* End of Season 2 Power Rankings

[tlk742]

"the Liberty are better than the Wraiths": Present Tense

With one exception (the team has stronger pass rush than Yellowknife), every sentence from that point on was a comment about how bright the Liberty's future is. Without commenting on the accuracy of that claim, it's completely irrelevant. If my little brother said he was taller than me right now, he'd have to prove it with measuring tape, not growth projections. Also, aside from their one FA, yours truly, the team has a secure future. The Wraiths have two of the league's top WRs, the best QB and TE and an MVP RB locked up going forward.

You are what your record says you are, and 5-9 speaks mighty loud.

Sure, I mean if you ignore trends then yeah 5-9 is very loud. But trends matter.

The fact is that the Wraiths played their blowout wins on offense early and then the defense stuttered and never recovered.

Here's the problem, when we look at stats in the raw, the Liberty have more tackles and the lowest sacks and tackles for loss, the wraiths have the second lowest in that category. But, when playing out the Outaws at home, the Liberty did way better a week later than the Wraiths did. Here's some numbers

Against the Liberty the Outlaws went 0/11 on third down
Against the Wraiths the Outlaws went 5/12 on third down

The Liberty generated more turnovers and kept all other numbers similar to the Wraiths. The wraiths have a great offense, that's for sure, but the trajectory of the defense is way worse than that of the Liberty.