Week 4

Razor Ramon (123.00) vs Jedi Knights (121.00)
In a battle between the 2nd and 3rd place teams in the league, Razor Ramon reasserted themselves after a slight misstep last weekend. Proving that all it takes to eliminate a tough opponent is some young (S Jackson, 23 pts) and some old (T Glenn, 21.50), the Razors rode a balanced week, and the 18-pt golden foot of K Jeff Wilkins, to a tight victory. The Jedi Knights suffered a huge emotional loss in WK3 and this week was no better, as they fell short again on MNF -- Greg Jennings, why couldn't you score? In brighter news for the Jedi, Clinton Portis (20) and Steve Smith (19) are back and in full effect. These Madden foes might have matched up better if Chris had sneaked Kevin Jones (23.50) into the lineup over the moribund Warrick Dunn. But who could have seen that move? Look for the Knights to get stronger as we hit mid-season.

Update: Another Monday Night, another close loss for Chris. This time, Greg Jennings comes up two points short of a tie, three points short of a win. Next Monday perhaps? Galvez's K David Akers outscores both combined with a mere 8 points.

Brown Starz (135.00) vs Fobulouos (69.50)
It's not a stretch to say that Galvez kicked the living daylights out of top contender Jimmy this week. Nearly doubling Jimmy's score, the Brown Stars proved that last week's close win over the Jedi was no mind trick. With new RB Lamont Jordan contributing 20pts and a nice balanced effort by the rest of the team (Peyton and Brad Johnson combine for 34, the RBs combine for 27.50, and WR Roy Williams got a nice 17.50), Galvez had this game sewn up from the beginning. Fobulous barely put up an effort heading into MNF. The only players to get into triple digits were WRs Terrell Owens and Braylon Edwards, along with QB Drew Bledsoe. None of them notched more than 15 points -- bench WR Bernard Berrian would have contributed 17.5. Unless a miracle happens in Lambeau (B Favre and B Westbrook), Fobulous drops down to the rest of the pack. So Sowwy......

Update: Brian Westbrook doesn't play, and Brett Favre has the worst 2nd half ever. Game over.

El Nino's (139.50) vs Pizza the Hut (85.50)
Speaking of butt kicking, Pizza the Hut is having a hell of a year so far. His top two QBs contributed 8 pts, total. New star Frank Gore contributed 6 pts. Without Julius Jones' 18 pts and the help of Kellen Winslow (10.5), Laveranues Coles (11), and Reueben Droughns (11), the Huts would have been super crushed instead of crushed. Santana Moss and his 33 pts off of 3 TDs might have helped lessen the gap, but just barely. Actually, El Nino already has 100 pts heading into MNF with Donovan McNabb and Donte Stallworth on board. Those two will probably put up almost 40 pts together, pushing the Nino's into the stratosphere again. Hong's in the early running for GM of the year with such moves as Thomas Jones (22), Jerricho Cotchery (13.5), Marques Colston (21.5), and K Robbie Gould (14). Have you even heard of the last three guys before this season? And that trade for WR Muhsin Muhammad -- for QB Drew Brees -- seems to be working out as Muhsin put up 12.5. That's right, Hong's riding the Bears offense on the way to the top! Changing the fantasy football paradigm indeed. Outstanding.

Update: Yup, Donovan went crazy. He got 36, Donte Stallworth got 2.50, which is almost 40 points on the dot. I'm a genius. Or wait, Hong's a genius.

The Dukes of Hazzard (138.50) vs Dirty Birds (136.50)
Here we go, Battle of the Titans, or um, Battle of the Losers. Showing that beating up on your friends will always bring out the best, the Birds and Dukes are putting together a huge week. They are combining for a total of 267.50 this week, barely nudging out the Ryan-Hong matchup from WK1 (247.5). So, who won? We dont' know! It's coming down to the wire with Gene leading Jon by 9.5 with Donald Driver to go for Jon. Woo-wheee. An old fashioned barn burner!

The Birds finally got Larry Johnson to put up some decent numbers, 28 pts while Torry Holt and TJ Houshmandzadeh combined for 29. Newly acquired QB Marc Bulger had an outstanding 30 pts but it was really the Falcons Def that piled up the points for Jon, to the tune of 22 points. Gene on the other hand had a trio of big twenty point games from Byron Leftwich (25), Laurence Maroney (25.5), and Andre Johnson (20.5). Rex Grossman, making an early bid for surprise fantasy star of the year, had 19 points also. So, can Driver score 10 points? We shall see. Either way, our two bottom dwelling (ass kissing) teams are on their way up!

Update: And so this is how it ends, Donald Driver finishes with 7.5 points and Jon goes home with a two point loss. Ouch.

Next Week: Week Five ya'll, cowboy up!