This is a fantasy football war room. We’ve got our draft tonight, so we’re pretty stoked. It’s a keeper league, so we won’t bore you with details (except that we’re keeping Reggie Bush and not Jamal Lewis).

The war room is also a bridge to our follow-up post on ESPN fantasy football guru Matthew Berry, a man the WWL supposedly wants to make a star. We told you that we had heard Mr. Berry brought his dog into the Bristol offices earlier this year and let it crap all over the place; a slew of emails later confirm that this definitely happened. Several of the tipsters, though, say that Berry was contrite about the incident.

How is Berry destined to become a star at ESPN? Easy – a source tells us he’s got a powerful backer at the network, and that would be John Kosner, Senior Vice President of ESPN.com. The word you’re looking for here is protection, people. Berry can step on all the toes he wants to in Bristol, Kosner has his back.

Some of you wondered ESPN would want to turn a fantasy writer into a star, and that’s easy: ESPN can hire up all the ‘talented’ fantasy guys on the web, and make readers pay for their ‘intel.’ Think about it – almost any story on the front page of ESPN.com can be found on blogs or other news outlets; fantasy information, though, cannot. And millions of desk jockeys spend all day at work preparing for their draft, so what’s $10 to get a leg up on your friends and potentially win a pot of hundreds? When you watch ESPN news and see these fantasy guys talking about x, y, or z, the obvious move is to check them out online. And pay.

Though we’ve never really so much as perused Berry’s fantasy thoughts (we’ll put our fantasy skills up against anyone’s dammit), we decided to read up on his August 29 insider piece on guys he likes and hates. After the jump, a breakdown. We’re curious about your thoughts.

He used to hate the following players, but now, he loves them:

JP Losman – Why, because he finished strong? Disagree with Berry, unless he’s talking about Losman as a backup.
DeShaun Foster – Have him and his injuries.
Adrian Peterson – Completely disagree here as long as the QB is a bum.
Willie Parker – When did he hate this guy? When Fast Willie was at UNC?
Big Ben – Our mechanic told us this.* In June. He’s healthy and Holmes looks good. (*He would have. If we had one.)
Caddy Williams – Will get goal line carries with Alstott gone. What about the fact that Garcia loved Westbrook and he’ll love Williams? Duh.

He used to love the following players, but now, he hates them:

Travis Henry – Other than his nine baby mamas, who likes him?
J Norwood – Might as well list every Falcons offensive player.
DeAngelo Williams – Hating backups? Harsh.
Daunte Culpepper – When did you love him? 1999?
Matt Jones – Loveable at the combine … in an actual game, not so much.
Derrick Ross – Who?
Reche Caldwell – Serious foresight there. He was cut this weekend.