After Week 3 only 1 undefeated team is left. The defending Champs are sure picking up where they left off. There are more BYE weeks this week so check those lineups. By the way, how is SportsLine working out for everyone?

  The printed notes have some information than isn't on any of the web versions. If you do not have word, I can send PDF versions of the Notes or you can download wordviewer from Microsoft.com. The league's url is http://swffl.50megs.com .

Key Matchups to watch this Week

  The Jail Birds meet the Secane Tsunami and both teams are at 2-1 and hoping to be involved in the Elite race all year. The Quiet Storm and the Madden Football Fan's Black & Blue meet in a battle between current Elite teams. Both these teams have multiple championships under their belts. In a family affair the Good Fellas and Jelly Beans will face each other. The Fellas are looking for their first "W" and will have to do it without their best player so far this year (Eli). Another match-up of 2-1 teams involves the Dream Team and the Black Revenge. In the final game the Body Shop will be searching for their first "W" against the new look M. Takers. The Shop may have trouble finding 2 starting RBs. The Takers have BYE Players and still have 2 undrafted slots, that's a lot of holes to fill.

  Norm takes the early lead in the battle of the Oddsmakers as he (my estimates) was 3/5 (60%) and he gains top billing. Spock was 2/5 (40%) and locks appear below:

  All but 1 game was decided on Sunday.

  The Black & Blue Attack finally silenced the Jail Birds. After winning the first 2 helmets of 2006, the Jail Birds were getting a little cocky (pardon the pun). Finally one of the vets silenced all that trash talking on the bulletin board. McNabb and Boldin led the Attack to victory. The Jail Birds had several bench players with loads of points that could have kept them undefeated. The Birds were probably one of many, many fantasy teams to get burned by the Stallworth deactivation (I know I did in another league).

  The Quiet Storm remained undefeated against the still winless Body Shop. The Storm was led by an MVP performance by Brian Westbrook. I wonder how many fantasy managers got burned by the Questionable status on Westbrook. Sadly even the Body Shop's best lineup would not have helped the Shop this week.

  The Jelly Beans defeated the Black Revenge and captured their first helmet of the year. Not bad for a team that went into the week winless. Interestingly the Revenge had entered the week without a loss. Porter, Walker and "Houshy" all led the Beans. The Revenge put up a lot of points in the loss and wasted very nice performances by Hassleback and Roy Williams.

  The Dream Team defeated the M. Takers to move to 2-1. The loss drips the Takers back to 1-2. The Dream Team was led by their wide-outs which was part in parcel of their draft scheme. However, only 2 of those WRs really showed up. Apparently the Dream Team "Missed 85" this week (allusion to a NFL network commercial). By the way, I know that it is a really weak allusion if you have to explain it. The Takers wasted a nice performance by Jackson and probably knew they were in trouble when Peyton finished at 4:00 with only 18 points.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Good Fellas and the Secane Tsunami. The Secane Tsunami, McAllister and a 2 point lead were too much for the Fellas and the FALCONS defense. Generally speaking, I'd go with a Monday Night Defense against New Orleans every time. But given that this was the first game since Katrina, the Fellas may have opted to stick with the STEELERS. Had they done that, they would have picked up their first "W" of the season. The Tsunami were led by a monster game by John Kasay. Did any one here the clip of John Gruden saying "I hate that guy. I hate John Kasay"? I was looking for a download to send to the Body Shop. After all the audio clip works regardless of the spelling. Eli put up good numbers for the Fellas in the losing effort. The Fellas fall to 0-3 and the Tsunami joins the logjam at 2-1.

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

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 3

MVP: Brian Westbrook(48) Quiet Storm       Best on Bench: Brett Favre (35) Dream Team      Low Scorers: M. Takers (83)   Coaching Efficiency: High: Black & Blue (100%) Low: Jail Birds (65%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB - E.Manning(86),McNabb(81),Grossman(71),Favre(69)
RB - Westbrook(88),Gore(61),R.Johnson(50),Tomlinson(43)
WR - Coles(65),Toomer(60),D.Jackson(59),J.Walker(58)
PK - Kasay,Wilkins(44),Gould(43),Stover(40)
ST - RAVENS(60),BEARS(43),BENGALS(32),EAGLES,STEELERS(29)