302 Cadets (115) @ Troll Hunters (88)
Overall the trend this week was that one team showed up and performed and the other decided to take an early bye week which is what happened here. Cadets earned this win with a strong performance from Tannehill, Murray and Antonio Brown. With a little extra coming from TJ Yeldon and AJ Green puts him close to 100 points. While TH on the other had only 2 players break 15 points and 3 in the double digits… That’s never going to win you games. Also with extremely low performance from RBs and Breezy getting hurt. Overall nothing on THs bench could’ve earned him the win after this deficit. Additionally, with Cadets not fully trusty Dion lewis and Landry who could’ve added to this lead. I liked Cadet’s line up but even starting his bench would’ve posed a problem for TH during week 2. 90* Putters (124) @ Mullynation (83) This should’ve been the upset game as the game above wasn’t really a upset looking back. The better team won in the match up above but I was a little too nervous to make this the upset game of the week and boy was I wrong. 90* Putters has a solid performance similar to week 1. He put up over 120 points again and knocked out the number 2 ranked team. All with help from his dynamic duo Brady and Edelman. Now only if he can get Gronk from RG and this team wouldn’t need anyone else. However, his RBs and remaining WRs put up 5-15 points which easily won him this matchup despite the -3 from DST. Mullynation had a rough week from Luck, Murray and basically the rest of her crew. I really thought the reason she would lose would be Sankey… however even with Robinson over Sankey she would’ve lost by 20 or more. It wasn’t likely she would start Matt Jones week 2 after a 2.8 points week so her bench could’ve helped but she still would’ve lost. The only thing is she didn’t survive the survival challenge and a Anquan Boldin or a Allen Robinson play would’ve helped her survived. She had a real shot at winning this and it was a shock to see her out so soon. Overall, 90* putter just had a better week and earned the win. Smell my Finger (89) @ Big City Hillbillies (106) This was the only matchup where I thought SMF might have had a chance to win. He left plenty of points on the bench as well as betting on Tre mason as a flex spot coming back from his hamstring issues. You swap torrey smith or either of SMF WRs for Steve Smith Sr. or Sammy Watkins, this is a win for the taking. However, all three of the WRs mentioned above had less than 2 points which is a strong reason not to play them. Overall, SMF still put the best team forward and lost to a stronger BCH team. BCH still managed to put together 100+ points without Dez and Keenan Allen dropping (literally the ball) negative points he still managed a decent out put. With help from Big Ben and the Cardinals DST BCH earned this win to move him back to .500. He had a little room in the bench to do better with Vereen and James Jones but he put together enough to earn him a W this week. Let’s see if he can do it again with a limited WR core once again. Indian Outlaws (97) @ River Gypsies (136) Title Fight This is the matchup we were all waiting for. There is always some sort of bet on the line and this one was truly one we will remember forever!! Or at least it should be since we all have great photos… expect for Mullynation since she’s a girl and doesn’t have a bad photo ;) Or wait isn’t there a wedding photo that is someones lap top background? I could be mistaken though. Anyways back to the title fight. Indian Outlaws had a tough week even with Odell putting up 20 points. Lacy getting hurt didn’t help at all and Ivory/Kelce having sub-par performances after their monster week 1. Also he didn’t leave much on the bench due to injury and overall just a sub-par week, which is why he lost the belt during this title fight. Secondly, RG came to play with over 4 player with 15+ points and 2 players 20+. As well as 2 very weak RB performances from Miller and Jennings and a -4 DST gave RGs a comfortable win. Not much could have gone wrong for RG he won the Title Fight by almost 40 points. Overall, the defending champ is human, and I bet he is begging for another chance at the belt in the near future with his best chance at week 4 if 302 cadets can pull an upset win over the new Belt Heavy Weight RG!! Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys (96) @ Northside Angels (151) Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys once again ended up against one of the top 2 points producing teams this week. If losing his WR1 before the season started was enough punishment, its impossible to win many games with these opponents. Let alone try and change your name back to normal. Boys Toys still beat at least 3 teams in points showing that his team can win as long as the matchup is right. However, this week the matchup was wrong, way wrong. Manning actually had a fairly good game however, besides that it was a rough week. Whether that is at the RB or WR spot, 1 out of 5 breaking double digits (and that was only 11). A little bench help could have saved DBTs with a sequel name change but the lose was expected. With Rodgers and AP showing why they are the top players in their position its tough to beat that. On top of Larry Fitz putting up a unheard of 29 points is like kicking a man (or should I say boy) when he is down. NSA didn’t even need his TE Jimmy this week to earn him a 50+ win, the first in franchise history. Lastly, it was only fitting that Northside Angels was the first team to hand a opponents team the “Arm’s of a Angel” trophy. I could’ve have picked a better team and team name to award another team this not so coveted Trophy!!! Power Ratings 1. The 90* Putters (+2) 2-0 • 90* Putters has earned his spot at number 1. However, he might not keep depending on the results of week 3 matchup with #1 vs. #2. For now though he has earned this top spot. Additionally, this is only because of the “jail break” of Tom Brady and Edelman earning 35% of the 2nd highest point total of the league. This would be almost 50% of the lowest team… (yah that’s TH) from just two players. With still room for Lynch, Forsett, and Cobb to make up from poorer week 1-2 performances. You can’t deny that he deserves this after being the only team starting at 2-0. With a decent bench to survive a few bye weeks he has had a pretty great start to the 15-16 fantasy football Red Zone season. This next week will be a tough matchup for 90* putters but I said that last week as well and I was grossly mistaken. Some how though I think it’ll be a little better matchup than week 2 for 90* Putters and it’ll be a fun match to keep an eye on this week. 2. Indian Outlaws (-1) 1-1 • Let’s be clear, my main concern with Indian Outlaws team in weeks 1-2 is his confidence in the one and only Sam Bradford. I guess we were all right in not trusting in Bradford as this week you cut that weak link and decide to start a quality QB week 3. Honestly, if you still kept Bradford on your team or worse yet starting, you would have dropped to the number 3 spot. This team is now better with a quality QB but still has a few weak spots. Lacy is a question mark for at least a week or two but Foster could be ready within the next few weeks. Still has some of the best WRs in the game but with their QBs struggling or worse injured it might cost them some points. Overall, still a top team that will get better when his all RBs are healthy. 3. River Gypsies (+1) 1-1 • RG’s has earned this spot and barely pushed his way into the top 2 as noted above. He also has the most points over the past few weeks and has definitely earned his spot at number 3. If I was RGs (which honestly I would enjoy since I’m at number 9) I wouldn’t be too disappointed though since you did take the Title Belt from the defending Champ. Additionally, wiped that photo of Indian Outlaws kissing The Schadenfreude off our leagues front page!! Yes Allyssa you should be a little jealous. Back to RGs, he’s got a pretty solid team that is only getting better this week with Bell coming back from his SSPD. A pretty great squad with Gronk and Watt leading the way. Solid RBs and WRs with a decent bench moves him up to number 3. Still a little concerned with benching the number 1 RB after 2 weeks and have a few concerns with some future lost reps with DeAngelo Williams being a shining star these first few games. We’ll just see if he can hold onto the Title Belt for at least 1 week or give it up to 302 Cadets which will give Indian Outlaws another chance to take back week 4 when they face off. We will just have to wait and see. 4. The Mullynation (-2) 1-1 • Mullynation is still a great team. However, when you are the 2nd person out of the survival challenge you can’t stay at number 2. This is a personal challenge; it’s not a head to head battle each week. When you put yourself out of this challenge week 2… you don’t deserve to be number 2 (at least this week). I wouldn’t be surprised if Mullynation fights back and moves back up to the top 3 or better. However, you can’t deny getting demoted after last week. DeMarco still hasn’t proven himself and without that deep ball threat from Bradford, it’s easy for D-fences to “crowd the box” and play the run game. Jamaal and Julio are still studs and I don’t expect luck to stay outside the top 5. We’ll see if DeMarco and Cooks can turn the tables and move Mullynation back up the list. 5. Big City Hillbillies (-) 1-1 • Big City Hillbillies is only in the middle of the pack because of his difficult WR situation. With one of his starting WRs getting (negative) points is a tough situation to be in. With less than 5 points coming from his WR1 and WR2 is not the state you want to have. However, with a decent set of RBs and a Top QB starting out this season, he is still a top contender. He will need Morris to earn his top spot back and a lot more WR production to move up or possibly avoid moving down. He could really use either Bryant at this point. However, he still has a few weeks before Martavis at this point. However, BCH is out for many more than just a few. Hopefully his RBs and WRs can keep or start producing to move up the list. 6. Northside Angels (+2) 1-1 • NSA moves up a few big spots because he can show he can put up some big points. This was even with Jimmy Graham only putting up 1.1 points. He has earned the #6 spot because he currently holds the largest weekly scoring total. His QB and RB1 finally decided to put up some bigger points this week 2. Also Larry Fitz drops mad points earning him a chance to name change Dirty Boy Toys for the 2nd week in a row. I am still a little nervous about Isaiah Crowell and Chris Johnson starting but then again when they put up more points than CJ (a first round pick) that’s noting to complain about. Also has a decent backup with Gio who might take over the starting roll in the near future. He also has a few other long shots for starting rolls with McFadden and Hillman. It’s not unlikely to see 100+ numbers in weeks to come. 7. Smell My Finger (+1) 1-1 • SMF moves up a spot even though he lost this past week most because SWFT significant decline after week 2. Carlos Hyde proves he is human but just as 1 week doesn’t make you, 1 week doesn’t break you either. Russell Wilson is playing well however, he needs a lot of help from his top guys. With Evans back in the line up and Sammy starting to earn some of his prior year points back he could earn another win to move him up the list. I like Jeremy Hill will Gio take over his starting roll? It really be a worst case senior if Hill loses his starting roll with Tre Mason being his top bench RB. I might be wrong putting SMF above 302 but I will give Jeremy the benefit of the doubt that last week was a fluke. If not, SMF could easily see his spot swapped with 302 or possibly even worse. 8. 302 Cadets (+1) 1-1 • Cadets had a fairly good week against TH so it was fairly obvious that he was moving up at least one spot. I am still a little nervous about the RB situations. Murray is doing far better than expected but Dion Lewis is currently a top 10 RB which was a shock to everyone. We’ll just see if he can hold is own against the fickle New England RB position. He still owns the top WR with Antonio Brown. Hopefully, AJ Green and Jon Stewart can earn a few more points to boost his rank as well as his record. He’ll a have tough week 3 but another win here will continue his trend upward. 9. Troll Hunters (-3) 1-1 • TH is still having sub-par with poor performances from many of his starting including the expected CJ as well as Breezy and Ameer. These players still have plenty of room to remind us that they are top 10 players (okay maybe top 15) but until then he will remain in the middle (at this point lower) of the pack even if he wins games. Its more about the consistency of points and right now he has the lowest total points. Also, he has the 2nd lowest points against only to 90* putters. If he had Boy Toys 2 schedule, it would be his Arms of a Angel trophy. Dodged a few bullets schedule wise. He needs a few players to start paying off before he can move back up the list. 10. Boy Toys 2: Muddy Boogaloo (-) 0-2 • Okay, I said last week if you beat NSA this week you’ll move up a spot or two… however you end up losing by 50 for the 2nd time in a row!! As such, the newly named Boy Toys 2 remains at the bottom. I think BT2 does have a decent team. Ingram, Randle and Gordon aren’t bad. However, there isn’t a true RB1 or WR1 at this time. Manning started to show his old self with 20 points but he’ll need Ingram and Vincent to be studs again to move him up the list. He has been a little unlucky with his schedule and his points against being significantly more then every other team. I am assuming this will even out and the new BT2 won’t be on the bottom forever. However, honestly it’ll be tough to move up the list until you win a game or two. Week 3 Predictions Predictions: Highlighted/Underlined are the expected winners. Overall: 6-4 (correct – not correct) Big City Hillbillies (1-1, +225/-234) @ Troll Hunters (1-1, +182/-198) Indian Outlaws (1-1, +241/-226) @ 90* Putters (1-1, 246/-161) Northside Angels (1-1, +232/-191) @ The Mullynation (1-1, +227/-244) 302 Cadets (1-1, +194/-209) @ River Gypsies (1-1, +263/-226) Title Fight Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys (0-2, +187/-293) @ Smell my Finger (1-1, +218/-233) Title Fight Preview: I think this will a pretty decent fight even though I think River Gypsies has the slight edge. With Gronk in Jacksonville and Le’Veon back in the line up I think we will see some big points from the RGs. Matt Ryan and Devonta Freeman should get more touches this week for HotLanta at beaten down Dallas. We’ll see if the rest of the RGs can produce because I feel like most of these guys will produce. However, 302 Cadets has some good matchups with Latavius Murray at Cleveland and Dion Lewis at Jac. Still a little nervous about Dion as NE RBs are 1 fumble away from getting cut and it’s unsure if he will have a consistent starting spot each week. However, after the first two weeks it would be hard not to start him. Also Antonio Brown is proving his is the best WR unlike the counter part RBs. Unsure the impact Le’veon will have on Browns performance. With Big Ben in the back field, I can expected there will still be plenty of targets headed his way. Also we won’t have to wait until Monday night to see who wins or keeps the belt for week 3. It will be a shoot out between the 302 Cadet’s K (McManus) and RGs Sanders. Hopefully, Cadets has a lead at this point because my bet is on Sanders putting up a fair amount of points against Detroit. Overall, it will be a fun match up but my bet is on the new and improved River Gypsies with his Keeper Bell back in the line-up.
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Week 1 Recap
Shake it off (95) @ Northside Angels (83) Honestly this was a decent matchup for both teams. I mean one team didn’t blow out the other and either team had a chance to win the matchup at some point. NSA was looking like a clear winner until Witten decided to have his best game in over a year. Still NSA had a chance with AP but when the Vikes limited his touches, he was less than productive in week 1. Looking at each bench, #Swft could have added Percy Harvin but for week 1 who knows how he would’ve done. I wouldn’t have put him in over Megatron or the Rookie Amari Coop so it’s all about the flex spot at this point. With Ameer getting 13 points and Percy getting 15 it’s not a real benefit for Swft overall. Same with NSA, I mean poor performance with AP, Isiah Crowell, and Mcfadden didn’t help him this week. Also his bench wasn’t much better. He had a few better options with possibly Gio in place of McFadden but the only chance he had to win is to add Stevie Johnson to the lineup too. A WR3 from SD starting week 1? In hindsight yes, but everything else says TY and Larry to be the top WR1 and WR2. So the Switch from McFadden for Gio would’ve helped but not earned the win. Overall, we need to see better performance from each team’s “Stars” if they want a chance to beat any of the top 3-4 teams. 302 Cadets (79) @ 90* Putters (122) Cadet’s had a tough week… enough said. Espically with Alex smith on the bench with 20+ points. However, with KC not scoring a passing TD to a WR all of last year (from what I heard), it’s a smart move not to play Alex Smith. Tannehill had a rough game and the 22 points from Smith would’ve got kinda hurts. Outside of that Cadet’s had the best starting lineup with Brown and Green as WR and the RBs beat his bench any day of the week. With 90* Putters putting some relatively consistent points at 120+. It’s going to be tough. 90* could have added B. Marshall to tie the first name change of the season but Cadet’s held off the embarrassment of 90* returning the name change favor. 90* must be happy to have Brady back as he earned a solid 27. With the top DP player of the week Talib at 14 points, 90* has earned his number 3 spot with plenty of room to grow if Forsett and Maclin can earn double digits. Overall, a solid showing from 90* and a poor performance from the Cadets. I do anticipate both teams will put up even more points in weeks to come. River Gypsies (128) @ Smell my Finger (129) I just want to let everyone know that SMF won by 1 point and had home field advantage which earned him 1 point… If RG would had been at home week 1 then the results would have been different!! However, RGs lost for a few reasons but I would think that the Home Field advantage probably hurts the most. I mean Golden Tate was a top 15 and I would’ve felt a little more comfortable playing him over Desean. (+2 pts for the win) or Roddy or Rashad Jenning… All good options but RGs picked wrong this week. He also had a solid performance with top 4 in points but still starting 0-1. Very consistent besides Desean overall. Also huge points from Gronk which he was probably already accepting the win after Thursday last week. However, the biggest news of the week is Carlos Hyde who probably only is loved by SMF who fell asleep before his win Monday night was official. I was expecting a little more smack talk and was disappointed I hardly heard from him. Sammy also had a 0 which is a wash against RGs Desean. Overall, looking at SMF bench he couldn’t have made a better team. Things just went right for SMF week 1 to earn him the win. Hopefully, he can keep this 1-0 streak going. RGs has a tough week 2 title match against Indian Outlaws. We’ll see if RGs can take the belt and redeem himself for “tying” and losing due to home field advantage. Indian Outlaws (143) @ Can the ole’ Vic still Cruz (95) AKA Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys Indian Outlaws had a pretty stellar week even with Beckham Jr. and D. Thomas combining for only 10 points. DMBT was on the wrong end of this matchup with 2 of the other 6 teams would’ve lost by over 50 points. However, the Kelce and Chris Ivory really making this 50+ win happen. I probably would’ve started Alshon over Ivory but IOs made the correct choice with Ivory’s 22 point week. His bench was above average but for week 1 the starters were expected (besides Ivory in my wrong opinion) and produced the one of the top scores this week. DMBTs had a tough week for Payton and Vinatieri earning a combined 4 points… And he still put up 91 points is a shock. Against a few teams this would’ve been a W. Tough first match and even worse when you “earn” yourself a name change. I except more from DMBT’s starter who earned a sub par performance with only double digits coming from Ingram. Hopefully, this isn’t consistent in weeks to come. Look at this Photograph (NKLB) (145) @ Forgot About Tre (121) or Streetcar Named DEZire Some would say there was a chance for DEZire to beat #NKLB at some point during the week. I did actually have that same thought when Murray and Charles having poor first halves. She definitely proved those haters wrong by putting up the top weekly points with 145!! Not enough to earn the top spot in the power rankings but still nothing to complain about. With a great performance from DEZire only missing the mark with Doug Martin and the injured Dez would’ve earned him the win over half the teams in the league. Doug might’ve had a good preseason but it’s a different game week 1. I liked Keenan better based on Doug’s PY performance however, the extra 10 points wouldn’t have earned the win anyway so not harm in starting Martin. Both Teams had great scores and also had some flops. It’s a little nerve wreaking when NLKB puts up 145 points especially with two WR score scoring a combined 8 points… She’s got some star players and should be putting up high scores each week. Week 2 Power Ratings 1. Indian Outlaws (-) 1-0 • Scored plenty of points to keep the top spot and the title belt for week one. Still plenty of depth in both WR and RB from the starting squad or the bench. Still worried about Bradford as a top 10 QB but with solid RBs, WRs, and TE who needs a QB anyway. His top WRs had a tough week but I am assuming that will change and he’s team will continue putting up well over 100 points weekly. 2. Look at this Photograph (-) 1-0 • She still has one of (if not) the best team at this point. Her top squad which is 2nd to none. Also that RB depth that I question could be a thing of the past. Bishop somehow put together an 18 point week when he only had two double digit weeks topping out at 12 points. One 18 points game isn’t enough to change my dislike of this player. However, if he is consistent at 3 weeks of 10+ points. I will definitely change my opinion however I am still definitely a hater at this point. No surprise that her team is putting up a lot of points we with a Top QB, RB1-2 and WR1-2. Her WR were a little weak this past week but expect that will change as the season progresses. 3. The 90* Putters (-) 1-0 • 302 Cadets had a scare of joining Dirty Dan in being the first name changes of the season, if 90* had any faith the new B. Marshall, he would’ve had the joy of revenge from 302 Cadet’s Name change to Gin Bum Pucker in the prior year. Not big points from a few top players of Forsett and Maclin but his CB did some work earning 14.7 with a TD and the Top DP in the league. Overall he’ll have to break the 140 mark to overtake either of the two above him at this point. He has plenty of room to do so with his top RBs playing less then premier. He’ll be a top team for sure but unsure if he can break the top 2 anytime soon. With his best hope being this head to head matchup against Mullynation (however no upset expected below) 4. River Gypsies (+1) 0-1 • RG’s definitely didn’t earn this spot (as DEZire dropped due to Dez) and the only reason he broke 100+ points is that Gronk was a freak. Hyde however was more of a freak which is the reason he lost game 1. I bet RGs can’t wait for L. Bell to come back and show everyone what RGs are really made of. We’ll just see if he loses any reps to Williams after putting on quite a show at Pit during week 1. Still a pretty solid team with Blount back from his SSPD and Bell coming back next week. Decent WR depth with DeSean out for 3-4 weeks using plenty of RBs as flex spots and still having Tate as a match-up WR when needed. Even though RGs lost, his team is only getting better and as such, moving up after Dez’s injury below. 5. Streetcar Named DEZire (-1) 0-1 • Another one bites that dust… Dez is out for 8+ weeks and probably more like 10 before its healed and possibly ready to play. He didn’t drop more than 1 spot because he still has the 3 of the top 10 WR from week 1 with picking up James jones on waivers. Even though this is just week 1 scores, it still shows that his WRs are capable of scoring mad points. Overall, Dez disappearing for DEZire is not nearly as big of a blow as Jordy or Kelvin’s impact on the teams below. Doug Martin had a poor week as expected and we’ll see if he can break double Ds for more than 3 week like last year. When Forte and Morris are putting big points it proves that DEZire is still threat even without his namesake WR1 Dez Bryant. 6. I’m Just Gonna Shake it Off (-) 1-0 • #Swft bench is still sub par with poor performances from CJ, Shady and Megatron not helping matters. These players still have plenty of room to remind us that they are top 10 players but until then he will remain in the middle of the pack even if he wins games. Its more about the consistency of points for not points against when it comes to power rankings. However, a win is a win and I’ll gladly take a 95 to 83 win over a 128 to 129 loss any weekly matchup. Still plenty of injured Swft players but Gurly and Perriman are close to touching the field. We’ll just see if they are anything close to what Swft expects them to be. 7. Smell My Finger (+1) 1-0 • SMF moves up a spot because of the win and the 120+ performance. He doesn’t move up more only because Carlos Hyde earned 25% or 30 points. 1 week doesn’t make you a top 3 or 5 RB but if he is consistent at 15+ points these first few week SMF could easily produce 120 weekly. If so, SMF is a threat who can move up the rankings when putting up these time of points. However, one week just is not enough evidence to move him up more than 1 spot this week. Sammy earned zero points so there is plenty of room for SMF to consistently earn plenty of points in weeks to come. With Tre and Evans should be healthy enough to start this week, I could see a good matchup against DEZire this week. 8. Northside Angels (-1) 0-1 • NSA still has a great QB1 (Rodgers) and RB1 (AP), and TE (Jimmy Graham). His WR1 TY could be out for week 2 which could make the WR situation a little rough. Larry is still consistent and Stevie did surprisingly well. Chris Johnson was a good pickup with Ellington out for 2-3 weeks. This could help NSA move back up the power rankings and earn him his first win of the season. He still has a lot of quality team’s RB#2s so we’ll see if any injuries will move them into the RB1 position just like Chris Johnson at Arizona. Overall, I need to see a lot more than 83 points weekly to move up these power rankings. 9. 302 Cadets (+1) 0-1 • I mean 302 Cadets does have some good players but when you put up only 75 points you shouldn’t really move up the power rankings. The only reason why 302 Cadets is moving to number 9 is that I am more afraid of playing against Antonio Brown and AJ Green than Ingram and Randle. Cadets picked the wrong DST this week earning -2 as well as a extremely sub par performance excluding Antonio Brown. There is room to grow here with Murrary and Yeldon and once AJ Greems starts putting up some big points I wouldn’t be surprised Cadets to climb the rankings. For now though, you’ll remain close to the bottom. However, you beat Swft this week by breaking 100+ points and you’ll move up. I’ll guarantee it. 10. Can Vic still Cruz (-1) 0-1 • Well the Cruz ain’t Cruzin’ and he earns the bottom spot because he would’ve been the lowest points team expect for the 23 points his DST put up. Outside of that it was a rough week. Manning doesn’t look like himself yet this year and Randle and Gordon seem to be losing those key goal line touches. Especially, Gordon when they give the little guy (woodhead) the red zone runs. I really expected more from these two guys which is why you are down at number 10 this week. Hopefully, they can turn it around and you can have someone other than your DST put 20+ points on the scoreboard this week. However, you beat NSA this week and you will surely move up at least a spot or two!! Predictions: Highlighted/Underlined are the expected winners. Overall: 4-1 (correct – not correct) 302 Cadets (0-1, +79/-122) @ Shake it off (1-0, +95/-83) Upset Prediction 90* Putters (1-0, +122/-79) @ Mullynation (1-0, +145/-120) Smell my Finger (1-0, +128/-128) @ A Streetcar Named DEZire (0-1, +120/-145) Indian Outlaws (1-0, +143/-95) @ River Gypsies (0-1, +128/-128) Title Fight Dan’s Muddy Boy Toys (0-1, +95/-143) @ Northside Angels (0-1, +83/-95) Title Fight Preview: Overall I would love to see a upset week 2 and the belt move to someone else. However, I am nervous for River Gypsies because the Indian Outlaws are ready for the challenge. Overall, the Indians Outlaws might have some tough matchups with Bradford at Dallas and Lacy at Seattle but I would still take this starting squad over River Gypsies week 2. He still has Bell out for another week and that RB1 threat still isn’t quite there. The Lamar matchup against Jac could be the deciding factoring if he can capitalize on some big points week 2. Also RGs have a little more he can work with from his bench which means if he picks the right matchup he could take the advantage. I think IOs is in for a surprise that this will be a tough week and nothing like his week 1. For RGs, hopefully the home field advantage will push him to his first win of the season and he can carry the belt to his next matchup with 302 Cadets week 3. If not, we’ll see another grid with IOs verse 90* putters. However, for now, let’s focus on the match at hand and see who will win the 2nd title fight of the 2015-16 Red Zone season. 1. Indian Outlaws
· I mean to start things off, I don’t think Bradford will be a top 10 or top 15 QB but Indian Outlaws is looking to prove me wrong. Outside of this you can’t deny that team that the Outlaws has put together is pretty great. I mean you start with Odell and Eddy and went big for top WRs with D. Thomas and A. Jeffrey is a pretty decent start. He also picked up some cheaper RBs who could be top 10 RBs (Foster and Gore). With Foster possibly being back as early as late September and Gore finally on a TD scoring team are pretty good RB2/Flex players. Coupled with a solid bench means he might have too many options to choose from every week. Not that he can beat his line-up last year which was almost cheating, but it seems that he hasn’t given up the top spot just yet. Someone will have to take the top spot or a few injuries (and I mean a few) will cause him to get knocked off his top spot. 2. The Mullynation · Obviously Mullynation has a great team. Her top squad is 2nd to none. I mean with starters like Luck, Murray, Charles, Jones, and Cook (questionable Allen Robinson, but still should be quality as a flex) could make her unbeatable. Like I said in the draft recap – the question is just the depth. Either bye week or injury could cause her RB corps to fall to ruin. Having no team’s starting RB as a flex or back up RB could be questionable during any injuries or bye weeks. WR depth isn’t bad with Boldin, Parker, and Royal. Okay, so typing this out she has a pretty great team, but like I said above someone will have to knock the Outlaws out of his spot and having a weak RB bench doesn’t earn you the Number 1 spot. We’ll see if she can prove me wrong and knock Indian Outlaws off his top spot after week one. 3. The 90* Putters · The 90* putters has some pretty great players but are they fantasy top 3 players like the players noted above? We will have to wait and find out later this season if these players can beat their prior year top 10 results and break the top 5 or 3 ranking in fantasy results. With Brady back his team only gets better with a unstoppable QB (even when he doesn’t cheat). Forsett and Lynch are pretty great starting RB1 and RB2 with any team wishing they had either as their Starting RB1. WR1 Cobb is only improving with the Jordy injury. Additionally, Edelman is a much better fantasy value with Brady under center as compared to Geno Smith. Depth isn’t too bad with a RB Coleman (who is at least a starter) as a flex or backup RB2. This much better than Mullynation above him. The only thing keeping him down at number 3 is the Outlaws and Mullynation having PY top 3 scoring players. However, this is a new year and let the new season begin!! 4. Big City Hillbillies · Keeping BCH out of the top 3 is whether or not Doug Martin can repeat his 2012 rookie performance. Having Forte and Morris are a solid RB1 and RB2. Doug Martin could be that key flex player or change of pace RB2 to play on tough matchup weeks for the two stars above. Additionally if DeAndre and Morris can break the top 10 WR and RB this year, then BCH will have a pretty solid team!! Plenty of bench spots to mix up the starters to play on strong team matchups or future bye weeks. BCH has a good team but we’ll see if it turns out to be great. 5. River Gypsies · I assume that it won’t take RG long to move up in the Power Rankings early in the season. I currently have him down at number 5 as his two top RBs (in my opinion) are SSPD for either 1 or 2 weeks. Starting these first two weeks he’s got good players (excluding Gronk and Watt who are unbeatable) but actual starters QB, RB, and WR are all just good. If Bell comes back strong and a few WRs (Tate, Matthews, or Roddy) have a few great weeks RG could have a top tier team. With a decent bench he has plenty of options these first few weeks but are they enough to earn him the wins before his studs are back in starting roles? We’ll just have to wait and see once RGs team is at full strength to see how fast he can move up the power rankings. 6. Troll Hunters · Looking at THs bench, it looks like the players are either a FA or injured which should put him lower than number 6 right? If one more starter has to ride the pine TH will probably fall on the power rankings pretty fast. For now though he has a strong starting squad outside of the long shot Ameer Abdullah. If CJ, Shady, and Megatron stay healthy this is a pretty solid team. With his hopes in rookies Amari, Ameer, and Gurley hopefully making names for themselves and putting up some big points this year. This might help him increase his win percentage to greater than 38%... As such, the reason TH is down at 6 is the depth (or lack there of) of his bench. With Gurley, White, and Perriman on the IR for a few weeks (if not more) could cause some difficulties for any poor performance or injury’s come from the starting squad. We’ll find out if his starting squad can survive long enough to add a little more depth when his bench gets a little healthier. Until then he will either stay in the middle of the pack or fall fast to the bottom of the pack. 7. Northside Angels · To start things, he has a great QB1 (Rodgers) ad RB1 (AP), consistent WR1 (TY Hilton) and TE (Jimmy Graham). Having these 4 players as part of your 7 starters players can’t make you a bad team. However, those other 3 players are the difference between making you a great team. He will win, but you can’t win a lot without rounding out the remaining starting spots. Tough having backup RBs as your RB2 (Gio) and Isaiah Crowell is a true question mark until the Browns solidify their starting RB. Isaiah is the best guess but this is a new year and they have some fresh meat joining their ranks. NSA needs a few of these RBs to solidify starting roles before I can see him moving up the power rankings. Depth in the bench is still a little questionable with more backup RBs with McFadden and Hillman being RB2 on the Cowboys and Broncos. NSA team is not bad, before week 1 there are too many questions to move him up the rankings. 8. Smell My Finger · The key for SMF is if his QB Russell can be another top 5 QB like the prior year. I mean he has a lot of games with high 20s or 30+ but also games with less than 15… Hopefully, he can gain a little consistency to stop giving his owners a heart attack each week whether he will break the bank or earn you pennies. Additionally, I am unsure about his starting RBs. Jeremy Hill is awesome but he loses reps (and fantasy points) each week with Gio being a stud as well. Also Hyde is going to have to prove himself as the starter as well as Ellington having to prove himself as a valuable asset this year. We all know the hype fizzled out last year with a sub par year. Hopefully, both these players can prove me wrong and break the top 15. SMF does have some options on the bench with Tre Mason, Davante Adams, Steve Smith Sr. which keeps him from the bottom two. Better year these players could have a few good games and move SMF up the power rankings. These are all question marks at this point though which keeps him at number 8. 9. Twin City Tree Cats · We’ll see if TC2 can rebound after the flop who is Jordy Nelson. This is risk with any early draft but honestly it could have happened to anyone and it will not be the only injury early this season. However, TC2 needed to do some damage control which anyway you look at it puts him near the bottom of the pack. Ingram is a solid RB1 which will be the anchor to his team along with Peyton who hopefully can rebound after that pitifully week 13-17 last year. Randle and Gordon are question marks as to whether they are truly worth a spot on starting teams. Everything is pointing that they will be starters but will they actually perform starting week one? That is the real question. A solid few weeks performance from either of these two and overall pointing up decent point totals will move TC2 up the list. What forces TC2 to number 9 is that he has no true WR 1. As well as a WR depth which is weaker yet. Not that this is expected, if Calvin when down for TH instead of Jordy I could see their rankings switched. Overall, I need to see the WR corps producing Top 10-15 points to consider moving up the charts. 10. 302 Cadets · I mean 302 Cadets can’t go wrong with Antonio Brown but will any of the other starters (or bench players even) become Top 15 scoring players in their position? Jonathan Stewart has some serious upside freeing himself from the RB committee with Deangelo Williams now at Pitt, however will it be enough? Also are Latavius Murray and TJ Yeldon worth starting spots week one? I mean last year the starting RBs for Oakland and Jac were poor at best. Hopefully, these teams can produce or 302 may be holding this spot for quite some time. The RB depth for 302 is no better with the RB committee at Det and NYG making it uncertain who will get the most touches or the more important TD scores. A.J. Green better stay healthy because 302 needs all the help he can get and the WRs are his only hope. Maybe Jordy is on 302s bench as a peace offering or a prayer for no 302 WRs to get injured this year. At this point, WR are 302’s best hope and hopefully he will get lucky with these long shot RBs. I tried this last year with Zac Stacy and Bishop Sankey and it didn’t turn out well. As such, you have earned the number 10 spot before week 1. Hopefully, you can prove me wrong. Predictions: Highlighted/Underlined are the expected winners. Troll Hunters (0-0, +0/-0) @ Northside Angels (0-0, +0/-0) Mullynation (0-0, +0/-0) @ Big City Hillbillies (0-0, +0/-0) 90* Putters (0-0, +0/-0) vs. 302 Cadets (0-0, +0/-0) River Gypsies (0-0, +0/-0) @ Smell my Finger (0-0, +0/-0) Indian Outlaws (0-0, +0/-0) @ Twin City Tree Cats (0-0, +0/-0) |
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