(1) Phat Girlz 1-0
Girlz beat the Ferries in Week 1 rematch of 2014 championship to hold on to the top spot of this year’s ranking. Luck left something more to be desired on the table despite putting up decent fantasy points. The real story here is Carlos Hyde, who’s emergence as a bell cow back in Santa Clara plugs up what was seemingly the Girlz only weakspot at the backfield.
Next Up: Monique vs Gronk, Girlz meet hungry Pelican
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(2) Dijonnaise All-Stars 1-0
Colonel’s troops defeated Bundys easily in the opening week. Keeper A-Rodg is still the best QB in the NFL, and the Mustards are content to ride on his shoulder. Brandon Marshal proved to be WR1 even without Cutler, duh. The RBBC-bound backfield faired ok, and the defense was solid to keep the Yellows in tier-one… for now.
Next Up: Dijon faces a tough test in pesky psych dog
(3) AEthernauts 1-0
The Space Travellers took care of business against the Dwellers rather comfortably thanks to a rocksteady all-around performances throughout the lineup. The Nauts look like a genius (a la Yahoo) after starting the Saints receiver Coleman at Flex. RB Forsett was the lone mole on the face for the Nauts, but he played against Denver defense that, in my opinion, is as good as the days of Orange Crush, so he’ll bounce back. This Nauts is a dangerous bunch moving forward.
Next Up: Nauts are ready to take on Romo-led Curses. with TE Witten still very much alive
(4) TakingTigerMountain 1-0
Daniel-San Dojo defeated Gronk-led Kobra Kai Pelicans in a fiercely contested match, and frankly deserve to be ranked higher after scoring the league’s highest total in Week 1. The teams above except for SFF won rather dandily and had to be moved up as well, so TTM wraps up this year’s opening week stud franchises. Eli was less than mediocre in the blood-shed, but Brown, Hopkins, Ingram, Forte and Marty-B all showed up. Andre Ellington’s injury is a bit of concern, but they have lived-up-to-preseason-hype Abdullah on bench, so no worries.
Next Up: TTM heads for another tough titration match, this time against Bloodz with Matty-ICE and Julio
(5) psych dog 1-0
The Dogz are for realz! They chewed up on the Bloodz behind ageless Carson Palmer as the top-dog. Jeremy Hill is one of the few true bell-cow back this year and he’ll continue to produce rocksteady points for the Pix, while DT will surely put up WR1 numbers against lesser defenses than Baltimore. AP’s lack of production in week 1 is the only cloud cast in the dogland.
Next Up: Big challenge ahead as Dogz take on second-ranked Dijon in a closely projected match
(6) SanFranciscoFerries 0-1
The Boatmen dropped a tough opening match against the Girlz. Ferries are probably as concerned about Peyton’s lack of zip as I am, but it’s too early to be searching for the panic button. I’ve only said this 28 times; Peyton is still Peyton. His off-day just coincided with AJ Green’s, who also was quiet in the Bengals romp of Oakland. Keenan Allen bounce-back is a bright spot moving forward on the other hand.
Next Up: Ferries try to regroup against Polk High to avoid a skid like several seasons ago
(7) BuildingDW3LL1NGTh1nk1ng 0-1
Opening Sunday was tough for the Dwellers, as they lost their cover-boy Dez to fracture and lost their match against the Nauts. There just wasn’t enough air in Santa Cruz, as Newly-acquired Tannehill didn’t really put-up numbers that some thought he could against the Skins, plus Tate and Olsen also were quiet. DeAngelo Williams look to be a solid RB2 behind Lynch-Mob for the time being, which is a bright spot in a tough situation for BDT.
Next Up: Trade partners face off with Cam’s Trix vs Olsen’s BDT
(8) ThePelicanBrief 0-1
The Pelican came out with a statement on Thursday night with a solid game by Defraty and a monster game by Gronk. The effort wasn’t enough to defeat the highest-scoring TTM, but it was enough to make the Pelicans the only team this week to move up in ranking after Week 1 loss. Change-of-pace backfield of Mathews and Woodhead, former RBBC partners themselves, did ok, but the receiver corp after the Brady bunch are rather lackluster so far. Brady’s understudy is Mariota, too bad he has same bye as Brady.
Next Up: Another tough battle ahead for Pelican with champion Monique in town
(9) Trichotillomaniacs 1-0
The Hairpullers are off to a good start in 2015 thanks to a bell-cow effort by Chris Ivory, Denver D and JJ Watt. Newly-acquired John Brown proved productive out of the Flex, while waiver-pick up pair of Wright and Walker can benefit from Mariota’s quick emergence. The Far East Rulaz secured the win early on Sunday and could afford going kicker-less on Monday in picking up a fringe roster player named Darren Sproles. This looks like another Trix with high production from waivers and low production from their high draft picks. If the Pullers want to get to the playoffs, the likes of CJ Anderson and Brandin Cooks need to produce more.
Next Up: Historically tough matchup against BDT is a good litmus test for the Far East Rulaz
(10) HomeSpunNeckBloodz 0-1
Staying true to their style, the Atlantic Avenue Bloodz had a roller-coaster ride of a lineup in Week 1’s defeat to psych dog. Studs Julio Jones and Kelce were peppered with duds like Smith Sr and Andre Johnson. These veterans will bounce back and Matty Ice to Julio Jones titration looks cool as the other side of the pillow, so lots of upside in the aerial game. The ground-attack outlook is not as bright however, unless Blount comes off his suspension blunting.
Next Up: Schedule doesn’t ease up, as the Bloodz meet TTM
(11) Polk High Panthers
Al Bundy was a victim of some major Week 1 low-balling, notably by D-Jax, TE Daniels and Kenny Stills. With pillar players like Brees and Chales and emerging Landry, the Panthers are just a couple of titration (and some weeks of waiting for injuries to heal and suspensions to be over) away from a winning team with the likes of Elfert, Spiller, Martavis, White and Rivers on the bench.
Next Up: An uphill battle for Bundy to avoid a skid as SFF gets in the way to do the same
(12) Curses.
The Players Formerly Known As Old Future couldn’t change their fortune with a co-manager and a new franchise name, at least for the opening week. Maybe the new name brought on some bad juju (hopefully not the co-manager), as cursed they seemed in their sophomore campaign opener against the Trix. Everybody but Romo decided to low-ball, plus injury bug arrived early with Kuechly going down with concussion. OBJ and Co. are full of bounce-back potential and exploding upside, so no need to be panicking in the Witchland.
Next Up: The time-warp crew look to reverse fortune against the space-travelling Nauts
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