A few people tried to bench a starter after the Thursday games this week. As a reminder to everyone, I'll quote from the rules: "For weeks with Thurs/Fri games, players involved in the game(s) are locked two hours before the [first] game -- no changes can be made to their status." This means that a player will remain a starter if he's not removed from the lineup before the "lock- time" on that Thursday. When resolving this issue, I keep as much of the submitted lineup intact and leave off only the last player(s) listed at the position in question. No trade windows this week. All Eagles and Chiefs players will have their status locked at 18:30 EST on Thursday. In the standings, x = clinched division, y = clinched playoff spot, and z = eliminated from playoffs. The updated FFLM files for all four leagues have been posted to my space on Vnet's web server. (Links to the files are on the RAFFLE home page.) Standings ~~~~~~~~~ Record Win Division Pts Pts W L T Pct W L T For Agnst Strk -------------------------------------------------------------------- Purple Bruins 5 5 1 .500 4 0 1 887 796 1T Maspeth Mashers 4 7 0 .364 3 3 0 773 873 1W Trouncers 2 8 1 .227 0 4 1 713 904 1T z-Zoosters 2 9 0 .182 2 2 0 664 1025 3L y-Wisconsin Panthers 9 2 0 .818 3 2 0 1077 802 2W y-Boston Bruisers 9 2 0 .818 3 2 0 1004 839 1L Wide Boys 6 5 0 .545 1 4 0 916 900 1W Technicolor Goatboys 5 6 0 .455 3 2 0 939 942 2L y-Hawaii 5-0 8 3 0 .727 4 2 0 828 782 2W Broussard's Brawlers 6 5 0 .545 4 2 0 967 856 4W Rainbow Warriors 6 5 0 .545 2 2 0 899 845 1L Battle Creek Battle-Cats 3 8 0 .273 0 4 0 802 905 2L Results ~~~~~~~ Trouncers ( 68) Purple Bruins ( 68) Technicolor Goatboys ( 62) Maspeth Mashers ( 85) Broussard's Brawlers (103) Zoosters ( 56) Wisconsin Panthers ( 84) Boston Bruisers ( 68) Rainbow Warriors ( 66) Wide Boys ( 98) Hawaii 5-0 ( 86) Battle Creek Battle-Cats( 80) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 Chi WR Dez White Atl WR Brian Fenneran 5 Dal RB Tony Hambrick NYJ D N.Y. Jets Atl TE Alge Crumpler Buf TE Jay Riemersma 1 Min D Minnesota Ind D Indianapolis 8 Det HC Marty Mornhinweg Cle HC Butch Davis KC WR Marvin Minnis Buf QB Alex Van Pelt Trades ~~~~~~ None this week. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will return next week. Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Boston Bruisers at 1. Trouncers 2. Purple Bruins at 4. Zoosters 10. Hawaii 5-0 at 7. Wide Boys 6. Technicolor Goatboys at 5. Wisconsin Panthers 11. Battle Creek Battle-Cats at 9. Rainbow Warriors 3. Maspeth Mashers at 12. Broussard's Brawlers Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs Thu 8:30pm St. Louis Rams at Atlanta Falcons Sun 1:00pm Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Sun 1:00pm Denver Broncos at Miami Dolphins Sun 1:00pm Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints Sun 1:00pm Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals Sun 1:00pm New England Patriots at New York Jets Sun 1:00pm Minnesota Vikings at Pittsburgh Steelers Sun 1:00pm Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens Sun 1:00pm Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns Sun 1:00pm San Diego Chargers at Seattle Seahawks Sun 4:05pm Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins Sun 4:15pm Arizona Cardinals at Oakland Raiders Sun 4:15pm Buffalo Bills at San Francisco 49ers Sun 8:30pm Green Bay Packers at Jacksonville Jaguars Mon 9:00pm