Remember... this is a projection based only upon each team's current ppg and schedule. The projection does not take into account which players have bye weeks coming up, which players are facing what defenses in the coming weeks, or what the weather conditions will be for those matchups.

1 Joebob 13-1
2 Wang 12-2
3 Clark 11-3 - will not play Kevin, so total pts scored is key
4 Kevin 11-3
5 Stan 8-6 - beat Cals in Week 7
6 Cals 8-6
7 Vesh 7-7 - should beat John in Week 11
8 John 7-7 - should be 1-1 against Vesh and Richard
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Richard 7-7 - lost to John; will not face Vesh
Brodz 6-8 - should beat JoePa in Week 14
JoePa 6-8
Gary 5-9
Ali 5-9
Adam 3-11
Shiv 2-12
Brad 1-13

NO DIGITIZED UPHEAVAL

In the 2 weeks since WIR #7, only Richard has dropped from ''inside looking out'' to ''outside looking in.'' The projected top 4 seeds remain Joebob, Wang, Clark and Kevin. Stan, Cals and Vesh still have apparent holds on playoff spots - while John projects to beat Richard out for spot #8 (thanks entirely to the JJ win over HaHT this past week). Brodz and JoePa still could get hot and climb back into contention. Gary and Ali are both 5-4 now, but both apparently will be underdogs in most (if not all) of their 5 remaining games.

SUPER BOMBAD

The Xbox (18 team wins) division split their 4 games against the Dreamcast (16) division, while the GameCube (18) division also went 2-2 against the PlayStation 2 (20) division.

Highest scoring team: Mahatma's Minions - 50.4 ppg
Lowest scoring team: Blue Collar Workers - 21.8 ppg
Toughest defense: Mahatma's Minions - 29.2 ppg
Softest defense: Black Knights of the Charles - 46.1 ppg
League scoring average: 36.8 ppg (last year 38.7)

JoePa still has gotten the 3 bonus QB pts every week (8 Aaron Brooks starts - and 1 for Chris Chandler).

Getting to the bloody point... on to WIR #9!

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**** GAME OF THE WEEK ****
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Dude 63
Rabbis Rappin' on 'Roids 35

Coming out of the Sunday afternoon games, Adam's Rappin' Rabbis actually had what appeared to be a decent shot at an upset. RRR had a 35-6 lead on Dude - and even though Dude had 4 players yet to play... average performances from Eddie, Shaun, Darrell and Seabass just might have meant a stunning defeat for Clark. But once Shaun ran roughshod all over the Raiders in Sunday Nitro action, Dude snatched themselves a victory. RRR falls to 2-7 with this loss - and can get themselves prepared for the consolation bowl. JGarcia should light up the scoreboard against the soft defenses of the non-playoff teams. Dude is now 7-2 - and the emergence of Darrell Jackson must have GM Clark excited about how solid his lineup now looks. As long as Watters stays out of SAlexander's way, EGeorge stays healthy, and J-kow stays in the country... Dude will be a tough matchup in the postseason.

kerry 3 eddie 3 shaun 33 djax 12 booker 3 sloan 0 j'kow 9
jgarcia 15 tiki 6 chapman 3 hakim 0 moulds 2 fjones 0 mare 9
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Blue Collar Workers 31
Everyone Go Deep 40

Brad's team posted their highest pt total of the season (previous high was 28 in Week 1), but it still wasn't good enough to beat Gary. Brad has started 8 different WRs over the last 5 weeks - and still just can't seem to find the right pairing. The Blue Collar Workers' running game seems to be getting into gear, but appear to be running into some scheduling difficulties just when it looked like Brad might beat Adam this coming weekend for dubya #2. The bad news for HaHT regarding Edgerrin meant lots of "yippee!"s in Everyone Go Deep HQs. But SAlexander's performance against Oakland Sunday night probably has RWatters wondering if he'll get any meaningful PT the rest of the season. But all this RB stuff just doesn't matter to Gary compared to the early season success of the hooping AZ Wildcats (wins over Maryland and Florida in the Ikon Classic).
Scrub win for Gary (2-0)

vick 3 priest 3 duce 18 plaxico 0 oronde 3 becht 0 cortez 4
peyton 12 tjones 0 dominic 0 keenan 9 freeman 9 alge 6 nedney 4
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Mahatma's Minions 56
Pimps de la Nast 35

GM Joebob apparently has settled back into the IFEJ throne after reclaiming the Presidency from Shiv at the conclusion of this battle. Pimps de la Nast actually posted their 2nd highest pt total of the season this week, but still came up a full Marshall Faulk short of Mahatma's Minions. Joebob also received strong performances from Elam and Dayne - as the Minions bounced back quite well from their first loss last week. By being able to run the ball at will against Shiv, Joebob was able to rest his passing attack for their showdown with BUBE this coming weekend. It looked like Shiv had a healthy TDavis again (before the latest setback), but Terrell's return had come too late to salvage what's left of this season anyway. Pimps de la Nast have tied 12 Angry Men's 1999 apparent record for the earliest a team has been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.

brady 3 mfaulk 21 dayne 9 rod 3 isaac 6 walls 0 elam 14
warner 3 tdavis 6 h'brick 6 chrebet 3 cris 9 chad 0 l'well 8
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Having a Hard Time 30
Jersey Juggernauts 73

Some with short-term memory issues might ask if Jersey Juggernauts came close to the RFL's all-time single-game scoring record. The answer would be an emphatic "NO"! In week 14 last year, Brodz' Determined Sperm... put up an incredible 92 pts on Wally's Crazed Beagles (led by Mike Anderson's 39)! Although... GM John's 42 WR pts might have tied a record - Vesh's AConnell and TiBrown also scored 42 in week 8 of last season. I don't recall a pair of WRs ever scoring more than 42. Who would have thought that John would struggle so much with QBs vINTy and TGreen?!? Richard got a nice games out of Favre and Buckhalter, but little else. And now with Edgerrin out for perhaps the rest of the season... Richard clearly regrets trading away Priest. GM Brad has Duce on a state of heightened alert - as Having a Hard Time RB C-buck stands to gain the most should a misfortunate accident befall Duce.

favre 9 cbuck 9 tom'son 3 kevinj 3 b'ford 0 pollard 0 v'jagt 6
vINTy 0 wdunn 12 bus 9 thrash 15 mhar'son 27 ej'son 6 hollis 4
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Boobies! 54
Uffdalators 40

Cals was trying to play opossum when submitting his depth chart last weekend - "My goodness, I fear I am outmatched by the Uffdalators. My scrubs have shown their true form of late." But even though he wasn't fooling anyone, Kevin still could not muster up the offensive attack to avoid losing his 2nd in a row. The Boobies! foursome of Culpepper, Hearst, Antowain and Akers can hang with anyone else's QB-RB-PK grouping - and scored a Puerto Rico against Uffdalators. However... Cals' devotion to Toad Pinky has started to border on that ''special'' relationship between Dan Reeves and Tommy Maddox. The Uffdalators foursome of RWilliams, Dillon, TimBrown and Cahney did well to score 40 against Cals this week, but the 0s from JMiller, Amani and Sharpe spelled doom for Kevin - now 6-3 and in danger of potentially falling out of homefield advantage for their quarterfinal game.

c'pep 12 hearst 9 antowain 18 tholt 3 pinky 0 bubba 0 akers 12
miller 0 rw''ms 9 dillon 9 tibrown 9 amani 0 sharpe 0 cahney 13
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Black Knights of the Charles 46
Cleveland Steamers 37

Stover did his part in MNF action - scoring 10 to help overcome Cleveland Steamers' 34-27 deficit heading into the madness. However Vesh and the Titans' D were not able to prevent Sir Qadry from scoring - let alone put up a Staubach on them. If Vesh can close the regular season winning 3 of 5, he should still eke out a playoff spot. But one more upset loss like this will most likely drop the Steamers into the consolation bowl. JoePa's silly English Kiniggits are putting up a valiant effort in trying to save the ''damsel in distress.'' Damsel is JoePa's neck. Distress is making the playoffs. JoePa could be expected to beat Shiv, Adam and Ali down the stretch. But in order to earn a shot at the Aglione Bowl, JoePa will also need to beat Joebob and/or Brodz. Brooks, Qadry and Wilkins are known to be up to the task. Fred T, M Bennett and Sir Muhsin need to get their asses in gear.

brooks 13 elvisj 0 kfaulk 6 muhsin 3 qadry 12 riemer 0 wilkins 12
greasy 9 jjax 3 ahman 6 jsmith 9 trb'n 0 conwell 0 stover 10
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Short-Changed Bastards of Persia 39
Brooding Unicorn Blithe Elephant 59

All that gnashing of teeth in BUBE HQs was totally unnecessary - as AThomas and LSmith both scored a measly 3 pts this week. Wang *should* have started RB #4 TMinor instead! RMoss finally busted out for his highest pt total of the season, but 9 certainly wasn't what Ali had in mind. On the other hand... Short-Changed Bastards of Persia's QB DMcNabb's 18 was quite a strong statement - even against a deflated Vikes D. TDavis' return resulted in an expected 0 for MAnderson, but a meager 3 for CGarner left Ali with little hope to upset the favored BUBE squad. Wang got some big pts from Martin and Boston, but Keyshawn continues to disappoint. How many catches/yards can this guy rack up without hitting paydirt?!? The BChamberlain TE pick is looking like a bust now. With the Vikes' inexplicable struggles on offense, there just aren't enough TDs to go around - after Carter, Moss and Culpepper.

mcnabb 18 ma'son 0 garner 3 rmoss 9 lcoles 0 kbrady 0 hall 9
gannon 9 cmartin 24 atrain 3 keyj'son 3 boston 12 byron 0 mgram 8
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Fighting Poopy Diapers 41
Invasive Species 43

With Brodz needing only 5 more Elvis yards, and the Ravens - late in the 4th quarter - sitting on the Titan 10 with 3rd and 6 (and Sharpe looking for 1 more catch to break Ozzie Newsome's TE receptions record)... Grbac rolled right and fired the ball into the stands to setup yet another Stover FG. Fighting Poopy Diapers' stirring comeback fell short - dropping Brodz to 3-6. The difference in this game for Stan's Invasive Species... a garbage-time TD reception for Reuben Droughns in the Lions-Bucs game. Brodz apparently needs to go 5-0 (might actually be possible if Kevan/Pittman can be a solid #2 to Stephen Davis) to return to the postseason. Vesh and Clark appear to be Brodz' biggest obstacles. Wins for Stan over Ali and Adam should be enough to secure an invite to the Humongous Hoedown. In order to become a serious contender, Stan will need to find some talent to support TO.
Scrub loss for Brodz (0-3)!!!

elvis 3 pittman 3 kevan 9 graham 0 horn 15 tonyg 6 mort 5
flute 3 reuben 6 maurice 6 towens 18 joey 0 dclark 6 richey 4

DO UNTO OTHERS...

When submitting your depth chart every week, of course the absolute minimum expected behavior is for you to email the info to the League Office (preferably both sony and hotmail addresses). The ''common courtesy'' rule of thumb is to also CC your opponent when submitting your d chart. Some might complain that knowing who your opponent is - and then figuring out his email address - is too much of a hassle. For those of you falling into this category (and you know who you are), simply do what most of us do anyway... email your depth chart to the entire RFL list every week.

EXCEPTION THAT MAKES THE RULE

Of course a few of you call the League Office nearly every Sunday morning to make one change or another - changes which obviously will not reach the eyes/ears of your opponent.

So for those of you who really *NEED* to know the precise lineup you're facing that week, you can try calling the League Office. But there will be weeks when the League Secretary will not know that info to a 100 percent degree of certainty until he heads into the League Office on Sunday - sometimes as late as 5pm (CA time).

LITTLE MAN SHIV'S EMAIL

Yes, hotmail emails register Greenwich Mean Time in my email app... so Shiv's latest d chart email *appeared* to be over 4 hours late. But when factoring in the 8 hour time difference, Shiv's d chart got in well before the cutoff time.

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* RFL GM Profiles: Dave Brodkin, Co-GM, Fighting Poopy Diapers *
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[Note: The spelling and grammar submitted in this interview do not reflect the spelling and grammar capabilities of the WIR staff.]

This interviewer and Dave Brodkin broke into RFL in the Fall of 1990 co-GMing the Citgo Bombers. After dominating lesser talents such as Patrick Callery, Dave and I decided to bring parity back to the leage by ending our parternship and venturing out with our own teams. 2001 has marked a changing of the guard in the Brodking franchise. New heir to the throne, Issac Fenway Brodking has now taken the reigns of the day to day operations while Dave still remains as Chief Strategist/Visionary.

RFL Week in Review Editing Staff: Dave, let me start by saying you look great. Fatherhood has not robbed you of your youth! How do you do it?

David Brodkin: Thanks Joe. I've actually maintained my youthful disposition by adding a steady diet of Gerber's baby food to my regimen. It's unbelievable how many flavors they have. Mashed banana... mashed plums... mashed chicken... mmmmmm (rubs tummy). I will admit that in addition to my youthfulness, I've also had some poor impulse control and lack of urinary/fecal continence.

RFL: Whoa! That's a bit disturbing! Lets jump right into RFL, shall we. Michael Pittman? Travis Taylor? This is not what we've come to expect from Brodkin run teams. What happened on draft day?

DB: No excuses Joe. I know this is difficult for people because they're used to seeing championship caliber teams on a yearly basis from me. Don't count out the Fighting Poopy Diapers just yet though. There are still plenty of games to be played.

RFL: Have you washed your hands of this season or are you still hoping for a turnaround?

DB: Scoreboard... Fighting Poopy Diapers 45, Mahatma's Minions 35. Obviously my hands are still dirty.

RFL: (Ignoring answer) Rumors are circulating that this downfall of the Brodkin franchise is linked to Issac's involvement. Any truth to this. Is he just not ready to play a major role in an RFL franchise? Was he pushed to hard?

DB: C'MON JOE! (pounding fist) GIVE THE KID A BREAK! I mean Isaac's only seven months old, and he's already picked up 3 victories. Can you imagine such feats by an individual who does not have the ability speak??? This is the work of a prodigy. Kobe wasn't an MVP candidate his first year out of high school. Just imagine what Isaac's gonna do next year and beyond.

RFL: Ok, Ok. Hey, you know RFL has no patience! Who do you feel is the frontrunner for the Ags Bowl and why?

DB: I see Joe, looking for a plug for your Minions? I think not. You lose a couple guys for the week and you're plain lost. Mahatma could have put seven pillars of salt in your lineup with the same results. I predict Poopy Diapers vs. Rappin Rabbis in the final. Poopy Diapers take the Ags on bench points.

RFL: Oh Dave (sighing), so naive sometimes. Lets switch gears. The Sox. Lets face it, they're never going to pass the Yankees. Should they just try to move to another division?

DB: Sorry to break it to you Joe, but us Red Sox fans passed the curse of the Bambino onto you in the bottom of the ninth inning last night. The curse may be transferred by drinking a potion that automatically gives all of your misfortunes to your most hated opposing sports team. Secret incredient: Krusty Cough Syrup.

RFL: What series? Oh, that was nothing. Yanks didn't want to win that. That's all. Do you feel that you will be doing an injustice to Issac by turning him on to the Sox. Why not start him on a championship team so his years will be filled with pure postseason joy?

DB: Championship team? Ahhh. You must be talking about the Diamondbacks (smiles at Yankees' hardship) Well actually my in-laws, residents of Scottsdale, AZ, have been trying to convert him. Last summer, Isaac and my wife, Nancy, preceded me to Arizona because I was taking the medical boards. When they picked me up at the airport later that week, Isaac was dressed from head to toe in Diamondbacks purple. But alas, the diamondbacks are a very distant #2. My baby has Red Sox in his blood. He's not Isaac Fenway for nothing.

RFL: How about the Commish. If you had 2 things to recommend to him, what would they be?

DB: 1.) He's getting on in years, so I would recommend an annual cholesterol check and a colonoscopy every five to ten years
2.) Always tie your shoelaces before you go out in the morning.

RFL: That's sound advice Dave. Do you feel that the Commish is going out of his way to phase out the Old Guard and to disrespect us?

DB: ... (Interviewer filling in answer: ''YES'')

RFL: If you had to chose between Cals as Commish and Wang as Commish, who would you choose?

DB: That's a toughy (scratching chin). I spent many years bashing Cals at every opportunity I could find. But let's face it. Callery was the divine creator of RFL and he brought remarkable wit and charisma to the game. But what about Wang? The shear dedication... the unrelenting passion for RFL. So who would I choose? I'd take the best qualities of each and create an amalgam that would live as the greatest commissioner to walk this planet. I would call him... Commissioner Wanglery.

RFL: Which equals Lance Harry. What do you have planned for the Wilding Anniversary this year?

DB: A yard of orange juice. Long live the Wilding.

RFL: How has being both a husband and father impacted your once full social life? Are your clubbing days over?

DB: (chuckling) Joe, Joe, Joe. How naïve you are to think that such events as marriage and fatherhood could stop my wild clubbing days. In my college days, a typical night was spent smothered by the bodies of a slew of smokin' babes writhing to the beat of blaring techno music in a hot sweaty club on Landsdowne Street. Now, my social life is exactly the same, except: 1) the writhing hot babes are replaced with my wife sitting on the couch and a baby crawling on the floor, 2) the music is at normal volume and is comprised of Sesame Street's Greatest Hits, and 3) we're in my living room and not a club on Landsdowne.

RFL: What are your upcoming career plans?

DB: I plan to be a Doctor of Rotisserie Football. I will focus entirely on the medical needs of rotisserie football general managers, fans, and players. It's a subset of psychiatry.

RFL: Any desires to move out to Silicon Valley to be closer to RFL HQ?

DB: Funny you should ask Joe. There's a chance I could make my way out to Arizona one day. It's not the coast, but it is the same side of the country.

RFL: Give me the 1st thought that comes to your mind when you read the following items:

RFL: Yankees

DB: cost of a world series has gone up

RFL: Red Sox

DB: wait til next year

RFL: Brown

DB: wonder

RFL: Mahatma

DB: peace, love, and RFL

RFL: Snehal

DB: where'd he go???

RFL: Wang

DB: #2

In closing, though slightly delusional in terms his of bashing of the Yanks and Minions, Dave Brodkin remains a firm staple in our RFL family. His grooming of Issac will no doubt bring a whole new reign of terror on all other RFL GM's. I can't think of a better mentor (besides myself) for young RFL GM's.

This has been an RFL interview. The rights to all proceeds made from this interview belong to the RFL WIR and exclusively to the RFL WIR.
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SEASON POINTS LEADERS
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QB
101 Peyton Manning (Everyone Go Deep)
99 Jeff Garcia (Rabbis Rappin' on 'Roids)
98 Daunte Culpepper (Boobies!)

RB
99 Shaun Alexander (Dude)
87 Marshall Faulk (Mahatma's Minions)
81 Priest Holmes (Blue Collar Workers)
81 Corey Dillon (Uffdalators)
78 Ahman Green (Cleveland Steamers)
75 Ricky Williams (Uffdalators)
75 Curtis Martin (Brooding Unicorn Blithe Elephant)

WR
96 Terrell Owens (Invasive Species)
92 Rod Smith (Mahatma's Minions)
90 Marvin Harrison (Jersey Juggernauts)
63 James Thrash (Jersey Juggernauts)
51 Cris Carter (Pimps de la Nast)
51 David Boston (Brooding Unicorn Blithe Elephant)
51 Tim Brown (Uffdalators)

TE
41 Tony Gonzalez (Fighting Poopy Diapers)
36 Bubba Franks (Boobies!)
33 Wesley Walls (Mahatma's Minions)

PK
70 Sebastian Janikowski (Dude)
68 John Carney (Uffdalators)
68 Jason Elam (Mahatma's Minions)

be sure to check:
The Season Points Leaders Page
...for a more complete listing of scoring leaders.

Joebob	Advantage	Wang
TBrady		RGannon
MFaulk		CMartin
RDayne		AThomas
RSmith		KeyJohnson
IBruce		DBoston
WWalls		BChamberlain
JElam		MGramatica

This one should be for the Steamroller. Although if Wang pulls off the incredible upset, and Clark beats Wang in Week 12... Dude could climb right into the thick of Steamroller contention.
Normally, Wang would not be so fearful of matching up BUBE against Joebob's Minions. But with CMartin facing Miami and AThomas going up against TB... the normally productive BUBE running game should get shut down. In cases like these, Wang would turn to LSmith against the Jets D. But with T Minor eating into Lamar's PT, Wang is stuck.
In the Minions' HQs, Joebob was heard licking his chops in anticipation of having MFaulk and RDayne running loose against the NE and MIN defenses respectively. Throw in TBrady against STL, Rod and Elam against WA, Isaac against NE and Walls against SF... and Mahatma's Minions could be the first team ever to hit triple digits!
Wang will hope that his WRs can surprise, that some of the Minions will be off their games, and that MM and BUBE will meet again in the playoffs with a lesser disparity in player-defense matchups.

**** Wishful thinking for a close one, Wally's Minions by 4 ****

13-Rabbis Rappin' on 'Roids (2-7, 31.2) by 6 over 1-Blue Collar Workers (1-8, 21.8)
For Adam it's all Garcia - all the time. Brad will be relying on Duce and the WR revolving door to make up the QB difference.

15-Invasive Species (6-3, 36.9) by 5 over 3-Having a Hard Time (5-4, 38.8)
For Stan it's all TO - all the time. Richard will be trying to make up for the loss of Edgerrin with C-buck and a stealth WR.

4-Boobies! (4-5, 41.2) by 3 over 14-Cleveland Steamers (4-5, 40.3)
Booba should be the difference for Cals. A source close to Vesh reported that Vesh turned down an offer of a solid #1 RB for Greasy.

9-Pimps de la Nast (0-9, 31.8) by 2 over 5-Black Knights of the Charles (3-6, 32.2)
Shiv's hopes for win #1 rely on Warner's thumb. If JoePa can ever get his RBs back in the lineup, he could get back in this thing.

6-Dude (7-2, 43.4) by 1 over 12-Jersey Juggernauts (5-4, 36.4)
If Clark's pass-catching trio comes up lame, Dude will lose. John can pull off the upset with more Harrison-Thrash magic.

11-Uffdalators (6-3, 42.4) by 8 over 7-Short-Changed Bastards of Persia (5-4, 31.4)
Kevin will counter a big QB deficit with a huge advantage in RBs. Ali is looking to McNabb and hopefully 18+ from Moss.

10-Everyone Go Deep (5-4, 32.2) by 7 over 8-Fighting Poopy Diapers (3-6, 32.6)
As long as PManning's jaw is ok, Gary should prevail. Brodz needs some starters to complement SDavis and JHorn.

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Revised: November 13, 2001