First off, I want to wish the league a Merry Christmas from the Commissioner's office. Seems Santa only had some coal for a couple more teams. The Beans joined the rank of the eliminated and although technically alive the defending Dream Team's low point total has all but eliminated them as well. So we enter Week 17 with 5 teams battling for the 4 Money spots and 3 teams with a shot at the Championship. The Irish can nab their first SWFFL Championship with a win this week. The Shop can win the title with aa win and an Irish loss and maintaining their point lead on the Irish and Attack. The Attack needs to win and because of point differential probably need the Shop to loose. I would like to apologize for the Ike-Dewey moment last week. I will try to remember to re-fresh my browser at least once Sunday afternoon.

  The old web (http://swffl.50megs.com) has updated archives and historical records. I will also add some web-exclusive. Send any ideas to me and I will see what I can do.

Key Match-ups to watch this Week

  The Body Shop will try to keep their keep their Championship hopes alive by avenging their early season loss to the Bishops of Battle and do some scoreboard watching. In a game mostly for pride, the Roxborough Wranglers will try to complete the season sweep of the Dream Team. In another pride-game the Jelly beans will try to sweep the Money Takers. In a "sort-of" SWFFL Super Bowl the Fightin' Irish will try to avenge their early season loss to the Black & Blue Attack and grab the trophy. The Young Gunz will try to hold on to that last Money spot by avenging their early season loss to the Good Fellas.

  Norm (my estimates) was 3 of 5 making him 33/70 (47%). He regains top billing. Spock was 2 of 5 making him 35/70 (50%). His locks appear below:

  Only 2 games had some Monday night madness and even they were more or less over on Sunday.

  The Body Shop kept their Championship hopes alive by completing the season sweep of the Good Fellas. The Shop was led by Mahomes and Damien Williams in the victory. Chris Carson led the Good Fellas in the loss. Prescott, Beasley and Herndon starts would have given the Good Fellas an extremely narrow win as a Christmas gift and would have ended the Shop Championship dreams.

  The Young Gunz completed the season sweep of the Roxborough Wranglers in the closed game of the week. The Gunz were led by the COLT double-bubble in the "W" that got them back above the Money Line. The Wranglers were led by Big Ben and mike Evans in the loss. As you might expect in a game decide by less than 4 points, the Wranglers had several option on the bench that would have kept the Gunz out of the Money.

  The Dream Team and 23 point lead proved to be too much for the Jelly Beans and Cook on Monday night. Goff, Edelman, Ridley and Woods led the Dream Team to the season sweep of the Beans. Only AB managed to clear 20 points for the Jelly Beans. Even the Beans best lineup would have been a bit short this week.

  The Money Takers and 57.2 point lead were too much for the Black & Blue Attack and Lindsay on Monday night. The Takers notched their 3ed helmet in a row largely due to the efforts of Mayfield, Kamara, JuJu, Thomas and Baldwin. The Takers did not have a guy over 30, but had 5 over 20 as they avenged their early season loss to a former partner and his co-owners. The Attack was by Adams in the loss. Despite the loss the Attack still has a path to the trophy (thanks in part to the scheduling gods), although they will need some help.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Fightin' Irish and the Bishops of Battle. I gave this game GOW honors as it was the only game between Money teams. The Irish were led by Run CMC, Anderson and Ertz as they completed the season sweep of the Bishops and are the only team that can wrap up the Championship without any help. The Bishops were led by Wilson and McGuire in the loss that dropped them out of the Money. The Gurley injury did not help nor did the Gronk vanishing act. The Bishops still have a shot at the Money, but given current point totals, they will probably have to win and become the biggest Good Fellas fans not names Staley.

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

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 16

MVP: Antonio Brown (44.5) Jelly Beans       Best on Bench: DeShaun Watson (46.2) Black & Blue      Low Scorers: Good Fellas (81.7)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Young Gunz (97%) Low: Black & Blue Attack (65%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB - Mahomes(522.6),Roethlisberger(427.9),Ryan(420.8),Luck(389.0)
RB - Barkley(371.1),Gurley(342.6),McCaffrey(332.1),Kamara(320.7)
WR - Brown(341.7),Adams(329.6),Hill(323.9),Thomas(317.6)
TE - Kelce(285.4),Ertz(275.8),Kittle(240.8),Ebron(211.2)
PK - FairbaIrn(184),Tucker(174),Lutz(166),Crosby(162)
ST - BEARS(165),RAMS(138),CHIEFS(123),TEXANS(122)