Westbrook Play Upsets Nerds Like Me

Alycia Lane wasn’t the only one allegedly delivering a stiff punch to the face over the weekend. Yes, the Eagles had their biggest win of the season yesterday, a 10-6 upset over the Cowboys that kept the team’s meager playoff hopes alive — and therefore probably delays the misery of Philadelphia fans for one more week.

Let’s focus for now on the play Brian Westbrook made with just over two minutes to play, though. Check the video highlights and you’ll see Westbrook cut past two Cowboys defenders, seemingly headed in for a touchdown. On the one yard line, though, he stops and lies down so the Eagles can run out the clock and clinch the victory.

Clearly, it was a smart play. But it was also the semifinals of the fantasy football playoffs for most leagues. Since our friend with the impressive traps is on a bunch of teams in the fantasy playoffs, there are tons of football nerds smarting from the loss of six points — and, possibly, the game — yesterday. Brian Westbrook, you owe a ton of people a drink.

For Example, Here’s One Of My Fantasy Scores

I’m the team on the left.

No, no, don’t go! It’s not all going to be like this today, I swear!

But damn, what a big win in fantasy.

Leftovers: The Place That Loves You Back (Unless You Overdosed On Heroin)

• If you read PW regularly, you probably already know about the state of the city’s ambulances. (Hint: Not good.) But now, an Inquirer investigation has revealed that not only is the city failing to revive heroin victims with the drug Narcan, but the city’s chief paramedic didn’t know it worked as a treatment for fentanyl, which has been tainting heroin up and down the East Coast. Sigh. [Inquirer]

• The Divine Tracy Hotel in West Philly has been sold. But where will we go to dress modestly? The story doesn’t say who the buyer is, but I think we all know what’s being done with it: Condos. [KYW 1060]

• Dr. Dean Richardson, who last operated on Barbaro, is now going to perform surgery on a polar bear with a broken leg. But of course. [AP/CNN.com]

• Matt Ciotto, Chad B. Archer and Wilbert S. Kollie. Name three people not likely to win their fantasy football league this year. [Metro]

• Geeze. We need to get a union job. [Blinq]