A couple pet strategies that owners can use to match up with an opponent was demostrated late Monday night as the Eagles scored late in the Monday night game. At that point Outlaw and Rick Moses were tied 23-all. Then Donavan McNabb threw a TD pass to James Thrash. The consequences for the BRFL game was as follows:

• McNabb is a Philadelphia QB. Those points are awared to R-Mo.
• James Thrash is Outlaw's player. This demostrates the effectiveness of starting a player on the same team as your opponents QB.
• After the TD, the extra point is kicked. This one by David Akers, who is Outlaw's kicker. Another effective strategy, have a kicker on the same team as your opponents QB.

But one could argue that what I just told you is a load of crap. Outlaw started Baltimore QBs and Rick Moses countered with Matt Stover and Qadry Ismail. The Stover/Ismail vs Bal QB actally netted two MORE points than the Thrash/Akers vs PHL QB. The net of this game was that Outlaw got a TD from another player (Bubba Franks) and R-Mo did not.

This game was played between the remote owners of the BRFL. Outlaw lives in Toronto and Rick Moses in New Jersey.

"MRI Monday" revealed that two receivers were injured and are lost for the season: Marcus Robinson and Germane Crowell. Both belong to Rick Moses. R-Mo was very thin at WR to begin with. Now, Qadry Ismail is his only healthy reciever. Rod Gardner, David Patten anyone?

JK did not impress with scoring totals. Only one TD and a two pointer from Peyton Manning and 11 points form Ram kicker Jeff Wilkins provided the bulk of the scoring.

Brad Moses also recieved the bulk of his points from a a QB and a kicker: Atlanta QB and Mike VanderJagt. B-Mo falls to 3-3

"Missing the Bus" cost Cousins a win and leaves him at 0-6. Last week, he failed to start Eddie George and that cost him a win against McCowan. Cousins is the first 0-6 team since Barry in 1995. The week did start promising for CC and early scores were recorded by Az Hakim and Wesley Walls.

Cantrell has been noted for working teh waiver wire to rebuild his team. This week he worked special reserve to land Jay Feely 8 points and the Chicago D (7).

Usually when Bud plays Best, these two light up the scoreboard as evidenced by the 127 combined points scored in the '99 Super Bowl. The 27 and 23 scored in this game represents the third and second worst totals in this 10 game series. This week Bud got TDs from Tim Biakabutuka and Eric Moulds. It was Biakabutuka's season swan song as he broke is foot and his lost for the year. James Allen may have lost his job and Terry Gleen did not dress. Some guy named David Patten replaced him and scored 27 points...the same as what Bud scored.

McCowan (3-2-1) lost for the second time, but maintains a 1/2 game lead in the West as both Jackson and Moses lost. Only the KC QBs and Marvin Harrison managed a TD in this low scoring week.

Jackson ended a three game winning streak. The only bright spot was a guy that Jackson picked up earlier, Anthony Thomas, scoring 9 points. The "A-Train" will probably find a spot in Jackson's line-up immediately as usual starters Terry Allen and James Stewart have not been impressive of late.

1. Outlaw waiver Tue Oct 23 4:55:56 p.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Dawson, Phil CLE PK; Vikings, Minnesota MIN TM
2. Simply the Best waiver Tue Oct 23 4:48:42 p.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Cardinals, Arizona ARI TM; Colts, Indianapolis IND TM
3. Cantrell waiver Tue Oct 23 8:08:02 a.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Titans, Tennessee TEN TM
4. Cantrell waiver Tue Oct 23 8:07:31 a.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Feely, Jay ATL PK
5. Cantrell waiver Tue Oct 23 8:06:45 a.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Jaguars, Jacksonville JAC TMQB
6. BossStangs waiver Tue Oct 23 1:01:27 a.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Cortez, Jose SFO PK
7. R-Mo's Traveling Circus waiver Mon Oct 22 9:12:47 p.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Zereoue, Amos PIT RB
8. R-Mo's Traveling Circus waiver Mon Oct 22 9:12:03 p.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Bears, Chicago CHI TMQB
9. Margaritaville Parrotheads waiver Mon Oct 22 8:55:48 p.m. EDT 2001
   • dropped Richardson, Tony KCC RB
10. Margaritaville Parrotheads waiver Mon Oct 22 8:55:31 p.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped White, Jamel CLE RB
11. Margaritaville Parrotheads waiver Mon Oct 22 8:55:03 p.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Carney, John NOS PK
12. Margaritaville Parrotheads waiver Mon Oct 22 8:54:41 p.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Panthers, Carolina CAR TM
13. BossStangs waiver Mon Oct 22 4:35:02 p.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Kennison, Eddie DEN WR
14. B-Mo's Drunken Stupor's waiver Mon Oct 22 10:25:07 a.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Prentice, Travis MIN RB
15. B-Mo's Drunken Stupor's waiver Mon Oct 22 10:24:13 a.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Edinger, Paul CHI PK
16. BossStangs waiver Sun Oct 21 9:53:32 p.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Centers, Larry BUF RB
17. BossStangs waiver Sun Oct 21 9:52:43 p.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Bengals, Cincinnati CIN TMQB
18. You Don't Know JACK, Son! waiver Thu Oct 18 7:54:59 p.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Steelers, Pittsburgh PIT TM
    • dropped
19. BossStangs waiver Thu Oct 18 1:22:22 p.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Bengals, Cincinnati CIN TMQB
    • dropped
20. Simply the Best waiver Thu Oct 18 10:19:29 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Colts, Indianapolis IND TM
21. Margaritaville Parrotheads waiver Thu Oct 18 9:44:42 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Richardson, Tony KCC RB
    • dropped Carswell, Dwayne DEN TE
22. B-Mo's Drunken Stupor's waiver Thu Oct 18 8:20:14 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Edinger, Paul CHI PK
    • dropped
23. B-Mo's Drunken Stupor's waiver Thu Oct 18 8:17:23 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Prentice, Travis MIN RB
    • dropped
24. R-Mo's Traveling Circus waiver Thu Oct 18 8:01:49 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Zereoue, Amos PIT RB
    • dropped
25. R-Mo's Traveling Circus waiver Thu Oct 18 8:01:26 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Bears, Chicago CHI TMQB
    • dropped
26. Cantrell waiver Thu Oct 18 7:38:09 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Feely, Jay ATL PK
    • dropped
27. Cantrell waiver Thu Oct 18 7:28:11 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Bears, Chicago CHI TM
    • dropped
28. Simply the Best waiver Thu Oct 18 7:22:25 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Cardinals, Arizona ARI TM
    • dropped
29. You Don't Know JACK, Son! waiver Thu Oct 18 12:16:02 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Hayes, Donald CAR WR
    • dropped
30. You Don't Know JACK, Son! waiver Thu Oct 18 12:15:02 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Bradford, Corey GBP WR
    • dropped
31. Margaritaville Parrotheads waiver Thu Oct 18 12:05:13 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Lions, Detroit DET TMQB
    • dropped
32. BossStangs waiver Thu Oct 18 12:04:56 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Kennison, Eddie DEN WR
    • dropped
33. BossStangs waiver Thu Oct 18 12:04:12 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Centers, Larry BUF RB
    • dropped
34. BossStangs waiver Thu Oct 18 12:03:30 a.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Rackers, Neil CIN PK
35. BossStangs waiver Thu Oct 18 12:02:16 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Richey, Wade SDC PK
    • dropped
36. BossStangs waiver Thu Oct 18 12:01:11 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Rackers, Neil CIN PK
    • dropped
37. Margaritaville Parrotheads waiver Wed Oct 17 11:59:03 p.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Chapman, Doug MIN RB; Carney, John NOS PK; Panthers, Carolina CAR TM
    • dropped
38. JonesKlingman waiver Wed Oct 17 11:16:30 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Cleeland, Cameron NOS TE
    • dropped Williams, Moe BAL RB
39. Cantrell waiver Wed Oct 17 11:15:35 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Jaguars, Jacksonville JAC TMQB
    • dropped Connell, Albert NOS WR
40. Bud's Bastards waiver Wed Oct 17 11:14:39 a.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Joseph, Elvis JAC RB; Anderson, Gary MIN PK
41. Bud's Bastards waiver Wed Oct 17 11:13:36 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Allen, James CHI RB
    • dropped Buckhalter, Correll PHI RB; Westbrook, Michael WAS WR; Gramatica, Martin TBB PK
42. Simply the Best waiver Wed Oct 17 11:12:06 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Garner, Charlie OAK RB
    • dropped McKnight, James MIA WR
43. Cantrell waiver Wed Oct 17 10:04:23 a.m. EDT 2001
    • dropped Panthers, Carolina CAR TM
44. Cantrell waiver Wed Oct 17 8:50:45 a.m. EDT 2001
    • acquired Panthers, Carolina CAR TM
    • dropped

Like this season and 1995, 1992 was such a year where we had both undefeated and winless teams in week 6. At 5-0 were Czupryna and Ricker, at 0-5 were Bratcher and Berger-Browell.

Last week was not a good week for me picking football games. I was 2-4 and my season record to 18-11-1. I even lost picking games to my seven year old. "Daddy, I like Green Bay over Baltimore, Seattle over Denver and New England over San Diego"
(Chuckle) "OK, son, whatever you say"

Ricker gets the Rams against the Jets. Last week the Rams were stalled by, but victorious over that other New York team, so expect them to a lot more paydirt this week. We tend to overlook the rest of Ricker's roster and with good reason as he's got a practice squad guy and an total free agent. However, most weeks, he won't need them. This is one of those weeks. Ricker in a tight one.

Jackson's been a pretty good mood this week. And it ain't just from the pure oxygen they have been giving him. He has won three straight and is now scored more points than any other team in the BRFL. Pneumonia can't get him down, either will Nander. Welcome Home, Calvin.

Last week Best was stunned by Moses 49-48 and left 20 points on the pine. This week Laveranues Coles and Ron Dayne are in the lineup. The Vikings are facing the Packers (Duante Culpepper had 4 TDs against them last year).

These two teams have played very high scoring games over their history with an average score of 52-34. They trade off victories. Since Bud one the last one, Best will win this one.

After showing early promise, Outlaw has faded significantly in recent weeks. In week 5, he gift wrapped victory for Cantrell. One hopes that that was the season's low point. He'll recover, but not this week: Outlaw to fall to 0-2 against the Moses family.

You wouldn't expect gods to frown on anyone named Moses, but B-Mo used up about three seasons worth of luck last week in his 49-48 win over Best. First he pulls Warrick Dunn (13 points) from his lineup at 12:59 AND then Emmitt Smith fails to score on Monday night. Not to mention Ricky Williams scoring on the last play of the game... Hines Ward with a dubious stretch to the stripe... Much, much, too much luck. But I'm over that... I think.... Maybe...