Divisional Power Rankings: Part III

And now we come to the exciting conclusion of our three part series with the surprisingly best of the bunch; The Gibbs Division. We all know that Phil and Diesel consistently put forth solid fantasy teams, but the real shocker this year has been the one in the pink that is Lynn, and the two in the stink that is B-Hall.

B-Hall was my sleeper pick to finally make the playoffs this year, and he is amazingly looking like the worst of the bunch. If Ryan Matthews can get his shit together, he might live up to his preseason expectations, but even without him he is still a formidable foe each week.

Lynn has been the biggest surprise due to his apathetic approach to fantasy football team management. But RG3 has been an unstoppable fantasy force this year, and his trade with Laz to also acquire T-Rich is looking like a genius move. I can't believe I'm saying this but Lynn could actually be a force to be reckoned with for the forseable future. Imagine if he actually started trying.

Phil will ride his QBs to the playoffs, but he's gonna need more of his crafty trades to secure another solid running back to go with Bush, because RBs are without a doubt the difference between good and great fantasy teams this year...which brings me to Diesel.

Dammit, if stupid Ryan Fitzpatrick keeps playing well Diesel is going to be able to ride that smug smile of his all the way to a championship. His running backs are phenomenal, his WRs are suprisingly awesome, and his TE is the best in the league. His only weakness is the up and down nature of his QBs. But all he will probably need is two good games in a row at the end of the season out of them. Oh, and piece of advice Diesel, you might want to make sure you have a backup plan for Schaub in case you do make it to the Championship, because the way Houston is playing, they are surely gonna be resting starters this year. There, I warned you in Week 5, so you can't complain about the fact that we play into Week 17 this year.

Divisional Power Rankings: Part II

So a few quick things before I get into breaking down the #2 division in our rankings.
- How much does Josh look like Zangief from Street Fighter 2?
- I did not Photoshop those giant watches onto Zack Morris. The 80's did it for me. 
- Screech-Ham might be the greatest mash-up I have ever done
- I want to hump Chris like a dog in heat right now

Okay onto the reason I ranked the division with the #1 team, #2: Josh, Mac and Chris. While Travis' powerhouse of a team was good enough to pull The Chewies past the Schlereth's, the collective shitiness of the rest of his division mates was enough to keep them out of first. (BTW, I think it's officially time to rename the Schlereth Division. I was hesitant at first because of my man-crush on the best hair in the business, but I think it's time. So Nick, Murphy, Dave, I am open to suggestions)

So why is Travis so good, and why are the rest of his division mates so bad? Look no further than the running back position. Travis has the best running back depth in the league and Chris, Mac, and Josh have no more than 1 solid running back. I think ChrJoMac could pool their teams together and still not have the running back depth that Travis has.

Divisional Power Rankings: Part I

Ugh! Well it ain't pretty but at least it's tight. No, that's not what I said to the Thai hooker I slept with last Tuesday, that ladies and gentlemen, is the outlook of the once mighty Schelerth Division. The four owners in this division also hold the four worst records in the league right now. Luckily for us, week 5 is a divisional week, guaranteeing two wins for the division...as well as two losses. Yeesh!

While it's very clear that this is the worst division in the league right now, what's not coming into focus is which of these turds of a fantasy teams is a nice uniform and beefy brown, and which is the slightly yellow nut and corn crunch in the bowl. As of right now, all four teams are tied at 1-3, are seperated by a mere 14 points, currently occupy the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th spot in the points standings, and over the last two weeks, the team in last place has moved to first place.

So what's the biggest problem with this division? #1 draft picks. If you don't count my no-brainer pick of Brees, and defer to my #2, Julio Jones has been woefully inconsistent. He has two weeks with a combined 4 points, and two weeks with a combined 36 points. Josh Freeman hasn't been terrible for Murphy, but his extreme averageness,(12, 15, 6, 13) combined with who he passed up to draft him (AP, Charles, Flacco, Dalton) is making that pick look pretty terrible.

While Laz's trade-down to get Doug Martin started off looking solid (11, 12), over the last few weeks, his production has nose-dived (7, 3). And then we come to Dave. Sadly, Dave's #1 pick of Andy Dalton is looking like the best pick of the division. his statline (3, 32, 34, 23) has been downright remarkable. this pick could skyrocket Dave to the top of the division and he could ride the momentum all the way.....oh wait, Dave dropped Dalton after one week in favor of keeping Tim Tebow on his team. Ouch!