Power Rankings
1. Burdettinators, 1-1 (2): Despite dropping a game last week (in which Coach Burdett still scored 115 points), Burdettinators have looked like the real deal so far this season. An incredibly well balanced team from top to bottom, there's scarcely a weak point in the starting lineup. As long as more of the same continues and they avoid the injury bug, they're looking like this year's team to beat.
2. Forge Flyers, 2-0 (3): I need to borrow Coach Leach's crystal ball before we draft next year. He said on the podcast a few weeks ago he'd rise up the rankings and - low and behold - he's one spot from the top of the mountain. While there are concerns and some players not bringing home the bacon, Coach Leach has a well rounded side that should be able to get you around that magic 100 every week.
3. Tanky McTankface, 1-1 (11): A meteoric rise here for Coach Merritt, I'm not sure he's been this high since 2014. And with good reason. While not everything is rosy on the roster, this team has shown it is capable of putting up points (something the team didn't show lasts year). There are concerns at running back, but this team has other strengths to mask this. Coach Merritt could be back people, finally proving he can hang in a 12 team league.
4. Bear Necessities, 2-0 (9): A very very nice week for Coach Stubbs Sr. last week, but this team will be quite volatile. Way down after Sunday night, they made a roaring comeback. Mainly because they have 5 (count 'em, FIVE) Green Bay players playing in the Sunday night game. While they're definitely a good team to have shares in, you have to figure this will be volatile. But if Green Bay go off, so will Bear Necessities.
5. ADRZ, 0-2 (4): Coach Wells has to be disappointed at starting 0-2 because the team has certainly done enough to deserve 1 win. Alas, the win will come as they have a decent, deep roster. After their splurge on waiver adds in week 1, they saw a bit of a boost, although probably not as much as they would have hoped considering the investment. Still, this team definitely has options to turn too now and should be quite consistent.
6. Patistan, 2-0 (7): Another very deep team from top to bottom that I don't think has come close to hitting their apex potential, so I'm ranking them at what they are right now. It's just a good, strong, consistent side, what more can I say? Jones and Thomas haven't even hit full stride yet, while I'm just waiting for the day when McCaffrey and Mixon take the next step. This could be an under the radar team that storms to the finish.
7. The Dream Team, 1-1 (1): Ok, Beckham still isn't at full strength, but I've seen enough to take some of the shine off of this side. Howard and Reed have been disappointing to this point, while other options aren't doing much to pick up the slack. Anderson looks like the real deal, but around that there's not much to write home about. They might turn the corner at some point, but for now they're looking shaky.
8. Tom's Tyrants, 1-1 (10): Coach Barnes is continuing his slow and steady rise on the power rankings (place an early bet now on them being no.1 in week 7). The side nearly pulled off an upset with a late comeback in the 9pm games but didn't quite make it. But this is also the worry, as without the charge from Witten and Siemian it was looking like a bad week. Still, Coach Barnes is too good a coach to write off, so they'll make it work.
9. Cash4Gould, 2-0 (5): A some what surprising 2-0 team as they've scored the 9th most points, but as you can probably guess, it's because they've conceded the least. Perhaps Coach Gardner is the new Coach Wells, who has not had the same fortune thus far. It was another disappointing week for Coach Gardner in which he limped to not losing, but to his credit he does have options on the bench. That won't be the case when he instantly puts them in the starting line up, but he has got potential.
10. The Southampton Narwhals, 0-2 (12): Coach Nunn is firmly committed to the #BradyOrBust strategy for a second year in a row, and the third year in a row that it has been a strategy. Brady put the team on his back in a narrow loss, in which outside of special teams and the Quizz the team did not do much. There is also little to turn too on the bench. But, on the flip side, some of the key players aren't performing right now, so maybe they can be better than they've been showing.
11. IKSAN, 0-2 (6): While Coach Gardner has depth aplenty, Coach Sherwood's cupboard is bare. Nelson got hurt this week but should be back soon, while Blount might not get any carries anymore. The bench is a wasteland of disappointment, and only Cousins, Kelce and Elliot at this point are their saving grace. But, despite all the negativity, Coach Sherwood finds a way of turning it around. He does know something about the NFL after all.
12. Gridiron Gang, 0-2 (8): As you can imagine, I'm pretty disappointed with my team's start. Bell has been slow out of the gate, and my trio of receivers have yet to pop. QB play has been an issue, and I've had a starter go down injured both weeks in a row. But I think it's just been a bad start as opposed to being a bad team. A silver lining is that the injuries to this team have been to non-core players. The core of the team should still be good, we'll just have to see how long it takes to emerge.
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