We are 9 weeks through the 18 week season which makes me kind of sad. I missed 5 for Friday last week due to a busy week last week at work, sick kids and then I got sick myself. I’ll try to bounce back this week but regardless I am coming through with my weekly rankings. We have a much better idea of who everyone is at this point so let’s jump in.

Terrible, just terrible: Cardinals, Panthers, Giants

These teams are a combined 4-22. The only reason it isn’t worse is because the Panthers had a bye. The Cardinals traded their qb who went on to win an impressive victory with the Vikings. Meanwhile without him you mustered a total of 58 yards of offense. Yes, you read that correctly. The Panthers continue to lose to pretty much everybody. Giants got rolled by the Raiders and lost their QB to a torn ACL. It’s already been a long season for the Giants and we are only halfway done.

Only one Terrible instead of 2: Patriots and Bears

These teams are borderline in the category above but aren’t quite as bad. They are terrible. Just not as terrible.

Raiders gonna Raider: Raiders

They smoked victory cigars after beating one of the worst teams in the league at home. Or maybe they were smoking cigars because they no longer had to be coached by Josh McDaniels, if that is the case then I understand. Either way, they are ridiculous and still suck. The fact that they are 4-5 is baffling to me.

Show occasional fight but still suck: Broncos, Packers, Titans, Rams, Commanders, Colts

All of these teams can be scrappy at times and terrible at times. None of them are going to have winning records.

Ruined my fantasy week: Texans

I am commissioner of my family league. We have kids playing and lots of adults who have never played before so I try to help everyone out the best I can. Occasionally, I am faced with a dilemma. The team I am facing has people in their lineup who aren’t playing but they don’t realize it. Because I am a good person, I always let them know. In this instance they had Matt Stafford in their lineup. I let my nephew know and so he picked up none other than CJ Stroud. Stroud scored 52 fantasy points. To add insult to injury, Tank Dell was on my bench scoring 28 points because I started George Pickens who scored me .90 points. I now hate the Texans and Fantasy Football.

Someone’s going to mess around and win 9 games and win the division: Bucs, Saints and Falcons

None of these teams are terrible. None of them are good. I have very little confidence in any of them to beat any of the teams ranked higher than them but hey winning the division is fun. I picked the Saints at the beginning of the season and am sticking with it as I think they suck the least.

Somehow are still going to make the playoffs: Vikings

Look, I don’t think they are great and certainly you wouldn’t put Josh Dobbs up against the best of the best at QB. But look at the rest of the NFC and look at their schedule and tell me they don’t have a shot at the 7 seed and then losing to whoever is the 2 seed.

Going to do just enough to just miss the playoffs: Jets and Chargers

After last night’s beat down both of these teams are 4-4. Zach Wilson is back to being awful but that defense will keep them in it enough to win a few more games. Aaron Rodgers has had some miraculous recovery and might come back in time to save the season…maybe. The Chargers have won a couple in a row and look like a classic Chargers team that will get back into playoff contention only to lose 2 or 3 games they shouldn’t to end the season and miss the playoffs by 1 game.

Great defenses plus subpar offense equals playoff first round loss: Elves and Steelers

At least one of these teams is going to make the playoffs. Their defenses are very good but their offenses are limited so they will lose in the first round when they play the best of the best. But hey, the Elves making the playoffs is pretty good for them. And the Steelers can continue their streak of not having losing seasons.

Good…but not good enough: Bills, Cowboys, Seahawks and Dolphins

These 4 teams will all make the playoffs. They might even win a game. But they don’t have what it takes to make a deep run. The Seahawks haven’t faired well against the best teams and really haven’t domintated the bad ones either. Dak played about as good as he could against the Eagles and still couldn’t win. The Dolphins can’t beat anyone with a winning record and the Bills…I’m not sure what is wrong with them but they don’t look right. So I don’t have much faith in them at this point.

Verdict is still out: Jaguars, Lions and 49ers

I have the most confidence in the 49ers but they have lost 3 in a row and Purdy seems limited. The Jaguars are a very talented young team. Can they beat the best of the best? They play the 49ers and the Bengals in the coming weeks so we will find out. The Lions, much like the Elves will be happy to get in but can they make a run? I’m about 50/50 on it right now.

Super Bowl or Bust: Bengals, Ravens, Chiefs and Eagles

If you made a list of teams you don’t want to play, this would be it. The Ravens currently win the eye test as they have the best defense and have blown out a couple of really solid teams. With a healthy Kevin McCallister, the Bengals look more than formidable. The Eagles are the class of the NFC. And the Chiefs biggest struggle is offense. I don’t see that being an issue for the entire season. So when they get rolling offensively and still have a top 3 defense, look out.