Final QB Rankings and More

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Created: Wednesday, 19 June 2019 18:42

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TSL Quarterback Rankings – Spring 2019, Final Standings

The FINAL TSL Quarterback Power Rankings of the Spring 2019 Season are here.

Okay, we weren’t bold enough to show our FULL Power Rankings for every starting QB because we don’t want to hurt feelings (and we don’t want Topper and Rameer flooded with hate mail) but a Top Twenty is still pretty good!

A few observations before we move on to even MORE obnoxious charts:

After one full season of Power Rankings, we have never had anyone in the highest spot other than Chris Cole (#1) who swept the season from start to finish.  The Streak is at 19 games and counting, and we’re two playoff games away from Public Enemy matching the New England Patriots’ NFL record 21 game winning streak.  Congrats on your success this season… but no one’s going to care how many games you won if Bobby McConnell (#3) goes home with the trophy at the end of the day.

Final Matty Stats for the season: 19-4 record as a starter, 864 points scored.  We would love to think he averaged 8.64 points per scoring drive to finish with 100 TD’s (you can’t prove he didn’t).  No, he couldn’t beat Chris Cole in the end, but Matty (#2) had a great season and is a credible threat to win THREE championships in the coming weeks.  A&A will be the toughest we imagine, the way Joey Batts (#4) is playing lately.

We were going to point out that Frodo Swaggins had the most points scored of any Non-Gender team this season, but the Sentinel smartly beat us to it.  Scott Drosendahl (#11) is a real candidate for Rookie of the Year (that’s still a banquet award, right?), and with Garrett Beesing (#24) as his backup, these guys put up some serious points this year.

We still love Dean Thompson (#9) but, uh, is that running play Peachy Platoon busts out every game even remotely legal?  Refs are going to be watching more closely in the playoffs I’m sure – good thing Dean can win with his arm too.

Hey Joe Miano (#18) – you’re the real deal, and so are the rest of Jabronies.  Win or lose come playoffs, can we count on you to move up a division or two and see what you can do?  No one else can beat Public Enemy… why not Joe Miano?

Blase Laduca (#16), your analysis was adorable.  Ugandan Warriors were awesome this season!  Sixth in the League for points scored, third in your division.  Don’t think we didn’t notice you – you’re a great QB, and next season you’ve got a real shot at the Top Ten.  But hey, maybe leave the charts to the pros?  The column widths, the spelling errors, the #VALUE error messages.  Ugh.  TSL is the BIG LEAGUES kid, we’ve got this.  (We’re totally kidding, and love that you cared enough to do your own self-serving analysis… that was awesome.)

And now, here are the end of season stats to recognize the best teams in the League.  Like our QB Power Rankings, we’ll give you Top Twenty lists this week to go out with a bang – let’s start with our best and worst of the season on Offense:

Footnote to all of these charts: the official League standings show Energy Buff and Money Ball as playing only 8 games because they weren’t able to schedule their last game of the season against each other.  For the sake of not skewing our stats, we’re treating that game as a 21-21 tie.

Out of 46 teams in the League (Breakfast Club, as always, is not included in these charts), 22 scored more than 30 points per game on average.  The only team to score more than 40 ppg ALSO scored more than 50 ppg – Matty’s Angels just DESTROYED the field this year offensively, with 463 total points.  Impressive, Matty!  44 out of 46 teams averaged between 20-40 points per game.  Matty’s Angels of course was the only team above that range, but TSL also had one below, and it’s another gender team – the Bipolar Express, with 19.67 ppg.  Less impressive, Gordon!  

Also worth noting, of the ten best offenses in the League (really eleven, with a tie at tenth place), only seven had Quarterbacks in our final Power Rankings Top Ten.  Did we sell Drosendahl, Miano, Clark and Laduca short this year?  Maybe.  Strangely, if we look at the ten WORST offenses in the League this year, we also had three of THOSE teams’ Quarterbacks in our Power Rankings Top Ten at one point throughout the year (though none lasted to our final rankings).  So if you want to debate how terrible we are at ranking League Quarterbacks, hey, we don’t blame you.

On to defenses:

Unsurprisingly, team defensive averages are much like team offensive averages, and most teams fall between that 20-40 ppg range with points allowed.  Only End Game and GLBS averaged less than 20 points per game allowed, and only Five Star Generals averaged more than 40 points per game allowed.  Our top two defenses this year actually played other in Week 1, with End Game beating GLBS 20-13 in a predictably low scoring game. 

Poor 3^rd & Schlong – they jumped from 14^th worst defense in the league to 5^th worst with one bad game against Frodo Swaggins in the last week of the season.

Does defense even matter?  Let’s ask our gender teams.  Matty’s Angels is third worst in the League, and still undefeated.  The Bipolar Express is third best in the League, and finished in last place.  What?

Now on to Point Differentials – who had the best and worst +/- in the League this season?

End Game shouldn’t surprise you – they were best in the League on defense and 7^th best on offense.  Matty’s Angels is just fascinating… how do you finish with the third worst defense in the League, and end up second in point differential?  (Answer: truly insane offensive numbers.)

We all love Cobblestone, so NO ONE is going to point out that they had the worst point differential, second worst defense, and third worst offense in the League.  NO ONE POINT THAT OUT PLEASE.

We had wondered earlier how Jabronies would fair against Public Enemy.  In all likelihood they’d get beat by a hundred points, BUT the comparison between these teams is interesting – Public Enemy outscored opponents 321-230, and Jabronies outscored opponents 319-230.  Maybe three years from now we’ll be talking about Jabronies record setting 25 game winning streak.

And here is the division by division comparison, where we’ve included intra-division offensive rank, defensive rank, +/- rank, and each team’s actual rank in the standings (you know, the only ranking that matters):

The number one offense is in first place in four divisions.  The number one defense is in first place in three divisions.  End Game is the only team in both categories, as the only team with a clean sweep of #1 in every category in their division.  Cobblestone is dead last in offense, defense, and plus/minus… but not in the standings, and never in our hearts.

That’s it for the Spring 2019 TSL QB Power Rankings!  Good luck in the playoffs, and we hope you enjoyed reading about how bad your Quarterback was this year!

TSL Quarterback Rankings – Week 6

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Chris Cole (#1) beats Bobby McConnell (#3) and the debate over which QB should be ranked higher this week dies before it even began.  That’s a shame, because we in the Power Rankings committee were really looking forward to diving into it.  PUBLIC ENEMY HAS WON 17 GAMES IN A ROW.  If you are a regular reader of this article (there must be one or two…) then you’ve been counting with us and you knew this already.  Can we take a minute to point out that this streak is happening in the highest division of the most competitive League in Western New York co-ed football?  We can’t say for certain, but lacking any secret TSL archives from previous seasons we’re not aware of (God only knows what’s in Topper’s basement) can we just go ahead and proclaim this a new League Record?  And of COURSE Bobby does not drop in the rankings for losing this game.  You know how it works by now.

Poor Matty Ice (#2), keeps winning games (3-1 this week, with his only loss to a team he ALSO BEAT an hour earlier) but can’t crack that #1 spot no matter what he does.  Breakfast club win, 51 points scored with Matty’s Angels, and 7 point win and loss to Energy Buff this week.  Your 2019 Matty Stats to date: 15-3 record, 661 points scored.  Matty’s going to throw for 100 TDs this season, and he might do it as early as next week (math is hard, don’t ask us to show our work on that).

Marketing Mayors is the best team in TSL right now that DOESN’T have a 17 game win-streak going, and Dalfonso (#4) moves up a spot in the rankings this week.  Unlike Matty, Mark actually CAN move up in the Rankings again next week with a head to head win over Bobby and Eyes Downtown.  The League will be watching this one closely.

Gryffindor has clawed their way back to a .500 record with a 32-14 win over Money Ball, and Joey Batts (#5) moves up a spot.  The Power Rankings had a very difficult time ranking Joey and Travis (#6) this week, as both are heating up and winning games.  Up next for Bullet Club: a cross-divisional game against Public Enemy!  Take down the streak and make yourself famous, Travis.  We promise we’ll put you ahead of Joey if you can pull that off (full disclosure: our money is always on Cole). 

Travis’s victim this week was a Title Shot team in free fall – after three wins to start the season, they’ve lost four in a row, including a 40-14 spanking by Bullet Club.  We figured the fate of Dubey (#7) should match his team’s, so we have him dropping three spots in the Power Rankings this week.  We’re not sure a date with Bobby McConnell and Eyes Downtown this week is the best way to break that losing streak either… will a fifth loss in a row for Title Shot drop Dubey out of the Top Ten?

While Dubey’s on the verge of dropping out, Newman (#8) has busted his way back into the Top Ten in a big way, with wins over Frodo Swaggins (46-36) and Sticky Bandits (27-16).  Newman looked great throughout, and reminded the Power Rankings committee why we were so high on him at the start of the season.  Slytherin is a half game out of first place in Rec 1, and looks destined to play All We Do Is Quinn in the 1^st vs 2^nd matchup on June 15^th.  They can’t afford to look past Morning Wood this week though, who still have great athletes despite a rough season and are capable of pulling out a win against anyone.

Peachy Platoon went 1-1 this week, and although they lost to 3^rd & Schlong 36-34 this week, we’re actually moving Dean Thompson (#9) up a spot by virtue of beating AWDIQ.  The Quinners were Qlosers this week (see what we did there?) for the first time in 14 games, breaking the second longest unbeaten streak in the League.  Peach Platoon is for real!  NO one wants to play these guys in the postseason.  

Finally we have Ricky Austin (#10) rounding out our Top Ten this week.  Tough week for Ricky!  We won’t get into all his reffing adventures, but he’s currently splitting time at QB with a still-recovering Alex Buchlis (#13) on Tight Ends in Motion, which makes it difficult for either QB to establish too much momentum.  Alex looked like he played well for Sticky Bandits this week, with a win against Morning Wood (32-30) and a loss to Slytherin That End Zone (27-16).  Is he destined for a Newman-esque Top Ten comeback of his own?  We’ll find out next week when TEIM plays A&A in a cross-divisional game, and Sticky Bandits take on 3^rd & Schlong.

Garrett Beesing (#21) may not crack the Top Ten this week, but he had one of the finest shoeless performances in League History this week, beating Natural Born Kellers 42-39 in Breakfast Club despite his equipment issues. 42 points is a season high for Hot TaMolly’s – shoes were only holding you back Garrett.

And now, because we can’t help ourselves, here are some more charts you DEFINITELY didn’t ask for!  Two weeks ago we looked at each team’s offensive points per game, and last week we looked at each team’s defensive points per game.  This week we take an in-depth look at special teams stats.

Just kidding.  Can you imagine reading about punting stats?  Instead, here’s a combination of offensive and defensive rankings.  We’ll start with +/- per team, adjusted by number of games played.  Here are your ten best teams in the League for margin of victory through six weeks:

Five teams in the League are winning by an average of more than one score per game.  Cunning Stunts and Matty’s Angels are no surprise on this list.  Ugandan Warriors and End Game just show you how biased this article has been towards top division teams, as we NEVER mention these guys despite their consistent success.  Our other undefeated team (Public Enemy – maybe you’ve heard of their winning ways?) makes an unsurprising appearance here as well.  Interesting to see Practice Squad on here too – until beating Jabronies this week, they were flying under the radar a bit.  Rec 4 is suddenly a two team race from the looks of it.

And here are your ten “best” teams for margin of defeat:

Hey Cobblestone WON this week, so we’re not going to say anything bad about Darryl (#32) or his glorious hair!  Seven teams in total look like they’re losing by an average of more than one score per game.  Hey is that … is that our beloved commissioner Topper (#20) on our “worst margin of defeat” list?  Remember when 1 Todd 2 Many won their first game of the season and the League updated ONLY THEIR GAME in the standings to show them as the “best team in the League” for a few hours?  Man, that feels like a lifetime ago… it hasn’t gone well for them since.  Maybe they should try eliminating some Todds? 

Finally, here’s one more set of charts to show division by division each team’s Average Margin of Victory (or Defeat), and their divisional offensive and defensive rankings (defined as points per game and points against per game) after six weeks:

If your team’s offense is ranked higher than your defense (No Punt Intended, Bullet Club, Frodo Swaggins), your QB should blame everyone else for your team’s failings.  If your team’s defense is ranked higher than your offense (A&A, All We Do Is Quinn, Bipolar Express), your team can blame your Quarterback.  Enjoy discussing with your teammates!

TSL Quarterback Rankings – Week 7

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Created: Monday, 10 June 2019 18:28

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TSL Quarterback Rankings – Week 7

Chris Cole (#1) survives a scare by Bullet Club and Travis (#6) this week to bring The Streak (capital letters are a must at this point) to 18 games.  Since we established this to be a League record last week (at least, we proposed it was, and no one has any way of disputing it) we need to start looking for comparisons elsewhere to put this in perspective.  The longest streak in NFL history is 21 games (some team in New England), which Public Enemy can match by winning their last game of the regular season this week, then winning the playoffs.  Their 21^st win would be their second consecutive League championship.  Wouldn’t that be obnoxious??  We’re all rooting against this, right?  Some hero needs to emerge to finally beat these guys…

… and who better than Matty F’n Ice???  Matty (#2) has been stuck one spot below Cole in the TSL QB Power Rankings since Week 3 of this season, and we’ve lamented the fact that he has no real path to taking over that #1 spot despite his ridiculous resume to date (which, to recap, is now at 18-3 on the season for three teams, and 797 points scored).  And now, FINALLY, it’s happening: the cross-divisional matchup between the #1 and #2 Ranked QB’s in the final week of the regular season.  You could NOT have written a better script than this.  Last week we wondered what might have happened if Bobby had beaten Public Enemy – would he have automatically flipped to #1, or would Cole stay on top of the Power Rankings regardless of the one loss?  There’s no need to debate it this time, because we’ll just tell you – if Matty Ice can end The Streak and beat Public Enemy, he will finish the regular season #1 in our TSL QB Power Rankings.  Is this fair to Cole?  Maybe not, but all he has to do to run the table and keep the #1 Ranking every week for the entire Spring 2019 season… is win one more game.

He may not be able to take the #1 spot in the Power Rankings, but a Cole win (which comes with a Matty loss) next week would put Bobby McConnell (#3) in position to potentially jump Matty and finish the season in second.  Bobby took a forfeit win over Title Shot this week, then won a close one over Mark Dalfonso (#5) and Marketing Mayors 33-32.  Eyes Downtown is undefeated this season… except for the two games they’ve played against Public Enemy.  Public Enemy and Eyes Downtown are both already locked into first round byes for the top division playoffs.  Will Cole continue destroying everyone in his path this season?  Or will Bobby play with a little extra fire in the playoffs, PERHAPS motivated by the fact that his name hasn’t been seen at the top of the Power Rankings (which once looked destined to belong to him)?

Taking advantage of Mark’s loss to Eyes Downtown, Joey Batts (#4) jumps up a spot in the Power Rankings this week.  Joey guided Gryffindor past #XTC@AngryBuffalo 30-28 in the cross divisional game, which BY THE WAY the Godfather predicted would happen (“C2 teams will win at LEAST two of the games”, which was ALSO correct… even in Des Moines, they can see what a strong division C2 has become this session).  Cunning Stunts also beat Pink Pteratacos 34-26, and lost to Matty’s Angels 61-42.  Yeah, we hate to move someone up in the Rankings after a loss, but these are Quarterback rankings, and Joey still led that offense to 42 points.

Vince Taverna (#7) is back in our Top Ten this week.  He was punished for losing a game last week, but AWDIQ is STILL 14-1-1 in their last 16 games, and although Vince hasn’t started at QB in all of those, it’s pretty impressive considering how competitive Rec 1 has been this season.  AWDIQ is right near the top of the division in points scored, and they had a convincing win over Ultimate Warriors this week (45-22).  Sam Lattuca (#31) made her debut as starting QB for the Warriors this week, and although drawing the #1 seed in the ladder match is not the ideal way to start one’s QB career, we expect she’ll do much better next week against the #7 seed.

Rec 1 QB’s Newman (#8) and Dean Thompson (#9) are lucky to keep their spots in the Top Ten this week, as Newman tied Morning Wood 36-36 and Dean actually lost to Frodo Swaggins 18-14.  Fortunately for both, the other Quarterbacks just outside the Top Ten had rough weeks as well, so no one was able to jump past them in our Power Rankings yet.

We had mentioned in this article last week that End Game wasn’t getting enough respect, based on their huge point differential (now up to +112, far and away the best in Rec 2), strong offense (only four points behind Uncle Rico’s Time Travelers for best in their division) and most importantly their winning ways (five in a row, best record in their division).  David Eickhoff, it’s time we gave you some respect.  Welcome to the Top Ten.  Are you going to get bumped next week if Dubey (#14), Tommy Scrivani (#13) or Nick Sooch (#11) have a big game?  It’s possible.  All you can do is keep putting up points and keep winning, and the Power Rankings won’t be able to ignore you.

Speaking of winning – every week we talk about that Public Enemy Streak, but we don’t really talk about other teams’ winning streaks.  And that’s because other teams, for the most part, don’t HAVE winning streaks.  It’s really hard to win consistently in this League!  The way you hear teams talking about themselves, you would think they never lose, but everyone does, and pretty frequently.  By our count, there are only six teams in the League right now with winning streaks longer than two games.  SIX!  Here’s the complete list:

And even Slytherin comes with an asterisk, as they tied Morning Wood this week (they’re 3-0-1 in their last four games; we’re pretending that tie didn’t happen for the sake of argument).  Gryffindor, with a modest three game winning streak, can reasonably make the argument that they’re one of the hottest teams in the League right now heading into the playoffs.  We typically don’t include breakfast club teams in these charts, but in case you’re wondering, no breakfast club team has a three game winning streak either.

Wins and losses are obvious, but let’s look again at point differential (+/-) to see which other teams have momentum heading into the playoffs.  Yes, last week we looked at charts showing each team’s +/- on the season, but this week we’d like to look at only the last three weeks to see which teams are the hottest going into the final week of regular season.  Doesn’t really matter what you did in Week One (*cough* TITLE SHOT) if you aren’t winning when it counts the most.

End Game and Ugandan Warriors are way ahead of the pack the past few weeks, with only two teams from the Competitive divisions (Marketing Mayors and Eyes Downtown) cracking the top ten.  These teams are either getting hot at just the right time, or they had an easy second half to their Spring schedules.  Gryffindor and their three game winning streak didn’t make this chart because we’re overly fond of Top Tens, but in case you’re wondering, they came in at 11^th (+9.0 ppg over the past three weeks).

And now, you guessed it, the worst:

Given how cold Title Shot has been lately, we’re actually surprised they’re not at the bottom, but that “honor” belongs to Five Star Generals.  All of these teams are struggling down the stretch, and we wouldn’t bet on any of them to pull off a miracle in the playoffs.

Here’s your division by division point differential from the last three weeks:

And that’s it for this week.  Next week will be the Final QB Power Rankings of the Spring 2019 Season.  Do we dare unveil our full Top 50 Rankings to the world next week?  Or will Topper, fearful of all the hate mail he’d get from the lowest ranked QBs, bury that article before it can ever see the light of day?  Tune in next week to find out!

Quarterback Power Rankings...and then some – Week 5

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TSL Quarterback Power Rankings – Week 5

The streak is now at 16 wins in a row for Public Enemy, and Chris Cole (#1) has not moved from the top spot all season.  Yes, every Power Rankings is going to start with an update on this streak until it’s broken, so get used to reading about this.  With wins over #XTC@AngryBuffalo (40-37) and Tight Ends in Motion (29-28) the Champs are rolling.  Ricky Austin (#8) ALMOST got the job done for TEIM, rebounding from a horrible first half to almost shock the world on a two point conversion that would have taken the lead late in the game… but he couldn’t quite hit that last pass, and became just the latest victim in Public Enemy’s string of wins.  Can anyone stop the Champs?  (Hold that thought for a minute...)

Matty Ice (#2) was back in action this week with mixed results.  Matty’s Angels won a shootout against a Topper (#15) led Come From Behind team by a score of 45-40.  A short staffed A&A team then dropped a crucial game against Bullet Club (38-22), making Matty 1-1 on the day, and 12-2 on the season.  Still good enough to hold on to the #2 spot for now, but not the crazy Matty numbers we’re used to seeing this season.

Doesn’t seem fair that Travis (#7) of Bullet Club actually BEAT Matty in a head-to-head matchup of Top Ten QB’s, and Matty keeps his spot while Travis drops in the rankings.  But hey, Power Rankings are tricky.  Travis DID lose to the suddenly dominant Joey Batts (#6), who has Gryffindor trending way up from their miserable start.  Between Gryffindor’s 43-36 win over Bullet Club and Cunning Stunts’ 46-0 win against Over Compensators, Joey Batts led teams outscored opponents 89-36 this week, reminding us why this guy used to be a League MVP.  Between Matty, Travis, Joey, an inactive Dubey (#4) who dropped this week due to his absence from the Title Shot game, and a surging Tommy Scrivani (#16), the Godfather is right (as always) – Comp 2 really is anyone’s division to win this season.

Still holding that thought on whether anyone can beat Public Enemy? Good, let’s get back to that.  STORMING up the Power Rankings and making his Spring 2019 debut is Bobby McConnell (#3) of Eyes Downtown.  Bobby is back in a big way, destroying 1 Todd 2 Many 56-32.  Is one win a big enough sample size to justify pushing Bobby ahead of all but two other Quarterbacks in our League?  We believed it was, given strength of victory, strength of opponent and overall history of Mr. McConnell.  Thanks for your service Chadwick (#21), but QB1 is back.  Next up for Eyes Downtown is the showdown of all showdowns with Public Enemy.  What happens if Eyes Downtown win???  Does Bobby immediately take the #1 ranking?  Or if Cole plays well in a loss, does he deserve to hold his spot on the strength of a 16 game winning streak and eye popping numbers over the course of a season and a half?  That’ll be a fun debate for next week… IF Bobby can knock off the champs.  Oh, and Dalfanso (#5) drops due to inactivity this week, with Bobby surging ahead of him.  Fair?  Maybe not, but it is what it is.

Vince Taverna (#9) re-joins the Top Ten after a week off, as All We Do Is Quinn continues to roll.  That’s 13 straight games without a loss for the Quinners, who have the #1 seed in Rec 1 squarely in their sights.  Dean Thompson (#10) is the other Rec 1 QB holding down a spot in our Top Ten this week, with a 30-22 win over Morning Wood and a 31-25 loss to Frodo Swaggins.  If you haven’t watched a Peach Platoon game yet, you’re missing out… this guy is really good. 

You know who else in Rec 1 is looking really good lately, is Scott Drosendahl (#18) from Frodo Swaggins.  There was a lot of hype around this QB at the start of the season, but he was new to the co-ed football game and early on this season it definitely showed.  He’s clearly learning and getting better every week though, and Frodo Swaggins is a team that no one wants to draw as an opponent come playoff time.

Not really a “QB Ranking” observation but, uh, when did Cunning Stunts get so good at defense?  They’re outscoring opponents 72-1 over their past two games, a stat that we are reasonably sure will never again be equaled in TSL history.  That’s pretty ridiculous. 

Last week we included some charts of Team Points Per Game, but this week we thought it would be fun to look at Team Points Against Per Game to see which defenses deserve some credit through five weeks.  So here is a look at your top ten best defenses in the League, by Points Per Game:

Ugandan Warriors have a 3.4 point lead over the next best defense in the League, and they’re allowing about two TD’s per game.  No wonder these guys are winning. 

No surprise to see Tight Ends in Motion on this list – frankly with Dave Baker directing this defense, we’re just surprised it’s not #1.  And an all-girls defense in the Top Ten… seriously, how is Cunning Stunts this good??

Now let’s look at the ten worst:

Yikes.  A handful of teams in that 33-35 point range, and then Ultimate Warriors at 37.4 ppg (this explains why they’re 0-7… maybe Sam should play QB just so the offense can keep up with their defense?), 1 Todd 2 Many at 38.7 ppg (remember when they allowed only 6 points in their first game of the season?  Yeah, they’ve done worse since then), Cobblestone at 42.8 ppg (I bet they really miss Garrett Beesing…) and finally Five Star Generals at 45.3 ppg for the worst defense in the League.  We should keep this in mind for QB Rankings… It almost shouldn’t even count when you put up 40ish points against these teams.

And like last week’s offensive points chart, here’s a division by division breakdown of defense points per team:

Comp 2 and Rec 4 seem like they have the most defensive parity, as the top team and the worst team in each division are separated by only one score per game (well, one gender score and one two point conversion, but still one score).  Three of the six teams that lead their divisions in defensive points per game also sit in first place in their division standings, or share first place with another team.  It’ll be interesting to see whether defense really wins championships as the old cliché says, or whether powerhouse Quarterbacks and offenses will be holding the trophies at the end of the season.

One final thought for this week – Rameer definitely, definitely does not write this article (you may have noticed our stylistic writing differences), so if you’re trying to give someone feedback on how much you hate/disagree with the QB Rankings, you’ll have to find a better way than complaining to him.  We recommend renting billboards across town to advertise how great your Quarterback is – we’re bound to notice those eventually.