1997 BRFL Forum

1997 Standings 1997 Leaders 1997 BRFL Rosters 1997 NFL Rosters 1997 Transactions 1997 Weekly Results 1997 BRFL Draft Results

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Suggestion for next year! How about giving the overall point winner for the regular season a piece of the pie. Given that fantasy football is probably more lucky than anything else, the only thing that can be legitimately rewarded is the person who scores more points than anyone else. After all, the guy who scores the most probably had the best team all year and it's not typically the guy that leads in the standings.

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I think transactions would increase if the flexibility in the starting line-up was reduced. No one will want to do this because it has been allowed in the league for quite a while. But if you think about it, the flexibility of the 1-4, 2-3, 3-2 lineup for RBs and Receivers makes trading almost unnecessary. Trading is interesting for an owner when he has strong player(s) sitting on the bench, sually because he has a lot of talent at one position. An owner would do best to trade his strong bench player to upgrade his starting lineup. The problem is that no one has a strong bench since the "flexibility" given to the starting lineup allows owners to start all their best players. I suspect that this limits interesting trades to the QB position since there is no flexibility there. This extra "flexibility" also reduces the number of waiver moves needed. I'm not suggesting I'm against the rules for starting lineups, just saying that I think this is the biggest reason for low transaction numbers.

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These relate to new roster ideas from previous post by BEST Concerns: "Communications. Claiming process is fallible." Solution: Internet claims. Use this forum. It will be time stamped. Tuesday claims will still have to be secret. That can be worked out on the internet as well. Non connected people can use another owner as an agent. "'try and buy' circumvents the Tuesday claim process. The rich get richer". Hell, we just need someone to be rich...Consider this year's final four with 14, 12, 11 and 9 seeds. "Advantage goes to those that spend money" I feel it should. Why not reward those that contribute?

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Suggestions for next year: One of the biggest problems we had this season was that too many people stood pat. There were no in season trades and there was not much player movement. This has become a Lazy Owner's league. I think our 14 man rosters are bloated and player movement i stifled. I think the equal amount of information available on the internet has produced parity. We need a way to bust the parity and I think the way to do that promote player movement. Therefore, I'm tossing out some ideas: 1. Reduce the 14 man rosters to 10. >>This puts 56 players back into the pool. 2. Allow up to 4 special reserve players EVERY week regardless of byes. >> Fosters competition by playing matchups: (nfl,opponent, pairing your QB) 3. Allow owners to hold an "option" on players that they special reserve. Therefore if you SR a player one week, you hold his rights on the next claiming Tuesday. This "try and buy" philosophy will generate revenue. 4. Remove the "one week moratorium on dropped players". This was done because league officials had an advantage over everyone when picking up claims. With the internet, this information could be available prior to a Thursday SR day.

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As usual, J/K = all talk with nothing to back it up. I'll send you chumps a postcard from the BRFL Super Bowl. See you later, losers.

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dear mr. ricker, As we usually choke in the playoffs it would be very nice if you let us win. We are very intimidated by your manly physique, superior keen wit, and your ability to land a job at a thriving multi-national orporation. We hope you understand that in some cultures 'slug boy' is a term of utmost reverence and that we worship you and your football prowess. As we are not playing anybody from tenn/cinc., you wont have to stay up late watching the game tonight, in tead you can enjoy some personal time, i.e. take some stroke magazines to your 'private place' and work up a sweat reliving how you 'beat' stroupe. Enjoy the respite while you can, on sunday you will be slaughtered, you somehow got past the mad cow diseas inspectors, but you wont get by us (unless of course we screw up and pick the wrong rb on sunday). Hasta la vista, slug boy, enjoy the losers bracket.

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BRFL Bounty Hunter special! We're offering a reward on CZs head! Take the old man out of the playoffs before we play him(*) and we'll pay the $6 for ONE of your MANY losses. I know the NFL has made it illegal to use cash bonuses for injuries, but everybod es fair game in the BRFL, so practice those clothes line and head butt tackles, we want CZ GONE EARLY. Good luck to whoever draws the senile old goat, last time I talked to him I could hardly understand him with all the drooling, mumbling and farting he w s doing, and on top of that he would stop every minute to put more hair dye on. (*)Offer null and void if we choke in the playoffs before we would have played him.

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Who is this BRFL wanna-be Hale anyway? It turns out Hale is the 'brains' of the team making all the decisions, while Mos stares at a mirror wondering what life would be like if he wasn't butt ugly with the personality of luke warm spam. Maybe then he could try a women instead of bob and hale. Mos says he's gonna spend his winnings on a ho ker, but I told him to save his money, you don't have to pay for sheep (or bob). What kind of BRFL wuz needs a partner anyway, afraid to go it alone loser boy? As for us choking, big deal, been there done that, alls I know is that I don't have to watch the box scores the next 2 weeks, and i can spend some quality time with the wife and kids, maybe i'll teach them to surf, i mean trash talk, on the web. The rest f you sub human layoff foder will be glued to the tube thinking "oh, boy if i win week 13 and the 5th place team loses and i score 16 pts more than the 6th team then maybe i'll win the tie breaker and get to play 9th place instead of 8th, and then i can w ste next weekend watching more games to see if i get to play in the losers bowl, and then i can pretend for another week that i have a life." But i think you all know deep in your shallow hearts that this is jk's super bowl, and the rest of you are fighti g for scraps. See you week 15. Stroupe sucks, cheeseheads rule, jk's win, loser scum pay up

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Well, well, the felcher brothers decided to choke on something else besides the hamsters they usually use for something else. I guess that's the only thing ECU and Cornell grads can have in common.

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Klingman... all I can say is that maybe you were delirious from sitting in the rain in Ficklin Stadium. Maybe that is why you benched Marcus. Or maybe that was Jones' decision. *That* explains it. Sunday was only the start of a bad week for you. Saturday will be it's dreadful conclusion. We won't forget that two point conversion last year in Charlotte. We won't forget that destruction on our field 10 years ago. Saturday is payback. We are on a quest for the Carquest! (Bowl) Yes, these are modest goals, but when you are coming off of back to back 3-8s, you are modest.

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I read this in the paper yesterday. "A terrible diet and room with no ventilation are being blamed for the death of a man who was killed by his own gas. His diet consisted of beans and cabbage. It was just the right combination of foods. It appears he man died in his sleep from breathing the poisonous cloud that was hanging over his bed. Had the windows been open it would not have been fatal. He was a big man with a huge capacity for creating this deadly gas. Three of the rescuers got sick and one w s hospitalized." When I read this I was SOOOOOOOO worried it was one of my BRFL "pals" (or should i say whipping boys). Lets face it fat, smelly and loser scum describes most of you, not just Stroupe. Please append to the forum and tell me you're all right, so I don't hav to worry (now that I'm in the money, I don't want anyone weasling out by choking on their own farts). And lets make it a point at the next BRFL meeting to open some windows, no sense having winners like us dying with the rest of you fat slobs. By the way speaking of dying, what is the BRFL joint survivorship process? Now that Klingman has an injured knee I was thinking of putting him out of his misery. If so, who gets his share of the winnings, His esteemed partner, or his wife? I don't think this is add essed properly in the BRFL constitution. Obviously my vote is partner first, and he can disburse whatever he thinks appropriate to the bereaved family.

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Ricker. Bug. Exterminated. Bring on the next lamb for slaughter. We're running a special this week MOS, if you forfeit by Wed. we'll stay off the forum

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As I recollect, your recent victories over me were due to some bullshit luck with SR's!! Unfortunately, you have to play me this time with your normal team (pathetic, I should add). I predict another CRUSHING victory by CZ (by at least 20 pts). When you s e Barry Mos...give him my condolences...HA!

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They should call him JJ STROKE!! That's what you had when he DIED on the 1 foot line. DID I NOT PREDICT YOUR TUMBLE??? I CRUSHED ya like a grape!!

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We're #1!!!!!! It must be the millenium/end of the world thing, either that or you all bite, because it sure can't be our 'intense football research efforts'. Nostrodamus predicted 'When a goat team who hasn't finished above .500 in decades rules the BRFL then a plague of gerbils will visit Stroupe's butt'. Of course now Stroupe will want us to win. Ricker, poster child for the theory that man evolved from slugs, is next. Fat, dumb, and BRFL loser scum is no way to go through life Ricker, do something useful, take the package and go live in a dumpster. We beat 'possum boy' Wallace, he just rolled over and played dead when facing a real team. And Talbot didn't score 50+ pts against us, now somebody just has to knock him out of the playoffs for us. As far as stroupe being on a hot streak, that may be true, but its for 14 year old chorus boys, not BRFL wins. We're 7-1 (and that L was during cheesehead bye week) now THATs smoking.

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Ok MOS, your downfall continues here... Come week 14, comparisons will be made between your collapse and the Hindenburg... I see San Francisco plays another division cream puff this week. They've must have run through all of them by now... Adrian Murrell is off. Too bad. No-name Jet backs have been stealing his scores anyway... JJ Stokes? Same ol' same l' with him. Tyrone Wheatley? He's heading back to the bench. How about Hee-Hee? Is he thinking of changing his name to Jermaine Lewis? Oh well, you can always look back in the archives and re-live your brief time on top.

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Hey, Who woke up the old man???? CZ, nice to have you back and bad mouthing everybody.

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Sorry Bob but bye week is over ! We will be at full strength this weekend and for the rest of the season ! Too bad your team is banged up right now . It looks like we are going to add insult to injury this weekend. The cheese heads and Mr. Dunn will be ested and ready to put up some big numbers. Our players that had a bad week last week will be looking to rebound ! What a bad week to be stuck having to play us. Get ready to be pounded ! jk

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What kind of grade is that? Well - it's a strange grade for a strange team. It is a typical CZ team...except he wasnt at the draft to actually choose it. A ragtag bunch of wannabees picked a bit early (Smith & Dillon)..has-beens (WGreen & MBates) trying-to-be's (Jets & Seattle QBs) injured guys (Conway & AJohnson) and of course, a healthy dose of Patriots. I gave him a "-" because the mixture has struggled a bit and gotten off to a slow start. But, this unstable mixture has exploded in my face and in JK's face & is quite volatile...especially now that CZ is back to his old trash talking self.

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The nickname of this team should be the terrorists..because that's what they play like. They are largely inconspicous because most of Ricker's roster plays on bad teams. But they have just enough firepower (Denver guys and GB guys) to cause massive destr ction to your season if you overlook them. JK, Bud, Best, & Wallace...BEWARE!

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Adam's grade is Y...for YO-YO team. They have been up & down like a yoyo. Why...because the predominant players on this team are "blow-up" players...guys that blow-up for a big week every so often but are not consistent. This is a dangerous team that can embarrass you when those guys "blow-up" together.

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In the words of the immortal Lou Brock "Luck is when skill meets opportunity...however, I'd rather be lucky than good". This season Mosakowski has been both lucky and good. The schedule gods have smiled on him, and this week, even after he lost, he didnt drop in the standings. However, when opportunity has presented itself, he has pounced on it. He didnt give up on SF QBs when everyone was in other leagues...now he's being rewarded for it. He gambled on previous underacheivers (KiJana, JJStokes, Wheatley, Dudley) and they have paid off for him. Watch out Mos/Hale...it's harder to stay on top that it is to get there.

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Alan's team gets a grade of S, for Sleep. Unfortunately, this team of sleepers never woke up...now the season is half over and the first half was a nightmare. Losing Jerry Rice in game 1 (who had never missed a game in his career was a bad omen). In the last couple of weeks, however, the bottom of Outlaw's draft have all shown signs of life..so maybe the alarm has gone off & is now on snooze for this team. If they ever wake up, someone else is in for a rude awakening.

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The defending champ...the only 2 time BRFL champ..is in dire need of a transfusion...so, the grade I gave him is for the blood donors in the league who may help to keep his championship hopes alive. The only team as beat up as Jacksons is; Wallace's top 4 players and QB are all injury rone and suffer from "Kennison's disease"...which used to be known as Michael Jackson's disease (who Wallace resurrected from the dead last season). B positive Bob...keep hope alive...don't give up the ship...etc etc...et al.

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"Run Forrest Run". It has been rumored that the immortal Forrest Gump is the secret co-owner of this team. The only low-tech owner in the league has done it again..with a great draft from top to bottom, based on instinct & not-too-much info getting in the way. The few mistakes he made have been corrected already..definitely a final 4 contender (AGAIN). "Uh, guys, what's a website?"

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Another monster team - on paper. A scary team...that can drop a quick 60 pts against you without hardly even trying. BUT..he's 4-4, why?? Well, when an AVID KC Chiefs fan decides to ride the coattails of the hated silver and black - just look at Best's gr de to see what I almost gave Peil. Also, that silver and black on the brain has caused Peil to deviate from his ways...we all know that Peil is only supposed to start 4 Rec every game...it has been rumored that he has used multiple RBs often this season. .it was around that time that he went into a slump. I gave him a B- instead of a C+ because of great drafting & the guts to make a blockbuster draft day trade.

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I'm so confused! Yes - Mr. Gates be Sybillizing on us (to quote the equally infamous Jim McMahon). The most schizophrenic team in the league. Gates' 1st 6 draft choices get an A grade..including the steal of the draft-NAPOLEAN KAUFMAN. His last 8 draft ch ices get an F..in fact, he no longer has ANY of them, and the only one picked up by anyone else was Marino. But, he made wise pickups moves...continually upgrading his team with free agents - even while winning games...so he gets a B for that...but then, he threatened to quit so he gets a D for that, but then he changed his mind, so he gets a + for that...oh we l, you get the picture.

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Bud Lite! His roster doesnt look that imposing - then you play him and he LITES you up. His winning formula?? The BRFL old-school mixture of QB-K-Def-smart bye week choices.

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A solid balanced team that scores in the 30's or more almost every week..so far, he's been a schedule casulty. Why the "-" you ask? Because you lost to JK, of course...also, because you dont have a single Tennessee player on your roster (you have 4 Georgi Bulldogs...what's up with that??)

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Jackson's team gets an incomplete...why? Because he's never had his whole team on the field yet. Also, the schedule god's have frowned on him...he has the most points scored against him in the league. No excuses though...because this beat up injury prone ollection of underachievers has scored the LEAST amount of points in the league so far. To quote the infamous Tim McKyer...'you can't make the club in the tub'. If this incomplete was turned into a final grade...it would be a D-..the only reason it's not an F is because CJ made the draft exciting with the only trades made so far this year.

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How bout them Cowboys! Because of the abundance of Cowboys on your roster & because you made the schedule, I have to give you a C. I give you a + because of the rest of your draft & because the web page is AWESOME!

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You picked Favre & you drafted well in the middle rounds. You dont get an A because of your other high picks & because you guys STILL keep 2 kickers after all these years & still never pick the right one. You get a + because of the quantity and quality of your trash-talk. Keep up the bad work.

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Well..we have reached the halfway point of the season. In the words of the immortal Pete Rozelle - we have acheived parity - or parody - depending on your position in the standings. Some teams who looked to be quite strong on draft day have fallen on hard times (ie..Jackson - Best - Peil)..while some who seemed to be shaky at best (ie Mosakowski - JK) find themselves perched at the top of the midseaon mountain. On any given Sunday (or Monday..or Tuesday..or Thursday..or Saturday), you could find yourself b aten by some team's 5th running back who scores 3 tds against you & causes you to drop 5 places in the standings. I will grade each team (in draft order).

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ONE question?? How in the F#@% can anyone be in 1st place with NINE other teams having more points than you?? Feeling LUCKY??? See you in the 2nd half!

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Nice going Loser! Your last claim to fame was when you edged out CZ for the championship 6 YEARS ago! Still getting big "TIPS" from BERGER? Pull up your pants!

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Tom, Please Stop !! I haven't seen or heard this many tears since Jimmy Swaggart!! That's what you get for lassoing all them Cowboys! TRADER!!

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Well Well Well... Frick & Frack are finally over .500 !! You dorks haven't been this high since college. Let me put your lofty position into perspective...you LOST to CZ !! You two monkey's will slip on many bananas in the 2nd half. That's right Jones - you haven't been this surprised since your wife jumped off that bridge!! Klingman - take a hike!

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Yeah, Best, I hear ya. At least I won the game that counted! I'll give you this one, too. I feel bad for ya. Besides, I don't have enough guys with knees to get a starting lineup. And, Smith is off. I'll see you in the playoffs. Who is this superbowl-less wimp Jones??? Can't even support a team by himself! It's so incredible that he's above .500 that he starts thinking he's good.

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Quiet? Bend over and I'll give you quiet. We're already up 6-0 thanks to Marcus, and we're playing a guy who can't even afford a last name,and didn't start kc qbs. Our cheesehead combo would just be icing on the cake, besides we only have 1 kicker to choo e from, how can we lose? The real problem is next week, we play Wallace, and i'm on vacation. But I'm confident, after bob and mos split up he's lost his concentratation. He got used to sharing his 3 inch draft choice while they watched their favorite tight ends late monday night . When these guys talk trades, it usually about orifices. Rumor has it the split up was over who got to be the 'life partner' for medical benefits. NO QBs rule! You know this league sucks when beating us is considered an upset!

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Wallace.... be shaking in your boots, pal. This is my weekend to bust out. Been saving it up for this week. The super bowl? An aberration. I've owned you since we were both young pups in this league and I will own you again this week.

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David LeFleur is a BUM. Emmitt is ready to score his first TD of the year and he jumps offsides. I know I didn't deserve to win, but if Emmitt scored, I might have felt a little better. Bob: You wanted to hear some moaning? Here goes: I'm 3-4, 9th place and leading the league in scoring.

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Right now i've only got 82 (gb 18,chmura 12, longwell 6, stewart 31, dunn 7, pitt d 8) but i saw that uwazouke recovered a fumble while on special teams. Do I get a bonus pt for that???? i really need it because i don't know what defense goatlaw started from sr, and i'm SOOOOOOO scared he might have the entire NFC, and then i might only beat him by 40. Is it just me, or does it seem embarrassing to let these goat teams in the league just so we can squash them. I almost felt sorry for him after stewart scored his 5th, but i think 'm over it now. Enjoy the cellar loser scum. Cheeseheads rule! Bye weeks suck!

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Trade talk? We're stocked with STUD rbs (stewart, m. allen, morris/graham, dunn), but until isaac bruce learns to walk again we're a little weak on receivers. If only isaac would do his hamstring stretches as often as stroupe does his 5 finger sausage strokes(he cl ims they're for his wrist for golf). Since this is only a short term fix, don't call us with any goat trades, we want quality. Cheeseheads rule, stroupes drool.

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What's CJ thinking right now...Who can I fleece? What's MOS thinking right now...I'm #1, I'm #1!!! What's BEST thinking right now...Are there any more records to find that I've set this year?? What Talbot thinking right now...prepare for the draft, my ss!...What's OUT thinking right now...is it 1998 yet??? What's Peil thinking right now...Wonder what's for lunch???

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questions of the week: 1) is best going to stop whining about being the highest scoring team but still only 3-3??...Is Ricker going to play a kicker??...Can Jones back up all his trash talking to Outlaw??...Are Jones and I the only ones enjoying this foru ??..Are the odds really even that MOS finishes above .500???

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You're next 0utlaw. Hey next year try something original, draft someone who can walk. Lets face it, the only way you're going to increase scoring on your team is if you special reserve your mama. If you're lucky stroupe will choke again, and you wont be in last all by yourself. Oops, I just realized i've got 2 rb off this week, want to make a trade? Never mind I just looked at your roster, everyone on it SUCKS (and sr your mama wont change that).< >

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Stroupe SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS And thats being nice! JK juggernaut on a roll. Cheeseheads rule

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We've had some good jokes in this league, but Mos 5-1???...3 weeks of only scoring in the 20???...sounds like a cocky fellow ready for the big let down...

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I washed and waxed the cars Sunday afternoon and listened to 1360 AM WCHL "One on One" sports. The "around the NFL report" about 2:10 was nothing but Adam's guys scoring: KC QB, Watters, Andre Reed. It was over fairly quickly. I have Bledsoe and Rod Smith tonight. He has McCaffery. Looks like I'm 3-3...