Are you ready for the Powerful? Here are the week (weak) 2 Rankings. Big fall for Saints and big climb up for Eagles and Chargers! Your comments are always welcome — BRING EM!
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2-0 / USA: Gold is such a lovely color! GBR: Gold is such a lovely colour!
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4
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2-0 / Which is better? The defense or Matt Ryan’s offense? Don’t matter when you have both
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5
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1-1 / Need to see Rodgers get this offense humming, not every week you will be tossed a W by Cutler
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6
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2-0 / Good teams go on the road and dominate inferior opponents like Jags. Next: road game @ Den
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5
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3
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1-1 / Flacco might have been too amped up for his homecoming game, 50% passing and a pick
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6
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2
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1-1 / That offensive line couldn’t protect Giselle from a limbless paparazzi
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7
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9
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1-1 / Important bounce-back win and Ben seems to be better grasping Haley offense
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10
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1-1 / Only ONE Manning is mighty enough to overcome three early picks. Hint, it’s the one with the ringS |
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7
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1-1 / “Reality check, aisle #18”
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10
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11
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1-1 / Just another victim of the mighty Niners. No shame here Just shake hands and move on
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11
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20
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2-0 / Only team in NFL history to win first two games by 1 point. What does it mean? I have no idea
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12
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8
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1-1 / Spotting home team 10 points in a hostile environment is usually recipe for? well, results are evident
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13
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21
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2-0 / Watch all the FF players run to grab Dante Rosario now that they know his name
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14
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15
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1-1 / Starting off with a bang and playing well for 40 minutes usually results in a loss. Games are 60 min
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15
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14
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1-1 / Depth will be tested with massive injuries to Carriker and Orakpo. Morgan needed to grow up a week ago
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13
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1-1 / Just needed to play reasonably well to earn my love. Okay, I’ll keep my love in my sock for now
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16
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1-1 / Per usual, being the best team in Ohio is nuthin’ to brag about
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18
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19
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1-1 / All sing the power of Danny Amendola and a moment of silence for Steven Jackson’s injury
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12
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0-2 / Cumulative weight of the Gulf of Mexico is on Drew Brees shoulders 4.7lbs x 650 quadrillion gallons
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20
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18
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1-1 / Had a difficult road win handed to you gift wrapped with a bow on it then you LET ‘EM OFF THE HOOK!
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23
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1-1 / No rush getting Fred back at RB cause Spiller is more than adequate for the task. Defense stepped up too
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28
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2-0 / Tied for best record in the NFC West! Enjoy it You still suck
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25
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1-1 / There he is! SuperCam was back and hopefully will be ready on short rest for Giant challenge
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24
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1-1 / New kid, Luck ran for his life all afternoon behind tattered o-line Congratulations for being up to task
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29
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1-1 / Important win over Cow-mess. Pete Carroll is happy enough for entire city
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26
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17
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1-1 / Thought you would be 2-0 and then realized you haven’t won in Indy in a decade. Yus like that!
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27
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22
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0-2 / You got run down like a Jaguar might? wait bad analogy
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1-1 / Beat the Raiders on a hot and steamy Miami afternoon — so? Happy for Reggie Bush though
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26
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0-2 / Following week one gawdawful performance with a sequel? Pray they don’t make Gawdawful Pt 3
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27
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0-2 / Problems are deeper than long snapper. Just a bad team. Still can’t stop the run
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0-2 / Titanic-ly bad team led by the King of Underachievers, CJ
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0-2 / Ohh and 16 watch is painful, but well deserved
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Arizona are in the NFC Jeff not the AFC, but otherwise I like the list, although Minnesota still in moss?
Thanks, Hugh. Fixed my boo-boo.
Jeff, I think I agree with Steven that it’s a little early for the “moss”… for almost anyone. Maybe the Jags and Raiders (they lost to Miami?!) The Browns barely lost to two decent teams, KC wasn’t bad.. Buffalo and Atlanta were better, Minnesota? That’s just weird… :)
Overall looks really good. I think you have Philly a tad too high, but really hard to do these rankings early in the year. Good on ya!
Jeff even though Arizona are not amazing they have a top 10 D and are one of the 4 teams that 2 and 0. Philly similarly but less so. Both should be at least top 10. As a saints fan I think that u r also being too kind to the saints
Good stuff Jeff. Personally I’d have Seahawks and Rams the other way round. Seahawks Defence is one of the best in the league. Otherwise not too much that I can really get too distraught about. Keep up the good work!
So you rank a team that gets absolutely destroyed by 20pts, 13 higher than the winner. What kind of “Powerful” rankings is this, Jeff?
Perhaps referring to Cowbous and Seahawks… both teams moved four places in appropriate direction. Most importantly Seattle moved out of the mossy color and have changed my mind that they are legit team.
Maybe Carolina and Chicago a tad low? I might flip the Colts and Seahawks. It’s still too early to really tell.
I get that you (and Steven) are not high on Eagles, and I understand why. However, Giants and Colts (for example) get credit for getting a W. As much as Eagles have not played well, and have been a turnover machine, they have 2 wins – and have played against 2 very good Ds. If they go to Arizona and beat the 2-0 Crads (!), will they get some grudging respect/ credit??
I’ve done mine to help fantasy picks and I have a big grey area. Arizona, Tampa, Washington, Chicago, the Bungles, St Louis, Saints, Bills, Jets, Chargers,… all might finish either side of 0.500. I also have a bad feeling that the Cowboys are going to become the new Chargers, liable to underperform and maybe reach the playoffs for years to come.
Jeff, do you know that all but two of your “mossy” teams won their games this week?! Crazy!! (And the other two, Cleveland and Miami, put up good fights!)
Boy this league is nuts… :)
Fair’s fair. I stuck up for my Eagles on the basis that Jeff wasn’t giving them a decent crack of the whip. You know what? He’s right! This Eagles team sucks! I don’t think they should – they have the talent, and can still make the playoffs – but right now, they do. Jeff has called it as he see’s it, and he’s seeing the Eagles spot on!
Vick needs to get his act together, or out the bye it will be Nick Foles leading the team.
The Cardinals are no longer in the cellar of the NFC West, which they should not be after defeating the Patriots.