2017: Power Rankings Week 4

And here we are again to attempt to hopelessly assess the balance of power in the LOC! And it was another interesting one, in which we saw many of the win-less teams win....obviously. It wasn't all topsy turvy however, as some teams actually decided to follow their pattern. Let's find out who!

Power Rankings

1. Burdettinators, 1-2 (1): The top of this list, as expected, is pretty much as you were. As was said last week, this team is strong from top to bottom with depth to boot. They narrowly lost last week, by less than a point, but they had more than enough on the bench that would have brought home the W. This team is going to continue to put up good performances and the wins will surely follow.

2. Forge Flyers, 3-0 (2): Speaking of good performances, Forge Flyers just had their 3rd one in a row too. While they don't have the strength top to bottom like Burdettinators, each week they have guys capable of shouldering the load while others struggle, which is a perfectly fine situation to be in. The depth certainly isn't as good, but as long as the core remains intact that's not a problem.

3. Bear Necessities, 3-0 (4): And to round out the fearsome trio at the top of the league is Bear Necessities. Once again, #PackersOrPanic worked it's magic, and seemingly the only time this team will panic is on their bye week. While only Rodgers (and Crosby I guess) performed from the Pack this week, they have enough options around them to chip in when required. As long as the Pack are rolling, they should too.

4. The Dream Team, 2-1 (7): Now there's the team that I saw after draft day. Coach Nathwani's side finally put it together in Week 3, delivering the performance we all expected. While the roster still does have it's worries, week 3 looks like the week where The Dream Team have finally figured it out and can start to get their season properly on track. This is another sneaky strong starting lineup.

5. Patistan, 2-1 (6): A bit of a ho hum week in what has been a good start to the season for Coach Allen. But we've all had them once upon a time. This team was doing ok but really got sunk on Monday night by the Raiders offence (West coast teams typically never do well when travelling to the East coast). If they would have even put in an average performance this would have looked a lot better, and their bench is seemingly getting stronger every week.

6. ADRZ, 1-2 (5): After a decent start to the season, Coach Wells' side finally broke the duck and got a win. Not much to report here really, the team is as it has been, putting up decent weekly scores and finally facing an opponent that didn't outscore them. They might struggle to rack up the wins this year, but there's no doubt they're going to get their fair share with a decent lineup. However, the bye weeks and any injuries may cripple this side without any budget left to spend.

7. IKSAN, 1-2 (11): They haven't had the best of starts to the season, but Coach Sherwood rolled out a nice performance to bring home the W in week 3. They looked much better than they have been, and they could certainly build off of this going forward. However, with the looming potential of losing Zeke Elliot to the suspension he delayed, IKSAN could be in hot water before we know it.

8. Tom's Tyrants, 1-2 (8): And thus ends the precipitous rise of Coach Barnes' side up the power rankings. Look, it was a bad week, we all have them, I'm not going to slate them. What is positive though is they got to 68 points with only 2 people topping 10 points, and 4 players not even topping 3. Chalk this one up to a bad week, and while they might not be world beaters they should be better than this going forward.

9. Tanky McTankface, 1-2 (3): So after I finally give Tanky McTankface some credit and shoot them up the power ranking....they deliver an absolute dud with a season worst 44 points, one of the lowest weekly totals in LOC history. Not one player topped 10 points. However, they did have options on the bench that would have, and this team is definitely better than this. Time will tell if consistency eludes them or finds a home.

10. Cash4Gould, 2-1 (9): The team that was fortunate to get to 2 wins has finally lost their first game. It was a decent week, but another one that marked them leaving a lot of points on the bench. The depth is starting to shape up for this team, now Coach Gardner just has to make sure he plays the right players on a given week. If he can they should improve.

11. Gridiron Gang, 1-2 (12): Another win-less team that finally woke up in Week 3. Key players finally delivered on their price for Gridiron Gang, and they got decent chip ins from the surrounding cast. Despite suffering multiple injuries to start the season, Coach Stubbs Jr. has done an adequate job of plugging the holes via trades and waiver additions. Let's see if they can carry it through to next week.

12. Southampton Narwhals, 0-3 (10): #BradyOrBust is alive and well with this team, with Brady lumping in half of this teams weekly points. Which is pretty incredible when you add in the fact they got 89 points. Outside of Brady's heroics, and a good week by Hilton, there wasn't much to write home about...which unfortunately could be the case most weeks. Coach Nunn really needs to hit the waiver wire, filling his last vacant bench spot and dropping Allen Robinson to boot.