Week 8 Update

Week 8 is complete and there's some news in the NFL. Shawne Merriman has officially been waived by the Chargers and subsequently picked up by the Bills. Randy Moss, after only 4 weeks with the Vikings, has been cut and he now finds himself with the Titans. To me, that's the biggest move of the season so far. I know Moss isn't what he once was, but when Kenny Brit gets back the Titans will have two legitimate deep threats which you would think would open up the box more for the already beastly Chris Johnson... watch out for that team! Bret Favre now has eight stitches in his chin, to go along with the two broken bones in his ankle and the tendonitis in his elbow... Take the hint old man! You're body can't take much more of this. And in the most odd turn of events... Donovan McNabb is either lazy or just stupid. You decide. According to his head coach, Rex Grossman knows the 2 minute offense better than McNabb... wait-no, McNabb just wasn't in shape to run the 2 minute offense.

On to results; for the second year in a row the Detroit Lions downed the Washington Redskins. With that "upset"(because, really, how GOOD are the Redskins), GRIER and Carp have fallen to 4 losses and that's hard to come back from in the Frenzy... especially when two players are still undefeated. That loss also dropped Mark to 3-3. In the game of the week, Houston at Indy, the Colts pretty much marched all over the Texans D, winning 30-17, and keeping thehaier (5-1) & family (5-1) in the Wild Card slots by virtue of points differential over Fumble and Jojo Oienx who each got victories out of the Patriots and the Dolphins, respectively. Also getting the W from the Patriots were LRobbins, mhelsdon, Go Mountaineers, and <3 KeV <3. mhelsdon and <3 KeV <3 maintain their positions atop their divisions with that victory. In London, San Francisco got their second win of the season, beating the Broncos 24-16 and dropping Wissinger to 3-3. The Steelers got pretty much shutdown by the Saints, 20-10. Although Cam2109 picked the Steelers this week, and subsequently took the L, he remains atop the Kent Division with a 4-2 record. Kinger 1 and BERT#1 are able to keep hope with a win out of San Diego. They are both 3-3 and clinging to stay within striking distance. Luckily for them, they are in the Kent Division, too, where the leader has 2 losses. However, BigGuy, who also took the Chargers and is 3-3 finds himself 3 games back in the division and 2 games back in the Wild Card. Finally, JKing, who seems to have an affinity for Bret Favre and the drama that follows him, picked the Vikings and lost 28-18, dropping her to 4-2.

6 games down, 5 games left to pick to get into the playoffs. At this point, no one is eliminated but the future looks grim for several. Key games in the NFL this week include Miami (4-3) @ Baltimore (5-2), Tampa Bay (5-2) @ Atlanta (5-2), and even though the records would indicate otherwise, Pittsburgh (5-2) goes to Cincinatti (2-5) for an always tough divisional matchup. Make sure you get your picks in (if you want). You can't win without making a pick. Good luck everyone... but not too much.