The Anderson Brewmeisters overcame a 22-point deficit on Monday Night to flatten The Pimps, 37-18, in the Game of the Week. Brewmeister receiver Torry Holt caught two scores and tallied 14 points to cut into The Pimps lead, but it was Anderson's new Rams defense and their 27 points that ultimately buried the home team.

The Pimps built their lead the old fashioned way -- through special teams and defense. Placekicker John Kasay scored 12 points, and the Cowboy D posted another 15. On offense, Rod Smith brought in a team-high 8 points, and halfback Shaun Alexander scored 6 more on the ground. Anderson stayed alive on Sunday thanks to 7 apiece from Peyton Manning and Keyshawn Johnson. The backfield suffered without LaDainian Tomlinson, as Amos Zeroue and Charlie Garner combined for only 5 points, leaving the visitors in sizeable hole. Yet the game's momentum swung hard and fast on Monday, as Holt and the Rams combined for a game-breaking 41 points to steal the win away from the home team.

With the victory, the 3-3 Brewmeisters move up into a first place tie atop the Eastern Division. And like the co-leading Pimps, they sport an impressive 3-1 divisional record. Despite maintaining a share of the lead, The Pimps continue to struggle, having now lost three of their last four games.

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Anderson wasn't the only team staging a come-from-behind victory on Monday Night. Jody's Colossal Waste of Time got a huge boost from stand-in quarterback Marc Bulger, and the C.W.O.T. rallied to defeat Pirk's Wicked Oil Profiteer$ at the Vortex, 34-27.

P.W.O.P. enjoyed huge games from Steve McNair and Ahman Green, who torched C.W.O.T. defenders for 15 and 14 points, respectively. Jody's Sunday high scorer, by contrast, was Deuce McAllister with 7. Anthony Thomas and kicker Martin Gramatica chipped in 5 more apiece, but Jody's rally came from the other side of the ball. The C.W.O.T.'s Dolphin defense answer the P.W.O.P. challenge with their best game of the season, a 26-point barrage that brought Jody to within 5 points of Pirk heading into Monday Night. Under the prime time lights, newly-signed QB Marc Bulger dazzled the tiring Profiteer defense for 12 points and the victory.

Jody climbs back up to 3-3 with the win, their eighth straight against a Western Division opponent. The loss, meanwhile, is only the second of the season for the Profiteer$, but drops them out of first place nonetheless.

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In a grueling game that will likely jump-start a fading rivalry, the Piana Raze used Brad Johnson's arm and En Fuego Field's home field advantage to clip the visiting Irwin Hellions, 21-20.

The Hellions continued their recent offensive struggles this week, posting only 28 offensive points against the Raze. Brett Favre had a very respectable 9 points, but the other 5 offensive starters combined for only 9 more. Irwin managed to get 6 points from its placekicker and another 3 off a defensive score by its Buccaneer defense, who in turn hammered Piana for 22 points-against. The Raze mustered only 8 points from its Panther defense, but got a combined 15 from William Green and Jamal Lewis and a game-high 17 from quarterback Brad Johnson to pull close. Then, trailing with just seconds left, Jason Elam connected on a 47-yard field goal to propel the Raze to the narrow victory.

The win is Piana's third straight over the Hellions and fourth in a row overall. At 5-1, they now sit in sole possession of first in the West. Irwin, meanwhile, has dropped two straight divisional contests and falls back to 3-3.

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The Abstract Machines delivered yet another blow to the Sims Stereco's world title defense, crushing the champs in front of their home crowd, 35-10.

Machines' quarterback Trent Green finally went off this week, passing for a team-high 17 points in leading the rout. While no other offensive starter scored more than 6, placekicker Morton Andersen posted 12 and the Raven defense nearly doubled that number with 19. The Stereco, by contrast, struggled from the beginning. Halfbacks Ricky Williams and Stephen Davis almost clocked in identical performances (75 yds, 1 TD, t FL) that amounted to 5 points apiece. Drew Bledsoe, courageously filling in for Mike Vick, was held to zero points on the day. The lone bright spot for Sims came on defense, where its new Bronco squad stripped 21 points away from the visiting Machines to almost cut the margin of victory in half.

The Mechanical Ones snap a two-game losing streak with the win and, at 3-3, remain only two games back of the division-leading Raze.The 2-4 Stereco have now dropped two straight for the first time since Week 9 of last year but remain only a game off the pace in the East.

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Thomas' Bock Boys finally gave the Bockyard faithful something to cheer about, besting the Naughty Figs, 37-14, for their first home win of the season. Priest Holmes returned to double-digits with a team-high 10 point effort, and placekicker Jeff Wilkins returned from his bye with 10 of his own. Tony Gonzales also had a big day, scoring his best mark of the season at 9 points.

The Figs must have spent all they had in last week's upset over Sims, as points were few and far between this week. QB Matt Hasselbeck led the team with 6, but only one other starter (Joe Horn with 5) scored more than 3 points in support. The Figs fall to 1-4 with the loss, meaning they must win 5 of their final seven games to qualify for the playoffs. Thomas, meanwhile, has now won three of four and is back to .500 for the first time since the preseason.

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