Week 2 finds 2 undefeated and 2 winless teams. It will be interesting to see how long the 0’s remain in the standings. I want to take the time to re-state the “waiver” rule that was passed at the draft. The waiver period was reduced to 48 hours. The waiver period begins when the player is technically released (for bulletin board transactions, this will usually mean Thursday morning – 48 hours after the transaction is processed on Tuesday morning). If you want to claim a player that has been released, post it on the bulletin board (risks alerting others) or hope that you can get to the transaction board first after the waiver wire period ends. If there are multiple claims, the team with the lowest record (end of the most recently completed week standings) when the waiver period ends. We will not consider point changes due to Thursday and Saturday games.

  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 Matchups to watch this Week

  The Roxborough Wranglers will try to keep their undefeated record against the Black Assassins. The Croatans are still in sear of their first SWFFL “W” as they face the Good Fellas in Week 3. The Dream Team and Body Shop will meet in a contest between 1-1 teams coming off a loss. The Fightin’ Irish will meet the Money Takers in another contest between 1-1 teams. The Black & Blue Attack will meet the Jelly Beans in a battle of teams at the top and the bottom of the standings.

  Spock won the contest last year so he gets top billing. Spock’s locks appear above. Norm’s lines (my estimates) appear below:

  There was only 1 final on Sunday. The other 4 had some Monday night madness (some ore than others).

  The Roxborough Wranglers and Dream Team met in a contest of undefeated teams. Unfortunately the Dream Team must have been a little hungover (or over-confident) in that Week 1 helmet. The Wranglers notched a 60+ point victory over the Dream Team due in large part Matty Ice, Barkley and Cook. The Dream Team was led by Goff and many of their top scorers for Week 1 took Week 2 off.

  The Black & Blue Attack notched the Week 2 helmet in their victory over the Fightin’ Irish. The Attack, OBJ and 54.7 pt. lead held off the Irish and Chubb on Monday Night. The Attack was led by Ekeler, OBJ, Godwin, Ridley and MacDonald in their climb to the top of the Standings. The Irish game pretty much ended when Brees and Donald decided to shake hands violently in the middle of a pass play. Ross led the Irish in the loss.

  In a contest between former partners (both in search of their first “W” since the break-up), the Black Assassins drew first blood against the Croatans as a 17 pt. lead held up against the Croatans and Njoku (who was yet another player that left their contest early) on Monday night. Despite the outcome, The Assassins failed to field a 20 point starter. The Croatans were led by Wentz and Golladay on the loss. A Penny start would have closed the gap, but still would have been short.

  In a family affair, between teams looking for that initial 2019 “W”, the Good Fellas and a 80.8 pt. were enough to hold off the Jelly Beans, Bell, Landry and the BROWNS. That was some serious firepower for the Beans on Monday, but 80+ points was way too high an ask. The Fellas were led by Prescott in the win. Julio led the Beans in the loss, but they had left al of points on the bench. A Jimmy G start (Big Ben left early) and an Andrews start would have turned the tide.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Money Takers and the Body Shop. The Shop carried a 16.5 pt. lead into Monday night against the Takers and Mayfield. The Browns kept kicking FGs or running the ball on and the Takers had to be sweating. Finally in the 3rd quarter, Mayfield connected with OBJ on a long TD and ended the suspense. Hmmm . . . A late Monday night 50+ yard TD by a BROWNS WR ends a SWFFL game involving the Body Shop. Reminds me of the Webster Slaughter surprise ending that gave the Shop a ”W” a couple of decades ago. The Takers were led Mayfield, Jones, Boyd and Kelce as they wrapped up that initial 2019 “W”. The Shop was led by Mahomes in the loss. A Sanders start would have kept the Shop undefeated.

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

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 2

MVP: Patrick Mahomes (47.7) Body Shop       Best on Bench: Demarcus Robinson (41.2) Black & Blue      Low Scorers: Jelly Beans (77.9)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Roxb. Wranglers (95%) Low: Jelly Beans (48%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB – Mahomes(87.5),Jackson(86.4),Prescott(75.5), Stafford(63.4)
RB – Cook(67.6),Ekeler(64.7),Henry(51.7),Mack(46.7)
WR – Ross(68.0),Watkins(66.7),M Brown(56.3),Sanders(48.4)
TE – Engram(28.6),Hockenson(25.1),Andrews(24.8),Walker(22.5)
PK – Lutz(39),Zeurlein(31),Tucker(25),Gostkowski,Gould(24)
ST – VIKINGS(16),RAMS,SAINTS(13),CHIEFS,RAVENS(12)