Owner rankings are more fun for a good debate to me than preseason rankings. Even though they're another paper title, they're based off of results. We've had some heated arguments about them in the past, which I always like. So feel free to go nutso on these in the comments section:

2007 Owner Rankings (2006 owner rankings in parenthesis)

1 Dan (2) – The Williams lovefest brought to you by Williams continues, but there’s really no counterargument.

2 Matt (1) – Arguably the worst year in league history last year, but nobody else stepped up to challenge him for this position (except Raphy). Needs a good year this year or he could tumble.

3 Cdog (8) – Archaeoptyrex has the right mix of hardware and a 42-30-2 overall record where he has to go in this spot.

4 Kazin (6) – Tough dilemma here, because Mike has never finished top 4. But he has been really consistent for a half-decade now with putting together a good team. But man, not one finish in the top quarter of the league in seven years.

5 Phillips (5) – The anti-Kazin…two titles in his first two season and a freefall since. Another sub-.500 record last year gives him a .500 career record.

6 Kaz (11) – Kaz makes a deservedly big jump with the huge year last year, and he has a chance to make more strides.

7 Berka (10) –Didn’t do much to move up, but probably a bit of a correctional ranking here. Three missed playoffs total now, but he does have two top-3 finishes.

8 Bowman (9) – Really tough to rank Bowman. He has never been that bad nor that good. He has drafted well but his good draft picks haven’t lived up. Still, hard to move him down after finally breaking through for a top-3 finish.

9 Barret (NA) – This is where I throw Barret in for no reason. He is a place-holder. He is listed in these rankings because Steere does not deserve to move up from No. 16 to No. 14 because we only have 14 returning owners.

10 Schwartz (4) – Schwartz takes the big fall this year, and I think it’s justifiable. He moved up the rankings for moving away from those dismal early years, and then he threw up a 3-9 season. What’s worse, I don’t think he did much to help himself for a rebound year.

11 Arun (7) – Arun continues to lose owner-ranking R-E-S-P-E-C-T as his lone hardware season is seven years in the rearview mirror.

12 Kern (12) – No movement for Kern. It’s rough to be this low I’m sure, but the fact that he couldn’t make a move to attack the vulnerable Mich Division last year with Hart and Ore+ is another black eye in my book.

13 Gregor (13) – Really tough call here, but I’ll stay consistent to my logic in the 4/5 spot…I don’t know if there’s a better indicator of managing skills than overall record. Gregor’s is exactly .500. The next person’s isn’t.

14 Dupes (14) – Dupes is threatening to move towards the middle of the league, but an 18-30-1 overall record needs more correction than just an 8-4, 5th-place season to move up.

15 Hog (NA) – This place-holder doesn’t get into the middle of the league because he drafted 8 WRs, 3 RBs and no backup defense. Prove me wrong, Hog, prove me wrong.

16 Steere (16) – At 14-38-1, he needs back-to-back undefeated seasons to reach .500. Good luck with that.