2018 Power Rankings: Week 7

2018 Power Rankings: Week 7

Welcome coaches! Another week in the books and another step closer to clarity. Well, one of those statements was true. We have gone from ¾ of the teams sitting at 3-2 to 10/12 sitting at or above .500, at this rate there is going to be a league-wide fight for the wildcard come Week 14. On top of the exceptionally close records, we got some pretty high scoring games this week too, with 9 teams going over the 100 point mark. Special condolences to Coach Merritt, who was winning until the final seconds of Monday night’s game, and then he wasn’t, tough break. Onto the rankings…

12. Patistan (1-5-0) – No change

One week after picking up their first win, Patistan posted the low score on the week. Their glimmer of hope exists, but my, is it dull. It was mentioned, perhaps correctly, that Coach Allen wasn’t deserving of bottom spot last week, but I just don’t see the potential in this squad to lift them any higher. Safe to say, Gronk won’t be going in round 2 next year.

11. Gridiron Gang (0-6-0) – No Change

As alluded to above, Gridiron Gang hold onto their spot, despite a slightly worse record than Patistan. The potential return of Fournette and Hilton, plus Coach Stubbs Jr.’s penchant for deep dives on the waiver wire keep them one notch off the bottom. However, with the teams rooted to the bottom of the league, to borrow and overused Madden idiom; rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

10. Forge Flyers (3-3-0) – Down 1

Unlucky to come up against the high scorers but, they were never getting close this week. Scraping above the 100 mark thanks to an utterly unrepeatable DST performance isn’t enough to hold onto single digits in the rankings. Coach Leach will hope for less disappearing acts from Cook, Brown and Hyde in the future.

9. Obi Wan Ganobi (3-3-0) – Down 3

This team suddenly feels a far stretch from the No. 1 seed they held only 3 weeks ago, with the wins drying up the low points scored (10^th in the league) has been highlighted. I said at the start of the season that their first two picks would be critical, well Cook has hardly played and Beckham has been way more cold than hot.

8. IKSAN (4-2-0) – Up 2

A big (and dramatic) win for IKSAN, but this is another team whose points total lacks compared to those around them. This team is begging for a RB that is going to get some kind of consistent volume, it is an obvious weak link. Alshon Jeffery looks like pretty hot trade bait sat on that bench…

7. What JuJu Mean (3-3-0) – Down 3

I called them up and down last week and I stand by it. Last week wasn’t a particularly bad week, but they are currently the No. 7 seed and the teams above them are starting to gain some steam. Ebron is the most consistently good TE in the league – that is a weirdly strong advantage in any given matchup.

6. Bear Necessities (4-2-0) – Up 2

Back to winning ways and currently in possession of what will be a very hotly contested wildcard. This team is looking more and more complete with strong waiver wire additions in Mack and Boyd. Another team that has put together a solid QB room to choose from each week.

5. Burdettinators (3-3-0) – Up 2

This team is starting to mould into the vision I am sure Coach Burdett had on draft day, but they are still looking for more contributions on a weekly basis. Barkley is incredible, but just like in NY, he is going to need more help. There is plenty of this talent on this team to do just that though.

4. The Dream Team (4-2-0) – Up 1

Another good (but not great) week, led to the win by the pass catchers. What is encouraging is that Kamara will only have one bye week and now Coach Nathwani has one RB slot filled for the remainder of the year, what is not is that there are still two RB slots. The roster finally seems to be offering some options at least though.

3. The Tuckfards (3-3-0) – Down 2

They held out for as long as they could, but The Tuckfards finally drop off the top of the rankings. They were without Thomas last week and Allen has been less than impressive in recent weeks. Gurley is clearly going to keep being MegaGurley, and Cousins will put the team on his back some weeks, but the rest of this team seems to be in a bit of a slump.

2. ADRZ (4-2-0) – Up 1

They were the high scorer on the week and find themselves back into the top 2 as the (matching) No. 2 overall seed. I was concerned about having multiple eggs in the KC basket, but that is clearly going to win Coach Wells some weeks. Having put up 700.00 (what are the odds??) points in 6 weeks, they are clearly going to be more boom than bust, watch out.

1. Tom’s Tyrants (4-2-0) – Up 1

Look, I really didn’t want to be in this position, but I blame the rest of you. The Tyrants are in the No. 1 spot as the high scorers and featuring one of the more consistent triplets in the league (Rivers, Gordon, Adams). Couple of tough bye weeks coming up could make or break that season.