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Week In Review: Preview

Welcome everyone to Year 2 of the Week In Review. After last year’s thrills and chills, the fourteen team league has been pared down to the eight diehards. Yahoo Sports has hired Nostradamus to take over the predictions since the Oracle of Delphi did so poorly last year. Either Nostradamus is nicer than the Oracle or the new eight man league has made better teams since a C- is the worst ranking given this year.

So, without further ado, the rankings:

ContumeliousAnalysts – B+: Predicted to go 10-4 Jaybird has turned around the fortunes of his team this year with one of the strongest wide receiver group in the league. The Week In Review’s crack reporter Tu Nosi caught up to coach Jaybird to find out what his secret was for this year’s draft.

Tu: Welcome back to the League’s football season coach Jaybird. I am glad top see that you have pulled yourself up from last year with a solid draft. What difference did you make between drafting for the year?

Jaybird: What do you mean? I came in second place last year!

Tu: That was the year before.

Jaybird: Are you sure? Let me check that. Oh. Huh. Well, there’s no shame in showing up and trying your hardest.

Tu: Like Tebow did with the Jets?

Jaybird: I think we’re going to put the Tebow jokes to bed for this season. To be perfectly honest, we were kinda scraping the bottom of the barrel last season.

Tu: Fair enough. Why do you think that this season will be any different than last season?

Jaybird: Because last season I thought I knew what I was doing. Since then, I’ve realized that I don’t know what I’m doing and thus it’ll be a lot more like two seasons ago. When I came in second.

Tu: I guess we will see how this turns out for you.

Team Pooh Bear – B+: Predicted to go 10-3-1 and win the League, Pooh Bear had late round greatness into a solid draft. The tide ends drafted are the cream of the crop… as long as Gronkowski’s body does not blow up on him again.

Thunderlips Express – B: Predicted to go 8-4-2 coach Dman has made a solid team. Two strong quarterbacks, solid running back, a steal of Pierre Garcon to back up his wide receivers. Tu caught up with coach Dman.

Tu: Wow, coach, you atually had a good draft this year.

Dman: You sound surprised.

Tu: Just stating the facts coach. What was the secret to your success?

Dman: I did a more traditional draft with running back first. I did not do the Zero Back draft strategy.

Tu: You actually read those things?

Dman: Sure, Tu. But this year with the reductions made to the receivers, I thought a more traditional strategy was in order.

Tu: I guess we will see how this turns out for you.

Waynesport Wildcats – B: Predicted to go 8-5-1, coach Burt made a risky move in the fourth round to draft Joique Bell in a bet that Reggie Bush could not stay healthy for the entire year.

Partisan Warrior’s – B-: Predicted to go 7-7, coach Jesse Manning’d up and took Peyton with the second pick. Maybe the Warriors are partisan towards him after last years incredible run, but it would be hard to duplicate that production.

DownSouth Dragons – C+: Predicted to go 7-7, coach Wyrmnax’s strong tight ends and wide receivers do not look like enough to lift them from the southern area of the League.

The Levellers – C: Predicted to go 2-12, coach Bill did not level the playing field with more draft picks added to the team much earlier than they should have. Time will tell if the Levellers are crazy like a fox or just plain crazy with their picks.

Brian’s Best Team – C-: Predicted to go 2-12, coach Brian took Lesean McCoy and then missed in most other areas. It looks like a tough road ahead with this Bust of a draft.