2020 Power Rankings: Week 3 - a podcast by LOC Films

Good evening, good evening! First Thursday entry of the year; definitely won’t be the last, but hey better than Friday! Or Saturday… Sunday… missing the week altogether… I like to keep all my options on the table. Spoiler alert: only one big mover in the rankings this week (bonus spoiler: it wasn’t up), so the league year is starting to show its hand. Or, alternatively, this is entirely subjective and I can make people move as much or as little as I like depending on whether my ego needs a boost or not? Again, all options on the table. Enjoy!

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12. Patistan (0-2) Non-mover

Ouch. Coach Allen is cursed, there is no other explanation. David Montgomery was the lone silver lining on an otherwise dark week, and the touches he is getting should mean he continues to shine. Spending big on reinforcements was the right call, and the trio of Gage, Cole and Tannehill are no doubt going to be contributors. 

11. Tom’s Tyrants (0-2) Down 1

Good news: Sanders was back and played well. Bad news: everything else. That was a pretty miserable week, and although there were some positives (primarily larger involvement for benched players), it was still the low score, by a margin. The only way is up.

10. The Tuckfards (1-1) Up 1

Another good score on the week, even if they didn’t get the win this time. The reason I didn’t bump them up last week was on show though, players like Peterson and Watkins in limited rep roles. You’d like to see Hopkins and Juju getting a little more bang for their buck, but the targets are definitely there.

9. Gridiron Gang (0-2) Down 6

We asked if Cam was the guy, and he was. But now he has to be the guy plus another guy, because Saquon is Sa-gone and that is not good. This team still looks like it can overcome that, but they really need Golladay to come back and hit 2019 form from the off (as do the Lions) and someone needs to find out where Will Fuller was Sunday night. 0-2 + losing your first rounder for the season = falling down the rankings = fact. But I still like the team.

8. U R Gould (1-1) Up 1

Another good, if slightly imbalanced, performance for Coach Gardner. I predicted that Chubb and Thielen would balance out, they actually completely reversed, but I’m still counting that a correct prediction (heck, I need to win at something). Jonnu Smith could be a late round darling, but not from the bench.

7. Forge Flyers (0-2) Down 2

Yeah, leaving all those points on the bench was a shame. Some gutsy calls from Coach Leach didn’t pay off on this occasion, but that fact he still made it to triple figures shows there is more to this roster than the limp Week 1 version. McLaurin and Conner in particularly with strong bounce-backs. This team has fallen out of the habit of losing (the dark days were a while ago now), but he won’t want to hit 0-3.

6. Bear Necessities (1-1) Up 2

Last week I said that Allen couldn’t keep putting up big points, but my the AFC East likes to prove me wrong. Jonathan Taylor looked incredible in a featured role, and there are clearly contributions coming from all over this roster. Melvin Gordon could prove to be the dark horse key player here though, he looks set for a guaranteed role each week, the consistency I (wrongly) accused this team of lacking.

5. Buccing the Trend (2-0) Up 2

Another good week, even with Jacobs coming back down to Earth. Ryan looks like he is going to be forced to be a fantasy star (even if he can’t drag his real life team across the line) and Fournette appears to have settled in a Tompa Bay. After being drawn in a division flush with trophies, Coach Taylor has shown he mean business.

4. Folety Towers (2-0) Up 2

All. Da. Points. We may have already seen the season high score, and I think we have definitely seen the high score from one team, over 70 points from Green Bay, crazy. Everything that was lacking in Kamara’s game last year is back with a bang, particularly in the passing game. Outside of Mike Evans, this bench still brings the word meh to mind.

3. Burdettinators (1-1) Up 1

Didn’t hit the high notes quite as smoothly as Week 1 and pick up a loss against a good score, we’ve all been there. Ridley is a star and should only benefit from more targets if Julio’s injury lingers. Plenty of options on the bench to play the inform players, plus Minshew against The Tuckfards? I mean, c’mon, that’s just poetry.

2. IKSAN (2-0) Non-mover

Just when you think everything is going your way, CMC lands on IR, hmm. Take nothing away from a dominant week in the stats, but this is now a notably weaker lineup for the Week 3 matchup. Coach Sherwood has been active on the waivers (and smug in the chat), time to prove why he’s so high up the rankings against his rival. It may be TE time.

1. The Dream Team (2-0) Non-mover

Ooooh, that was a close week. Coach Nathwani owes Russel Wilson a pint I believe. And Kareem Hunt actually, who proved he can be more than effective alongside Chubb. In all honesty, it actually wasn’t a great week though, outside of those two, and perhaps the only thing that kept him on top spot was a certain aforementioned injury. Godwin and Kittle need to get healthy again.

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And there we go. Nice even split at the moment, four teams of 2-0, 1-1, 0-2 each. No doubt Week 3 will set the cat amongst the pigeons so good luck to everyone in advance. As always, see you next week! Unless of course I keep losing and lose interest…

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