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Oct 15, 2005 

Future Meets The Past; NFL Trends Becoming Clear

The T Evens Mark at 8-8; Eli Takes Down 'Boys

NFL - Week 6
$20 Pick Three

Giants (+4) over COWBOYS
I'll finally get on board the Eli Manning bandwagon. Dallas has been up and down and it would seem probable that they would tank at home one week after blowing away Philly.

Panthers (+1) over LIONS
Carolina is a grinding team. Give me any points against a wishy-washy team like Detroit and I'll take it.

Vikings (+3) over BEARS
Chicago's defense at Soldier Field has been great, but the Vikes are not as bad as they've shown the first five weeks. Minnesota's secondary was rebuilt for games like this against interception-prone QB's.

Last Week: 2-1; Season, 8-8. Won, $20.00
(Home team in CAPS)


Fantasy Football - Week 6

Team Wonderbread (3-2-0) vs. CrimDog (3-2-0)

Team Wonderbread broke its two game losing streak with a gutsy eight point win. The schedule gets tougher this week with one of the more formidable teams in CrimDog. A little background on their owner:

The famous Rabbi was a coach of mine during my heyday as the greatest slugger in Castro Valley Little League history. He shook his head in disgust when our coach signaled for me to bunt as the fourth place hitter with the bases loaded and two outs. It was a play assuredly out of the Budweiser or Jack Daniels' baseball playbook.

CrimDog has a good team. Definitely a squad that has underperformed, but is still 3-2 and looking to get better--except--not this week. You see, the Rabbi is a Giants fan and prone to fail at crunchtime. That, or he's liable to be juicing his players at this moment.

The bye week has weakened Team Wonderbread for the second straight week. WR Terrell Owens rests as WR Randy Moss returns to the lineup. The under-performing Cowboys RB Julius Jones is injured and replaced with RB Rudi Johnson. The bye week has also dropped TE L.J. Smith to the bench in favor of the Lions' project tight end, Marcus Pollard.

Lineup: QB TOM BRADY, WR RANDY MOSS, WR Santana Moss, WR Joe Jurevicius, RB RUDI JOHNSON, RB Stephen Davis, TE MARCUS POLLARD, K Mike Vanderjagt, DEF Carolina.