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... Remember how Chad Pennington's arm was supposedly healed? Remember how he and Laveranues (there's that name again) Coles supposedly had this special connection on the field? Remember how prolific the new Jets offense was supposed to be under new coordinator Mike Heimerdinger? Remember?

Me neither. All I remember is how bad Pennington was yesterday, as the Jets scored only seven points against the Chiefs (Remember when the Chiefs were supposed to have a soft defense?) Coles was OK, but he didn't score a TD. In our league, TDs are a must.

Here's what else I remember from yesterday. Brian Billick insisting on throwing the ball with the monumentally incompetent Kyle Boller instead of giving it to Jamal Lewis, who wound up with just 48 yards rushing. Domanick Davis getting completely shut down. And no one outside of Hasselbeck being even remotely involved in a touchdown.

You want to know the worst part? Just a slightly better performance from any one of our players, and we probably win this week. As it stands, the Van Buren Boys are still up, 78-64, with one game left to go - Philly at Atlanta. But now I must hope that Donavan McNabb scores less than 14 points tonight. Not very likely, people.

I know, things could be worse. We could be the proud owners of Javon Walker. Or we could be doing as badly as we did in Game 1 last season, when I think we barely crested 50 points.

But if you think that's going to stop me from complaining, well then you don't know fantasy football - or me - very well.