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

[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

 

[Herm]

Nice writeup again Dave

 

[QuietStorm]

Great work Dave!!!

 

[Realist]

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

I would love to see stats and this same game played on Normal.

 

[Rohtang]

Realist to be honest. After a while. U can't tell the difference anymore. After couple gms I got used to it already.

i agree too.... mcfadden had 158 yards rushing...mobb gave up some big runs ...but it was back and forth til the last min.....

 

[Realist]

Realist to be honest. After a while. U can't tell the difference anymore. After couple gms I got used to it already.

I'm sure you would get use to it after a few games if you keep playing it. I played a half and could tell the difference. I went into practice mode this weekend just to see if i was going crazy and there is a difference. I know playing it I would eventually get use to it, thats just human nature, but I shouldn't have to. The speed was fine and slower than 09 on normal, there was no point in changing it. it just feels like they have dumbed it down for those who couldn't keep up and couldnt read the defense fast enough

 

[Rohtang]

dave.....I tore my groin muscle and right now, the only thing i can do is sit and watch T.V. and play the game....that is way I have played so many game....if that wasnt the case....i probably wouldnt haev buy 10 games played...

 

[mcstl25]

I agree. My first game I didn't notice any difference. Can't really see much of a difference now.

Same here. I didn't really notice much of a difference. If anything, my running game has gotten much worse since Friday.

 

[Helicopter]

Nice write-up, Dave. I look forward to reading these every week and never being on them. Its good to see others doing well, lol.

 

[dave]

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?

I actually like this list Beer. Good work.
I haven't checked - how many of those Seahawks over 90 are starters or play offensive skill positions?

We should have lists like this for all the key ratings. This is good work.

There should be a separate thread for this.

 

[Hasselbeck]

I'm too inconsistent to be in the Top 10.. it's not because of Seattle.. I mix up my team selection as I like to try out every team in the beginning.

One game I play really well, the next I stink up the joint. It's why I'm 3 games under .500.

I would have lost to DSA only 10-7 though.. but I called a TO to try and get a miracle return with Hester and lost by 6. So that's an accomplishment in itself for me given how good he is.