With three games to go, The BRFL is evenly split between the haves and have nots. Barring a collapse by the current division leaders or current second place teams, it appears that those six playoff spots may be set. The scramble will then be for the two points slots, which remained status quo with Barry and CZ, the two teams with the worst records having the most points.

70 CJ Q PIT 12, JRice 9, WDunn 1, RMoss 7, FTaylor 21 ADel Greco 12 D Atl 8 CHawkins 0
25 BST GB Q 12, ASmith 0, JAvery 0, LHoard 0, KJohnson 1, CPickens 0, PStoyanovich 1 MIN D 11

Jackson's entire roster scored 103 points. He played the lowest scoring of his three QBs in PIT with 12. His "28" backfield of Fred Taylor and Warrick Dunn combined for 22 points (Taylor got 21, Dunn 1). Jerry Rice had his usual against the Falcons and Randy Moss helped ruin Viking fan Best's day.

Best had a decent day from Favre and Min D, but nothing much in between, a growing concern for him.

25 WAL DAL Q 6 TDavis 7 RSmith 0 NKaufman 0 CJohnson 0 MVanderjagt 6 AReed 0 GB D 6
25 CZ Jax QB 0, KAbdul Jabbar 7, JGalloway 7, JSmith 0, SJefferson 0, EMoulds 0, JHanson 8 NE D 3

33 JK *MIA Q 0, BSanders 1, EGeorge 0, JLewis 7, ARison 0, RBrooks 0, MAnderson 7, *NO D 18
32 OUT SEA Q 6, JAnderson 13, GHearst 0, EMcCaffery 0, ISmith 0, HMoore 0, RLongwell 13, ARZ D 0

Outlaw (6-5) was also bidding for a 3-0 dvision record, but got bit by injuries to his WRs in the night games. Herman Moore and Ed MCCaffery both suffer injuries early in their games and were not a factor.

20 DP Oak Q 0, LSmith 0, Amurrell 6, TBrown 0, KMcCardell 0, EKennison 0 JElam 13, Den D 1
16 BAR Cin Q 0, REdwards 0, JBettis 0, BCoates 0, TOwens 7, DScott 0, JKasey 9, NYG D 0

The win for Peil ended a five game slide.

29 STP TEn D 6, CDillon 0, CCarter 0, MHarrison 7, WChrbet 8, WWalls 0, BEngram 0 GAnderson 6, Dallas D 2
28 MOS MIN Q 12, RSmith 0, MFaulk 1, DBennett 0, *OSantiago 0 AFreeman 0, TPedersen 5, SEA D 10

The game breaking play turned out to be Wayne Chrbet's 63 yard TD. They play helped account for Chrbet's 8 points.

44 TAL SF Q 13, NMeans 0, RWatters 0 ESmith 19, JReed 0, TMathis 7, RCunningham 5, TB D 0
27 BUD ATL Q 6, CMartin 1, RMoore 6, TMartin 0, EBennett 0, MIrvin 0 AVinateri 4, *Oak D 10

East Division
JACKSON            8   3    0  452  348    2     1    0 CZ         CZ, STP,BUD,OUT,DP,BAR,JK,BST
BEST               7   4    0  399  382    1     2    0 WAL        WAL,BAR,STP,MOS,OUT, BUD,JK
WALLACE            4   6    1  374  385    1     1    1 BST        CJ,STP,BAR,OUT
CZUPRYNA *         2   8    1  379  416    1     1    1 CJ         BST,STP

Central Division
JONES/KLINGMAN     6   5    0  350  371    3     0    0 DP         DP,BAR,WAL,STP, CZ,OUT
OUTLAW             6   5    0  373  361    2     1    0 BAR        BAR,DP,MOS,TAL,STP, CZ
PEIL               4   7    0  304  364    1     2    0 JK         BST,WAL,CZ,BAR
BARRY *            3   7    1  383  478    0     3    0 OUT        BUD,TAL,CZ

West Division
MOSAKOWSKI-HALE   8   3    0  508  394    2     0    0 BUD        BUD,TAL,CZ,BAR,JK,DP,WAL, CJ
TALBOT            7   4    0  493  453    0     2    0 STP        CZ,WAL,CJ,JK,BST, DP.BUD
DEITRICH          5   6    0  336  381    0     2    0 MOS        JK,OUT, CZ, DP, WAL
STROUPE           4   6    1  358  376    3     0    0 TAL        TAL,BUD,DP,MOS

Top two teams in each divison make playoffs plus two points leaders from     rest of field

*Current Point leaders: Czupryna and Barry

For the first time in six years teams will be playing twice in the regular season. This week we have the renewal of the league's oldest series, Jackson vs Czupryna and the leagues most played series, Best vs Wallace. After a week of critical division games, we relax a bit in week 12. Ripe for upsets?

In the NFL, it's that time of year where teams begin to give up a little. The coach is doomed and the players begin to play for their paychecks. Note who teams such as the Eagles Ravens, Bengals, Rams are playing and load up. Meanwhile cast a wary eye toward teams like New England, Tampa and Kansas City. Former powers with one foot in the grave. Teams that are leading the division or wild card chases, begin to play a little tight in head to head against other strong teams and that's only good news for their kickers.

Where you ought to be is checking out up and coming teams making a late run or laying the foundation for next year. The Arizonas, Indys and the future Tennesee Titans. They can put up huge fantasy numbers, especially when facing a team playing out the string.

No playing out the string for me. 4-1-1 last week. 32-32-2 I'm back at .500

Best would clinch a spot with a win, and has hopes catching Jackson for the division championship. A number of Best's players are facing teams where they performed well the first time. Carl Pickens gets Baltimore again, and Antowain Smith gets Indy. Both Smith and Pickenns have only scored three TDs each this year, two those games. On the other hand, Brett Favre get a rematch with the Vikings. If Favre is over his slump, this will be the game to prove it. This is the 18th meeting with Walalce, a league record. Best has won 12 of these meetings... Make it 13.

This will be an interesting game.The old man has Jacksonville at Pittsburgh, where high scoring is a possibility. Calvin counters with Fred Taylor. If this weeks staffing is any indication, Calvin will go with Arizona QBs, which faces woeful Washington and has proven to play in a shootout when in DC. CZ will test newly acquired Skip Hicks, he of three TD fame. This one will go into the stratosphere scoring wise, which will be good news for CZ trying to get in on points. It won't bother him to lose, C'est la vie, CZ.

Last week, Jones/Klingman must of felt they woke up hungover and married to Carmen Electra. After weeks of stinking it up, they slip past decimated Outlaw and there they are leading the division. The honeymoon continues this week... JK in a romp.

Outlaw is so banged up, the New England Journal of medicine is lurking on this site. This week, he could have Jamal Anderson, Herman Moore and Ed McCaffery in street clothes. that's his whole team right there.

AB blew it last week when he sat Bubby and lost to Peil 20-16. If he is afraid of back-ups, he'll steer clear of Cincinnati and Paul Justin. Elway is back anyway. Outlaw is so shot, AB could put up another sweet 16 and win. It won't help him in the points chase.

Theoretically Bud still has a shot, but that loss to Talbot last week was very costly. This is the league's most competative division and Bud is not even on the track in the points chase.

Talbot has the knack of always choosing the wrong receivers. With Natrone Means injury, he could start three of them this week and be sure of getting the right one.

I expect Stroupe to play spoiler again this week.