All of the starting lineups for Week 1 have been loaded, so we are ready to go. Thanks for the patience as we worked to get this thing started. This looks like it is going to be one tough league, as evidenced by the fact that Corey Dillon, Steven Jackson, Jamal Lewis, Tiki Barber, Randy Moss, Mark Bulger, T.O., and Carson Palmer, among others, will all be sitting the bench this weekend.

Next week, when the games won't be starting so soon, a more accurate injury report will be posted by Wednesday night. If it's okay with everyone, in future weeks where there are no Thursday games, anybody who is put in a starting lineup on Thursday who subsequently gets listed as "doubtful", "questionable", or "out" can be replaced (but only by another player currently on your roster - no free agent pickups). Please leave your comments on whether this sounds like a good idea.

Remember, input from everyone is strongly encouraged, especially if it is of the needling nature. Please leave as many comments as you can muster, but don't be a frontrunner and only comment on things when your team is doing well. There's nothing better than hearing the creative excuses used to explain why someone is wallowing in last place. Plus, it's also fun to slander those players who are stinking it up and dragging your team down (i.e. acknowledging that any Bengal player is a risky play because of the probability that they will need to be bailed out of jail on any given Sunday at 4:00 a.m.; or admitting that picking up Matt Leinert wasn't a good idea knowing that he could be worried that half of his signing bonus could be going to a nondescript woman's basketball player at USC.)

Good luck, and may you all be looking up at Plan Z all season.