1. Dan (Last
Week 3) Odds to win League: 4/1
Dan has now
won 5 in a row and is officially the hottest team in the league and the odds on
favorite to win the league. Only one
game back in the division after Pop’s embarrassing lost this week, I think Dan
will soon take over the lead and get a first round bye. In the playoffs you need a stud to carry you
and Dan has that in Aaron Rodgers.
2. Alex (2)
Odds: 6/1
Yes, it
pains me to do it, but I had to make an all Schmidt top 2. Alex got back on track this week thanks to
impressive performances by Julio Jones and Doug Martin. When you have a lineup full of studs, a few
of them are bound to go off every week.
The only reason I set Alex at 6/1 is because he is one loss away from
falling to a wild card team.
3. Garret
(4) Odds: 13/3
Garret had
another high week and leads the league in points scored. His luck is bound to turnaround that’s why I
gave him odds close to that of Dan’s.
With Manning and Thomas leading the way, this is going to be a hard team
to stop. The odds on Garret after week 3
probably would have been around 20/1 and now he’s looking like a steal at 13/3.
4. Gill (6)
Odds: 11/2
It kills me
to have to move my team up in the rankings, but after Pop dropped his second
game of the year, I have the best record at 7-1. Don’t read into that too much as I was
incredibly lucky again this week and Graham caught a late touchdown when I was
down by .5. I set my odds a little
higher than 5/1 because my playoff chances are looking good and I have had
crazy luck all season.
5. Pop (1) Odds:
8/1
62 points!
Really Pop’s? I realize you were missing
Johnson and Rice, but I had to drop you 4 spots. Pop’s now has only the 7th most
points scored in the league. I left Pop’s
odds pretty high at 8/1 because you can’t judge a team on one week, even if it
was the worst week by a team all season.
6. Joe (5)
Odds: 9/1
Joe lost a
very winnable game against Dan in week 8.
He didn’t get the production out of Bradshaw and Bush that he normally
gets. Joe is one of the best values at
9/1, mainly because he is 4-4 and I’m not sure if he will make the
playoffs. If he does, he could be a
force and an absolute steal at 9/1.
7. Kristen
(7) Odds: 14/1
After the
top 6, the quality of team really drops off.
Right now I have Kristen as my best of the rest so to speak. Decker had another great game and McCoy
finally had the production we were expecting.
Kristen is definitely still in the mix for the playoffs, but she would
be a major underdog and that’s why I set her odds at 14/1.
8. Mike (8)
Odds: 20/1
Tough loss
for Mike, as he almost held on Monday night against Anton but fell a few points
short. The difference was the Vikings D
putting up -3 points. With Stafford
coming along, Mike has a very respectable team, but at 3-5 the chances of him
making the playoffs has fallen to under 50% so I’m forced to set his odds at
20/1.
9. Logan
(10) Odds: 18/1
The power of
the 10 spot strikes again! Logan pulled off a last minute 3 point victory over
Kristen in week 8. At this point I’m
done trying to explain the 10 spot Magic; it’s unbelievable. The problem with Logan’s team is he doesn’t have
a guy who can go off and have a gigantic week and win it for the team. Logan has scored the 6th most
points, playoff worthy, but only bolsters a 3-5 record so I had to set his odds
at 18/1 is all.
10. Zach (9)
Odds: 21/1
Alright so
this is the first week I’m really testing the 10 spot magic. Zach has lost 5 in a row and can’t catch a
break. He is finding every way to lose,
making him a perfect fit for the 10 spot.
After week 3, I would have set Zach’s odds at 6/1, of course that was
predicting he would have made a trade involving RG3.
11. Anton
(12) Odds: 25/1
Anton had a
great pickup this week in Russell Wilson and finally got some solid production
out of Forte. The win moved Anton to
3-5. The big problem for this team all
year has been Larry Fitzgerald’s production.
He’s almost becoming a matchup guy or a flex guy. Despite the fight from this team, Anton is
still looking like a non-playoff team so I set his odds at 25/1.
12. Jeff (12)
Odds: 25/1
Jeff has now
taken down my top team each of the last two weeks. What’s more amazing is that he did it this
week scoring 82 points. Jeff is also 4-4
despite scoring the least amount of points in the league. That’s fantasy football for you. After 8 weeks, the highest scoring team and
the lowest scoring team in a 14 team league are both 4-4. I still think it’s a long shot that Jeff even
makes the playoffs so I set his odds at 25/1.
13. Clay
(11) Odds: 28/1
The worst
thing that could possible happen to Clay’s team happened this week. He had one of his good weeks, which he always
wins, except this week he faced the only team that could have beat him. Clay’s good weeks are few and far between at
this point, so losing one of them is a major blow. Consider Clay almost finished at 28/1.
14. Chris
(14) Odds: 500/1
Chris went down
again last week moving to 1-7, and I’m pretty sure mathematically eliminated from
the playoffs. Tom Brady is really the
only player giving him anything at this point.
The funny thing is Chris got the better end of the deal in all his
trades. I wonder where his team would be
if he didn’t make those trades. At least
he is still competitive on a weekly basis.
