(Told ya I had a pee joke forthcoming. Trust in me.)

6. WR Randy Moss — The prodigal wide receiver returned to relevance with his record-breaking 23rd touchdown catch of the season in the Patriots win, breaking one of Jerry Rice's fabled records. How Randy Moss feels about it is Batting Around's Batting Sixth Quote Of The Week:

"I don't think me breaking Jerry Rice's record is special. I think shutting you guys up is what made it special."

Yeah, I don't think that's how it works. One of the critical points on Randy Moss is that he plays when he wants to play, ergo, when the team is amazing and only if they're amazing. Our own Craig Lyndall made that point a month ago.

Nobody has ever doubted Randy Moss's ability. In fact, he had nothing to prove this year. He just had to validate everyone's theory that Moss is a selfish athlete. And we'll still talk about that for the rest of the season.

7. MF Phil O'Donnell — Yet another holiday time sad story in sports, this one across the pond.

The captain of the Scottish Premier League team Motherwell passed away this weekend after collapsing on the field during a match against Dundee United. He began his career with Motherwell and returned there in 2004.

The team had finished in the middle of the pack of the SPL, and last year they finished 10th in the 12-team league. But this year, Motherwell is third in the standings. Ahead of them, sitting one-two, is Celtic FC and the Glasgow Rangers. A highly anticipated match between Celtic and the Rangers on January 2 was postponed, at the request of Celtic, because O'Donnell is a former member of that team.

Celtic's next game after that is Motherwell. I'll be interested to see what kind of tribute, if any, they do for that game.

8. QB Brandon Cox

Damn, it must suck being a college quarterback who wins a bowl game in overtime.

9. SP Mark Prior — Often in people's lives, sometimes it takes 20 or 30 years to discover allergens that irritate or even corrupt immune systems. Mark Prior is getting paid $1 million by the San Diego Padres to determine if he's allergic to the color red.

The former Chicago Cubs pitcher has made nine major league starts in the last two years — all in '06, and none of them pretty. This year he will be five years removed from his magical 18-6, 2.43 ERA year in 2003. If he can somehow get it together, his incentive-laden contract could net him over $3 million this year, all while he pitches for his home state of California.