A-Town Power Rankings Week 1

A-Town Power Rankings

WEEK 1

 

I want to welcome everyone to another season of A-Town Fantasy football. The draft is over and the first game is actually 5 hrs away as I write this.  The draft went well, jokes were made, pizza was eaten, Logan was hung-over, so basically the usual.  So for those of you who are new to our league or have drank too much over the past year and forgot, I will be doing weekly power rankings for our league.  Although I don’t really know much, I will put a lot of research and thought into it.  As always I love feedback so please leave comments.  For my first rankings I grouped teams into 5 categories: great, good, average, below average and shit.  Without further ado here are the week 1 A-Town Power Rankings!

 

1. Anton

Although I don’t think Anton has the best team out of the gate this year, I’m going to give the Champ his due and keep him at the top until someone takes him down.  Anton is on a fantasy streak of late killing it in baseball as well and last year made me look like a fool with a preseason ranking of 10.  My favorite part of Anton’s team is his WR combination of Fitz, Steve Smith and Stevie Johnson. Getting Fitz in the second round of a 14 team PPR league is a steal and his numbers should be just fine with Skelton being named the starter in AZ. This biggest concern for this team, even though he refuses to admit it, is at QB with Ryan Fitzpatrick. Honestly he’s just not that good and Anton has no backup.

2. Garret

Well the one thing we know for sure is that Garret and the Broncos are both all in on Payton Manning. He has no backup and has Thomas as his number 2 WR.  Manning should be a serviceable fantasy QB, but don’t expect Manning of old to all of a sudden show up.  I love this team’s personnel at RB and WR and on top of that Garret has bench players with huge upside.  This team is built for the long haul to handle any kind of adversity so I expect Garret to be atop my ranking all year.

3. Joe

Joe reached early on Brees, but found good value later in the draft. I particularly like Brandon Lloyd and Reggie Bush.  I know they are both huge question marks to some people, but they are two very talented players who have proven they can get the job done.  Joe’s weak spot is definitely his bench where he has players with little upside.  A few big injuries could really derail this team’s hope for a successful season, but for now he sits in the top 3 of my rankings.

4.  Alex

I already know Alex is going to be upset with my ranking because he always feels he is the best and should be #1! Well Alex you get me in week 1 so that’s a great time to prove it! If all goes according to plan Alex does actually have a very strong team and so far it has with MJD ending his holdout.  Calvin is obviously the best WR in the game and Brown seemed to make huge strides last year and in the off season with Wallace holding out.  If Doug Martin plays like the reports are saying, he will be a huge asset and luxury to this team.

5. Pop

I paid very close attention to Pop’s team because he choose right in front of me and kept taking my players.  My favorite pick was Eli Manning.  His two best weapons went in the first 3 rounds, but he fell to the 4th round, tell me how that makes sense? White and Johnson give pop star power at WR and with Rice at RB Pop’s may have the most high profile names of any team.  The only question for this team is who is going to step up and fill the flex position.

6. Dan

Dan can’t fall lower than 6^th based on the fact that he has the best football player on the planet on his team in Aaron Rogers.  With his back to back picks in the 2^nd and 3^rd round, Dan went with a bold strategy and took two WR instead of a RB and it came back to haunt him.  Have Shone Green as your number 1 RB isn’t good in any league.  Dan isn’t strong at TE and has a very thin bench meaning his fate in fantasy this year will be decided on what crazy trade he will be able to pull off.

7. Zach

Zach’s team is probably better than 7^th, but he’s new to the league and wasn’t there on draft day so he is going to have to earn his spot.  The strength of this team is at RB. McFadden has the potential to be the best in the game and Sproles proved last year that he is a top notch PPR back.  Kevin Smith adds great depth and Zach made sure to get McFadden’s back up in Goodson.  However, Zach is going to struggle at WR.  He really needs Floyd to break out and do big things.  Call me crazy but I predict Hernandez will have just as good a year as Gronk.

8. Clay

First off it was very nice to see Clay at the draft considering he lives in another country and said he wouldn’t be playing this year.  I loved Clay’s first 4 picks, but then things got a little iffy for me.  He is going to be nervous all year about WR and Coloston is more of a #2 guy than someone you want as your top pass catcher.  Clay also lacks quality bench players. On a positive note, Clay was able to grab Crosby for like the 4^th year in a row and Cam Newton is one of my favorite players.

9.  Jeff

Things I like about Jeff’s team: Julio Jones, Tom Brady’s hair, his team name and Buffalo’s run game.  Things I dislike: 3 TE’s that all suck, 2 of 4 WR’s have never caught an NFL pass, 2 RB’s who will get a combined 15 carries a week, and F-ing Vincent Jackson!  I believe all this adds up to a 5-8 record and Jeff being pissed off.

 

10. Gill

I’m not sure what to think of my team so I ranked myself 10 for these reasons:  1) I hate odd numbers and 10 is a very solid even number; 2) I pre-ranked Anton 10 last year and he won it all; 3) Somehow none of my players have a bye in week 10; and 4) My starting TE Kyle Rudolph is going to get me exactly 10 points every week.  Basically what I’m saying is that my season is hindering on the play of Rapelisberger or a 3^rd round quarterback who has played in more professional baseball games than NFL games.

11. Logan

So when Logan picked Murray in the first round I thought it was a great pick.  Apparently Logan and I are the only ones who feel that way.  He went in at least the 2^nd round in every other draft I did and the general theme is that people are down on him this year (Woops).  I honestly like Logan’s team and want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he has by far the most injury prone team and around week 5 may struggle to find 8 healthy players. Who knows, maybe Vick will play like he did 2 years ago and lead Logs to fantasy immortality.

12. Mike

So this ranking may be out of spite that in our fantasy baseball league I have the number 1 team by a landslide and am losing to Mike in the playoffs right now! I really like Stafford and Welker obviously, but I’m also a huge fan of Donald Brown and Greg Olson.  Mike did a good job in the later rounds.  The reason I have Mike in the bottom third of my rankings are the age of his primary running backs.  Turner and McGahee are just plain old for NFL standards and won’t get the work load Mike is expecting. Janikowski may kick some late winners for Mike, but in the end I see him falling short of the playoffs.

13. Kristen

Kristen’s draft turned into a mess in a hurry. I’m not sure which picks were made by her and which were auto-drafted except for the defense in the 7^th round! You know you’re in trouble when in a PPR league you only have 3 WR’s and two of them are Caucasian.  To make things worse, Kristen has not only two defenses, but two Kickers. That’s right two kickers, what else can I say.

14. Chris

This was a tough one for me because I did the actual picking of Chris’s players for him on draft day.  Just so everyone is clear, Chris gave me a very specific list and plan of what to do so the decisions were completely his.  Chris had 3 players he had to have and got them all so that was a plus.  Chris knew his strategy of drafting back to back TE was out of the box so I think he expected to be at the bottom here, but he will have his chance to prove he’s not that crazy after all.  I wish him the best.