2020 Power Rankings: Week 10 - a podcast by LOC Films

Happy weekend again everyone! Welcome to Week 10 of the LOC and, fittingly, the tenth edition of the Power Rankings this season! I know I keep teasing you with some very late in the week instalments, but we keep churning them out. This tumultuous season continues, with still only 3 wins between the top and bottom teams and no one more than 2 games away from their division leader. Of course, there are only 5 games left in the regular season now so, for those of you planning a highly dramatic late season charge, it’s kind of now or never. Fireworks to come, no doubt. In the meantime, let’s update you on how things stand.

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12. The Tuckfards (3-6) Non-mover

A lot of points left on the bench last week. Despite serving the first ever LOC points deduction, they still could have pulled it off. As it was, the matchup turned into Mahomes vs. Murray and, despite his best efforts, Mahomes couldn’t carry it this time. Still, the points deduction game them the necessary kick up the proverbial, and they pick up the reigns again in full on save the season mode, could be fun. P.S. Mahomes is on a bye this week, bad timing.

11. Patistan (3-6) Down 3

They picked the team well, there just wasn’t enough there this week. Losing Montgomery was bad and at 3-6 they now face a monster battle to stay relevant. Looks like Thomas was a little late to the party, as in they’ve started to let the DJ play some of his own stuff now, we all know how nasty that can get. They simply have to win this week.

10. Bear Necessities (4-5) Non-mover

So, back to Allen dominating then. Cook even more so. The rest of the team (Kelce excluded) isn’t exactly pulling their weight, but when they only have to put up a handful of points each and still get the weekly high score, doesn’t really matter. History will tell us that this likely isn’t so sustainable though, they’ll need to find some more role players to start contributing. They’re still rolling the same dice for Week 10, however.

9. Gridiron Gang (4-5) Up 2

Far from the best win, but it keeps them in the running. Woods is back from the bye, Davis is back from FA (lol) and Gridiron Gang are back to ninth (double lol). Brown looked pretty sharp in TB, getting Golladay and Ekeler back on the field in the next couple of weeks could make them a team to watch down the stretch. Weird season for Will Fuller to stay healt… nope, don’t want to jinx it.

8. Mahomes Under The Hammer (4-5) Down 2

They had a solid start on Thursday, with Rodgers continuing his incredible season. Unfortunately, they left Kamara, Murray and Evans too much to do on Monday night, despite the big score from the Saints. They need to get back on form now after a fantastic start to the season. If you look at the Strength of Schedule for the Saints for RBs for the rest of the season? No great. On the plus side, and definitely deserving of a shout out, best team name – ever.

7. Tom’s Tyrants (4-5) Up 2

Continuing their upwards trend with another solid score above 120. Not a lot of squad rotation going on here, but the starters are getting it done at the moment. They’ll be hoping that Sanders can come back healthy and alleviate some pressure. Todd Gurley in the meantime is literally stealing his way to a RB1 finish based entirely on 1-2 yard goal-to-go plunges, ahh the game at its finest.

6. U R Gould (5-4) Up 1

That was a little ugly. But, winning ugly has been the success of their season so far, so it’s kind of back to what they know best? Kyler Murray is getting better, scarily, and carrying the team whilst he goes about his record-breaking trajectories. Perhaps even better news though, Chubb is back this week. If he can pick up where he left off, this team can definitely start to look dangerous again.

5. IKSAN (5-4) Down 1

Ahh, what a difference having CMC back makes – is what I should have been writing here. Don’t get me wrong, he was good. Emphasis on the ‘was’. DeeJay Dallas is the latest call up, although he has a tough matchup. As does Bernard, who has performed admirably thus far. There is always another backup, but after this latest loss they now share their wildcard record with a couple of other teams.

4. Buccing the Trend (5-4) Up 1

Oooh, big win right there. Tua came through, which leaves them in the best spot they’ve been in at QB all year. The performance was more well-rounded in general than in previous weeks and that was reflected by the score-line. They’ve got some tough matchups this week, and they’re missing Tyreek to a bye, you feel like there is some weight on Tua’s shoulders again.

3. The Dream Team (6-3) Down 1

Posting the low score on any given week will not go unnoticed in these Rankings. Losing Johnson was unfortunate, but unlikely to have cost them the game. Godwin still doesn’t look healthy and now faces competition from Brown, particularly in his favoured slot role. Not to keep piling it on, but Hunt just lost some playing time to Chubb’s return as well. They still have two games on their divisional rivals, and Duke Johnson and McKissic were good pickups, will they get back on track?

2. Burdettinators (5-4) Up 1

Got the right team on the pitch, despite the depleted bench, and got a solid win for their efforts. Watson has now fully turned back into the QB they drafted, and Cooks looks to be a beneficiary as well if he can start consistently turning targets into big plays. James Robinson continues to be a star as well and is only getting the ball more. With another tough bye week now, they’ll need some big performances from inconsistent sources.

1. Forge Flyers (6-3) Non-mover

No one saw that James Conner performance coming against Dallas, there were higher expectations for the D as well. More worryingly, DJ Moore looks a little like the odd man out in Carolina. McLaurin and Chark however seem to have instantly found some rapport with new QBs, so not all bad news despite their winning streak finally coming to an end.

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There we have it. Couple of teams on the edge of looking forward to the 2021 draft, but generally another week in which the league seemed to contract. A handful of the lower teams picking up steam is going to make the stretch to this crazy LOC year very fun to watch. Keep tuning in.

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