Week 4 Power Rankings

Week 3 kept three undefeated teams rolling, picked up the highest score of the year to date.  The average score dipped again to 103.8.  Only two teams surpassed 120 and only six hit triple digits.  Next week begins the bye week crunch.


1. (6)  Polk High Panthers  (3-0) - Al Bundy's day of glory is stretching toward a month. They were beatable at just 102, but got enough on a lowball from Pelicans.  They'll win more often than not when Calvin and AJ score.  F-Jax's potential injury promotion rockets them to the top, but Millie's college fund isn't safe just yet.

T 2. (7) TakingTigerMountain (3-0) -Burning very brightly indeed the Tigers threw Brees-Graham connect for the third straight week and put a 150 on the Commish.  Antonio Brown picked up the high score of the week in trash time comeback mode effectively putting the game to bed.  CJ's injury, Bradshaw's questionable role and Matthews' ineffectiveness, mean the Mountain Men will need the Saints to march in on a weekly basis. 

T 2. (5) Homespun Neckbloodz  (3-0)  -The Spinners stumbled a bit but picked up their third straight victory and triple digit in a win over Colonel Mustard's rookies.  Johnson and Jackson had a lost week in the air, but Forte continues to dominate on the ground and Joique Bell made the most of an easy match up.  Until S-Jax is back at 100% they'll be a low-ceiling team, but three to start ain't bad.

4. (5) BuildingDwellingThinking (2-1) -BDT survived a MNF comeback and picked up a triple digit despite losing Finley to injury.  Picking up a win minus Rice is huge and Chicago's D has turned out to be a legitimate weapon. 

5.  (T.2) Grossman Sachs (1-2) - The Commish got walloped by the big stick of the week, which hides a few lowballs in the back pages of a breakdown.  Arian picked up only 54 yards, and Jennings and Edleman look pedestrian.  Does Josh Gordon get a shot if he gets caught up in the Browns' firesale?

6. (T2) Pelican Brief - (1-2) The Grisham-ites fell below 100 and took their second straight loss. Ivory, Nicks and Fleener combined for 1.8 points. The Legal Thrillers need more production out of those bottom three spots.

7. (1)  Dijonaise All Stars (2-1) - The Poupon Greys finally came down market with a double digit, as their 3 WR1 action came up empty in the TD hunt.  A-Rodg was picked twice, but he'll have better days. 

8. (10) TuskenRaiders (2-1) -The Sand People picked up their second straight W in a hard fought battle with the Primordial ones.  Cameron was a wire beast at TE with a green Hoyer under the gun.  Jamaal took it up another notch to push the Tusken FC to victory here.  As the Skins look more and more broken every week RGIII is a greater question mark.

9. (9) Phat Girlz (1-2) - The Girls lost a squeaker to BDT on Monday night.  Their carefully mined wire gold in Starks came up lame, but has a week to get healthy. Bowe continues to be feast or famine in a ground driven KC offense.

10. (11) Aethernauts (1-2) - The Nauts aced the Trichs with the 2nd highest score of the week.  Floated by big days by Newton and Murray, the Explorers also got a 14 from IDP Berry and a 12 picking against the blogsperts in Cleveland's D/ST. 

11. (12)  Goslings (1-2) The Goslings notched a victory behind L-Mac and Bilial ground power.  Throwing any defense against Peyton's Broncos seems foolhardy, but picking up the Raiders is borderline comic. If Bell can move Pittsburgh downfield, it should do something to fill out the roster sheet here.

12. (8) Trichs (1-2) The Far East brigade took a tough loss with lots of action on the bench as a second straight team shut down their Keeper-nick/Anquan/9ers triple titration.  With those three and Gore they'll lie and die by the 49ers. 

13. (13)  PrimordialLifestyles (0-3)  - A near win for the Stylez was frustrated by the self-handicapping at TE and an injury to Richardson at flex. However, with Martin and T-Rich in the backfield and a host of nice IDP, they remain a team that might take one on autopilot.

14.  (14) SanFranciscoFerries  (0-3)-This year's heartbreak kids saw low-ceiling QB Wilson light up the Jags on the bench, while Rivers struggled in the driver's seat.  There's a hospital of pro-bowl talent on the shelf, if they can ever get healthy.