Last week, I joked that Willis McGahee had an average week (0 carries for 0 yards) even though he was on a bye. This week, I gave him too much credit, as he had 2 carries for -1 yards against Denver this past week (although, to be fair, he did have one catch for four yards). I know 99% of America agrees with me about McGahee being a fraud, but until I get that last 1%, I have no choice but to dedicate a quick paragraph to it each week.

Now that we are half way through the season, two things remain as true as ever:

1) The Natty Boh Division is clearly the best (I’m 4th in Nattyland, but would be #1 in the Yeungling Division):

2) Warner’ has far-and-away the best roster. A quick pull of the top 10 fantasy QBs, top 20 RBs, and top 20 WRs demonstrates it well (this doesn’t take in to account bye weeks on a points-per-game basis, this is just total points year-to-date because that was a lot easier to throw into a pivot table quickly):

The difference in talent level becomes even more obvious when you drill down even further to just top 10 talent at the three main positions:

On to the power rankings:

1. No Mercy! No ball… (Warner) [Previous Rank: 1]: Going into the Monday Night game, there was actually some doubt as to whether or not Warner was going to win. But Roddy White, Marques Colston, and the Saints Defense put up 45 points compared to just 19 points for Hielke’s Drew Brees and Lance Moore and Warner ended up winning by 25. The winning streak is up to five weeks and counting.

2. Lord Wahltimore (Me) [Previous Rank: 2]: It took me half a season, but I finally scored the most points in a week. I told Rubin on Saturday night at the Halloween party that I was expecting an epic weekend. I had great match-ups and all my starters playing. While it wasn’t quite epic (because Kevin Smith was hurt for most of the game against St. Louis and Kurt Warner threw to the Panthers more than Larry Fitzgerald), it was still a pretty solid weekend. I’ll take it.

3. I Like Your Dress (Bartley) [Previous Rank: 5]: Nothing special, but a solid team. Didn’t really move up to the third spot, just held his ground better than the teams ahead of him that fell.

4. Bloody Blumpkins (Schmitz) [Previous Rank: 6]: Off week from Matt Schaub, but he still has a top 2 running back (MJD) and the top TE (Vernon Davis) now that Owen Daniels went down for the year. Definitely some holes, but Schmitz is in the easier division, so there’s definitely a good chance to make the playoffs, where anything can happen.

5. Mighty Unicorns (Heilke) [Previous Rank: 4]: Drew Brees, Vincent Jackson, and no one else, unless you count Ryan Grant…and I don’t.

6. Bye (Maciej) [Previous Rank: 3]: Last week, I argued that Maciej’s team all-of-the-sudden looked really weak. At least for this week, I was proven right. But Tom Brady, Wes Welker, Michael Turner, and on-and-off Pierre Thomas are still more than enough to win some more weeks.

7. Pink Fairies (Brustein) [Previous Rank: 14]: After his waiver wire pick-ups last week (Jamaal Charles, Miles Austin, and Michael Crabtree), I sent an email around saying that Brustein was bound for a breakthrough in the rankings. Now I deliver on that promise with the biggest jump YTD in the power rankings. It also helps that he had the biggest weeks of the year, by far, from LaDanian, Steven Jackson, Steve Smith and Brett Favre all in the same week. Team Downside still is on shaky ground, though, and could always revert back to the uber-basement without notice.

8. Forte Oz. To Freedom (Eagan) [Previous Rank: 8]: Even with Phillip Rivers against the Raiders, Matt Forte against the Browns, Frank Gore ripping off a big TD run, and Joseph Addai throwing a TD pass, when you’re best WRs are both starting, and those two WRs happen to be Sidney Rice and Johnny Knox, you’re in a little trouble. Scored the fourth most points this week, but is still on a big 4 game losing streak after starting 3-1 and declaring that the Yuengling Division was his to lose. Consider it lost, for now.

9. The Face Stompers (Rubin) [Previous Rank: 9]: Steve Slaton gets benched after one carry (because he fumbled), Randy Moss on a bye, Kurt Warner having one of his worst games ever, and he still manages to win? So what if it was against the lowest scoring team of the week, a win is a win.

10. Eff It (Hutch) [Previous Rank: 7]: 2-6 and on a 4 game losing streak. With Peyton Manning, Ronnie Brown, and Adrian Peterson on his team, he still can’t put up 65 points. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a team with the 1st overall draft position ever finish a league in last place, but there is a really good shot of it happening this year. Time to start the bidding so that the rest of us can pick off whatever meat is left on this team’s bones. I call dibs on AD.