Man. It seems like the off-season just drags on forever.

Then football finally starts up Pat O'Donnell Jersey , and before you know it, the season’s half over. Crazy how time flies.Anyway, since Jeff’s still out of town, I figured I’d just combine the Fantasy Football Forum article with the WCG Fantasy Tournament 2nd Quarter Recap. One, because it just seemed more efficient, and two, because I’m busy and/or lazy, and just didn’t want to write multiple articles. Sue me.For anyone unfamiliar, the WCG Fantasy Tournament is a 60 person tournament we hold every year. It is comprised of five 12 team divisions which operate independently. They each have a regular season, a 6 team play-off, and an eventual champion. However, the team that scores the most points in the championship games, wins the tournament http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-kyle-long-jersey , bragging rights, and the fabulous prizes listed at the bottom of this article!Now that we’re all caught up, let’s take a look at the current standings as of Week 8:click for full sizeI wrote 4 weeks ago that all the divisions were pretty competitive. That still mostly holds true, but we are starting to see some separation, both at the top and at the bottom of each division. Still though, as the saying goes: anything that can happen, can also happen in reverse. So if you’re sitting at the bottom of your division, hang in there! And if you’re at the top, don’t get complacent!Top Scoring TeamsTJGobig (Kwit’n Iggy Smith It) - 1189Bear0811 (Maserati Monsters) - 1119NjBearsFan51 (no team name) - 1058lemaster (Cohen the Distance) - 1039GentlemanHalas (12 Angry Bears) - 1036Beer Down1 (Danny’s Coffee House) - 1024Lester Wiltfong (no team name) - 1022TrubiskyandWhiskey (no team name) - 1017jcneall (Sweet Butkus) - 1004daniwah (Peanut Tillman No Jam) – 1002jukethelesser (Mitch Betta Have My Money) – 1002Through 8 weeks, we’ve got 11 teams who’ve scored more than 1000 points. That’s an average of at least 125 points per game. That’s a really nice start for all these teams, and points to how competitive this tournament has been so far. There is no one team that seems to be running away with things. Now, not all these teams are leading their divisions (it is a weekly match up tournament after all), but they do have to be considered among the favorites to win the tournament due to their respective team’s high scoring potential.Odds and endsWhen last we checked (week 4) Womens Tom Waddle Jersey , there were 19 teams that had yet to spend a single cent of their FAAB budget on waiver wire acquisitions. Through 8 weeks, that number has dropped to 13. Of course, that doesn’t mean they haven’t been active on the wire, they just haven’t bid any FAAB yet.Again, back in week 4, we only had a single team that had blown through their entire FAAB budget (Sandbag85). Well, he’s got company now as 4 other teams have joined him in the poor house. Hope you all got something good, cause you’re behind the 8-ball from here on out!One thing that I will saw I’m disappointing in, is the shear number of teams that don’t have a team name!There are 20 teams, a full 1⁄3 of the tournament (!) that have unnamed teams.I honestly don’t even know what to say about that.It’s just...Also, as a quick reminder, these are again the fabulous prizes everyone is competing for:Division Champions get a sticker with their Division logo:The overall Tournament Champion gets a custom illustrated shirt:Great first half everyone, and good luck to all heading into the second! And as this post also serves as your Week 9 Fantasy Football Forum Sam Acho Jersey , feel free to sound off in the comments!Whether it be to ask for sit/start advice, or just to shoot the breeze about the fake sport we all love so much.Regular Fantasy Football Forum articles will return next week.Bear Down everyone!Jeff Berckes is the Fantasy Football writer for Windy City Gridiron, co-hosts the podcast Bears Over Beers, and can be found on twitter @gridironborn.WhiskeyRanger is a freelance graphic artist and Windy City Gridiron Contributor at not-so-large.You can find him on twitter @WhiskeyRanger29. A season that entailed eye-popping performances from quarterbacks, an epic 105-point prime-time game between the Chiefs and Rams, and an explosion of young quarterbacks who need to be groomed has created a rush for offensive coaches. And now the playoffs are here, and that could begin to change.It’s January. To no surprise, defense is back. With plenty of quality defensive coaches in a pool that doesn’t feature an overabundance of offensive minds, the question becomes whether owners will decide to push away from the notion that they should look for the next McVay, Pederson, Nagy, etc.As one league source pointed out on Sunday, the quest for the next great offensive mind could result in multiple unqualified coaches getting hired as head coaches. When it comes to hiring defensive coaches http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-devin-hester-jersey , the concern would be that the defensive coach would hire an offensive coordinator who performs well enough in the first year or two that he’d be gobbled up by someone else as a head coach, forcing the team to find another offensive coordinator.So why not make the offensive coordinator the head coach from the get go?Again, that could change. No jobs have been filled yet, and guys like Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, Cowboys defensive backs coach/passing game coordinator Kris Richard, Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, and even Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley could begin to get serious attention based on the wild-card games.