100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears (4-2)Leading the league in scoring at 103.25 points per, J and Jayvee’s team is riding last season’s playoff breakout, David Johnson, and 2016 #1 pick Ezekiel Elliot to pole position in Ohana division. After last year’s disappointing 6-7 campaign, Pooh Bears are headed straight back to the top again. Aside from the wonderful running duo, this team also features Antonio Brown and a fleet of hit-and-miss wides doing intriguing things: Brandin Cooks, Mike Evans, Doug Baldwin, Marvin Jones, and Sterling Shepard.
The on-field leader on the team has changed, from Carson Palmer to Cam Newton, but that should be fine, even if Newton isn’t exactly on last year's MVP form. The only weakness for this team so far has been at TE, where Antonio Gates has been injured and overtaken by his understudy in San Diego. We’re not anticipating any slowdown from here till the postseason for Pooh Bears, and another championship is squarely in their sights.
Fockers (3-3)
Hong’s team stumbled out of the gates 2-6 last year and ended up flailing around in the Toilet Bowl. Now they are back into division contention, despite the inability of Dez Bryant to return to the field. Fueling their attack is a return to form by Andrew Luck, and the ground game of LeGarrette Blount and the freshly returned LeVeon Bell. As they wait for Bryant, Demaryius Thomas has been okay leading this team, even as his fantasy dominant days are likely over. The good news for Fockers is that Jimmy Graham has finally become his old self with the Seahawks, and is a top flight tight end option once again. With injuries dotting his bench, GM Hong could look to field a better defense and kicker too, and then he could use the second half of the season to lock up a postseason appearance. Long live Fockers!
Well, getting blasted by 168.5 points last week surely didn’t help Stallionz Points Against numbers, but WK6 was an aberration, as Porta’s team has mostly faced a soft schedule. Their three wins have come on sub-75 point weeks from their opponent. Unfortunately, once the opposing team hits 90+ points, it’s good night for Stallionz. Still, they are at 3-3 and squarely in the playoff mix. After finishing 5-8 last year, that’s good news.
Marcus Mariota has solidified himself as a top ten quarterback, even though he is still very irregular. The surprise of the year has to be Michael Crabtree, who has found the fountain of youth in Oakland and has been great so far this season. Add in the Falcons’ duo of Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman in the backfield, operating for the number one offense in the NFL, and Porta is in decent shape. If Brandon Marshall can stay hot, and new tight end Jack Doyle finds some more consistency, the outlines of a competitive team are here. Stallionz need to take it up a notch for the rest of the season to insure a smooth ride to the playoffs.
Squirtle Squad (2-4)
Our defending division champs stumbled out of the gates winless in three games, and things were looking bleak. Injuries decimated this team early, as Keenan Allen and Adrian Peterson were both lost for the season. Fortunately, Tom Brady is back! He’ll replace Tyrod Taylor and that will be a major upgrade for this offense, obviously. Along with that, Lamar Miller and Randall Cobb are showing signs of life and if they can kick it into gear, Squirtles could rise quickly.
Of course, GM Brian will need to work the waiver wire to find some other parts, as this entire bench is full of red injury statuses. Rookie Will Fuller was looking great for a few weeks, but has fallen behind Allen Robinson on the Squirtles depth chart. In a competitive division, will Tom Terrific be enough to pilot this team back to the postseason after getting knocked out of the first round last year?
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