Power Rankings: Week 3

What an even weirder Week 3.  Only two teams managed to score over 100 points, and many teams saw a surprising amount of wasted points on their benches.  But what's strangest of all, to me, is the way each winning team won this week.  The games were perfectly (or imperfectly, depending on how you want to see it) matched up: the top scorer of the week (Spider Pig) beat the second top scorer of the week (THE Pain Train), the 3rd top scorer (choubacca) beat the 4th top scorer (RelientK), 5th (The Debinnator) beat 6th (The Terrible Titans T_T), 7th (odoyle RULES) beat 8th (Rainbow Warriors), and 9th (Green Nicks and Cam) beat 10th (errrdayimRussell'in).  That's how evenly it was split.  I don't even know what that's supposed to mean, but I thought it was interesting enough to point out.  On to the rankings!

1. THE Pain Train (2-1) [1]

Yes, Gabs lost in the battle of the undefeated teams.  It wasn't even that close of a game.  But consider this: CJ Spiller got hurt in the first quarter of the game and still managed to score 11 points.  Stafford also got hurt in his game and had to sit out.  Would that have made up for the 40-point margin of victory?  No.  But I'm still convinced if you compare Gabs's team with any other team in the league right now, his team looks scarier.  A hurt CJ Spiller and possibly hurt Stafford puts a small dent in his armor, but I think his team is still the strongest.  It's the only team that's put up more than 100 points each week thus far.

2. Spider Pig (3-0) [5]

Jamaal Charles came out of nowhere (kind of) and propelled Luke's team to victory this week.  His QB and WRs are still strong, but it's looking like his "pitiful" RBs haven't really held his team back from winning.  He was smart to pick up Andre Brown, but not smart to leave him on the bench.  But hey, that's fantasy.

3. choubacca (1-2) [3]

Aaron gets a quality win against Laura's strong-but-somehow-still-winless team.  I've been impressed at how he has really cashed in on his rookies this year.  RGIII and Richardson have definitely proved their worths, and Aaron hasn't been shyly leaving them on the bench.  He's still shaky at the WR spot, but his team still deserves a spot near the top.

4. RelientK (0-3) [4]

It's just been tough luck for Laura.  It was encouraging to see her RBs get big games, but heartbreaking to see her still get a loss.  And Romo.. 5 points?!  C'mon, that's just sad.  Too bad Big Ben has a bye next week.  Word of advice for Laura: utilize your waiver priority.

5. Green Nicks and Cam (2-1) [2]

Not only did Cam have a horrendous game, the rest of Justina's team hardly showed up this week.  Luckily, she was playing Eric, but it was still a poor showing.  I think she has the most bipolar team in our league.  She had a lot of points on the bench, but she made the right starts (except maybe Michael Bush), so it's really just a matter of her starters not performing as they should.  Until her team can become more consistent (either consistently good or consistently bad), I'm just going to plop her right here in the middle.

6. The Debbinator (2-1) [6]

David proved that having two quality TEs does help, especially when one gets hurt.  His RBs straight stunk, and still will stink as long as Forte is out.  McGahee and Benson offer glimmers of hope, but I'm not fully sold on whether either can provide the consistent production that David needs (I cut Benson from my team, after all.  Not that Shonn Greene is any better.. but at least he makes Chris Johnson look like.. well, Chris Johnson.).  As long as Brees continues to play well and David has an WR or two play well each week, his team will be in good condition.  They just haven't been consistent.

7. Rainbow Warriors (1-2) [7]

Oh, Aaron Rodgers.  After a second disappointing week, Jeff might be scratching his head wondering if Rodgers was really worth the first pick in the whole draft.  While I'm not convinced Jeff's RBs are in a good state right now (I'm not sold on Alfred Morris as long as Mike Shanahan is his coach), I think his WRs have provided decent numbers, and Rodgers and Gronk are bound to return with respectable figures.  So on paper, Jeff's team looks good, but he's always been in the bottom half of the league in scoring each week thus far.  So really, his team statistically should be (0-3).  Hence, he must dwell amongst the the unpowerfully ranked.


8. odoyle RULES (2-1) [9]

My team has not performed well enough either to deserve its (2-1) record. I definitely lucked out in beating Jeff this week.  But I now have a little more hope in my team.  Torrey Smith played like I've wanted him to (even though I benched him), and Mikel LeShoure provided a pleasant surprise and added depth at the RB spot.  We'll see how things play out, I guess.  I mean, a jump from 9 to 8 doesn't seem like much, but it's encouraging for me, at least.


9.  errrdayimRussell'in (1-2) [8]

For the second time in three weeks, Eric ends up with the lowest score in the league for the week (Week 1 was the other time).  Not even a stellar performance by Megatron could save him this week.  Fun stat: his kicker scored more points (14) than his QB (Philip Rivers - 3.12), WR2 (Roddy White - 5.5), and WR3 (Vincent Jackson - 2.9) combined this week.  I'm at a loss.

10. Terrible Titans T_T (1-2) [10]

The Titans weren't so terrible this week.  But unfortunately for David, that didn't translate into more points for the most hated-on RB in fantasy football right now: Chris Johnson.  Not that it would have mattered, since David wisely sat his sorry butt on the bench.  Looking at David's team, I think he has all the potential pieces in place to propel his team to.. at least mediocrity.  Out of the dumps.  His WRs are actually pretty decent, his QB not bad, he has a top-tier TE, and what was supposed to be a monster DEF.  Could his RB problems really be that big?  Things will come around, David.  I'm like.. 70% sure they will.  Maximize on that waiver priority.