Horsemen's Den
Happy New Year to all. Let’s make
2025 a great year for all of us personally and
professionally!
1.1.25
Final Power Rankings
1. Gamblers:
10 in a row to win the Championship! Congrats to
Rob & Jim on being tied for 2nd all-time
with 3 championships. Also, bravo to making
moves to win it all. Odds on favorite to
repeat as isn’t losing a starter.
2. DDR:
Valiant effort but Kyle Murray’s game has
struggled since the newest Call of Duty game
came out! Great news is Drake Maye looks
like the real deal and can become your QB1. No
big losses to the EO so will be a contender in
2025.
3. Horsemen:
If Hurts didn’t get a concussion, I would have
won it all again. Keyword is if!
Anyways, great run this year, but I didn’t draft
well – Brooks over Jayden, Benson over Thomas Jr,
etc. Traded away picks that looking back I
didn’t need to, but I did win $$$! All
players on my team are open for trade.
4. Cellmates:
Imagine if you played Mayfield earlier, bye
might have been possible. Good team on
paper for 2025, will Stroud step up to the next
level as DC’s figured him out this year.
Can Dak be healthy? Forget about Carr!
5. Utter
Dominance: Give Tom credit as he made bold
moves and has become a vocal commentator with
good points…Tom tell us more about this
Australian trip you went to as you came back
nearly a fantasy football guru. Only has
Stafford at QB so needs to address QB.
6. TBD:
Needs Caleb to step in 2025 to be a contender.
I see a few trades (i.e. Pitts) to fill in gaps
for his team.
7. Crushers:
Lou, count me on your side that I feel the
playoff tie-breaker was incorrect but it is what
it is. #1 goal for Lou is to get a QB
under the age of 35! FYI, Hurts is
available.
8. EndZone
Animals: Harbaugh is taking Herbert to the
next level! Needs to get a #2 RB and a WR
under the age of 30 who can play!
9. Incubus:
Not sure what to make of this team in 2025 as
Rodgers is nearly done, Tua can’t play a full
season, old at RB but has a potential stud in
Irving, WRs decent.
10. Buffalo
66: Look at that roster and if he can
simply get 15 per week from his QB he’s a
playoff team. Maybe trade 2 WRs for
improved draft picks. I lobby to trade
Buffalo 66 to the West for Bohemians.
11. Goodfellas:
Has the stud QB now, just needs to get 2 WR’s to
be a top contender.
12. Co’s
Pro’s: You got the last place schedule so
hopefully that helps you in 2025! Needs to
solidify RB and WR as he has just a bunch of
names. Suggest talking to Tom about an
Australian trip.
13. Bohemians:
Over/Under is 3 for the # of trades Bill makes
before the draft. I give Bill credit as he
has no fear to trade – robbed me on the Nigba-Smith
trade!
14. Goats:
In an awesome position with the #1 pick.
So many options. My simplest advice is to
trade Love and/or Burrow for picks, but don’t be
greedy as the new team only gets them for 2
years.
Annual Horsemen Den Rule Change
Thoughts:
· A
tie is a tie in the regular season, no home team
wins in regular season. Playoffs the home team
wins as they earned the right.
· Tie
Breaker Clarification: Division and Bye
tie breakers go overall record, head to head,
division record, points for and coin flip.
Wild Card tiebreaker is overall record, head to
head, points for and then divisional record.
· I
do like Keith’s suggestion of 2 divisions with 7
teams each. Need to figure out the
schedule format but I think 6 divisional games,
4 vs other conference and 4 flex games based on
ranking in your division and overall.
· Expand
transactions from 9 to 12 for each team with the
ability to carry over 4 per year.
· Defense
scoring should include 5 points for a shutout.
