Jordan's Power Rankings - Week 4

Around week 3 of last year, the questions began: Can they run the table? They’re good. They’re very, very good. Who can beat them?

Thirteen weeks later, the questions were answered – at least for the regular season. The playoffs? Well… we all know the playoff are a different story. You can ask the 2007 Northboro Steroids, who led our excellent league in wins and scoring only to get spanked by the Girls (and not in a good way) in the first round of the 2007 playoffs.

The Commish had been wailing on his unfortunate opponents for the first three weeks –average margin on victory is a stout 20 points. He is the only undefeated team left in the Nelson this season. Will the magic last through the bye weeks? The byes change the formula by erasing perfectly good players from your lineup. All of a sudden, great teams become beatable, and teams that are struggling are a lucky bounce away from a big upset. Any Given Sunday, baby…

1. Dangerous Minds – Undefeated, first in the league in Game Points (215), second in Total Points (321), Mike is stashing away Tim Hightower on his bench, who is creeping up on a regular job, and will be a red zone stud eventually. Rocky Brook gets their crack at the Big Guy this week.

2. Northboro – The Steroids are shooting up as a group – back-to-back seventy plus point weeks. This week, three of their starters get to take a seat, but there are decent alternatives on the bench. The key is to get something from Braylon Edwards who has a nice matchup against Cincinatti.

3. Georgia Satellites – Their Game Point totals – 38, 62, 72 – and their Total Points 53, 81, 117 – all point to a team getting its feet after a slow start. What a difference a week makes – all of a sudden, Lorenzo White looks like a guy we’d like to have, instead of just Chris Johnson’s blocking back.

4. Phight-in Camels – How hurt is Westbrook? This team couldn’t beat themselves in an intra-squad without the Philly Phenom scampering all over the place. Looks like he’ll play at this point, and Tony has a nice matchup against a gutted Gangster outfit.

5. Garvey’s Gangsters – They continue to score well overall, but they are now fifth in the league in Game Points – those are the ones that count. They have a whopping seven players on the bye this week. The matchup with the Camels should be a good one.

6. Rocky Brook – Just win, baby! Tom is 2-1, and came within a Deshaun Jackson brain fart of going 3-0. Sure, we can point out the fact that they’re tied for sixth in the league in Game points, and dead last in total points, but they can leap up the rankings by knocking off the high-flying minds this week.

7. Midwest Marauders – I guess the kiss of death was me complementing this team a couple of weeks ago and saying they were a threat the win the Nelson Bowl. They are five deep at running back. I’ve got a feeling they may make some noise as the weather gets colder.

8. Northern Spies – Nowhere to go but up for the Franklin contingent. They lost by 37 points last week and they face the suddenly scalding Satellites this weekend. Chris Henry’s days as a “pine bomb” are over – looks like Kevin Smith’s bye and a nice matchup against Cleveland pushes him into the starting lineup.