Week 3 finds every team with at least one loss and at least one win. This has the makings of a very competitive season. I like writing about those types of seasons best (well except for the rare occasion when the Dream Team is one of the teams running away with the lead). Teams seem to have settled in as the transaction list has cooled down a bit. But no worries, the dreaded BYE weeks and high injury rate (at least it seems that way to me) will probably keep that list growing.

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Key Matchups to watch this Week

  The Roxborough Wranglers will try to keep pace with the other one loss teams as they take on the 1-2 Good Fellas. The Dream Team and The Croatans will meet in the only game among one win teams. The Black Assassins will try to stay in the top half of the standings when they meet the Fightin’ Irish. The Money Takers will try to jump above that Money line when they meet the Jelly Beans. In the only contest between 2-1 teams, 2 of the top 3 scoring teams meet as the Body Shop takes on the Black & Blue Attack.

  Norm (my estimates) was 3 of 5 (60%). Norm’s lines (y estimates) appear above. Spock was 1 of 5 (20%). Spock’s locks appear below:

  Most of the games were decided on Sunday. Only one game had some Monday night madness.

  The Black Assassins had already wrapped up the “W” against the Roxborough Wranglers on Sunday with the BEARS I their back pocket on Monday. The Assassins were led by Evans, Locket and the BEARS as they took down the Wranglers “the way the Track n' Turf used to take down Gibson's bar in hoops – Coach Toast”. The Wranglers were led by Ryan and Cook in the loss. The Wranglers left some points on the bench but even their best lineup would have been just a bit short.

  The Jelly Beans notched their initial “W” of the 2019 campaign against the Black & Blue Attack. The Beans were led by Julio and Sterling in the victory. Watson led the Attack in what seems to be an early “helmet hangover” trend as the helmet teams seem to underperform dramatically the next week (beware Coach Casey). The Attack had little help on the bench.

  The Body Shop scored its first helmet and ascended to the tops of the standings by stepping on the backs of the Dream Team. There was no Monday night Madness in this game, but I think Coach Casey was more than a little worried with the Sunday night game looking at overtime and the Dream team still field ing all those RAMS and the Sunday day leas of 50+ points was down to less than 15 points (a more 60 yard field goal for Greg the Leg). OT never happened and the Shop survived due in large part due to Mahomes, Allen and Waller. The Dream Team was led by Goff, McCaffrey, Agholor and Engram in the loss. 3rd highest score of the week, but still a loss (I hate when that happens).

  The closest game of the week was between the Croatans and the Good Fellas. The Croatans faired better in this close shave than they did in their Week 1 version. The Croatans were led by Wentz, Kamara and Thielen as they notched their first SWFFL “W”. The Fellas were led by Prescott and Schuster in the loss. AS usual in a game this tight there is more than one option on the loser’s bench that would have made the difference.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Money Takers and the Fightin’ Irish. The Takers carried a 14.4 point lead into Monday night against the Irish and Montgomery on Monday night. Montgomery came up 4.8 points (one short TD) short of the goals. There were a couple of short TD passes too and Montgomery was the featured back, so this could not have been a comfortable night for Coach Jones. The Takers interestingly bench Mayfield in place of Murray a move that surprised me, bit proved to be a difference maker. Nice move Coach Jones. Murray and Kupp led the Takers. Brady and Cooper led the Irish in the loss, who almost started a perfect lineup.

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

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 3

MVP: Mike Evans (45.0) Black & Blue       Best on Bench: Russell Wilson (45.6) Good Fellas      Low Scorers: Black & Blue (83.8)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Fightin’ Irish (97%) Low: Roxb. Wranglers (75%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB – Mahomes(124.8),Jackson(109.9),Prescott(106.4),Wilson(98.1)
RB – Cook(88.9),McCaffrey(84.5),Ekeler(76.3),Henry,Ingram(61.9)
WR – Allen(87.7),Watkins(78.1),JJones,Ross(72.2)
TE – Engram(68.7),Andrews(54.5),Waller(53.4),Kelce(51.4)
PK – Zeurlein(44),Lutz(42),Butker(33),Gostkowski,Gould(30)
ST – BEARS(30),SAINTS(29),VIKINGS(22),BROWNS,RAMS(18)