BIFL - Week 13 Review B & Power Rankings 2.1

As promised, we're accompanying this week's re-caps with some new Power Rankings, divided into two divisions. The first we'll cover here: The 2010 Keeper Power Rankings for the Consolation Bracket. Your 2009 season may be over, boys, but all that means is that the 2010 season starts a little bit sooner for y'all. Here is an (extremely) early look at the year to come:


2010 Keeper Power Rankings
6) Charm City Murder (Andre)
Likely Potential Keepers: Steven Jackson (1), Tony Romo (5), Beanie Wells (6), Eli Manning (12)
Those are not just Andre's likely keepers, they are more or less his only possible keepers (with the addition of Terrell Owens, 2). Steven Jackson is a first-rounder every year. But he's not a value in the first round. He's a guy you'd maybe draft there anyway, and then spend the rest of the season worrying about him. Tony Romo and Eli Manning are okay, but so are twelve other quarterbacks who you can get somewhere between the eighth and twelfth rounds. The only bonus I can see here is if you believe Beanie Wells to be a legitimate RB2 next year, which he may very well be. But that's not a lot to get excited about.

5) FUBAR (Spencer)
Likely Potential Keepers: Drew Brees (1), Calvin Johnson (1), Chris Cooley (6), Darren Sproles (8)
Drew Brees, like Steven Jackson, is probably a bona fide first-rounder, but he's not a value there and he puts you in a position where you need to hit home runs with your RBs and WRs in the next few rounds, or have an ace up your sleeve in the late rounds. Darren Sproles might be a lead running back next year, making him a solid value in the 8th, but he's definitely not an "ace" of any kind.

4) I'm Here for the Gangbang (Chuck)
Likely Potential Keepers: Frank Gore (1), Roddy White (4), Greg Olsen (6), Willis McGahee (10), Steve Slaton (13)
Steve Slaton in the sixteenth looked like a steal of epic proportions going into this year. He disappointed relative to the top-10 expectations of him, but he was still a million times better than every other 16th-round pick. The same thing will be true of him as a 13th-rounder next year. And Chuck will have the added bonus of knowing that he shouldn't count on him as his top RB. Of the other guys, I'd probably take Roddy in the 4th and try to get Gore or someone like him in the 1st. That's not a bad foundation.

3) Cholish Chachfaces (Mark)
Likely Potential Keepers: Ryan Grant (2), Vincent Jackson (3), Knowshon Moreno (5), Philip Rivers (6), Owen Daniels (6), Jonathan Stewart (9), Ben Roethlisberger (11)
There isn't necessarily a single standout guy here, but I like the options that Chalski has. Probably the most alluring is Moreno, who was a borderline starter this year and should be well-worth the 5th round next year. Beyond that, he could wrap up a decent QB in either the 6th or 11th, take a solid WR in the 3rd, or a great TE in the 6th. Lots to work with here.

2) Iron Chef of Pounding Poon (Dick)
Likely Potential Keepers: LaDainian Tomlinson (1), Hines Ward (4), DeAngelo Williams (5), Dallas Clark (6)
LDT in the first next year would be a joke, but I wouldn't put it past Dick. DeAngelo Williams in the 5th, however, is no joke whatsoever. Though he hasn't been quite as good as last season, he's still currently 8th among all RBs, making him a steal at that position. And as much as I hate him, Dallas Clark is a perfectly legit 6th-rounder as well.

1) Juse and the Argonauts (Justin)
Likely Potential Keepers: Larry Fitzgerald (1), Chad Ochocinco (3), Cedric Benson (6), Jay Cutler (8)
Cedric Benson was the steal of the draft in the sixth round this year, and I see no reason why he won't continue to be next year in the same spot. With Benson under wraps as a low-end RB1/high-end RB2, there's no reason Juse shouldn't use that 1st-round keeper on Fitzgerald (3rd among WRs this year) or double his Bengal pleasure with Ochocinco in the 3rd.

Tomorrow's post (Part C) will feature the Power Rankings for the playoff teams, but for now I've still got some unfinished business from Week 13.

Charm City Murder (107) defeats FUBAR (105)
Whoo! This was an exciting one! Pity that it didn't mean anything. Regardless, this clash featured an exciting match-up of two of the week's top three scorers, Drew Brees (30) for FUBAR and Tony Romo (29) for Charm City. Andre backed that up with solid days out of Steven Jackson and Steve Smith 2.0 (13 each). And despite a 22-point outing from FUBAR's Calvin Johnson, Andre left Sunday with a 15-point lead. All that were left were some IDPs and a kicker, so a Menomena didn't seem to be in the offing, but Spence did his best to make it one. Green Bay Defensive End Clay Matthews (9) had a huge night for a lineman, and kicker Mason Crosby (8) scored enough to close that Sunday lead to nothing. Unfortunately for Spence, though, there was a conspirator to murder on the other side of the field, and Ray Lewis (3.5) scored just enough to keep Andre's lead safe.

Ass-Ramming HotCocks (129) defeat Cholish Chachfaces (102)
With a rotation of Chris Johnson, Michael Turner, and Pierre Thomas, the HotCocks have been stocked at RB all season, but have been weakened by a suspect group of receivers. Anquan Boldin was a first-round bust; Marques Colston was boom and bust; and the third spot was occupied by a revolving door of flash-in-the-pans who'd already flashed. So when the chips were down and a victory was necessary for even a chance at a first-round bye, what happened? The receivers went nuts. Anquan Boldin (21) is back, baby, having scored 56 points over the last four weeks. Colston chipped in a dozen, which isn't that great, but we'll take it because he lost some touches to fellow HotCock Robert Meachem (28), the hero of this Week 13 victory. During our bye week trip to Peter Luger's, Robby's porterhouse is on the team. Granted, Chris Johnson (15) and Donovan McNabb (14) were nothing to sneeze at, but it's Meachem that carried us directly to Week 15. Chalski, on the other hand, got bounced from the playoffs entirely, despite strong days from Philip Rivers (26) and Knowshon Moreno (20). I was worried, after an early touchdown, that Mohammed Massaquoi was going to burn me for making fun of him, but it turned out that was about all he could muster (8), and Mark supposedly didn't even mean to start him anyway. Chalski claims slow iPhone service as the source of his line-up failure; he'll have all off-season to switch to Verizon, the nation's largest 3G network.