Comments on: The Patriots take second in the Preseason Power Rankings

By: bullcharger

bullcharger — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:27:07 +0000

The Giants lost their tight ends, Manningham, Jacobs etc. Nicks and Bradshaw were both injured for a while last year and appear to be prone to injury. They will have issues if that happens again this year. The Giants are still good, but they aren’t #1 on paper going into 2012 regardless of them winning the Superbowl last year.

By: patsfiend

patsfiend — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:01:07 +0000

Giants lost (handily) to the Skins twice last year, so clearly with that and RGIII Skins should rank ahead of the G-Men.

By: jerseysaremylingerie

jerseysaremylingerie — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:42:26 +0000

I mean, you guys realize that these rankings are for the UPCOMING season, right? Last season has almost nothing to do with the outlook for the season ahead of us… Guess what? Nobody cares that the Giants were the Champions last year. Except, of course, Giants fans.

By: citizenstrange

citizenstrange — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:16:20 +0000

As long as the Patriots have Brady and play in the AFC East they will make the playoffs with a first round bye and home field advantage and have a good shot at the Super Bowl.

By: bobterwilliger

bobterwilliger — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:11:40 +0000

“They shouldn’t be higher than the team that beat them twice last year, including winning the most important game of them all.”

Well part of winning the Super Bowl is getting to the Super Bowl, and the Patriots will have an easier time than the Giants because the AFC doesn’t have as many good teams.

By: rc33

rc33 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:09:59 +0000

That would apply to Green Bay too, right?

Should each and every defending champ be ranked #1 going into the next year regardless of what transpired during the off season?

By: bigbluenationdb

bigbluenationdb — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:02:36 +0000

As a Giants fan I could argue based on last year they shouldn’t be higher then the Giants but I think with these rankings you have to look at the upcoming year.

The Patriots play such an easy schedule. The AFC East is not very good, the NFC West has only one legit team in San Fran and the AFC South only has Houston.

In every game the Patriots will be favored simply because they have the better QB. Only one game this year will they play against a team with a QB close to Brady and that will be against Denver.

I don’t see the Pats finishing any worse then 12-4. I think 13-3 is probably where they finish.

By: xsherr

xsherr — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:44:43 +0000

Giants got hot at the right time. That’s all.

By: jbl429

jbl429 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:20:23 +0000

They shouldn’t be higher than the team that beat them twice last year, including winning the most important game of them all.