Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings! 

 

Here are your Top 20 QBs in the TSL today:

 

 

#1 Joey Batts - Legends / Cunning Stunts

Last Week:  Did Not Play

Joey doesn't show up for one week, and Legends nearly blow it against winless Freeballers!  Now THAT'S how you demonstrate your value...

 

#2 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown

Last Week:  Beat Frodo Swaggins 35-32

Eyes Downtown are in second place in D1, and they're clearly a great team... or are they?  Eyes Downtown's record against teams with a losing record: 5-0.  Eyes Downtown's record against teams with a WINNING record: 0-2.  If they lose to What A Dump this Saturday (the last "winning record" team in their division) what will that say about Eyes Downtown's playoff chances?

 

#3 Mike Thomas – Sticky Bandits

Last Week:  Beat Unit Ha Ha 51-18

It's difficult to make sense of the Sticky Bandits season.  They have three monster wins, one narrow win over Eyes Downtown... and then three losses.  They can finish as high as the #2 seed or as low as the #4 seed based on how games play out this Saturday.

 

#4 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins

Last Week:  Lost to Eyes Downtown 35-32

Frodo Swaggins are in sixth place and guaranteed a losing record... but on closer reflection, are they really that bad?  They've lost to Eyes Downtown by 2, What a Dump by 1, TIED What a Dump in another game, and, okay, they avoided Legends via a forfeit so who knows how that would have gone... but their only "big" loss this season is to Mavericks, by 12 points.  We're not saying they're favorites... but they're not pushovers either.

 

#5 Joe Miano - Jabronies

Last Week:  Beat Passing While Intoxicated 35-34

The Jabronies are alone in first place in D2.

The Jabronies are alone in first place in D2.

THE JABRONIES ARE ALONE IN FIRST PLACE IN DIVISION 2.

 

#6 Andy Strug – The Malones

Last Week:  Lost to Passing While Intoxicated 44-38

On September 13th the Malones were undefeated and we were all ready to hand them the D2 trophy.  Two weeks (and two losses) later, things aren't looking nearly as bright for them.  Another loss to PWI this Saturday would drop Malones to third place and cost them a first round bye.  Is this team REALLY capable of losing three in a row?

 

#7 Cody Stumpf – What a Dump

Last Week:  Beat Mavericks 38-29, lost to Freeballers 25-24

What A Dump's only two losses this season are to undefeated Legends... and (previously) winless Freeballers.  We did NOT see that coming.  But hey, they beat the Mavericks and that's a quality win...

 

#8 Jordan Lawson - Mavericks / Scared Hitless

Last Week:  Lost to What a Dump 38-29 (Mavericks), beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 38-25 (Scared Hitless)

Mavericks and Scared Hitless are both 3-4 entering the last week of the season.  Both actually seem good enough to make some noise in the playoffs, but our GUESS is that the Godfather gives Scared Hitless slightly higher odds.  Maybe?

 

#9 Frank Laudico - Wanderers

Last Week:  Beat Buffalo Vice 52-46

The Wanderers have locked up the #1 seed in D3 with a win over Buffalo Vice.  Their seeding is set, they aren't trying to keep an undefeated season going... they really have NOTHING to play for on Saturday against the Stunts.  It'll be interesting to see how much effort they put into the game.

 

#10 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This

Last Week:  Did Not Play

No games for somehow in fifth place Can't Touch This this week.

 

 #11 Buddy Lee – Passing While Intoxicated / Interdimensional Lightning Falcons

Last Week:  Beat the Malones 44-38, lost to Jabronies 35-34

With Buddy Lee at QB, PWI can never be counted out.  Against the top two teams in D2, Passing While Intoxicated came just TWO points away from sweeping them and grabbing a first round bye... which they can STILL get with a win over Malones next week.  Weren't these guys just in D4 like two or three sessions ago?

 

#12 Matt Glowacki - Unit Ha Ha

Last Week:  Lost to Sticky Bandits 51-18

Looking at point differentials in D1, if there's a line we can draw between "contenders" and "not contenders", it's probably somewhere between Frodo (-22 points on the season) and Unit Ha Ha (-129 points on the season).  Unit Ha Ha reminds us a little bit of the Malones in that they're all great athletes... but Malones got to refine their game against D3 opponents before working their way, and Unit Ha Ha just threw themselves into the fire in D1.

 

#13 David Eickhoff - Grey Hair Don't Care / Ready to Retire

Last Week:  Lost to Scared Hitless 38-25 (Grey Hair - Don't Care)

Grey Hair Don't Care needs a win against Jabronies on Saturday to avoid going 0-8 in the regular season.  Their first matchup against Jabronies looked fairly close (they lost 41-28) so definitely not impossible... but who's betting against Jabronies right now the way they're playing?

 

#14 Mike Wolcott - Two Tuddies

Last Week:  Beat Puckett All-Stars 22-20

The Two Tuddies have come a LONG way from D6.  Whether it's next season or the season after that, we WILL be seeing this team in D3 in the near future, as that seems like their natural landing point.  Tuddies have locked up the #1 seed and bye already, so they have nothing to play for this weekend against... winless Cobblestone.  Our guess is that they win it anyway, and keep the undefeated season going.

 

#15 Damien Keller - D-Generation X Y and Z

Last Week:  Beat GirthQuakes 31-12

Fuck it, we're just going to copy/paste this one again below: One of FOUR D3 teams that are knotted up at 4-3, the final game of the season will be huge for determining playoff standings (but not first round byes, because no one in D3 gets those anyway)

 

#16 Dylan Jaloza - Bullet Club

Last Week:  Lost to Practice Squad 23-14

Fuck it, we're just going to copy/paste this one from above: One of FOUR D3 teams that are knotted up at 4-3, the final game of the season will be huge for determining playoff standings (but not first round byes, because no one in D3 gets those anyway)

 

#17 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad

Last Week:  Beat Bullet Club 23-14

Alright so maybe Practice Squad aren't dead yet... or maybe Bullet Club's negative point differential we talked about last week IS a real cause for concern for them?  Either way, we've seen B get hot just in time for playoff runs before.  Let's see what he's got in the tank this season!

 

#18 Paul Rath - Freeballers

Last Week:  Did Not Play

Freeballers used sub QBs this week, and got their first W of the year... poor Paul.

 

#19 Mark Dalfonso - Mike's Detailing

Last Week:  Beat Come From Behind 56-14

Mike's Detailing can't be ignored anymore.  No, their defense isn't as good as the Tuddies, but if we take their current offensive points per game for the six games they've played so far and extrapolate that for seven games (like the rest of their division has played), Mike's Detailing would have 254.3 points... compared to the Tuddies 255.  If anyone can keep up in a shootout for playoffs, it's these guys.

 

#20 Eric Mueller - Puckett All-Stars

Last Week:  Lost to Two Tuddies 22-20

Puckett ALMOST slayed the giant on Saturday, and they've now played the Tuddies close TWICE this season.  They are one of three teams in D4 that seem to have a real chance at holding a Championship trophy at the banquet this year (okay maybe FOUR teams, if we throw out PowerPuff Girls' losses with backup QBs this season).

 

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Fancy Statistics Section

Next week is our big "end of season graph-fest" so we'll just give you a little one this week.

Here are the average points per game scored per team, in each division:

 

 

Looks like D2 is the highest scoring division on average (thanks, Malones, PWI and Jabronies!) and D5 is the lowest scoring division on average (thanks, Mo' Chicken, Stir the Sauce, Pit Harade and Sausage McMuffins!)

 

D6 by the way WOULD be the lowest scoring division, if we excluded Flying Balls and Chargers.  Those guys can SCORE!

 

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