Another year is in the books. Congratulations to the Good Fellas and all the other Elite Teams. The Settle-up Party will be at Maggie O'Neals on Pro-Bowl Sunday. The league's url is http://swffl.50megs.com , let me know if you have any ideas for additions.

  That little post-draft analysis I did at the beginning of the year did not manage to pick even one Elite team, for the second year in a row. The analysis accuracy falls to 45% having picked 18 of 40 Elite teams in the last 9 years. OK, so maybe I should just flip coins at the beginning of the year.

  Because I have some space I will give out some fantasy awards: 2003 MVP: Ahman Green (real tough to pick this year!!), Bust of the year: Terrell Owens (Donovan stripped himself of this tag in the second half), Surprise of the Year: Rudi Johnson, Most disappointing NFL Team (from a fantasy perspective): GIANTS, Most dominate NFL Team: PACKERS (VIKINGS, CHIEFS and COLTS could have easily been picked as well), The Man is an Island: Ladanian Tomlinson.

  Norm was 4/5 this week, making him 40/80 (50%) on the season. Spock was 3/5 on the week, making him 41/80 (51%) on the season. Spock wins the "Battle of the Oddsmakers" again.

  The Black Revenge completed the season sweep of the Body Shop. The Revenge jumped ahead of the Shop (and over the Elite Line) last week. This week they made sure it stayed that way. The Revenge finished the season with a 3 game winning streak. L.T.2 led the way for the Revenge. The Shop joined the other Double-Bubble Team in a season-end swoon. In the end they both had the same record, but the Shop finished out of the Elite by 66 points. Manning and Ward led the Shop in the losing effort.

  The Dream Team completed the season sweep of the Quiet Storm (wow we swept an Elite team!!). The Dream Team and Sharks both faced over 1,000 points on the season. The Dream Team (2nd in scoring) was only able to translate that combination into 7 wins. The Storm had a chance for the Title. They needed to win and needed the Fellas to lose. Neither occurred and the Storm has to settle for 2nd place. Hassleback and the Ravens did a nice job for the Storm in the loss.

  The Jelly Beans swept both ends of the Cedar Lane bowl. The Beans were led by McNabb. One wonders what the Beans might have done if Donovan played this well all year. The Sharks finished up the year with the worst performance of the year (actually they tied the Shop's pathetic week 1 output). As I stated before the Sharks faced a 1,000 points this year. They also scored the lowest amount of points. This combination leads to a cellar slot almost every time.

  The Bull Dogs fresh off knocking the Shop out of the Elite, nearly did the same to the M. Takers as they avenged their week 8 loss. The Bull Dogs put up a big 22 on Saturday with the PATRIOTS. The Takers managed 0's out of Staley and Antwoin Smith. One wonders if the early hole forced the Takers into taking some chances on their Sunday lineup. The Kelly Campbell start leads me to believe the Takers felt compelled to put in a lineup that had long strike chances. That is why more reliable options like C-Mart and Price were passed over. The Takers managed to hold on to that final spot despite the loss. Truth is the Revenge's "W" was going to keep the Takers in fourth whether they won or lost.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Good Fellas and the Black & Blue Attack. The Fellas completed the season sweep of the defending Champion Black & Blue Attack. Although, the Attack's championship hopes died off weeks ago, they still had an outside chance at an Elite spot with a win and some help. They got the help but came up short on the "W". It was unfortunate as they faced the helmet team and the Attack was the 2nd highest scoring team this week (don't you just hate when that happens!!!). Fortunately for the Attack sometimes coming close counts in things other than horseshoes and hand grenades. The Attack won one of the final week consolation prizes. The other final week consolation prize winner was the Good Fellas, who grabbed the whole ball of wax with all the hardware ("Golden" Helmet and the "Trophy"). The Fellas led the league in scoring (unlike that year where they lost the Championship on Monday night, a couple of years back). The Fellas won the thing with a Great draft. It had to be a great draft because they made absolutely no transactions during the year (Bull Dogs and Body Shop are you paying attention). That in itself is amazing. Green and the PANTHERS led the Fellas in their season-ending explosion. The Attack tried to keep pace with several players in double digits. Neither QB lit up the scoreboard, but there were plenty of RB points to go around.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm): Suspiciously Absent!!

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 17

MVP: Ahman Green (37) Good Fellas       Best on Bench: Tom Brady (24) Black & Blue      Low Scorers: Sharks (9)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Jelly Beans (100%) Low: Sharks (22%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB - Manning(236),Culpepper(230),Favre(223),Hassleback(220)
RB - Green(244),Tomlinson(240),Lewis(228),Holmes(221)
WR - R. Moss(183),Holt(159),Harrison(117),Johnson(111)
PK - Wilkins(188),Vanderjagt(176),Kasay(157),Elam(144)
ST - PATRIOTS(206),RAVENS(189),RAMS(163),TITANS(160)