Week 11 Power Rankings

 

Offensive Line Race War Victim

Week 10, so-called rivalry week by Yahoo, went with a whimper as an eight team clique toed the playoff line and several of the stragglers barely got out of their bunks.  Scores took a drastic drop to 95.9 as injuries seem to un-man the Colonel.  Just 6 out of 14 were over 100, and only two (!) teams are over 120.  Injuries and final byes are winnowing the chaff, is there more to reap in week 11? or can a team or two save themselves from the scythe? 


1. (T. 3) Trichs  (6-4)  - It's not every week that your QB tosses a 3 and you still pull out a top 2 score.  Trade acquisition Brandon Marshall picked up his best game of the season at 26 and the Far East Brigade put up 4/6 double digits in the skill positions. Carolina's D/ST picked up a second straight double digit, in a fearless counter titration vs. SF.  With Allen and Decker the Trichs are still hunting for a WR2 but that's really pretty nitpicky - with Goslings, Polk and PG the Hair-Pullers could very well win out and take the top bye running away.

T. 2 . (T. 3) SanFranciscoFerries (6-4) Zeus' Thunderbolt is starting to gather dust on the Ferries' mantle. The Nauts' 9 straight from 2011 is the record and the Ferries have a chance to challenge it the way they're playing.  Beating Polk in week 10 is no gimme and the Ferries clocked Bundy with a 118, minus Gronk.  Finally right on the QB controversy Wilson sailed through the day vs. ATL.  The only worry spot is how terrible GB's offense looked Rodgers-less. With Tojam and Flynn next week, Lacy's value could suffer. Luckily the Ferries have the horsepower to turn elsewhere if necessary.  With Raiders, Nauts and Styles the Ferries could take that streak to 9 and ride a bye into the playoffs.

T. 2. (1)  Polk High Panthers  (7-3) - Some of the shine is coming off Bundy's trophy, but they still have a one game lead for the top bye. Megatron and AJ both went 20+ and Randle caught an endzone look in the flex, but both RBs couldn't combine for 10 points and benching Ryan didn't fix matters at QB.  The good news is that America's Family could probably go 1-2 and still make the playoffs.  The bad news is that they might need to go 3-0 to take a bye.   Grain of salt, a high margin team like the Panthers can smoke or get smoked as the wind blows.

4.  (2) Pelican Brief - (6-4) - The Brief took a massive step backward and missed a chance to contend for the top bye when bye week QB Locker went down early. The rest of the Thrillers bumbled through uninspired as DE Chris Long led the team in scoring with a lone double digit. It's Brady's bye, so tough to fault them here, just a stinger and move on.  The Brief finishes up with TTM, Grossman and BDT.

5. (5) TakingTigerMountain (6-4) The Tigers got a decent win in their Stylez points game, nearly putting up 120, courtesy of a record setting Saints game.  Bad news is that waiver phenom Michael James is done for the year, the Tigers will hope that pass-catching back Vereen can take up some of the slack coming off IR.  Brees put up his 4th game at 30+ proving he can take the Tigers half way there by himself if necessary. 3rd in points the Tigers can contend for a bye tiebreaker with a couple wins - they get the Brief, Cyclotron and Goslings to finish out.

6. (6) Tusken Raiders (6-4) - Tatooine's favorite club stayed very much alive with a win over BDT and moved into poll position for a wildcard spot. RGIII was back to throwing against the porous Vikings.  He's feast or famine. The win minus Jamaal should prove clutch as the Raiders are 2nd tier on points.  The Raiders get Ferries, Dijon and Polk to finish up.

7. (7) Phat Girlz (6-4)  - Monique got a season-saving win against the Grishamites on Brady's bye with a 93. Darren Sproles timely re-emergence did it virtually alone this week as (predicted) the Dolphins o-line race war couldn't agree on a hole to make for Miller. And Bowe got popped on his bye week for driving fast with ganja in the glovebox. Monique needs to get control of the locker room, yesterday. Will they use Cooper's "white-on-white" points off the bench?  They are the 9th ranked in total points so they need a tie-breaker-less scenario to move on. Homespun, Goslings and Trichs, the Girlz control their own destiny but need Ws.

8. (8) Grossman Sachs (5-5) - The commish turned the top card in week 10 and rocked 139. It moves them into 2nd place in total points and back to .500 on the heels of their second straight win. Peyton and AP are still providing the baseline but Nio-Gio and Jennings did a few nice solos as well.  The big question is when/if Percy gets on the field enough to help the WR corps. The Sachs get the Primorials, Pelicans and Bloodz and need all three.

9. (9) Aethernauts (4-6) - The Nauts got shot down by the Evil Bankers, putting up a triple digit to keep in the points running just in case. Fig Newton and SS combined for 11 in a defensive battle with the Niners. Andre Brown is certainly everything promised at RB, but is he too late to right the ship here? They get BDT, Ferries and Mustard Men in their descent.

10. (12)  Goslings (5-5) - the Drivers won the desperation battle, but the war is a different matter.  Shady and Levon kept the ground going strong and Luck pick prone but got plenty of volume in a blowout loss.  Currently 11th in points they need to win out and see some stars align to see their rookie season flourish.

11. (T. 11) BuildingDwellingThinking  (4-6) - Last year's champion missed their best chance to take a run at the wildcard and are merely mathematical hopefuls now. With Romo and Dez on a much needed bye - they'll be heavy underdogs to the Nauts next week. They've lived and died by Romo/Bryant and they just couldn't carry the team through the bye weeks. Ray Rice's disapointing season is the other half of the tragedy here four straight single digit games have kept the Chico All Stars vortex bound. BDT closes out with Nauts, Styles and Brief.

12. (T. 10) Homespun Neckbloodz  (4-6)  Forte failed the Cyclotron at a key moment and the Bloodz lost one they couldn't spin back.  A back-up QB double titration (Keenum/Johnson) kept the bloodz in the thick of this one, but there were too many lowballs with no sign of a b345t. HSNB closes out with PG, TTM, GS.

13. (T.10)  Dijonaise All Stars  (5-5)  Colonel Mustard is technically very much alive in the playoff race. But make no mistake they are very much dead (in the pantry with a candle stick).  Leaving in some bye weekers resulted in a collosal low-ball which subsequently sunk their point total to 13th. They're the closest to toxic asset you can play in the Gulag. A-Rodg won't be back until the fantasy playoffs. Arian is done for the year. It's a testament to how well executed their early season victories were that they still have a shot in the dark now. But that's all it is.

14. (14)  PrimordialLifestyles (0-9) - like the hyper realistic Giligan's Island cannibal movie in my nightmares, the remaining castaways on the Stylez squad outdid themselves to prove their fading vitality and fend off existential boredom through vicious rapedeath-stakes competition. Demarius (the Professor) invented three touchdowns out of coconuts in 15 minutes. And Golden Tate (Ginger) slept with the offensive coordinator to vulture a ridiculous TD look.  Sadly T-Rich (Mary-Ann) faded and set upon by the others in a blood orgy that we all saw coming, really.  The rest is silence.