While most Overwatch League fans are salivating over the raw potential of rosters in the Pacific Division, the Atlantic Division has fallen by the wayside a bit in preseason discussion. There are a lot of teams in the Atlantic Division that we simply have no idea how they will pan out or play as a unit and if or when they'll be able to take on existing Atlantic Division powerhouses.

Above all else, the Atlantic Division will likely have less parity with teams like reigning champions London Spitfire, runners-up Philadelphia Fusion, and the New York Excelsior, all of which kept their winning lineups.

London Spitfire

DPS: Park "Profit" Junyoung

DPS: Kim "Birdring" Jihyeok

DPS: Lee "Guard" Heedong

Flex: Kim "Fury" Junho

Tank: Hong "Gesture" Jaehui

Support: Choi "Bdosin" Seungtae

Support: Kim "NUS" Jongseok

Support: Jeong "Krillin" Yeonghoon

It's always a bit of a cop-out to give a high grade to a team that simply managed to hold on to a championship lineup, but that's exactly what's about to happen here because that's exactly what London did this past offseason. Support Jeong "Closer" Wonsik left for the Dallas Fuel but London acquired open division player Krillin and former Element Mystic DPS player Guard. Editor's Picks L.A. Valiant introduced to L.A. Kings fans

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Krillin is an unknown, although Gesture was quick to talk him up at the OWL media day saying that Krillin will be one of the rookies to watch in the upcoming Stage 1. Even if Krillin doesn't burst onto the scene, London still has the flexibility of Bdosin and the reliability of NUS, which will come in handy for triple tank-triple support compositions.

Last year, even during their worst performances, there was no doubt that London had the talent to win the entire league. It was always a matter of whether they could come together as a team. Since they found that synergy and went on to win the inaugural season grand finals, there's no reason for this team not to contend for the 2019 title.

Grade: A

Atlanta Reign

DPS: Daniel "dafran" Francesca

DPS: Jeong "Erster" Joon

DPS: Ilya "NLaaeR" Koppalov

Flex: Seo "DACO" Dong-hyeong

Tank: Blake "Gator" Scott

Tank: Park "Pokpo" Hyun-jun

Support: Steven "Kodak" Rosenberger

Support: Petja "Masaa" Kantanen

"The Atlanta Reign could be really good" is something you've likely heard mentioned by one or several analysts this offseason. This will also apply to other expansion teams later in these offseason report cards. Yet, like many thoughts that contain "could be" or "may be" it really means that none of us actually know how well this lineup will do. They could be good. On paper, which is more or less what roster report cards are about, this lineup should turn heads, especially with the Element Mystic tank line of DACO and Pokpo and former Team Gigantti support Masaa.

Dafran is still the headlining name here, not only for his Overwatch prowess but offseason missteps that saw him leaving the team. If he is able to get through the mentally and physically demanding grind of this upcoming season, Atlanta should be an easy playoff contender, especially given how strong of a backline they have acquired.

Grade: B+

Boston Uprising

DPS: Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang

DPS: Kelsey "Colourhex" Birse

Flex: Lucas "NotE" Meissner

Tank: Noh "Gamsu" Young-jin

Tank: Park "Axxiom" Min-seob

Tank: Cameron "Fusions" Bosworth

Support: Kwon "AimGod" Min-seok

Support: Renan "alemao" Moretto

Support: Kristian "Kellex" Keller

The unlikely darlings of the inaugural season's third stage, the Boston Uprising won fans' hearts by making the Stage 3 finals with an undefeated record in the Stage 3 regular season. This happened not only against the odds of initial preseason predictions for Boston's on-paper lineup, but internal issues that resulted in DPS substitute Stanislav "Mistakes" Danilov rising to the occasion as a starter on heroes that he was less familiar with. This allowed Tracer phenom Kwon "Striker" Nam-joo to take over games.

This year many of the players that made Boston such a dangerous team to play, particularly Striker, are gone. It's a test for Chris "HuK" Loranger and company, who were often credited for scouting Striker and others, as to whether they can make lightning strike twice with a fairly underwhelming lineup on paper. Boston promoted two of their organization's academy players, Colourhex and Axxiom, the latter of whom, along with Fusions, could push Gamsu out of the starting main tank spot (or Gamsu will start when the team wants to play Winston and flex between the other two for Reinhardt and Orisa). This line will likely be repeated for many teams, but it isn't that Boston has a bad roster as much as it is that there are others with better rosters.

Grade: C

Florida Mayhem

DPS: Kevyn "TivQ" Lindström

DPS: Ha "Sayaplayer" Jeong-woo

DPS: Damon "Apply" Conti

DPS: Lee "BQB" Sang-beom

Flex: Koo "xepheR" Jae-mo

Tank: Kim "SNT" Sung-hoon

Tank: Yoon "Swon" Sang-won

Support: Jo "HaGoPeun" Hyeon-woo

Support: Choi "Kris" Jun-soo

Of all teams in the Atlantic Division, the Florida Mayhem have one of the most underwhelming on-paper lineups. Florida kept two players from last year's 7 win season: hitscan DPS player Sayaplayer and main tank SNT (previously known as AwesomeGuy). Similar to lineups like the Washington Justice, Florida's lineup has already been outdone by the variety of strong signings across most other Overwatch League organizations. The success of the Florida Mayhem lineup depends not only on developing coordination as a team, but also on players like HaGoPeun, xepheR, and Kris to outperform their own best performances through the years.

Grade: D+

Houston Outlaws

Houston Outlaws DPS Jake "JAKE" Lyon. Robert Paul/Provided by Blizzard Entertainment

DPS: Jiri "LiNkzer" Masalin

DPS: Jacob "JAKE" Lyon

DPS: Jeong "ArHaN" Won-hyeop

DPS: Dante "Danteh" Cruz

Flex: Matt "coolmatt" Iorio

Flex: Alexandre "SPREE" Vanhomwegen

Flex/Support: Shane "Rawkus" Flaherty

Tank: Austin "Muma" Wilmot

Support: Daniel "Boink" Pence

Support: Christopher "Bani" Benell

It's difficult to see the Houston Outlaws doing particularly poorly, especially in Stage 1. Yet, it's also difficult to see them towards the top at the end of the season. Houston continue to lean on their pre-existing synergy with this lineup, but that same lineup did have hero pool issues across a few metas last year. They ultimately landed in seventh place overall, just outside season playoff contention behind eventual runners-up Philadelphia Fusion with more points but two fewer match victories than Philly.

This year that competition for playoffs will only be stronger with the influx of talent coming into Season 2 on existing or expansion lineups. Danteh specifically is a strong pickup who should bring more flexibility to their DPS line. Houston won't be bad with this lineup, and they may even start hot based on how coordinated they can be.

Grade: C+

New York Excelsior

DPS: Park "Saebyeolbe" Jong-ryeol

DPS: Hwang "Fl0w3r" Yeon-oh

DPS: Jong "Nenne" Yeon-kwan

DPS: Kim "Pine" Do-hyeon

DPS: Kim "Libero" Hae-seong

Flex: Kim "MekO" Tae-hong

Tank: Kim "Mano" Dong-kyu

Support: Bang "JJoNak" Seong-hyeon

Support: Hong "ArK" Yeon-jun

Support: Jung "Anamo" Tae-sung

This past offseason, the New York Excelsior only lost two members: substitute main tank Song "Janus" Joon-hwa, who didn't see much playing time outside of a few specialty situations like King's Row, and coach Kim "WizardHyeong" Hyeong-seok. WizardHyeong could be the larger loss between the two, but the NYXL also retained Yoo "Pavane" Hyeon-sang who not only has coached the South Korean world cup team, but has also been with this group for longer in their LW days.

Nenne and Fl0w3r were both promoted from XL2 Academy, giving the NYXL five viable DPS options on top of retaining the stacked lineup that went to all four stage finals in the inaugural season, winning two of them. Look for the NYXL to take full advantage of this throughout the 2019 season, especially to stay ahead of meta changes like the ones that tripped them up in last year's season playoffs. Given the talent on this lineup and their pre-existing synergy, much like the London Spitfire, it's difficult to see the NYXL anywhere but fighting for first place in the Atlantic Division.

Grade: A

Paris Eternal

DPS: Terence "SoOn" Tarlier

DPS: George "ShaDowBurn" Gushcha

DPS: Karol "Danye" Szcześniak

DPS: Nicolas "NiCOgdh" Moret

Flex: Finnbjörn "Finnsi" Jónasson

Tank: Roni "LhCloudy" Tiihonen

Tank: Benjamin "BenBest" Dieulafait

Support: Damien "HyP" Souville

Support: Harrison "Kruise" Pond

Support: Luís "Greyy" Perestrelo

The roster of Paris Eternal occupy a similar spot as that of the Boston Uprising. SoOn was a standout performer on the Los Angeles Valiant last year, but the test will be to see how well he does without the strength of the Valiant starting frontline. This will be a test for flex player Finnsi who also came over from the Valiant for a starting spot on Paris after spending time behind Indy "Space" Halpern. Starting alongside SoOn will likely be Danye, who recently performed well individually for Team Poland. Paris also have flex options with former Eagle Gaming and Rogue DPS player NiCOgdh, or even Kruise, who has played both DPS and support.

Paris have a lot of DPS options, but the test for this team will be in how well its support and tank lines open up opportunities. Many of these players are veterans in terms of how long they've been playing Overwatch, but relatively untested in the Overwatch League. It's not the most impressive lineup on paper, but if they can use their flexibility to their advantage, Paris will be a dangerous team.

Grade: C

Philadelphia Fusion