1. Luke [1 - last year's rank]
Adding a 2nd place finish to his 14-year resume of 3 championships further solidifies Luke's dominance in our league. I hate to admit it, especially since he's been out of the top 3 in the 4 years prior, but Luke will be on the upswing if he carries this momentum into 2018. Don't forget, this was the guy who won the regular season last year with a killer Gurley + Elliott combo. As I hope to chronicle in a future blog post, his draft last season ended up being like this:
aka FLAWLESS VICTORY (#Shoutout2005) but also aka... I think he probably cheated. And also aka Aaron plz draft for him again. Or aka Yahoo Autodraft aka V.Putin & Co.
2. Gabs [2]
Two championships in four years is an impressive feat, enough to keep him at #2 in the dyNASTYc rankings, but Gabs didn't even make the playoffs last year. The eye test and recency bias - and his questionable loyalty to certain players that have treated him well in the past (Devonta Run-like-a-Freeman) - would bring him down a notch in my book, but the numbers don't lie.
3. Justina [4]
With another championship under her belt, Justina jumps up in the rankings. The biggest reason why she didn't climb all the way up to #2 was that her championship back in 2011 was in a 10-team league. Although 2011 was a tough year to win, with renewed interest in FF at a high after the well-documented Dark Ages of FF, the fact that Gabs won 2 championships in 12-team leagues tips the numbers in his favor. And to be fair, the questionability of Justina's loyalty to certain players exceeds that of Gabs's (Keenan-Kick-It Allen and less so for DeAndre 1-800-HOPKINS-BLING).
The fact that Justina won last year after BARELY making it into the playoffs as a 6th seed is just as infuriating as it is impressive. But it also gave her the rights to determine Eric's team name throughout the 2018 season. Speaking of which...
4. Eric [3]
I think Eric will try to forget last year's debacle of a year and see if he can climb up the dyNASTYc ladder. His only championship was the inaugural season, and the fact that he's finished 3rd place in 2 of the last 5 seasons gives him a slight edge over Andrew, but being the first official Sacko of FFNUTHANG isn't really how dyNASTYs want to be remembered. OR THIS
You're welcome, FF NU THANGers, for the specialized Sacko punishment - a combination of two of FF NU THANG's favorite things - A GIF MEME. As tempting as it may be, try not to watch too many loops of it, though - I can speak from personal experience. I won't be responsible for any GIF MEME-related sickness. But to be fair, this is probably how Eric felt all of last season, being 4th overall in points scored, but still ending up with only 3 wins all season.
5. Andrew [5]
Andrew had all the pieces last year to make a run. I basically gifted him his best RB for the first half of the season (nope, still not over it).
But props to him that he's in the top half after only 4 years in the league.
The best of the rest are below - the teams that have never won a championship. To them I say, better luck this year. Especially to #6.
6. Tim [6]
7. Laura [7]
8. David Li [8]
9. Aaron [10]
10. Jeff [11]
11. Abraham [12]
12. Steve [NR]
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