would give the Warriors the definitive lead during the MNF contest also appearing was Todd Heap for a brief 2.8 points. The Warriors will earn there right to stay in first for another week, and face last place Gamer’s coming up this week for another potential win.

PI’s first game without Ronnie Brown would go down as the loss, but not without lacking effort. Peyton Manning would take full advantage of Bilichick and his sub par cerebral-ness and put up 32.6 on SNF. Joseph Addai would also add to the Bilichick embarrassment throwing in his own 15.4 points. Now usually if the Sunday night players have an almost 40 point night, the rest can come a little easier, but with Ray Rice and Todd Heap playing on and eventually overcoming Christenson on Monday Night, there was nothing you could do but watch the downfall. No other starter would put up double digits for Magnum as the next highest was Ricky Williams. Leave it to the BFFL gods to string PI up against his former teammate Ronnie Brown already this coming week. (If he plays).

Seal Clubbers def. Blue Steelers 117 – 68.9

Steven Jackson doing his best to keep the Steelers afloat

Another upset correct, and another theory laid to rest, Chris Johnson does well = Seal Clubbers win. Chris Johnson lead the Clubbers to third straight victory, thus taking out the previous streak leader, The Blue Steel. Johnson would just rake in fantasy points, knowing that his team is in dire need of them having himself a 31.3 day. If that wasn’t enough, five other Seal Clubber starters would also break double digit numbers. Brandon Marshall and Philip Rivers numbers would only come secondary to Johnsons, as they hauled in 18.9 and 22.5, respectively. Former Cane J-Stew is finding his stride in late as well and had 16 points, and the Vikings D and David Akers also brought in 10 and 11. With Chris Johnson up against Houston this week lets face it, it’s not a good time to be playing the Clubbers… oh crap.

For the Steelers, it was only a matter of time for the hot streak to come to an end, lets just hope it doesn’t stay cold and ruin any playoff chances. The pair of running backs led the way for the Steelers as Steven Jackson and A-Pete put on shows. (19.3 and 18.4). With hardly any other supporting cast help, the tables had definitely turned to who’s team was hot. Miami kicker Dan Carpenter was the only other member to break double digits on the team with 14 points. The Blue Steelers aren’t close to being out of the woods yet either. With the final three games, come three very tough adversaries. This week the first place Wackers (7-3), next week a very very hungry Turducken Clan (4-6), and closing out the regular season with the Warriors (7-3).

MLSP def. Kep’s Mob Squad 87.5 – 83.8

The titans of talk squared up and not only was it an exciting game, a smack board the length of the Bible came along for the ride. Although MLSP prevailed victorious it was close through and through. Led by a pair of players circa 2004, Donovan McNabb and LaDainian Tomlinson brought in 26.5 and 16.5 points. Two other double digits in the Cardinals D and Jay Feely also helped out the Pets. (10 and 11). Ronnie Brown’s debut for MLSP was less than spectacular and already we must hold our collective breath to see how extensive his injury will be. At least it wasn’t a break. MLSP will go up against former teammate Chad Ochocinco this coming week as they play the 6-4 PI’s in a must win battle.

Too bad with every match there has to be a loser, because this was one game the Squad could have really used a W in. Kep’s Mob Squad sitting at the 5-5 mark are smack dab in ground zero of the playoff battle. Kurt Warner now having back to back good weeks brought in 25.2 points, and Fitz and Stephen Gostkowski also had 10.9 and 10 points. This of course brings me to MJD. I’m sure Pete cringed by the smart play of Jones-Drew along with the millions of other MJD owners. Had that run gone for a TD, we could talk more about how MLSP is all but licked, and the Mob Squad could potentially be on the rise. Jones-Drew would go on to apologize to all his owners in a press conference, but an apology is not a win… and the 3-first round picks Mob Squad, drops to 5-5.

God’s Tallywacker def. The Turducken Clan 95.7 – 58.9

Ryan needs to start playing like it was 2008.

What looked like a potential disaster up until about 5:00, turned out to be one of the larger margin of victories in the BFFL. Randy Moss had yet to play, A-Rod was looking into the eyes of the Cowboys and Beanie Wells was still TD-less. This of course all changed as A-Rod and Beanie Wells had 17.9, and Randy Moss embarrassed the Colts patchy secondary with 25.3 points. A-Rod and Randy Moss are expected to play like this every week, but the large concern comes from the supporting cast. Can Beanie Wells do that every week? Can any other RB put up over 5 points? Who will replace the now 4-game suspended Dwayne Bowe? The Packers D will be back in the line up soon and hopefully Derrick Mason and Steve Slaton/Ryan Moats can help carry the load. This team should be as far away as panic as possible, as they sit in 1st. But this just feels like a very deceiving win. Great collision coming up this week as the Wackers play the 6-4 Steelers.

Falling apart at the seams would be an understatement. The Clan has now lost 3 straight since beating older brother Andy in the Bologna bowl. To make matters worse, stud RB Cedric Benson also went down with an injury. There were two players to break double digits and that was Sidney Rice and the Saints D with 14.4 and 10 points. Brent Celek also gets an honorable mention with 9.2. Granted, Andre Johnson was on a bye this week, and things could have been much closer, but this one was lopsided. The large concern I see if the Clan has any hopes to turn things around is at QB. Matt Ryan is simply not getting the job done and hasn’t even gone over 15 points since week 5. It’s too bad the trade deadline is up, because much of the top QB talent is sitting on other owners benches. The chance to turn things around could be this week though, as Kyle will face the Mob Squad.

Hurricane Ditka def. Bry’s Gamers 90.5 – 52.6

Word of the day here is ‘ouch’, not only for the Gamers but also due to a Michael Turner injury. Now granted it looked a lot worse on TV but either way, the high ankle sprain has the potential to downfall any playoff hopes the Canes may have had. Much like MLSP, the Canes now face the team they traded to, with the player they received potentially not even playing due to injury. Crisis was averted though thanks to the help of Drew Brees’ 14.6 points, Reggie Bush’s 16.9 points and Baltimore’s 24 points. Kellen Winslow is also making an adequate replacement for Owen Daniels with 9.4 points, though Daniels could never be fully replaced this season. It might be a do or die week for the Canes as they face the red hot Seal Clubbers. Dropping to a 7th loss in this tight of competition could be fatal.

Speaking of 7 losses… (had to do it) what a rough game for the Gamers. Minus a valiant effort by Tom Brady with 30.1 points, the roster had an extremely sad day. No other player on the starting line up would score over 5 points, that includes the power house weapons of the Eagles D, whom which I was prepared to dig a 36 point deficit from once again. Really, if all the 4-6 teams are in do or die mode, this goes triple for the Gamer’s. Looking none to good, the Gamers will face the first place Warriors this coming week.

Game of the week:
God’s Wackers vs. Blue Steelers
Although im giving them the game of the week, I am giving a very notable mention to watch all the 4-6 teams play. These are the all or none teams right now and although Durkee vs. Pleuss is a 7-3 vs. 6-4, so much more is at stake for the 4-6 scrappers.

Upset of the week:
Clan over the Mob Squad
Simply for this fact… The Clan is due.