First the numbers.
1 Shlby Shelbyvillians 10-1-0 .909 894.00 W-6
2 Mundis Morning Blues 9-2-0 .818 1042.00 W-5
3 Og 6-5-0 .545 827.00 W-3
4 Omni's Omnipotents 6-5-0 .545 790.00 W-1
5 Austin Robot Monkeys 5-5-1 .500 788.00 W-1
6 St. Paul Lumberjacks 5-6-0 .455 823.00 L-3
7 Continental Drifters 5-6-0 .455 750.00 L-4
8 WL's Warriors 4-5-2 .455 736.00 L-1
9 FistsofDiesel 4-6-1 .409 673.00 L-1
10 Isotopes 4-7-0 .364 810.00 W-1
11 Unskilled Hacks II 4-7-0 .364 786.00 L-1
12 The Fighting Ferrets 2-9-0 .182 721.00 L-1
Now the analysis.
3 weeks until the playoffs. 2 spots prety much locked down (though I am not beyond making a cataclysmic post-season colllapse.) 9 teams mathematically alive for the final 2 spots! Talk about parity. And when you’re done, talk about Milo 
Shelby has been, obviously, solid all year. He rode Ricky Williams early, and has had good preformance from 2nd tier players all year. He’s now maneuvering for teh playoffs and just pulled of a stunning coup in grabbing Trent Green and Terrell Owens for the final weeks (giving up Travis Henry and Donte Stallworth). He and I also just swapped Joe Hown for Charlie Garner. Obviously, we each think we got the right end of the deal.
Mundi’s morning have been fine, except for 2 very bad weeks in the early going. I average almost 14 points more per game than my closest competitor, thanks to some very solid performances from my mid-round picks (Garner, Hines Ward, Tiki Barber, Bucs D) and the fountain of youth discovered by Rich Gannon. Like Shelby, I am trying ot position for the playoffs. But I wasn’t able to close a deal for Owens and he was. Bastard.
Og What can I say. Best smack in the league and making a run at the finish. Michael Bennett and Garcia are coming on, but how seriously can you really take a team starting Lamar Smith and Chad Johnson. Pretty seriously if you know what’s good for you. He’s a hit-or-miss team, but 3 hits in a row have him eyeing the playoffs.
Omni Made of of my players so I bear him an eternal grudge. Made a nice pickup in Pennington, and LT has been gold for him all year. If Moss and Tim Brown ever remembe rhow to post big numbers, he’ll be a force to be reckoned with.
Monkeys have Marvin the Great, but are suddenly hurting with McNabb on the out. Ouch. Good second tier talent, though, could get them through.
Lumberjacks will og as far as Holmes can take them, but his TD numbers have slowed back down to “great but human” and losing Griese might hurt. Vick is a real-life stud, but he hasn’t rung the fantasy bell yet. Jamal Lewis is coming on, which gives him a very good trio of backs–though they’d be better if Dillon could score from the 1 more than 1 out of 4 tries.
Drifters Also spurned my trade offers. Worse, they gave Owens to the league leaders for a declining back and a rookie receiver. They did trade me Jimmy Smith and Curtis Martin when my Fred Taylor injury fear became too great to handle, so I will not condemn them to eternal suffering. They will have to make penance, though. I sentence them to finding a starting receiving corps from: Terry Glenn, Az Hakim, Donte Stallworth, David Patten, Darrell Jackson, and Quincy Morgan.
WL Also spurned my trade offers . . . Hey! I sense a pattern. But his penance was performed watching Hines Ward roll up 25 against him last week so he is absolved. He’s had an up-and-down year, and now finds his only reliable stud (McCallister) maybe out for a week with an ankle sprain. At 4-5-2 he can’t afford even one more loss. Bad karma. See what happens when you play for the tie? 
Jarbaby is trying to make the late stretch run, but hit a wall last week when her hero Favre got stuck in a dome. Solid receivers with big-game potential, but her RB’s are uneven. Even Ahman Green, who should have been a lock. For some reason she has stuck with the Chicago D all year, despite poor numbers. What could be the reason . . .
Isotopes All Indy, all the time. But they missed out on Harrison, who is the one Colt that has been a thoroughbread this year. Theyt still have a shot, but they need better numbers from the Edge and more strong games from Isaac Bruce and Duce Staley. Actually, those needs don’t seem so unlikely. A longshot, but I hope I don’t face them in the playoffs if they make it. Better points total than 5 teams ranked ahead of them. I find myslef strangely sympathetic to their cause.
Hacks Even Faulk can only carry a team so far. Have done a good job grabbing Ram backups (Bulger, Gordon), but they face a tough scheudle down the stretch (Isotopes, Omni, Shelby). Their only hope is to trade me Marshall Faulk immediately.
Ferrets Milo drafted Warner, Stephen Davis, David Boston 1-2-3. 'Nuff said. The football gods are angry with Mr Milo. We don’t know why, but their punishment is clear.