1.5 - Indianapolis Colts
2.0 - Cincinnati Bengals
2.5 - Seattle Seahawks
4.5 - Chicago Bears
5.3 - Baltimore Ravens
5.5 - San Diego Chargers
7.0 - Jacksonville Jaguars
7.8 - Denver Broncos
10.0 - Philadelphia Eagles
11.5 - New Orleans Saints
12.0 - Minnesota Vikings
12.0 - New England Patriots
12.5 - Atlanta Falcons
13.0 - Pittsburgh Steelers
13.3 - Dallas Cowboys
17.3 - St. Louis Rams
17.5 - Carolina Panthers
17.8 - New York Giants
18.3 - New York Jets
20.5 - Washington Redskins
20.8 - Buffalo Bills
22.3 - Arizona Cardinals
22.8 - Kansas City Chiefs
23.5 - Miami Dolphins
25.3 - San Francisco 49ers
25.5 - Green Bay Packers
27.8 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
28.0 - Cleveland Browns
28.3 - Detroit Lions
29.8 - Tennessee Titans
30.8 - Houstan Texans
32.0 - Oakland Raiders
- The Indianapolis Colts got 3 of the 4 first-place votes, with the Bengals receiving the other one. In the ranking that the Bengals were #1 (Dr. Z), the Colts were actually 3rd with the Seahawks coming in 3rd.
- Colts, Bengals, and Seahawks were the top 3 in all 4 rankings.
- The Oakland Raiders secured the bottom spot in all 4 rankings.
- The biggest disagreement for individual teams from the polls was with the Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Falcons. Both received a #9 vote and a #15 vote... no other teams had a range bigger than 5.
- If you had told me before the year that the Saints would be above teams like New England and Pittsburgh and actually deserve to be there, I probably would have laughed.
- On the same token, if you had bet me the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be below teams like the Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, and San Francisco 49ers and very much deserve to be that low, I would have lost a lot of money.
What's the biggest surprises from this list?
4 comments:
I think Carolina is better than they have played, especially with Steve Smith getting healty. Even though the Giants have played pretty poorly, what a rough schedule to start the season, Colts, @ Philly, @ Seattle. I think they are a better team then they have showed. I think Minnesota is too low as well, I think they are better than the Saints, Eagles, and Broncos. Also, we will find out just how good the Chargers are this weekend when they play at Baltimore. Lets see how Rivers handles himself against that D, LT will have to be huge. They have played the Titans and Raiders, ranked 30th and 32nd on your rankings.
That's good stuff--sort of shows how unoriginal and unnecessary those things are, too (though I'm not complaining--power rankings are a good way to think about football during an uneventful week).
After that abysmal performance versus New Orleans, I think the Falcons should be a little bit more towards the middle of the pack.
I absolutely tie in with anything you've presented us.
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