Week 9 finds us at the mid-point of the season and 6 out of 10 teams are tied for 2nd or better, with 7 of the 10 teams within 2 games of first place. I think this has been a very competitive season. Week 10 will have one last Sunday morning. The EAGLES won despite their head coaches decision making. If you have not heard this before, I hate the Sunday morning games almost as much as I hate the dreaded BYE weeks. The Dream Team lost a heartbreaker, so I think you might want to go elsewhere for entertainment. The notes will most likely be gloomy.

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Key Match-ups to watch this Week

   The Fightin’ Irish will try to complete the season sweep of the Good Fellas. The Body Shop will try to sweep the Croatans. In a family affair, the Black & Blue Attack will try to sweep out the Money Takers. The Black Assassins will try to repeat their week 1 win against the Dream Team. In a battle of money teams, the Roxborough Wranglers will try to sweep the Jelly Beans.

   Spock was 2 of 5, making him 15 of 35 (43%) this year. He retains top billing. Norm (my picks) was 2 of 5 last week making him 14 of 35 (40%) this year. His lines appear below:

GF -1 FI (251)     DT -9 BA (267)
 C -2 BS (248)     JB -2 RW (256)
MT -1 BB (253)

   Three games were decided on Sunday, the other 2 games had a little Monday Night Madness (well at least one did).

   The Jelly Beans already wrapped up the victory against the Good Fellas in Sunday and still had White in their back pocket on Monday night. The Beans climbed above the money line primarily due to the efforts of an MVP performance by Burrow and a couple of nice performances by Barkley and King Henry. The Fellas failed to field a 20-point starter. They left nice performances by Geno and Quentin on the bench, but they would not have been enough to change the results in this battle of cousins and uncles.

   The Croatans defeated the Money Takers in a battle for the basement. The Croatans were led by Achane and the RAVEN double-bubble. The Takers were led by ROY candidate Daniels and Davante Adams (who is most definitely no longer a rookie). There were some bullets left in the bench by the Takers, but not nearly enough to flip the script this week.

   The Fightin’ Irish, Kelce and a 30-point lead held off the Black Assassins, Butker and the CHIEFS on Minday night. In fact, Kelce looked like the Kelce of old and put up big numbers despite not making it into the endzone. Hurts and Sutton also helped the Irish pull into a tie for first place. The Assassins failed to field a 20-point starter as they dropped out of the money. The Assassins also left some help on the bench but not enough to keep them above that money line. One wonders if Trader Toast may have disturbed that delicate locker room balance. I know another team that is definitely wondering the same thing.

   I suppose that the contest between the Black & Blue Attack and the Roxborough Wranglers should have garnered “Game of the Week” honors. It had Monday night madness, high scoring game and involved the current first place team, but then the Dream Team loses by less than point you can book it that game will be Gamo of the Week. The Attack, Mayfield and Hunt easily overcame a 16.5-point lead by the Wranglers on Monday night. The Attack was led by Mayfield, Hubbard, Jefferson and JSN (finally a breakout game) as they notched their 2nd helmet of the year. The Wranglers were led by Brown, Dobbins and Wilson in the loss that dropped them in to a 3-way tie for first. There were enough points in the Wrangler bench to make a difference, but it would have taken some really gutsy (and questionable) calls to keep the Wranglers alone in first place.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Body Shop and the Dream Team. The Shop carried a small lead into Sunday night. Taylor overcame the Shop lead and helped them hold on to the lead for most of Sunday night. On the final completed pass by Flacco, Downs pulled down a 14-yard catch and put the Shop on top and then it was over. The hop was led by Cousins, Robinson and Mooney in the 0.7-point victory. The Dream Team was led by Allen, Kamara and Kupp in the loss (literally a blocked extra point away from victory). Yes, there were other options on the Dream Team bench (and at least one of them was reasonable).

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

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 9

MVP: Joe Burrow (42.4) Jelly Beans       Best on Bench: Gene Smith (31.7) Good Fellas      Low Scorers: Good Fellas (98.7)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Black & Blue Attack (100%) Low: Good Fellas (69%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB – Jackson(272.5),Mayfield(262.2),Burrow(240.5),Allen(219.4)
RB – Henry(211.5),Kamara(194.7),Barkley(187.1),Gibbs(162.1)
WR – Chase(190.8),Jefferson(163.3),Lamb(159.2),Wilson(158.8)
TE – Bowers(131.2),Kittle(126.3),Otton(110.1),McBride(104.3)
PK – Aubrey(144),Fairbairn(142),Boswell(124),Seibert(118)
ST – VIKINGS(82),BRONCOS(79),LONS(66),49ERS(64)

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