Jordan's 2009 Power Rankings - Week 10

Skip the Fluff

My son is home from Australia, and the weekend is packed. So, in the words of an old boss of mine, I’ll skip the fluff and get right to it.

This week’s rankings.

1. Midwest – I don’t want to play them, but lo…there they are on the schedule. My Carolina guys were OK on Thursday and Cedrick Benson is hurt, so Hugh’s club will be 8-3 shortly. Not a team you want to face when you need a win.
2. Phight-in Camels – Tony picked up John Forsett this week – the guy I wanted but I got there too late. Forsett has gorgeous matchups through the late season and into the playoffs, and he’s been running well. He will be a major factor in Tony’s playoff run. The matchup with the Gangsters this week did not start well for the Camels – Ricky Williams put up 23 points.
3. Dangerous Minds – They’ve won four straight and they will make the playoffs unless someone surprises them. This week, Rocky Brook brings their A Team to the Sheff for a critically important game. In terms of playoff implications, this might be the most important game on the schedule this week.
4. Northern Spies - A nice win against Northboro last week puts them in the hunt for a playoff spot. They win the tie breaker with the Steroids by virtue of having beaten them twice. Now, they need to avoid missteps – they need to take care of business against John’s Georgia Satellites this week. The depth of this team may be tested with Reggie Bush limping.
5. Northboro Steroids – Injuries and bad matchups showed up all at the same time. Benson is down, Carolina played Miami – a matchup I highlighted last week as undesirable. Ocho Cinco is face-up with Nnamdi Asomugha out in Oakland – also not good. The key becomes getting everyone back healthy for week 12. If I have a full stable for the last three weeks of the year, I could still sneak into the playoffs. At this point, however, we are a long shot.
6. Rocky Brook – They have it going on now that they are healthy. They caught a bad break last week, losing to Tony by 2 points in a week when Vincent Jackson somehow went scoreless. Tony is having one of those magic years.
7. Garvey’s Gangsters – The dynamics have changed a bit with Ronnie Brown’s injury, which turns Ricky Williams into one of the top 5 running backs in fantasy Football. Rich has Peyton Manning and Joseph Addai scoring well. Vernon Davis is has had a great year. Santonio Holmes should get a start against KC this week – there’s no way he doesn’t score against the awful Chiefs.
8. Georgia Satellites – John is looking to ruin someone’s Sunday. This week, the Spies show up looking to bolster their playoff Bona Fides. John is playing Tony Gonzales over Roddy White against the Giants – we’ll see how this works out.