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*Week 4 Power Rankings - tlk742 - 07-21-2018
Wedding over, I’m married. And back. No deltas as it has been nearly two full seasons since my last writeup.
Within the Index, Second line is ranked #1.
Power rankings indicate that if two teams face off with all things neutral, the higher team should win, does that happen? It’s why we play the game.
1. :
New Orleans (4-0) Look, the team from New Orleans going undefeated is unlikely. The season is still young, but outside of the Otters, none of the other teams they played right now has a winning record. One is 1-3 and the others are 2-2. I wouldn’t crown the Second Line Champions yet, Borkus is having a pretty mediocre year where he’s at a 1:1 TD:INT ratio, but the team has also scored and absurd 9 touchdowns on the ground, so the offense is clicking, how it gets there, doesn’t matter. And it shows as Borkus has the second highest yards right now and the third best passer rating.
2.
Baltimore Hawks (3-1)There’s a part of me that is always high on the hawks. There is also the part of me that knows that this is entirely the Hawks’ season to lose, and if there are a few things certain in the world it is death, taxes, and the Hawks ability to choke away a deep playoff run or appearance. But onto the Hawks. What has been their sole loss on the road to the Otters, it seems like Baltimore is up to their usual high powered offense, Browning and Willie are killing it as a wide receiver duo. Taylor is having an uncharacteristically bad year as he’s running at a 3.5 Yards per Carry, but I am sure that will change as the season progresses and in the positive direction. Roenick is having a career year on defense.
3.
Orange County Otters (3-1)There are only three teams right now with over 100 points scored, and the Otters are the third, with the Hawks and Second Line. Boss is still showing himself, and much like Tom Brady, people wonder when the age will truly catch up to him. It’s hard to say for sure, but the Otters seem to be doing well as their team is leading the league in receiving yards. The Otters are the one team that seems like they do not fear regression; regression fears them.
4.
Philadelphia Liberty (2-2) I debated about who to put here and who to put at 5, but the Liberty are the right choice. I know Yeti fans will once again claim I am biased here, but the context of the wins matter. We all know the engine has a huge favoritism towards home field advantage, something Philly seems to have forgotten as both their wins are on the road (cats & outlaws but still). The failure to capitalize at home is not great, but a loss to NOLA and Orange County at home seems like the most likely team to give the Logan Noble led team fits. Weird.
5.
Colorado Yeti (2-2)Ok, why is Colorado still struggling? I do not get it. When the team v team is shown at it shows the Yeti having never beaten the Yeti, I am not so sure. There’s something to be said, the argument is, that with regression and their youth in their roster, Colorado should absolutely be sitting at 3-1 or 4-0. There’s definitely an aspect of just being flat out unlucky, but I legit do not get it, because the team is so much better on paper than the results show. The biggest worry that Colorado seems to have though is that as it stands right now, they have not been able to get the scores they need as right now they have scored the fewest points of any team. I blame the sim luck and weird schedule personally, but I am sure they will bounce back.
6.
Arizona Outlaws (1-3)I really flipped a coin here. The team is regressing, but Reg Mackworthy is having a career year. They’re going to have to do a lot more if they plan to get more than just one player into the Hall as careers wind down. Fitzpatrick is a rookie, and he’s having an ok rookie year, but I guess the bar is just so low for rookies these days.
7.
Yellowknife Wraiths (1-3)What the heck is going on with the defending champions? Regression is a monster, and it shows. I think they’ll climb out but right now, it’s pretty poor start for the Canadian team. Wallace Stone has been producing though, so the money has been put to good use, I am just not sure if the Wraiths are failing to make short terms plans, or do not have any and looking at the long term.
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San Jose SaberCats (0-4)Someone’s bottom, and it’s San Jose. Let’s take a moment and realize, that San Jose is playing this smartest they can. Rather than utilize their rookies early, the team is building smart, playing for earlier picks so they can have all of them on the roster as Pennington hits his stride. The big worry is that if the team decides to draft by need, they have no idea what need they need.
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892 words*Week 4 Power Rankings - Daybe - 07-22-2018
Current league worst Yeti offense didn’t want u
*Week 4 Power Rankings - kckolbe - 07-22-2018
@tlk742
I really have to contest that Fitz is having an "okay" rookie year. There have only been two full rookie seasons since the corner blitz and DB experience rules were changed.
Ryan Applehort had 4 TDs, 21 INTs, 2430 yards, was sacked 95 times, and won 0 games as a rookie.
Brad Pennington had 7 TDs, 31 INTs, 3058 yards, was sacked 65 times, and won 1 game as a rookie.
Kevin Fitzpatrick is on pace for 14 TDs, 17.5 INTs, 3150 yards, 63 sacks, and 3 wins as a rookie. He is currently in the middle of the pack in passer rating. TO put that in perspective, not once have I found an example of ANY rookie outperforming ANY non-rookie in the past 8 seasons. Currently, Fitz is outperforming a couple of vets. Granted, we are talking about a small sample size, but this is insanely good for this league's rookies.
The bar for all quarterbacks, not just rookies, has changed since S7. Passing efficiency did go down from S6 to S7, despite the fact that we still had Pierno in S6.