POSTED 12-3-07

There are rotisserie heroes and fantasy goats. But some performances are so ugly, egregious or plain perplexing that it begs the refrain: What the F--k! Here is Update's seriously twisted moment this week.

The NFL is in disarray. Last season's kings are this season's chumps. Look around. The reigning MVP, LaDainian Tomlinson, is on pace to record his lowest touchdown totals since 2003; last season's darlings, the Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens, are set to miss the playoffs; and the NFL's walking, steel-armed commercial, Peyton Manning, is just the sixth ranked quarterback in the league after years of unquestionable supremacy. But it's New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton that could very well be the spokesman for this wild, topsy-turvy NFL season. After advancing to the NFC championship game last season, the Saints are on the brink of missing the playoffs...and all because of one bone-headed play. With just three minutes remaining and his team leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20, Payton called his patented 'Super Dome Special' — a double reverse designed to give Devery Henderson a chance to throw the ball. Reggie Bush took an awkward handoff and his throw to Henderson was off-target. Henderson fumbled, and the Bucs recovered to score with 17 seconds remaining. And the Super Dome Special, the play that sent the crowd into a frenzy in a dramtic win over the Atlanta Falcons in Week 7, yielded gasps, boos and lots of cursing this time around. "That's a disappointing loss and probably the worst job I've done as head coach since we've been here," said Payton. "Obviously, I regret the play call. It cost us the game." But those hapless Saints fans in attendance should brighten up. They were witness to history; they got to see the Super Dome Special one last time.