POWER RANKINGS (Pre-Week 1)

1. CLO Collins (Caleb Collins) Prvs.#7 0-0 - Young Elite QB...check, two young workhorse potentially Elite backs...check, a pair of highly talented soon to be elite receivers...check, two competent flex plays (1 WR and 1 HB)...check, jerseys for every player in the league...almost. Sounds like the #1 team to me. CLO may struggle the first week due to injuries, suspensions, and a tough match up but once his team gets going this is going to be a heck of a team and it's gonna be here for a while.

2. Miami Sharks (Michael Gibson) Prvs.#10 0-0 - A team built in a very similar mold to CLO's franchise but with a better younger flex option but a more questionable QB position. While I'm actually president of the Russell Wilson fan club, he's not the sure thing Stafford is. The rest of this team is stacked though Foster, Murray, A.Brown, AJG, and Dez should be able to have this team at the top of the heap. Also me and my girl broke so I should have some good karma coming my way which could lead to a special season.

3. Red Rockets (John Gallimore) Prvs.#4 0-0 - John's still been talking trades and mess even stating "I play fantasy for the trades". Well the bad news for John is I don't think anyone wants to trade with him(at least at this time) but the good news is his team is ready to make a run. McCoy, Charles, three top 15 or so receivers should be enough to have them still playing come week 15.

4. Matt Boles (Matt Boles) Prvs.#8 0-0 - Made an all in move sending promising rookie Doug Martin and a 1st round pick to land CJ?K but it may pay off. Tom Brady is the guy that is going to win weeks for Boles and the rest of the line up aren't exactly scrubs. Boles with his limited fantasy knowledge has somehow built a contender, if I were him I'd make a few more all in trades and just try to grab a title this year and maybe compete next year then start rebuilding once Brady falls off. Plus he needs to get some money fast because he owes Phil and you don't want to owe Phil.

5. Super Manning (Phillip Bullock) Prvs.#9 0-0 - I've changed my tune on this team a bit even though they haven't been making any deals. No I didn't get threatened like the little old lady Phil yelled at. I'm just starting to think the trio of McFadden, Lynch, Andre3000 along with the rest of what Phil has put around them is going to have them in the thick of things all year. Phil's also an outstanding fantasy owner and as anyone that played in the fantasy basketball league with him knows he can get creative about finding ways to make the playoffs.

6. Scott's Tots (Taylor Ray) Prvs.#3 0-0 - While a lot of teams have been making trades to improve, Scott's Tots have for the most part (other than the gift Dylan gave him) been just hanging back. Rice and Forte will have this team in the mix but unless Cruz plays out of his mind like last year then I don't think this team is top tier. I'm sure Tray will manage this team to be very competitive though.

7. Anthony Hatfield (Anthony Hatfield) Prvs.#5 0-0 - Future Presidential candidate Anthony Hatfield made some pretty nice future trades that have him slightly stepping back for 2012 but his future prospects have increased immensely. Cam could be enough to get this young team in the playoff picture but I think they are a year or two away from being great.

8. Kory Adams (Kory Adams) Prvs.#2 0-0 - Kory may react to this drop the same way he reacted to the Bacardi 151 he chugged back in the day. This drop is not without good reasoning though with an already questionable runningback core there has been news that Hernandez may be used more this year than Gronk. Also trading Lloyd one of my favorite sleeper receivers for 2012 didn't help his ranking. Brees is going to have to lead this team the same way he leads that voodoo team of satanists in New Orleans.

9. Rodger's Neighborhood (Luke Zente) Prvs.#6 0-0 - Other teams have improved but Luke still has Rodgers which could have him finishing a lot higher than this. If he could just turn some of those average players into another superstar to help Rodgers out he'd look a lot better. I wouldn't recommend asking the guy who replaced you in the apartment for advice, ole Alby still thinks Vick is fighting dogs and playing with the Falcons.

10. Dynasty Kings (Dylan Gibson) Prvs.#1 0-0 - Wow, the Kings would have been better off spending their time going door to door selling chocolate to get new uniforms for his fantasy team rather than working out the deals he did for his team. I'm not sure what's going on with this team rebuilding or competing or what but hey nice grabs in flag football though.

11. Andrew Hatfield (Andrew Hatfield) Prvs.#10 0-0 - Stuck trying to rebuild a franchise and city still clearly devastated by Hurricane Austen in May. At least MJD has reported back and Vick is healthy so who knows things could be worse...maybe.

12. Tick (Matt Kinker) Prvs.#12 0-0 - Don't look for Tick to move from this spot this year. This team definitely has a bright future with more picks than oranges I have in my apartment (a lot). My question is just why is Fred Jackson a 31 year old back on this team I would flip him for an HD Box and a future draft choice to Directv.