Warrior General Games

Just thought I'd get something out for us to discuss...

Breaking this down into tiers:
Top - should compete for conference championship, based on season 2 play and roster strength.
Mid-top - Should compete for top 4 seed, but playoff qualifier favorite
Mid-lower - Should compete for playoff spot
Lower - Will compete to stay in A league and stave off relegation

No specific order...

Top tier:
Silverymoon, Buffalo, Waco, Great Plains
The two teams coming into USA-A #7 are both proven winners and have the rosters to compete well in this conference. Waco was the number 1 seed in league playoffs, loosing to Bel Air (gone north) in the conference finals. Great Plains appears to have a team that should be able to compete here at the top as well.

Mid-top:
Dallas, Las Vegas, Oakland, Spicewood, New Brunswick
Las Vegas is borderline to move into the top tier, making the second round, but losing big to Waco. Dallas was one of the hottest teams at the end of season 2, loosing to Las Vegas in the first round. Oakland was considered a top team for the most of season 2, but faltered down the stretch, loosing 5 of their last 7 games, including the first round playoff game with Great Plains. New Brunswick had a near perfect game plan against Waco in the first round of the playoffs, but lost in overtime. Spicewood had a good run, but couldn't stop the Bel Air attack in the first round.

Mid-lower:
Hartford, Scottsdale
These two teams battled in season 2 for playoff spots, but came up short. They will both be battling again, looking for an edge to make a difference in season 3.

Lower:
Portland, Miami, Grand Haven, RGB, Carolina
By roster alone, Carolina looks destined for relegation down, but stranger things have happened. RGB will need to turn up the notch a little to avoid a season 2 like performance. Portland, Miami and Grand Haven could all make runs at playoff spots, but will likely need to improve their play to make that run.

Projected finish:
1 - Silverymoon
2 - Waco
3 - Buffalo
4 - Spicewood (Yeah, I know )
5 - Dallas
6 - Las Vegas
7 - Great Plains
8 - New Brunswick
9 - Oakland
10 - Scottsdale
11 - Hartford
12 - Grand Haven
13 - Portland
14 - Miami
15 - RGB
16 - Carolina

I'm sure there will be lots of roster moves trying to get an edge to shift the projections, but with the free agent market again being hammered with new teams, it will take some big moves to really shake things up. Of course, actual game plans and play will be as big of a change in season 3 with possible new defensive alignments to counter-act some of the high-powered offenses...

we'll just have to see how this plays out...in about 35 days we'll know a lot...in about 45 days things will once again go quiet on the western front...

Nice job bro - I'm glad we added the 2 best teams from the BBB league to our conference. Gives whoever wins it a lot more credibility - and makes it easier to make fun of our friends out east.

Originally posted by rj414
Nice job bro - I'm glad we added the 2 best teams from the BBB league to our conference. Gives whoever wins it a lot more credibility - and makes it easier to make fun of our friends out east.

Thanks.

Man, I hate the way the smiley face put a space between the top 3 and number 4...that just doesn't look right

Wow. A mentioned "top tier" team and finishing seventh. Hopefully we finish better than that! Perhaps injuries, contract holdouts, Scarlett curses, seven players choosing to "Dance with the Stars" and six Chad Johnson temper tantrums will hold us back. I like being the underdogs though. Thanks for your analysis! Can't wait for season 3 to begin. I swear this offseason lasts longer than the real NFL offseason. I also can't wait to read more articles about the A7 West.

Originally posted by dead_poet
Wow. A mentioned "top tier" team and finishing seventh. Hopefully we finish better than that! Perhaps injuries, contract holdouts, Scarlett curses, seven players choosing to "Dance with the Stars" and six Chad Johnson temper tantrums will hold us back. I like being the underdogs though. Thanks for your analysis! Can't wait for season 3 to begin. I swear this offseason lasts longer than the real NFL offseason. I also can't wait to read more articles about the A7 West.

I knew you would like the underdog status with being picked in top tier, but falling to 7th in the "ranking"...but it is my ranking, and I had to get Spicewood up in the top 4...

I think the top 9-10 teams could all surprise with better planning and perhaps hitting on a few chances on setting tactics...

and I think you guys are going to have more than your share of penalties when that gets added

Originally posted by dead_poet
Wow. A mentioned "top tier" team and finishing seventh. Hopefully we finish better than that! Perhaps injuries, contract holdouts, Scarlett curses, seven players choosing to "Dance with the Stars" and six Chad Johnson temper tantrums will hold us back. I like being the underdogs though. Thanks for your analysis! Can't wait for season 3 to begin. I swear this offseason lasts longer than the real NFL offseason. I also can't wait to read more articles about the A7 West.

But Coach, you said it was ok for Tweeder to be on the show. Can you blame me though for taking the offer? Have you seen the professional female dancers on that show? Have you seen how they move?


Originally posted by im4ut999

and I think you guys are going to have more than your share of penalties when that gets added


How did you come up with that assumption?

Originally posted by panther17



Originally posted by im4ut999


and I think you guys are going to have more than your share of penalties when that gets added


How did you come up with that assumption?


With names like Tubby and Miss Piggy on the DL there are going to be alot of roughing the passer penalties when the QBs get there heads knocked off.

Great write-up, I love the risky rankings, haha. For the n00bs we're going to just try to get into the play-offs. Not an easy task because the conference just got a whole lot tougher.

Originally posted by snellman
Originally posted by panther17




Originally posted by im4ut999



and I think you guys are going to have more than your share of penalties when that gets added


How did you come up with that assumption?


With names like Tubby and Miss Piggy on the DL there are going to be alot of roughing the passer penalties when the QBs get there heads knocked off.


lol What would the penalty be? 15 yards for murder? Though this is my favorite penalty ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAMtCCezpfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslz06J9hFw&feature=related

Originally posted by dead_poet
Originally posted by snellman

Originally posted by panther17





Originally posted by im4ut999




and I think you guys are going to have more than your share of penalties when that gets added


How did you come up with that assumption?


With names like Tubby and Miss Piggy on the DL there are going to be alot of roughing the passer penalties when the QBs get there heads knocked off.


lol What would the penalty be? 15 yards for murder? Though this is my favorite penalty ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAMtCCezpfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslz06J9hFw&feature=related

HILARIOUS

I don't mean to be disrespectful but, if anyone considers Portland is a lower-level team they're either basing that opinion solely off of last season's finish or they've simply not been paying very much attention.

I'll leave it at that.

Yeah, Miami and Portland made some major upgrades. I'll have my pre-season rankings out some time in the next two days. This conference is going to be a tougie...rankings aren't going to be easy.

I'm going to do some pre-season predictions on sunday night- rile the masses up a little bit.

i'm going to sit on my fat ass and wait till scarlets rankings come up so i can take them, intersperse the east teams amongst them, and call it a 32 team power ranking.

Originally posted by Modus_Operandi
I don't mean to be disrespectful but, if anyone considers Portland is a lower-level team they're either basing that opinion solely off of last season's finish or they've simply not been paying very much attention.

I'll leave it at that.


Looks like the same One-sided-offense-no-defense-playing-Portland we remember from Season 2. You added a DE from all I can tell.