Good afternoon, coaches! It’s the second NFL weekend of the year and we have another full night of football ahead. It’s also the first week of the year where I’m late with my Rankings, start as you mean to go on and all that jazz. So, I shall not keep you eager beavers waiting any longer, let us see how you all shuffle around with some actual football under your belts. Rankings time.
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12. Pittsman (0-1) – No Change
No matter which side of the conspiracy debate you fall on, we can all appreciate the injustice that happened last week. We can also say that, with or without those extra 3 points, it wasn’t going to be a score worth celebrating. Add in losing Dak to the equation, and you can see why they haven’t managed to move up this week.
11. Tom’s Tyrants (0-1) – No Change
Week 1 wasn’t actually terrible. They lost, comfortably to a better team, but still put up a respectable score. Then TNF happened, and they started off Week 2 with an inactive kicker. Outrageous. Inexcusable. A terrible ambassador for the league. Lucky to cling on to spot 11, I for one would vote for them to have all LOC duties and responsibilities removed, with immediate effect.
Anyway, enough messing around. If I got once laugh, I’m saying that was worth it. On with the Rankings.
10. Burdettinators (0-1) – Down 2
Sometimes, it’s hard to work out why a team lost. Other times, it’s hard to work out quite who you are most upset with, because your entire team sucked. This was not an example of the former. Wilson was alright, Henry still got a huge workload, Juju had a good target share, it wasn’t all bad. Watson may be in the doghouse for that drop for a little while though.
9. Buccing The Trend (1-0) – Up 1
Well, Tua didn’t answer too many questions, but he didn’t need to with those RB performances. Swift and Barkley were both electric, with CEH looking handy on the bench. It’s only one week into the season, but that looks encouraging. No one else laid out too much of a marker in Week 1, but they have time to work out the best starting roster.
8. IKSAN (1-0) – Up 1
I said they’d make me look bad, but it was mainly just down to Mahomes this week. He certainly doesn’t seem too affected from the loss of Tyreek Hill. Gibson and Carter both made good use of their touches, and if they can hold off respective rookies, this could be a very deep squad. It would be good to see more of CMC in the Baker era, is he still the game-changer?
7. U R Gould (1-0) – No Change
The term gypsy win is probably overused in this league, but this was the Tyson Fury of fantasy wins. Week 1, score in the 70s, win by a point, after a stat-correction. If that is a warning for the season, the rest of the league will hate playing them. It is hard to move them down after a win, but shaky QB play and losing Pittman (they’re top performer in Week 1) isn’t ideal and is certainly stopping any ascent.
6. Napolitans (0-1) – Down 2
A slightly DST-inflated score here? They were the Dolphins we were focused on with this roster. Hurts looked good, but Harris looked like he will face the same struggles as last year, without such a heavy usage. There is lots still to prove pretty much roster-wide. If Dotson can become a Wentz favourite target, he could be an absolute steal.
5. Forge Flyers (1-0) – No Change
Well, doesn’t matter how you win, as they say. Poor kicker and DST points actually make this week look worse that it was as well. Not to mention losing Mitchell halfway through the game. Anderson and Landry were nice additions, if Chubb and Hunt can both be weekly starters as well, they will be very happy with that result.
4. Patistan (1-0) – Up 2
Well, they more or less took shape as promised, big WR performances and solid play from Herbert. An impressive win in Week 1, with the heavy lifting done by Jefferson and Adams. I see no reason not to expect that to continue, so this could be a season of searching for the right complimentary pieces. Patterson exceeded expectations on the bench, but they were otherwise light there.
3. Bear Necessities (0-1) – Down 2
Well, that didn’t go quite as I expected. It was far from a bad week, but their strong core of RBs near unilaterally underwhelmed. Only AJ Brown really looked dominant for them, with his target share and usage no doubt a relief to Coach Stubbs Sr. Other than that, safe to say they left a lot on the field, we’ll see how Week 2 goes before overreacting.
2. The Dream Team (0-1) – No change
Up and down, could have been better, but could have been much worse for the defending champs. Safe to say, they would have liked to start with a win, particularly after posting over 100 points, but they should be happy that the WR heavy strategy is going to pay dividends in terms of points. No change for them yet, the first win shouldn’t be far away.
1. Gridiron Gang (1-0) – Up 2
Well, we mentioned the TE/QB high draft capital plays last week, and they look masterful so far. They couldn’t have had a better start to the season, with solid scoring across the board. Mike Thomas and James Robinson both also proved they are going to maintain huge roles in their offenses, potentially both draft day steals.
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Nothing too drastic in Week 1 then. Although, we also have a 50:50 split of winners and loser in the top and bottom half of the Rankings, so perhaps I’m just getting lenient. Check in again next week to have those and other questions answered!
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