Squirtle Squad (5-2-1)Brian’s team hasn’t lost since WK1 (until last week), owns the second highest PF, and has the rest of his division mates fading into the distance. With five total wins, Squirrels have already outpaced last year’s four wins and is looking to cruise to a division title. We gave this team the lowest keeper core score from Ohana but that hasn’t affected them one bit. Ryan Tannehill was the keeper QB here, and was leading the team until a recent change to Matthew Stafford at the helm. Keenan Allen reemerged as a fantasy star early on, and still leads this team in non-QB position scoring, but he’s out indefinitely with a mystery kidney ailment. No matter though, because Allen Robinson has emerged as a legit #1 option, scoring 22.5, 17, and 18 points in his last three games.
Randall Cobb hasn’t had the kind of season everyone expected but he’s serviceable, and tight end Jordan Reed has been quite decent, ranking as the #7 TE. And hey! Adrian Peterson is back! While AP hasn’t had a big game since WK4, he’s been at least a steady presence and with other top ranked running backs dropping by the week, All Day is looking like a semi-safe play. Plus, Lamar Miller and Justin Forsett have been picking up steam for the past few weeks. With only one 0.500+ team left on their schedule, Squirtles can basically sit back and start figuring out their post-season plans!
Italian Stallionz (3-5)
The Stallionz started off 3-1 but are suddenly fading quite badly, low lighted by WK7’s 55 point showing in a loss. It's four straight L's for this team. What’s going on Porta?! For one, Marcus Mariota has totaled thirteen points in those four losses, and has been off the field for the last two weeks, albeit with no lineup change. We suspect Porta is out on the slopes or something, ignoring his fantasy team. The season ending injury to Jamaal Charles surely didn’t help either, even though Chris Johnson and Darren McFadden are both quietly having kind of comeback seasons. CJ2K and Run DMC! Is it 2010 again?! Sadly, the Andre Ellington hype train has long since derailed...
This team still has a lot going for it though, such as #1 ranked WR DeAndre Hopkins, who has been simply amazing with a 19.3 pts average. And with mondo target Brandon Marshall on the other side, Stallionz have two of the top six receivers in the game — TE Kyle Rudolph is a non-factor. If GM Porta can get a quarterback in there for Mariota, this team could still go places and maybe challenge for a wild card spot. Get off the snowboard and back into the game Porta!
100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears (3-5)We gave this team a sterling keeper score and were ready for them to re-enter the championship picture. Instead, the once mighty Pooh Bears are looking pretty fried, and is likely headed straight to the Toilet Bowl after book ending five losses in-between WK1 and WK7 wins. Then again, an uplifting 92-88 WK8 victory versus Mandalorian Warriors this past week could have them hoping for a playoff spot. Possible? If Jose and Jayvee want to see the post-season, they’ll have to make some moves starting right now!
On paper, this team is still pretty good. Cam Newton has been challenged by Carson Palmer for the starting quarterback slot, but that’s not a bad thing as both are averaging exactly 19.0 pts each outing. Young receivers Brandin Cooks and Mike Evans have been a bit on-and-off, but both will get more chances to shine with Steve Smith having torn his ACL. And while Antonio Brown hasn’t been the monster he was last season, Big Ben is back and so should Brown’s uber-effectiveness. And even Jimmy Graham hasn’t been as bad as initially feared/complained, as he’s been posting alternating big games. Sure, Carlos Hyde has been nigh useless, but Duke Johnson is flashing bits of potential in his rookie year. And Chris Ivory, the #5 ranked RB this season, was recently traded for the younger David Johnson, giving Pooh Bears another young runner while moving a veteran piece to a contender. Can the Bears move up? Or will they head to the Toilet Bowl?
*Fockers (2-6)
Last year’s division champion should probably reserve a seat at the Toilet Bowl. After entering the season with high hopes — and our #1 ranked keeper core — Hong has found his team flopping around at the bottom of the division. It’s not their fault, not entirely, since they’ve faced a punishing schedule that has been the toughest in the league -- opponents are averaging 102.25 against them. But they haven’t helped themselves either, with two sub-65 point showings to start the year and then erratic PF the rest of the way. With five games to go, a playoff showing is probably out of reach here.
Oh right, Le’Veon Bell was just lost for the season, right as Dez Bryant returns to action. If there’s a cursed season, this is it for Fockers. I mean, Andrew Luck has been awful (he’s ranked as the #23 QB by average, right above Brian Hoyer), DeAngelo Williams has received twenty-two carries combined in his last six games, LeGarrette Blount has one good game in three, Antonio Gates can’t stay on the field, and well, I’ll just stop… The good new is that Demaryius Thomas has still been okay, and waiver wire pickup Rishard Matthews has been quite the find! A season that started with a bold move, and championship aspirations, has collapsed pretty completely. Time to aim for that 2016 #1 draft pick I guess!
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