Historical Power Rankings

Congratulations to Deep Pockets (Mike) for winning the league last year following his arguably unfair elimination from the playoffs in the last week of the season in 2012. If there was ever evidence that fantasy gods and fantasy karma exists, it was last year. I mean, since when does DeMarco Murray stay healthy all year to be the 7th highest scoring RB, outscoring other high priced backs like Adrian Peterson. Target's on your back now...

For those unfamiliar or don't remember how this works each person is ranked according to my infallible evaluation. Each person is represented in order by their 1) Average final standings after the playoffs, 2) Regular season record and winning percentage, 3) Championship and Consolation playoff records, 4) Years active in the league, 5) Number of titles, and 6) Ranking from the previous year's version. Sometimes these rankings set themselves, other times I make judgment calls based on these stats, but no matter the situation I am always right. 

1. Chris (Mr. Carlson's Class): 2.20, 45-20, .692 (10-4, 0-0) (5 years) (2 TITLES) (Previous: 1)

Chris has held this spot forever and will probably continue to hold this spot for a long time. He actually managed to lower his average final standing from 2.25 to 2.20 with a second place finish last year. Pretty incredible. His once lofty .700+ winning percentage finally regressed a little with an 8-5 finish last year. Riding the Chip Kelly offense train, as well as Matt Forte and Josh Gordon, Chris blasted his way to the finals falling .18 points short of a 3rd title, but earning the $50 consolation prize for the bad beat award. Could probably go 0-13 and still be here at the top at the end of this year. 

2. Mike (Deep Pockets): 5.0, 34-18, .653 (3-3, 0-2) (4 years) (1 TITLE) (Previous: 5)

Definitely my biggest swing and a miss on my preseason expectations last year (ranked 9th) Mike won the regular season title in dominating fashion with a 10-3 and finished the season on a 7 game winning streak, including the playoffs. DeMarco Murray has already been mentioned, but this was overall probably the deepest team with Vernon Davis, om Brady, Jimmy Graham, Brandon Marshall, and Pierre Garcon to pair with the #4 defense and #5 kicker. Definitely deserving of this bridesmaid spot below Chris.

3. Lee (Choppa): 6.4, 35-30, .538 (3-3 1-1) (5 years) (1 TITLE) (Previous: 4)

Third straight year in the playoffs for Lee, who now has to be considered among our strongest members.  Continually riding his rookies and second year players (as well as Drew Brees) Lee put up another winning record. Alshon Jeffery, Zac Stacy, and Jordan Cameron highlighted the list of youngsters who helped propel Lee to the playoffs yet again, to the surprise of very few.

4. Rene J. (Blood, Sweat & Beers): 6.4, 39-26, .600 (4-3, 2-2) (5 years) (Previous: 2)

A second straight 11th place finish, plus a now average finishing position right at the playoff cutoff line, forces me to move him out of the Number 2 spot he has held for some time. This fall from grace last season was less of a surprise than 2012 as I rated this team 8th following the draft. The Kaepernick/Wilson $45 investment never yielded the results hoped, nor the trade bounty probably expected at the time of the draft. Amendola for $23 never panned out and the other $74 spent on Dez and Reggie Bush didn't produce the firepower needed as neither crossed 200 pts. Looking for a rebound from what used to be one of our stronger members. 

5. Roberts (IbelievethatIwillwin): 6.0, 35-30, .538 (3-4, 1-3) (5 years) (Previous: 3)

Certainly not my best performance falling short of the last playoff spot by 11 total points. Definitely would've been different if I had just pulled the trigger on Peyton like I planned for the extra few bucks and not ended up with Cam Newton after an ill advised $25 price enforcement bid. Turns out Cam was one of my best picks finishing 5th among QBs. My irrational love affair with CJ0k and Ridley's motherfucking fumble fingers put me behind the 8 ball after spending $85 combined on those two. Gotta bounce back just like Rene. 

You know what? I'm not done ranting about Ridley. He has like 8 carries for 45 yards in the first 18 minutes of the game Week 1 against the Bills, then fumbles the ball which was returned for a TD. Then sees the 40% split of a carry time share for the next 3 weeks because of that one fumble. Vereen gets hurt too and then freaking LeGarrette 900 pounds of suck Blount starts getting all the good carries. Then for WHATEVER reason Belichick gives Ridley the ball 20 times against the Saints. Goes off for 96 and 2 TDs and then scores a TD every game thereafter, for 5 straight weeks helping bring me back. Then as I'm building hope, in the middle of the season he loses a fumble in week 8, week 9, and finally week 10 and he's done, thus partially sinking my team. Hold on to the FOOTBALL!! Sigh.  

6. Marc (Keep Sending Them Chx): 7, 34-31, .523 (2-4, 2-3) (5 years) (Previous: 9)

A very strong rebound year to finish 3rd after back to back disappointing years. Improved the average standings and got back to a winning record after a 9-4 season. I whiffed on this team too in my preseason rankings (#10) feeling that he overspent on Doug Martin, CJ Spiller, Demaryius Thomas and Frank Gore. Only partially correct in that regard but his strength was post draft transactions - A controversial trade with a team that had been inactive most of the year sent him LeVeon Bell to cover for the loss of Martin and the poor performance of Spiller and a beautiful move to get Julius Thomas 3 days before opening day. Certainly enough to move him back up the charts. 

7. Rob (Call Me Brady?), 8.8, 28-37, .431 (2-0, 1-5) (5 years) (1 TITLE) (Previous: 6)

A year after winning the title, Rob went largely inactive, including as an autodrafter. Not much to say other than he finished with an expected last place finish after several weeks of failing to field a complete team. Somehow still won 4 games, including twice against me, when he was inactive during one of the weeks. Thanks, Stevan Ridley. After 5 years it seems Rob has at least semi-retired. He does leave with a precious championship belt in hand, 1 of only 4 people to have one, but it appears more and more like a blind hit on a dart board than anything else. He will suffer only a one place drop due to his title, but surely is on the bubble for more.  

8. Jose (Candlestickit2U): 4.0, 8-5 .615 (1-2, 0-0) (1 year) (previous: NR)

A decent rookie debut for Jose as he dispatched the reigning champs in the playoffs before getting run out by the eventual champion. Some nice surprises in the mix (Ryan Mathews, Riley Cooper) with trusty veterans (AJ Green, Marshawn Lynch) helped this team coast to the playoffs, aided by the leagues easiest schedule as determined by average points against. Fell short likely because of a lack of a true killer QB as Matt Ryan and Carson Palmer both underwhelmed last year as each fell out of the top 12 among QBs last year. Looking forward to another step forward for one of leagues newest members. 

9. Rene B. (Ligaments): 5.5, 11-15, .423 (1-1, 2-1) (2 years) (Previous: 7)

Wasn't present for the draft, but had a substitute and ended up with Eddie Lacy, Alfred Morris, and Steven Jackson and very little else, as well as $18 dollars left over in the draft. Pretty hard to rebound from that as he finished with the same record as our inactive at 4-9. Also semi-retired, a promising start that saw him 1 Tom Brady passing yard away from a title in 2012 ends with a thud following last season. 

10. Drew (Drew's Boys in Blue): 6, 20-19, .513 (1-4, 1-1) (3 years) (Previous: 10)

Inactive last season. 

11. Adam (Lamborghini Percy): 5, 7-6, .538 (1-1, 0-0) (1 year) (Previous: 8)

Inactive last season. 

12. Cirimele (SUHkkake Ejections): 7.5, 23-29, .442 (3-3, 0-2) (4 years) (Previous: 11)

Inactive last season.

13. Landers (Cranders): 7.66, 15-24, .384 (1-1, 3-0) (3 years) (Previous: 12)

Inactive last season. 

14. Rick (Kaep'n Crunch): 8.2, 18-34 .346 (0-2, 5-2) (5 years) (Previous: 13)

The bell rang long and loud through the country. Rick made the playoffs (by the skin of his teeth)! Of course, it shouldn't have been that close when he had Peyton Manning in a record setting year, but Rick manages to find ways to make things difficult while holding top fantasy players. His overall stats didn't improve much as he went 6-7 and ultimately finished 6th. Has some work to do to prove this wasn't a fluke, as much of the rest of his team last year was uninspiring as he stuck it out with nearly his entire starting roster intact from the draft: Montee Ball, MoJo, Andre Johnson, Colston, Decker, Antonio Gates, etc...Because of the long history of futility and minimal success enjoyed last season I still can't move him above several teams that were inactive last year. 

15. Brian (Raider Nation) 7, 10-16, .384 (0-0, 6-0) (2 years) (Previous: 14)

Incredible. I had to double check to make sure I didn't already enter Brian's information in as he produced identical 7th place finishes with 5-8 records in both 2012 and 2013. Model of consistency and super champion of the consolation playoffs. I like that. Rodgers injury may have hurt a little, but Luck as a backup spared much heartbreak there. Jamaal Charles was a beast, but after that much of the erst of the team left something to be desired. Really wanted to move him up the list over Rick, but until Brian makes the real playoffs he'll have to stay here. 

16. John (Hurricane Ditka): 9.0, 6-7 .462 (0-0, 1-1) (1 year) (previous: NR)

Also a decent showing by our other rookie from last year as he finished only 20 points out of a playoff spot. Definitely was hurt by a subpar year from Adrian Peterson (by his standards and his price tag) as well as Ray Rice falling off the cliff (called it!) producing RB3 numbers for 25% of John's budget. But some nice surprise contributions helped keep this team in it including investments in Joique Bell, Julian Edelman, and Marvin Jones' amazing 10 TDs. Looking forward to this team's sophomore effort. 

17. Fregosi (Balllldddiiiinnnggg): 9.5, 11-15 .423 (0-0, 0-2) (2 years) (Previous: 15)

Inactive last season. 

18. Nam (TBA): 9, 9-17 .346 (0-0, 3-3) (2 years) (Previous: 16)

Inactive last season. 

19. McWhorter (Mr. Steve Bremevich): 10.5, 9-17 .346 (0-0, 0-0) (2 years) (Previous: 17)

Inactive last season.