Week 3 finds the number of undefeated teams and the number of winless teams both down to 2. Injuries and poor performances have already wrecked many a well-planned draft strategy. The waiver-wire has been busy as team owners are dealing with injuries and then surprise the dreaded BYE weeks arrive. Don't you just love fantasy football??!!

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Key Matchups to watch this Week

  In a battle of Elite teams, the Goodfellas will try to stay undefeated against the 2-1 Black & Blue Attack. In a battle of former partners, the Quiet Storm will try to climb to .500 while against the Black Revenge, who are still looking for that first win. The M. Takers and Dream Team meet in a battle of teams just barely out in the cold in 5th and 6th place. In a battle of ex-neighbors, the Jelly Beans in 3rd place will meet the winless Tsunami Brothers. The undefeated Young Gunz will take on the defending champion Body Shop who are off to a slow start.

  Spock was 3 of 5 last week and his locks appear above. Norm's picks (my estimates) were 2 of 5, his lines (my estimates) appear below:

  Three of the games were more or less over on Sunday, but the rest had a little Monday Night Madness!!

  The M. Takers eked out their second win against the Black & Blue Attack. The M. Takers were led by Julius Jones. The Black & Blue Attack were led by Marshall, Brees and the EAGLES in a losing effort. There were a few bench substitutions that could have meant the difference in the game. The easiest was Taylor for Parker. The more likely combination was Warner & Daniels for Brees and Carlson.

  The Jelly Beans, Chambers, Gates and a 22.6 point lead were too much for the Dream Team and the CHARGERS to overcome. The Beans were led by an MVP performance by Reggie Bush. The Beans notched their 2nd in a row are in the Elite. The Dream Team roster failed to produce a 20 point scorer, and there high Coaching percentage may ay more about their lack of depth than it does about their coaching ability.

  The Young Gunz and a 63 point leader were too much for the Tsunami Brothers and the Kaeding on Monday Night. The youngsters scored their second helmet and remained undefeated, as 5 of their starters cleared the 20 point barrier. The Young Gunz are setting a torrid pace out of the starting gates. Will they last or hit that wall. The Tsunami Bros wasted nice performances by O'Sllivan and White (Bench - Ronnie Brown 55.8) as they remain winless.

  The Body Shop and Thomas Jones easily overcame 0.1 point lead on Monday night against the Quiet Storm. The relative low score kept this from being Game of the Week. Since neither team topped the 80 point mark, it is no surprise that neither team had a starter exceeding the 20 point mark. In a game this close (5.3 points), it is very easy to find bench starters that would have changed the outcome, but Felix Jones and Houshmandzadeh just seem to be screaming "Start Me" from the Storm bench. To be fair the Shop did not start their best lineup either.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the undefeated GoodFellas and the winless Black Revenge. The Revenge, L.T. and a 0.9 point lead were not enough to hold off the Fellas, Rivers and Cotchery. Rviers took over the game early and gave the Fellas a huge league. Later on Tomlinson tried to drag the Revenge back into contention, but Cotchery's garbage time points (as the Jets switched to the pass exclusively) held off the Revenge surge. The still undefeated Good Fellas were led by Rivers and Gored. The still winless Revenge was led by Lynch. The Fellas find themselves a good amount of points out of first. A whole lot smaller amount of points is all that is keeping the Revenge out of the basement.

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

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 3

MVP: Reggie Bush (30.8) Jelly Beans       Best on Bench: Ronnie Brown (55.8) Tsunami Bros      Low Scorers: Quiet Storm (74.0)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Dream Team (93%) Low: Quiet Storm (58%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB - Rivers(96.0),Cutler(88.5),Brees(75.5),Warner(72.9)
RB - Turner(77.8),Brown(70.3),Bush(68.2),Gore(66.2)
WR - S Moss(73.3),Boldin(71.7),Marshall(71.1),Fitzgerald(63.3)
TE - Witten(47.3),Scheffler(39.8),Fasano(38.0),Gates(36.7)
PK - Longwell(39),Prater(34),Brown,Hanson(33)
ST - PACKERS(42),TITANS(41),BEARS(36),EAGLES(35)