Czupryna 39 Jones-Klingman 31

JK falls to 4-4 and if the playoffs began today, their season would be over. As a third place team in their division they would have to complete on points. JK's regular line-up failed him as Favre had a horrible game. He got half his points from a special reserve of KC's defense.

Deitrich 64 Peil 32

Outlaw 72 Stroupe 43

For Outlaw, it was a quite a release after three very quiet weeks that put him out of a playoff spot in the competative Central division. New Englands QBs showed "early season form" with four strikes. Then there was the aforementioned Taylor, although the guy that Outlaw benched to make room for Taylor, James Stewart, picked up two garbage time TDs in the second half. One note: Outlaw picked up Doug Brien, the New Orleans kicker, kicked in 12, 3 coming when Ricky Williams was unable to slam it in. Twenty points on Monday was icing, but very important as Outlaw owns a points playoff slot.

Stroupe, despite being 1-7 is actually in the playoffs at the moment. Thanks to his big week, he currently has JK and Peil outpointed for the last point slot.

Jackson 38 Talbot 14

After jumping up with 47 against Best, Talbot went back to his usual pattern this week. He has scored below 20 in 7 of 8 weeks this year.

Best 26 Barry 21

The game snapped a couple of streaks. Barry's four game winning streak is over as is Best's three game losing streak. The loss drops Barry from first place in the East where he resided in week 7. Best remains cemented in second in the West: two games behind Jackson and three ahead of basement dwellers CZ and Stroupe.

The 47 point scored is a little more that one third of the 128 scored in last years game between these two, at the time the highest scoring game in BRFL history.

The clash between the St Louis Rams and the Tenneesee Titans will be mirrored on the BRFL playing fields as the Mosakowski-Hale takes on Wallace. Wallace at 6-0-1 has the best record in the league, but 4-3 Mos on most weeks, may have the best team.

Is Peil for real? Can AB stay on his lofty perch. Can Talbot generate a winning streak? Is Outlaw sliding to oblivion?

3-3 last week. 25-15-2 for the year.

Mosakowski-Hale vs Wallace (-3)

This game also mirrors the match up of QBs as St Louis visits Tennessee, that is assuming Wallace uses Tennessee. The bigger the game, the more likely Wallace will tinker with his line-up. Usually in a big time match up, and who at the beginning of the season would have predicted that STL v TEN would be a "big time match-up", it is the kickers, not the QBs that excel, as a certain tightness sets in. That is probably what will happen here as neither STL or TEN is used to playing in such games.

History wants me to pick MOS in this game, since Wallace shouldn't keep up this pace. However, Wallace gets the pick. With the predicted neutralization of Warner/Bruce, Mo-Ha's going to win with Duce Staley? I don't think so.

Jones-Klingman (-7) vs Czupryna

This curiously enough brings us to another QB v QB match up as JK's Green Bay faces CZ's Seattle. As I mentioned, Green Bay is motivated, and there is no better player in the BRFL that plays motivated than Brett Favre. No further analysis needed, JK in a laugher (cue up Vincent Price at the end of "Thriller").

Peil vs Deitrich (-13)

DP's joyride is over. By the time the Vikes take the field, he will be several TDs behind. If he's lucky, this will be one of those "score 40 and lose games" he is famous for. Deitrich to end up with all the treats in his bag.

Barry vs Best (-2)

Best counters with Carolina at Atlanta or Rich Gannon and his broken wrist vs Miami. No one is home in this neighborhood. No treats this week. Barry hoists a cold one in his vacation paradise.

Outlaw (-4) vs Stroupe

Talbot vs Jackson (-21)