By Kevin Turley
1. Ian (Last week #1)
Chooooo chooooo! All aboard. This train keeps on rolling. The highest scoring team in the league this week. Other teams have gone "all in" to win in years past, but this may be the best we have seen in recent years. Ian was at a crossroads. Throwing caution to the wind he was one of the first teams to "buy" to try and make a run. And boy is he running. The questionable starting of Tua over Ben didn't even matter (-21 points). The McCaffery injury didn't matter (will he get healthy in time for the Epic X playoffs?). Ekeler is still on IR and no Chargers running back has grabbed that role. He will be a beast when he returns. Julio Jones and Jamison Crowder were on bye weeks. It didn't matter. Even with the lucky Valdes-Scantling pickup (30 points), take that away, he still wins this week. Ian is deep and talented. This is the clear cut #1 team in the league this year and it's going to be hard to knock him down from this perch.
2. Paul (Last week #2)
No changes at #2. In the game of the week, it came down to the final drive of the Sunday night game. Clinging to a 1 point lead Paul began to engage in the ceremonial naked rain dance in his ATL basement and the New England skies opened up fully down on Isai's QB, Lamar Jackson. Isai won! Wait, nope, penalty. Bring that ball back. No points for Lamar and no win for Isai. Paul is taking RoJo out for dinner this week as he carried his squad to the crucial win. Russel Wilson had a bowl of chocolate pudding in his pants with a 9, down from his projected 29. Michael Thomas and Cooper Kupp combined for a 7. Chubb was a welcome sight back (even if his step out at the goal line may have cost Paul big). Devante Adams came back to earth. Ridley on a bye week. Montgomery hurt. A lot of underperformers this week but Paul's team still brought home the victory. That's what good teams do. Scratch that. That's what great teams do. Drew Brees's injury is a concern. RoJo won't always put up a 33. But this team is well-positioned to take on Ian and a run at the championship!
3. Isai (Last week #3)
There is a theme here with this week's ranking and so far no teams have moved from their previous week's rankings. SO CLOSE to pulling out a win Isai was a Paul's dong flapping in the wind/borderline New England noreaster away from victory this week. Tyreek Hill on a bye. Isai's team put up solid numbers, but not great. I compare this team to a bowl of oatmeal. It's good. It's filling. No sexiness there, just solid. But sometimes, it's just OK. Isai's record speaks for itself. But do they have enough talent to satisfy that championship hunger? Time will tell.
4. Chad (Last week #5)
There he is!!!! After a free fall of losses, Chad comes up big. I think Kamara (27 points) was personally insulted. Putting up the 3rd highest score of the week while simultaneously beating #4 Tyler gives us our first ranking change of the week!! We have said all along, someone from this group has to show us something, and Chad's team did just that this week. Welcome to the top 4! Herbert seems like the real deal. Kudos to Chad for taking that risk. Not many people would move on from the reigning MVP of the league. If D. Johnson and Amari Cooper can produce at all, Chad has the brand names for a deep playoff run. The running back core is up there for the deepest and most talented in Epic X, but his WR core has question marks all over it. Lucky for all of us the trade deadline has past and Wild Wild West Chad won't be making too many changes, but he has a good squad.
BREAKING NEWS: WE STARTED AT THE BOTTOM NOW WE HERE!
5. Chris (Last week #7)
The team on the rise!!!! By putting up a 129 this week (2nd highest team score this week) Chris is only 30 points behind Chad for taking sole possession of 3rd place in total points scored this season! 3-7 overall record be damned! Chris is veryyyy close to securing a playoff spot. I love that Epic X saves a spot in the playoffs for overall points scored. You can't control who you play but you do control (as much as one can control a fantasy team) how many points you score over a season. Chris never gave up. Leaning HEAVY on rookies has paid dividends for this team. Taylor Swift (that's fun) and CEH leading the RB core. Tee Higgins solid. Josh Allen is in the MVP conversation (somewhere up North EZ is changing his shorts). If Ingram and one of the Ravens WR take-off, and JuJu can still produce, this team will be knocking a team out and taking its place in the well deserved Epic X playoffs!!!
6. Tyler (Last week #4)
Tyler, Tyler, Tyler. Without the deep hail mary (play of the year) from Murray, this team is sub 90 points total. Metcalf is human. Aaron Jones had an off-week. Melvin Gordon, Chase Edmonds, and AB on the bench were coaching decisions. Kelce was truly the only clear cut starter on the bench. Tyler has the record, but not the consistent points to back it up. Don't look now, but this team is taking on water and could be sinking out of the playoffs.
7. Josh (Last week #6)
Not out yet but this week delivered a big blow to any remaining playoff hopes. Zeke on a bye week and the real DJ hurt came at a bad time for owner Josh Mahler. IF this team doesn't make the playoffs, they have positioned themselves with keeper talent, talent to make a run at the #1 pick, and to dodge the IMO Bowl. Credit has to be given to Josh for making the moves to compete this year. Sometimes teams just get some bad breaks but this team is well-positioned to be at the top in 2021.
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8. Frankie (Last week #9)
How Frankie won this week no one will know (Oh yea, they played Kevin.) Talk about 2021, Frankie now has 6 picks in RD1 and RD2 in the 2021 draft?! This team will be loaded for next year. If the other owners were smart they would start sending the tequila bottles early summer so that Frankie can pick up those high auto-drafted players again. Shout out Don Julio! Frankie got lucky this week but with a 60 in overall points scored can he stay out of the IMO BOWL?!!
9. Jonathan (Last week #10)
Wait, Jonathan made a move?!!! This was a move by not making a move. Over the last two weeks Jonathan picked up no wins but he did outscore the LottoSouth WildCats both weeks...and because of that..he moves from the basement of the league to #9!! Can Jonathan, paired with Frankie and Kevin sucking so bad, play his way out of the IMO Bowl?!!! As fate would have it Week 11's matchup is with LottoSouth WildCats. This is one poopy matchup that the league will be keeping an eye on and could very well determine who plays for the last place at the end of the year.
10. Kevin (Last week #8)
The league's biggest fall this week. Mahomes on a bye week. That's important because that's basically his whole team. 49 total team points tied a league futility record (set by himself in 2017). This team is bad. Waiver wire guys and a prayer for points, God didn't answer this week. The goal for the WildCat's is to dodge the IMO but they are going to have to string together a couple of wins over the last 3 weeks to make that happen.
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