In case you haven’t heard, Chris Cooley’s season is officially over, which is strange because as recently as one month ago, we were told that the surgery went well, was non-evasive, and that the tight end would be back on the field in 4-5 weeks.

You may want to file this one under “no one cares about your fantasy football team,” but this is how Chris Cooley is trying to kill mine.

The setup: 12-team PPR auction league. I was sitting pretty with a lineup of Romo/Eli, Adrian Peterson, Tim Hightower, Brian Westbrook, Laurence Maroney and Marshawn Lynch at RB, Larry Fitzgerald, Brandon Marshal and Steve Smith 2.0 at WR and Owen Daniels at TE.

I already had a first round bye pretty much wrapped up when Daniels went down. I didn’t have a backup TE to speak of since I was using my extra roster spots for depth at RB and WR, since we start a total of six players at the two positions (2-3 RB, 3-4 WR). So Daniels and Cooley get hurt, but both Cooley and Jim Zorn are saying that he’ll be back for the fantasy playoffs. I’m faced with the decision to either use my remaining bidding bucks ($34) to acquire Cooley, or Kevin Boss, or both. I narrow the decision to putting $34 down on Cooley or $24 on Cooley and $10 on Boss. (Remember, the news about Cooley is pretty optimistic at this point, so $34 seems reasonable to get a top 5 TE back for the fantasy playoffs.) I elect to go with $34 on Cooley since there was one other team in need of a TE and they had $33 bidding bucks remaining. I get him. Boss goes for $10, so I wouldn’t have been able to add him since the tiebraker is fewest points (and my team had the most in the league at the time).

That same week Dustin Keller is inexplicably dropped. This is after he has a 8-76-1 outburst in Week 8. But I’m out of bidding bucks, so I’m not able to pick him up. (He went for $9, so I would have been able to snag him had I originally done a $24/$10 Cooley/Boss split. I would have missed out on Boss and had $10 left over for Keller.)

The news on Cooley gets progressively worse and the league’s trade deadline is approaching. I’m sitting on Cooley, Bo Scaife and Donald Lee. Ugh. I offer up Tim Hightower for Jason Witten or Brent Celek but the owner (who has both) doesn’t bite. He says that Hightower is losing touches in ARI to Chris Wells. The best deal I can get is a Maroney-for-Heap swap, which was looking a little better two weeks ago than it does now. I still think Maroney is going to lose touches to Sammy Morris, but his two-TD Week 11 would have looked very nice in my lineup.

Brandon Pettigrew is cut. I pick him up for his Thursday game against the Packers. As the Lions try to set up a screen for him around the goal line, he blows out his knee. Great.

I still feel OK about my team, but with Westbrook sidelined and a gaping hole at TE, I’m not as confident as I was five weeks ago. I’d feel a whole lot better with Dustin Keller and Laurence Maroney on my roster.

And that’s how Chris Cooley is trying to kill my fantasy team.

(Don’t worry, Chris. I still love ya.)

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Turner likely to sit vs. Bucs
Falcons running back Michael Turner is still nursing an ankle injury and is unlikely to practice or face the Buccaneers on Sunday. Jason Snelling will continue to get the bulk of the rushing load, although Jerious Norwood might be active after practicing some last week.

Cooley probably heading for the IR
Redskins tight end Chris Cooley said on Tuesday that he’ll probably wind up on injured reserve at some point this season. He had hoped to come back at some point this year, but his ankle injury is too severe. With Washington out of playoff contention, it makes sense that Cooley would call it a season.

Johnson could miss Thanksgiving Day game
The Lions could be without their two star players when they host the Packers on Thanksgiving Day. Calvin Johnson is dealing with hand and knee injuries and is doubtful to play. Matthew Stafford is also unlikely to play after suffering a shoulder injury in a win over the Browns last Sunday.

Bulger out 3-6 weeks
Rams quarterback Marc Bulger is out 3-6 weeks with a broken tibia. He suffered the injury in a loss to the Cardinals last Sunday and might miss the remainder of the season. Kyle Boller will probably start in his place, although rookie Keith Null might get a shot as well.

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As if things couldn’t get any worse for the Redskins, the Washington Post is reporting that tight end Chris Cooley suffered a broken right foot in Monday night’s loss to the Eagles and will miss the remainder of the season.

Cooley broke his foot in the second quarter after he caught a pass and tried to change direction. He had not missed a game up until this point, but will now land on injured reserve for the first time in his career.

Fred Davis will start in Cooley’s place, which could be a good or bad thing for the Redskins. Davis has great hands and a solid receiver, but he’s a major liability as a blocker and that’s the last thing Washington needs right now considering the pass protection for quarterback Jason Campbell hasn’t been great as it is.

Just for fun I figured I would list some of the fines mentioned in our meeting and different amounts.
$5000 fines
- High/Low whites on socks
- Pants not covering knees (no skin should show below the waist)
- Bandana
- Wrong nasal strip
- Hand towel alterations – towel must be 7 to 8 inches and have no tape on it
- Tape not the same color of the shoe.
- Jersey untucked (usually there is a warning for this one)
- Jersey cut too short
- Sleeves coming out of jersey – only QB can have this and only a certain amount can come out
- Chinstrap undone ($7500)

$10,000 fines
- Personal messages
- Any second offense fine
- Wrong attire 90 minutes previous and after a game – clothes must be Reebok apparel
- Tinted visor – must have a doctors note for a tinted visor

The entire post is an interesting read. Cooley is a character.

- THE SPORTZ ASSASSIN details a rumor that says that top high school prospect John Wall might be eligible for the NBA Draft this year.

- YARDBARKER has video of a ridonkulous soccer goal. It doesn’t look that odd in real time, but wait for the slo mo.

- Rick Reilly shadowed Kobe Bryant for a (game)day and ESPN has his report.

- SPORTSBYBROOKS laments that the two new NY ballparks have separate VIP areas for Very Important (a.k.a. Rich) People.

- SPORTSBYBROOKS has photos of Lance Armstrong fending off “Syringe Man” at the Tour of California cycling race.

- CHRIS COOLEY describes having to fend off overzealous fans during his night out with Alexander Ovechkin at a UWC fight.

- DEADSPIN chimes in on Jim Calhoun’s run-in [video] with a freelance journalists/rabble rouser. Calhoun was right, but he was condescending about it.

- I defy you to watch this touching story about a high school basketball game in Wisconsin without getting misty eyed…

- If you didn’t catch the Pro Bowl (and really, who would?), Larry Fitzgerald dissed Chris Cooley in the end zone. CHRIS COOLEY’S BLOG has the first hand account, and YARDBARKER has the video.

- Female DEADSPIN writers deconstruct the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

- THE LOVE OF SPORTS has a great list of the one-hit wonders of the NBA All-Star Game. You know, guys who made the team and didn’t really deserve it.

- DEADSPIN comments on Mitch Albom’s comments on bloggers who comment on…whatever it is that bloggers comment on. (I wouldn’t know.)