October 16, 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 6 RESULTS   NORM'S LINES-WK 7
 BLACK & BLUE     61 
 M. TAKERS        54 
 M. TAKERS        -3 
 BLACK REVENGE   (90)
 QUIET STORM      77 
 GOOD FELLAS      47 
 SHARKS           -1 
 GOOD FELLAS     (94)
 SHARKS           40 
 JELLY BEANS      34 
 DREAM TEAM      -11 
 HAMMER HEADS   (114)
 HAMMER HEADS     82 
 BLACK REVENGE    64 
 QUIET STORM      -3 
 BLACK & BLUE    (94)
 DREAM TEAM       35 
 BULLDOGS         30 
 JELLY BEANS      -2 
 BULLDOGS        (88)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 DREAM TEAM     
 BLACK & BLUE   
 BLACK REVENGE  
 GOOD FELLAS    
  5  0  0  
  4  1  0  
  3  2  0  
  3  2  0  
 ---
  1 
  2 
  2 
  315
  292
  292
  283
  ELITE LINE      
 QUIET STORM    
 M. TAKERS      
 SHARKS         
 HAMMER HEADS   
 JELLY BEANS    
 BULLDOGS       
  3  2  0  
  2  3  0  
  2  3  0  
  1  4  0  
  1  4  0  
  1  4  0  
  2 
  3 
  3 
  4 
  4 
  4 
  180
  277
  180
  243
  200
  188
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
  MT  
  GF  
  JB  
  DT  
  HH  
  QS  
  BB  
  BR  
   S  
  BD  
   91   77   57   45    7 
   77  117*  24   49   16 
   69   67   18   30   16 
   99   98   72   32   14 
   96   28   78   34    7 
   48   32   48   38   14 
  102*  29   96   42   23*
   53   77  111*  51*   0 
   93   11   42   25    9 
   38   59   45   27   19 
  277 
  283 
  200 
  315*
  243 
  180 
  292 
  292 
  180 
  188 
AVG/GM    13   10   10    6    2     41 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
 MT  
 HH  
 MT  
 HH  
 DT  
 DT  
     
     
     
     
  B. Chamberlin    
  BROWNS           
  Terry Glenn      
  Charlie Batch    
  Antwoin Smith    
  Kris Brown       
                   
                   
                   
                   
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
  Ed McCaffrey     
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
  Marc Bulger      
                   
                   
                   
                   
NORM'S LINES FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    Week 6 finds one undefeated team and no winless teams. We still need to address the rules governing trades. At issue is the number of votes required to ratify a trade and whether a "No" vote should be used (by rule) to stop inequitable trades. Another thing came up this week. Apparently I have been using the wrong scoring table for QB's receiving TD's. I believe this has only come up twice in 13 years, but there it is. According to Jack Casey, the rules we inherited had the QB receiving TD's matching RB receiving TD's. This is minor but I would like to update this for net year. There is a Thursday game this week and next week. Also the Oakland and Dallas byes were re-arranged to because of baseball, so this week there are 5 teams off.

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The M. Takers and Black Revenge will meet in a game featuring backup QB's with a possible Elite Spot on the line. Let's see how the grizzled Vets handle the pressure. The Good Fellas will try to keep pace with the other 3-2 teams against the Sharks. The Sharks will try to jump up in the logjam and keep momentum on their side. The Dream Team get hit hard by the bye while the Hammer Heads remain relatively unscathed. The Heads are fresh off their first win (a helmet at that) and are itching to give the Dream team their first loss. The Quiet Storm and Black & Blue will meet in another battle that might have a Elite Spot on the line. The Black & Blue loose their number one pick to the bye and the Storm after a disappointing start, put up 70 points. The Beans and Bull Dogs meet in a battle that could decide who is in the basement. A 1-5 record at this point is not a death sentence but it is getting close.

    Norm was 3/5 this week making him 8/15 (53%) on the season and he gains top billing. Spock was 1/5 this week making him 6/15 (40%) on the year and his locks appear below:

BR  -4 MT(102)    BB  -5 QS (99)
GF  -7  S (97)    JB  -1 BD (83)
DT -18 HH(110)

    There were 4 games that were over by Sunday night. The other 2 were still in doubt.

    The Black & Blue Attack pulled out the victory over the M. Takers on Sunday night as Manning and the RAIDERS overcame an early M. Taker lead. This game featured classic QB vs. WR matchup. The Takers Garcia put up the points but all of his TD passes went to the Black & Blue's Owens. If one of those 9 point TD's ends up with Stokes instead of Owens, we'd have a massive traffic jam in the standings at 3-2.

    The Quiet Storm soundly defeated the youngsters of the Good Fellas. The Storm put up 70 points after being the last team to cross the triple digit total points barrier. The Good Fellas, for the second time this year started a player that was off even though they had an alternate player who was at least playing. It has not hurt them yet, but might I suggest an updated NFL schedule.

    The 3-1 Black Revenge took on the winless Hammer Heads. On paper this looked like a no-brainer, but that is why we play the games. The Hammer Heads led by Culpepper (who may finally be living up to the hype), Carter and Freeman. The Revenge had a great day out of Shaun Alexander, but Gannon put up a goose-egg and ended any chance of a comeback.

    The Dream Team a 14 point lead and Galloway were too much for the Bull Dogs and Westbrook on Monday night. The Bull Dogs tenacious defense limited Warner to 6 points and held the Dream Team to their lowest output of the year. Unfortunately for the Bull Dogs, their offense did not match the defensive performance. The Dream Team won despite the CHIEFS and their 7 points were the highest score in their lineup. The Dream team lineup did get scores out of a bunch of their starters.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Sharks and the Jelly Beans. The Sharks, Stephen Davis and a 12 point lead were too much for the Jelly Beans and Emmitt. It looked like a much better contest until Tim Brown widened the lead on Sunday night, but Emmitt vs. Washington looked like it had possibilities. Of course, the same could be said for Stephen Davis vs. the Cowboys. BTW, who at ABC scheduled this game for Monday Night!!

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm):
"Rams squeak by. Dream team squeaks by. Both 5-0."
Bull Dogs (John): "So Close. Fire Sale. My whole team sucks."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 6
MVP: Jeff Garcia (40) M. Takers
  Best on Bench: Priest Holmes (24) Jelly Beans   
  Low Scorers: Bull Dogs (30)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: GF, DT, HH (100%)
Low: Jelly Beans (44%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Warner(99),Culpepper(96),Favre(93),Garcia(91)
RB - Martin(64),Green(61),S. Alexander(57),Holmes,Tomlinson(53)
WR - Owens(57),R. Smith(54),Schroeder(45),Harrison(42)
PK - Janikowski(55),Richey(52),Elam(45),Carney(42)
ST - RAIDERS(23),RAMS(19),TITAMS,DOLPHINS(16)


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