Good afternoon, everyone! Another week, another Sunday pushing me to the very limit of my finely honed procrastination. I can’t claim to always have this column at the top of my priority list anyway, (I know, admit it after the LOC elections, such a tory) but do you know how much harder it gets when you’re nearly half-way through the season and your team is still sitting on a big fat goose egg? No, you don’t, because you don’t write a column, and you’re not 0-5. Rub it in. Right, moan over, let’s get on with this.
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12. Tom’s Tyrants (0-5) – No Change
I mean, pretty much read above. There are still a couple of glimmers of hope, but this team is hurtling towards irrelevancy. Jonathan Taylor, arguably the surest fire No. 1 pick in years, has done no favours, but it is far from all down to him.
11. U R Gould (2-3) – Down 1
Coach Gardner is certainly playing QB roulette. He seems to keep going all in on green however, not much panning out thus far. Did we just witness the return of Dalvin Cook though? Finally looking like his old self and touching paydirt, now they’ll just be looking for another two or three guys like that.
10. Perfect Dak (1-4) – Up 1
Yeah, that’s what we’ve been waiting for. Auto-draft, I mean Coach Nunn, proving once again that haters won’t stop him. Everything went right this week, highlighted perfectly by Gabe Davis nearly going for 10pts a catch, they just need to prove it wasn’t a fluke. Normally I start their blurb talking about the name change, (nice to pay homage to an on-team player, by the way) but this week was too impressive to ignore.
9. Napolitans (2-3) – Down 1
Call that one a right off. Some highlights, in Hurts continued strong season and Stevenson’s improved usage bearing fruit, but other than that, time to dust yourself off and go again. Getting Higgins back would help, plus a few positive gamescripts for Najee.
8. Patistan (2-3) – Up 1
Every week we seem to come back to Jefferson and Adams, who need a little support to be quite frank. Until proven otherwise, they are still the most consistent team in their division, which offers a far easier route to the playoffs than a league of this quality should. Coach Allen is keeping active on the personnel, he just needs a couple of hits.
7. The Dream Team (1-4) – Down 1
Until they start boosting the win column, they are going to have to keep falling. It wasn’t a terrible week, but they just can’t muster enough big performances or consistency. DJ Moore finally got some notable targets, and Henderson just got the keys, so things could be looking up.
6. Burdettinators (3-2) – Up 1
Another big score! Chalk and cheese from the start of the season. Does the Hill/Geno pickup combo suggest it has gone to his head? Maybe. But, ride the wave man. They have always been the LOC’s unltimate boom or bust team, and they are going to continue to live up to that. For now at least, everything is trending upwrds.
5. Forge Flyers (4-1) – No Change
Last week I said they were solid, but not too intimidating. Well, if Kamara gets 29 touches a game, I can go ahead and scratch that off the record. This teams weekly floor will probably end up being their strongest quality, they just seem to have a roster that comes with guaranteed touches/targets/points. They’re stuck in a bit of congestion here, could easily be another 1 or 2 spots higher.
4. Buccing The Trend (4-1) – No Change
A solid win to get them back on track, and it is important to note that they are far from fully fit, so better things still to come. This time Josh Jacobs really stepped up, having somewhat of a renaissance under Josh McDaniels, which I’m not sure many people could have claimed to see coming?
3. Gridiron Gang (3-2) – No Change
Solid week for Allen and Kelce. Some other guys were probably there as well, not that they were needed. The big news would of course be the Walker waiver add, if he can take over the backfield with the kind of role $113 would suggest, it could be a key turning point in the 2022 LOC season. Watch this space.
2. IKSAN (5-0) – No Change
Still undefeated, another quality week fuelled by a Mahomes who has more than proven that he may have been the key figure in the Hill partnership after all. Lockett turning up to 2022 will ease the woes for Connor and Harris, as would some of these CMC rumours – seriously, can you imagine him on the Bills or Chiefs?
1. Bear Necessities (3-2) – No Change
Did I curse them? Maybe. Did they deserve to win that game anyway? Probably. With a 122 score that would have beaten all but two other league members, they can feel a little hard done by. Fournette, Ekeler and Pierce are all looking better with every game they play, this team is better than 3-2.
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Another week in the books, not too much change this time around, particularly at the top. I mentioned it in one of the blurbs, we are seeing a little upper-middle congestion amongst teams, so it will be interesting to see who pulls ahead. Similarly with the Winchester Division, are any of these teams even capable?
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