I am building my new K/P, but it takes time. While that, he is playing as a punter.

I will not count those huge sacks because my team was already desperate pushing it with a Shotgun 4 WR formation. Twice.

Don't be too harsh on other managers. Some like to have the positions filled with players on that position, meaning, they want to have a Punter and a Kicker and even Gunners and Returners. Why? Because of their say vision of their franchise. Some would like to have this as realistic as possible.
The game itself gives a shit about that and who does the optimisation on the special team positions can easily save money, but some don't want this to do, which is fine.

My bad I'm just trying to help other managers out never meant to insult them just trying to help them through their RZA journey...

How is that your bad? You were not part of the inital conversation.
Your player is exactly that solution many do use to have less players on the payroll. So, all fine.

Oh I thought you were talking about me... (and the fire post I posted on here)...

Nope, it was to me. And I'm not being harsh, just throwing it out there. I only noticed because Rio did have both. probably his only weakness. Special teams are all bonus positions, afaik, so no reason to specialize. K/P can be one, but yeah, you have to grow them.

OK, let's u p d a t e the rankings inside the league, compared to the preview, based on ELO.

We have (maybe only right now) 20 human teams, thanks to a new team.
I did put the position and the ELO change behind the values in brackets.
Please note that ELO changes after every game with income (for any team), so league, Supercup and CoC.

#20 ELO = 494 Vukovi
Very new team, made the licence, build a bit on the stadium, signed a youthy. We will see, how this will turn out.
They play in the NC North and are 2-3 right now, won't win the division and will also miss the playoffs as brand new team.
Keep building the stadium and the team can grow soon.

#19 ELO = 503 (+8) Fixed Bills
It seems the fire of the start did cool down a bit. Stadium not build further as it seems (right now visible 13764), not logged in since 3 days.
No roster movements. That doesn't look good.
Inside the NC South the team did the lost the 1st game against a BOT, from here, won all BOT games and lost all other games, 2-3 right now.
No playoff spot in sight, for sure.

#18 ELO = 520 (+15) MTB Beavers
Stadium did not get bigger (still 61050 seats). Still active to add players from YA and transfer market. Keep updating the stadium! Otherwise you will run out of money, fast.
The NC East is mess with the Beavers and Trnje, and right now the Beavers do lead 4-1, thanks to many BOT wins. But the tough games will come.
Most important game is end of April against Trnje. Until then, everything is possible.

#17 ELO = 525 (+16) Terran Emperors
The stadium did improve (now 66600) and is spending big money on the transfer market, which might hurt them soon.
With 3 million already in wages for players and coachs and a less then half stadium, this become a risky issue.
You will get this season the full mediacenter payout, but next season, that will be roughly only 2/3 to 3/4 of the money and then in season 66, you need to pledge by yourself!
Inside the AC South the team is 3-2 and fights for 2nd place. Still, likely no playoff spot.

#16 ELO = 526 (-4) Valverde Mulos
I did not document the stadium size for the preview, but it doesn't seem to improve (53520 right now). Seems to build slowly, but with that wage amout in coaches and players, which is very low, invest all in the stadium!
Inside the AC West the team are 3-1 and won all expected games, but the next 7 game will be brutal.
No playoffs.

#15 ELO = 550 (+6) Birmingham Iron
The manager seems to lost a bit of interest here. No additions on the roster since the draft. Since 4 days no login.
Still no coaches, even the money should be there with the stadium fully builds since season start.
Inside the AC South they lost against the aggressively improving Emperors, so maybe they will drop to 3rd place with 3-2 and all wins against BOTs.
Fur sure no playoffs.

#14 ELO = 581 (+22) Copenhagen Lions
I can't help, but being a bit angry over this team. The team did at the start almost everything right. Stadium almost build (108510, right now), build the roster up, coaches, and then almost no interest. They did log in last on 3rd of this month, so maybe they will drop to BOT in 4 days.
Inside the NC South the team struggles with the lack of attention. They are 2-3 and might have lost games, they might have won, if the attention would have been there.
Still, if the team is saved, the automatic strength should bring them to 3rd place inside the division, but likely no playoff spot.

#13 ELO = 671 (-4) Trnje
This team is still struggling from financial problems. They try to solve this by selling players and they got auto-cuts since a few updates again.
The biggest problem is, they have a quite blown up coaches setup, which is hard to fix, without firing those also (which might blow up the deficit even more for some time).
Hard to project, but in best case, the team should recover soon, with several home games and supercup games. At least at season end.
Not sure, they will win the NC East or not, the status of the team is so bad, the new team Beavers will win. Right now they are 3-1, but they will lose all important games. Most important will be End of April, maybe they are on recovery mode at that time again.

#12 (-1, previously tied at 11) ELO = 697 (+2) Blatná Jaguars
No surprise the team is sinking. Stadium still in baby state (11655 seats), deep in the red and no end in sight. Even home games and supercup games will take time to make the balance positive again. Wage total still over 2 mio. per update, the manager tries to sell some players and sveral were cut automatically on updates. My advice, sell, basically ALL players and start over. You need the stadium and that is bad and will need a lot of cash. The managers drops only in from time to time and keeps this rotting corpse alive by that. The easiest way would be, if no emotional ties are there with the current team, just to run this to BOT and start total new. The AC North will have them at 3rd for sure, right now at 1-3 and for sure this team will not make the playoffs.

#11 ELO = 707 (+12) Lutetia Chaotic Smile
The Chaotic Smile did not improve further, except the draft additions. So, training is bound to lift them to the next level, which is still some weeks or seasons away. Small tip for you, in the YA you should use the AC with the highest CP available for the training you do. Likely you do mostly SPE and STR and that should be done by the TE coach with CP = 88, so move your players to TE position. Training them the way you do know will cost you a ton of training progress. Please read my guide to get deeper in this. The team did win as expected and is 3-2 inside the NC North, will win the division by default and will then have a tough time coming.

#10 ELO = 750 (-2) KAFakofers
Again left a lone since some time, the team is still struggling to get somewhere. Roster movements slim, coaches setup looks to few and to weak to have any big effect and without regular u p d a t e check, the YA points are wasted on top. This team wil go nowhere, will finish 2nd inside the NC West by default and will for sure not make the playoffs, right now at 2-3.

At this point the previous preview part 1 did end. I take the time to summerize the teams so far.
Of all team from #20 to #10, there are right now only 3 teams seem to work towards a longer career inside the league and RZA itself. Terran Emperors (with an aggressive growth, which might kill them), Valverde Mulos (with a slow build, which might cost them grey hairs) and Lutetia Chaotic Smile (with improvement possible in training and team itself, if wanted). Of all those 11 teams, 2 will make the playoffs for sure (Lutetia Chaotic Smile and MTB Beavers/Trnje) by division wins, both inside the NC. But even a 3rd team is needed from that group of 11 teams inside the NC to fill the playoff field. Likely Copenhagen Lions or KAFakofers will get there, not deserved, but thanks to schedule and teams strength run on automatic.

The upcoming 9 teams will all make the playoffs, I'm sure.

#9 ELO = 829 (+8) Cottbus Cobras
The financial problems are gone and with roughly 5 mio in total wage for players and coach, the team should make profit in this season. They did cut 2 oldtimes and lost their QB to financial cuts on updates to get to that level. So far they are 5-0, but had only cupcake games. The tough games will start end of Marchs and end of the season it will get rough, deciding for the AC North, in which they are not favored.

#8 ELO = 849 (+19) Orono Ancient Snappers
Inside the AC West the Snappers are 5-0 and are already ahead of their competition, which is not really one. The team did win 2 games against higher ranked teams and did improve by that, big time. No change on the wages, so this team wants to win, regardless the costs. Whether this will bring them to Elite is open. Inside the AC the competition will be tough. But right now it looks like the team will march towards a 1st round bye seat (which will hurt financially) and then the rest is open.

#7 ELO = 904 (-10) Berlin Racoons
With all 4 games won, the team sets ontop of the NC South. But 2 Supercup losses did hurt their ELO ranks. Beginning April some tough games will come in league games and then end of the season. For sure a playoff team, like winning the division, but the 2 Panthers games will be deciding.

#6 ELO = 939 (+5) Caplit e salama
The team is 4-1 in the AC East, but did lose the 1st meaningful game (against the Snappers). Next week comes the 1st game against the Saints and that will set the stage. A win will give them a slightly advantage for the remaining season, a loss will give them a disadvantage. Anyway, they will make the playoffs.

#5 ELO = 1005 (-5) Paxtang Black Panthers
That loss against the Snappers did hurt. But the most important games will be against Berlin, beginning of April and Season final. Not sure where this will go. The NC South looks right now wide open. At 4-1 the season is far from dead.

#4 (-1) ELO = 1017 (-8) Trnava Saints
The Saints lost a place in the ELO ranks, thanks to losses against my team inside the league and one loss in the Supercup. That is not the end. They ar 3-1 in the AC East and their direct opponent did also stumble once so far. Next week the play Caplit e salama and then on season final again. That will determine the division title.

#3 (+1) ELO = 1030 (+16) Leverkusen Leopards
My team had some luck wins in the league and in Supercup to improve on ELO. Until the playoffs, the league games will be not that important, but of course we will play every games a good as we can. The NC West will be ours with 5-0 right now. From there everything is possible.

#2 ELO = 1050 (-4) Rio Monarchs
The AC South is basically already theirs with 4-1. The loss against the Minors, the right now highest ranked team inside the league, did hurt a bit their ELO, but beside that, everything else will be settle in the playoffs.

#1 ELO = 1090 (+7) Suchdol Minors
Right now only 2nd in the AC North, thanks to a few points difference in PD, still 5-0 and ready to kick the Cobras slim ass mid April and end of the season. Right now they are favored to win the division and then a lot of games further.

TOP 3 ELO losses:
(-10) Berlin Racoons
(-8) Trnava Saints
(-5) Paxtang Black Panthers

TOP 3 ELO gains:
(+22) Copenhagen Lions
(+19) Orono Ancient Snappers
(+16) Terran Emperors
(+16) Leverkusen Leopards