Week 6 Preview
What can I say about the last two weeks. Scoring 55, 56, 56 and 63 points isn't enough to win your
game. That's insane! I do expect sanity to return this week, however. The reason is the Rams
are off. No Warner, Faulk, Bruce, Holt, Hakim, Wilkins. Let's enjoy some good old fashioned slugfests.
A mediocre 3-3 last week to bring my season total to 17-12-1.
Deitrich (3-2) vs Dahlin-Bethea (3-2)
And now the winner of the BRFL's luckiest team: Dahlin-Bethea . Not that the rook pair
has pulled some out of the hindquarters, but because this is the team that gets to play Bud the
week that Kurt Warner goes back to stocking shelves in Iowa for a little R&R. The bye effects the
DBs as well, as they are short Issac Bruce, James McKnight and Sylvester Morris. However, Bud without
St Louis is rather ordinary. That's about 20 points lopped off of Bud's BRFL record 58 point a game
pace.
Last week St Louis feasted on San Diego, the same team Denver gets use to regains it's chops this
week. A couple weeks Bud claimed Arizona (they host Cleveland). However the Brownies aren't as bad as you
think: they have not given up a TD through the air in 15 quarters.
Wallace (3-2) vs Czupryna (1-4) -
Wally beat Jones twice this week. First he and Derrick Alexander
pulled one out over them Monday night. Then perhaps while JK slept in Tuesday, he claimed Shaun
Alexander. A JK castoff they should have been the
designated "flavor of the week". If S. Alexander's Monday numbers are a preview of the rest of the
year, Wallace finally has that back to compliment Edgerrin James. He traded Tyrone Wheatley to Moses,
and Corey Dillon plays for a team that can't score.
The old man woke up early Tuesday and claimed another flavor of the week: Brian Mitchell. Mitchell
scored on two long TDs, but most importantly, he's the replacement for Duce Staley. Staley,
like CZ, hasn't shown up since week 1, but perhaps Mitchell can be the spark. Beats starting Priest Holmes
every week.
Wallace aka "Alexander's Ragtime Band" should have no trouble marching over another
of the BRFL's cellar dwellers.
Stroupe (4-1) vs Best (2-2-1)
Stroupe, the Master of Monday, has been the story of the year so far. Two straight weeks, two straight
Monday comebacks. He'll get another chance this week. He has Mike Alstott going. His opponent,
Best, has known Monday heartbreak this year. He could also be 4-1 if a little better Monday luck.
Perhaps this is the week Best makes a QB change. The Panthers appear to be in turmoil. The
Ravens on the other hand return to play the team that allowed them to toss 5 in week 2.
The only time we've seen Cris Carter this year is on the United Way football schedule.
Stroupe
- the only BRFL team to miss the playoffs two straight years- is off to a torrid start. That should
continue this week with his fifth straight win.
Outlaw (3-2) vs Ricker (2-3)
Ricker had a breakout week last week with epic 68-63 win over Bud. Did he use it all up? His Vike
combo is facing Tampa this week. That could keep things in check. Outlaw has put together two solid
weeks with wins outside the division. Last week he plucked 21 off the waiver wire to fill holes
in his bye-ravaged team. I expect Outlaw to continue to rack up points behind San Francisco,
that surprising offensive juggernagt.
Barry (4-1) vs Moses (2-3)
I snuck a peak at the "Prince of Egypt's" lineup this week, they only advice I can give him is
"remember the Titans" are playing the Bengals. He's starting the Jets at QB. Last week was an odd
numbered week, so I picked Moses correctly to lose, although it didn't happen until KC made a pick with 17
ticks left Monday night.
AB has been making hay with a couple recycled fantasy busts: Jerome Bettis and Robert Smith
have been averaging a TD and half over the last 3 games. The backs aren't even his strong suit.
Terrell Owens is back from suspension this week and Jimmy Smith again plays the Ravens who he
torched for 23 points in week 2.
The only thing consistent about Moses is that every week I pick him to lose. Barry.
Jones-Klingman (0-4-1) vs Jackson (2-3)
The best thing Jackson has going for him is that he plays in a division with CZ and Moses.
He almost earns second by default. In the two years under our current playoff format there has always
been an awful team that backs in. Usually that is JK, It's probably going to be Calvin this year.
Perhaps because of this situation, Calvin hasn't panicked yet. Usually if he starts badly, he's team is
almost unrecognizable from the one he drafted.
That last time I remember someone in the league having a worse two game stretch was '91 when Wallace
lost back to back games scoring 40 and 44 points. His opponents scored 80. JK has scored 111
points 56 and 55 in back to back weeks and LOST. It's hard to work up any enthusiasm for either team.
Both Jackson's top flight backs are knicked up. JK's all BRFL back, Marshall Faulk, is on a bye.
Favre is at Detroit, a tough place for him. Jackson has slightly favorable matchups for his QBs, NYG and
TB.
Heads Jackson, Tails JK. Toss the coin. It's Heads. Oh wait, Calvin, take the coin. Apply it
toward your unpaid bill.
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