Dave's PS Online Power Rankings (Aug. 24 edition)

[Poundtherock]

Nice read, Dave!

[dave]

yes Noble was my first '10 game and i didn't think he'd be as good as he was... being that he was one of those Soap Boxers back in the day rather than a madden player

I thought the same thing about Hasselbeckfan, but he turned out to be a very good player.
Frankly, he's in my top 5, but his record sucks because he's using Seattle too much.
I'm not even sure DSA could pull off using Seattle this year.

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

I thought the same thing about Hasselbeckfan, but he turned out to be a very good player.
Frankly, he's in my top 5, but his record sucks because he's using Seattle too much.
I'm not even sure DSA could pull off using Seattle this year.

Seattle? Cincinnati? Oakland? Krul and his Lions? seattle is really good with and incredible defense, just not much at RB. Hell I've beat the Steelers with the Chiefs

I am a firm beleiver that people who play with their favorite team have a huge advantage over those who are willing to mix it up, thought you said that in the first edition too. Apparently not? lol

[strahanfan92]

Seattle? Cincinnati? Oakland? Krul and his Lions? seattle is really good with and incredible defense, just not much at RB. Hell I've beat the Steelers with the Chiefs

I am a firm beleiver that people who play with their favorite team have a huge advantage over those who are willing to mix it up, thought you said that in the first edition too. Apparently not? lol

That's not our fault though.

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

That's not our fault though.

Don't get me wrong, not taking anythin away from guys that use their favorite team at all, if thats how it sounded I'm sorry. What I mean is if you roll with your favorite team nobody should be able to say oh well hes playing with the Giants (in your case) so I give him a pass (not that anybody would cuz they are good lol) But Quietstorm, Staylor, Krul, Hass, Bomber, etc are all using their teams, and they all play well with them, I doubt they would want anybody to say oh well you are playing with a bad team and blame that for why they lost ya know?

[dave]

What is it with you two?

Anyone can see that you're at a serious disadvantage playing with teams who have no speed guys - and Seattle is that team. They're so slow.

I dare you OOBL to play your next five games as the Seahawks against quality opponents and see what it does to your record.

[Realist]

Don't get me wrong, not taking anythin away from guys that use their favorite team at all, if thats how it sounded I'm sorry. What I mean is if you roll with your favorite team nobody should be able to say oh well hes playing with the Giants (in your case) so I give him a pass (not that anybody would cuz they are good lol) But Quietstorm, Staylor, Krul, Hass, Bomber, etc are all using their teams, and they all play well with them, I doubt they would want anybody to say oh well you are playing with a bad team and blame that for why they lost ya know?

True enough but either way, team ratings matter this year. Like Krul, I dont want any excuse if i lose with the 49ers but at the end of the day, if you have a team that isnt as good, you have to play damn near perfect to win lol

At the same token, I agree with your point of playing with different teams but I feel that if you play with a good team, and they aren't your favorite team, their isn't much of an advantage. I think I'm a good player and if I can win with the 49ers, I would think my game would be even better if I played with the eagles. Of course I dont know since i've never played with them lol

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

What is it with you two?

Anyone can see that you're at a serious disadvantage playing with teams who have no speed guys - and Seattle is that team. They're so slow.

I dare you OOBL to play your next five games as the Seahawks against quality opponents and see what it does to your record.

Notable "Bad" Teams games from me:

OOBL (Broncos) vs ZackAttack 31-10
OOBL (Dolphins) vs Dalhousser 30-3
OOBL (Chiefs) vs Steeljake 19-6
I wont list the 8 games with the Raiders individually, and they are a speed team so i take it the 71 ovr is tossed out the window? avg score: 33.87 to 8.75
OOBL (Bengals) vs CF24 45-10
OOBL (Bengals) vs TeflonDonny 45-3

granted not every one of them is great player, and I prob should win most of those games, but the team simply doesn't matter THAT much, but I accept your challenge, I'll try the Seahawks, what I'm sayin tho is if the Seahawks were my favorite team I'd know how to use them and win with them regardless, and if I lost the last thing I would want is pity because Im too stubborn to try another team.

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

What is it with you two?

Anyone can see that you're at a serious disadvantage playing with teams who have no speed guys - and Seattle is that team. They're so slow.

I dare you OOBL to play your next five games as the Seahawks against quality opponents and see what it does to your record.

Amount of Players Speed 90+
Seahawks - 5
Steelers - 6
Texans - 6
Titans - 3
Vikings - 3
Bears - 5
Bengals - 4
Bills - 5
Broncos - 6
Browns - 2 (both 90 speed)
Buccaneers - 2
Cardinals - 2
Chargers - 5
Chiefs - 2
Colts - 4
Cowboys - 7
Dolphins - 5
Eagles - 9
Falcons - 5
49ers - 3
Giants - 4
Jaguars - 8
Jets - 4
Lions - 4
Packers - 3
Panthers - 5
Patriots - 4
Raiders - 12 lmao
Rams - 5
Ravens - 7
Redskins - 5
Saints - 6

All the bold teams have an equal or lesser number of players with speed 90+. So are all of them "pity" teams? Are all those users at an immediate disadvantage? The Seahawks actually have more speed then a majority of the teams...I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin ya know?

[The Buddha]

The packers are slower than fuck...


thats all i really have to add to this discussion.

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

The packers are slower than fuck...


thats all i really have to add to this discussion.

lol I agree, slow RB, CB's, LB's, bad o-line, hard team to be good with.

[red33]

good job dave.

[The Buddha]

lol I agree, slow RB, CB's, LB's, bad o-line, hard team to be good with.

CB's Skill makes up for Speed, but everything else i agree about.

[mcstl25]

Who the fuck cares?

I'm not going to use a different team because frankly I'm not interested in using other teams. I'm a Dolphins fan, there's no "advantage" using my Fins every game. Games don't interest me unless I'm using them. It's as simple as that.

It's amazing what becoming a mod can do. You went from being one of the coolest and laid back posters to one of the angriest. I still love you though.

On topic, using the same team does have its advantages. However, you can't tell me that you guys wouldn't be more successful using a random top 15 team for 10 games compared to the same bottom 5 team for 10 games. C'mon.

[Rohtang]

mob and I finally played.....i won 45-31