Week 13 finds the two-horse race coming back to the pack. Admittedly, with 5 games left, a 3-game lead (or 2 games and points) is still very comfortable. It was pointed out I made a mistake last week. I mentioned that if Lockett had taken one of his long passes to the house, his team would have won. In fact, his team did win. I made the mistake that he was on the losing team. I’d like to say I put that little nugget in there just to see if anybody reads this stuff, but that was just a mistake. The trade deadline is this Sunday. There were some very close games this week.

  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 Dream Team will try to complete the season sweep of the Croatans and keep that Money spot. In the second annual Black Bowl, the Black & Blue Attack will try to right the ship by sweeping the defending champion Black Assassins. The Fightin’ Irish will try to complete the sweep of the Jelly Beans in a contest to escape the basement. The Good Fellas will try to complete the season sweep of the Roxborough Wranglers to keep their money spot. The Money Takers will try to complete the sweep of the Body Shop and maybe catch the Black & Blue.

  Norm (my estimates) was 3 of 5 this week making him 24 of 55 (44%) on the year. He retains top billing. Spock was 2 of 5 making him 32 of 55 (58%). His locks appear below:

  Three games were decided on Sunday. The other 2 had some level of Monday Night Madness (some more than others).

  The defending champion Black Assassins completed the season sweep of the Jelly Beans and notched their third helmet of the year. The Assassins were eld by Murray, Williams and Butker as they climbed closer to the .500 and Money line. The Beas were led by Mattison in the loss. Thet has some solid options on the bench but the Assassins starters outscored the Beans entire roster. This was not one of those close games.

  The Good Fellas just barely completed the season sweep of the Fightin’ Irish as Kelce put up a very pedestrian number on Sunday night. The Fellas were led by Jefferson and Gronk (who looked like the Gronk of times gone by) in the 1.7-point victory. The Irish were led by Herbert in the loss. When you lose by less than 2 points there are usually some bench players that might have made a difference. In this case it was Freeman or Schultz that would have has notched the “W” for the Irish.

  The Roxborough Wranglers barely avenged their early season loss to the Black & Blue Attack. In the closest game of the week the Wranglers eked out a 0.3 point lead due to the efforts of Brady and Kupp. The Attack was led by Godwin in the loss. A Harris or Boyd start could have shaved magic number by another point (BTW if my calculations are correct, that number is 5).

  The Croatans and a 26.5 point lead proved to be too much for the Body Shop and Bass on Monday night. It did not help the Shop that Bass was kicking in a blizzard (minus the snow for the most part). The Croatans were led by Tua and a monster performance by Kittle as the completed the season sweep of the Shop. Montgomery led the Shop in the loss. Although this game was not so tight the Shop had some bullets on the bench that would have made a difference. Stafford and Gage would have kept the Shop above .500. I keep telling Coach Casey he has to bench Dak 8-^) .

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Dream Team and the Money Takers. OK, first the defense of the selection. It was a game between Money Teams, decided by less than a point and had some Monday night action. If that is not enough, it involved the Dream team in a win, so that trumps all other arguments. It looked bleak for the Dream Team as their 17.5-point lead looked to be not nearly enough against the Takers, Allen and the BILLS on Monday night. Then the weather report in Buffalo rolled in, and the wind was so bad the OPATRIOTS only attempted 3 passes (that and the fact they were getting runs at more than 5 yards a clip – that also killed interceptions and sacks). Allen looked like he had little problems throwing, fortunately the BILLS wideouts did seem to be affected. In the end the Dream Team held on by 0.8 points and were led by Cousins, Allen and Johnson. The Takers were led by Taylor, Higgins and Moore in the loss. A Burrow start would have dethroned the Black & Blue Attack.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm): “Sorry Jake, that was an early Christmas gift from Bubba up above.”

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 13

MVP: George Kittle (42.6) Croatans       Best on Bench: Damien Harris (31.1) Black & Blue      Low Scorers: Jelly Beans (111.8)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Dream Team (100%) Low: Body Shop (78%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB – Brady(360.7),Hebert(347.8),Allen(340.0),Stafford(332.9)
RB – Taylor(316.4),Ekeler(234.1),Mixon(220.2),Henry(214.2)
WR – Kuppp(307.6),Samuel(260.9),Hill(248.2),Jefferson(246.8)
TE – Kelce(193),Andrews(179),Hockenson(145),2 tied at (139)
PK – Tucker(140),Carlson(137),Boswell(136),McPherson(126)
ST – PATRIOTS(115),COWBOYS(114),COLTS(111),BILLS(100)

COVID-IR: