Fantasy football recap, week 17

Top performers
QB: John Kitna, 36.74 points -- started by Ant
RB: Tiki Barber, 46.00 points -- started by Neal
WR: Steve Smith, 26.77 points -- started by Jeff
TE: Kellen Winslow, 17.60 points -- started by Eric
K: Olindo Mare, 17.00 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
DEF: Green Bay, 32.00 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
        The two top offensive players on the waiver wire this week were A.J. Feeley (31.13 points) and Hank Baskett (24.80 points), which is a surprise because we all knew they'd have huge games this week. Why didn't you pick them up?

Worst performers, season-ending stats edition
Third place: Derrick Ross, -1.20 points -- sitting on the waiver
Second place: Miles Austin, -2.00 points -- sitting on the waiver
First place: Brodie Croyle, -3.38 points -- sitting on the waiver
        In his only appearance this year, Chiefs QB Croyle threw for 23 yards with two picks, and rushed once for -3 yards, to produce the worst fantasy resume of the year. I hope he's got a mutli-year contract.

Andy Reid blown call of the week award
        I'll make it simple this week: If you're an NFL coach, your job is on the line, you're playing against a team which is using all of it's backups and you're using your starters, and you get beaten pretty convincingly, you blew it. Falcons coach Jim Mora Jr. could not figure out how to handle the fearsome combination of A.J. Feeley and Matt Schobel, so he earns this week's award.
        I don't understand why the Falcons' owner didn't fire Mora 30 seconds after the Eagles game ended yesterday, instead of waiting until noon on Monday.

Fun season ending stats
** The Eagles are the only team to have three different QBs pass for 300 yards in a game this season (McNabb had four, Garcia one, Feeley one). For comparison, Jacksonville, Denver, San Francisco and Seattle had no 300-yard passers this year.
** LaDanian Tomlinson has more points by himself this year (198) than the entire Oakland Raiders team (168). He also finished with more TDs (33) than 11 other teams.
** Eli Manning finished with a lower QB rating (77.0) than all three Eagles QBs who appeared in games this year (Feeley had 122.9, Garcia had 95.8, McNabb had 95.5) but more interceptions than all three combined (18 for Manning vs. 8 for the other three).

Stupidest things I heard this week
        I thought I wasn't going to hear anything close to as mind-numbingly dumb as Brian Baldinger on Sunday during the Dallas broadcast. First he announced that "John Kitna is the only quarterback in the league to take every snap for the Detroit Lions this year," then immediately followed it up with this exchange:
** Kenny Albert -- "And Mike Furrey with a catch. Last year, he wasn't even playing wide receiver. He was a safety for the Rams and was converted to a receiver in the offseason."
** Baldinger -- "Yeah, last year he wasn't even playing receiver. He was a safety in St. Louis, and when the Lions signed him they decided to try him out catching passes."
        Thanks for that insight.
        So I thought there was no contest, until Lee Corso helped me wake up Monday morning by telling me that the Wolverines were in for a tough Rose Bowl game against the Trojans, and "for Michigan to beat USC tonight, they're going to need to run the ball AND pass the ball tonight."
        He was right -- Michigan ended up losing the game with their "punt on every down" offensive strategy.
        And just a minute ago, as I was writing this, Stuart Scott said "And we'll put the ill in illest with the ten most boo-ya plays of the year" and Ron Jaworski said "Coaches coach against coaches." My head hurts.

Cowboys anagram insult of the week
        After that pathetic display this week, what are "The Dallas Cowboys' playoff chances?" Let's re-arrange the letters to see:
** Fact: Hey, no hope. Cow-scabs fall sadly. **
        It must be true. That one took me like three minutes, and I didn't even have to rig a player's name to get it. It's just right there. How can you deny that?

For the record
** No professional column this week, sorry to say. Maybe I'll be back next year.
** Dad went down in flames, giving me the pride of outpicking him for the year. In the 11 years we've been doing this, I now hold an impressive 3-8 record against him, including two wins in the last three years. I'm just like the 1970 Pittsburgh Steelers.
** Props to Joanna, who placed first, third and third in her three fantasy leagues this year. I, on the other hand, made $115 in various football related gambling this year. So who really knows more about football in this house?
        OK, it's still probably Jo. But still...
** The NFL Primtime guys just made up for those early comments:
        Jaworski: "The Eagles are the clear-cut favorites for the Super Bowl. Their backups just beat the Atlanta Falcons!"
        Mike Ditka: "You're gonna bring the Falcons into this argument? Really?"

Our standings at year end
        And the winner is ...
        Well, you know already. So I'll have a long, full season wrap-up for you tomorrow in leiu of a short and witty comment now. So come back Wednesday morning.