2021 Power Rankings: Week 10 - a podcast by LOC Films

Good morning all, welcome to the double digits! And, speaking of digits, we also have our first quadruple digit scorer. Although it won’t matter to that particular team, points scored is of course claiming a new mantle this season, and some teams will be starting to look in that direction. I, for one, am a big fan of the new format. It’s going to keep things pretty interesting down the stretch, for most teams…

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12. U R Gould (2-7) No Change

Staying at the bottom, this may be one of the teams who doesn’t have a particularly interesting stretch run. Joint bottom on records and nearly 180 points of the current best of the rest playoff spot, yeah, that is a mountain to climb. It’s too early for mathematical forking, but consider this one big ass statistical one.

11. Tom’s Tyrants (2-7) No Change

Only better than the team below them on points scored, the season is well on the way towards being lost. They have got just enough potentially big scorers to cling on to some hope, but they are nearly 90 points short, so can’t afford any more meh weeks. Not that last week was even good enough to class as meh.

10. Burdettinators (3-6) Down 1

But, chipping in with the worst score of the week (and season? Someone please fact check me, I cba), is another team whose playoff hopes are dwindling rapidly. Loosing Edmonds was the icing on the cake, except the opposite of that, and the roster is really on the ropes now.

9. Napolitans (3-6) Up 1

For a team that wallowed at the bottom of these rankings for so long, they have really started to separate themselves from the teams below, thanks to a remarkable uptick in form. Taylor is the form RB in the league right now, and with Smith starting to show up and Kittle back from IR, there are plenty of reasons to be positive.

8. Patistan (4-5) No Change

That was unfortunate. 91 isn’t normally a shoe in for a gameweek winning score, but with all the poor performances in week 9, it looked like it would be. They’ve got CMC back, and along with Moore, the outlook of this Panthers offense will almost certainly be the key to their playoff push. They are in the playoff spot right now of course, probably making this ranking a little harsh.

7. Bear Necessities (4-5) Down 1

Two bad weeks in a row had to drop them another notch. The good news is that they are over their major bye weeks, and they have Wilson back. It leaves them in a better spot that it may look. But the time to turn it around is right now, a statement score this week would be nice timing.

6. FTMAL (5-4) Down 2

Last week unlucky, this time around, lucky. But more importantly, back to winning ways. So why the drop? They continue to look like a beatable team. At the start of the seasons, we thought they’d be relying on their top draft picks. Well, Mahomes, Robinson and even Adams to a degree, haven’t quite been the consistent game winners we expected. Not by the very high bars they have set, anyway.

5. IKSAN (5-4) Up 2

A good week and a good win, even without talisman Allen. Covid issues and injuries have cost them some depth this week, but this team has built a really solid roster, kind of under the radar. I quite like the Lockett trade, they have more openings in the receiving room than in the backfield, andhe has the big play connection with Wilson that could make a difference.

4. Buccing The Trend (6-3) Up 1

The comeback is officially complete, and they can now focus on staying at the top of their division. The Kamara injury is concerning, but sounds mild. Assuming they get him back quickly, he should continue to pay back his high draft price, looking more like his former self in recent weeks.

3. Gridiron Gang (5-4) No Change

A little bit of luck in the results column was overdue I’d say. The bad news this week was losing Woods, but they have been doing plenty of wheeling and dealing, so they should have managed to acquire plenty of cover. The tests will keep coming, and they haven’t got too much wriggle room in the win column or points scored.

2. The Dream Team (7-2) Down 1

Herbert kept the score looking decent. I don’t think there are many reasons to assume this loaded roster won’t return to form. Getting Robinson back would be a bonus, but they have plenty of home run hitters to keep the scores up in the mean time.

1. Forge Flyers (8-1) Up 1

Despite a covid outbreak and, even worse, starting multiple Jets, they made it work and got the win. So, as promised, they have claimed the top spot in the rankings. Without Carson and Henry, they aren’t as terrifying as they once were, but Mixon has also been fantastic. This latest win is a testament to a well drafted and well managed team. 

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Yeah… looking back through the scores whilst writing this, kind shows what a terrible all round fantasy week it was. Let’s all hope for some better scores this week and getting a few more teams back into the 100s!

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