Power Rankings
1. The Trojans– This team is loaded after his trade with Vonteego Cross and All Fired Up. Ben Roethlisberger has a very favorable schedule rest of season, to go along with Cam and Drew Brees. Choosing the right qb’s to play might be frustrating. This team has three top rb’s and three solid wr’s. The one potential hiccup is if either of their two older qb’s get injured, it also might crush the wr value. The talent and keeper options on this is team are abundant and must be considered the favorite.
2. No Bobby No – After a solid trade to with Ride or Dies to move Larry Fitzgerald down the depth chart, No Bobby No appears to be a contender. Trading away Semien last week was smart. The team has had solid play all around, led by Zach Ertz and Russell Wilson. Although, No Bobby No has been solid all season, the team lacks the elite talent at the very top of the roster that The Trojans has. This team has room for growth though, if Freeman, Howard and Ajayi can play like that they did last year. Ajayi has a great schedule down the stretch, but who knows if he is even the starter.
3. The Rookie- The Rookie can make an argument that he deserves to be number 1. The team is led by elite WR and RB Talent, along with the best tight end in football and an amazing waiver wire add in Aaron Jones. Quarterback play has been very underwhelming with no number 1 qb. The talent throughout the roster makes up for it, but a well-timed trade in the next 6 days, might push this roster over the top. The rookie might have the ammo to make the tradewith Zeke Elliot suspended this week (and potentially longer) or a Greg Olsen return to health.
4. Ginger Snaps-This spot was tough because they have been crushed by circumstance, until today. Rodgers and Luck getting/staying injured crushed their top 2 wr’s. Getting Will Fuller and Nuke Hopkins might be their saving grace along with getting Golden Tate back so quickly. They should be praying every night for the continued good health of Deshaun Watson, since they might be more dependent on him then The Monstars. The team has solid qb play along with two top 12 rb’s now.
5. The Romosexuals- This might be controversial, but I love the lineup. 2 solid, if not underperforming qb’s along with 3 first round caliber players makes this team a serious contender in the playoffs. The reason they aren’t higher is the suspension of Elliot along with the injury risk of Jones and Reed. If Zeke’s suspension carries through, these team is DANGEROUS come playoff time, since he would be back for the semifinals. Robby Anderson has been a capable fill in for Sanders and can be a flex going forward. JD might need to trade for another rb to fill in for Zeke the next 6 weeks, especially if he can’t beat the Rookie this week. The Rookie seems like a solid potential trade partner with rb depth and a potential need of a qb upgrade.
6. MMCB- Joe and Tim have done a good job of managing a team that we all thought was dead. Making an aggressive trade for Doug Baldwin has helped this team stay afloat. Trading for him along with grabbing Smith-Schuster and Agholor have made this team competitive. Grabbing Hilton today was a bold but high upside play. Alex Smith and Dak Prescott have been incredible this season. They look like a playoff team, that would mostly likely be up near the top if Beckham didn’t get hurt.
7. Ride or Dies- Pat and Marty have one top of the line player and that’s Tom Brady but lack depth. Not being active early in the season trying to acquire a third qb, made it hard for them when Rodgers when done. They were forced to make several trades including dismantling a strong wr core toprovide the qb depth they were desperate for. Frivously spending FAAB dollars forced them to trade away Benjamin to get a second qb since they were consistently blocked by other teams. Placing their hopes on Orleans Darkwa also seems questionable. They made the best of an awful situation and have a competitive roster. This team needs to rattle off wins as they play 3 out of the top 5 teams in these rankings the last 3 weeks of the season. Rodgers is not eligible to come back until week 15.
8. Team GFY- Gambs and Sarno have a good rb group along with Brandin Cooks. Derek Carr has been a disappointment to me this season. With another breakout game for Alex Collins, he can be some serious trade bait for rb needy teams. Gambs and Sarno have grabbed some great pickups in Collins, Richardson, and Kearse to give them a shot at saving their season,
9. The Monstars- This team has stayed in playoff contention thanks to Deshaun Watson and ASJ. David Johnson doesn’t know if he will be able to return this season, but did say today that the Cardinals record does not affect his timeline. If he does this team can be a cinderella in the playoffs upsetting one of the top seeds. The team has a bunch of young qbs and figuring out who to start alongside Watson will be a question going forward. This team was most affected by the Benjamin trade having the two pieces in Carolina that are most likely to benefit.
10. Team DTA- Kevin and DJ were hurt by the Rodgers injury, but I never saw consistent talent across the roster. Fournette is a STUD, but Mariotta and Dalton have not been as reliable as they have been in past seasons. The WR group is rough and the team might need to be aggressive with a week to go to have a shot at getting to the playoffs. It’s time to be bold gentlemen.
11. All Fired Up- I had this team written up the other day and I deleted the whole thing because none of it matters. Chuck sold off most of his team and got a lot back. He has strong keeper options at the qb position and will still be mildly competitive down the stretch. Chuck went super young in the draft, and continues to have the youngest roster in the league. It will be interesting to see if he sets a blue print for future struggling teams (Note: I am not breaking all his trades down, because it was too many and I don’t want to.)
12. Vonteego Cross-This team started as a dumpster fire and just continues to be. They sold off most of their talent for keepers like Diggs and Kamara. The downfall of this team was trading Hopkins on draft day and relying too much on Sammie Watkins. The Bills are smarter than VC. They were able to salvage the Will Fuller debacle by flipping him, but still. It’s another disappointment for a team that was once a consistent threat.
All Play
As we all know, the fantasy football scheduling can be a cruel mistress. Take Ginger’s team last year. He routinely played a high scorer week in and week out. I have looked into this and decided to share with you some information I found. The record indicated below is how you would fare if your team played EVERY Team in the league EVERY WEEK. So, if you were the high score week 1, you were 11-0, #2 10-1, and if you were Mike and his historically low performance 0-11.
The top four teams in the standings and the Davis Index are the same as this chart as well. It shows a nearly perfect distribution of teams and there are very few outliers. The most shocking team to me is The Rookie, because I thought he was the best team all season until recently.
Davis Index
1. The Trojans have taken the lead in the consistency ratings, scoring above the league average 7 out 8 weeks this season.
2. After starting the season with 6 consecutive weeks of scores above the league average, The Rookie failed to do so for the second week in a row.
3. The Ginger Snaps and No Bobby No tied the Rookie with their 6th above league average performance of the year as well.
4. The Rookie is undefeated when he has two starting qb’s in his lineup.
5. The Romosexuals have had the hardest schedule facing an above league average team 75% of the time followed by No Bobby No and Team GFY
6. The league average is above 140 points for the first time since week 4.
7. 7 teams are within one game of each other.
8. The Rooke was kicked off the Island this week
9. The four teams left on the island are No Bobby No, Team GFY, The Trojans, and the Gingersnaps. That’s a lot of chubbiness on the island…and Murphy.
10. No Bobby No clinches a playoff spot with a win and a loss by any 2 of the other 3 win teams besides GFY.
Random Player Stats
1. Despite not playing a game since before Christmas 2014, Josh Gordon has more yards the Mohammed Sanu in his career (both drafted in 2012). (Credit JD Rappaport)
2. Nuke Hopkins had 46.4 points on Sunday, but was not the highest scorer on his own team let along in his game.
3. Deshaun Watson had his second 40-point game of the season and is the number 1 qb in PP, he is averaging 28.3 ppg.
4. Russell Wilson had 49.1 points on Sunday and it’s his 4th game out of his last 5 in which he scored at least 29 points. He is now the number 5 qb.
5. After the London game, Isaiah Crowell is a borderline starting rb (#26).
6. Todd Gurley is now number 1 amongst rb’s in ppg followed by Zeke, Hunt, and Bell. They are the only four rb’s averaging 20 points per game
7. Sunday was the first game Kareem Hunt has not had 100 total yards in his career
8. Jay Ajayi will have two bye weeks this season while Kelvin Benjamin will not have one.
9. Will Fuller has 7 touchdowns on 13 catches the past four games, averaging over 20 points per game so far.
10. Despite playing 4 less games then Hilton, Will Fuller is less than 2 points behind him this season.
11. Based off pretty much one game, Amari Cooper is a top 12 wr.
12. Zach Ertz is the only pass catcher to have double digit points every game this year.
13. In case you missed it, Jack Doyle had 30.1 points last week and is now a top 5 tight end
14. 4 dst’s (Ravens, eagles, Cowboys, and Chiefs) scored more points last week then the Raiders have scored on the season
15. Harrison Butker is the number 6 kicker despite missing the first 3 games of the season. He has 4 double digit games out of 5 and 2 21 point games so far this season.
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