Back by popular demand, your weekly power rankings! A lot has happened between the last rankings and now. Chasen got married, I was employed and moved to California, Melton continued to be engaged (to be married?!), and Sleeper decided it wanted to generate the most chaos possible by having the worst randomzied schedule ever.
So… at least it hasn’t been boring.
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All or Nothing - @mikeastock . The team that said we weren’t trading enough got Kelce, David Johnson, and Saquon Barkley somehow. If AB somehow comes back, this league should just pack it up for 2019. This team’s depth will be tested this week though, and it’s a good chance for PaulDawg and others to try to move up in the rankings. Still, with five weeks in the books, this is Stock’s year to lose. (Previous Rankings: 1. Weeks at #1: 2)
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Tainted Tates - @Alex . Alex Deserved Better. The league leader in PF (635) is way ahead of Mike in 2nd (590) and so much of that comes from the #1 fantasy player of the year so far, Christian McCafe. The guy has been insane. There really isn’t much else to say. Brady is QB7, Chubb is RB5, Thielen is WR7, the Pats are BY FAR D/ST 1 (and the 10th best scoring fantasy entity of the year thus far), and Will explicit Dissly is *explicit TE1 after five weeks. What.
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Team Jujubes - @awmelman . Dalvin Cook RB2. Mark Ingram RB6 (definitely didn’t see that coming). Amari Cooper WR2. Add all that to the fact that Rodgers (QB19) and Juju (WR29) have underperformed and Melvin Gordon is back and this might get ugly fast. But like in a good way for this team and a bad way for the rest of us. (Previous Rankings: 2. Trending DOWN 1)
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TEAM DYNASTY - @IanC . This schedule has been dumb. But this team is 8 points on the year behind Mike, so there’s that. Aaron Jones and Michael Thomas dual-handidly gave this team hope for the rest of the year. Let’s see if this Lamar Jackson things is legit though. After a bad performance last week, he’s still QB4… (Previous Rankings: 3. Trending DOWN 1)
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Hariseldon - @gbhart . Kamara as RB9 feels like a down year. But DJ CHARK is WR3, so let’s get stoked. Derrick Henry’s been rolling so if Hopkins gets to his usual self and AJ Green goes berserk when he is healthy, then we’ve got a playoff-bound team yet. (Previous Ranking: 7. Trending UP 2)
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Draft Pick Hoarder - @ianamunrud . Surprise Surprise. While the RB game has been pretty bad, Chris Godwin is your WR1 on the year after fives weeks. He, plus Greg-the-Leg (K1) and the Niners D/ST (#2) have made this team very interesting to watch as the year progresses. (Previous Ranking: 9. Trending UP 3).
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Boydz in the Hood - @PaulDawg . Watson QB3. Locket WR13. Engram TE4. Everyone else on the roster feels like they’re on the outside looking in. Golladay and the Packers D have been pretty solid though, so there is definitely a story where this team moves up in the rankings in a steady fashion. This Wildcard team is wildly unpredictable, but has a good shot against Mike this week. Could this be an underdog victory story? (Previous Ranking: 6. Trending DOWN 1)
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wait how do you get mono - @ventura . Keenan Allen has been tearing it up this year! But with Josh Jacobs on bye, this team gets bumped down a bit. Zeke has been his usual Top-10 self and Austin Hooper is quietly TE2 on the year. If Michel or Watkins can carve out a role for the rest of the year, or if the Rams passing game gets back up to snuff (Woods), then this team is gonna be competing each week until the end of the year. (Previous Ranking: 8. Weeks at #8: 2)
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Mr. Big Choke - @jonathan - The return of Melvin Gordon was a big reason for this ranking. Ekler is RB4 on the year and if his role wasn’t in question moving forward, we’d have a much brighter story to tell. Rumor has it Jordan Howard may be in for a bigger role, which would be huge for this team looking to get back into the fold. Huh… did anyone else realize Cooper Kupp was WR4? Color me intrigued… (Previous Ranking: 5. Trending DOWN 9)
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Talent Incuba-THIS GUY JUST GOT MARRIED ALRIGHT!!!
(ignores fantasy analysis)
Hope you read 'em and hope the weeping was at a minimal. Buhbye now.