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12. Make Fantasy Great Again (1-4, 491.96 PF)
Last Week: Loss Vs *TeamName Redacted* 107.24 - 133.16
Let’s start with the good: Josh Jacobs is looking excellent and is great value for the 5th round. However, outside of that, there’s not a ton to like here. Tom Brady can occasionally have standout games, but he’s not the surefire QB1 you’re looking for. Najee has been stifled on the putrid Steelers. And the WR core? Whew. Look away! Terry McLaurin is on the hapless Commanders and the rest of them are backups. There’s a lot of work to do to make this team look great again.
11. Crazy Train (1-4, 492.34 PF)
Last Week: Loss Vs I’m Really Feeling It! 64.7 – 125.98
Last year in my preseason power rankings, I projected Sean to finish 11th and he ended up finishing 2nd. This year, I projected Crazy Train into 1st place, and now look where they’ve ended up. Sorry about that Sean, I’ll make sure to project you bottom of the standings next year. Kyler has clearly not done his homework, and with Swift out alongside whatever Edmonds is doing, there’s a lot a trouble at RB. When Swift comes back he can instantly help reverse the record back up the tracks, but for now, I’ve got to have Crazy Train here. (PS – START SKYLAR THOMPSON YOU WON’T)
10. Kittle bit of CHAOS (1-4, 481.62 PF)
Last Week: Loss Vs Wilson’s Cougar Hunters 93.32 – 103.66
On paper, this team actually still looks pretty good. However, it’s filled with players that haven’t been living up to expectations, starting with the team namesake. Kittle has not put up more than 5.2 in any week. He almost had a touchdown to give Aaron his first win ever over me in fantasy (0-12 across 2 leagues), but his foot touched just out of bounds to give team CHAOS another loss. Aaron gets the 10th spot for now because I like this roster better than the other 1-4 teams, but those players had better start performing like they’re supposed to soon for Aaron to sniff the playoffs.
9. Team Suspension (2-3, 496.48 PF)
Last Week: Loss Vs San Diego State Fightin Araizas 86.36 – 110.34
Unfortunately for perennial power Kaelan, this year’s edition of Team Suspension is looking pretty pedestrian so far. This is a team with 3 stars, and absolutely no depth behind that. Kupp, Higgins, and Kamara need to carry this team hard, and you can see what happened last week when one of them – Higgins – got injured. Also, good luck throwing a dart to decide whether to start Carr or Wentz each week. Both are capable of blowing up, but just as capable to put up a stinkbomb. Kaelan has struggled in the past to adapt when his team isn’t the best out of the gate, so let’s see what adjustments Team Suspension makes to get things up and running this year.
8. Baker’s Dozen (3-2, 490.52 PF)
Last Week: Loss Vs It Just Means Moore 114.12 – 139.06
In this season where scoring is trending downward from previous years, 114 isn’t a bad number to put up. Unfortunately, Daren ran into the buzzsaw that is Kenny so far this year. This is the last of the teams still under 500 PF so far, but hey, at least Baker’s Dozen has 3 wins – more than those other teams. Geno Smith is the QB steal of the year with 2 great WR’s and a paper thin Seattle defense ensuring huge numbers each game. If Derrick Henry can stay healthy and Tyreek Hill can get Tua back as a QB, I can still see this team making bread. On the flipside, you could say they’ve been lucky to be 3-2 and we’re just waiting for the 13th roll to drop. We will see.
7. San Diego State Fightin Araizas (2-3, 519.58 PF)
Last Week: Win Vs Team Suspension 110.34 - 86.36
So it turns out that Davante Adams was a good fit for this team, huh? Better hope it’s only a 1 game suspension for pushing that reporter, or less. (Please, I have him in the dynasty league.) Against Team Suspension no less! Getting that win after starting 1-3 was crucial, because it’s another tough test this week against Conner. With both Adams and Waller, when the Raiders suffer, so does this team. Dan did catch a lucky break at RB when Melvin Gordon took over starting duties from the out for the season Javonte Williams. Right now, the Fightin’ Araizas are a solid middle of the pack team.
6. I’m Really Feeling It! (3-2, 532.88 PF)
Last Week: Win Vs Crazy Train 125.98 – 64.7
I could’ve sleep walked my way to a win last week, but instead I put up my best score line of the year. In fact, I’ve increased my score each week this year. With that trend, surely I’ll never lose again! In all seriousness, that 3 game win streak feels great right now, but I’ve still got work to do. Burrow has been mediocre, and until I traded for Ertz last week, my TE position was putrid. At least my RB’s look stable, but the real test down the stretch is can I survive with only 2 (albeit pretty good) WR’s.
5. Conner Party (3-2, 632.68 PF)
Last Week: Loss Vs Koo Koo Ka Choo 127.16 – 132.1
I know that Jared’s team is just 3 points off the PF lead, but despite the strong start, I can’t help but feel like this team is just waiting to cannibalize itself. When your fantasy team is so reliant on one real life team (The Ravens), there’s bound to be off weeks, even if that team is pretty good. The Colts have been putrid, limiting Jonathon Taylor, and Waddle has been absent without Tua, leading to the 2 game loss streak. I’m even less confident that going into bye weeks, Jared will remember to set his lineup, given he's made exactly zero changes thus far this season. It’s worked out so far, but hey, are you out there Jared?
4. Wilson’s Cougar Hunters (4-1, 541.06 PF)
Last Week: Win Vs Kittle bit of CHAOS 103.66 – 93.32
RJ is the beneficiary of a league low PA of only 467.5 so far, leading to the 4 wins. And if I’m in RJ’s position, I’m going “Hell yeah I have 4 wins. What was that first part? Didn’t hear ya! Russel Wilson has been a disappointment both fantasy-wise and real football-wise. But Mixon and Diggs have been studs, so the Cougar Hunters have that going for them. Only 5 games in, I’ll reserve judgement for the PA and give out the 4th spot for 4 wins.
3. Koo Koo Ka Choo (3-2, 586.34 PF)
Last Week: Win Vs Conner Party 132.1 – 127.16
Last week Conner looked DONE FOR against the Conner Party (ironic). He was down 63 points heading into Monday Night Football with only 2 players left to play. Lucky for him, those two players were Mahomes and Kelce, and they came through huge, leading to 68 fantasy points and a narrow come from behind 5 point victory. Alongside Justin Jefferson, those 3 are basically this team. I while I personally hate the fantasy strategy of relying so much on only a couple of players, I can’t deny that it’s working well so far. Godwin coming back should help the Chooers going forward as well, so I’ve got Conner flying high in the 3rd position in this PR.
2. *TeamName Redacted* (3-2, 635.34 PF)
Last Week: Win Vs Make Fantasy Great Again 133.16 – 107.24
Despite the league leading 635 PF, Alex only has 3 wins out of 5, which is a bit unlucky. I guess at least one of them got [REDACTED]. This team looks great. Allen is QB1 on the year, Ekeler is a classic stud – nice 3rd overall pick btw – and Hockenson looked great! (For one week). Chris Olave is the rookie of the year so far, so that’s a nice read too. Back that up with a great kicker in Nick Folk (Kickers that can put up RB2 lines are sneakily valuable), and you’ve got a good thing goi – [REDACTED FOR LEGAL REASONS]
1. It Just Means Moore (4-1, 606.74 PF)
Last Week: Win Vs Baker’s Dozen 139.06 – 114.12
With how much we all like to rib on Kenny, it feels like he’s really got to earn the first place spot in the PR. Well congrats buddy, you earned it. Being tied for the post wins and a solid 3rd place PF alongside the best roster in the league will do that. Hurts, McCaffery, Barkley, Gabe Davis, Pierce. Need I say Moore? (OK, he’s been a disappointment). It takes real talent to pick the only bad player on your team to name it after, what can I say?
Next Week’s Preview
Game of the Week
Despite identical 3-2 records, each team has gotten to their record in very different ways. That just makes me very intrigued how this matchup will play out this week.
If these teams continue their trends so far this season, this game won’t even be close. Moore by a million.
This is another interesting game – Dan has looked a bit better recently, and Conner is very Chiefs reliant. Can Dan pull the upset here?
I really don’t see RJ’s PA getting any better here. It’s a great opportunity to move to 5-1.
Two teams moving in opposite directions – a two game loss streak for Jared and a 3 game win streak for me.
The classic Aaron vs Kaelan rivalry, around since the inception of the league. Kaelan is 7-4 all time in the series.
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