The Weekly Mop-Up

(Week Four Observations)

 

by Keith Schweigert

October 3, 2002

 

 

Hi, kids! Following an unanticipated bye week, the Weekly Mop-up returns to action to review Week 4 of the season. Not much time for small talk this week, so let's get right down to it:

 

 

"Hi, everybody!" - After a few weeks of taking his lumps, rookie owner Nick Bradley won the points title for Week 4 with an impressive 130-point showing. Thanks to a 39-point effort from Rich Gannon and a 20-point night from Jerry Rice and a 19-point showing by the Eagles defense, Nick's Mystery Machine whopped Dave Garner's Brickyard Bullies, who managed just 59 points.

 

Sinking fast - After giving away Tim Couch to Todd for a bag of worn-out jockstraps and seven magic beans, nobody's feeling much sympathy for Troy right now. But things have gone from bad to worse for his Lancaster Raiders, last year's league runner-up. An injury to Kurt Warner means Troy will have to go with rookie Joey Harrington for the rest of the season, unless somebody offers to trade him a shiny new nickel and three pieces of pocket lint for the Lions' QB.

 

Come to think of it, three pieces of pocket lint would be good for the same amount of fantasy points compiled by Warner on Sunday (0). Without his marquee quarterback, Troy managed just 41 points in a loss to my Ragin' Rednecks - that's six less than my quarterback (Trent Green, making his only appearance of the season) put up last Sunday. If I'd gotten just one more point, I would've tripled his score.

 

Loser Bowl - The much-anticipated showdown between Todd "Baby" Ruth and Rick "If Lovin' You is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be" Reitz ended in a draw, as both teams managed 95 points. Our esteemed commissioner lamented his decision to bench budding superstar Rodney Peete after the game, while our beloved webmaster second-guessed his call to keep Todd Heap on the sidelines.

 

Incidentally, if Todd had played Peete and Rick had started Heap, they still both would have finished behind me. Just pointing that out.

 

Counting it up - Here are your updated standings after Week 4: 1. Todd (431) 2. Rick (419) 3. Steve (409) 4. Me (403) 5. Mike (386) 6. Nick (383) 7. Eric K. (352) 8. Eric S. (347) 9. Bruce (343) 10. Tom (355) 11. Dave (310) 12. Captain Dumbass (253).

 

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