October 2, 2001
S W F F L  C O M M I S S I O N E R S '  N O T E S
By Karl J. (Butch) Smalley
   WEEK 4 RESULTS  SPOCK'S LINES-WK 5
 M. TAKERS        61 
 HAMMER HEADS     43 
 QUIET STORM      -6 
 M. TAKERS       (82)
 GOOD FELLAS      50 
 JELLY BEANS      20 
 GOOD FELLAS     -11 
 BLACK & BLUE   (107)
 DREAM TEAM       64 
 BLACK REVENGE    62 
 BLACK REVENGE   -14 
 JELLY BEANS     (96)
 BLACK & BLUE     47 
 SHARKS           30 
 DREAM TEAM      -11 
 SHARKS         (107)
 QUIET STORM      38 
 BULLDOGS         18 
 HAMMER HEADS     -4 
 BULLDOGS        (84)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 DREAM TEAM     
 GOOD FELLAS    
 BLACK REVENGE  
 BLACK & BLUE   
  3  0  0  
  3  0  0  
  2  1  0  
  2  1  0  
 ---
 ---
  1 
  1 
  205
  168
  170
  153
  ELITE LINE      
 QUIET STORM    
 M. TAKERS      
 JELLY BEANS    
 SHARKS         
 HAMMER HEADS   
 BULLDOGS       
  2  1  0  
  1  2  0  
  1  2  0  
  1  2  0  
  0  3  0  
  0  3  0  
  1 
  2 
  2 
  2 
  3 
  3 
   93
  158
  139
  110
  121
  108
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
  MT  
  GF  
  JB  
  DT  
  HH  
  QS  
  BB  
  BR  
   S  
  BD  
   34   53   39   32    0 
   59   62   12   28    7 
   51   56    6   17    9 
   72   63*  48   15    7 
   44   13   45   12    7 
   36   16   21   20    0 
   78*   0   30   29   16*
   47   13   72*  38*   0 
   57    5   30   16    2 
   32   37   15   22    2 
  158 
  168 
  139 
  205*
  121 
   93 
  153 
  170 
  110 
  108 
AVG/GM    13    8    8    6    1     36 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
  S  
 BD  
 QS  
 BB  
     
     
     
     
     
     
  C. Buckhalter    
  Nick Goings      
  Wade Richey      
  Maurice Smith    
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
  Drew Bledsoe     
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
SPOCK'S LOCKS FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    Week 4 (more about this later) finds only 2 undefeated teams left. There are still 2 winless teams as well. The NFL has decides to throw Week 2's schedule at the end of the season. I have done that also. This means that the bye weeks and matchups are still maintained (if you were going to face so and so without there stud QB because of a bye, you still will). So that is all fine, but the NFL has decided to relabel every week so what was week 3 is now week 2, week 4 becomes week 3,etc. I have kept the old week numbering system to keep our schedule (in the back if the rules) as correct as possible. It is getting a bit confusing having our week number different than the NFL's. So should we adopt the NFL' week numbering system for this year? Let me know what you think.

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The M. Takers take on the Quiet Storm in a contest between veteran teams. The Takers are looking to put the first 2 weeks behind them. The Storm is just waiting for a Elite team to slip-up. The Good Fellas and Black & Blue Attack will face-off in a battle of Elite Teams. Both teams will be missing their number ones, and the depth at those positions is questionable at best. I suspect Norm will be getting a call or 2. The Black Revenge will try to recover from a heart-breaking loss last week against the Jelly Beans. The Beans catch the Revenge w/o Harrison. The Dream Team will try to keep the top spot by beating the Sharks. The Dream Team has been scoring a lot of points, but they have been giving up a bit too. A win for the Sharks would get them back to even and keep their season alive. The Bull Dogs and Hammer Heads match up in a battle of the winless. Beginning w/3 losses is hard enough to overcome. Four will almost be insurmountable. I did see a team start 0-6 and go 9-1-1 in the last 11 and finish in 2nd, so all is not lost.

    Spock was 3/5 (60%) in the first week of the competition, and he retains top billing. Norm was 2/5 (40%) and his lines appear below:

MT  -2 QS (92)    DT -8  S(104)
BB  -1 GF (99)    HH -3 BD (79)
JB  -7 BR (97)

    There were 4 games that were technically over by Sunday night. The other was more or less over.

    The M. Takers notched their first win against the Hammer Heads. The Takers still had Garcia in reserve. The Takers were led by Faulk and Old-man Rice. Jerry will probably still be a quality #3 WR when he is 60. The Hammer Heads got a nice game out of Culpepper but he did not get enough support.

    The Good Fellas continued their winning ways against the Jelly Beans. The youngsters overcame a coaching error on special teams and were led by McNabb and Akers. The Beans got a disappointing game out of Griese and are still looking for Moss' first point of the year. Glad he was off the board by 4th pick. The thing is, as soon as you show him the bench, he will go off and then you kick yourself for benching him.

    The Black & Blue Attack beat the Sharks with Owens and Barlow in their back pockets. The Attack was led by Manning and Longwell. The Attack has won 2 in a row after that little bump in week 1. The Sharks also suffered from a nice QB performance w/o the supporting cast. Although the Shark management can't be blamed trying, as Buckhalter provided an instant impact.

    The Storm won against the Bull Dogs, as 20 pts. was too much for the Chrebet to overcome on Monday night. The Storm is winning in Bull Dog style too with a 2-1 record and the lowest point total in the league. Guess they are junking the score loads of points but finish in 2nd for the Bull Dogs of 99 strategy. The Dogs of 2001 had a bad week after an encouraging week last week.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the match between the Dream Team and Black Revenge. The 1999 Champs and 2000 Champs matched up with 1st place on the line. It was a slugfest that had me asking Norm (of all people) to look up yardage totals on his computer. The Dream Team built up a large lead early with Warner. Gannon slowly melted that away and then went ahead. Tomlinson exploded in the 2nd half of his game. Came down to yardage bonuses. Rod Smith came up short, but Darrel Jackson didn't. Stacey Mack came up short on both the 100 yards rushing and the Marshall Faulk bonus. It was an exciting game with a lot on the line, even though it lacked Monday Night Madness.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm):
"3-0, 2 Helmets, Tomlinson vs. Bennet are you kidding me Bubba."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 4
MVP: Kurt Warner (33) Dream Team
  Best on Bench: Priest Holmes (29) Jelly Beans  
  Low Scorers: Bull Dogs (18)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: Black & Blue, Bull Dogs (100%)
Low: Jelly Beans (33%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Manning(78),Warner(72),McNabb(59),Favre(57)
RB - Green(56),Tomlinson(37),,Faulk(36),James(32)
WR - R. Smith(36),Harrison(30),Trash,Schroeder(27)
PK - Janikowski(30),Richery(34),Elam(32),Longwell(29)
ST - RAIDERS(16),DOLPHINS(9),TITANS,CHARGERS,EAGLES,CHIEFS(7)


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