Week 16 finds all of the elite teams locked up. The teams are decided, but there is still a chance for those positions to change. In fact, the championship is still undecided. There are Saturday games, so be aware. For the rest of us, it is all over but the consolation prizes. In case you lost it, the league's url is http://swffl.50megs.com. Finally, everybody have a Merry Christmas!!

Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The Sharks and M. Takers match up in a game that only involves only pride. The Sharks have an outside shot at the RB slot. The Hammer Heads and Black revenge square off in a game that very well could decide the Championship. If the Revenge wins, they take the trophy. The Heads would like to move up to 3rd place. The Quiet Storm will try to keep their Championship hopes alive in the Season finale against the Dream Team. If the Storm wins and the Revenge looses the Storm will win the Championship because of their points advantage. The Storm also has a shot at the Single-season scoring record, which is currently held by the Dream Team. The Bulldogs will need a victory over the Mac Attack to ensure their hold on 3rd place. The Dogs would need a miracle to get in contention for 2nd place. The Black & Blue Attack and Jelly Beans will also square off in a game that means little. The Beans have an excellent shot at the RB slot and ST slot, so why the bad record? Well, they hope to break into triple digits in QB scoring. That pretty much says it all. The Black & Blue would like to at least finish up in 5th, even if the loss in week 16 ended their elite hopes.

    Spock was 2/5 making him 40/75 (53%) on the year. He retains top billing this week. Norm (actually my guesstimates) was 2/5 making him 35/75 (47%) on the season. His lines (actually my guesstimates) appear below:

 S -4 MT (92)    BD -3 MA (95)
HH -1 BR (99)    JB -5 BB(97)
DT -2 QS(104)

    Most of the games were over on Sunday. There were a couple of games where the losing team had something on Monday, but generally they were really too far behind.

    The Sharks, Warner, RAMS and a 25 point lead were too much for the Mac Attack, Bruce and Keyshawn to overcome. The Sharks were led by the PACKER connection of Ahman Green and Ryan Longwell. The Mac Attack had trouble finding scoring anywhere and got a surprising 0 out of wunderkid Aaron Brooks.

    The M. Takers ended all chances of ending in the basement by putting the Jelly Beans permanently in the basement. The Takers were led by Garcia who has proved to be a very valuable QB. The Beans continued to have trouble at QB as they scored yet another 0 at the top spot.

    The Bull Dogs ended the Dream Team elite spot hopes by defeating them rather easily. The Dogs got a monster game out of Terrel Owens on Jerry Rice's final home performance. Owens stole Jerry's thunder and a few of his team records. The Dogs also benched a monster game by Eddie George. Despite that, the Dogs won the Game when Collins notched a 9 pointer on Sunday night. The Dosgs still had Dunn, Holt and Gramattica in reserv in case Collins did not get the job done.

    The Hammer Heads secured their elite position by beating the Black & Blue Attack and thus eliminating the only team with a real shot going into the week to climb back up into the elite. The Heads were led by Manning and Lewis, but only scored just enough to win. The Attack, well they might think twice about questionable RB's in next years draft.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the match between the Quiet Storm and Black Revenge. If the Revenge would have prevailed they could have clinched their 1st championship (at least under the name Black Revenge). The Storm was up to the task as Culpepper led the Storm to the victory and kept the Storm Championship hopes alive. The Revenge dipped into their crystal ball again and pulled out Doug Brien, who had an admirable performance, but just not enough to make up from all the goose eggs in Denver. Week 17 will decide the Championship. Just wish this game had been schedule in Week 17 with everything on the line. Now both the Storm and revenge will have to keep one eye on the opponent at hand and the other on the scoreboard.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm): "Missing because I neglected to call and get it."
Bull Dogs: (John T.): "Can't win the Championship, but 2nd best thing is to sweep the Dream Team."
Quiet Storm (Smitty): "To be the best, ya gotta beat the best. Once again the SWFFL title comes down to the final week ...tough boys make a tough league."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 16

MVP: W. Dunn (35) Bull Dogs    Best on Bench: Eddie George (34) Bull Dogs      Low Scorers: Black Revenge (30) Coaching Efficiency: High: The Attack Teams (100%) Low: Bull Dogs (50%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Culpepper(325),Garcia(274),Manning(248),Grbac(233)
RB - James(178),Faulk(170),R. Smith(161),M. Anderson(154)
WR - Moss(165),Owens(138),Harrison(132),R. Smith(129)
PK - Longwell(163),Gramatica,Stover(153),Nedney(135)
ST - BRONCOS(72),BUCCANEERS(64),RAIDERS(47),FALCONS,RAVENS(42)