280 yards, three touchdowns, 23 fantasy points.

Matt Schaub, ladies and gentlemen.

For those of you who for whatever crazy reason don’t attend our online Q&A on Thursdays, this last one revolved around one Mr. Matt Schaub.  He became our Joe the Plumber.  Our favorite player.  The center of our attention.  Our hero.  So naturally Jeremiah and I were convinced he would tank this week, but he made us look like geniuses with 23 points.

Other than Matt Schaub, All-Start once against trounced All-Bench 116-61, but the point prediction formula didn’t exactly back up a surprisingly accurate debut.  For every player whose score it predicted exactly (Chris Cooley, Detroit defense) there’s one who scored exactly twice as many points as the prediction (Santana Moss, Phil Dawson) and one that scored exactly half as many (BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Greg Camarillo).  But the good news is that’s good for the average; All-Start’s total was only 5% lower than the prediction and All-Bench was only 15% off.

Anyway, on to the scores:

Week 8 All-Start Team

QB: Matt Schaub - 23 (24)
WR: Santana Moss - 26 (13)
WR: Lee Evans - 11 (13)
WR: Isaac Bruce - 4 (10)
RB: Thomas Jones - 11 (17)
RB: BenJarvus Green-Ellis - 7 (14)
TE: Chris Cooley - 7 (7)
K: John Kasay - 11 (10)
DEF: New York Giants - 16 (14)
Total: 116 (122)

Week 8 All-Bench Team

QB: JaMarcus Russell - 13 (7)
WR: Javon Walker - 2 (4)
WR: Justin Gage - 0 (6)
WR: Greg Camarillo - 3 (6)
RB: DeAngelo Williams - 17 (7)
RB: Kevin Smith - 6 (7)
TE: Alex Smith - 3 (4)
K: Phil Dawson - 12 (6)
DEF: Detroit - 5 (5)
Total: 61 (53)

None of you asked mailbag questions this week so I can’t answer those, but I can get past my disappointment and grade our answers from this week’s live Q&A.  These are the only three that don’t involve who to trade, which sadly we can’t score until the end of the season.

Q: Josh Morgan or Chansi Stuckey?
Danny Willis: Stuckey.
Jeremiah Oshan: Morgan.
Correct Answer: Stuckey (Stuckey 4, Morgan 0)

Q: Cedric Benson or Pierre Thomas?
DW: Thomas.
JO: Thomas.
A: Benson (Benson 6, Thomas 2)

Q: BenJarvus Green-Ellis, LaMont Jordan or Kevin Faulk?
DW: Green-Ellis.
A: Faulk (Faulk 16, Green-Ellis 7, Jordan 0)