2019 LWNN Power Rankings: The Best and Worst Case Scenarios for each team ranked - Part 2

4. Bend it Like Beckham
The top half of the rankings starts where the tier 2 of the rankings ends. The tallied votes have a pretty clear top 3, but Coach Tanner garnered in more than half of the 4th place votes as well as a 2 and a 3, so he’s in striking distance should someone choke. And I mean.. come on. That’ll happen.

BEST CASE SCENARIO: The ceiling is the roof with this squad once again because of the wide outs. Coach Tanner enters another year as a respected professor at Wide Receiver U., and the quad of Amari, Michael Thomas, a rehabbed Cooper Kupp and TY Hilton carry the load. Josh Jacobs proves the doubters wrong by proving he does indeed exist, and he wasn’t a typo that ESPN put onto draft boards, and Leveon shows up to work. The T2’s make a run at the division title and a deep playoff push.

WORST CASE SCENARIO: Leveon stays on vacation. Or plays for the Jets. Kupp re-dies and Amari falls into the Dak trap and gets a case of the 4-yard-outs. Coach Tanner’s team finds itself in the rare position of being in the POS, and the losing streak against his brother continues.

3. Johnny Cool Guys
The Pinkshirt Of Suck was worn proudly at Buffalo this year. The shirt was signed and not a single new bad bet was made. Altogether, this was the closest voting finish in LWNN history. 3rd and 2nd was actually a tie, but with one less 1st place vote, Coach Hazen landed at 3 with only a few angry screams coming as a result.

BEST CASE SCENARIO: There are fireworks that lie in the potential of this roster. If Todd Gurley isn’t chronically injured, woah buddy! If David Johnson is not rehurt, oh boy! If Leonard Fournette, uh, rebounds, it’s all good! If.. well, if Antonio Brown.. wears.. uh.....

WORST CASE SCENARIO: Ok ya, I had to stop that. This roster is a ticking time bomb. One spark on this fire and they all go up in a helmetless pile of torn tendons. Greg the Leg is dragging this team to 2-11.



2. Juju *sigh*.. on that Zeke
The Tankers tanked and now here we are. The top 2 picks head to Coach Trey, as well as picks 15-17. It was not enough to convince the voters to put them first, but it is a pretty stark rise from the unanimous 8th received after last years draft. Since winning the title in 2015, the former Beast Epps have not returned to the playoffs. That’s not crazy relevant here, but it also totally is.

 BEST CASE SCENARIO: Zeke returns before week 1, and his combination with Kamara and Tyreek Hill are too speedy to be stopped. The Zekes win the Left Side and show up in the title game, their first non POS action in 4 seasons. 

WORST CASE SCENARIO: The Pollard show stalls Zekes contract talks. Tyreek gets suspended for his involvement in a fight at the local playground, and Aaron Rodgers forgoes his football career to chug beers at Bucks games. The Epps make the playoffs, but the Chubb isn’t big enough.

1. The T-Ho Desperados
In a stunning post draft reveal, Coach Tad was voted preseason #1 by exactly one point. Amidst the uproar from the East side of the table, the Desperados grabbed the spot of top dog once again. The 2017 champions had a decent showing in 2018, reaching the final four. Now they look to continue the Commish Club’s current 3 year reign of terror. 

BEST CASE SCENARIO: 2018 LWNN Champions Joe Mixon and James Connor (meh) lead the way with top prospect Saquon Barkley to a dominating record, and a returning Kareem Hunt allows room to trade for a reload of picks for next year. Hunter Henry breaks out and the Desperados reign again.

WORST CASE SCENARIO: James Conner disappears again. Hunter Henry goes down, and Joe Mixon goes into a restaurant. Still, the talent is enough that this is a 7 or 8 win team at it’s floor. Coach Tad rides Saquon to the final four before being ousted, and Commish Club’s reign finally dies. Wentz still sucks. 



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