Moose is Loose!

I was going to do a “best teams so far” article but we might as well turn this into divisional reviews because, shockingly, The Moose Knuckle has three of the leagues top teams! A division long mocked for its ineptitude suddenly sports one undefeated team and two other squads with sterling 4-1 records. So let’s start our weekly division look with The Moose Knuckle shall we? [2015 Keepers]

MoRRie’s Pogiboys (5-0)
The cream of Maize and Blue this season is averaging 110.3 points per game and opened the year by taking down three teams who now have winning records. Before the draft, Alvin had pinged me asking about Devonta Freeman and I gave him a lukewarm answer, even as a die hard Falcons fan. Well, five weeks in and Freeman is leading the entire league in total points scored, with 24.0 per. Along with a tremendous Tom Brady (averaging 25.5 points over four games), Pogiboys is sitting very pretty. Adding to the riches, Pogiboys also have breakout candidate Allen Hurns coming on too!

Not all is right, of course, as the mid-draft trade for LeSean McCoy has been a disaster, Eddie Lacy has been slow to start (again), and Calvin Johnson has been pedestrian, with Megatron being outscored by the likes of John Brown. But hey, keeper holdover Travis Kelce has looked quite good and between Brady, Freeman, and the top ranked Broncos defense, there doesn’t seem to be much that can slow down this team. So here's our early season favorite and it's on the playoffs for Pogiboys! *jinx*

Hungry Hungry Ouroboros (4-1)
Want to know how one of the worst teams of the last few seasons started off the season 4-0? Well, look no further than PA, which gave Ouroboros a soft start to the season, and even after last week’s 74.5 - 81.5 loss to division mate Team Cameltoe, Jon’s team is still facing the weakest schedule in the land, with opponents averaging a measly 68.3 points. To be fair, Ouroboros has put up 91.7 points per matchup, which puts them as the fourth highest scoring team this season. For a team coming off a 4-9 season, it’s been a huge improvement.

Matt Ryan has been erratic at the helm but he’s led this team in scoring, while Giovani Bernard has been quietly effective. It didn’t take long for first overall pick Todd Gurley to make his mark on the NFL and it looks like he’ll permanently take over Joseph Randle’s starting spot. In fact, this team suddenly has a bunch of mid-tier RBs, with Isaiah Crowell on the bench as well as Rashad Jennings. The receivers have been boom and bust, but Eric Decker, Torrey Smith, Martellus Bennet, and the ghost of Tavon Austin have all had at least one huge game. With Gurley coming on, and a stiff Cardinals defense, Ouroboros could be in the fight for their first post-season berth post-ownership change!

Team Cameltoe (4-1)
Nipping at Pogiboys and Ouroboros’ heels is Felipe’s team. Aside from a WK3 blowout loss to Alvin, Camelot has been pretty good. A lot of that success can be attributed to Julio Jones’ incredible start to the season and the contributions of wideout Jordan Matthews. The past two weeks have also featured 21.5 and 34.5 point showings from Doug Martin, which has given the ground team some life. And that’s good because the mid-draft trade for CJ Anderson has been an absolute disaster. I guess two firsts and a second buy 3.9 ppg these days… Keeper Lorenzo Taliaferro has been a mess too. So, um, let’s hope Muscle Hamster keeps churning!

Actually, wait, how is this team winning so much? Russell Wilson has been barely above average, and tight end prospect Josh Hill has already been cut. I guess with Jones, Martin, and Matthews that’s been enough to keep Cameltoe in the hunt! With last week’s takedown of Hungry Ouroboros, Felipe has a leg up in the H2H tie-breaker, and Cameltoe should remain competitive in the fight for a division title.

Ann Arbor Bamfers (1-4)
Not everyone can be a winner right? Bamfers are averaging 66.8 points per game, second lowest in the league, with their one win coming against fellow bottom dweller P Funk All Stars in WK4. Still, Bamfers put up a fight against division leading Pogiboys last weekend and they’re not going to just roll over... After all, there’s still our inaugural Toilet Bowl to prepare for!

Old man Frank Gore has led this team in scoring, and he seems to have found his footing in Indianapolis after a rough first two weeks. The main problem for this team has been at the top, with Colin Kaepernick starting four games before finally getting benched for the superior Philip Rivers last week. Rookies Melvin Gordon and Nelson Agholor have yet to make much of a mark, and Golden Tate has been catching a lot of balls, but none for touchdowns, or much yardage. Overall the Bamfers just need their rookies to show some promise over the course of the season, and to maybe play spoiler for the rest of The Moose Knuckle contenders to make this a successful regular season.