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Week 1 starts Friday, and this has been a pretty fast off season. Also if you think I should bring back the stat spreadsheet, lmk here as well as your opinion. If you want to help on the stat sheet DM me via discord or PM here.
1. Punishers
Honestly, Bung had an above average season for his return. He had a team of much more older players (we're talking starters) in Tar, fr00b, Fracta, Lmj, Geeo, Cozart, and others. A really good team in my opinion, but he has an even better team this season with Xavier and Atat to boost his offense. He gets Lmj back who just gives teams headaches. He got ken and bloom on defense as well as McWilfork and WROTY candidate last season, Chader. This team is a real VB contender.
2. Spartans
Mostly the same squad for the past couple of seasons, with the additions of darkstar, MD3, and peanut, this team is arguably the best team in the OWC now that Shaun is retired. This team is poised for a VB run and it'll be hard to stop. I give this team the edge over the Destroyers and Ejected mainly because they have been playing together as a squad over the last few seasons. This team is a real VB contender.
3. Destroyers
Ejected and his squad are arguably the 2nd best, maybe the best OWC team. They're ready to avenge their VB 12 loss and make it back, which I think they have a good shot at. Ejected and Kelvin always have good defenses and it helps Ejected be the dangerous QB he is. This team has been quiet, but expect them to be threatening perfect season status. This team is a real VB contender.
4. Dragons
Although Kill does not agree with me putting them here, I believe with the team around him and spending all those seasons with Drew, that they're going to be just as dangerous no matter who is at QB. You have a good core squad in Kill, Elegy, Slice, and Prowl. They have a good center in endeavorr and last year's TEOTY nominee (before suspension) Uni and Ack. This team is going to be insane on defense and it'll make up for any mistakes Kill makes. This team will be a VB contender.
5. Jackrabbits
Since the Bolts collapse landed Nyke and Zig here, this team jumped a few spots. Matthew at QB won't be a problem. S13 was rough for him, but I think he's ready to bounce back. This team will have a good defense, much like the Dragons they'll make up for mistakes that Matthew makes. They'll be a real VB contender as well.
6. FireCats
Mack and Shay have been quiety putting together one of the best rosters in the OEC. Mack has weapons like Eddy, Niklas, Bbal, Mox, Damion, Rom, and many others to go with them, this somewhat quiet team suddenly went from 1-7 to VB contender. Could we see a new era of Bung v Mack?
7. Warriors
With a subpar roster and Deusix at QB, this team would be a few spots lower, but with Hunter at QB I give them a better chance. This team looks average and isn't the Hunter squad from previous seasons, but he has weapons in Veer, Deusix, Benny, Kakashi, Hokage, and Mustad. This team may not be VB contender status, but I give them VB sleeper status.
8. Rams
Mailard somehow makes a decent roster after having one of the most toxic rosters last season, but this team also gets the tag VB sleeper because Mailard is just edgy. It's either a dime or he's trusting his receivers to go up and get it. He has a really good lineup of CBs in himself, lavy, whytj, ali, blackops, and more. Mailard's teams don't fall apart, but with players like whytj and lavy fresh off a VB win, I give this team VB sleeper status.
9. Raptors
Fresh off a VB win, they lost a lot of their starters, but give Vekt a couple weeks and he'll be an above average QB. Like Kill, his defense will help him when he makes a mistake here and there, because they're bound to happen. This team is also going to get VB sleeper status.
10. Raiders
Call me bias, idc but Pat is a good QB and this team is going to be pretty good both sides of the ball. There's a lot of chemistry stemming from Pd and Pat's Turks team and it has carried over to this season. VB sleeper right here
11. Huskies
Bagel with basically the same roster is only going to get better. If his chemistry with them gets better, so will he as a QB. After a 5-3 season (somehow missing the playoffs) and a HCOTY nominee, this is my last VB sleeper. If Bagel and his team keep this pace, they'll be set for seasons to come.
12. Bruisers
I'm not really sure I've seen that much of Jerm at QB, but with a team of experienced players around him it shouldn't make too much of a difference. They've been building lots of chemistry off season with 3v3s and scrims, probably the most just behind Icey and IceKing. This team is a wildcard look in my opinion.
13. Bolts
Although they don't look as dangerous as they did a couple of weeks ago, M4 is still a good player and they're still going to be dangerous. He has a subpar roster and they are in a tough division, but I'm going to give them a chance to prove me wrong and say they'll just miss the playoffs. Prove me wrong.
14. Snowhawks
Haven't seen much of Sant at QB, but he has some good weapons around him. Not sure if Eppy is active, but he has veterans Accardi, Herc, Swuuz, Dawud, and War. This team also in a tough division will really need to push hard to make the playoffs, and I think they will.
15. Turks
Advanced is the guy. Dude beat Shaun last season, fluke or not he's been grinding like a nerd to build a decent roster and he's not a terrible QB either. This team may not make the playoffs, but they'll definitely put up a fight. This team looks eerily like last season's team and like Bagel, if he keeps this team together they'll just continue to build chemistry for seasons to come.
16. Sunbirds
Icey's not a half bad QB, but their defense is their weakness. Offense, they can be a lot to handle. Icey has a good center and a good core of receivers. They'll struggle to hold the load, but this team will also be fighting for a wildcard spot, which I think they can get.
17. Rattlers
Make or break season for IceKing. He's been subpar the past couple of seasons and he has had them same roster. They have York,############an't carry the entire load. He also has Alexv123, but their defense needs to get better period or this team is going 2-6 again.
18. Ducks
It's been a while since Tenable has had a good season. Infact S10 was his last really good season. This is a solid roster, but I see a lot of toxic names and a rookie HC. That spells downfall if they lose even one game. If this team proves me wrong, I wouldn't be surprised because they are average, but wildcard spot is not out of the realm of possibilities in the Coastal division.
19. Greats
I think Jynx is QBing, but if Treko is, it doesn't change where I put this team. I want them to prove me wrong, but usually Jynx's players get mad at him and then they all leave. Treko will be rusty after being gone for quite some time. This team just stacks up awkwardly against the rest of the league and it doesn't bode well for them.
20. Panthers
Madara is an ok QB I give him that, but his roster is just full of toxic people and people who have little experience or are just there because they know they won't play anywhere else. This is make or break season for Madara and I see collapse early if they lose only a couple of games. Season hasn't even started and they've traded 2 players already.
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