NFLL Preseason Rankings

NFLL

- First some news- for those that are in pick the winner contest. You can start to vote at midnight on Thursday 9/10/09. You must vote a winner in every game. A missed vote counts as an incorrect vote. Each team must vote in 11 of the 13 weeks of the regular season. Lance will be scorekeeper again. Lance please keep the results as a percentage to the third decimal point. No rounding up this year. (ex 77.123 %).
- Also didnt get a chance to say this earlier Lance is the asst commish and Antoine will be #3 (the peoples choice in the voting). Toine if there is ever a trade with a cant cut list player between me and Lance you will decide.

Something a little new this year.
- Waiver bucks- High score every week gets extra waiver bucks, a whopping $5.
- Trivia questions - I will post a trivia question on the-flask. 1st person to send me a text with the correct answer wins an extra W$5.

Ok sorry it took so long but here they are...again as I say this every year...take them for what they are worth and remember - PLAY TO WIN, the road to the flask starts today! Good Luck!


1. $Hail-Mary$ - A successful draft in all areas, pretty impressive. Nothing too exciting but enough talent all-around. Decent bench The overall #1 consensus the night of the draft as well. In our league it is tough to have one team standout dramatically and this was a tough decision. Remember I have try not to go by speculation too much and take into account how they drafted and how deep their bench is as well. (Key Players: Forte,Romo, S Smith)

2. GO HEELS! – Again, another solid team, nothing crazy or over the top. A very good draft, great starting line-up and a solid trade to start the season. (Key Players: Westbrook, Wayne & Rodgers)

3. TrueSole – A solid draft with an excellent starting line-up, if the running game gets going, should have no trouble running things in the Kukini division. Only one question…is this the year? (Key Players: Brady, A Johnson, Addai)

4. Diaper Dandies – Most of you may say why is Dandies so high and the a few of you say why is Dandies ranked so low. This team does have some questionmarks but I think he has a great QB and an extremely talented RB group. Also this is one GM who knows how to win and has proven himself in this league. (Key Players: Rivers, Gore & S. Jackson)

5. Bengals – This may very well be one of the better Bengal teams we have seen in a few years. From my rankings he could fit in anywhere from 5-10. Should have no trouble this year from being a serious contender. (Key Players: Bowe, Turner & Portis)

6. QuasiMoFo’s – A great draft, and although some of you may question the depth or the WR spot on this team, I think his players have some great upside. (Key Players: Schaub, Moss & Bush)

7. Buckeyes – Again a very solid draft for the buckeyes, has he ever not had one? It must be easier drafting from home without the distractions…that must be it. Extremely tough division for the Buckeyes but this looks like another playoff team. (Key Players: LT, Barber & Ryan)

8. IndigoPalmsSucks - This was a decent draft. There was good value in all the rounds and the roster came out extremely balanced. Tough division this year and he definitely has the tools to compete. (Key Players: Mo Jones, McFadden and Ochocinco)

9. The RO – A roster with some big names. I thought Stalker did well in the draft and only time will tell if he deserves the top 10 ranking. (Key Players: Slaton, McNabb, Colston)

10. HaTeRs – Good all around team and great draft. HaTeRs is a team that has a good year, then bad, good then bad…this could be the sleeper pick. (Key Players: C Johnson, Hester & B Jacobs)

11. JERU (R.I.P.) – In my opinion this team could be a shocker, another team where if the players show up and come through for him he could have a decent season. What is working against him though is having the top 2 teams in the league in his division. (Key Players: AP, R White & C Palmer)

12. KILLA CALI – honestly just wasn’t happy with my draft and lack of depth on D hurt my rating. I wanted my name above a few teams I know I can beat though. LOL (Key Players: Manning, Boldin & K Smith)

13. Cocoon of Horror – Wasn’t trying to be silly or mean here but this team kept getting pushed lower and lower. Its not that this team is bad and when we play I know he will probably end up kickin my ass but what dropped him down a bit was that in the early rounds of the draft it just seemed to me like he took every player a round earlier than he should’ve gone. Now granted I am just speculating as much as he did on draft day because only time will tell. “Prove me wrong kids….Prove me wrong” –Seymore Skinner (Key Players: Warner, Housh & Gonzalez)

14. Doh!Boys – Hard to say if last year performance altered my judgement here. A decent draft with some questionmarks. Was a judgement call to place here at 15. Will no doubt be a fast mover up the charts if he is able to make some moves and prove me wrong early in the season. You gotta prove yourself to get respect in this league. And you are in the perfect division to go for broke in, It is hard to see a true clear front-runner in the Mowabb division. (Key Players: D Williams, Brees & R Grant)

15. Blind Monkeys – I am just not seeing a repeat this year. I worked on these rankings for over a week, looking at past stats, benches and starting lineups and after the dust cleared all I could say is if Favre ends up being the MVP, I will totally apologize for the #15. (Key Players: Favre, Fitzgerald & R Brown)

16. The Agency – Again, I just have to say it, somebody has to be here and this was not an easy decision. I just feel that there was some questionmarks and a slight lack of depth on this squad. The good news is that this team finds itself in the division that is the most open. If he can grab some wins early and win the division, he should be in great position for the post-season. (Key Players: Welker, Jennings & D Clark)

Again I remind you all there is no disrespect intended, take these for what they are worth.

*** GAME OF THE WEEK ***
#1 $HAIL-MARY$ vs. #2 GO HEELS!
It isn’t everyday that you get to see the top 2 teams “duke” it out in the first week of the season. Big game for the Huarache division.

**Game to keep your eye on**
#5 Bengals vs. #9 Restraining Order
This is a pretty decent matchup. I actually think this one will be real close

*Game to watch simply to see how much of a genius this monkey guy is*
#6 QuasiMoFo’s vs. #15 Blind Monkeys
Is this whole Favre thing gonna pan out? Tune in to find out