Will this still be the AFC's best rivalry come February? Don't think so. (Source: Boston Herald)
Power Rankings are a problem.
Every time I scan someone else’s rankings, I fume.
“They’ve TOTALLY missed the boat on a third of the league — again — and they don’t understand my team……………”
I can promise to generate a similar reaction.
SOURCE: UNPAID BLOGGER POTENTIALLY MIFFS ON POWER RANKINGS
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Somebody writing articles about the National Football League from his couch has made a mistake in his weekly Power Rankings, according to a reader.
“He placed the Raiders way too low in the rankings,” said an agitated Raiders fan, nursing an Olde English40oz from his step-sister’s basement in Piedmont, Calif. “I’ve watched five Raiders games — they were on in the house. This guy doesn’t know what he’s doing.”
The Raiders fan said he was thinking about writing a mean comment, but needed his step-sister’s husband to get home from work to help him create a WordPress ID, in order to post his thoughts.
A source close to the situation reported that the earth’s sun rose the morning after the blogger filed his Power Rankings, even in the wake of the material’s inability to perfectly please 32 separate, self-serving fan clusters.
Bottom line: Whatever the system for ranking teams, we’ll keep seeing upsets.
I’ve added two elements here: For the teams from 32-17, I’ve tagged them with my BERSERKER NUMBER (B#). Ranging from 1 to 100, it rates a team’s ability to cause havoc for teams attempting a playoff run. Young, developing squads just beginning to show power (but stuck with losing records) are helped, in my rankings, by a high B#.
For the teams from 16-1, I’ve added my DESTINY SCORE (DS). Again, 1 to 100. Here, I’m attempting to weed out teams resembling, for instance, the 1988 Chicago Bears. Teams with towering regular season records that (we all know) will not get to — back to — the Super Bowl. Teams … missing something.
So — anyway — enjoy this dart-on-a-board rundown of the NFL’s 32 teams (unless, of course, you’re a Raiders fan).
32 Carolina Panthers (1-9) (B#12)
31 San Francisco 49ers (3-7) (B#25)
30 Cincinnati Bengals (2-8) (B#26)
29 Buffalo Bills (2-8) (B#44)
28 Arizona Cardinals (3-7) (B#39)
27 Detroit Lions (2-8) (B#54)
26 Dallas Cowboys (3-7) (B#52)
25 St. Louis Rams (4-6) (B#48)
24 Minnesota Vikings (3-7) (B#57)
23 Denver Broncos (3-7) (B#63)
22 Miami Dolphins (5-5) (B#58)
21 Washington Redskins (5-5) (B#71)
They have a big problem closing games, but the Browns -- with a rowdy cast of characters -- are blooming before our eyes. (Source: AP)
20 Seattle Seahawks (5-5) (B#72)
19 Cleveland Browns (3-7) (B#86)
18 Oakland Raiders (5-5) (B#61)
17 Houston Texans (4-6) (B#64)
16 Kansas City Chiefs (6-4) (DS22)
15 Chicago Bears (7-3) (DS43)
14 San Diego Chargers (5-5) (DS63)
13 Tennessee Titans (5-5) (DS53)
12 Jacksonville Jaguars (6-4) (DS61)
11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-3) (DS64)
10 New Orleans Saints (7-3) (DS84)
9 Green Bay Packers (7-3) (DS77)
8 New York Giants (6-4) (DS80)
7 Indianapolis Colts (6-4) (DS85)
6 Atlanta Falcons (8-2) (DS79)
5 Baltimore Ravens (7-3) (DS65)
4 Philadelphia Eagles (7-3) (DS74)
3 Pittsburgh Steelers (7-3) (DS88)
2 New England Patriots (8-2) (DS92)
1 New York Jets (8-2) (DS96)
These aren't the SOJs that drove your ancestors crazy. (Source: sportsnewscaster.com)
