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WEEK 7 POWER RANKINGS

Details: Category: TSL QB Power Rankings; Created: Thursday, 10 October 2024 11:52; Published: Thursday, 10 October 2024 11:52; Written by Jeff Krol; Hits: 2259

Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!

What have we got for you this week? How about TWENTY FIVE quarterbacks ranked, and the return of the famous DIVISION ALL-STAR TEAMS! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get angry that we have no idea what we're talking about and post unkind things about us on social media. Let's get to it!

#1 Joey Batts - Wet Bandits / Cunning Stunts

Last Week: Beat Sticky Bandits 32-16, beat Scared Hitless 51-23 (Wet Bandits), beat The Herd 55-37 (Stunts)

Two undefeated (regular) seasons with the two highest scoring teams in the TSL. You can't really beat that for a resume on the Quarterback Power Rankings. And we'll give you a spoiler for next week too: Joey will finish #1 in our Final Rankings of the year also.

#2 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown

Last Week: Beat Sticky Bandits 46-44, beat Can't Touch This 53-45

Eyes Downtown gave up 89 points defensively in a doubleheader Saturday, and won them both. That is not an easy thing to do. Bobby can't catch Joey for #1 in the Power Rankings this season... but he can still catch a win over him in the D1 Championship game.

#3 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits

Last Week: Lost to Eyes Downtown 46-44, lost to Wet Bandits 32-16

The Sticky Bandits lost to both of their biggest rivals on Saturday, which has them as currently the third best team in D1 going into the playoffs (and Frodo can still pass them next week). A lot of people thought they were the third best team last season too, but Sticky took home the championship. Can Thomas overcome having the tenth worst defense in the TSL to do it again this Fall?

#4 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins

Last Week: Beat Freeballers 46-21

Frodo has been just 6-20 since they made the jump to D1 a few seasons ago, but now for the first time they've locked up a non-losing record in the TSL's hardest division. With a win over Sticky Bandits on Saturday, Frodo can finish 5-3-1 and steal a first round bye from the defending champions. Garrett has been THAT good this season.

#5 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This

Last Week: Beat Untouchaballs 42-6, lost to Eyes Downtown 53-45

Remember when Can't Touch This was inexplicably losing a whole bunch of games in a row and we couldn't figure out what was wrong? That feels like a lifetime ago. Ryan has turned this team into a true D1 squad, capable of beating any team in the League on their best day. Will they win D2 and move up? The Mavericks and the Malones stand in their way.

#6 Andy Strug - The Malones

Last Week: Beat Mavericks 47-21

The Malones are 3-5... but four of their five losses have come against D1 teams they definitely WON'T see in the playoffs. A win over Mavericks this past week should be enough to remind everyone that the division STILL has to run through the Malones.

#7 Jordan Lawson - Mavericks

Last Week: Lost to The Malones 47-21, lost to Freeballers 32-23

The Mavericks have lost three of their last four games after a dominant start to the season. Does this mean that something is wrong, or just an understandable lack of focus since they've already locked up a first round bye for the playoffs? It's tough to say, but if they care about going into the playoffs as the #1 seed, they'll have a lot harder matchup against Eyes Downtown this week than their rivals Can't Touch This will with Freeballers.

#8 Jeremy Olson - Freeballers

Last Week: Did Not Play

We haven't seen a lot of Hogan at the fields this season. And he wore a mask that one time too, so that could have been anyone.

#9 Frank Laudico - Wanderers

Last Week: Beat Toppers All-Stars 35-20

Did Frank pass Dylan Day in the Power Rankings because he beat a last place Toppers All Stars team by 15 points? Not really... but Dylan misses a lot of games, and say this about Frank: he is one of the most reliable QBs in the TSL. Has he ever missed a game in our League? In ANY league?

#10 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless

Last Week: Did Not Play

No Dylan this week against Wet Bandits. Not a bad game to miss...

#11 Dylan Jaloza - Bullet Club

Last Week: Did Not Play

Bullet Club wrapped up two weeks early this season. Dylan's only hope of rising in the final Power Rankings next week is someone else above him falling out.

#12 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad

Last Week: Did Not Play

No games for the TSL's best playoff QB this week.

#13 David Eickhoff - Grey Hair Don't Care

Last Week: Did Not Play

No games for Grey Hair Don't Care this week... but next week Grey Hair gets to be the only TSL team to play TEN regular season games this session.

#14 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked

Last Week: Beat Buffalo Vice 39-18

Let's Get Reccked is showing the value of peaking at the right time, as they've won their last two games by a combined 43 points. Can they carry the momentum into the playoffs, or will Rick Recckio get too drunk to keep it together on game day?

#15 Damien Keller - Mix'n It Up

Last Week: Beat Jabronies 38-25

Mix'n It Up was a 6-1 favorite to win D3 by the Godfather in his preseason article, where he also ranked them the third most likely team to win D3. We would have them fourth if we're being honest, with Jabronies expected to finish ahead of them. But Mix'n It Up is just one way away from locking up the #1 seed this session, and proving a lot of people (including us) wrong about them.

#16 Joe Miano - Jabronies

Last Week: Lost to Mix'n It Up 38-25

What is Jabronies most impressive win of the season to date? Is it Practice Squad? Let's Get Reccked? Every time we're about to put these guys in the top tier of D3, they lose a game to a top team that we expect they'll win. No shame losing to Mix'n It Up, but we'd like to see ONE great win before the playoffs (and we won't: their last game of the season is the forfeit win over Straw Hats).

#17 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs

Last Week: Lost to Can't Touch This 42-6

Jeremy Burr is ranked 17th in our QB rankings. Do we really believe there are 16 quarterbacks who are better than Burr right now? Maybe not, but that's what a 1-7 record and 20.0 PPG will get you. There are only six teams in the League with fewer points per game than Untouchaballs right now.

#18 Kyle Conniff - PowerPuff Girls

Last Week: Did Not Play

We're pretty sure that was Cody throwing for PowerPuff Girls again this week.

#19 Mark Dalfonso - The Herd

Last Week: Lost to Cunning Stunts 55-37

The Herd have become a legitimate contender in D4 almost overnight with the addition of Mark and some of his veteran buddies. The Cunning Stunts are still the Cunning Stunts though.

#20 Buddy Lee - Passing While Intoxicated / Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers

Last Week: Did Not Play

We don't THINK Buddy played any games this weekend, since it looked like Mike Shimburski and John Langley were throwing for his teams.

#21 Derek Pew - Vaspian

Last Week: Did Not Play

No games for Vaspian this week.

#22 Andy Clark - Buffalo Vice

Last Week: Lost to PWI 24-19, lost to Let's Get Reccked 39-18

Buffalo Vice is 3-5... but two of their wins came by forfeit, which makes it tough to bet TOO hard on this team in the playoffs. D3 is the most even division and often gives us a surprise winner, so you never know...

#23 Matthew Kieta - GirthQuakes

Last Week: Beat Select 34-12

The GirthQuake experiment has been a success, and only Cobblestone and Vaspian stand in the way of a winning record (and a POSSIBLE #3 seed in D4, if the Herd falls apart on Saturday). Matt Kieta has surprised many with his excellent play at QB, although it probably helps having a Klussman, a McConnell and a Jaloza on the roster to impart wisdom.

#24 Brandt Dubey - Toppers All Stars & Todd

Last Week: Did Not Play

Dubey didn't play for Toppers All Stars & Todd this week (that was the legendary Patrick McGovern slinging it!) but he's "the starter" so this spot in the Power Rankings is his to lose. Dubey was once #2 in the Power Rankings, way back in Spring 2019 when we first started. That team might have been a little more talented than this one, to be fair.

#25 Paul LoVullo - Come From Behind

Last Week: Beat Stir the Sauce 44-14

Paul is, PROBABLY, still the QB1 of Come From Behind. We haven't seen him much this session (was he there on Saturday vs Stir the Sauce?) but he's still one of the greatest when he plays. Come From Behind is tied for the best record in D5 and this could finally be their session to win it all.

Division All-Stars

It's been a few seasons since we've done this, but your TSL Division All-Stars are back! Here's how it works:

We selected an All-Star team of 10 players from each division. Teams had to have one designated QB, at least five other male players, and at least three female players. The tenth spot could be either male or female depending on the strength of each particular division.
Every division must have at least one All-Star from EACH team in the division. After each team gets their minimum one representative, we'll fill out the rest of the roster however we want. We TRY to spread this out so please don't write us an email asking why your team didn't have five all-stars. (Yes, of COURSE D1 could have been the entire Wet Bandits roster, but that's not fun for other teams.)
If a player plays in more than one division, they are only eligible for the highest division they play in, UNLESS it's for a different position (i.e. Jeremy Burr is eligible as both a receiver in D1 and a quarterback in D2, but Steph Czaja is only eligible in D2 because she's not a QB and that's the highest division she plays). This came up a LOT. If you're wondering why you didn't make the All-Star team in the lower division you play in, please remember, you were never eligible... Especially Cunning Stunts, who have the best roster in D4 and yet only ONE player who was eligible (spoiler: she made the D4 All-Star team) because all the rest of them play for other teams in higher divisions.
This is not strictly a ranking of who the "best" player is on each team. We're just looking for the best combination of players to fill out a team, and we'll take into account ALL that player offers when making our choices.
It is not an insult to not make this list! Lots of the TSL's BEST players didn't make it because of the criteria we've listed above. Please try to understand, we are not saying that you suck if you're not shown...

So that's how it works. It'll all be subjective of course so try not to get too excited when you don't see your name below. These are the best combination of All-Star teams WE could think of given the rules above. If you think you can do better, feel free to send the Godfather a better version.

Oh, and the names within each category (male players vs female players) are arranged alphabetically by last name (or they're supposed to be anyway), so don't read anything into the order, they're not ranked best to worst.

Here are your Division All-Star Teams:

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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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WEEK 6 POWER RANKINGS

Details: Category: TSL QB Power Rankings; Created: Thursday, 03 October 2024 18:00; Published: Thursday, 03 October 2024 18:00; Written by Jeff Krol; Hits: 2196

Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!

Get ready for some wild swings this week. We've got QBs on the rise, QBs on decline, new heroes, new losers, new... wait a minute! There isn't ONE change in the Top Ten this week! That's what happens when every top ten QB either wins their game, or loses to someone already ranked higher than them, apparently...

Oh well. Enjoy #11-#20!

#1 Joey Batts - Wet Bandits / Cunning Stunts

Last Week: Beat The Malones 45-38 (Wet Bandits), beat Select 61-39, beat Creekers 46-20 (Stunts)

There are now ONLY TWO undefeated teams in the TSL. Joey Batts QBs them both. Wet Bandits and Cunning Stunts are a combined 15-0. We won't even get into how many points they've scored.

#2 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits

Last Week: Beat The Untouchaballs 36-28

The Sticky Bandits are 4-1, with every game this session being decided by 8 points or less. Of course the other "measuring stick" teams in D1 are Eyes Downtown and Wet Bandits... and it looks like Sticky Nation plays both teams back-to-back this Saturday. We'll learn a lot about where the defending champs are after next week!

#3 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown

Last Week: Beat Freeballers 45-30

Eyes Downtown can't lock up the #1 seed without a lot of help (which they won't get), and they probably can't miss a first round bye either, barring a complete collapse the rest of this season. So they'll be in that #2 vs #3 game for the second round of playoffs, one win away from yet another championship game. Bobby is ready.

#4 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for Frodo Swaggins this week.

#5 Jordan Lawson - Mavericks

Last Week: Beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 20-18

Twenty to eighteen! Don't the Mavericks usually put up like 40? Low score aside, winning by 2 is as good as winning by 20 for the standings, and with the W the Mavericks have clinched a first round playoff bye. Championship or bust for this team.

#6 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for Can't Touch This this week, since their opponent forfeited.

#7 Andy Strug - The Malones

Last Week: Lost to Wet Bandits 45-38

The Malones are 2-1 so far against their own division this session and 0-4 against D1 teams. The good news? They don't have to play ANY of those D1 teams in the playoffs, where they'll likely be right in the mix to win a championship.

#8 Jeremy Olson - Freeballers

Last Week: Lost to Eyes Downtown 45-30

The Freeballers have one win against the last place team in D2, and are otherwise winless this session. Most D2 champs don't immediately come in and make a lot of noise in D1 though, so we're not overly surprised. Klussman isn't taking home the championship this Fall, but we wouldn't bet against it some day.

#9 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for Scared Hitless this week, since they forfeited.

#10 Frank Laudico - Wanderers

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for Wanderers this week, since their opponent forfeited.

#11 Dylan Jaloza - Bullet Club

Last Week: Beat Practice Squad 25-23

OKAY Dylan Jaloza fan club, WE HEAR YOU. Bullet Club was in the 8th place vs 9th place game last session and simply didn't look very good. They look pretty good now though, and all that's standing between them and a winning season is Krol marking their upcoming forfeit win against the Straw Hats in the standings.

#12 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad

Last Week: Lost to Jabronies 42-41, lost to Bullet Club 25-23

Practice Squad was the toast of the League a couple weeks ago after their 5-0 start. They're 0-3 since then, but they've lost all three games by a combined 9 points. THEY'LL BE FINE, but it goes to show how competitive D3 is this session (okay, every session).

#13 David Eickhoff - Grey Hair Don't Care

Last Week: Did Not Play

Grey Hair played this week... but Eickhoff didn't. Nick Voss didn't do so bad!

#14 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs

Last Week: Did Not Play

Untouchaballs played this week... but Burr didn't (at least, not for them, as he only makes time for his D1 friends now).

#15 Joe Miano - Jabronies

Last Week: Beat Practice Squad 42-41, beat PWI 22-17

Jabronies had a slow start to their season with bye weeks and a lousy performance against Bullet Club, and we all kind of forgot how good they are. They're reminding us now, after their fourth win in a row. Joe has played with some talented players before, but let's give some credit here as he's getting it done this season with a lot of new faces.

#16 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked

Last Week: Beat Mix'n It Up 36-14

Let's Get Reccked got their first "signature win" of the season on Saturday by handing previously undefeated Mix'n It Up their first loss. Their other wins have been a close one over (an admittedly much improved) Bullet Club and Straw Hats (in their only REAL game before they forfeited). So yeah, this one feels a little better for Buchlis and team.

#17 Damien Keller - Mix'n It Up

Last Week: Lost to Let's Get Reccked 36-14

You lose ONE game and the Power Rankings Committee knocks you down to 17th on their list! There's no justice, we know, we know. This is why D3 is so exciting though. Do you REALLY want to bet against Mix'n It Up... or Jabronies... or Wanderers... or Playoff B?

#18 Kyle Conniff - PowerPuff Girls

Last Week: Did Not Play

PowerPuff Girls played this week... but Kyle didn't.

#19 Mark Dalfonso - The Herd

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for The Herd this week.

#20 Buddy Lee - Passing While Intoxicated / Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers

Last Week: Lost to Jabronies 22-17 (PWI), beat Vaspian 44-34, lost to Girthquakes 35-29 (Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers)

A 1-2 day is enough to knock Buddy back to the last spot in our Rankings this week with Derek Pew, Andy Clark, Brandt Dubey, Matt Kieta and the legendary Darryl Carr nipping at his heels. Buddy's teams are a combined 7-6 this season. Not bad of course, but we don't think he's winning both a third AND fourth championship this year.

Fancy Statistics Section

Here are the best (and worst!) offenses in the League, by division. If you're curious how you compare against the Buffalo Bills (SuperBowl era OR Josh Allen era) we've included their stats on the bottom as well. Enjoy!

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WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS

Details: Category: TSL QB Power Rankings; Created: Wednesday, 18 September 2024 17:17; Published: Wednesday, 18 September 2024 17:17; Written by Jeff Krol; Hits: 2284

Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!

We've got quarterbacks! (twenty of them!) We've got charts! (okay, one chart.) Stick around and have a read. The Godfather won't be here til Friday, what else do you have to do until then?

#1 Joey Batts - Wet Bandits / Cunning Stunts

Last Week: Beat Cobblestone 54-28 (Stunts)

Last session the Malones set the recent scoring record (going back at least five years) at 52.1 PPG. The Cunning Stunts are currently scoring 51.0 PPG, and their "worst" game of the season has been 45 points (when they presumably could have scored more, if they weren't already leading by 25 points). Joey Batts is very good... and we didn't even mention his undefeated D1 team just now.

#2 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits

Last Week: Beat Scared Hitless 39-35

The D1 champions are 3-1 after barely surviving another D2 crossover game. The offense is still great (and likely always will be no matter who Thomas is throwing to) but their four games this session have been +8, +7, -8, +4. Sticky Nation is mostly winning when it counts... but you'd like to see a big win at some point if they're going to compete with Wet Bandits.

#3 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown

Last Week: Beat Grey Hair - Don't Care 44-16

After a few weeks of close games and D2 crossover scares, Eyes Downtown finally came out and just dominated a team, reminding us all why they've been to so many Finals games these past few years. This is Bobby's 62nd week in the Top Three of the TSL Power Rankings.

#4 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins

Last Week: Beat the Malones 59-40

Fifty nine points! Frodo Swaggins came ALIVE on Saturday and beat up a really good Malones team. Frodo has suffered from poor attendance and many subs for the past couple of seasons. Saturday was a reminder of what they can do when they're all there, and their all-star QB is on his game.

#5 Andy Strug - The Malones

Last Week: Lost to Frodo Swaggins 59-40

The schedule makers did not do the Malones any favors, booking them three weeks in a row against Sticky Bandits, Eyes Downtown and Frodo Swaggins. Nightmare schedule aside, it's worth noting that Eyes Downtown have been the only team so far this season to hold Andy to fewer than 40 points.

#6 Jordan Lawson - Mavericks

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for the Mavericks this week.

#7 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for Can't Touch This this week.

#8 Jeremy Olson - Freeballers

Last Week: Beat The Untouchaballs 37-23

The Freeballers are winless no longer after beating Untouchaballs in a D2 crossover game. Can they seriously contend for the D1 championship this season? We doubt it... this season. But Hogan's still good enough to play spoiler and ruin someone else's season in the playoffs.

#9 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless

Last Week: Beat The Untouchaballs 32-23, lost to Sticky Bandits 39-35

Scared Hitless are a team on the rise again. They had the D1 champions on the ropes this week, and beat Untouchaballs in the heat an hour later. Dylan's playing great football and Hitless has always had a pretty good defense. They've been to the D2 championship game before, and we wouldn't be shocked to see them there again this season.

#10 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad

Last Week: Beat Let's Get Reccked 39-34, beat Topper All Stars & Todd 42-21

We have been doing QB Power Rankings for 74 weeks now dating back to Spring 2019. B, a league icon and universally respected QB, has never once been in our Top Ten... until today. Practice Squad are 5-0 and have taken a huge step forward this session, so he has earned it. Hell, it's probably long overdue. Brandon Ford... you are one of the ten best quarterbacks in Western New York touch football.

#11 Frank Laudico - Wanderers

Last Week: Beat PWI 46-37, lost to Mix'n It Up 27-14

The Wanderers finally lost a game this season. They won one too we should mention, but the loss is more interesting. It's hard to win two games on a hot day like Saturday, but scoring only 14 points isn't like Frank. Maybe he sensed that Shakira Shakira was distracted by the animal shelter dogs.

#12 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs

Last Week: Lost to Freeballers 37-23, lost to Scared Hitless 32-23

The once mighty Untouchaballs are now in last place in D2 (okay they're not REALLY in last, but our website standings seem to think that 1-3 is worse than 1-5 for some reason). Are Burr's commitment issues to this team the problem? Is it the lack of female star power that's hurting them?

#13 David Eickhoff - Grey Hair Don't Care

Last Week: Lost to Eyes Downtown 44-16

Grey Hair Don't Care has played six games this season, and only one of them was closer than 19 points. They're either getting blasted or, in one weird exception, doing the blasting. The good news is they have a tenth game on the schedule, so that should give them one extra chance to avoid a last place finish in D2's regular season.

#14 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked

Last Week: Lost to Practice Squad 39-34, beat Bullet Club 37-32

Let's Get Reccked are 2-2 at the midway point in the season. Are they just a mediocre team? Or does the fact that their only two losses are against the top two teams in their division mean they could be as good as the third best team in D3?

#15 Dylan Jaloza - Bullet Club

Last Week: Lost to Let's Get Reccked 37-32

What do we make of Bullet Club? They have one great win over Jabronies that we can't explain... one easy win against Toppers All-Stars that we CAN explain (Team Topper is struggling!)... and four losses, some of which have been close, while others have not. Is this a bad team? No. Do we think they'll be hoisting a trophy at the banquet? No.

#16 Damien Keller - Mix'n It Up

Last Week: Beat Wanderers 27-14

Mix'n It Up is one of two undefeated teams left in D3 this session which is a major credit to the Keller Klan. Sure, they've played fewer games than everyone else, and sure, their points per game are strangely low for an undefeated team. But man, that defense is looking great.

#17 Buddy Lee - Passing While Intoxicated / Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers

Last Week: Lost to Wanderers 46-37 (Passing While Intoxicated)

A one score loss against the Wanderers is pretty impressive for a team that just moved up from D4. Buddy does a great job of getting his girls involved (Tori is MVP quality) but the funky website tiebreakers have PWI at 8th place right now. They're better than that.

#18 Kyle Conniff - PowerPuff Girls

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for PowerPuff Girls this week.

#19 Joe Miano - Jabronies

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for Jabronies this week.

#20 Mark Dalfonso - The Herd

Last Week: Beat Cobblestone 55-28

What happens when you take one of the worst teams in D4 last session (athletic, but inexperience all around) and give them a former D1 champion quarterback? They immediately earn a winning record, apparently. This is a dangerous group with Dalfonso under center, and since Week One they've scored more points every week on offense.

Fancy Statistics Section

Okay. We're here. We kept 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". Well, it's Week Four. The sample size is TOO SMALL TO BE MEANINGFUL, but we'll give you some "fancy stats" anyway.

You've seen this chart before, but we always like to make it the first one (and last one) of the season. Here are your best (and worst) offenses, defenses, and point differentials in the TSL through the first half of the season. As always, forfeit games have been excluded from the numbers (hi Cobblestone & Straw Hats!)

What did we learn?

For starters, there are five people who can claim absolute domination of the League right now, and the first four are Joey Batts, Melanie Linsmair, Taylor Pagano and Maddie Norton. These players are on both Cunning Stunts and Wet Bandits, and those two teams have the best two offenses in the League AND the best two point differentials in the League. The Stunts in particular have a 10+ point lead over the next non-Batts team in offensive points per game, and a 7+ point lead over the nexts non-Batts team in total point differential. These teams are killing it.

The person who might have the BEST claim to domination of the League though is actually Katie Keller. Katie is on the Stunts and Mix'n It Up, which means she can claim to be part of the best offense, best point differential AND best defense in the League. It's Katie's world, and we're all just living in it.

We pointed out that the Stunts and Wet Bandits have the best and second best offenses and point differentials in the League, but it's also worth pointing out that Practice Squad is actually THIRD in both categories as well. Has there ever been an identical top three in two categories at once?? We don't think so. These three teams are doing something right. Oh, and Practice Squad is also in the top ten in defense, the ONLY team in the League that's "top ten" in every category right now.

So we know which teams are doing it right... Now let's look at which teams are doing it wrong. Toppers All Stars & Todd are in the bottom ten in every category. Is Todd to blame?? Cobblestone is also bottom ten, and they are the only team in the league that's scoring fewer than 20 points per game while allowing more than 40... and that's not even counting their two forfeit losses! Grey Hair - Don't Care and GUCCI are the other two teams in all three "bottom tens"... so we have four teams in the bottom categories, and only one team in the top (Practice Squad). It's harder to be great than it is to be bad!

Pit Harade has the worst offense in the league at 12.4 PPG. Spinelli's Plumbing has the worst defense in the league at 49.8 PPG allowed (we had to look that up to make sure it was accurate; sadly, it is). Cobblestone has the worst point differential at -26.3 PPG. Ironically, it would only HELP Cobblestone's point differential if we included their forfeit losses, because those would only be -21 games instead of their average -26 when they actually play.

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WEEK 5 POWER RANKINGS

Details: Category: TSL QB Power Rankings; Created: Thursday, 26 September 2024 14:16; Published: Thursday, 26 September 2024 14:16; Written by Jeff Krol; Hits: 2854

Welcome back to the TSL Quarterback Power Rankings!

One of the things we miss about not having our own email address is the correspondence from our "fans" who would write in to tell us why the QB of their own team was so great and underrated and we really should consider ranking them higher.

One of the things we DON'T miss about not having our own email address... is the correspondence from our "fans" who would write in to tell us why the QB of their own team was so great and underrated and we really should consider ranking them higher (because we're idiots if we don't!)

Here are your Top Twenty QBs in the TSL!

#1 Joey Batts - Wet Bandits / Cunning Stunts

Last Week: Beat Untouchaballs 60-32 (Wet Bandits), beat Girthquakes 42-31 (Stunts)

There are three undefeated teams left in the TSL, and two of them are quarterbacked by Joseph Battaglia. Stats + Wins/Losses + Level of Difficulty is our magic formula for Power Ranking these QBs, and Joey checks every box right now.

#2 Mike Thomas - Sticky Bandits

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for the Sticky Bandits.

#3 Bobby McConnell - Eyes Downtown

Last Week: Beat Frodo Swaggins 32-25

Maybe a little closer than they had hoped, but a win is a win for Eyes Downtown as they narrowly escaped an upset from Frodo this week. Eyes Downtown will be hard pressed to take the #1 seed in D1 this session, but they're in great shape to get a first round bye.

#4 Garrett Beesing - Frodo Swaggins

Last Week: Tied Grey Hair Don't Care 28-28, lost to Eyes Downtown 32-25

Frodo nearly beat Eyes Downtown on Saturday, and they didn't LOSE to Grey Hair Don't Care. It's funny how GHDC is towards the back end of the D2 standings and Eyes Downtown is towards the front end of D1, yet Garrett had equal success against both of them. That's football!

#5 Jordan Lawson - Mavericks

Last Week: Beat Untouchaballs 48-9, beat Scared Hitless 42-40

Mavericks had their annual annihilation of Untouchaballs and then escaped with a narrow win over Scared Hitless to raise their record to 4-1. When your only loss is against Wet Bandits, it once again begs the question of why these guys aren't in D1.

#6 Ryan Dougherty - Can't Touch This

Last Week: Beat The Malones 52-40

Can't Touch This seems like a different team with a healthy Delecki back. Last season they struggled with consistency and couldn't put together a complete game to get wins. This session they're in second place and would have a first round bye in the playoffs, if they started today.

#7 Andy Strug - The Malones

Last Week: Lost to Can't Touch This 52-40

The Malones had the longest winning streak in the TSL coming into this session. Now they've lost three in a row, and four of their last five. With upcoming games against Wet Bandits and Mavericks, will they be able to keep their composure if things start to go bad?

#8 Jeremy Olson - Freeballers

Last Week: Did Not Play

No game for Freeballers this week.

#9 Dylan Day - Scared Hitless

Last Week: Lost to Mavericks 42-40

Mavericks is "the team to beat" in D2, and Scared Hitless almost pulled it off. Don't be fooled by their 2-4 record right now, as Hitless is a few lucky (or unlucky) bounces away from being 5-1 with narrow losses to Mavericks, Sticky Bandits and Eyes Downtown this season.

#10 Frank Laudico - Wanderers

Last Week: Beat Practice Squad 36-30

Beating the team that eliminated Wanderers in last season's playoffs is a small measure of redemption for Frank and team, since they know that the real glory is earned in the last weeks of the season. But 5-1 feels a whole lot better right now than 4-2 would have, so we're sure they'll take it.

#11 Brandon "B" Ford - Practice Squad

Last Week: Lost to Wanderers 36-30

One week in the Top Ten doesn't feel like enough for B. There's no shame in losing to the Wanderers by six points though, and we're assuming he'll be back. D3 has just a few teams capable of winning the whole thing this session. We didn't believe Practice Squad was a real contender last season... but we do now.

#12 David Eickhoff - Grey Hair Don't Care

Last Week: Tied Frodo Swaggins 28-28

Our first non Breakfast Club tie of the season on Saturday was a tight one (duh) between Frodo and Grey Hair. It'll be interesting to see how this affects tiebreakers down the line, as Grey Hair now has a tie AND they're the only team in the League with a tenth game on their schedule.

#13 Jeremy Burr - Untouchaballs

Last Week: Lost to Mavericks 48-9, lost to Wet Bandits 60-32

Untouchaballs hit a low point on Saturday with two games stopped early for being out of hand. We don't know if Untouchaballs were missing people on Saturday or just missing their usual swagger, but hopefully this isn't the end of the line for this proud franchise!

#14 Dylan Jaloza - Bullet Club

Last Week: Beat PWI 34-17

Bullet Club was in the 8th vs 9th play-in game last session as one of the worst teams in D3. This session they're in fourth place (because our website thinks 3-4 is better than 3-2 apparently) and playing with confidence. We do wonder whether having two bye weeks to end the season (one of which is a Straw Hats forfeit) is going to hurt them though.

#15 Damien Keller - Mix'n It Up

Last Week: Beat Toppers All Stars & Todd 30-29, beat Buffalo Vice 41-35

Mix'n It Up is on top of the D3 standings as the last remaining undefeated team in the TSL's most competitive division... so why is Damien only the fourth highest rated QB in his own division? Maybe our panel is looking too much at points per game, maybe we're giving Katie too much credit for their success.

#16 Alex Buchlis - Let's Get Reccked

Last Week: Lost to Jabronies 30-8

Let's Get Reccked were a shell of their usual self on Saturday without Captain Rick and it showed. They'll try to bounce back with a win this week, but Mix'n It Up is a tough matchup for anyone right now. Alex will have to be on the top of his game to solve that defense.

#17 Kyle Conniff - PowerPuff Girls

Last Week: Beat GUCCI 51-36, beat Two Tuddies 33-16

PowerPuff Girls continue to roll, avenging a previous loss against GUCCI from a couple weeks ago AND beating previously undefeated Two Tuddies to take the lead in their division. This is the team nobody wants to play in the D5 playoffs.

#18 Joe Miano - Jabronies

Last Week: Beat Let's Get Reccked 30-8

Isn't it too much to ask for Joe Miano carry his team to a big win over a division rival without his most experienced receivers? Apparently not, as Jabronies coasted to a shockingly easy win on Saturday in a matchup we thought would be a lot closer. Jabronies are one of four teams left in D3 with a winning record.

#19 Buddy Lee - Passing While Intoxicated / Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers

Last Week: Lost to Bullet Club 34-17 (PWI), beat Creekers 40-13 (Big Daddy Jason & the ILFers)

Buddy Lee won two championships in the Spring. What are his odds of winning D3 or D4 this session? We'll wait for the Godfather to tell us the real odds, but they feel a lot higher for Big Daddy Jason right now than they do for PWI.

#20 Mark Dalfonso - The Herd

Last Week: Beat Select 46-33

The Herd has quietly transformed into one of the best teams in TSL overnight by adding Dalfonso at QB. If there any other D4 teams out there looking to vault to the top of the standings, maybe they should try calling Chris Cole to lure him out of retirement too?

Fancy Statistics Section

Last week we looked at the "ten best and ten worst" teams in the TSL across a few different categories. It's fun to see who's much better than everyone else, or who's lagging way behind... but what about all those teams in the middle that don't get to see their names listed? Maybe a bit dull for them. So this is an updated point differential graph showing EVERY team in the TSL, as of today. And instead of grouping every division together, we'll split each division up so you can see how you stack up against your competition. As always, green is good, red is bad. Enjoy!

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WEEK 3 POWER RANKINGS

Details: Category: TSL QB Power Rankings; Created: Wednesday, 11 September 2024 14:37; Published: Wednesday, 11 September 2024 14:37; Written by Jeff Krol; Hits: 2135

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!

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