His first problem is in the divison where 6-2 Best and Jackson currently have a lock on those spots. 4-4 is good enough for second place in the other division, but not in the East.

His other problem is with points. Two slots will be available to the highest scoring teams that are left. Unfortunately for Wallace, he is not one of then, but he is close. Ironically, the teams in the league with the two worst records, Czupryna and Barry have the most points among those remaining.

36 WAL MIA Q 0, AReed 0, TDavis 21, RSmith 0, NKauffman 2, FLane 0 *WRitchey 4, GB D 9
16 OUT SEA Q 6, GHearst 0, JAnderson 0, HMoore 0, EMcCaffery 6 DMayes 6, RLongwell 4, *Cin D 0

Outlaw continues to be AWOL from the league. Although he did SR a defense this week, he continued to play with his default line-up which contains the injured Derrick Mayes.

39 BST GB Q 18, ASmith 0, JAvery 0, KJohnson 6, CPickens 0, BEmanuel 0, PStoyanovich 7 MIN D 8
29 BUD NYJ Q 12 CMartin 7, TJervey 0, PHolmes 0, TMartin 0, MMuhammad 0, Vinatieri 9, KC D 1

42 CJ BUF 12, ADelGreco 8, MIA D 4, FTaylor 6, WDunn 0, JRice 6, RMoss 0, JMorton 6
16 BAR DEN 6, JKasey 2, TEN D 1, JBettis 1, REdwards 0, DScott 0, JJett 6, MAlstott 0

Barry, who could have made Calvin sweat a little had he started Terrell Owens, had another famine game in is feast or famine season. However, there have been enough "feasts" to qualify him for a playoff spot should the playoffs begin today despite the 2-6 record.

51 CZ Jax Q 19, JHanson 9, NE D 6, JGalloway 15, KAbJab 0, JSmith 1, SJefferson 1, ALee 0
31 STP TEN Q 6 Dillon B 6, CCarter 6, BEngram 0, WChrbet 0, WWalls 0 GAnderson 10, *Det D 3

Stroupe fell out of second in the West with his loss. Despite the fact that he is not currently tracked for the playoffs, Stroupe has the leading reciever and kicker in the BRFL with the Vikes' Cris Carter and Gary Anderson.

41 TAL SF Q 18, RWatters 6, NMeans 6, JReed 6, TMathis 0, MEdwards 0, TB D 1, *MHusted 4
29 JK DET Q 6, BSanders 2, EGeorge 2, RBrooks 6, ARison 6, SSharpe 0, *MAnderson 4, SF D 3

Despite the loss, and their second straight one at that, JK maintains a one game lead in the central. The reason is that the entire Central division lost for the second straight week.

43 MOS MIN Q 12, RSmith 8, DBennett M, TVardell 0, AFreeman 7, DAlexander M TPeterson 9, SEA D 7
34 DP OAK Q 12, LSmith 0, IBruce 0, TBrown 6, KMcCardell 1, JStokes 0, JElam 14, DEN D 1

• 394 Mosakowski-Hale 98
• 345 Best 97...Lost in week 14
• 356 Best 96 ...Lost in Week 17
• 355 Deitrich 95... Lost in week 16
• 355 Berger-Browell 94 ... Lost in week 17
• 291 Montgomery 93 ... Lost in week 14
• 332 Best 92 ... Lost in week 16

Worth noting in defeat for Peil is the 63 yard field goal by Jason Elam. To re-answer the question, there is no "extra bonus points for long field goals", so the single bonus point is it. While the NFL record for longest field goal is Elam's and Tom Dempsey's in pre-BRFL 1970, the previous BRFL record was 61 yards set in 1991. Czupryna's Morten Andersen kicked it in week 9 in a loss to Wallace. So the silver lining for Peil is, after that loss in '91, CZ would reel off 13 straight wins including a Super Bowl title.

East Division
BEST                6   2    0  326  259    1     1    0 TAL        WAL,BAR,STP,MOS,OUT, BUD
JACKSON             6   2    0  313  266    1     1    0 JK         CZ, STP,BUD,OUT,DP,BAR
WALLACE             4   4    0  285  284    1     1    0 MOS        CJ,STP,BAR,OUT
CZUPRYNA            2   6    0  293  321    1     1    0 BAR        BST,,STP

Central Division
JONES/KLINGMAN      5   3    0  284  264    2     0    0 CJ         DP,BAR,WAL,STP
OUTLAW              4   4    0  253  262    2     0    0 STP        BAR,DP,MOS,TAL
PEIL                3   5    0  231  266    0     2    0 BUD         BST,WAL,CZ
BARRY               2   6    0  296  390    0     2    0 CZ         BUD,TAL

West Division
MOSAKOWSKI-Hale     6   2    0  394  304    2     0    0 WAL        BUD,TAL,CZ,BAR,JK,DP
TALBOT              4   4    0  365  376    0     2    0 BST        CZ,WAL,CJ,JK
STROUPE             3   5    0  256  259    2     0    0 OUT        TAL,BUD,DP
DEITRICH            3   5    0  244  289    0     2    0 DP         JK,OUT, CZ

Warren Moon, nearly 42, is seeing his share of nagging injuries, and his production is down as evidenced by Outlaw's four straight losses. However, Moon should not be blamed for being started on his bye week.

John Elway, 38, is has been a little nicked as well, but all he has to do, as Barry has discovered, is hand off to Terrell Davis. Run around a little and there goes the hammy.

A pair of 36 year old QBs, Vinny Testeverde and Randall Cunningham, signed on as back-ups but are now starters. Each is having the kind of season that is redeeming them for inconsistancies and squandered talent earlier in the their career.

There's Doug Flutie, imported from Canada. When the Buffalo QBs were claimed by Jackson, it marked the first time Flutie had ever made a BRFL roster. In his two previous stints, with Chicago and New England, he was unclaimed. (That was 86 and 89 - before our QB team rule.) Then there is Steve Young. at 37, he is scoring at least three TDs a week. However, he plays for Talbot. You know, typical Talbot, all QB, not much support cast, .500 record and the second highest scoring team in the league. That applies to this years 4-4 record as well as his up to the minute lifetime 62-62-2 record.

Like old Talbot, I reached .500 on my picks for the year, and then got a little giddy.. and suffered through a 1-5. Now it's 22-26. I won't pick anybody to upset Mos this week, but I think I will bet against Calvin again.

Terrell Davis might consider changing his name to Snow White. Because on Wallace's team, he's surrounded by seven dwarfs. Mos tends to bug Wallace at work about his success, so I think Bob took this week off for a reason. He'll probably need to take next week off too.

Since the QBs situation is a push, we must look for intangibles. I'm is 8-2 lifetime in week 9, the week my birthday falls in. That might be irrelevant for this year: In the last four weeks, I've not scored above my age. The winner of this game has not scored less than 40 since 1991.

My birthday will be well over by the time Talbot pulls this out on Monday night.

JK should make a trade with Jackson to reacquire longtime favorite kicker, Al Del Greco. How about those Oilers not be able to decide which kicker to use. It looked like a JK fantasy move - using the wrong kicker. However, don't think that having one of their roster this season simplifies things. They have been known to SR a kicker that scores less than their regular one, Norm Johnson.

Both guys have only moderate matchups. However, I think we need to be reminded again about the greatest of Barry Sanders. JK to win.

Last week, the Old Man showed he could post some numbers and trounced Stroupe thanks to the Jacksonville/Denver Shootout. Barry also had a QB stake in that shootout and only came away with one score. Denver isn't going to feel threatened, where as Jacksonville has been shook up. I think that helps Czupryna edge toward respectability win a big win.

• "Bud, you win again, old sport. You have a vastly superior team" -Gillcoat
• "I'm offering the Carolina and Washington coaches for a starting back or receiver such as TDavis or CCarter. It's two for one... Someone take it or I'll quit" - IC Gates.

In this game with Peil, I think Bud will feel like his other league - dominating the competition. DP's got some injury issues. Bud, should he go with Atlanta, might see a large number of points against a Ram team that blows off practice, stoplights and seems united only in the common goal of getting Dick Vermeil fired.

At 39, I'm now the same age as Stroupe. He is to be commended. Instead of sitting on his butt watching Direct TV last Sunday, He's up in DC running the Marine Corp Marathon. This Sunday, he will be whipping my butt in golf. Go figure though: he never wants to walk, he always insists on a cart.

A four game slide and two consecutive faulty default line-ups has the league wondering about Outlaw. However, Wallace claimed to have had beers with him last Saturday night. That fact layed to rest two popular rumors: Outlaw has not skipped the country and he is not somewhere drying out.

Despite spending time with Wallace, his opponent last week, Outlaw never even bothered to give him a lineup. In fact, Bob claims, they were together three hours and never even discussed the BRFL. What? I can't even spend three hours with my wife without discussing the BRFL.

I think Outlaw should snap out of his slump: he has nobody on a bye week and his injuries are healing.