Week 10 Recaps
Rice, Pimps too much for Irwin
Despite losing to the Eastern Division leaders, the Hellions claim their third straight division crown as the P.W.O.P. rally past the Machines. All this and more in...

The Week That Was in Fantasy League Football

The Pimps defeated the Irwin Hellions in the battle of division leaders to extend their winning streak to six while halting Irwin's own six-win run. Original Gangsta Jerry Rice came up huge for the visiting Pimps, scoring 16 points behind three touchdowns. Peerless Price followed suit with 10 points of his own and Shaun Alexander continued his strong play with 9. Unfortunately, Pimp QB Mark Brunell was a very late scratch from the game and left his team a player shy, but Irwin could not capitalize. Johnnie Morton led the Hellions with 8 points, but Donovan McNabb was held to 5 and Warrick Dunn and Curtis Martin combined for only an additional 10. Irwin's Tampa Bay defense claimed an 11-9 advantage over The Pimps Packers "D", but it still left the Hellions losers on their home turf for the second time this season. Don't cry too much for Irwin, as the Hellions backed into their third consecutive division title as the Abstract Machines fell to the P.W.O.P. (see story below). Now they can focus on staying healthy knowing they'll get a week off in the postseason. As for The Pimps, this was their first victory over Irwin since Week 11 of 1998. More importantly, the win keeps them ahead of the Naughty Figs in the East.

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Stop the presses!! P.W.O.P. downed the division rival Abstract Machines to earn their fourth win of the year. This is truly significant because the Profiteer$ haven't won four games in a season since the magical 1998 campaign. Speaking of magical, Randy Moss lit up the Monday Night lights with a season-best 17 points, outdueling the Machines Morton Anderson by six to steal the two-point win at home. This of course means the Machines were victimized by the home field advantage for the third time this season. Other offensive highlights were the Machines' Marshall Faulk and the P.W.O.P.'s Jeff Garcia with 11 apiece. The Machines won the defensive battle with their Rams unit doubling up the Profiteer$' Raiders team, 16-8, but it wasn't enough to avoid the crushing loss. In addition to evening their record at 5-5, the defeat hands the Western Division title to the Irwin Hellions, leaving the Machines to fight for a wild card. Surprisingly, the 4-6 P.W.O.P. now finds itself only a game behind the Machines and on the playoff fringe.

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The improbably rally of the Anderson Brewmeisters continued as the Brew Krew avenged its early season one-point loss to the Naughty Figs by dishing out its own dramatic one-point justice. After a grueling struggle Sunday, the Figs found themselves four points back of Anderson heading into Monday night. The Figs' Cris Carter broke through at the start of the fourth quarter for a TD and five points, but he was answered by the Brewmeisters' Joe Jurevicius, who caught two huge passes in the final minutes for two points and the win. Ironically, Jurevicius was the lowest scoring offensive starter in Anderson's lineup; Mike Vanderjagt led the team with 9 points while five others had 7. The same could not be said for the Figs, who rode on the shoulders of Rich Gannon and his 17 points. The other six starters combined for only an additional 21 points. The Figs' Ravens defense claimed a narrow 14-12 win over Anderson's Charger squad, but it still left the home team a point shy. The win moves Anderson to 4-6 and into legitimate playoff positioning while the loss drops the Figs to 6-4, two games back of the division leading Pimps.

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The Sims Stereco snapped a four-game losing streak with authority by routing the weary C.W.O.T. by 36 points, 60-24. Kurt Warner anchored the offensive explosion with 11 points (which is 11 more than he posted last week), and runningbacks Tiki Barber and Ricky Williams combined for an additional 20. The real force of nature here was kicker David Akers, who delivered 19 backbreaking points. On the other sideline, only Martin Gramatica (10 points) reached double digits for Jody. In keeping with the theme of the pounding, the C.W.O.T.'s Miami defense fell 14-6 to Sims' Giants squad. The win is Sims' first over Jody since Week 12 of 1999. The loss all but puts a fork in Jody's season. At 3-7, the defending Eastern Division champions must win out in order to avoid missing the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. As for the Stereco, they move up to 4-6 to stay within the playoff peripheral.

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Thomas' Bock Boys won for the first time this season in a hostile environment as they outlasted the hapless Piana Raze 46-35 at En Fuego Field. Remarkable, Piana claimed a narrow 55-49 offensive edge over Thomas thanks largely to Marty Booker's career best 17 points and kicker John Carney's 12. The Bock Boys kept it close thanks to Daunte Culpepper's 13 and David Boston's 10. Freshly-inked runningback Antowain Smith was shut out in his Bock Boy debut, yet his absence on the scoreboard was made up for by Thomas' Philadelphia defense. The Eagles, who sported two defensive touchdowns of their own, routed Piana's Saints squad 28-3 to hand Thomas the victory and season sweep. The Boys now return to .500 at 5-5 and into a tie with the Abstract Machines for playoff positioning. Piana, having now lost seven of their last eight, is on the sheer brink of playoff elimination.

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