Final Power Rankings and Play-In

1. Hail Marty’s (9-1, 328PF, 146PA)

The best offense in the division, and also have allowed 20 or less points in their final 7 games. 

Positives: Marty Freedman and Brandon Vickers have an insane connection. Jonathan Perez is a great second option. Defense has gotten significantly better and the interceptions per game have gone way up. 

Negatives: No dedicated rusher. Potential lack of depth might hurt them against tougher defenses. 

2. Not You Too? (7-3, 282PF, 245PA)

Kaiden Dewey-Hull played his 5th game and qualified for playoffs, in a huge statement win against FSU by a score of 36-22.

Positives: William Leclerc and Kaiden Dewey-Hull are two of the best players in the division, both on offense and defense. Amazing overall defense.

Negatives: It seems only 6 players have qualified for playoffs (Jamil Springer and Jayden Michel haven’t). Lack of depth and uncertainty of availability of some players.

3. Minchia FT (8-1-1, 312PF, 169PA)

Dominant defensive team with a loss and a draw to two of the best teams.

Positives: Defense is ridiculously good and deep. Great rusher and defensive stars and depth. Depth on offense.

Negatives: No real dominant offensive star. Adam Antel throws his fair share of interceptions and gets sacked pretty often. 

4. Ramphins (6-4, 271PF, 139PA)

5 game win-streak in which they destroyed every team they faced. Hottest team in the division right now.

Positives: Sheldon Dumeignil has really turned it up recently. Jesse and Chad Dumegnil are legit two-way stars. Yannick Nadeau and Billy Guay finished the season very strong.

Negatives: Lack of depth on defense, early season struggles still have me concerned due to low quality of competition in the last stretch of the season.

5. Show Me Dem TDies (7-3, 229PF, 139PA)

A great defensive team which can also score.

Positives: Great receiving core which might be getting let down by its QB play. One of the best defense in the division (25 total interceptions). Solid rusher. 3 guys with over 250 yards receiving.

Negatives: I doubt Daniel Caruana is a championship quality QB at this point. 

6. Meat Lovers (6-1-3, 270PF, 139PA)

3 ties in a season is really hard to do, congratulations.

Positives: Manny Bizogias’ aggressive offense. Two-way stars in Kevin Scalia and Deven Gonsalves. Dario Brown is a good third option and should get more targets as the games close up in the playoffs. 

Negatives: Manny Bizogias’ aggressive offense. Lack of a great rusher. Only 3 good defenders, lack of depth on D.

7. FSU (7-3, 246PF, 199PA)

They got outclassed by Bloodline and Not You Too? in back 2 back games, ouch.

Positives: Justin Schwartz is a really good double threat QB. Great depth on offense. Alejandro Fonte is a good first option. Two good rushers to stay fresh. 

Negatives: Low passing numbers for Schwartz. Relatively low interception numbers as a team, no true defensive superstar. Inconsistent team.

8. Primetime (6-3-1, 216PF, 139PA)

Only team to defeat Minchia FT. Matthew Cadogan struggled a bit in his last three games. 

Positives: Matthew Cadogan is really freaking good when he’s on. Depth on offense and defense, A+ rusher in Massimo Rosati. Alessio Muro is a good first option.

Negatives: Disappointing results from Cadogan in his last two games. Lack of a great second option in the endzone: Daniel Spina is good but doesn’t score a lot.

9. Trailer Park Boys (5-4-1, 220PF, 300PA)

Cinderalla story watch: this team will face some tough competition in the playoffs but has what it needs to go deep.

Positives: Antoine Meunier has been fantastic recently. Depth on offense: Alexandre and Frederick Meunier, and Mathieu Gascon in the endzone have all been great. The team also does a lot of damage on the ground. Great rusher in Will Richard. 

Negatives: Only average defense with low interception numbers. Only 4 good receivers, need to find a 5th one to complement the rest of the squad. 

10. Pasta Arrabiat (6-4, 289PF, 192PA)

Joe Morgese has been a monster, and Nic Delisi has really connected with him.

Positives: Joe Morgese is the best player in the division. Nic Delisi has done great except against Ramphins. Ricardo Oliva and Carmelo Di Giovanni have provided great output on defense to aid Morgese.

Negatives: Clear lack of depth on both offense and defense. Offense is anemic without Morgese which is really concerning if teams shut down Morgese like Ramphins did.

11. WHO D’EH (6-3-1, 217PF, 137PA)

A slow paced old school team.

Positives: Experience, especially at the QB position with Tom Gatehouse. 3 solid main receiving options (Tanner Keating, Bryden Streeter, Deven Gonzalez). Really low points allowed despite relatively low interception and sack numbers. High number of PDs.

Negatives: They haven’t beaten any great teams. Most impressive result was against good teams was a 20-20 tie to Meat Lovers. 

12. OnlyFlags (6-3-1, 219PF, 160PA)

Strong finish to the season, as they beat Cover 3 Inches Long, Bend Don’t Break and Primetime in the last 3 weeks.

Positives: George Spano has gotten better as the season progressed, and can make some things happen running, without getting sacked. Good depth on offense, with 6 players with over 100 yards. 7 players available for playoffs with at least one touchdown. Zachary Mastromonaco and Albert Halal are both solid receivers with great catch rates. Charles Barbeau is also a great vertical threat. Mastromonaco and Spano are great DBs, and Brandon Bowen is a legit rusher.

Negatives: Spano’s ability to protect the ball is concerning. He threw at least 3 picks against Meat Lovers, Ramphins and Primetime, their biggest opposition on the season. 

13. Cover 3 Inches Long (6-4, 241PF, 201PA)

After starting 6-1, the team is coming into the playoffs as the 12th seed with 3 losses in a row to Bend Don’t Break, OnlyFlags and Show Me Dem TDies. 

Positives: Fabrice Tremblay had some amazing games. Vincent Demers and William Seguin are both good enough to be 1st options. Nathan Lequin is a very solid rusher. Good depth on offense.

Negatives: Fabrice Tremblay had some terrible games. The team doesn’t rack up that many interceptions and allows over 20 points per game. Good depth on offense, but lack of playmakers after Vincent Demers and William Seguin.

14. Bend Don’t Break (5-5, 197PF, 170PA)

A decent team that rarely gets outclassed, but their only win against a team ranked above them was against Cover 3 Inches Long who are just above them.

Positives: Dominic Weidner is a legit main receiving option. 19 interceptions as a team is very solid. 19PDs is also very good. 

Negatives: Their offense isn’t good enough to make them win games, only to stay in them so far. Lack of playmaking on offense after Weidner. Luke Moreau doesn’t throw many TDs, throws his fair amount of interceptions, and gets sacked a decent amount as well.

15. Satriales (3-6-1, 216PF, 236PA)

The best of the rest. The best team with a losing record had some good results against great teams, and stayed competitive in most games they’ve played.

Positives: Raff Morelli at rusher has, as usual, been a beast. 3 receivers with over 250 yards and 6TDs is better than most teams. Decent depth as well on offense. 19 interceptions and 21PDs is really good. This team is better than its record shows.

Negatives: George Kalavritinos is a bit of a wildcard at QB, with some good games and some not so good games. They struggle to go score for score with teams due to inconsistent QB play. 

16.Area 69 (2-6-2, 163PF, 209PA)

The team isn’t great, but they’ve had some nice results, like a tie against Satriales and a 2 point loss to Cover 3 Inches Long.

Positives: 5 receivers with at least 169 yards. Joey Poce with 7 interceptions and 5PDs. 25 interceptions as a team is great. 20 PDs as well is solid. Christopher Tsakon’s 11 sacks are also above average.

Negatives: The offense. Michael De Seta has thrown a whopping 27 interceptions and only 21TDs. Their great defense is being totally negated by their offense, and De Seta needs to do a way better job protecting the ball. His 16 sacks are also terrible.

17. Les Habitations BR (3-7, 193PF, 292PA)

This team really struggled against better teams, but dominated Bloodline, Tex4s Chooches and Texas Whales.

Positives: Simon Viens and Michael Binette McDougall are two of the best receivers in the division. 

Negatives: There isn’t much positive for Les Habitations BR. Benoit Robidoux has struggled a lot. Other than Viens and McDougall, not much is happening on offense. On defense, the team is tragic, with only 9 interceptions (4 coming in the same game). Not many sacks and not many PDs either.

18. Bloodline (3-7, 153PF, 303PA)

This team beat FSU. This team beat FSU?! Other than that crazy result, they beat Texas Whales and Timberwolves. 

Positives: Nathan Duguay is an elite deep threat. Eric Boisvert is also very good. Justin Fraser is good on the run.

Negatives: 22 interceptions and 11 sacks for Justin Fraser is simply bad. It’s also a pretty bleak receiving core after Duguay and Boisvert. Only 11 interceptions as a team, and you get one of the worst defenses in the division. 

19. Texas Whales (2-8, 174PF, 222PA)

Only real win against Grand Daddy Purp. 

This team is bad, but they don’t get blown out as much as the teams below them.

Positives: Chazz Pisanelli is good. Vaughn Vanslet doesn’t throw many interceptions.

Negatives: Vaugh Vanslet gets sacked a lot, doesn’t throw many TDs and doesn’t throw for many yards. The defense isn’t great, and they only have 2 sacks on the season. 

20. Tex4s Chooches (1-9, 96PF, 297PA)

Haven’t won since week 1. Only 65 points since week 1 as well is not great.

Positives: Reno Cariglia is a good 2-way player. 

Negatives: Offense and defense are both bad. Not much going on for the team.

21. Timberwolves (0-9-1, 85PF, 345PA)

A nice tie against Trailer Park Boys is nice.

Positives: Jimmy-Lee Janvier.

Negatives: Everything else. Anemic offense and swiss cheese defense. 

22. Grand Daddy Purp (0-10, 95PF, 340PA)

The worst team in the division had some okay results near the end, with a 2 possession loss to TPB, and a 9 point loss to Bend Don’t Break.

Positives: None

Negatives: Everything. Start from scratch and learn the game. Practice, work on everything and come back stronger next season.

Wild card predictions

Trailer Park Boys (13) vs. Tex4s Chooches (20)

I had OnlyFlas in the 13th seed facing Chooches as the 20th seed, but instead Trailer Park Boys have fallen down the standings, with a 5-4-1 record. Given their 2 forfeits, TPB are actually 5-2-1, and a much better team than their seed indicates. Antoine Meunier should destroy Tex4s Chooches’ struggling defense. Score prediction: 37-12 for TPB

Bend Don’t Break (14)vs. Texas Whales (19)

I originally predicted that Bend Don’t Break would have the 13th seed and would face Tex4s Chooches, but instead they’ll face Texas Whales as the 14th seed. I predicted that Bend Don’t Break would cruise through a game against Tex4s Chooches and it won’t be different against Texas Whales. I wrote that Luke Moreau was getting more comfortable at QB and that it would be easy pickings for him in the play-in round, but he’s kinda struggled in his past few games. Texas Whales have “only” allowed 222 points on the season, so they’re not going to be as easy to score on as Chooches would have been. Although, Bend Don’t Break should still easily win this one, by a score of 22-6.

Satriales (15) vs. Area 69 (18)

I picked this matchup correctly. Here’s what I had to say: “We finally get an interesting game in the play-in with the 2-4-1 Satriales squaring off against the 1-5-2 Area 69. A rematch of the week 4 33-33 tie, a lot has changed since for both teams. Area 69 lost their 3 games since, but they had an impressive 26-24 loss to Cover 3 Inches Long, and 2 blowout losses to Ramphins and Show Me Dem TDies. With only 6 points in their last 2 games, there is source for concern when it comes to Area 69’s offense. Michael De Seta has thrown 1 touchdown and 9 interceptions in his last two games. He has been unable to click with his receivers and the team has looked plain awful. The teams they’ve faced are really good, but to have any hope of a little run in the playoffs, they would have had to be competitive, and they weren’t even close. Satriales should take care of this game easily, with a 31-14 win.”

I think this prediction holds up very well, as Michael De Seta has kept struggling and Satriales have been decent.

Score prediction: 31-14 Satriales

Les Habitations BR (16) vs. Bloodline (17)

Oh wow, another correct prediction. Here’s what I had to say: “The 2-6 Habitations BR face the 2-5 Bloodline in a week 2 rematch in which BR destroyed Bloodline 40-6. Since then, Habitations BR have been trending down and Bloodline have been trending up a bit. Benoit Robidoux has taken a huge step back, and only has 16 TD passes and 12 interceptions. Michael Binette McDougall and Simon Viens have been great at the receiving position, but the rest of the roster is lacking. BR have only beaten Texas Whales since and have been blown out by all the other teams they have faced. As for Bloodline, Justin Fraser has improved, and Eric Boisvert and Nathan Duguay have been his two best receivers. These two teams are very similar, with QBs who don’t pick up many yards, and don’t score a ton, with two main receiving options. I think BR’s experience is going to be the deciding factor, and would edge Bloodline in a closer game than before (27-12)” This one holds up as well, though Bloodline have beaten FSU, the rest of their results isn’t particularly encouraging. Les Habitations BR are still not great, but they are still better.

Good luck to all the teams playing in the play-in tonight.