Ridin' The Waiver
2026 Season
Power Rankings
Week 1 • Updated Oct 12, 12:09pm
Opened with a win over colglj, 167.7-129.1. Nobody in the league scored more. That score is well clear of the roster behind it: on paper this is only the 10th-best roster in the league, which is the thing to watch if it keeps happening. They reached hardest on David Montgomery - a 3rd-round pick for a player the consensus ranks 55th, 21 spots early. He has answered it since: RB6 so far against the RB21 the board expected, and he is out with a groin injury, which is the larger part of it.
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Opened with a win over denty425, 149.2-119.4. The 2nd-best score of the week, 33.0 clear of the league's 116.2 average. That score is well clear of the roster behind it: on paper this is only the 7th-best roster in the league, which is the thing to watch if it keeps happening.
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Opened with a win over danr2049, 131.3-111.7. The 3rd-best score of the week, 15.1 clear of the league's 116.2 average. Nothing about this is out of line: the 2nd-best roster in the league on paper, producing like it.
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Opened with a win over khoa4101, 109.2-69.8 - the widest margin of the week. The 8th-best score of the week, 7.0 short of the league's 116.2 average. On paper this is the best roster in the league, and the scoreboard has yet to agree with it. The rank is the result talking, not the roster. Most of that margin was not theirs: a median lineup scored 102.9 this week, they cleared it by 6.2, and khoa4101 came in 33.1 under. Their draft split with the experts in both directions: Trevor Lawrence lasted until the 9th round, 27 spots later than the board had him, while they spent a 5th-round pick on TreVeyon Henderson, who the consensus ranks 72nd. Trevor Lawrence has made good on it since: QB3 so far against the QB8 the board expected, though 61% of those points came from the end zone and the QB underneath them is only the 8th in the league. Across the whole draft their picks sit about 8 spots better than the consensus board.
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Opened with a win over iammclargehuge, 123.8-92.7. The 5th-best score of the week, 7.6 clear of the league's 116.2 average. The scoreboard is ahead of the roster here - on paper this is only the 8th-best roster in the league. They reached hardest on Josh Jacobs - a 2nd-round pick for a player the consensus ranks 150th, 132 spots early. Across the whole draft their picks sit about 6 spots worse than the consensus board.
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Opened with a win over chenry3, 104.3-86.3 - the closest game of the week. The 9th-best score of the week, 11.9 short of the league's 116.2 average. The roster is a long way ahead of the week it just had: the 4th-best roster in the league on paper, and nothing like that on the field. Most of that margin was not theirs: a median lineup scored 102.9 this week, they cleared it by 1.4, and chenry3 came in 16.6 under. Their draft split with the experts in both directions: Luther Burden lasted until the 6th round, 19 spots later than the board had him, while they spent a 2nd-round pick on Kyren Williams, who the consensus ranks 31st. Across the whole draft their picks sit about 5 spots better than the consensus board.
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Opened with a loss to ryanvhill, 129.1-167.7. The 4th-best score of the week, 12.9 clear of the league's 116.2 average. Roster and scoreboard land in the same place - the 5th-best roster on paper, the 4th-best score on the field - so there is nothing here to appeal, only to improve. Nothing much went wrong here: a median lineup scored 102.9 this week and they cleared it by 26.1. They simply ran into a better one. They reached hardest on Chuba Hubbard - a 6th-round pick for a player the consensus ranks 88th, 27 spots early. He has answered it since: RB9 so far against the RB29 the board expected.
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Opened with a loss to PtownWarren, 119.4-149.2. The 6th-best score of the week, 3.2 clear of the league's 116.2 average. Roster and scoreboard land in the same place - the 6th-best roster on paper, the 6th-best score on the field - so there is nothing here to appeal, only to improve. Nothing much went wrong here: a median lineup scored 102.9 this week and they cleared it by 16.4. They simply ran into a better one.
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Opened with a loss to JonnyWarren22, 111.7-131.3. The 7th-best score of the week, 4.5 short of the league's 116.2 average. Roster and scoreboard land in the same place - the 9th-best roster on paper, the 7th-best score on the field - so there is nothing here to appeal, only to improve. They reached hardest on Ashton Jeanty - a 1st-round pick for a player the consensus ranks 24th, 13 spots early. He has answered it since: RB4 so far against the RB12 the board expected.
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Opened with a loss to OBRightKanobi, 86.3-104.3 - the closest game of the week. The 11th-best score of the week, 29.9 short of the league's 116.2 average. The roster is a long way ahead of the week it just had: the 3rd-best roster in the league on paper, and nothing like that on the field. They reached hardest on Jeremiyah Love - a 2nd-round pick for a player the consensus ranks 40th, 19 spots early. Across the whole draft their picks sit about 7 spots worse than the consensus board.
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Opened with a loss to aaronhill, 92.7-123.8. The 10th-best score of the week, 23.5 short of the league's 116.2 average. Paper and the scoreboard agree, and neither is kind: the 11th-best roster in the league, scoring like it. A.J. Brown is the steal of their draft - taken in the 2nd round, 8 spots later than the consensus ranks him. He has not made good on it yet: WR26 so far against the WR7 the board expected, and he is on injured reserve with an ankle sprain, which is the larger part of it.
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Opened with a loss to bcdub49, 69.8-109.2 - the heaviest defeat on the board. Nobody in the league scored less. Last on paper and last on the field, which is the one combination no explanation softens. This is a roster problem before it is anything else. They reached hardest on Kyle Pitts - a 5th-round pick for a player the consensus ranks 81st, 30 spots early. Nothing since has argued otherwise: TE12 so far against the TE6 the board expected.