A-Town Week 2 Power Rankings

Week one is officially in the books.  It brought us a lot of scoring and some crazy games.  Almost everyone made a bad lineup decision, but hey it was the first week so I think we all deserve a break.  In this week there is a lot of shifting going on.  My pre-season rankings were more of a crap shoot than anything else so I think this week’s rankings more accurately portray our league. 

1. Logan (Last week 1)

Logan is being very modest about his team and trying not to jinx it.  I on the other hand am doing everything in my power to jinx Logan’s team.  If he keeps winning he’s going to stay in the dreaded number one spot! Logan’s team performed as expected even without his first round pick Foster.  Matt Stafford looked great and if he can stay healthy he could produce top 5 numbers.  With all the weapons he has and the buzz around Detroit I see Stafford reeking havoc on the league.  The toughest decision Logan is going to have to make on a weekly basis is what guaranteed 15 pt player is going to start in his flex.

2. Alex (4)

Alex expressed he’s feelings about being the defending champ and ranked 4^th in last week’s rankings.  I hate to say it but he may have been right.  His team looked dominant on Sunday.  Reggie Wayne looks like he’s going to be ok without Payton, and Ray Rice looks like he was the right choice for the first pick.  Will someone please take Alex down so I don’t have to keep ranking him so high?

3. Pat (3)

Pat Sell survived a bad week by Mendenhall with the gaudy numbers put up by Drew Brees.  I also thought Bush looked great and from the looks of it Miami is going to make sure he gets his touches.  With that being said, I am very worried about Pat’s WR core.  With Colston down for at least a month and Garcon not catching balls from Payton, this team’s WR’s aren’t looking so good.  Pat better hope Branch or Burleson step up.

4. Anton (10)

Anton is this week’s winner of the Frontier Airlines Flight of the Week moving up 6 spots!  He will be receiving a voucher for 500 miles toward use on any flight within the US.  Aaron Rodgers looked ridiculous last Thursday.  The guy just looks determined to crush any team that he comes across.  The rest of Anton’s team looked rock solid led by late round pick Aaron Hernandez.  I was very impressed by Anton in week one and expect him to stay in my top 5 for a while.

5. Mike (9)

Mike won last week thanks to some late heroics by the Jets D and the old Brandon Marshall showing up.  He was targeted 13 times and even though he had some drops still caught 7 passes.  The rest of Mike’s team didn’t show up in week one, but I trust Mike will rally the troops and come out guns a blaz’n in week 2.

6. Kristen (5)                    

Kristen is my highest ranking team that lost last week.  She had the highest point total of any losing team.  Her team is solid; she just got poor performances out of Moreno and Bowe.  Those guys along with almost all of Kristen’s team are real streaky players.  I predict she will have some huge weeks and get that coveted $5 and have some weeks where she puts up one of the lowest totals of the week.

7. Dan (12)

Dan better not be taking credit for Ryan Fitzpatrick’s performance on Sunday.  He didn’t even pick him, it was an auto pick!  Nonetheless, Fitzpatrick’s looks like he’s for real and that is saving Dan’s season.  If Burress and Dez can continue to put up 20 points a week, Dan should be highly competitive on a weekly basis and prove that I definitely under ranked him to start the season.

8. Pop (2)

Pop fell 6 spots to number 8 this week.  I am worried about Green.  I don’t think his performance was a down week.  I fear it is what we will be seeing on a weekly basis from him.  Jared Cook was a complete bust in week one and he better pick it up if Pop’s wants to stay in my top 10.  I am curious to see which direction this team goes.

9. Garret (7)

The Amendola injury won’t hurt Garret as much because of the injury to Colston.  Meachem should fill in as NO number one receiver for the time being, potentially saving this team’s season.  The rest of Garret’s team played fine, but no one went off.  I am not too worried about this team and expect them to jump back into the top of my rankings sooner rather than later.

10. Jeff (6)

Jeff got beat by 74 but he shouldn’t let that discourage him.  On the positive side Bradshaw got a red zone TD, not Brandon Jacobs, and Calvin looked great catching two TD’s.  Kendricks had a bad week one, but from everything I am hearing he’s still Bradford’s favorite target and should have a great year.  Jeff’s going to have a tough time picking his flex on a weekly basis unless one of his average players can step up.

11. Clay (8)

Boom! Steven Jackson breaks one for a 47 yard TD and Clay’s looking at a great season.  That was until he injured himself on the next carry and is now going to miss time.  If it’s longer than 3 weeks that’s the end of Clays season.  He has zero running back depth and can’t afford to play catch up later in the season.  Things were looking so good.  Too bad it was only for 10 minutes. 

12. Chris (14)

OK - so Chris may have this year’s best fantasy player in Tom Brady.  What he did in Miami on Monday night was unbelievable.  500 yards is just stupid.  However, even with Brady’s 53 pt performance Chris only scored 111 points.  Chris, I moved you out of the cellar this week, but you can’t count on Brady putting up 50 every week and Run DMC playing the Broncos ferocious defense every week.

13. Devan (13)

Bluntly put, Devan’s team sucked in week one.  DeSean Jackson is really the only player that showed a sign of life.  Matt Ryan couldn’t find the end zone despite throwing for 300 yards and the Pitt D that was taken in the 5^th round put up a whopping 1 point.  Those are definitely reasons for concern.  AP may need 50 carries a week for Devan to have a winning record.

14. Gill (13)

Everyone complains about being ranked last so I am putting myself here.  My team played uninspired, (minus Ted Ginn Jr.) and couldn’t get anything going.  Mediocrity was the name of the game for me in week one.  With a league full of dedicated fantasy players, mediocrity isn’t going to cut it.