2018 Power Rankings: Week 11

2018 Power Rankings: Week 11

Evening all, welcome to yet another edition of the Power Rankings! You join us in the thick of the playoff hunt, where most teams are doing there best to build up a head of steam and others are starting to bow out gracefully. Well, except for the ‘closer than two coats of paint’ Portsmouth division that is. Earlier in the season, this division tied it up at 3-2 and no one could believe it then, well now they’re all at 6-4, tripping over each other again. Interesting though, going back to the division aligning event; the losing pair have ended up in the toughest division, proving not only that it is worth playing to win at the yearly event, but also that we might actually be predictable after all…hmmm. Rankings time:

12. Gridiron Gang (1-9-0) – No change

They’ve only gone and done it! The big zero is gone and we can only imagine the wave of relief that Coach Stubbs Jr. is feeling. Fournette made a huge difference on his return, but he also averaged a pretty horrible 2.2 YPC, so I’m waiting for signs he is going to be his old self before Gridiron Gang can move off the bottom. But they won’t care about that, after posting their first 100 point game since Week 3, they are just happy to be a competitive opponent again.

11. Patistan (2-8-0) – No Change

This was the first big opportunity to make it to 3 wins and avoid the joint title of worst season of all time (2-12), but didn’t come that close after falling just short of 100 points. The good news is that the are starting to find some consistent contributors, with Cooper and McCoy looking like starters for the first time all season.

10. Obi Wan Ganobi (4-6-0) – No Change

I feel a little bit sorry for Coach Gardner. After getting knocked earlier in the season for getting lucky wins against low scoring teams, they have now started doing the opposite. Losing when you score 137 points is never fair, but the flame may have just gone out on their last playoff hope. However, now that they are healthy and through their bye weeks, no one will want to play them.

9. Shake it Goff (5-5-0) – No Change

Wow, talk about luck, and not Andrew this time. Starting two inactive players and just clinching the win is almost impressive… almost. Its shows the spine of this team has the ability to blow any opponent out of the water on any given week, but replacements for injuries/byes are getting even ropier, if any replacements are found at all that is. Kupp going to IR hurts.

8. Burdettinators (4-6-0) – Down 1

Yep, you have to take opportunities like that. Playing a team down two starters and having your RB2 go over 30 points, this should have been an easy win to keep Coach Burdett firmly in the wildcard hunt. The roster is better than the teams below them, but they need to win out from here, and that still may not be enough.

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7. Forge Flyers (6-4-0) – Up 1

See that line above us? Whilst nothing is set in stone, this feels like a pretty good divide for teams still in the playoff hunt. Forge Flyers very much are in the hunt. They still rank a little lower than some of their competitors as their team is lacking the star power, the really big names, and we now (finally) know for sure – Bell. Having said that, they are consistent scorers, they are tied for the division lead and they are slowly climbing the rankings, The Flyers are heating up.

6. IKSAN (6-4-0) – No Change

And as I've said, this week they weren’t all firing. The RBs dropped back to the early season version and it cost them the win. They stick where they are in the rankings as there is simply so much talent on this roster; Rodgers, Julio, Hopkins, White are all capable of winning a game week. The questionable waiver budget allocation isn’t helping much however.

5. Bear Necessities (6-4-0) – No Change

How critical could that Week 10 game be to the Bear Necessities' eventual playoff hopes? Not all their normal performers turned up for them unfortunately and they lost the key matchup, but David Johnson may have just gotten hot people. Yeah, that DJ2K chap, so the warning signals have been sent to the rest of the league.

4. ADRZ (6-4-0) – Down 2

Another outrageously key Week 10 game, ADRZ found themselves on the wrong side of the score line and, as a result, have been dragged into the midst of a 4 way battle. In answer to the question posed by Coach Wells: No, I do not believe ADRZ have found their RB2 in Mike Davis, who will most likely be third in line for carries on Thursday night. Keep searching.

3. The Tuckfards (6-4-0) – Up 1

Big win for Coach Merritt, it would have been remarkable if they had dropped to the bottom of their division with a loss but they held their nerve. They’re back into the top 3, as current leader of the 6-4ers, on merit of having simply the biggest of big players. I’ve said it before, but Gurley and Thomas are game changers and, crucially, consistent. It gives The Tuckfards a very high weekly floor.

2. The Dream Team (7-3-0) – Up 1

Seriously good time for Zach Ertz to put in his biggest performance of the season. I could be wrong, but The Dream Team’s starting line up feels like one of the most variable in the league, yet they are consistently putting the right players in to grab the win. Joint 1^st on record, 2^nd on points, The Dream Team have hit new heights for the year.

1. Tom’s Tyrants (7-3-0) – No Change

Maintaining their position at the top, they are approaching the level of having a stranglehold on their division. But they needed everything they had this week and would have fallen short but for the longest TD of the year (92 yards rush from Chubb) and the highest scoring single play of the year (21.64 points Rivers to Gordon 66 yard TD pass).