The little Fan Confidence Poll graph has taken a dip lately, no doubt due to the shocking departures of starters from last year's playoff team. Unease bordering on alarm seems to have seized many members of the BRB horde. Some people are wondering if the FO has lost its grip on cap management. Or perhaps it never had a grip and a general collapse is underway.

Be of good cheer, people. The Dear Leader's minions are following The Plan, and The Plan will prevail. Yes, they are taking risks and yes, risks are scary, but relax What you need is a little soothing schadenfreude to settle you down.

You will find it after the break.

Any time you get agitated at how the Texans are operating, merely gaze around the league for opportunities to say to yourself, "Holy shit, I'm glad that's not MY team!" You will find many such opportunities, as recent events have shown. The Saints' bounty scandal; the Kitties' pathetic, failed attempt to reduce their tarp budget by spending it on Tebus instead; the Jest's screwing up their already lunatic locker room by actually getting Tebus; the sad circus in DC; the perpetual hell that is Jerruh World...you get the idea.

Your pleasant, diverting task today is to rank the ten worst of these bubbling cesspools in order of their repugnance, with #1 being the most loathsome. I offer nine candidates, leaving the tenth spot open for nominees from the crowd. Have at 'em: