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- Written by Jeff Krol
- Category: TSL QB Power Rankings
- Published: 11 September 2024
- Created: 11 September 2024
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Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!
Wet Bandits, Grey Hair - Don't Care and Bullet Club are all already more than HALFWAY through the Fall season! Doesn't it feel like we just started?? (Especially GUCCI, who literally did just start this week).
We know who's pretty good by now. We know who's pretty bad. Let's see the best fifteen quarterbacks in the TSL:
#1 Joey Batts - Wet Bandits / Cunning Stunts
Last Week: Beat Freeballers 39-13, beat Mavericks 45-32 (Wet Bandits), beat Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers 52-36
Joey has played nine games in the first three weeks. He is 9-0 with 431 points scored, and he's won those nine games by a combined 192 points. There is no hotter QB in the TSL right now (and we're not just talking about his modeling career).
#2 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits
Last Week: Lost to Can't Touch This 41-33
Since the TSL started doing crossover games last Spring, every D1 team except for the Wet Bandits have lost a crossover game to a D2 team. This is Sticky Nation's second such loss this year, as Can't Touch This shocked the world and handed the Bandits their first loss of the season. The reigning champs will be fine... but this couldn't have felt good.
#3 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown
Last Week: Beat The Malones 38-24
Eyes Downtown led by a lot and almost choked away the lead against the Malones. But they were strongest when it mattered most and avoided the meltdown, and now they're one of three D1 teams tied with two wins apiece (with the easiest schedule remaining).
#4 Andy Strug - The Malones
Last Week: Lost to Eyes Downtown 38-24
Two weeks in a row against D1 opponents, and two "almost" upsets! The Malones have played very well, but it'll be interesting to see how team chemistry is affected when they're not winning by 30 points every week.
#5 Jordan Lawson - Mavericks
Last Week: Beat Frodo Swaggins 42-34, lost to Wet Bandits 45-32
A win against a D1 team and a close game against another proves two things: 1) the Mavericks are a very good team 2) they probably should be a very good team in D1 right now, which begs the question of why they didn't sign up for D1 in the first place!
#6 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This
Last Week: Beat Sticky Bandits 41-33
What a win for Can't Touch This! They had beaten a short handed D1 Frodo last season in a crossover game, but a win against the reigning D1 champion carries a little bit more weight. Can't Touch This might be turning the corner on their inconsistency and establishing themselves as a solid upper tier team.
#7 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins
Last Week: Lost to Mavericks 42-34
It never feels great losing to a team in the division below you, but since we all assume Mavericks are really just a D1 team anyway, there's no shame in coming out on the wrong end of an 8 point game here. Frodo is still .500 approaching the halfway mark of the season and still have a decent shot at a first round playoff bye.
#8 Frank Laudico - Wanderers
Last Week: Beat Let's Get Reccked 36-32
The Wanderers held on in dramatic fashion to get the win over Let's Get Reccked and ran their record to 3-0. We'd say that Frank is perhaps better focused on his D3 games now that he's no longer doing Breakfast Club, but Wanderers have started fast in the past too just to fall short in the playoffs. We still think they're the D3 favorite as of today.
#9 Jeremy Olson - Freeballers
Last Week: Lost to Wet Bandits 39-13, lost to Scared Hitless 33-21
All we know for certain is that a masked man in a Hogan jersey competed on Saturday for a portion of his games and then faded away as quickly as he came. Freeballers lost both games with or without him, and they're 0-4 to start this season with mixed attendance from their QB.
#10 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless
Last Week: Beat Freeballers 33-21
Wins over D1 teams should feel like more of a big deal, but Scared Hitless is basically D1ish (they've been there before!) so maybe a win over a team they just played in D2 last session doesn't mean as much to them? Either way, congrats to Hitless on their first win of the season.
#11 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs
Last Week: Beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 32-31
It looks like Burr IS maybe QBing for Untouchaballs this season? The results were very Burr-ish on Saturday with a dramatic one point win over Grey Hair - Don't Care. We're not sure we love their chances against Mavericks or Malones this season, but with Burr they've always got a fighting chance.
#12 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad
Last Week: Beat Straw Hats via forfeit
Practice Squad showed up, and Straw Hats did not. Why can't forfeiting teams let the league know a little earlier so people don't waste their time driving?
#13 David Eickhoff - Grey Hair Don't Care
Last Week: Lost to the Untouchaballs 32-31
Grey Hair Don't Care isn't off to the strongest start in the world, but their last two games include a 19 point win and a 1 point loss. They're not that far away from being a competitive team right now, and we suspect they'll show that by the end of the regular season.
#14 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked
Last Week: Lost to Wanderers 36-32
Wanderers are the measuring stick for D3 quality right now and Let's Get Reccked had a perfect opportunity to knock them off and stake their claim as the team to beat in D3. Unfortunately it wasn't meant to be, and Team Recckio fell short on their final drive. If these teams meet again, we hope it's in the D3 Finals.
#15 Buddy Lee - Passing While Intoxicated / Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers
Last Week: Beat Topper's All Stars & Todd 38-18 (Passing While Intoxicated), lost to Cunning Stunts 52-36 (Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers)
PWI coasted past a QB-less Toppers All Stars for an easy win, and remain undefeated this season while having their full squad present. Big Daddy Jason didn't fare as well with a disappointing loss in the highly anticipated matchup with the Stunts. Don't take it personally, Buddy. Nobody beats the Stunts (in the regular season).
Fancy Statistics Section
We keep saying "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)". We are ONE WEEK AWAY from making those graphs you all know and love. Stay tuned!
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.
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