Sunday, October 25, 2015

2015 NFL Power Rankings Week 6

Late again, I know.

1. Cincinnati Bengals

Still the best, although their huge-outlier status is gone.

2. Arizona Cardinals

Not a bad loss to another top 5 team.

3. Green Bay Packers

Just LOSE already PLEASE.

4. Pittsburgh Steelers
5. New England Patriots

Nope.

6. New York Jets

Yes, the Jets. Of the defenses that don't appear to be historically great (*cough* Denver *cough*), the JETS are number one.

7. Seattle Seahawks

And the Seahawks are number two. But they might be Denver-level if we just ignore the 4th quarter when the depth of their D-line rotation catches up to them.

8. Denver Broncos

The Jags and Titans are the only teams in the NFL with EITHER a worse offense OR a better defense than the Broncos. You can probably guess which.

9. St. Louis Rams

Bye. I'll probably see you again though. Maybe even this week. Possibly today.

10. Philadelphia Eagles

11. Buffalo Bills

12. Carolina Panthers

13. Dallas Cowboys

14. San Diego Chargers

15. Kansas City Chiefs

16. Atlanta Falcons

17. Baltimore Ravens

18. New York Giants

19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

20. Houston Texans

That's, right, an AFC South team just made it into the TOP TWENTY FOOTBALL TEAMS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. AMAZING. Might have something to do with having the greatest football player in the world.

21. Oakland Raiders

22. San Francisco 49ers

23. Minnesota Vikings

24. New Orleans Saints

25. Indianapolis Colts

26. Detroit Lions

27. Washington Redskins

28. Chicago Bears

29. Miami Dolphins

They looked like a completely different team. And given the talent on their D, they could be moving up fast.

30. Jacksonville Jaguars

31. Tennessee Titans

32. Cleveland Browns

Sunday, October 18, 2015

2015 NFL Power Rankings Week 5

Ok, I'm really late on this one, you got me. I missed the start of the first round of Sunday games. But here we are. These are the numbers based on every game through week 5:

1. Cincinnati Bengals

Still #1, but it's a LOT closer after having to play against Kam Chancellor.

2. Arizona Cardinals

Looked amazing again demolishing Detroit. Carson Palmer had as many TDs as incompletions.

3. Green Bay Packers

This time it was the defense, which is now top 10 after picking off Foles four times.

4. New England Patriots

Romo would have made that game interesting.

5. Pittsburgh Steelers

They ran the ball pretty well. Particularly Vick.

6. Seattle Seahawks

Back to being ranked in the range they're used to after outplaying the best team in the league (on the road!).

7. Denver Broncos

Peyton might be done. The running game is nonexistent. Luckily for them, they have by FAR the most dominant defense in the league. Maybe in years. Maybe better than the one that held their greatest-offense-of-all-time to 8 points in the Superbowl. Ok, maybe not that good, but they're on that level. However, their offense isn't CLOSE to the level of that Seahawks offense. But with Peyton, there's always the chance of finding some magic for a final push.

8. St. Louis Rams

They may have had some troubles on O against Green Bay, but that defense is a top 5 unit in the league. Aaron Donald is basically a smaller JJ Watt. Which means he's probably going to the hall of fame.

9. New York Jets

Ok, now come the boring teams. Time to stop talking.

10. Buffalo Bills
11. Philadelphia Eagles
12. New York Giants
13. Carolina Panthers
14. Baltimore Ravens
15. Atlanta Falcons
16. Dallas Cowboys
17. San Diego Chargers
18. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
19. Washington Redskins
20. Kansas City Chiefs
21. Oakland Raiders
22. Tennessee Titans
23. Chicago Bears
24. Houston Texans
25. Jacksonville Jaguars
26. Minnesota Vikings
27. Indianapolis Colts
28. Cleveland Browns
29. San Francisco 49ers
30. New Orleans Saints
31. Detroit Lions
32. Miami Dolphins

Thursday, October 8, 2015

2015 NFL Power Rankings Week 4

1. Cincinnati Bengals

It's not CLOSE. Like, at bengALL.

2. Green Bay Packers

Just the top of a pack of teams all in essentially the same place.

3. Pittsburgh Steelers

No. Fuck the Steelers.

4. Arizona Cardinals

Sometimes winning just isn't in the cards.

5. New England Patriots

More like the New England Golden TATEriots, am I right?

6. Denver Broncos

Ok, I just saw the Seahawks below me and realized I'm gonna have no shot at making puns out of all these names.

7. St. Louis Rams

Ok, bye everybody, we don't need to talk about the rest of the teams. The one below these ramblings is gonna win the Superbowl, the rest suck, you know the story.

8. Seattle Seahawks

9. Dallas Cowboys

10. Baltimore Ravens

11. Buffalo Bills

12. New York Jets

13. New York Giants

14. Philadelphia Eagles

15. Atlanta Falcons

16. Carolina Panthers

17. San Diego Chargers

18. Washington Redskins

19. Oakland Raiders

20. Kansas City Chiefs

21. Jacksonville Jaguars

Haha just kidding I have something more to say. If you were wondering if this is the first AFC South team you've seen so far, well, then I'm impressed, because you're perceptive as fuck. But yes. That's right. The Jacksonville motherfucking Jaguars are the best team in their division.

22. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

23. Detroit Lions

24. Tennessee Titans

25. Chicago Bears

26. Minnesota Vikings

27. Houston Texans

28. Indianapolis Colts

29. New Orleans Saints

30. San Francisco 49ers

31. Cleveland Browns

32. Miami Dolphins

Sunday, October 4, 2015

2015 NFL Power Rankings Week 3

I beat my time last week by a couple minutes! Unfortunately there was some dumb London game in the early morning. But no one cares about the Dolphins and Jets anyway. Ravens and Steelers? Maybe. But that game was WAY too early. But I digress. Here are your rankings:

1. Cincinnati Bengals
2. Pittsburgh Steelers
3. Green Bay Packers
4. Arizona Cardinals
5. New England Patriots
6. Denver Broncos
7. Dallas Cowboys
8. St. Louis Rams
9. Seattle Seahawks
10. Buffalo Bills
11. Baltimore Ravens
12. Carolina Panthers
13. Philadelphia Eagles
14. New York Giants
15. New York Jets
16. Washington Redskins
17. San Diego Chargers
18. Atlanta Falcons
19. Kansas City Chiefs
20. Oakland Raiders (2-1. What???)
21. Indianapolis Colts
22. Minnesota Vikings
23. Houston Texans
24. Tennessee Titans
25. Detroit Lions
26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
27. Jacksonville Jaguars
28. Chicago Bears
29. San Francisco 49ers
30. Miami Dolphins
31. Cleveland Browns
32. New Orleans Saints (This is despite a top 10 offense. That's how bad the D has been. The lowest team other than them with a top 10 O or D unit is the Falcons at 18 (7th best offense).)