Week 9 Previews (2)

Breach Kid (Nathan) v. Ballsacks (Eric)
Prediction: Breach Kid by 20

Peyton Manning has played 14 career games against the Texans heading into this Sunday - and here are his per game stats: 23.21 for 34.36, 275.64 yards, 2.36 TDs and 0.43 INTs. Those numbers remind me of:

Video games!! With a playoff hungry Texans team waiting for Peyton this week, look for Peyton to continue cutting that meat and cleaning up against a suspect Texans secondary. Nathan hasn't had many weeks to smile this season. But with Manning picking up the Texans like a 10 year-old armed with a John Elway Quarterback flick-stick, things are looking up.

Burrested Development (Patric) v. Nads of Steel (Jason)

Prediction: Burrested Development by 15

With his favorite septugenarian (Favre) off on bye week, Jason reached deep into his old-folks home well and pulled out everyone's favorite nonagenarian, Mike Wallace. Will the 60 minutes anchor be able to fill in adequately for TO? At times this season - that has not been hard. It is refreshing however, that the voice that reminds me that more than half of NFL weekend will soon be over during the second half of the 3 o clock games on Sunday will actually factor into fantasy matchups. Oh wait, it's not that Mike Wallace? Uh oh - I'll have to rethink my picks.

Hoof Hearted (Victor) v. Newport Beach Apples (Chris)
Prediction: Hoof Hearted by 1

With the 72 Dolphins in the rear view mirror, the Apples can lock in on the top seed in the playoffs. Unfortunately, they get a stiff test in the first week post-perfection hangover - a Hoof Hearted squad that has put up over 100 points in four straight weeks. With its top pick Steven Jackson on a bye, Victor needs Santana Moss to play like Randy Moss (the good version) for this week. In a game devoid of any subplots, it's an old fashioned FF slugfest here between two teams in playoff contention. The Hoof will pull out a squeaker in a must-win situation.