Comments on: Week One power rankings

By: nickfalzone10

nickfalzone10 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:38:18 +0000

If the Colts come away with the #1 pick I’ll be pissed. 14 years with Manning and then they get ANOTHER likey franchise QB?!? That freakin’ horseshoe on their helmet sure will be appropriate.

By: j0hnny63

j0hnny63 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:40:34 +0000

So wait… You put the Fins at 30, the Texans at 10, then two of you guys pick the Fins over the Texans in Week 2… Newborns could compile better rankings.

By: squealcity

squealcity — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:51:04 +0000

@ OttoGraham

How many TD’s did the Ravens defense score in the 35-7 victory on 9/11? Just asking genius

By: shaggytoodle

shaggytoodle — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:49:49 +0000

zatko says:
Sep 14, 2011 10:31 PM
OK…. I’m trying to understand the logic:

The Saints are #2 after barely losing to the Pack/#1

The Vikings are #24 after barely losing to the Chargers/#3
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I am going to go out on a limb and say that Vikings starting QB not being able to throw for 40 yards has something to do with where they are ranked.

By: johnnyb216

johnnyb216 — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:50:47 +0000

I hope he has a good game, but its really hard to cheer for them to win. I guess I’m good either way as long as he has a good game.

By: ottograham

ottograham — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:59:27 +0000

@southpaw

you want something out of how well your defense played? I guess since you offered so much to the game on Sunday you feel all journalists and media should be kissing the ground the Baltimore Ravens football team walks on. Get real dude it is one single victory and enjoy that. Ya know for as much as Raven fans make fun of Steeler fans you guys are a bunch of emotional softies who feel entitled to everything for no good reason.

By: spthomas1

spthomas1 — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:42:23 +0000

Chargers over Baltimore and Patriots?

Mike buddy, I think you might be a little confused, this is 2011.

By: zatko

zatko — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:31:18 +0000

OK…. I’m trying to understand the logic:

The Saints are #2 after barely losing to the Pack/#1

The Vikings are #24 after barely losing to the Chargers/#3

Shouldn’t the Vikes be ranked better or the Chargers worse? Or is it that the Pack and /or Saints should be worse?

I’m not saying, I’m just saying.
- Z

By: oneofhis

oneofhis — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:57:58 +0000

I think the Bucs should be among the bottom feeders. 19 was extremely generous. You really can’t expect too much from a team with one of the lowest payrolls in the NFL. You can’t win a SuperBowl with a bunch of kids and not one veteran on offense.

Glazers, you can’t expect to sell out when you put a team on the field that a local high school like Armwood could probably give you a run for your money. You blew it in free agency. Sell the team to someone who wants to win games. Give Tampa a shot at least.

By: whitekean04

whitekean04 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:30:50 +0000

How many times do the Jets have to pull off a 4th Qr comeback before it stops becoming “lucky”. They’ve done it 6 times in the last year (Colts, Texans, Lions, Browns, Broncos last year…Cowboys sunday). Not saying they don’t have a lot to fix…but to say they should be below Buffalo is just plain stupid.

By: failcopter

failcopter — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:20:10 +0000

Bills at 13? nah. KC hasn’t been good since they played the raiders in arrowhead last year. Beating an inferior team badly shouldn’t mean that much.

By: dk17111

dk17111 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:40:23 +0000

Pats give up 400 yards passing to a qb who wouldn’t start on any other team besides the colts, and fans are complaining they should be higher? Cowboys…? Cement them in the teens outside the penumbra of playoff teams. Romo is a loser.

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:25:59 +0000

rc33 says: Sep 13, 2011 10:28 AM

Not buying the Saints at #2.
No way.
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Me neither. Their defense has a LONG way to go. Steeler fans whining about 11, they don’t even belong THAT high. They may not give up 35 every week, but they are not going to be that good defensively. And you know The Rapist is good for giving away a couple of games himself.

Giants played a bad second half, but 24 is downright seizure inducing.

By: sterlingrodgers

sterlingrodgers — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:34:24 +0000

I continue to sympathize with the good people that happen to be Steelers fans, and find themselves embarrassed by stairwayto7, trophycase, etc. Obscene bias + wit can actually be entertaining sometimes. But obscenely biased dumbf*cks just irritate the rest of us.

By: drexelvol

drexelvol — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:37:07 +0000

“Coach John Fox needs to realize that those Tebow chants will only get louder if they are ignored”

Coach John Fox also realizes the more he listens to fans, the sooner he’ll be sitting with them in the stands.

By: ozzie8

ozzie8 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:33:45 +0000

Give the Bengals a little credit. So I guess you’re predicting they will coast to 15 straight losses. I predict you will have them moving up every week from now on, but when you start at 32 there’s no where else to go. I just hope you can scrap the sarcastic remarks for at least one week this year.

By: dreno322

dreno322 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:35:16 +0000

Are you F-ing kidding me? Bengals and Ravens will scrap for this division! You havn’t seen fight yet! This “d” is built to last! Yea’ corners may be suspect…But worthlessburger, Flactate and Colt Mcquit can be had! C’mon 32, run the friggin’ ball! It’s your time, roll with it! Awsome victory on sunday…that’s all we can ask!

By: galindo5363

galindo5363 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:39:30 +0000

Since no one is defending the reason San Diego Chargers are rank so high well then I guess I am going to have to enlighten you dummies. First of all the score was 24-17 San Diego. So the only thing Minnesota could muster up on offense was one break from AP. Other then that AP was shut down the whole game. There only other TD came from special teams Kick off TD and that will get fix. Actually it already got fix by San Diego signing Kicker Nick Novak who will boot the ball into the end zone now and not choke in tight situations. McNabb had 39 passing yards, what does that tell you about San Diego’s Defense. So really the score should of or could of been 24-3 or take away Rivers Int when they were driving and it could of been a blow out 31-3. It don’t matter because San Diego going to show you what they are all about next week against New England and have our revenge from the past AFC Championship game. So in conclusion San Diego rank #3 is too low. They should be rank #2 which leads to a Green Bay Vs. San Diego Superbowl!!!!

By: spfripp

spfripp — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:22:43 +0000

Mike, there is no doubt you really discredit yourself with the placement of some of your teams. The two that sticks out like s sore thumb is the Dolphins and the Bills rankings. I think the Bills are a good team but beating the Chiefs who had struggled all preseason and has shown the same issues in the 1st game is not a reason to push them up so high. Then the Dolphins, their offense exceeded everyones expectations and if that defense figured out how to keep up with the Pats tempo on offense I think Miami would have won that game. No doubt that this ranking is very bias.

By: tylerncom

tylerncom — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:13:09 +0000

Let me preface this by saying I don’t care about the Jaguars. But please explain to me WTH is a damp lady finger. Excuse my mind but it went straight to the gutter.

By: mmcdan13

mmcdan13 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:09:56 +0000

But I thought Bill Polian and Scott Pioli were geniuses? Oh, you mean that any GM can ride a hall of fame QB to ‘genius’ status?

Subtract Manning and Brady from the equations and they’re just two more clowns who don’t know much more than we do.

By: jrs1972

jrs1972 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:52:34 +0000

KIR says: Sep 13, 2011 11:59 AM
Also, how many SB’s has “Bill the Genius” won since spygate? No, we are not going to let it go forget about it.
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Who the hell is “we”? I know I could care less about them taping things that an entire stadium of 70,000+ people can sit there and watch anyway. Theres plenty of legit reasons to hate NE, that reason, not so much.

By: billsjetsfan

billsjetsfan — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:45:59 +0000

I love to see the Bills ranked 13 but Im not convinced the Jets n Pats should be at all afraid. I mean KC looked really really bad, which I’m sure made us look better than we were.

By: finsrule2222

finsrule2222 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:09:45 +0000

I would rant on and on about how terrible these rankings are but it would be pointless as I’m sure the writer doesnt even look at these comments.

His Week Zero and Week 1 rankings speak for themselves. I think this guy just looks at the final scores and makes his rankings from that. I mean the dolphins got completely manhandled, looked like a high school team, but there is no way in hell they are the 30th best team in the NFL. and the Bills at 13. the writer should be embarassed. so what happens if the dolphins beat the texans next week? are they 12th in the rankings now?

Usually its the opposite, but mr writer sir, i think its time you quit your day job

By: deiong

deiong — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:03:57 +0000

why do the bears get the pleasure of playing there first three games against teams that ranked in the orig powerranking that were ranked 4th or higher? good thing is if they win all three might as well give em the superbowl trophy cause theyll be the winners..

By: bwebster614

bwebster614 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:00:10 +0000

So the Jets barely beat the Cowgirls, the Saints lose and show that they (and the Packers for that matter) have no defense what so ever against the pass, the Chargers squeak out a win when McNabb threw for 39 yards and AP ran for less than 100, and you still have the three of them ranked ABOVE the Eagles, who aside from a tough first quarter completely dominated the media darling Rams. I don’t get it. On top of that, the Dolphins put up a great fight against the Patriots and lose it in a shootout while the game was manageable with only 3 to go, but you DROP them? These power rankings are a joke.

The top five should be 1. Ravens 2. Patriots 3. Packers 4. Eagles 5. Bears.

By: expatpatfan

expatpatfan — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:06:01 +0000

How can you put the Steelers at 11th!?! Are you kidding me? Yeah, we lost but it was a trap game.
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A trap game? Against your most hated divisional rival?

By: kevinfromphilly

kevinfromphilly — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:35:42 +0000

6the6ringedsteelerslolatyouremptylittletrophycase7 says:
Sep 13, 2011 10:48 AM
How can you put the Steelers at 11th!?! Are you kidding me? Yeah, we lost but it was a trap game.

Seriously? What, you think they were looking ahead to the Seahawks game?

By: stevincinci

stevincinci — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:06:29 +0000

gomer1 says:
Sep 13, 2011 1:50 PM
So this means that if they were to play right now, the Miami Dolphins wouldn’t beat Cincinnatti, Indy, Seattle, or Denver??

I completely disagree.

Yep, that’s what it means.

By: nepatriots128154

nepatriots128154 — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:05:16 +0000

I still don’t know what the Chargers have done to deserve being ahead of the Pats, Ravens, Jets, or Eagles. #3 is ridiculous.