This being a bye week for me in FFL, I'm mostly a bystander except for the race for the total points crown and its associated cash reward. There are six teams still in the running for that, including mine. The leader had 30 points on me going into this week, but as it stands now I've picked up 22 on him and have still outpaced the other four teams. It's crazy how close everything has been this year.
The Vikes had a nice win today over the really good Cincinnati Bengals. It was a tough and hard-hitting game that didn't become decisive until well into the second half. The Vikes were too much for them though, and it was good to see them bounce back from the beatdown they received from Arizona last week and the loss of E.J. Henderson. This week Minnesota won the battle in the trenches even though it looked to me that Favre took way too much of a beating. I'm worried that he can't take much more of that kind of punishment and still be available for the playoffs.
Speaking of E.J., the surgery to fix his broken leg apparently went very well and I'm surprised and cheered that the prognosis is that he will most likely be able to play next year. Whether he will or not remains to be seen, but I was afraid that they were going to say his career is over for certain. Get well soon E.J.
Back to FFL, one of my receivers, Brandon Marshall, set an NFL record for most catches in a game today with 21. According to ESPN, he also had an insane number of targets at 28. Indianapolis won the game though, so I'm hoping that the Broncos' opponents the next two weeks follow the same formula. The downside today? I just watched one of my running backs, Marion Barber, get stuffed three times from the one yard line. Speaking of insane, pulling a guard on the one yard line is a sure sign of it.
Another squeaker for my friend Rob's Saints. 13-0 is pretty damn impressive though. They haven't mathematically locked up home field advantage for the playoffs yet, but I think it's a done deal.
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