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TSL Quarterback Power Rankings – Week 3
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- Created: Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:57
- Published: Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:57
- Written by Patrick McGovern
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Public Enemy streak = 13 games in a row? Three weeks in and I’m already bored of Chris Cole (#1) on top of the rankings. Consistent excellence is too predictable, and we’re looking for wild plot twists here. Mark Dalfonso (#4) and Marketing Mayors are up next for the reigning, defending, undisputed champs, and this HAS to be a good one, right? Dalfonso dropped 54 points on 1 Todd 2 Many this week in an annihilation of the former D3 champs. Is he the man that breaks the streak? We’re betting on No, but someone has to… eventually.
Here are the numbers for Matty Ice (#2) this week, for those keep tracking (which we in the QB Power Rankings are, obsessively): 4 wins. 0 losses. 165 points scored. Three weeks into the season, he’s 11-1 with 457 points scored. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? What’s it going to take for him to pass Cole? June 15th is the Rec 1 vs Rec 2 ladder match week – can you imagine these two slugging it out head to head in the final week of the season?? This is the stuff QB Power Rankers dreams are made of. Too bad Matty apparently has next week off – we were prepared to devote an entire Power Rankings article to his eye popping stats.
Dubey (#3) drops by virtue of his absence this week, and Title Shot’s undefeated season collapsed without him in a 32-19 loss to Bullet Club. And speaking of Bullet Club, look, I know they’ve won a lot of games with Easton (STILL Not Ranked), but let’s be real: they look like world beaters with Travis (#6) under center. How do you mess with that? And those uniforms look awesome.
We’re not going to ding you too much for losing to the D1 champs Chadwick (#5). Everyone’s doing it. But know this: we were rooting for you.
Unfortunately now we run into some struggling stars in those #7-#9 spots. Newman (#7) was a big loser for both Breakfast Club and SITE this week. We’re keeping in the Top Ten for now because we know what he’s capable of, but another couple of losses this week could have him on the outside looking in. Alex (#8) tried to play through an injury this week, but had to bench himself after a few drives. The season is young Alex… your teams need you healthy for the playoffs. Don’t kill yourself out there. And fun fact about the Joey Batts (#9) led Gryffindor team: they have the single lowest points per game of ANY team in ANY division right now. By a LOT. [Seriously – 9.5 ppg, a full 7 points behind the SECOND WORST team in the League. Ouch.] Good thing Cunning Stunts has the fourth highest PPG in the League, or Joey’s ranking would be down in the 40s like Bobby McConnell (#45 and falling every day).
Last week, we said “he’s not in the Top Ten yet, but Dean Thompson of Peach Platoon will be soon, if he continues to play like he did this week”. Yeah. He did. Welcome to the Top Ten Dean (#10), earlier than expected. After getting steamrolled by Slytherin in week one, the Platoon has gotten their act together and are scoring at Matty Ice-like levels right now. Dean looks fantastic out there, and this team is only getting better every week… BUT, his two wins this season have come against the struggling Ultimate Warriors and an injured Sticky Bandits squad. Is Dean for real or is he the product of a lucky schedule? Time will tell.
We focus a lot on the Top Ten in this write-up, but there are plenty of other Quarterbacks out there playing well enough (or badly enough) to get noticed. For example:
Buffalo Solar Solutions is currently #3 in the League across all divisions for Points per Game with Andy Clark (#16) leading the offense. BSS is also one of only seven undefeated teams left at this point in the season. Not too bad, Andy. We see you out there.
We’re told that Brian Stoldt (#24) of Practice Squad looked incredible this week in carving up the Bambs defense. Rec 4 teams don’t get a lot of love from these Rankings we realize, but there are some serious athletes on those teams. Speaking of which, Joe Miano (#21) is still undefeated with Jabronies, who are 5th in the League in Points Per Game right now. If you don’t know who Joe is by now, you need to start watching his games.
We heard a lot of hype going into this season about how great Energy Buff was supposed to be, but so far Tommy Scrivani (#28) has them off to a rough start. Remember when we said the second worst offense was seven points better than Gryffindor? Yeah, that’s these guys. We’re not sure why they’re struggling so much - there’s enough athleticism on this team to be undefeated, and yet somehow they find themselves winless after two games. Plenty of time to turn it around…
That’s it for the Week Three Power Rankings! As always, if your QB wasn’t listed above, make sure you blame the League, the refs and the rulebook, as loudly and often as possible.
TSL Quarterback Power Rankings – Week 2
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- Created: Thursday, 09 May 2019 12:48
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No surprises at the top.
Chris Cole (#1) makes his TSL Spring 2019 debut with wins over #XTC@AngryBuffalo (terrible team name btw) and 1 Todd 2 Many (also terrible… how many Todds are there?). What is Public Enemy’s win streak up to now? 7-0 last season, 3-0 in the playoffs, 2-0 to start this season. Is a 12 game winning streak a League record? Somebody ask Topper or Rameer, the League should know these things. Anyway, Cole looked awesome this week ripping defenses apart, and the top spot looks like his for the foreseeable future.
Dubey (#2) keeps his spot in the Power Rankings with wins over A&A (44-29) and Gryffindor (22-19). He had his ups and downs throughout the day but the easiest path to Power Rankings glory is by winning, and he beat two other Top Ten QB’s / League Icons. Not a bad Saturday.
Despite losing to Dubey (and throwing way too many picks) Matty Ice (#3) actually finds himself moving up this week. Gotta look at his whole resume here: A&A also played (and beat) Money Ball 30-22, a game that knocked Glowacki (whose performance this week has been described as “meh”) out of the Top Ten. Matty’s Angels played (and beat) Five Star Generals 54-46 and Home Tech 56-25. Schilling Em Softly played (and beat) EmC HammerTime 59-34. So Matty led teams go 4-1 this week, and score 228 points. Can we talk about what 228 points means? That’s more than Tight Ends in Motion, Racks N Sacks, #XTC, Angry Buffalo, Morning Wood, Sticky Bandits, Uncle Rico’s Time Travelers and Cobblestone each scored ALL OF LAST SEASON. 4-1 and a season’s worth of points in a single day. Matty would be #2 in the rankings, IF we could justify putting him above an undefeated division rival who handed him his only loss this week (which, you know, we can’t).
Doesn’t seem fair that Chadwick (#4), the now and future QB of Eyes Downtown, drops a spot in the rankings despite getting the W, but Matty’s week just seemed a little more impressive (he’s 7-1 as a starter after two weeks!). Look on the bright side Chadwick – this team is yours now, and I’m sure they’ve forgotten all about Bobby (#44) who continues to drop in the Power Rankings with every absentee week.
Now it gets interesting.
Last week’s #5-10 QB’s each lost at least one game this week, going a combined 2-9 on the day. Ouch. That doesn’t mean they all played badly, but it does mean we’re going to see some changes this week.
Mark Dalfanso (#5) busted his way into the Top Ten in a big way this week, beating Tight Ends in Motion 35-31 in a classic. These two teams always seem to come down to the wire when they play each other, and Saturday’s game didn’t disappoint. You have to feel for Alex Buchlis (#7), who actually played very well in the loss to Marketing Mayors. Two heart breaking TEIM losses in a row, and then he suffered an injury in the first game of a Sticky Bandits doubleheader that knocked him out early. Sources are unsure how long he’ll be out of action, but we wish him the best.
Newman (#6) drops a spot this week by virtue of losing to All We Do Is Quinn (42-28) and Hot TaMollys (29-18). Sure, he got a win over Ultimate Warriors (39-12) where he looked pretty good, but with a two loss day he’s probably lucky to stay in our Top Ten at all. Play better, Newman.
Joey Batts (#8) holds steady in the Power Rankings this week with a Cunning Stunts win over Hope N Ruin (43-26) and a Gryffindor loss to Title Shot (22-19). Are we being unfair to Joey here? He didn’t really lose that Title Shot game. Gryffindor was apparently winning with Joey at Quarterback, until he had to leave at halftime and turned the game over to his brother (which, uh, did not go well). Not sure why Joey quit on his team, but only finishers get to move up in the Power Rankings. He’ll have another chance next week against Matty Ice and A&A, in what we suspect will be the game of the week.
Travis (#9) makes his Top Ten debut this week, with big wins in Breakfast Club and coming off the bench for Bullet Club. Where was Easton (Not Ranked) this week? Can we please turn this into a QB controversy?
Quick quiz: name every Quarterback in the League whose non-gender team is still undefeated, AND has scored more than 100 points with that team this season? Okay, that was a very specific set of criteria, but there’s only one answer: Vince Taverna (#10) of All We Do Is Quinn. The team moved up to Rec 1 this session and AWDIQ is 2-0-1 after three games. They’re not exactly sweating the improved competition so far, and the schedule Gods smile upon them next week when they play a vulnerable Sticky Bandits team that may be without their leader, QB Alex Buchlis. Keep winning Vince, and the League (and Power Rankings) will take notice.
Hey, remember when Topper (#14) was in the Top Ten? Feels like a lifetime ago. Although he played well enough to ALMOST take down the D1 champs (don’t tell me Public Enemy wasn’t scared for a minute!!!), the Commish found a way to lose with 1 Todd 2 Many, AND with Natural Born Kellers, AND with Vandalay Industries. Tanking three teams in one day (is that the opposite of “pulling a Matty”?) is a great way to drop in the Power Rankings.
He’s not in the Top Ten yet, but Dean Thompson (#20) of Peach Platoon will be soon, if he continues to play like he did this week. With smart, methodical passing, a creative running game, and a beautiful deep shot late in the game, Dean came to play on Saturday. Is this really the same team that got annihilated by Slytherin in Week One??
We thought Rec 4 would be wide open at the start of this season, but Joe Miano (#24) is making a push for a Jabronies championship this Spring. The offense looks smooth, Joe is making great decisions, and the team looks like it’s taken several steps forward from last year. Keep an eye on this guy, he really knows how to play.
That’s it for this week – if you weren’t mentioned above, and you think you should have been, we recommend playing better – it’s the easiest way to get noticed. Tough to argue with that, right?
TSL QB Power Rankings Week 1
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- Created: Thursday, 25 April 2019 13:14
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TSL QB Power Rankings
“Now stop. Take a breath. Again, realize this is ALL FOR FUN. Some of you just read this and are gnashing your teeth I didn't give you enough "props" in this piece. A handful of you "get" it and will joke with me about this when you see me Saturday. Others of you will play it off, but keep it in the back of your mind all season and throw any win by your team and a loss by another in my face as though I care about anything other than having fun.” – Rameer AKA “THE BUILD”
Ahh, Rameer. So wise. Instead of focusing on why we’re really here (Football + Booze = Good Times For All) the TSL Universe often chooses to get bent out of shape about the perceived lack of respect they and their teams get from the League. Can you imagine a world where we all just showed up to play our games, had some drinks at the bar, and didn’t worry about what the League website said about how great we are, or how much we suck?
Yeah, you’re right. That DOES sound boring.
So here’s another weekly article to make you all feel underappreciated - Introducing the TSL QB Power Rankings!!! Because TSL loves to court controversy, we’re going to publish a weekly Quarterback Power Ranking throughout the season. League leaders and rising stars will be acknowledged… as will QBs who throw four picks in a game and blow it for their teams.
Sounds fun, right? You have questions. Okay, shoot:
“Are you going to show rankings for all 46 starting QB’s every week?”
No, just the Top Ten will be shown every week, but the write-up will have commentary on other rising and falling QBs throughout the League as well.
“Is this going to be heavily biased towards the Competitive divisions?”
The top ten probably will be, sure. But we will absolutely be acknowledging the performance (good and bad) of Quarterbacks in the Rec divisions as well. I doubt a Rec 4 quarterback will ever crack the Top Ten, but all divisions will be covered in the write-up, every week.
“So you’re only ranking QB’s… what about the rest of us?”
We didn’t forget about the rest of you. So your arm is too weak and your teammates don’t trust you with the most important position in the game. Don’t worry – we’ll also rank other positions from time to time as well. Top Non-QB Males in the League, Top Females, Top Rec 2 Players, etc. We can rank whatever we want. Best Teammate, Best Drinker, Best Division, Best Referee, Best Looking… Ranking anything is always fun. Unless we rank you last, of course.
“You keep saying ‘we’. Who is writing this? Who determines these rankings?”
The Western New York Touch Football Writers Assoc… no, wait, that’s some other league. Don’t worry about who’s writing this. Let’s be honest: If you knew, you would incessantly whine to that person or persons about why you or your QB should be ranked higher every week. Anonymity is key.
So that’s the plan. We debated doing a Pre-Season rankings to start the season, but that would be based off of last year’s performances, and the past means nothing to us. This is a “what have you done for me lately” league, and no one cares that Topper won a D3 title anymore… all that matters is how Topper does in his new division (spoiler alert: he will do badly). So the first rankings will be released after the first games of the season have taken place.
We started by quoting “The Rant”, so let’s close by ripping off “The Sentinel” with a poem of our own:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If you’re so great at QB,
Why are you ranked 42?
TSL Quarterback Power Rankings – Week 1
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- Created: Thursday, 02 May 2019 12:44
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TSL Quarterback Power Rankings – Week 1
Chris Cole (#1), who threw for zero yards and zero TDs this week, is on top in the inaugural TSL QB Power Rankings. What?! Didn’t we say last week that this is a “what have you done for me lately” league, and the past didn’t matter? Well, okay – it kinda did. You can’t penalize the defending D1 champ for having a bye week to start the season. Public Enemy went undefeated last season against the best teams in WNY co-ed football in large part because of Cole and his D1 leading 39 ppg. He’s the man to beat this season, even if he hasn’t had a chance to defend his title yet. Public Enemy plays 1 Todd 2 Many and XTC next week – if Cole is STILL #1 next week, it’ll be because he earned it.
We’ll give Cole a pass for his week off, but Bobby McConnell (#41) has absolutely plummeted in the rankings based on rumors that he’s on the Injured List for the near future. Bye weeks we can forgive… significant time off we cannot, and Bobby will have to earn his way back up the Rankings when he’s back. Tough to imagine a QB controversy on Eyes Downtown given that Bobby has been on top of the touch football world for as long as many of us can remember, but what about Chadwick (#3) beating Marketing Mayors 21-7 in Week One? If Eyes Downtown KEEP winning, don’t they at least have to TALK about keeping Chadwick in at QB?
Dubey (#2) and Title Shot team won a key game against Glowacki (#7) and Money Ball in the battle of C2 newcomers. Although Glowacki lost, his 15 points scored was somehow the fourth highest point total in the Competitive divisions this week, due to lousy weather that made for a brutal day of offense. Both QBs are talented, and will put up much better numbers in the weeks to come as weather improves.
Bill Parcells used to say “you are what your record says you are”, and NO ONE in TSL has a better record right now that Matty F’n Ice (#4). Wins with A&A in his C2 debut, Matty’s Angels in a nailbiter, and Schilling Em Softly in Breakfast Club have Matty as the only 3-0 QB in TSL. Why isn’t this guy ranked #1??? A&A putting up only 13 points against Energy Buff probably didn’t help. Matty gets another chance to climb the rankings next week with matchups against both Dubey and Glowacki. Will two more wins and a Public Enemy loss push everyone’s favorite drunk into the top spot??
Newman (#5) made his case for the Top Ten this week with a huge Slytherin That End Zone win over Peachy Platoon that never felt close. The jump to R1 might have been a little too ambitious for the Platoon, and they couldn’t have drawn a much worse matchup for their first game than Newman, who was one of only three QBs all day to drop 40+ points on an opponent. Is SITE going to ride Newman’s arm to the R1 title?
Topper (#10) and 1 Todd 2 Many beat Alex Buchlis (#6) and Tight Ends in Motion by a score of 7-6. Thirteen combined points, and these guys made the Top Ten?? And Alex, who lost, is somehow four spots AHEAD of Topper?? Hear us out on this. Topper faced an absolutely KILLER Tight Ends defense this week (has there ever been a team with better defensive girls?) in awful conditions, and in his C1 debut he walked away with the W. Maybe it’s a fluke, and if that’s the case, we won’t be seeing a lot of our beloved Commish on this list going forward. But for one glorious day, old man Topper was a winner, so let’s let him have this, okay? And Alex, despite putting up only 6 points with TEIM, rebounded with Sticky Bandits to beat a Garrett Beesing led Frodo Swaggins team with the highest point total of any game in week one. Highest scoring QB performance of the week, a one point C1 loss, and the best father/coach in the League? Yeah, Buchlis has earned his Top Ten spot… let’s see if he can keep it against Marketing Mayors next week.
Joey Batts (#8) led the Cunning Stunts to a huge R3 win against Come From Behind this week. Is Joey QBing for Gryffindor this year? We’ll find out next week when they make their Spring debut against Title Shot. A win over Dubey keeps the former MVP climbing up the rankings, while a loss… well, no one wants to hear a loser grab the microphone at awards banquets and cut a promo about how great he is.
Good to see Ricky Austin (#9) of EmC HammerTime back in action after some injuries that slowed him down last year. We’re a little surprised to see a Breakfast Club only QB in the rankings for Week One, but he earned it with a big win.
That’s it for this week’s wrap-up. If you want to let the League know about a great QB performance that should be mentioned in this article, please email Topper at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. He doesn’t write this article, and he doesn’t care about your QB, but wouldn’t it be funny if everyone bombarded him with complaints about how their QB’s don’t get enough respect in the Rankings?
