#2Kickerz Week 2 Power Rankings
Week 2 Power Rankings
Tier 1
1- Edible Sunday (1-0) [+5]
2- Kyle’s Pitts (1-0) [+5]
Tier 2
3- Evil Natured Robots (1-0) [+5]
4- Slutski on Turf (0-1) [-3]
5- Doctor Chopper (1-0) [+3]
6- Big Lunge Guy (1-0) [-]
7- MN Direwolves (1-0) [+3]
8- Golden Hours (1-0) [-7]
9- Viking Kings (0-1) [-6]
10- Sha Town Shorty (0-1) [-5]
Tier 3
11- Moose Knuckle Express (0-1) [-]
12- Blood, Sweat, and Beers (0-1) [-]
Tier 3
There isn’t much that separates the best team in the league from the 10th team in the league right now. That’s because Tier 3 fields two of the most awful teams ever assembled out of the gate, the Moose Knuckle Express (11) and Blood, Sweat, and Beers (12). But this is dynasty football. It’s not a death sentence for these squads, especially because both are young and have much better days ahead. But they know their lot. They can try to play spoiler to teams throughout the season, but that should be the extent of their excitement until next year’s draft.
Tier 2
Seven teams lay in this Tier, each with their own problems. Sha Town Shorty (10) should improve as the season goes along, but he reached for almost all of his draft picks and very few of them look like they’ll return value. Pierce, Kmet, Pickens, Zamir, and Thielen all look like busts relative to their draft position. It’s only week 1, but that’s a lot of talent left on the board and at least half of those probably remain busts over the course of this season.
The Viking Kings (9) might have even more concerns, especially taking the division into account. Their RBs could be a disaster with Dobbins recovering from one of the worst knee injuries in NFL history (ACL, MCL, Meniscus and muscle tears). Montgomery looks to be in a timeshare with Herbert, the future RB of the Chicago Bears. And James Cook fumbled his first snap and never returned to the game. Luckily, Tyrion Davis-Price could step up for Elijah Mitchell, but that is still tbd. Still, this team looks to have a lot of underperformers.
The Golden Hours (8) took the dub in Week 1 but got a firm kick to the nutsack when Dak went down. He should have the depth to manage, and this week he draws Craig and Hall’s disaster of a franchise, but it could get scarier beyond that. Even when Dak returns, he was the lowest graded QB according to PFF in Week 1 and might have a very down season. Kyler didn’t look great either, capping the potential of the only team with multiple good QBs.
The MN Direwolves (7) might ride Justin Jefferson’s all-time season into a playoff berth. The QBs are good (Burrow and Winston) but the rest of the roster looks a little bit suspect. This is a classic middle of the road team, but the Direwolves might get lucky with another season of great strength of schedule.
Big Lunge Guy comes in at 6th. He lost Elijah Mitchell for two months, but it doesn’t really matter. That’s the position of depth on the Lungies. His matchup with Slutski On Turf (4) this week is a big one. Either one of them will vault up into Tier 1 with a win in the toughest division in the league. It looks to be an even matchup through and through with each team having specific advantages. But Big Lunge Guy has the ultimate advantage: Josh Allen.
Classic Doctor Chopper (5). It’s both too bad (for the rest of the league) that Oat co-owned with Dye, because this is not a team Dye could put together. But it’s good, because Oat continues his tradition of being the second highest scoring team and losing. This team made all the smart moves, focusing on QBs and WRs and TEs and shirking RB, where Leonard Fournette could be a stud on Bucs team that wants to run for miles and miles and miles. They should pick up some easy dubs now that they’ve gotten the top-scoring team out of the way.
Tier 1
The big dogs. The three-headed monster. The left, the right and the shaft.
Atop the #Cumdawg Division are the left testicle, the Evil Natured Robots (3), who have the best 1-2-3 punch in the league. When healthy, Jonathan Taylor, Lamar Jackson and Davante Adams are going to be VERY difficult to beat. The rest of the starting lineup is deep too (outside of QB). The reasons why they aren’t at the top of the league are threefold. First, that QB2 looks to be a really scary position for Bobby to be in. Second, the depth isn’t there when BYE weeks and injuries start to hit. And third, this division is insanely difficult.
Kyle’s Pitts (2) is probably the right. His division is the easiest. His team played well. Plus, his players are probably the safest, but he lacks upside and his bench is pretty poor when you get past the starters.
But the shaft belongs to Edible Sunday (1). With Wentz’ performance last week (in a good matchup), he has a serviceable QB2 behind Mahomes, who might go scorched earth this season. And his running backs are unbelievable, each of whom can win a week for him like Saquon Barkley just did. This team was ranked too low coming into the season, and he’s ready to turn dominate.
But don’t be mistaken… as mentioned at the top, the difference between 1st and 10th is minuscule right now, and any of these teams could climb up or down the rankings in a hurry. Still, it was a fun week 1 with more to come. MUCH more.
Week 1 HIGH SCORE
Evil Natured Robots (Bob)
149pts
A thorough domination of Slutksi on Turf has to feel great in Week 1. Now, it’s on to the Kruse bois over the next couple weeks. 2-1 in this division will feel like a miracle, and the Robots are well on their way.
Week 1 LOW SCORE
Moose Knuckle Express (Craig & Hall)
71pts
What a disaster this team is. It’s a travesty, and they should be looking to acquire tanking assets ASAP to battle Blood, Sweat, and Beers for last place.
Week 1 MVP
Josh Allen
Big Lunge Guy (Collin)
33 points
One might think Josh Allen for fantasy MVP is low-hanging fruit, but this was a 6-point matchup. Big Lunge Guy only won by a touchdown. Take Allen’s long bomb to Diggs away, and he loses. The rest of his team didn’t perform spectacularly, and Allen was the sole reason he won.
Week 1 LVP
Rhamondre Stevenson
Dr. Chopper (Oat & Dye)
4pts
They shirked a position (RB2) in the draft, and it came back to haunt them this week. There were other RB2 options in the draft to take instead of Rhamondre, but they reached and put him in the lineup day 1, costing them a win. But they should be able to find RBs as the season wears along, especially as teams start to tank.
Week 2 Matchups
Edible Sunday (1) vs Blood, Sweat, and Beers (2)
Kyle’s Pitts (2) vs Sha Town Shorty (10)
Evil Natured Robots (3) vs Viking Kings (9)
Slutski on Turf (4) vs Big Lunge Guy (6) – Matchup of the Week
Dr. Chopper (5) vs MN Direwolves (7)
Golden Hours (8) vs Moose Knuckle Express (11)