Goal Line Gazette 

Can No One Stop The Cowboys                        Issue #526

The Cowboys win again, extending their all-time record for best start to a season by a reigning champion.   

The Cowboys have dominated the headlines all season long. The reigning, defending, undisputed, undefeated OSFL champions finished the first half of the season with a perfect 7-0 record and the #1 overall offense. In week 7, The Cowboys, Ron, Dino, Vin Roc - the mascot/mouthpiece, Alex Keion, Mike Calise and a cast of thousands beat Showtime, 227-187. There isn’t another team in the OSFL closer than 3 games of the Cowboys unblemished record. What they’ve done is nothing short of amazing. I ran out of compliments 3 weeks ago. Showtime has lost 3 in a row, falling to 3-4 in last place in the Metro West division. Can no one stop the Cowboys? 

Dynamic Duo, who were left for dead at 0-5, have won two in a row. Dynamic Duo beat Allbrite Picks, 284-200, to log their first weekly high score since week 14 of the 2022 season. Dynamic Duo are 2-5, 2 full games out of playoff contention in 5th place with the #3 overall offense. It just doesn’t add up. Allbrite Picks falls to 3-4, but they remain in 3rd place in the Metro West division. Despite getting well below average from 3 of their 4 RB’s, Justin Herbert/91 points lead G-Force to victory over # All The Way, 278-246. G-Force moved into 2nd place in the Southern Comfort division at 4-3. 3ATW falls to 3-4 and into 5th place. For the second consecutive week, The Wolfpack stunned a Southern Comfort division opponent. In week 7, they stopped 1st place XXXL, 276-234. It was The Wolfpack’s highest score of the season and their 3rd consecutive victory. The Wolfpack improved to 4-3 and their offense improves from 12th to 10th. XXXL remains In first place in the SoCo division with a 4-3 record. Bronx Swag had their best game since week 3, beating TWB, 253-160, to improve to 3-4, during from last into 4th place. TWB has lost 4 in a row and the 160 points was their lowest score of the 2025 season. Phriends of the Devil rallied late on Monday night to hold off G’ss Mafia, 203-130. POTD improved to 4-3, pulling neck and neck with XXXL. G’ss Mafia now hold the dubious distinction of scoring the two lowest scores of the 2025 season. 130 points is the lowest score by any team in 2025.             

The Cowboys look like a powerhouse. 1 game separates every team in the Southern Comfort division. Time is starting to run out on Dynamic Duo and TWB. We have officially reached the halfway point of the 2025 season. It’s time for the Mid-Season Report Cards.                                   

2025 Mid-Season Report Cards

Week 7 picks (3-3)/Season (18-18)

The XXXL 69ers (4-3/2nd in points/Ron DeFusco & Ralph Campano)

XXXL has held at least a piece of first place for every week of the first half. The last 2 years Patrick Mahomes was a fringe starter. In 2023 he ranked as the 7th best QB/43 PPG and in 2024 he ranked as the 11th best QB/40 PPG. The last time Mahomes ranked near the top of all players was in 2022 when he was the #1 overall player averaging 59.5 PPG. Mahomes was 27 years old then. We may never see that Patrick Mahomes again, but the 2025 version is as good as any other player in the game. Mahomes is XXXL’s MVP averaging 51 PPG and it took a 91 point performance from Justin Herbert to pass him as the #1 overall player, by only 1 more PPG. In the past, Mahomes scored many of his points with 300+ yard bonuses. In 7 games this year, he’s thrown 1 - 300+ yard game. Mahomes is scoring his points scoring TD’s (13) over his last 4 games and running more than he ever has. Mahomes is on pace to shatter his single season rushing totals (66) carries (381) rush yards. In 7 games he already has 42 rush attempts and 250 rush yards and has already matched his single season high of 4 rushing TD’s. Devon Achane/33 PPG is XXXL’s top RB. He ranks 2nd in the NFL with 32 receptions. Amon-Ra St. Brown/32 PPG is XXXL’s top WR. He ranks 3rd in receptions with 50 catches, 5th in receiving yards with 538 and #1 in TD receptions. St. Brown is an elite WR who rarely fails to make an imprint on XXXL’s score card. Jason Myers/16 PPG is the #2 overall kicker who has yet to score below double digits in any game this season. The supporting cast is solid at WR. Even in his 12th season, Davante Adams/22.7 PPG is a rock solid WR2. Tee Higgins/14.8 PPG has new lease on life now that Joe Flacco has come to town. Higgins is averaging 23 PPG over his last 2 games. Quentin Johnston/19.8 PPG is a major red zone target, having scored 5 TDs in 6 games. Travis Kelce/17.8 PPG is hanging on as a top 10 TE. If XXXL has an issue on the horizon it’s at RB, where Travis Etienne’s season has begun to unravel. Etienne’s season average is 25.5 PPG, but it’s been a tale of two seasons. Over the first 4 games, Etienne averaged 32.5 PPG, but his production over the last 3 games has slid to just 16 PPG, that’s a loss of 50% which means something is very, very wrong. I haven’t seen the Jags play much this season so it’s difficult to pinpoint the issue, but giving one of your best offensive weapons 9 touches is a recipe for disaster for Jacksonville. At the moment Tyrone Tracy and Tyrone Spears are BYE week fill ins. Tracy showed signs of life for the first time in over a month, (17.1 points) scoring his first TD of the season in week7. When your opponent scores 234 or more points, your chances of losing that game is 80%. The 234 point threshold has been hit 35 times over the first 7 weeks. Teams who score 234+ points have won 28 and lost 7. All 3 of XXXL’s loses have come against teams scoring 234+ points. XXXL has a tough schedule the rest of the way. The only bottom 4 offense they face is G’ss Mafia. They face Phriends of the Devil twice and they still have to play the undefeated Cowboys. No one in their starting line up has had a single BYE yet, which could cause havoc on XXXL’s offense moving forward. If they hold onto the division they will have run the gauntlet. We’re about to find out what XXXL is made of. I will be surprised if the hold the division lead uninterrupted for the remainder of the season. I’m not saying they can’t win the division, I’m saying 1 game separates 1st from last. This is going to be a battle royal moving forward and everyone is alive. XXXL had a great first half. They held first place for 7 weeks, it’s going to be difficult to continue……… A              

Phriends of the Devil (4-3/7th points/Chris “Kon” Konturas, Jeff “Mr.” Renzi and Marc Moody)

Phriends of the Devil’s offense has been uneven, but even with the offensive inconsistency, they’ve battled to a 4-3 record, tied for best in the Metro West division with XXXL, but their offense currently ranks 7th. POTD swung a major trade obtaining QB Josh Allen after week 3 for Omarion Hampton who got hurt after 2 games, Ricky Pearsall who has yet to play since being traded and Bryce Young who got hurt last week. Slam dunk right? Since being traded, Allen has scored fewer points in 3 consecutive games (50, 47 and 37 points), logged a 1-2 record and had his BYE last week. When last we saw Allen in week 6, he looked awful against the Falcons and the most recent game POTD played, they started Michael Penix Jr and won. What is going on? Allen comes out of the BYE against Carolina. He needs to light the Panthers on fire for POTD to get that warm and fuzzy feeling back from when they swung the trade a month ago. Even with the massive injuries suffered by all involved in the trade, for the first 4 games, Dynamic Duo has won the points differential every week. That tide will begin to turn starting this week as the only thing Duo has to show for the trade at the moment is Kamani Vidal. Josh Allen will get on track and when he does POTD will be a force to be reckoned with. Jahmyr Gibbs is the leader of POTD’s uneven season. He was the #1 overall pick, yet failed to crack 30 points in 5 of his first 7 games. Week 7 was the first time we saw the Jahmyr Gibbs/34.3 PPG we saw last year. Gibbs rushed for his first 100+ yard game of the season and had more receiving yards (82) in week 7 than he did in his previous 5 games combined. Moving forward, Kon and Kompany need to see more of the Gibbs who showed up in week 7. A revitalized Allen and the explosive version of Gibbs form a devastating core for POTD to jump off on in the second half of the season. In what universe are we living in where Javonte Williams has more rush yards (592 to 526) and the same amount of (7) TD’s that Jahmyr Gibbs has. This has been without question Williams best 7 game stretch of his career. POTD has made some critical roster mistakes over the course of the season. Week 7 they left their best WR DeVonta Smith/73 points and rookie TE Orande Gadsden II/83 points on the bench. It was the 4th time they’ve left a 50+ point player on the bench. If they’re not going to commit to Smith every week of the rest of the season then they need to move him. Gadsden II appears to be for real and is all of a sudden the best TE on this roster. I don’t understand why Rome Odunze has disappeared  from the Bears offense. In September, he looked like a player who made significant progress in year 2, scoring in all 4 games (5 TD’s total). In October, he has 4 catches total and zero TD’s. What? Tetairoa McMillan/18 PPG has had a solid rookie season but all rookies are inconsistent. POTD still await the return of Bucky Irving who was a top 5 RB when he got hurt. Irving is set to miss his 4th consecutive game. Rachaad White has filled in adequately but he hasn’t been as good as Bucky was. POTD has faced an opponent who scored 234 points twice and they’re 1-1. Phriends of the Devil’s schedule is nowhere near as difficult as XXXL’s. POTD still faces the two worst offenses in the OSFL (#12 TWB and #11 Showtime). They still have two meetings with XXXL and the most anticipated match up of 2025 against The Cowboys in week 9. The first question Ron Zednik asks me every Tuesday… Did Kon win? Kon asked me to print that he gave The Cowboys the blue print to their success which was RB with their first 4 picks. When confronted with that info, Ron told me, if anyone showed us that strategy could work, it was the big dumb muscle head cop (Jared aka Jorilla) from Kahn’s league, he does it every year. Kon doesn’t need to worry about The Cowboys success. He needs to focus on what it’s going to take to put this team in a position for maximum offensive output. Gadsden II appears to be a great pick up and another piece to the puzzle but they need to stop tinkering with this lineup because they’re hemorrhaging points on their bench. Week 7’s 203 point victory was a gift. They faced the lowest score of the year by any team. The week before that they scored 187 points. I look at the weapons on this roster and I struggle to comprehend these low numbers. The players and the owners on this team need to get on the same page because there’s a lot of good here but the bottom line numbers don’t add up. I’ve understood very few of the moves this team has made this year, on and off the playing field. I just don’t get it. There’s a lot of weapons here, but a 4-3 record and 7th ranked offense are lackluster compared to the actual point production. They should be better. If I could offer any advice it’s stop tinkering…. B

Allbrite Picks (3-4/5th points/ John “Le Fish” Ladish & Steve “The Angry Guru”Disumma)

Allbrite Picks has shown of what this offense can be. In week 6 they logged the high score. They looked strong in a losing effort to The Cowboys. They’re 3-4 with a top 5 offense. They’ve faced a few teams at or near their best, which has kept them from a winning record. They’re 0-3 when facing teams who’ve scored 234+ points, but 3 times those opponents scored 252+ points. George Pickens has been a pleasant surprise, the highest scoring non-QB on the roster averaging 30.5 PPG. His numbers will probably take a slight hit now that CeeDee Lamb has returned. Drake London has compiled nice numbers but his production has been inconsistent. London is averaging 28.6 PPG, but he’s only scored more than 21.5 points in a game twice in 6 games. Emeka Egbuka has battled through injuries over the last 2 games, but he remains the top rookie WR of 2025, averaging 28 PPG. Chris Olave is turning out to be one of the best value picks of the 2025 draft as an 8th round pick. Olave/21.8 PPG has caught at least 5 receptions in 6 of 7 games and currently ranks 6th with 44 receptions. All four of those WR’s rank inside the top 13, which essentially means that but the numbers, Allbrite Picks has 4 WR1’s. Derrick Henry/28.2 PPG is the top and at the moment only dependable RB on this squad. Jordan Mason was holding it down for the past month, scoring 20+ points in 4 consecutive games, but Aaron Jones has returned and if Thursday night was any indication, Mason’s role will be reduced moving forward. This could be a one game blip. It was a quick turn around. RJ Harvey/13.3 PPG is the only other RB on the roster averaging more than 10 PPG, but he is clearly blocked by JK Dobbins. Tucker Kraft/22 PPG has been a top 5 TE all season long. Jayden Daniels is beginning to hurt Allbrite’s bottom line. Daniels is set to miss his 3rd game of the season and he’s scored 35 points or less in 2 of his last 3 starts. That was not what was expected when Allbrite Picks drafted Daniels in round 3. Allbrite Picks has a solid foundation, an excellent chance to make the playoffs and they could challenge for the division but they need Daniels in the starting lineup. Allbrite’s schedule has them set up for a solid run if they win the big games. They start the second half against division leader XXXL. They play Phriends of the Devil and they have 3 games against (current) bottom 3 offenses. If I had a criticism it’s that besides maybe at defense, Allbrite hasn’t improved this roster since the draft. They did just add Dalton Shultz and Daniels backup Marcus Mariota, so it remains to be seen if those players contribute to the cause. Allbrite’s schedule is right in the thick of the hunt. They put together a solid first half, they’ll probably need to finish a little bit better….. C+

Bronx Swag (3-4/6th points/Frankie “Wigs” Montesino & Ed “Money” Brennan)

Bronx Swag has battled through some catastrophic injuries to put themselves within striking distance of the division lead. Lamar Jackson has been OUT since week 4. Jayden Reed has been out since week 1. Garrett Wilson went down in week 6. Austin Ekeler went down in week 2. One guy who hasn’t missed a minute of time is Christian McCaffrey/46 PPG. I am shocked that McCaffrey is getting the usage he’s getting at this stage of his career. I was wrong, I thought he would last about a month. CMC leads the NFL with 185 touches/26.4 touches per game (highest of his career), 981 total yards, rush attempts with 132, receptions with 55 and receiving yards with 516. He has not scored below 36 points in any game this season. Christian McCaffrey has been outstanding. When Lamar Jackson went down, Bronx Swag traded Bhayshul Tuten and a pick for Jaxson Dart. Bronx Swag stole Jaxson Dart. Since they committed grand larceny, all Dart has done is score 46, 45 and 52 points. In week 7 he lit the broncos up with a marginal supporting cast. The Giants scored 32 points against the Broncos which is the most points Denver has allowed all season. The Giants lost but last time I checked, Dart doesn’t kick extra points or play defense. Jaxson Dart has been phenomenal and they paid pennies on the dollar for him. Dart might be the transaction of the year. Chase Brown/21 PPG had dreadfully slow start, but he finished the first half logging the first bonus any Bronx Swag player has had in 2025, scoring a seasonal high 30 points. Tony Pollard/21 PPG always has been and always will be a vanilla back. WR is starting to become an issue. Losing Garrett Wilson/23.4 PPG for any extended period leaves Bronx Swag exposed at WR. Jaylen Waddle/19 PPG was putting together a solid season but he’s dealing with double hamstring issues. They picked up Tez Johnson off the scrap heap. Johnson has strung together 3 decent games in a row. While Hollywood Brown hasn’t exactly lit the world on fire, he has scored at least 12 points in every game and he is averaging 17.6 PPG and ranks as the 31st WR. By the numbers Brown is a legit WR3. Calvin Ridley is dying a slow death before our eyes. He’s scored more than 7 points once since week 2 and now he’s battling injuries. At this stage of the game, he’s just taking up space. Mark Andrews has been Bronx Swag’s primary TE this season and he has underwhelmed to say the least. Swag made another pick up this week in an attempt to boost the position, adding Theo Johnson who has quickly become a favorite of the aforementioned Jaxson Dart. Johnson has scored 4 TD’s over his last 4 games, averaging 18 PPG over that span. Bronx Swag always invests high draft capital in their kicker. Brandon Aubrey/17.6 PPG is the #1 kicker in the NFL/OSFL. Bronx Swag is one of the teams that has improved their offense since draft day. Bronx Swag was 1-3 with Lamar Jackson as their QB and they’ve gone 2-1 with Dart. Bronx Swag are 0-3 against 234+ point scores, but they’re also 3-0 when scoring 234+ points. In their first 3 games of the second half they face teams with losing records, including 1 bottom 2 offense. They face XXXL and Allbrite down the stretch, (both of whom have more points than they do) which will most likely be must win games if they have hopes on winning the division title. Bronx Swag is middle of the road. One win from first and one loss from last, they rank 3rd in the division in points. It could go either way. They could actually win the division or not make the playoffs, I wouldn’t be surprised with either outcome. They’ve done good work here. They need to stay healthy, primarily CMC and getting Garrett Wilson back ASAP is a must... C+                           

3 All The Way (3-4/8th points/“Diamond” David Pilkington, Dennis “DJ” Simbron and Greg “The Go Between” Cambio )

3 All The Way has made more trades this season than they ever have. A lot of that credit I give to Greg Cambio. Diamond Dave doesn’t have time for your calls. If you want to talk trade with 3ATW, the first line of defense is Cambio. He will listen to anything. He’s got to bring it to a quorum but he is the way in. The best player on this team without question is Puka Nacua. Over the first 5 games of the season Nacua was averaging 47.5 PPG. That is frightening production if you are an opponent and a godsend if your 3ATW. He injured his ankle in week 6, missed week 7 and his now on his BYE. They’ve lost both games he missed. 3 All The Way needs Nacua on the field once he comes out of his BYE or it could be a rainy night in Lyndhurst. The acquisition of AJ Brown creates the potential for an exciting duo moving forward. Brown is only averaging 20 PPG for the season, but he had his best game of the year in his first game with 3ATW, scoring 46 points. They also have the hook up with Jalen Hurts/46 PPG who is the #6 overall ranked QB thru 7 games. As the third WR in this group, Courtland Sutton solidifies the position. He’s scored 22+ points in 5 of his 7 games, but under 4 points in the 2 other games. If Sutton continues to give productive performances 70% of the time, I would take that and run with it. Rookie RB Ashton Jeanty had a rough start to the season averaging 18.6 PPG over his first 3 games, but had picked up the pace over his next 3 games, averaging 41.3 PPG, before last weeks debacle (8.4 points) where the LV Raiders got embarrassed in a 31-0 shutout. All rookies are inconsistent. Jeanty should be a solid producer moving forward. Dalton Kincaid was starting to look like he did his rookie season before he went down with an injury and then he had his BYE. If Kincaid can return healthy then 3ATW have another solid piece to the puzzle. TJ Hockenson had a decent first game then threw up a stinker on Thursday night, but moving forward he has a pretty soft schedule coming up. The major issue 3 All The Way has besides the health of Nacua is their RB2 spot. Isiah Pacheco finally had a 20 points game in week 7, but he’s only averaging 14.4 PPG for the season. You can believe this or not, but Brashard Smith is coming to take this job. Smith led all Chiefs in touches with 19 in week 7. Pacheco had 16 and Kareem Hunt had 4. Now you can argue that Smith saw so many touches because the game was a blowout and that’s valid but Smith has definitively taken over as the pass down back with 14 receptions over the last 4 games compared to Pacheco/Hunt combined total of 10 receptions over the last 4 games. Points scored last 4 games… Pacheco/70, Smith/55 and Hunt/50. None of those numbers are any good for anything more than a bye week fill in at the moment, but make no mistake, Smith is coming.  When he does, 3ATW is going to have a real problem on their hands. They need Trey Benson back. I thought the Trey McBride trade was very fair (Brown, Hockenson and Falcons D), but they got smashed in the Dart trade and they didn’t do themselves any favors trading him to a division rival. The fact of the matter is they’re close enough in points to get into 2nd place with one win, so the division lead is still a realistic goal, but they’re also one loss or 100 points from last place. A lot is going to shake out for many of these Southern Comfort teams over the next few weeks. At their best, they’re an exciting and dangerous offense. At their worst, they’re look like a tasty cupcake. Like many teams this season, there hasn’t been a lot of consistency. They’re trying. They’re moving pieces around and have been more flexible than this franchise has been in a while. It remains to be seen if they can pull it all together or it crumbles in the palm of their hands…… C

Showtime (3-4/11th points/Tom “The BIG Show” Zednik & Thomas “The Little Show” Zednik)

Showtime’s season began the season 3-1 with impressive victories over Phriends of the Devil, G-Force and The Wolfpack. All of whom currently have a winning record. Showtime has faced a brutal stretch of games. Their are currently 6 teams with winning records. Showtime faced all of them in the first half. To come out of that 3-4 with the injuries they’ve had is impressive. Showtime took 3 major blows losing Joe Burrow, Tyreek HIll and now Mike Evans. Showtime’s offense is build on the best RB combo in the OSFL with #1 RB Bijan Robinson/48.6 PPG and #4 RB James Cook/34.5 PPG. The BIG Show may have lost Burrow but there are 3 QB1’s on this roster. Matthew Stafford/47.2 PPG came into the NFL in 2009, yet he leads the NFL with 17 TD’s and is second with 1866 pass yards. Daniel Jones/42.8 PPG has throw 2 TD’s in each of his last 3 games, he currently ranks 10th. Aaron Rodgers/40 PPG has been in the NFL since 2005, he’s helped the Steelers to a first place start and currently ranks 12th. Tyler Warren/24.4 is the 4th highest scoring non-QB rookie of 2025 after Emeka Egbuka/27.9 PPG Ashton Jeanty/26.8 PPG, Quinshon Judkins/24.6. Warren began the season hitting a 70 yard bonus in 3 of his first 4 games and more recently he’s scored a TD in a each of his last 4 games. Wandale Robinson/20 PPG is a volume pass catcher and the best WR remaining on Showtimes roster. Zach Charbonnet has overtaken Kenneth Walker as the Seahawks goal-line back. Charbonnet is averaging 17.8 PPG in games he’s played in. You can only play 1 QB, so after those 6 players, the cupboard is bare. There is a waterfall-like drop off in production with the remainder of this roster. WR is a wasteland. What in the world happened to Jerry Jeudy? He’s second on this team with 52 targets, yet 4th with only 22 receptions, that’s only 1 more catch than Malik Washington has. Showtime’s remaining schedule is much easier on paper. 6 of their 7 teams they face in the second half all currently have losing records. Showtime has faced 234+ points in a game 3 times and they’re 0-3 in those games. What makes their 3-4 record even more impressive is that Showtime has yet to score 234 points in a game this season. Showtime has the 11th ranked offense in the OSFL and lowest ranked offense in the Metro West division. I’m not sure The BIG Show would even be open to this but he may have to entertain parting with one of his BIG 2 RB’s to refill the coffers before it’s too late. Yes Showtime is only 1 victory (and 220 points) out of first place, but he’s already in the cellar. Your only as good as your next win. If Showtime can fend off Bronx Swag coming out of the first half then they can carry on as normal. If they lose that game, then Showtime has some difficult decisions to make… C

The Cowboys (7-0/1st points/Ron “The King Maker” Zednik, “Dirty” Dino Lancia, Vin Roc Calise, Alex Keion, MIke Calise… and a cast of thousands)

The Cowboys finish the first half undefeated. There just no way to look at how the Cowboys have started the season, 7-0/1st in points and then look over to the Metro West division and watch Phriends of the Devil struggle to make the right roster moves, clawing their way to 4-3 with the 7th ranked offense. Kon’s asks for credit but Ron deserves the credit as the orchestrator of their success. Ron played to Kon’s strengths and they both made beautiful music together. That’s all over now except for their showdown in 2 weeks. The Cowboys are loaded with talent. Jonathan Taylor leads the NFL with 697 rush yards, 10 rush TD’s and 11 total TD’s. Taylor has been a top 2 RB all season long. Josh Jacobs has scored 6 TD’s over his last 3 games and 8 TD’s total. Between Taylor & Jacobs that’s 19 TD’s in 7 games and Jacobs had his BYE during that span. It’s basically 3 TD’s per week from those 2 players. Dak Prescott/50.4 PPG is a top 3 QB. He has been on fire. Prescott has thrown 3+ TD’s in 4 consecutive games. Prescott has elevated Jake Ferguson/28.3 PPG to the #1 TE. Ferguson has scored 25+ in 5 of his last 6 games and scored 6 TD’s over his last 4 games. The Cowboys don’t have a true WR1, but they have 3 WR2’s in Zay Flowers/21.7 PPG, DK Metcalf/21.6 PPG and Stefon Diggs/20.5 PPG. Jordan Addison might be the best WR on the roster. Addison has either hit a 100 yard bonus or scored a TD in all 4 games he’s played. Addison is averaging 22.8 PPG since returning from suspension. Rashid Shaheed has caught at least 4 passes in all 7 games this season. He doesn’t put up big numbers but Shaheed is averaging 18 PPG and he’s had a double digit scoring floor. Both Kenneth Walker and Chuba Hubbard are both dealing with a full blown timeshare. Zach Charbonnet has stolen 4 TD’s over the last 4 games from Walker who has none during that span. Rico Dowdle is the NFL’s 3rd leading rusher with 551 yards, 465 of which has come in the last 3 games. These are very real issues the 3rd and 4th RB’s are dealing with on The Cowboys roster, but The Cowboys have a plethora of WR2’s allowing them to easily pivot from 4RB to 4WR if they had too. The Cowboys are marching towards a division title. The Cowboys have scored 234+ 5 times and won all 5. They’ve faced 234+ twice and won both. The Cowboys faced an easier first half schedule than they’ll face in the second half. They start the second half against a surging Dynamic Duo who might only have a 2-5 record, but they own the 3rd best offense in the OSFL. The Cowboys next 5 games are all against teams with winning records. It’s possible they go undefeated because we’ve seen it before (TWB went 14-0 in 2013, I cannot believe it’s been 12 years since that happened). I’m going off script here, but talking about the past, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the death of the Muscle Hamster Doug Martin. 36 years old, died in police custody, very sad. Ric Hoffman texted me on Monday… RIP Muscle Hamster. Hoffman and Doug Martin will forever be linked in the OSFL. Also in 2013, Ric came to the draft in an Adrian Peterson Vikings jersey, had the #1 pick, took the jersey off to reveal a Doug Martin Tampa Bay jersey and the rest is history. Martin lasted 6 games before going down with an injury. Slick Ric Hoffman, a real character whose tenure in the OSFL was all too brief. Getting back on track, could the Cowboys go undefeated. It’s not impossible, but I would give them a 10% chance to pull it off. This is no disrespect to The Cowboys, this a great team but I wouldn’t be surprised if they suffered multiple losses in the second half and that’s a good thing. You want to get a couple bad outings out of your system before you enter the playoffs. It would take a collapse for them to not win the division. I don’t see a collapse in their future. When you’re 7-0 you have to look at all-time bests. The Cowboys best record in the teams 30 year history was 13-2 in 2021. They also set the all-time OSFL record for most points with 4084, but this was the only year the OSFL had a 15 game schedule. The Cowboys best record in a 14 game season was 12-2 in 2007 and their 14 game points record was 3731 in 2012. The Cowboys have done tremendous work here. They’ve been the best team in the OSFL all season long and there’s no argument that can be made against it and that’s no easy feat coming off of a championship season……. A+

G-Force (4-3/4th points/Don Guenette & Nic Guenette)

G-Force has battled their way into second place but this roster is rife with disappointment. They should be better than they are. One player who has exceeded expectations is #1 overall player Justin Herbert/52 PPG. Herbert leads the NFL with 2140 pass yards. Unbelievably, Herbert was G-Forces 2nd QB drafted after JJ McCarthy. Quinshon Judkins/28.7 PPG is the youngest and most exciting RB on this roster. Besides maybe #13 RB Kyren Williams/27.5 PPG, there isn’t another ranked RB1, WR1 or TE1 (by the points) on the roster. Rashee Rice (32 points) stepped in after a 6 game suspension and scored 2 TDs. Rice is a legit WR1 and should solidify G-Forces WR group. Deebo Samuel returns after missing one game. Deebo has been a solid for most of the season, averaging 22.7 in the 6 games he’s played in. The arrival of Rice could hurt Xavier Worthy/16.6 PPG. DJ Moore has failed to score 20 points in a game yet this season. A year ago Khalili Shakur averaged 19.1 PPG. This year Shakur is down to 15.6 PPG. There are 2 major disappointments on G-Force’s roster. Saquon Barkley has only 369 rush yards (23rd best in the NFL), that’s only 27 more yards than Alvin Kamara (342 rush yards) who looks like he’s running on one leg. A year ago, Barkley averaged 47 PPG. Barkley/25 PPG is averaging 22PPG less than he was averaging a year ago. Barkley rushed for 11 - 100 yard games in 2024, he has none in 2025.  As far as what has been reported, Barkley’s issue has not been an injury. This is half a man and The Eagles look like a team ready to unravel. Kamara’s usage is starting to dwindle. Over the last 6 weeks Kamara has touched the ball: 27, 19, 19, 12, 15 and 14 times. Barkley has been a disappointment, but at least he’s playing. Brock Bowers has missed the last 3 games due to injury and is on his BYE in week 8. Zach Ertz/14 PPG has filled in and scored 4 TD’s in 2025. If Barkley can get on track and Bowers can return to the starting line up, they would give this offense an incredible boost. It remains to be seen when/if it will happen. Ka’imi Fairbairn/15.2 PPG and the Patriots Defense/14 PPG are both top 5 at their position. G-Force has faced a score of 234+ points in their last 4 games and they’re 2-2 in those games which is impressive. G-Force has scored 234+ points 5 times (tied with the Cowboys for most in 2025) and they’re 4-1 in those games. G-Force faced a mixed bag of low scoring offenses and they’re best teams in the OSFL. G-Force a 3 game stretch of facing Phriends of the Devil, XXXL and The Cowboys. G-Force went 1-2 in those games beating only POTD. There’s no let up in G-Force’s schedule. They face 3 of the top 5 offenses and 2 games against G’ss Mafia who are right behind them in the Metro West Division. G-Force hasn’t made a single significant addition to this offense since draft day. It’s clear that Alvin Kamara is either breaking down or slowing down. His usage is down, he has zero bonuses and 1 TD which he scored in week 1. I just wonder of Don has tried to move either Kamara or Barkley, or is he just hoping these guys turn it around which it doesn’t look it’s going to for either of them, but we never know for sure. This is a very good team that has disappeared on occasion. We’re going to find out how good G-Force is. If everyone comes around, they’re going to be tough to beat, if they don’t and guys start dropping for real there might be a tough road ahead. Time will tell….. B

G’ss Mafia (4-3/9th points/Jay Greenless)

This has been one of if not the most inconsistent offenses in the OSFL. G’ss Mafia has logged the highest score of the season and the 2 lowest score of the season by any team. I don’t even know how that’s possible. Another thing that boggles my mind is Rico Dowdle being the highest scoring non-QB on G’s Mafia’s roster. Dowdle has exploded over the last 3 weeks. He currently ranks third among all NFL players with 551 rush yards. Only Jonathan Taylor with 697 rush yard and Javonte Williams with 592 rush yards have more than Dowdle. What’s amazing is that Dowdle has only started 2 games all season. Breece Hall/24 PPG has 2 - 100 yard games, but he yet to score a single TD in 2025. The Jets are a disaster. The Jets are the only team not to achieve victory this season. JK Dobbins/22.7 PPG has scored 4 TD’s but he doesn’t catch the ball at all. G’ss best WR is Justin Jefferson/24.8 PPG but he isn’t producing like the Justin Jefferson we’ve come to expect. His only TD came in week 1 and he only has 2 - 100 yard bonuses. Vikings QB Carson Wentz is clearly playing hurt and JJ McCarthy isn’t ready yet and it’s hurting Jefferson. G’ss has 2 top 10 TE’s in Sam LaPorta/18 PPG and Kyle Pitts/17.6 PPG As long as his owners don’t expect too much from Pitts, he won’t disappoint you. Kendre Miller is done for the season. When Romeo Doubs/17.8 PPG is outscoring Brian Thomas Jr/15.3 PPG and Marvin Harrison Jr/14.5 PPG, there’s a problem. Thomas and Harrison have been massive disappointment and I will go as far as calling Harrison a bust. He is outside the top 40 WR’s and unusable right now. I thought Harrison was going to be a star like his father. Maybe the game is too big for him or Arizona is using him wrong and he needs a change but he’s a mess and Thomas Jr isn’t much better. Jameson Williams is too inconsistent and just doesn’t touch the ball enough to be an every week starter. This WR group is starting to become a problem. Coming out of the draft I thought G’ss Mafia had one of the best groups  in the OSFL. At the half way point, they’ve been one of the worst. Jay Alternates between Bo Nix/44.4 PPG and Jared Goff/40.5 PPG at QB. Both are lower end QB1’s. G’ss Mafia has faced 234+ points twice and gone 1-1, not bad. They’ve scored 234+ points 3 times and won all 3. They’ve failed to score above 180 points 3 times and lost all 3. In hindsight their week 1 win over The Wolfpack is their biggest and most important win of the season. They were 1-2 against teams with wining records. Heading into the 2nd half, G’ss face the 12 ranked offense of TWB, then they have to put some work in. They face 4 teams with wining records and the #3 offense of Dynamic Duo who will look to seek revenge from an early season loss in which G’ss Mafia logged the yearly high score. This team needs stability. I don’t think their as good as their highest score or as bad as their lowest. If they can live around that 234 point score (which they’ve done 3 times) they’ll be fine. It does feel as though something is missing. I cannot put my finger on it. At the moment, G’ss Mafia is safe. They’re 3 games out of first, have a 2 game lead from 5th and they’re 4th in the division in points. G’ss Mafia had a solid first half….. B

The Wolfpack (4-2/10th points/Dino Lancia IV, Andrew Farhoumound and Paul O’Leary)

No team has looked as dead as The Wolfpack and rallied to put themselves in phenomenal position to do damage in the second half. They started the season 1-3, lost Jaylen Warren, Aaron Jones and CeeDee Lamb to injury and were asking if they could trade draft picks from future seasons. All they did was go on a in improbably 3 game wining streak to save their season and they currently stand at 4-3. In week 4 they survived a late run by TWB to win by 1 point in the closest game of the season by any team (211-210). Then they beat the two top teams in the Metro West division in succession, Phriends of the Devil and The XXXL 69ers in stunning upset fashion. Against all odds and reason, The Wolfpack rose triumphantly from the ashes to put themselves i the middle of the pack in the Southern Comfort division. The best player on this team is MVP candidate, and potential keeper Jaxon Smith-Njigba (3rd round pick) who is currently the #1 WR averaging 40.2 PPG. JSN leads the NFL with 819 receiving yards and 5 - 100 yard games. The only non-QB’s averaging more points per game are Bijan Robinson/48.6 PPG, Jonathan Taylor/46.5 PPG and Christian McCaffrey/46 PPG. He has also t single-handedly kept The Wolfpack above water, scoring 46, 68 and 45 points over the last 3 games. He is a monster and strikes fear into the hearts of opponents. JSN and Baker Mayfield/44.5 PPG are the heart and soul of The Wolfpacks offense. Mayfield has lost many of his receivers (including Mike Evans and Chris Godwin) have opened the door for TE Cade Otten to thrive averaging 20.5 PPG over his last 3 games. Historically, The Wolfpack puts a higher priority on TE’s than they do RB’s and they currently have 4 playable TE’s on the roster in addition to Otten, including rookie Harold Fannon Jr./16 PPG, David Njuko/10.7 PPG and Evan Engram/10 PPG. No team values RB less then the Wolfpack. Their top RB is the improbable Tyler Warren/27.1 PPG. The Wolfpacks next best RB is a combo of the Texans backfield old Nick Chubb/15.7 PPG and rookie Woody Marks/14.8 PPG. If they could combine their production they’re a top 15 RB, but neither player ranks inside the top 30. Ancient Aaron Jones missed 4 games and his BYE. Jones was eased back into the Vikings offense with 7 touches and 9.5 points on Thursday night. They grabbed Michael Carter off the scrap heap, he’s averaging 20 PPG over the last 3 games, but Trey Benson should be back soon. IN his 13th season at 33 years old, Keenan Allen is the next highest scoring, consistent player on this roster, averaging 24.2 PPG. It’s a bit shocking how good Allen has been at this stage of his career. CeeDee Lamb has returned after missing 4 games. In the 3 games he’s played in, Lamb is averaging 39 PPG. The return of Lamb solidifies The Wolfpacks offense. Ladd McConkey had a slow start to his season, averaging 12.4 PPG in September, but he’s averaging 28.9 PPG in October. Terry McLaurin who has been a complete washout this season is expected to return after missing a months worth of games. When you make a run like The Wolfpack have, running on fumes and now it’s all coming together, as an outsider, it feels like they should make a move. They now have the pieces to package and trying to go after a second RB. The Wolfpacks next best have faced 234 poits twice and are 1-1. They’ve only scored 234 points in a game once, in week 7 and beat XXXL (1st place in Metro West). The Wolfpack enters the second half locked in a crucial match up against G-Force. The fact that The Wolfpack finished the first half with a winning record with all the injuries they had is astonishing The winner puts themselves in a great spot to still go after the division leader (The Cowboys), while stacking another win towards a playoff spot. The Wolfpack has 2 games remains against The Cowboys, mathematically they’re still very much alive for the division title. To this point, not enough has been said about The Wolfpacks miraculous first half run. After the Cowboys undefeated season, this was probably the most impressive first half run…. A

Dynamic Duo (2-5/3rd points/Stephen Manfredo & Mike Celletti)

The start to Dynamic Duo’s season has been nightmarish. Their 0-5 start was the worst in franchise history. The worst part of this start was that it didn’t make any sense. Over the first 7 games of the season, Dynamic Duo is one of only two teams not score below 200 points in any games (The Cowboys are the other team) and Dynamic Duo has had the highest low score of the season with 212 points. Dynamic Duo wrapped up the first half with their first high score in a year and half with the 3rd most points in the OSFL. What did all of this get us? 2-5, fighting for our lives. No team has turned over their roster more than Dynamic Duo. First they shipped QB Josh Allen who was the #1 overall player at the time they traded him to Phriends of the Devil for rookie RB Omarion Hampton and WR Ricky Pearsall (and Bryce Young and a pick). Both of the primary players Duo received are hurt, but injury to Hampton allowed them to select Kimani Vidal. Between Hampton/Vidal, Dynamic Duo has received a combined production of 36.5 PPG over 5 games. That’s top 5 RB production. Pearsall has yet to play for Duo. Thus guy got shot in the chest and came back a year ago. He’s missed a month because of hamstring injury. The pampered modern day athlete makes me sick. Duo also traded AJ Brown, TJ Hockenson and a pick to 3 All The way for #2 TE Trey McBride/27.7 PPG. When Joe Burrow went down, Ja’Marr Chase had a momentary dip in production. Since the Bengals traded for Joe Flacco, Chase has vaulted back up to the #2 overall WR averaging 40 PPG for the season and 56 PPG over his last 3 games. Chase leads the NFL with 58 receptions, that’s an average of 8.2 catches per game. Chase has caught 10+ receptions 3 times this season. No other team has as many RB on it’s roster as Dynamic Duo - they currently have 10 RB’s. Their top back is D’Andre Swift who after back to back 100+ yard/TD games has cracked the top 10 RB’s averaging 31 PPG. Rookie Jacorey Croskey-Merritt/19 PPG has started every game but 1 one for Duo. JCM has scored 4 TD’s and hit one 100 yard bonus. Michael Pittman Jr/20.4 PPG is a top 20 WR and a steady producer all season long. Tre Tucker/20.7 PPG is also a top 20 WR who has been a pleasant surprise. Tucker leads the Raiders with 29 catches/389 receiving yards and 4 TDs. Duo has multiple emerging RB’s such as rookie Brashard Smith averaging 13.7 PPG over his last 4 games, the last of which he received a career high 19 touches. Rookie Devin Neal is in a prime position to receive more work now that Kendre Miller is OUT for the rest of the season. Caleb Williams has taken over at QB since the trade of Josh Allen. With the exception of his last game (18.1 points), Williams has scored at least 35 points in every game and lead the Bears to 4 consecutive wins. Duo did add Joe Flacco who has averted 54 PPG since being traded to the Bengals. We are not giving up on Williams, but the lure of a Flacco/Chase hook up against the 0-7 Jets may be too good to pass up. Dynamic Duo has faced 234+ points 4 times and they’re 0-4. They’ve scored 234+ points 4 times and are 2-2. It was a brutal first half schedule, facing 5 teams with winning records in succession. After the week 8 match up against the undefeated Cowboys, Dynamuc Duo faces 4 teams with losing records including 3 games against the teams with the worst 2 offenses in the OSFL. Bill Parcells wasn’t wrong when he said, you are what your record say you are. Dynamic Duo is 2-5. No matter how many points we’ve scored, this has been an abysmal start to the season. Duo is still 2 games from getting into a position to secure a playoff spot and if we don’t beat the only remaining undefeated team, we will spend the rest of our season playing playoff games. I wouldn’t count Dynamic Duo out yet but they have a long road ahead of them…. D

Two Weeks of Bacon (1-6/12th points/Joe “Pudgie” L’Europa & John Hagan)

If Dynamic Duo’s season has been a nightmare, TWB’s year has been a season in hell. First they lost Malik Nabors, now Nico Collins has a concussion. They drafted TreVeyon Henderson in the 4th round and Kaleb Johnson in the 6th round. Henderson isn’t being given enough usage to start and Johnson has compiled 14 touches all season. How bad is it? TWB’s roster is riddled with injuries and BYE’s and neither Henderson nor Johnson are in their starting line up this week. Drake Maye has been one of the lone bright spots. He’s currently ranked the #7 QB averaging 45 PPG. Rookie RB Cam Skattebo/28.3 has been the most consistent non-QB on the roster. David Montgomery/24 PPG is a top 20 RB. Since the start of the 2024 season, no RB has fumbled more times (10) than Rhamondre Stevenson/18.2 PPG. It is clear to the naked eye that Stevenson’s fumbling issues have not put him in the dog house with Patriots head coach Mike Vrable. Stevenson fumbling issues are not going to get him benched and it’s also painfully obvious that Vrable caters to veterans and won’t commit to rookies. With Collins out, Kendrick Bourne/18 PPG is the highest scoring WR on the roster. Travis Hunter/15 PPG, had his best game of the season in week 7 scoring 44.6 points. Jauan Jennings has been banged up all season but appears to be getting healthy. Troy Franklin/14.5 PPG has been ok, but still ranks outside the top 40 WRs. George Kittle finally returned from injury last week but didn’t log a catch. It’s National TE Day on Sunday. I expect Kittle to post eye popping numbers this week. TWB has faced 234+ points 4 times and they’re 0-4. They’ve scored 234+ points once and that is their only victory of the season, coming against XXXL, the top team in the Metro West division. TWB went to the championship game a year ago. They’re the closest team in the OSFL to being eliminated from the playoffs in 2025. They do not have an easy schedule the rest of the way. There is a point of no return for all of us and TWB is getting dangerously close to theirs….. F                               

Weekly High Scores

Week 1: G-Force - 255

Week 2: The Cowboys - 329

Week 3: Bronx Swag - 270

Week 4: The Cowboys 297

Week 5: G’ss Mafia - 331

Week 6: Allbrite Picks - 326

Week 7: Dynamic Duo - 284