2021 Power Rankings: WK3

With the first three games in the books, we're rolling out the CTDB 2021 power rankings which combines average score, score variance, and of course, win percentage.  We’ve got some teams rising back thanks to strong drafts and a few that definitely are work in progress. Without further ado:

1.  Custom J.   Josh's team is surging back after a very mediocre 2020 season.  Early picks of David Montgomery and TJ Hockenson have yielded reliable starters at the flex and TE positions and Custom J earns the top spot mostly due to his blow out week 1 performance of 182 points.  Josh is also tied for the best record and second highest average weekly scores.

2.  Battle Angels.  Will's team is a close second and is basically the opposite of Josh's Jekyll and Hyde team.  Angel's first 3 week scores - 136.6 , 138.5, 138.6.  He's consistently good   (and technically getting better!) Will's team has weathered a somewhat poor start with their running game with a strong pass game.  At this rate, Will might break 140 by week 5.

3.  Fat Jubas.  Eric's team has been our unluckiest team.  Despite having the league' highest average score of 148.4 points per week, the Jubas have only a 1-2 record to show for it.   While Carson and Taylor have been really disappointing, Kyler is the early favorite for MVP and Mike Williams has been the find of the draft so far (D'Andre Swift is probably a close 2nd).  Eric's team likely going to move up the rankings as his luck evens out so watch out rest of league

4.  Crunch Bunch.  Eddie's team came in to the draft strong and has started off the year strong.  He hasn't had a blow out week (highest score of 137.5) and hasn't seen really a bad week either.  Steady Eddie shall we say?  Ekeler and Aaron Jones have taken turns carrying the load while they wait for their pass game to come together.

5.  Chunky Monkeys.  The Monkeys have a very similar power rankings score to the Crunch Bunch except they've had a bit more variance to their weekly scores.  The running backs with Saquon and Antonio are showing life while the passing game is also hoping showing signs of improvement with finally a big game from Josh Allen in week 3.  If Tyreek and Diggs can combine for big games, the Monkeys just might have a shot.

6.  Jammers.  The league-drafted Jammers are showing some pop in their lineup (despite not playing Jamarr Chase!). They’re 2-1, had a strong score in week 2 and have shown an ability to put up some wins.  Key now is whether they can find a run game.  Gordon is in a time share and Singletary has regressed each week this season.  The team has talent and needs to get healthy - the Jammers are a borderline playoff team right now.

7.  Gang Green.  Last year's champion has had a middling start esp now with CMC hurt for a few weeks.  However, Green still sports a dangerous offense averaging nearly 135 points per week - good for 4th best in the league.  His power rankings mostly reflect Greg's 1-2 start but we wouldn't be surprised if Gang Green started pushing for a 1st week bye in the playoffs when the team gets healthy.

8.  Phreaks.  This is the part of the league that needs some work.  The next three teams average significantly lower scores and have some of the lowest weekly scores in the league so far (i.e. high variance).  Harris hasn't had quite the start the #1 overall pick was projected to have and Ping's Eagles-centric draft strategy really has hurt the team's onfield performance.  Devonta Smith, Eagles D and Jake Elliott have all been, well, bad.  If Najee and Javonte come on in the second half, that could make things interesting.

9.  Mastermind.   Mastermind has a very similar power ranking score to the Phreaks.  They haven't broken 130 yet and had a near-dud in week 3 with a score of 99.4 points (there've only been 4 scores under 100 this year). The team has some legit firepower with Brady/Dak at the helm but 50% of the bench is being occupied by QB, DEF and K players.  Mastermind needs another full time starter or two before we see them start climbing the ranks.

10.  Buffy.  Roger's had a tough start to the year after a self admitted 'unorthodox' draft.  Like Mastermind, Buffy hasn't been able to score more than 130 points a week and in fact, find themselves at the bottom of the rankings due to a horrific week 1 score of 72.8 points (only score under 90 so far this year).  Buffy doesn't have a standout player at any position - in fact, their best player in week 4 looks to be Chuba Hubbard who is slotting into a juicy role now that CMC is hurt.  Buffy really needs some of his 'unorthodox' keepers to start paying off - Tonyan, Steelers DEF have not delivered the goods so far.