Week 2 Recap & Power Rankings

I hope all you Wall Streeters are having as good of a morning as me... but probably not. I should have guessed that it would have been a decent week for me in the pros if Saturday gave me the distinct pleasure of getting to see OSU get blown out and Charlie Weis tear his ACL. How do I schadenfreude?

Even before the week of our games started, I pulled the trigger on a big trade with Jackson that improved both of our teams; I traded away two of my stalwarts from last season, Peyton Manning and Santonio Holmes (along with waiver pickup Andre Hall) for Ryan Grant, Devery Henderson, and Minnesota's D. Without context, it looks like Jackson got the best of me- essentially trading away a top 3 QB for a top 10 HB. With the depth I have at QB (Aaron Rodgers, Matt Cassel), and the dearth of talent at running back (only one starting running back on my roster), I had to make the move. Later in the week, Jackson added Reggie Wayne in exchange for Roy Williams and Matt Hasselbeck- his team is now as good as any in the league.

Second tier players dominated the week- Aaron Rodgers, Kurt Warner (languishing on the Suit Killers bench), Darren Sproles, and even J.T. O'Sullivan were among the individual leaders for the week that was.

Time for the power rankings. After my epic failure last week, I'm only calling games that are a sure thing this time around.

1 - Witty Team Name (Jackson) 1-1
Only 1-1, but the best team (on paper) in the league. Demolished The Real Schafer, thanks to Calvin Johnson, Reggie Wayne, and Darren McFadden, and Westbrook hasn't even played yet. Manning threw for 300 yards, but only one (lucky) touchdown, and he still looks rusty.

2 - Ja 2-0
Destroyed Team Marketing (as they should,) but are getting strong performances from every position. This week, five players gave double-digit performances.

3 - Rob College (Skiddles) 2-0
Like last year all over again. A win is a win, but without Cutler's incredible start, this team would be 0-2. Larry Johnson and Randy Moss have been playing like garbage, and will need to step it up to an average level for this team to stay in the race and avoid another late-season fade.

4 - Beer to the Dean (Peter) 1-1
No self-splunk this week, with seven players going in double digits. Not many superstars outside of the running back slots, but this team probably has the most starters of any team in the league, and will be tough to beat even when players have average performances.

5 - Brooklyn Goldsmiths (Bolden) 1-1?
Aaron Rodgers, Anquan Boldin, and Green Bay's D each went over twenty points to pave the way to the highest scoring team (so far) of the week. I'm hesitant to call a win after what happened to me last monday (and Haubert has four players going tonight), but unless the remaining players average over 15 points each, it looks like my very solid team has earned their first win of the year.

6 - Suit Killers (Haubert) 1-1?
The Killers' defense and kicker were the only contributors in all of Sunday's games- Michael Turner came back down to earth, Ronnie Brown did very little, and Ocho Cinco is terrible. Still, they have Tony Homo, Marion Barber, Patrick Crayton going tonight, though banking heavily on one team is a risky strategy.

7 - Taking the Reins (Otten) 1-1
Likely headed to a loss against Skiddles' squad thanks to disasters from LT and the San Diego D who combined for 3 points. If LT gets back on track this team could still move into the upper echelon, but a trade of Anquan Boldin would likely hurt Larry Fitzgerald.

8 - SINS Bolden (TJ) 1-0
I have no idea how the postponed Baltimore-Houston game will be reflected in the standings, so I won't call this one until it's official. I wish ND would have lost so I'd have some filler here.

9 - Who Dey (Quinn) 0-1
Same as above- in a close game, with two Baltimore players that were supposed to go this week. Clinton Portis and Chris Chambers had great efforts, but Carson Palmer followed up last week's career worst performance with the second worst game of his career. At this pace, he'll be as good as Jon Kitna by Week 6.

10 - Soak-N-Suds (1-1)
How can Derek Anderson remain a starter in this league while Trent Edwards is an unsigned free agent?

11 - The Real Schafer (1-1)
Congratulations, you're better than a team that has Roy Williams as the featured star. Most of this week's points came from the Pittsburgh D, who dominated the hapless Browns. By the way, how bad is it when Missouri's professional football teams are arguably better than Ohio's?

12 - Team Marketing (0-2)
No surprise here. In the span of one week, you go from having Tom Brady and Reggie Wayne to Matt Hasselbeck and Roy Williams.