MoRRie's Pogiboys (2-2)The only division winner to not get to double digit wins this season, Pogiboys is perched precariously on top of the newly dubbed Hoke-A-Mania division. This is how bad of a Michigan fan I am, I had to Google what that was in reference to. Shame shame. After dropping an embarrassing opener to P Funk All Stars in WK1, Alvin has righted the ship with three good games and only a five point loss to 100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears to spoil the party. All this after suffering a catastrophic off-season that saw their keeper core decimated by injury. The good news is that Trent Richardson and his 3.13 YPC average is in a better offense, even as if his fantasy stock hasn't gone up much up yet.
New quarterback Tom Brady, acquired via a draft day trade, has only hit twenty points once this season, which is surprising. That, of course, could be due to that other Pogiboy, Danny Amendola, who has only played one game so far. Aside from Calvin Johnson, the receiving corps is a bit dicey. DeSean Jackson looked fantastic for the first two weeks before disappearing, and Jermichael Finley teased before getting injured again. I'm gonna state the obvious: Jermichael Finley equals NBA's Tyrus Thomas. With Michael Crabtree and Percy Harvin both with that shiny red "O" next to their names, there's no question Alvin loves his injury prone high upside guys -- just like with his SlamNation team. Rookie Eddie Lacy had a flash in WK1 before he too suffered an injury.
Actually, with so many disappointments, it's almost incredible that the Pogiboys are leading this division. And we haven't even talked about running back Lamar Miller, who is at 7.5 points per game, not exactly what Alvin expected after drafting him third overall. In fact, all those early 2013 draft picks -- including four first rounders -- resulted in Miller, Lacy, Jackson, Finley, Tyler Eifert, and Carson Palmer. Plus Tom Brady of course. Worth it?
Ann Arbor Bamfers (2-2)
The story heading into the season was who would hold the QB reins for Randy's team: Eli Manning or Colin Kaepernick? Turns out it doesn't really matter, both have been wildly erratic this season, and are only separated by one point per game. The Bamfers are mysteriously at 0.500 despite being outscored 228 to 333 PF/PA. Some of that disparity was caused by a 73-129 WK1 loss to Jedi Knights but mostly it's because in WK3 the Bamfers somehow magically only scored 25 points. For the whole week. Seriously, take a look. In their other two outings, Randy's fighting heroes didn't pass the seventy points scored mark. Again, this team is at 0.500.
The good news: Frank Gore has been pretty good. Better news: Randy kept Fred Jackson, who is a top ten running back so far. That's actually better than great news because C.J. Spiller has been horrific. In what was supposed to be a huge follow up to his breakthrough season, Spiller has totally regressed and is being outpaced by Jackson. Tight end Owen Daniels is leading this team in receiving points, mainly on the strength of an eighteen point WK1. Aside from that there's not much else here. A monster WK2 from James Jones, absolutely nothing from Kenny Britt and Santana Moss, and now Nate Burleson lost for the season. We forsee a difficult road for the Bamfers to even match their five win total from last season unless one of the quarterbacks and Spiller start picking it up.
Hungry Hungry Ouroborous (1-3)Collapsing down the stretch last season to the tune of three straight losses, Jon's team came out of the gates with another three loss streak to start 2013. One of those losses could have been salvaged by starting Mike Wallace in WK2 but complaining about what could have been is for wimps. In WK4, the Angry Angry Ouroborous put the smack down to the tune of 136 points, our high mark of the season, and finally got in the wins column after almost a year out of the limelight. Seriously, their last victory was WK10 last season, which was very likely November 2012. That's a loooong time to go in-between wins. Clearly, this is now a team on the rise! Okay, maybe not as the Ouroborous haven't eclipsed eighty points in any of their previous three games. Their decent Points For is inflated by one big week but otherwise this team is starving for points.
There is some talent on the team though. Matt Ryan has maintained his excellent QB status, and Victor Cruz momentarily sits atop the WR charts. With Eric Decker, Julian Edelman, and Mike Wallace also on board, there is an above average passing game. Especially with Antonio Gates deciding to rejuvenate himself this season through a steady diet of carne asada burritos. Jon's team even features two running backs who both average double digits: Darren Sproles and rookie Giovani Bernard. Both are erratic but their open field skills give the Ouroborous a wide open attack. Highly biases analysis says that this team should be better, but the on-field results speak otherwise. The Ouroborous are just eating themselves.
Team Cameltoe (1-3)
Over an extremely busy off-season, Felipe completely rebuilt his team, to much applause and acclaim. After posting just four wins last year, there was nowhere else to go but up. Unfortunately, they seem to be taking two steps back before any steps forward. To be fair, new acquisition Jordy Nelson has been better than hoped -- currently ranked #3 in WR points by average -- but Russell Wilson has been less than spectacular. To put it mildly. Will he eventually be worth the two RD1s and one RD2 Felipe gave up for him? Time will tell. Currently, Wilson is keeping pace with EJ Manuel, and arguably being outperformed by the rookie too. (Does Cameltoe regret not just keeping Jay Cutler?)
As for new running back Daryl Richardson, he's been awful, simply awful. The only worse things have been keepers David Wilson and Chris Ivory. Between the two of them, they've accrued twelve points total on the season -- Richardson has seventeen, for a 4.3 point average. To add insult to injury, the Bears D/ST that Cameltoe received in Trade ID#165 is now back on the Mandalorian Warriors, and outperforming the Buccaneers defense that Felipe has been rolling out. The only other bright spot for this team is Julio Jones, who has paired with Nelson to be a dominating duo. Even with this being a weak division, we find it hard to see Cameltoe picking up many wins this season, unless someone can donate a running back to the Cameltoe cause. Anyone, anyone?
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