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WEEK 5 POWER RANKINGS
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- Created: Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:37
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- Written by Jeff Krol
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Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!
Some weeks we get beautiful weather and huge crowds at the bar. Other weeks we get miserable downpours and medical emergencies. Week Five was, unfortunately, the latter. Although our quarterbacks didn't get much of a chance to shine this past weekend in the heavy rain, our nurses and medical professionals did. Thank you to everyone who pitched in and helped out when one of our players went down last week - this League literally would not be possible without you.
And now, some Power Rankings:
#1 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits
Last Week: Did Not Play
No game for the Sticky Bandits this week, so no movement in the Power Rankings for the last undefeated QB in D1.
#2 Joey Batts - Legends / Cunning Stunts
Last Week: Beat Losing Streak 23-19 (Legends)
How have the Stunts only played three games on May 25th? And they've won only one of them?? Seems impossible. Big win for Legends this week as they took down Losing Streak in a close one. The defending champs still have the highest points per game in D1.
#3 Jordan Lawson - Losing Streak / Mavericks
Last Week: Lost to Legends 23-19, beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 37-16 (Losing Streak), beat No Punt Intended 30-20 (Mavericks)
Jordan is undefeated in D1 against all the QBs beneath him in the Power Rankings and 0-2 against the two above him, so we'd say his Ranking is pretty easy to calculate right now. The big news this week was Mavericks taking down previously undefeated No Punt Intended which is a huge win in D2.
#4 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown
Last Week: Beat Tight Ends in Motion 19-8
We're not sure what's more surprising: Bobby scoring only 19 points in a game, or that somehow being enough for a two score win. Yes, the weather sucked on Saturday so we can't read much into any of these scores, but this was a big matchup for the D1 standings as it keeps Eyes Downtown out of the dreaded "1-Win Club" with Grey Hair, Scared Hitless and Frodo.
#5 Travis Cleavenger - No Punt Intended
Last Week: Lost to Mavericks 30-20
Travis kind of, sort of QBed a bit this week while dad duty took priority, so we won't hold a loss against him. Really, we should hold it against Kyle!
#6 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins / BAADies
Last Week: Beat Cobblestone 41-13 (BAADies)
BAADies destroyed the makeshift team that Cobblestone threw together last minute (Darryl: you need more reliable teammates) and BAADies now sit a game away from .500. No, Garrett's not doing a ton of winning this session (Frodo and BAADies are a combined 3-6) but between a new-ish D1 team and a new gender team, no one can accuse him from ducking a challenge.
#7 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs
Last Week: Beat Practice Squad 35-0
Practice Squad is NOT a bad team, and Untouchaballs made them look like absolute ASS this week. Yikes. Great performance by Untouchaballs to keep them neck and neck with NPI who, wouldn't ya know it, they're going to play this week! A win by Burr and team this Saturday will push them into first place in the D2 standings.
#8 Dave Eickhoff - Grey Hair - Don't Care
Last Week: Lost to Losing Streak 37-16, lost to Scared Hitless 26-23
Eickhoff had this team looking strong out of the gate this season with a huge win over Frodo and a close loss to Eyes Downtown. Since then it's spiraled out of control a bit for Grey Hair - Don't Care as they dropped two more games on Saturday to fall to 1-6 with only one game remaining on their schedule (which thankfully is a rematch against Scared Hitless).
#9 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless
Last Week: Beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 26-23
We were SURE that Scared Hitless would win a game eventually (they were way too good not to) and they caught Grey Hair at exactly the right time. Their remaining opponents this season are a combined 6-14 so not IMPOSSIBLE that Dylan gets some momentum here and racks up a few more wins to finish strong.
#10 Frank Laudico - Wanderers
Last Week: Lost to Jabronies 38-27
The Wanderers finally played a game that wasn't settled by just a few points, and unfortunately they were on the wrong end of their first two-score outcome. Every team's goal in D3 should be to finish in the top two if they want to lock up a playoff matchup against one of the two teams that currently have a losing record, and Wanderers can help themselves at that tremendously by beating Can't Touch This in a couple weeks after their Memorial Day bye.
#11 Andy Smigiera - Tight Ends in Motion
Last Week: Lost to Eyes Downtown 19-8
Tight Ends scored only 8 points in the rain for the second time this session. They should get Andy some better cleats or something, these rain games aren't working in his favor. Tight Ends failed to lock up their first winning record of the season, but it's only a matter of time with an athlete as deadly as Andy under center.
#12 Jeff Easton - Bullet Club
Last Week: Did Not Play
Jeff sure misses a lot of games. He's better than Langley though, so he keeps his QB1 status on Bullet Club.
#13 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked
Last Week: Tied Vaspian 27-27
Let's Get Reccked went from a middle of the road 2-2 record to a somehow even MORE middle of the road 2-2-1 on Saturday. Their remaining opponents this season are a combined 4-10, but there aren't really any BAD teams in D3 this session so we're not sure we'd call that as easy a schedule as it looks.
#14 Vince Taverna - Puckett All-Stars
Last Week: Game Cancelled
The Puckett All-Stars vs PWI game was understandably cancelled this week after the medical incident occurred during their game.
#15 Joe Miano - Jabronies
Last Week: Beat Wanderers 38-27
The Jabronies might be the hottest non-Puckett team in the TSL right now after rattling off their fourth win in a row. Take away their first game of the season (a dud against Let's Get Reccked) and they're +40 in their last four games, alone in first place in D3. We doubt Joe is missing the Interdimensional Lightning Falcons right now.
#16 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad
Last Week: Lost to Untouchaballs 35-0
This is a new low for Practice Squad. After four weeks of "they really ARE competitive, they just need one more big play to pull off a win", they got absolutely SMOKED by a Untouchaballs. Weather didn't help... but it didn't HURT for Burr either it seems, who was still able to score 35. Practice Squad has some soul searching to do after this one.
#17 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This
Last Week: Beat Itches and Ohs 49-19
"The Jabronies might be the hottest non-Puckett team in the TSL right now after rattling off their fourth win in a row"? What about Can't Touch This?! ALSO 4-0 in their last four games, and they're +52 over that stretch! Their last loss, of course... was to the Jabronies. Whatever adjustments these guys made have worked, and Can't Touch This is poised for another D3 Finals this session (they made it last Fall, remember!)
#18 John Langley - Travis Henry's Kids
Last Week: Did Not Play
No THK game for Langley this week, although he did drop a game for Bullet Club in relief of Jeff Easton.
#19 Buddy Lee - Passing While Intoxicated
Last Week: Game Cancelled
The Puckett All-Stars vs PWI game was understandably cancelled this week after the medical incident occurred during their game.
#20 Andy Clark - Buffalo Vice
Last Week: Beat Creekers 44-14
The Creekers are the ultimate "get right game" opponent in D4 right now as Buffalo Vice was able to stop a two game losing streak with a resounding ass-kicking over the division's favorite punching bag. Buffalo Vice are one of four teams with a winning record in D4 right now and they boast the second best point differential as well (slightly behind Puckett All-Stars...)
Fancy Statistics Section
Amazing how fast we get from "it's too early to talk stats, we haven't played enough games yet" to "this season is almost over"! Last week we looked at every team's point differential per game - this week we're going to focus on just the ten best (and ten worst) teams across our three major categories:
What did we learn??
Well, we said it last week but we're forced to say it again, Puckett is playing some really great football this season. Besides being by FAR the best point differential in the League (the difference between #1 Puckett and #2 Legends is about the same as the difference between #2 Legends and #15 Bullet Club), Puckett is also the only team scoring more than 40 PPG... and they're actually scoring more than 50 PPG. Crazy.
Puckett is one of only four teams that appear in both the Top Ten Offenses chart and the Top Ten Defenses chart, along with Legends (#4 in the League on both sides of the ball), Southside (best defense in the League) and Sticky Bandits. And speaking of Sticky Nation, it's no coincidence that Not So Sticky (aka Sticky old-timers) and ILF (Sticky disciple Andrew Kicak's team) both appear in the Top Ten defenses list... but why is that Not So Sticky offense nearly the worst in the League? Don't they have access to the same playbook?
On the other side of the coin, there are also four teams that appear in the both the Worst Offenses and Worst Defenses charts: Scared Hitless (owners of the worst point differential per game in the League), Creekers (second worst Offense and Defense in the League), Frodo Swaggins (take note Garrett, your co-ed team is allowing slightly more points per game than BAADies!) and Goatsack (whose numbers would look a lot more respectable if you threw out their 32-0 Week One loss to Come From Behind).
When we copy/pasted this chart from last Fall season's file to start updating it, it was amazing how much life has changed in just a few months. The five best point differentials in the League just last season belonged to:
- Tight Ends in Motion (currently 29th, with a losing record)
- Frodo Swaggins (currently 43rd, with a losing record... that jump to D1 is a big one!)
- Puckett All-Stars (currently 1st... okay not EVERYTHING is very different)
- Cunning Stunts (currently 42nd with a losing record)
- Not So Sticky (currently 26th with a losing record)
Take out Puckett and our four best teams from last season are a combined 6-11!
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WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS
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- Created: Thursday, 18 May 2023 15:34
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Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!
We talk a lot about "sample sizes" in this article for the first few weeks of the season. "Yeah, Sausage McMuffins are 2-0, but have they even played anyone good yet?" It's easy to overreact to mediocre teams starting off hot (remember when Buffalo Vice was 2-0, but they hadn't faced a team with male receivers yet?) or good teams starting out slow (remember when Jabronies looked like garbage the first week? or when Can't Touch This was 0-2?). At this point though we're halfway through the season and we should have SOME idea how good people are. There's still plenty of time for each team to re-write the story of their season if they're not happy where they are (or plenty of time to choke away a great start!) but we're starting to feel more confident in our Power Rankings for this season and we are FINALLY ready to show some of those graphs that all of you (okay, a few of you) love so much!
You'll see that we decided to take a trip down memory lane in our write-ups below. So without further ado, here are your Week Four Power Rankings:
#1 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits
Last Week: Beat Losing Streak 34-20
Remember when the Sticky Bandits were 2-7 just a few seasons ago? Mike's roster hasn't really changed much since then (it never seems to change much on the Sticky Bandits, who have been around forever) but Mike's productivity has. Sticky Nation beats Losing Streak to become the only undefeated team remaining in D1 (and that sentence that would have seemed insane to write in 2021 when those teams were a combined 4-14).
#2 Joey Batts - Legends / Cunning Stunts
Last Week: Beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 42-18, beat Tight Ends in Motion 43-14 (Legends), lost to Puckett All-Stars 46-17 (Cunning Stunts)
Remember when Joey's brother QBed for Gryffindor and Joey was just an awesome receiver? That has nothing to do with the QB Rankings, we just wanted to remind you that he can indeed do it all. Two more wins for Legends have them right in the hunt for the #1 seed should the Sticky Bandits stumble. Not sure why the Stunts aren't doing better.
#3 Jordan Lawson - Losing Streak / Mavericks
Last Week: Lost to Sticky Bandits 34-20 (Losing Streak), lost to Untouchaballs 22-18 (Mavericks)
Remember when Jordan had a gender team called Victorious Secret in D6? Those gals were pretty fun. Jordan stays at #3 in the Power Rankings despite his first loss of the season with Losing Streak. Don't like it? He still has a better record, more points scored per game, and a head-to-head win over the guy beneath him in the Rankings. Easy decision here.
#4 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown
Last Week: Did Not Play
Remember five years ago in the Spring of 2018 when Eyes Downtown won their last D1 championship? Can it really have been five years since a TSL icon like Bobby McConnell celebrated a championship in our League? No game for Eyes Downtown this week.
#5 Travis Cleavenger - No Punt Intended
Last Week: Beat Practice Squad 44-30
Remember when Travis was the QB for Breast Friends? That short lived (but awesomely named) gender team scored more than 40 points per game and then disappeared without a trace. No Punt Intended is not as attractive as Breast Friends was (no disrespect to JZ) but they're also pretty good at putting up points. NPI is the only undefeated team left in a very close division, having beaten each of their opponents in their first lap through the D2 schedule.
#6 Dave Eickhoff - Grey Hair - Don't Care
Last Week: Lost to Tight Ends in Motion 54-25, lost to Legends 42-18
Remember when Grey Hair - Don't Care was End Game? Or HK7? Or Holy Kielbasa? Or any of the other names they used before they settled on Grey Hair - Don't Care? Grey Hair seems to have settled into a "middle of the pack" role this season in D1. Good enough that they can put up a fight, but not quite at the level of the top tier of teams in their division.
#7 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins / BAADies
Last Week: Did Not Play
Remember when Scotty Drosendahl was the QB of Frodo Swaggins and Garrett was just a douche receiver/captain? We wouldn't have guessed at the time that he'd become a Top Ten QB in D1 some day. No games for Frodo Swaggins or BAADies this week.
#8 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs
Last Week: Beat Mavericks 22-18
Remember when the Untouchaballs QB was some guy named Nolan Perry? Whatever happened to him? Well, he wasn't as good as Burr apparently. Untouchaballs took down the Mavericks this week to grab a firm hold on second place in D2. We'll pretend Burr's six-INT Breakfast Club performance didn't happen.
#9 Frank Laudico - Wanderers
Last Week: Beat Itches and Ohs 26-20
Remember when Frank Laudico outdueled Bobby McConnell for the GameOn D1 Championship a hundred years ago? This actually happened! Wanderers win yet another one-score game, proving that if you want to be entertained at the fields on Saturday, you should park your chair next to the field with the tie dyed team.
#10 Andy Smigiera - Tight Ends in Motion
Last Week: Beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 54-25, lost to Legends 43-14
Remember when Andy's vertical jump at a pro day in 2018 beat every single player in that year's NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis? If WKBW.com can be believed, that's insane. If we were Power Ranking the best athletes on the field, it would be Andy by a mile. Coed QBing is a bit different though, and while he isn't #1 at that yet, it might only be a matter of time.
#11 Jeff Easton - Bullet Club
Last Week: Did Not Play
Remember when Bullet Club used to be QBed by Ricky Austin or Scotty Dro? Hey that's our second Scotty Dro reference on this Power Rankings, which is amazing considering he's not currently ranked! Jeff didn't play this week.
#12 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked
Last Week: Beat Bullet Club 24-22
Remember when Alex's dad used to be at the fields every week? That guy was a legend. He's missing out on some quality play by his son this season, as Let's Get Reccked have started their season with games against the top four teams in their division, and have two wins, a one point loss to Wanderers, and one subpar outing against Can't Touch This to show for it. LGR's remaining opponents this season have a combined record of 2-13.
#13 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless
Last Week: Did Not Play
Remember when Dylan nearly led his team to the D1 championship game last Fall? Feels like a lifetime ago as Scared Hitless has struggled early this season. Also, "Scared Hitless" sounds more like a softball team name than a football team name, doesn't it?
#14 Vince Taverna - Puckett All-Stars
Last Week: Beat Cunning Stunts 46-17
Remember when Vince was the QB of All We Do is Qwinn or Quinn or however you spelled it? They were awesome back then and Puckett is awesome now. Puckett's wins this season have been by 38, 30, 28 and 29 points. This is getting ridiculous. Which team in D4 has a chance of stopping these guys right now?
#15 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad
Last Week: Lost to No Punt Intended 44-30
Remember only four years ago when Practice Squad was a D6 team? And now they're one solid playoff run away from making the jump to D1. No, they didn't win every division in between (they fell one play short of beating Mountain Dew Me in the D5 finals in 2020, which would have given them unprecedented championships in D6, D5, D4 and D3) but they're still an amazing success story in this League. B was the difference maker as this team became more competitive. The Squad lost to NPI on Saturday, but they're taking notes and STILL improving after all this time.
#16 Joe Miano - Jabronies
Last Week: Beat Vaspian 27-26
Remember when Joe Miano was the QB for Interdimensional Lightning Falcons and he abandoned them for the Jabronies? No, don't judge him - you would too if you had a chance to play with Bro Kleckler every week! The Jabronies offense slowed down a bit this week against Vaspian but the final outcome was the same, as Joe picked up his third win in a row.
#17 John Langley - Travis Henry's Kids
Last Week: Beat Creekers 42-24
Remember when Travis Henry's Kids lost to Woodpeckers in the D6 playoffs? John Langley does! Of course John has improved tremendously since then and THK is one of the top teams in D4 (a mile below Puckett, but to be fair so is every other team in D4). Three of THK's remaining games are against gender teams, which used to be scary but this season hasn't been nearly as intimidating for most teams. Expect these guys to lock in the #2 seed for playoffs soon.
#18 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This
Last Week: Beat Degeneration SeXy 42-32, beat Vaspian 38-33
Remember when Can't Touch This was the higher seeded team in the D3 Finals just last Fall? Yes, Practice Squad was the better team that day, but CTT has maybe the highest ceiling of any team in their division when they're clicking. Do you know how many times a week we have people at the fields tell us to watch how great this guy's arm is? Believe us, we know.
#19 Steve Moser - Itches and Ohs / GrASS Eaters
Last Week: Lost to Wanderers 26-20 (Itches and Ohs), beat Pit Harade 49-30 (GrASS Eaters)
Remember when football was supposed to be for fun? Loss to Wanderers, ejection from GrASS Eaters game. We were told not to comment on this any more, so we won't. Moving on.
#20 Buddy Lee - Passing While Intoxicated
Last Week: Did Not Play
Remember when PWI was just a cute darkhorse prediction in a division most people were SURE would be won by TMA or Come From Behind last Fall? And now Buddy Lee has a D5 championship under his belt. If people are constantly telling us how strong Ryan Dougherty's arm is, you should hear how many times they tell us "I think that PWI QB is playing drunk out of his mind". Believe us, we KNOW. Pretty good though isn't he?
Fancy Statistics Section
ALRIGHT we're halfway through the season, we can finally compare some teams! This is one of our favorite graphs that we've done in the past, looking at each team's point differential per game by division. If you're in the Green (more points scored per game than scored against), you're doing fine. If you're in the Red (more points against per game than scored), you've got some stuff to work on. In fact only one Green team has a losing record (hey Mavericks, work on that defense!) and only one Red team has a winning record (hey Balls Deep, keep doing what you're doing?). Yes, the graph is going to be very small, it's tough to cram 46 teams into one little picture:
What did we learn?
The struggles of Scared Hitless have been well documented in our website articles, but visually it becomes a little more obvious when you're staring at that -33.7 red bar above. Last session the worst team in the League was The Replacements who finished at -37.3 PPG. Scared Hitless is ten times as good as The Replacements, to be clear. It hasn't helped that their three games so far this season have been against Legends, Sticky Bandits and Losing Streak, which is a brutal start to their schedule. That PROBABLY means that they'll do better when they face the lower half of D1 going forward this season... or maybe it means that Legends, Sticky Bandits and Losing Streak aren't as good as the graph implies, and they're only doing as well as they are BECAUSE they got to beat up on Scared Hitless?
On the flipside, Puckett All-Stars have been the most dominant team in the League. Nothing surprising about that if you read Vince's write-up above. What IS a bit surprising is that the next two best teams (Legends and Southside) aren't even undefeated in their divisions despite their statistical dominance. Great teams CAN still lose, so maybe Puckett's latest D4 championship (which they've already won twice... why not try D3, Puckett?) isn't as locked up as we all think.
If we look at the difference between the best team in each division and the worst, you'll see that D2 is the closest from top to bottom with only 15.5 point differential per game separating No Punt Intended from Practice Squad. D3 is also a very tight division, and D5 looks fairly competitive across the board too. D6 starts to widen the gap a bit between haves and have-nots, and then D4 (thanks a lot Puckett) and D1 (sorry Scared Hitless) have enormous disparity between their best and worst. See below for a visual aid (yes, we made another graph to summarize the first graph)
Again, let's talk about sample sizes: with only a handful of games played so far, it's still VERY easy for a team to change the math above with one good game. If Scared Hitless even TIES their next game, they'll drop their average point differential by over 8.4 (still worst in the League, but not by much). And we counted at least 19 teams above that could very reasonably flip from red to green or vice versa with one big win or loss this Saturday. So while the numbers above don't lie, they're also VERY much subject to change.
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WEEK 2 POWER RANKINGS
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- Created: Thursday, 04 May 2023 18:14
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- Written by Jeff Krol
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Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!
Week Two is officially in the books. Stars were born, legends were toppled (that wasn't meant as a dig at Joey, but if the shoe fits...) and great football games were played. Let's get right to it:
#1 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits
Last Week: Beat Legends 29-22
To be the man, you've gotta beat the man, and Thomas has beaten the (formerly) #1 and #2 ranked QBs in two of his last three games. Easy choice for #1 this week as the Sticky Bandits keep their 2023 hot streak going. And this guy was a "Most Beloved Male" candidate at our Banquet last Fall too! Nice guys CAN finish first.
#2 Joey Batts - Legends / Cunning Stunts
Last Week: Lost to Sticky Bandits 29-22 (Legends), lost to Buffalo Vice 48-26 (Cunning Stunts)
Legends and Cunning Stunts started a combined 10-0 last season. If we throw out the Legends game QBed by Travis in Week One, they're off to a combined 0-2 start this season. Joey will be the first to tell you though, no one gives a shit where you start, they only talk about where you finish.
#3 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown
Last Week: Lost to Frodo Swaggins 37-29
No, Eyes Downtown was nowhere near full strength this week, but losing to Frodo Swaggins was still unexpected for a team with D1 championship aspirations. You can bet your ass Bobby will be on the phone with his squad this week making sure he has better attendance.
#4 Jordan Lawson - Losing Streak / Mavericks
Last Week: Beat Scared Hitless 48-12 (Losing Streak), beat Freeballers 40-25 (Mavericks)
Losing Streak has the best record and most points scored in D1 after two weeks, though they still haven't played a team that has beaten anyone. His next three opponents just happen to be the three QBs ranked above him though, so his destiny is in his own hands for climbing the Power Rankings.
#5 Dave Eickhoff - Grey Hair - Don't Care
Last Week: Did Not Play
No game for Grey Hair - Don't Care this week. No sign of Eickhoff reffing either.
#6 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins / BAADies
Last Week: Beat Eyes Downtown 37-29 (Frodo Swaggins), lost to Passing While Intoxicated 41-36, lost to Puckett All-Stars 62-24 (BAADies)
We're going to skip right past those BAADies losses (where Garrett DID score 60 points along the way, which is by no means terrible) to talk about that Eyes Downtown win. Welcome to the big leagues Beesing! After starting in D3 maybe 4-5 years ago (?), Frodo finally won their first game in the highest division. We don't think they'll be hoisting the trophy this year, but maybe they ARE a threat to upset some teams along the way.
#7 Travis Cleavenger - No Punt Intended
Last Week: Beat Freeballers 38-20
Looks like Travis is the permanent QB of this team now, not Kyle. No Punt Intended is the last undefeated team in D2, and Travis is 4-0 this season including his Legends backup duty. It's not going to happen, but... what would Legends record have to fall to before we would put Travis ahead of Joey in the Power Rankings?
#8 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs
Last Week: Beat Practice Squad 28-23
Untouchaballs were dominant last Spring in D3, then they had kind of a weird Fall with multiple forfeits and some close losses. It's still early, but it LOOKS like Burr has them back on track to being a top contender in D2 this season. It probably helps to have insane talent like Helm and Mel.
#9 Jeff Easton - Bullet Club
Last Week: Beat Vaspian 37-12
After a couple close games to start their season, Bullet Club got a relatively easy game this week against a Drew-less Vaspian. Yawn. Bullet Club takes the W and starts their season in style as the team to beat in D3. Remember when these guys were getting killed every session (in D2) with other QBs?
#10 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless
Last Week: Lost to Losing Streak 48-12
Tough to sugarcoat this one, it has been a BRUTAL start to the season for Scared Hitless. They followed up a 37 point loss in Week One to the Sticky Bandits with... a 36 point loss to Losing Streak in Week Two. At the current rate, they'll be winning games again by Spring 2025. Both sides of the ball have been rough, but it's that 6.0 PPG on offense that's working against Dylan right now in our Power Rankings.
#11 Frank Laudico - Wanderers
Last Week: Beat Let's Get Reccked 39-38
The Wanderers have been good as advertised this season... on offense, where they're scoring 34.7 PPG (good for tenth best in the TSL). Unfortunately they're giving up as many points as they're scoring right now, which is putting all the pressure on Frank to keep up. So far they're just one "illegal formation" away from 3-0 though, so Frank doesn't seem to be crumbling under the spotlight.
#12 Dylan Jaloza - Freeballers
Last Week: Lost to No Punt Intended 38-20, lost to Mavericks 40-25
We don't have the exact count, but based on eyewitness reports it seems like Dylan threw about seven interceptions between his two games last week. NOT so great. Freeballers have all kinds of athleticism on their roster but they'll need a focused Dylan if they want to make a run at the D2 championship.
#13 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad
Last Week: Lost to Untouchaballs 28-23
The bad news: Practice Squad are currently in last place as the only winless team left in D2. The good news: they've lost each of their games by exactly 5 points, which means they're a tweak away from being undefeated in some parallel universe. If they win ANOTHER championship as the lowest seeded team, we're betting our life savings on them in D1 next Fall.
#14 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked
Last Week: Lost to Wanderers 39-38
Buchlis vs Laudico was a battle of two savvy vets who have each been playing the co-ed football game for over a decade now, and it showed. Let's Get Reccked lost the shootout by a single point, but with apologies to Itches and Ohs (we'll get to them in a second) it's looking like D3 could be a three way dance between Let's Get Reccked, Bullet Club and Wanderers.
#15 Steve Moser - Itches and Ohs / GrASS Eaters
Last Week: Beat Degeneration SeXy 38-21
How dare we leave Itches and Ohs out of the D3 contenders conversation!? Itches started their season without the ever-dangerous Laura Streeter and still pulled off a 17 point win over Degeneration Sexy. Steve Moser is not going to accept "afterthought" status in the D3 race this season, and may be the early favorite to win D6 as well with GrASS Eaters.
Fancy Statistics Section
Look: You're STILL not getting any fancy statistics out of us until at LEAST Week Four, and even then we'll tell you the sample size is too small to be meaningful (yes, we're going to copy/paste this line next week too, so get used to it). But... we do want to show you one "way too early to matter" graphic right now. This is the chart of every team's offensive points per game after two weeks. We're intentionally not labeling every team, because that's not the point. The POINT is to take a look at how much Puckett All-Stars are crushing the rest of the League at this moment (Puckett is shown in pink below):
Yeah, it's a stupid observation. They've played only one game against a gender team. Still, it's pretty cool how much they're lapping the field right now.
Oh, and if you're curious who those three teams in single digits are at the other end of the graph, it's Creekers (brand new team), Tight Ends in Motion (we wonder if they miss Bro?) and Scared Hitless.
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WEEK 3 POWER RANKINGS
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- Created: Thursday, 11 May 2023 17:31
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- Written by Jeff Krol
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Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!
Football was played. Some people won, some people lost. How's that for an exciting intro? Let's get right to it:
#1 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits
Last Week: Beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 30-27
A win's a win, and Thomas keeps it rolling for Sticky Nation. How many undefeated teams are there left in D1 this session? Answer: one more than there will be next week, after Sticky Bandits and Losing Streak battle it out for the last undefeated spot in our highest division.
#2 Joey Batts - Legends / Cunning Stunts
Last Week: Beat Scared Hitless 40-12 (Legends), beat Cobblestone 35-26 (Cunning Stunts)
Legends (with Joey under center) and the Stunts both got their first wins of the season last week and our multi-time TSL Villain of the Year looked sharp. Is it possible that two Joey Batts teams are flying under the radar right now? Seems crazy considering Legends are the two time defending D1 champs, and the Stunts were the #1 seed just last Fall.
#3 Jordan Lawson - Losing Streak / Mavericks
Last Week: Beat Eyes Downtown 39-38 (Losing Streak), beat Practice Squad 41-37, lost to Freeballers 50-41 (Mavericks)
Eyes Downtown was the signature win that Jordan has been looking for in the TSL since first joining, and it was a classic. The last time these two teams met was September 25th 2021 and Losing Streak lost 63-6, so this one must have felt good for Jordan and team. Yeah, Mavericks lost a game, but they scored 41 so give Jordan a break.
#4 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown
Last Week: Lost to Losing Streak 39-38
The last time we wrote about how Bobby had lost two games in a row, we're PRETTY sure he rattled off a seven game winning streak afterwards, so we're not ready to dismiss Eyes Downtown as contenders just yet. Wins and losses admittedly play a huge part in our rankings, as they should, but even with a 1-2 record, is there anyone in this League who doesn't think Bobby F'n McConnell is one of the top QBs in the League?
#5 Dave Eickhoff - Grey Hair - Don't Care
Last Week: Lost to Sticky Bandits 30-27
A three point loss to undefeated Sticky Bandits is nothing to feel too bad about. In fact Grey Hair - Don't Care has a one score loss to the Bandits, a one score loss to Eyes Downtown, and a 30 point win over Frodo Swaggins. These guys aren't that far away from 3-0, and Eickhoff is playing great.
#6 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins / BAADies
Last Week: Lost to Tight Ends in Motion 27-22 (Frodo Swaggins), beat Creekers 28-21 (BAADies)
Everyone's talking about Garrett's "sixth down" scramble/sack where he thought it was fifth down (which is, of course, really funny) but they should be talking about how Frodo became a decent D1 team much faster than we thought they would. The last two weeks include a win and a one-score loss against teams that have been to the top of the D1 mountain before. Now if only BAADies would play up to their potential, Garrett would REALLY be cooking...
#7 Travis Cleavenger - No Punt Intended
Last Week: Did Not Play
No game for NPI this week. Still undefeated.
#8 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs
Last Week: Did Not Play
No game for Untouchaballs this week.
#9 Jeff Easton - Bullet Club
Last Week: Lost to Itches and Ohs 22-21
Looks like Bullet Club won't be going undefeated this session. Sure, they were missing some players, but 21 points on a beautiful day isn't enough and Jeff knows it. The good news: D3 is an awesome, wide open division where anyone can upset anyone on any given week. The bad news (for Bullet Club): they seem to be very dependent on Pete's attendance, which will give Langley way too much power at his next contract negotiation.
#10 Dylan Jaloza - Freeballers
Last Week: Beat Mavericks 50-41
We knew Dylan had it in him. After a couple weeks of interceptions and bickering, Freeballers finally turned it around this week to drop 50 on the Mavericks in a big statement win. And every one is going to count in the D2 race, where three out of five teams will get a first round playoff bye.
#11 Frank Laudico - Wanderers
Last Week: Beat Vaspian 20-18
Wanderers are kind of, sort of tied for first place in D3 after their win against Vaspian. Yes, they're losing a tiebreaker against Bullet Club, and Itches and Ohs is still undefeated (is 3-1 better than 2-0? our website seems to think so) but they still control their own destiny at this point. The Wanderers may have been around forever, but watching Frank scramble it doesn't seem like he's aged a day.
#12 Andy Smigiera - Tight Ends in Motion
Last Week: Beat Frodo Swaggins 27-22
Andy Smigiera makes his debut in this season's Power Rankings with a win over Frodo Swaggins. Tight Ends in Motion are always a fairly loaded team, but the adjustment from Bro to Andy (as good an athlete as you'll find in the TSL) was always going to take some time. Tight Ends have only played two games so far this session, and they scored only 8 in their first, so a win over Frodo can definitely be counted as a step in the right direction.
#13 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless
Last Week: Lost to Legends 40-12
To put their current offensive issues in perspective, Scared Hitless has less than half as many points through three weeks (24) as Puckett All-Stars scored in their first game (62). It has not been pretty for Hitless, even this week with perennial all-star Jaimie Warren available. This team needs to figure it out and quickly if they're going to return to Fall form.
#14 Steve Moser - Itches and Ohs / GrASS Eaters
Last Week: Beat Bullet Club 22-21 (Itches and Ohs), lost to Sausage McMuffins 37-31 (GrASS Eaters)
Raise your hand if you thought Itches and Ohs would be the last undefeated team in D3 this session. No one? Yeah, we were surprised too. These guys keep winning games they're not supposed to, and Moser is the conductor driving this undefeated train. Can they beat Bullet Club with Pete? Can they beat Wanderers? Can they beat Jabronies? We want to keep saying no... but at some point we have to acknowledge they're better than we thought. And GrASS Eaters also played a great game (sorry, we'll talk about them more next week).
#15 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad
Last Week: Lost to Mavericks 41-37
Three games, three one score losses, three times the frustration for B. At least his team MUST know that they're not truly overmatched in D2 this session since they're in it every single week. They've started slowly and finished strong before (maybe you remember), they just have to keep believing in themselves and not getting down after the losses.
#16 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked
Last Week: Lost to Can't Touch This 19-12
A week after an epic back and forth shootout with the Wanderers, Let's Get Reccked somehow scored only 12 against a Can't Touch This defense that had been giving up 42.5 PPG going into Saturday. Football is funny like that. We blame Ricky Recckio for eating four breakfast sandwiches before they game because... someone dared him to? Opponents, take note: you can neutralize one of Buchlis's best receivers by challenging him to over-eat before games.
#17 Joe Miano - Jabronies
Last Week: Beat Degeneration SeXy 41-28
We won't sugarcoat it: the Jabronies really looked like shit after a 28-7 loss to start the season. Since then Miano has led his team to 41 and 43 point outings (both wins) and reminded the TSL how good he can be when dialed in. Jabronies could be the D3 favorites at the end of the day, if Eric Kleckler doesn't get suspended for fighting a plant or something.
#18 Vince Taverna - Puckett All-Stars
Last Week: Beat Travis Henry's Kids 48-18
Which team is currently the largest favorite to win their division? Okay, you can make an argument for Southside in D6, but Puckett is just crushing people right now. Their two games so far this season have been a 30 point win and a 38 point win. Not even close. Vince QBed this week (and is apparently the man going forward) and we should remind you that Travis Henry's Kids are NOT a terrible opponent, so that's a statement win if ever there was one.
#19 John Langley - Travis Henry's Kids
Last Week: Lost to Puckett All-Stars 48-18
Langley had been doing so well lately with solid wins over Cobblestone and PWI. That ass kicking by Puckett has to sting. Apparently John was hurt during the game and didn't finish, which likely explains the 18 point offensive showing. Hopefully nothing serious, because THK will be in trouble without their QB1. Unless of course, Pete can also QB better than John...
#20 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This
Last Week: Beat Let's Get Reccked 19-12
Can't Touch This started the season with two high scoring losses, and now they add a low scoring win to their resume. We're guessing that last one feels a lot better. You'll hear it on this website and podcasts a hundred times, so sorry if this is boring reading, but Ryan really DOES have the best arm in the League.
Fancy Statistics Section
Next week, the sample size should FINALLY be big enough that we can look at some stats and see how the League is shaping up. So stay tuned!
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Week 1 Power Rankings
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- Created: Thursday, 27 April 2023 17:29
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- Written by Jeff Krol
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Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings! If you've read our article in the past (if for no other reason than to complain about how wrong we are) then you’re familiar with the concept – every week we share our rankings for the Top QBs in the League and discuss who’s trending up and who's trending down. We on the QB Power Rankings Committee are not what you'd call "great writers" (or even "very good" writers... check out the Godfather if you want better writing) so we typically lean heavily on graphs and stats instead... at least, we do after a few weeks, when there's significant enough data to bother sharing. In our season opening articles we also make a few predictions for the session and re-print an explanation of how these Power Rankings work, which we've copied and pasted almost verbatim from previous articles.
So a little Q&A to refresh your memories:
“There are 52 teams in the TSL this season! Are you going to show rankings for all 52 starting QB’s every week?”
Not even close. At minimum, the Top Ten will be shown EVERY week. We always expand as the season goes on, so you'll see a Top 15, Top 20... last season we got to a Top 25, so we do try to be inclusive.
“Is this going to be heavily biased towards the higher divisions?”
In a word: yes. The purpose of a Power Ranking is to highlight the absolute best in the League, and for the most part the best are competing AGAINST the best. We will absolutely be acknowledging the performances (good and bad) of Quarterbacks in the lower divisions as well, but it's rare that a lower division QB will crack the Top Ten or Fifteen, and that's the way it should be. Generally speaking if you don't like your ranking, our advice is to try moving up a division next session. The better your competition, the more credibility you earn for beating it.
"Are gender team QBs treated differently in the Rankings?"
Not really. A team's a team, and although gender team scores tend to be a little higher (every TD = minimum 8 points) we don't see much difference. It takes skill to win with men; it takes skill to win with women. The biggest knock on gender teams is that they tend to play in lower divisions and as we said above, we do factor THAT into our rankings.
"How are you ranking backup QBs if they come in and play better than some other team's starter?"
Generally we're only ranking one QB per team, even if you've got a player on your bench that you think could be a successful starter elsewhere. And for teams with unreliable QBs who don't show up often enough for us to even KNOW who the starter is, we often leave them out of our rankings entirely... as they say, the best "ability" is "availability". If you want to get ranked, show up and play as often as you can.
"I'm new to this League and people don't know me yet! How do I get ranked when I'm still an unknown?"
For starters, you should play really well. If you're scoring a lot of points, we WILL notice you. There are several new teams this session, so we probably DON'T know who you all are yet. We no longer have our own email address due to some legal restructuring stuff, so if you want to tell us about your QB, why not email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and introduce yourself? And please, please be patient. If you're the highest scoring team in the League in Week 2, that doesn't mean we're anointing you as the next Bobby McConnell just yet. Keep at it, play well, and we promise eventually we will recognize you.
"What about Breakfast Club QBs?"
Breakfast Club is for fun, not crushing your opponents, so if you're running up the score to try to get noticed... well, that only makes you an asshole! We don't put a lot of stock in the stats from Breakfast Club and don't factor that into our Rankings.
“So you’re only ranking QB’s… what about the rest of us?”
Oh, we didn’t forget about the rest of you. In addition to the QB Rankings, we will do our best to put out other rankings that the rest of you can enjoy – best team offenses, best team defenses, best referees, best male receivers, best female receivers, best at bar … ranking anything is always fun. Unless we rank you last, of course.
“You keep saying ‘we’. Who is writing this? Who determines these rankings?”
Don’t worry about who’s writing this. Let’s be honest: If you knew who was on our Committee (there's a few of us), you would incessantly whine to them about why you or your QB should be ranked higher every week. Anonymity is key for journalism THIS important.
And that's how the Power Rankings work. We expect it's going to be an incredible season, with fifty-ish teams battling for TSL supremacy. Our official predictions for this year (with the benefit of one week already being in the books, of course):
- Buffalo Vice will shock the world and win the D4 championship. Why not?? It's their time!!
- Last season the Replacements were the only winless team in the League. This season, every team will be good enough to win at least ONE game.
- Eyes Downtown end their recent championship drought and take home the D1 title.
- Steph Infection does NOT three-peat as Breakfast Club Championship. Give someone else a turn.
- Joey Batts does NOT three-peat as the #1 ranked QB by our last Power Ranking of the year. Please, God, give someone else a turn.
- GrASS Eaters beat Southside in the D6 championship game. Take that one to the bank.
But what do we know? We went 2 out of 6 on last year's predictions:
- None of our Spring 2022 Division Champions will repeat and win again this Fall. Not the five that won and bravely moved up a division, and not Legends in D1. [Legends and Practice Squad both proved us VERY wrong on this one with Legends repeating as D1 champs and Practice Squad going back to back on D3 and D2]
- No "new" teams will finish with a winning record. We're looking at you, No Punt Intended, Replacements, Get Shwifty, Let's Get Reccked, Superior Moser Squad and Punt Cakes. [We were close on this, with Replacements, Get Schwifty, Let's Get Reccked, and Punt Cakes combining for a 7-29 record. New teams did NOT fare well. But Superior Moser Squad finished 5-4, and No Punt Intended went 7-2, so we can't call this one a correct prediction either]
- Tight Ends in Motion rebounds from last season's terrible record to finish as one of the top three seeds in D1. [Nailed this one, as TEIM rebounded to finish as the #2 seed in D1... where they promptly got eliminated by Scared Hitless in the first round. But our prediction was about their seeding, and we crushed this]
- No team has finished undefeated in at LEAST six seasons... and we predict the trend holds up for a seventh. Expect every team to lose at least one game this session. [Another point for us. For the SEVENTH season in a row, no one finished undefeated. Legends, Frodo Swaggins and Not So Sticky came the closest, but each lost one game]
- Can't Touch This, currently 0-2 as we write this, will make it to the D3 Championship game (we make no predictions whether they'll win or lose it). [Can't Touch This went 4-3 after that 0-2 start last season, so we were right to believe in them... but they got their asses kicked by Practice Squad in the semifinals and fell a game short of fulfilling our prediction]
- TOX and Vaspian will be the only TSL teams not to make the playoffs this session. [TOX was terrible, but Vaspian finished 4-5 while Cobblestone was the only other team to miss the playoffs]
So there you go. Let's get to the first QB Power Rankings of the Spring 2022 Season. Most of our stars are back, although we have a few notable player movements:
- Jordan Lawson is back after a year of killing everyone in GameOn, and has Losing Streak poised for redemption after a tough D1 debut back in 2021. We won't see Victorious Secret this time around, but Jordan has brought a D2 team called the Mavericks with him this time that already looks ready to threaten for a D2 title.
- Frank Laudico has finally joined the TSL after years of winning championships over at GameOn. The GOAT of the "other League" will adjust well to the faster pass rush in the TSL and the Wanderers will surely be a strong contender for the D3 championship this Spring.
- Bro Kleckler is OUT as QB of Tight Ends in Motion (though he's playing in the League as a receiver for Jabronies?). It'll be Andy Smigiera throwing for TEIM this season. Andy is a world class athlete, but questions about his punctuality arose after being late to his first game of the season!
- Jeremy Olson is out as Passed Our Prime are taking the session off while their QB1 recovers from surgery. Word is we'll still see Hogan at the fields as a referee, though not an active athlete this Spring.
- For those wondering why in the hell Let's Get Reccked made the jump to D3 after finishing 2-7 in D5 last session, the answer is a change at QB (and yes, the addition of Dave Baker as a receiver). Ricky Recckio's team now has Alex Buchlis at QB instead of receiver, which is a major upgrade at the position. Let's Get Reccked already has half as many wins as they did last session after only one week, so the switch seems to be working.
As always, we do NOT overreact to one week's worth of games in our first Power Rankings of the season. Joey Batts didn't even play last week - you think we're going to remove him from #1 just for missing a game? Not a chance. You also won't see people like Frank or Alex at all this week because we need a larger sample size to see how some of these changes play out. Sorry if you don't like it, but if people are good enough, their stock will rise quickly and we'll get them Ranked over the next few weeks.
Of course the real #1 QB THIS week was unquestionably Travis Cleavenger who scored 104 points while going 3-0 for Legends and No Punt Intended, but as a backup QB he's not really eligible for our Rankings. So here are your Top Ten starting QBs in the TSL:
#1 Joey Batts - Legends / Cunning Stunts
Last Week: Did Not Play
How valuable are you really if your team scores 45 points and wins by 30+ when you're not even there? Look... he's the two-time defending D1 champions' starting QB, and the Stunts (who haven't played yet) are pretty awesome too. That's his argument for being #1 right now.
#2 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown
Last Week: Beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 27-20
Eyes Downtown are the fourth highest scoring team in D1 after one week, and somehow the #1 seed as well. Yeah, "strength of schedule" tiebreakers are weird. Bobby is as consistently excellent as anyone we've ever seen, and we're sure he'll obliterate some teams soon to get that scoring average up. Bobby goes up one spot in the Rankings with Bro's "retirement".
#3 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits
Last Week: Beat Scared Hitless 37-0
You would think blanking a team 37-0 AND beating the QB directly ahead of you in the Power Rankings for a Winter championship would be enough to vault you into the #2 spot at least, but apparently not. Sticky Bandits are rolling lately and Mike looks as good as any QB out there right now.
#4 Dave Eickhoff - Grey Hair - Don't Care
Last Week: Beat Frodo Swaggins 40-10, lost to Eyes Downtown 27-20
Beating Eyes Downtown would have been a hell of a statement game for Grey Hair - Don't Care. They fell a BIT short in the end, but annihilating Frodo Swaggins is probably a decent consolation prize. People really aren't discussing Grey Hair in the "D1 contenders" conversation, but maybe they should be. Eickhoff leads a fantastic group of receivers who are a threat to knock anyone off on any given Saturday.
#5 Jordan Lawson - Losing Streak / Mavericks
Last Week: Beat Tight Ends in Motion 22-8 (Losing Streak), lost to No Punt Intended 27-26 (Mavericks)
If you read our annual intro to this article above, we say "the best are competing AGAINST the best", and Jordan is truly competing against the best again after a year of smoking non-TSL teams by 50 points. Early returns look good! Losing Streak badly outclassed TEIM, and Mavericks ran up a 26-0 lead before things went haywire. We wouldn't read much into the relatively low scoring games - in decent weather these teams will be dropping 40+ in no time.
#6 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins / BAADies
Last Week: Lost to Legends 45-14, lost to Grey Hair - Don't Care 40-10 (Frodo Swaggins), lost to Buffalo Vice 38-33 (BAADies)
Garrett lost exactly one game last season with Frodo Swaggins... and then doubled that on Day One of this season with an 0-2 start. D1's a bitch, huh? Frodo will be fine once they get over the learning curve. We doubt they'll contend for a championship this season, but BAADies might. Yes, there are a few Angels on this squad, but it's still a new team and they'll need time to gel together. By end of this season, BAADies will be the team no one wants to play against in D4.
#7 Kyle Conniff - No Punt Intended
Last Week: Did Not Play
Man, No Punt Intended has some great backup QBing. If they're already the top team in their division after one week, imagine how good they can be when their starting QB shows up?
#8 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless
Last Week: Lost to Sticky Bandits 37-0
Yikes! Not the start that Scared Hitless had in mind this season. Losing Mel was tough, but they should be good enough to score a point without her. Let's assume this was just Dylan and team shaking off the rust after taking the winter off. If Scared Hitless continues to struggle like this, Dylan may be at risk of falling outside the Top Ten.
#9 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs
Last Week: Beat Freeballers 21-15, lost to No Punt Intended 32-31
Burr put up 31 points in a losing effort when the sun was out, then held on for a 21-15 win when the weather turned to shit in the 11 o clock hour. D2 is going to be a tight race, but Untouchaballs aren't off to a bad start here as they're one two point conversion play away from being alone in first place.
#10 Jeff Easton - Bullet Club
Last Week: Beat Wanderers 38-34, beat Can't Touch This 42-37
After a long and storied football career, Jeff Easton finally cracks the Top Ten Best QBs in Western New York. Beating Can't Touch This is no easy feat, and how many active QBs can say they've beaten the Wanderers? A half a dozen maybe? Bullet Club is currently second to only Legends in the TSL in offensive points per game at 40 PPG. They're the team to beat in D3 right now... barely.
Fancy Statistics Section
Yeah, right. You're not getting any fancy statistics out of us until at LEAST Week Four, and even then we'll tell you the sample size is too small to be meaningful (yes, we're going to copy/paste this line next week too, so get used to it)
That's it for the TSL Power Rankings this week! As we said above, we don't currently have our own email address anymore, so if you have any thoughts about QB rankings, or you want to make sure we know who's throwing for your team, please feel free to contact our good friend This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You tell him, he'll tell us.
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