My Week 11 Power Rankings

by Tim Lynch on Nov 13, 2008 1:42 PM MST

I have decided to discontinue the group power rankings because of the mass confusion I have created by experimenting with different methods nearly every week!! I believe it will be reinstated at the beginning of next season with specific guidelines, but for the remainder of 2008 I will only be publishing my own personal Power Rankings for each week. Feel free to knit pick and post your own rankings for this week!

The points system is pretty basic and based solely on my opinion. I rank each team according to how I see them in comparison to the best team in my ranking. In a way, I was trying to show how close I felt the teams were to each other.

Zappa's Week 11 Power Rankings

RANK	LOGO	TEAM	PTS	COMMENTS	TREND
1.		TEN 9-0	1.000	You can't deny the proper recognition owed to the only undefeated team in football.	--
2.		NYG 8-1	.998	This team is hungry for a repeat.
3.		CAR 7-2	.953	These guys are playing like the over-hyped team they are usually proclaimed to be by the media.
4.		ARI 6-3	.940	I have been forced to begrudgingly admit that the Cardinals have finally changed their culture of defeat. Kudos to them!
5.		WAS 6-3	.916	Only two teams are going to make it out of the NFC East to make the playoffs, these guys will be one of them!
6.		TB 6-3	.915	The Bucs make the case for average talent plus good coaching equals playoffs.
7.		NE 6-3	.901	The victory over Denver has lit a spark for this team as they have won 4 out of their last 5 games.
8.		ATL 6-3	.883	A poor divisional record may spell the end for this teams hopes for a playoff berth.
9.		PIT 6-3	.850	Stock in this team is falling rapidly; not looking good in the Steel City.
10.		IND 5-4	.837	Two consecutive weeks of output has risen the Colts out of the ashes of despair. Manning & Co. are smelling playoffs now - look out!
11.		PHI 5-4	.819	Tough team to figure out. One week they are great, the next they suck. Jury is still out.	--
12.		DEN 5-4	.796	It's apparent we can only win if we score 30+. Our playoff hopes hinge on Jay Cutler beastly arm, go Cuts!
13.		BAL 6-3	.795	If Joe Flacco keeps playing like he has been then this team may just win the horse race for the second seed in the AFC!
14.		NYJ 6-3	.784	Are you kidding me? Where did these guys come from?!?
15.		CHI 5-4	.780	Their only hope is for Kyle Orton to get back out on the field.
16.		DAL 5-4	.746	Tell me, what usually happens to the pre-season hyped up teams? One word, "Kerrplunk"
17.		JAX 4-5	.712	I'm sick from watching this roller coaster ride, but they have a chance to save their season this weekend against the Titans!
18.		MIN 5-4	.703	Another seesaw ride with this team, but they may have saved their season thanks to a missed field goal.
19.		NO 4-5	.691	Loss to Falcons all but ended their chances in 2008. Such a dominating passing attack too...
20.		MIA 5-4	.642	I may have been a little hard on this team, but I just can't believe a 1-15 team a year ago is this much better. Yet anyway...
21.		BUF 5-4	.627	Lost four out of last five. Talented, but young football team. Maybe next year!
22.		GB 4-5	.611	Blew two straight games and have dug themselves into a nice sized hole.
23.		SD 4-5	.589	Nearly blew a lead at home against the lowly Chefs. Though, apparently this team has super natural powers that enables them to become a Super Bowl calibur team at a moments notice!
24.		CLE 3-6	.547	Committed to rebuilding with a new QB, but then after losing they will end up firing everyone and screwing over the progress made with Brady Quinn. Doh!
25.		HOU 3-6	.503	Losers of two straight after putting together a nice three game win streak.
26.		SEA 2-7	.433	Wow, teams can really fall hard and fast can't they?
27.		SF 2-7	.425	I see life in this team...much more so than all the rest of the bottom feeders. Besides, I like Singletary's style of coaching.
28.		STL 2-7	.370	Well, the Rams were who we thought they were and they have regressed back into the rotten cesspool of mediocrity.
29.		KC 1-8	.364	Though this team continues to lose, they are hanging tough with better teams and eventually they'll win one somewhere down the line. lol
30.		OAK 2-7	.347	Falling hard, Falling fast. Al Davis has succeeded once again at ruining the rebuilding process of his team. Kudos!
31.		CIN 1-8	.344	This just in! The Bengals have WON! I repeat, the Bengals have won!
32. (32)		DET 0-9	.187	Is it possible to kick a team out of the league? I am sure there are many other cities out there who could field a better team.	--

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No offense, but the Dolpines beat us at home, they should probably be ranked higher than us.

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by Broncoman on Nov 13, 2008 4:20 PM MST reply actions

Should they be ranked above the Patriots too?

The Dolphins lost the Texans….

I’m just pointing out that its impossible to rate us below every team we lose too, cause the Chiefs beat us also but we beat the Chargers and the Chargers beat the Chiefs, ect ect. I still believe we are a better team than the Dolphins. :)

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by Tim Lynch on Nov 13, 2008 4:23 PM MST up reply actions

I agree

But the Dolphins have one quality that we can’t yet overcome – they play a straight up physical style that for whatever reasons, we just don’t counter well. I was really encouraged when we did against Dallas in preseason, but it hasn’t followed through.

In the ‘inter-team pool’ that is a NFL, we would probably beat more teams than they this year – Cutler really is that good, and we have so many great weapons. The only problem, of course, is that we lack a strange, obscure thing called a ‘defense’…

Ok, not really. But while we had a lot of depth to start the year, we are not elite in any way on D and are decimated by injuries, which is allowing us to find out that our young talent is really, really good. We just need better first string players, most of them home-grown, which will probably take a couple of years. Miami is also rebuilding. It’s close, but I still think Cutler puts us over the edge.

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by Doc Bear on Nov 13, 2008 5:06 PM MST reply actions