Week 2 Power Rankings

I've always heard that crow does not make a great meal. It's bitter, you get your fill quite quickly and your desire for more is comparable to turkey leftovers three days after Thanksgiving. There's no way you could eat another bite of that bird, but someone has to or it's going to spoil, so you take another bite and try to swallow it down as fast as possible. That being said, I've eaten my fair share of crow this week and I'm ready to move on, so let's get this out of the way now. I hereby make the following admissions:

• The Red Dogs had no business being ranked second. With Brady gone and Plaxico being traded away, the only bite left in the Red Dogs was a toothless, gummy one as they got spanked by the Runners in Week 2.
• Just because a team was 0-1 does not mean that they are worse than every other 1-0 team. Case in point is the Sunshine. Obviously their Week 1 ranking should have been higher given their status as the second highest scorer in Week1.
• Brandon Marshall is a nasty talent and I'm a dolt for doubting it.

Now, that's over and done with so let's move on to the Week 2 power rankings.

1. Annandale Pumas (2-0) - Previous Rank, 1 - Again, there's no reason to change their place. Their roster is nasty. You know it, I know it. Probably the only weak point on this team is tight end, and let's face it when you've got Manning, Moss, Burress, Owens and Addai, who's sweating tight end?
2. Annandale Sunshine (1-1) - Previous Rank, 6 - They've got a loss, so what? They're only the highest scoring team in the league so far. They scored the second highest point total in their Week 1 loss and the highest total in Week 2 as they rolled past EZ Like Sunday Morning. The crazy part is they're doing it with less than marquee name players. Sure, you know Drew Brees and Reggie Wayne, but did you know Chris Chambers and Greg Jennings have scored 29 and 28 points respectively? Add in a catch machine like Jason Witten and the Sunshine will be hard to beat.
   
3. Short Bus Bullies (2-0) - Previous Rank, 3 - So, here we go again. A repeat of last season so far. It's the Pumas, the Bullies and the rest of the field. The biggest question for the ever rotating Bullies roster is, will it be right by the playoffs? The constant waiver wire work panned out for the Bullies during the majority of the 2007 season, but slumped going into the playoffs. The bye week proved to be a life saver for them, allowing them to only face a SxC team that lost a of players to the playoffs.
   
4. EZ Like Sunday Morning (0-2) - Previous Rank, 9 - What? An 0-2 team in 4Th place? I'm afraid so. With their number one draft pick out in week one, they lost by 8 points to the third ranked team, and then this week lost in a huge shootout to the number two. There's still a real question at QB, and I'm not backing off my question their depth at WR. But there's no doubt that EZ is not going to be an easy win for anyone the rest of the year.
5. Rocky Runners (1-1) - Previous Rank, 7 - Now that they've finally shoved Carson Palmer to the bench where he belongs, Eli Manning will carry them to more success. If Tory Holt can help jump start an anemic Rams offense, and youngsters Santonio Holmes and Reggie Bush continue to contribute the Runners will be potent .
6. Black Hand (1-1) - Previous Rank, 8 - Look, the Hand has too much talent to be denied for long. Romo is always a threat to go huge and Calvin Johnson looks like a stud, and Ocho Cinco and Braylon will score (only 15 points between them???) but again, no depth. An injury or continued suckage from the Edwards and Cinco will be the end of the Hand.
   
7. Green Helmets (1-1) - Previous Rank, 5 - They win a game and lose two spots? Not fair? Maybe, but the Helmets are panicing early on trying to find talent at WR, because after Steve Smith their next best is Wes Welker, who's going to have to not only fight Randy Moss for catches, but hope Matt Cassel can get the ball to him as well as Brady did. Not good odds. They are however offering some MUCHO running back talent in return, including Darren McFadden and Matt Forte.
8. Angry Amish (1-1) - Previous Rank, 4 - A big dropper this week, but look for the Amish to start bouncing back. The Aaron Rodgers and Brett Farve combo seems to be paying off, and Roy Williams is living up to the pre-draft hype everyone put on him so the Amish will score points. The rest of their positions are just okay though, and they need at least one more high quality WR to really make them a force to be reckoned with.
9. Centreville Red Dogs (1-1) - Previous Rank, 2 - Look, we know the Red Dogs are screwed. No Brady, no Plax and an aging Marvin Harrison. The waiver wire and Willie Parker are their only chances for salvation and it doesn't look like the football gods are hearing their prayers.
10. Sixteen In The Clip (0-2) - Previous Rank, 10 - I took a lot of flack about my previous review of SxC. Apparently the other teams in this league are homer apologists. I kid, I kid! OK, so Eddie Royal is looking like a stud, even after Brandon Marshall came back and Cutler is throwing lights out, but after that there are some serious concerns. Colston's still gone, which is a huge hurt. Peterson is still a stud, but with the announcement that Gus Ferrotte will be starting at QB for the Vikings because of a poor two weeks by Tavarius Jackson, you have to think teams are going to load up for him and make one the biggest choking dogs in Redskins history throw the ball.
    

Because I referenced Triumph AND dogs in the same article, here's one for you...