"Many of us are stuck in abusive fantasy relationships with Brian Westbrook. That work stoppage at the one yard-line in Week 15 last year was devastatingly cruel.
If we ever meet, I'm going to demand $75 from Westbrook, plus transaction fees. And either a t-shirt or bobblehead, his choice.
Nonetheless, he's fourth in the Yahoo! experts running back ranks, [...]"
--Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
Even before the game-clinching incident in question, Westbrook had been my favorite active NFL player, almost entirely for fantasy football reasons. But my esteem for him actually went way up after he found a really clever way to give up personal glory to make sure his team won (instead of possibly allowing a touchdown-onside-kick-touchdown sequence).
(Disclosure: Yes, I lost a semifinal game where his scoring a touchdown would have caused me to win; no, no money was at stake.)
Posted by Matt Bruce at August 20, 2008 06:21 PM