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RCT Fantasy Football Late Season Recap/Power Rankings

Based off the thought that the power rankings that we used to do made the league more fun I'm going to give this a shot. I'm not much of a writer as engineers don't take a lot of those classes, but I'm going to see how long this takes me and whether I'm willing to try in the future. First off the week 10 recap.

Aisle End of Unfit 'Boys (misterbrain) 108.3 - Everglades Swamp Apes (FLJhawk) 100.4

This matchup improved 'Boys to a 5-5 record and extended the Apes slide to 3 games in a row. The Apes coach lamented the massively fluky catch by Cameron Meridith on a 50 yard hail mary which was enough to swing the game in his favor despite a terrible choice to leave Roethlishberger on the bench. The Apes coach felt that it was perfectly understandable to leave his best QB and WR on the bench though.

Fighting 5.7s (KU Grad 08) 96.4 - Delhi Meats (2.1 seconds left) 70.2

The 5.7s dominated this matchup by starting hitting their optimal score led by their solid RB corps and a surprisingly solid score from Joe Flacco. On the other hand, the Meats showed incredible incompetence with coaching decisions killing their game. Had the right moves been made, they would have won 107.9-96.4. With an upcoming matchup with the Apes, hopefully these bad decisions continue.

The Land Dee Ford Time (DuckinKS) 83.4 - The Manning Faced God (fizzle406) 24

Talk about coaching incompetence. I've never before seen a QB post a negative score. Starting a Cleveland Browns QB is not ever the right choice. Just ask the Cleveland Browns. Amazingly though, tLDFT did not even end up with the largest margin of victory for the week. That honor goes to...

Mississippi Thunderpork ((David)) 148 - Montana Jayshox (fizzle's friend in MT) 76.1

Hard to believe that this could've been worse if only Tom Brady had played to normal Tom Brady standards. The Thunderpork rode an awesome performance by Ezekiel Elliot and solid performances by most of the rest of his lineup. The Jayshox were missing a lot of their best players due to byes, but let's be honest, nobody was winning against the Thunderpork this week.

Jubei Kibagami (commercialeer) 97.7 - Golden Nuggs (Mikeville) 87

Mikeville appears to be the fantasy version of the Packers. Good QB, several WRs but so bad at running back that they're trotting a WR out in that slot, and it's killing them. This week they played their polar opposite in a team that has some good RBs but has a serious issue at WR especially with Amari Cooper on bye. Nonetheless, the RBs won the day and pushed the Nuggs closer to a second embarassing picture in three years.

Turn Down For Watt (Averagegatsby) 94.3 - Mantis Shrimp Murder Sticks (apparently a lurker) 84.2

In a battle of middle of the pack teams, The Murder Sticks couldn't overcome a disappointing performance by the usually outstanding Jay Cutler. It's not like there was anything left on the bench either. On the other hand, Watt left a lot on the table making bad calls at RB, TE and the FLEX slots but managed to escape despite the bad decision making.

Power Rankings

These ranking are not based on the standings of the league and are solely based on my opinions.

1. Fighting 5.7s (7-3) - Led by a fantastic RB tandem of David Johnson and Melvin Gordon, and solid WRs in AJ Green and Crabtree, it appears that this team is going to be hard to beat unless injuries derail the path th the championship.

2. Everglades Swamp Apes (6-4) - Despite the three game skid this team has scored over 100 ppg in the last 4 weeks and posted the third highest score in the league on two of those losses. Despite a sub-par QB position and significant losses at RB, this team is the second most consistent to this point. The Apes have also handed losses to the 5.7s, TDFW, Kibagami, and the Murder Sticks, four of the other top 5 teams.

3. Jubei Kibagami (5-5) - This team is on a 3 game win streak, is the 3rd highest scoring team on the year and has been approaching 100 in most recent weeks.

4. Turn Down For Watt (6-4) - Other than the WTF week in week 4 where this team scored 35 points, this team has been solid.

5. The Land Dee Ford Time (6-4) - Give some credit for a four game win streak. Remove some credit when your opponents have averaged about 54 points over the course of those four games.

6. Mantis Shrimp Murder Sticks (6-4) - After a hot start this team is limping along winning every other game with half of their wins requiring them to score less than 80 points.

7. Aisle End of Unfit 'Boys (5-5) - Because I'm spiteful, I'm not going to move them up following a fluky Cameron Merideth hail mary catch giving them the victory. Half their games they score under 90 half of them they have scored more than 100. Definitely a boom or bust team.

8. Mississippi Thunderportk (4-6) - 148 points last week. I probably should have these guys higher, but it doesn't seem like they can put it together for more than a game in a row. Seriously though, how does this team have this bad of a record? This team looks like it should be at least above average for a 12 team league.

9. Delhi Meats (5-5) Despite the decent record, this team has only topped 90 points three times this year. Based on recent results, they're in for a 110 point performance this week given that they play the Apes.

10. Montana Jayshox (4-6) - Three of the last 4 outings this team has failed to top 80 points and they have lost 6 of their last 7. Should be a good contest against the Nuggs this week.

11. Golden Nuggs (3-7) - The Nuggs have not been good. But at least they have a couple of elite players in Brees and Gronk. Add those guys to Cooks and Robinson and you'd think this team could have a shot at another win in the last three games.

12. The Manning Faced God (3-7) - How this team lucked into three wins is beyond me. The team has only crossed the 90 point plateau once and all three wins came when the opponent scored less than 65. Good lord, I looked back at their draft and only two of their picks are even top 10 at their positions, Frank Gore and kicker Matt Prater. Mix in a dose of owner neglect for half the season and you've probably got your embarassing picture recipient right here.

Summary

Any way you cut it there are 10 teams that still have a shot at the 6 playoff spots. It should be a pretty interesting final three weeks. So, did I get the order right for this week? The only two I didn't struggle with were the 5.7s and the Manning Faced God which absolutely seem like the early 90s Bills and current Cleveland Browns to me.

Also, this took way longer than I thought it would. Not sure if I'm going to do this again. I now have even more respect for you guys who put together actual articles with real research.