Week 1 CPP Rankings

With an all-over-the-place Week 1 in the books, this brings us to our first in what I assume will be a series of abbreviated CPP Rankings. As I said, if anyone wants to jump in with an official blog post, let me know, but we're already off to a good start with list-serve contributions from Weissbard, Barnard and Marshall.

As always, the early-season CPP's will jump around a bit until about Week 5, when they start to stabilize. For those who are new, or may have forgotten, the following factors go into the CPP:

• Adjusted Points-Per-Game (taking out your best and worst weeks after Week 5)
• Difference Between Actual And Optimal Lineup (points you left on the bench)
• Injury Luck (weights lost points based on injuries to starters using their previous 4 games average)
• Transactions (trades are weighted 3 times as heavily as player acquisitions)
• Total Ranking Points (basically the average finish of your team each week compared to the rest of the league)
• "Actual" Wins (times that you finished in the top 7 of the league, takes schedule luck out of the equation)

This week's theme will be Twitter posts, so each team gets 140 characters or less.

Week 1 CPP Rankings

1. AGD - CPP: 144.0
The twins got unlucky against Bennett, but they probably have the most balanced team in the league. They'll destroy our commish in Week 2.

2. Weissbard - CPP: 141.1
I hope you don't expect Peyton (or anyone) to do that again soon. This team will lose to Donnie and miss the playoffs.

3. Bennett - CPP: 131.3
With Vereen out and Roddy hurting, I smell a 6-game losing streak. Time to trade one of your studs for depth?

4. Ajay - CPP: 112.9
Can Vick and Reggie keep it up? If they can, "He Who Refuses To Be Named" could be in line for a third straight Stevens Bowl.

5. Donnie - CPP: 105.1
Other than AGD the most balanced team out there. It's fitting that his first ever auction won was for Jacobs, though it's a shame the new guy can't get in the Weissbard beat-down this week.

6. Esco - CPP: 105.0
Got a strange win thanks to unsustainable performances from Demaryius, Myers and Mathews (and Joique on the bench). Shouldn't be an issue, as Cam, Dez and Garcon all shit the bed.

7. Billy/Marshall: 99.4
My hopes for a boom/bust season were shattered by an extremely pedestrian 98 point week. Vernon won't keep it up, but given how McCoy looked, I'd change your team name to ShadyNasty.

8. Barnard: 88.0
Calvin's TD curse seems to be exaggerated now that Barnard owns him, but he won't be held under 4 again. Unfortunately for you, Law Firm will be benched within a month, and Michael Turner is still on your roster.

9. Kumpf: 82.9
I have to hope that the CJ/Lamar combo steps up their game, because Cruz ain't doing that again. My flex is a constant concern, and Matty Ice needs to contend for the MVP if I have a shot.

9. Gutman: 82.9
Technically me and Gut tied, but I got him an interview at my company so I went first. You're this low because you sat Boldin, and even though you didn't need him to win, the CPP knows you fucked up.

11. Zacherman: 78.3
Our first wild overpay in free agency goes to Z, who will watch Julius Thomas throw up a 0 on Sunday. This team will be good come November, but good enough to rebound from a shitty Sept/Oct?

12. Joseph: 78.0
Most of your team looked really bad last week. But RG3 came on at the end, JC looked fine, and Ridley's competition just got hurt, so that combined with a Gronk return is something right?

13. Kimmel: 64.4
The consensus best draft lost a tight one last week, and the CPP hates that he left 35 points on the bench. That will correct itself soon, and this looks like a very deep playoff team.

14. Alan: 57.0
Our equivalent of the Jets, Alan drops players for no reason, then overpays to re-sign them. David Wilson should be just fine, but I can't say the same about your team management skills.

That's all for this week, hopefully more to come in the future.

MACH