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Week 17 NFL Power Rankings | 5 comments (5 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Washington after the Vikings? (#1)
by Flemish American on Thu Dec 27 2007 at 2:32 AM EST

Your rankings this week bother me. As I understand it, "Power-rankings" should be based on the recent performance of a team rather than the full season record. On this basis, both Jacksonville and the Chargers should be ahead of Green Bay. Jacksonville has had to play Indianapolis twice and their only real bad loss was a brain-fart in New Orleans 8 weeks ago. San Diego is 9-2 in their last 11 games with losses to Minnesota and Jacksonville and are on a 5-game win streak right now.

Certainly, Washington deserves to be ahead of Minnesota. They beat the Vikings in Minnesota to move ahead of them in the play-off chase and, with Dallas hurting and assured of 1st seed, the Redskins have a legitimate shot of moving on.

I can appreciate wanting to put the top two NFC teams at the three & four slots and not any lower, but who are we kidding? The AFC is clearly the stronger conference and without the "Any given Sunday" factor whoever gets to the Superbowl from that conference will be favoured to win except, maybe, a Tennessee -vs- Dallas match-up, but I don't really see that happening.

i agree (#2)
by Editor on Thu Dec 27 2007 at 10:50 AM EST

I don't get this either. The only explanation would be if the Redskins beat them in washington but they beat the Vikings (and most likely knocked them out of the playoffs) in Minnesota.

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bad rankings (#4)
by kroberts on Sun Dec 30 2007 at 8:32 PM EST

I'd say, I have to disagree, not just because I wrote the ranking, but because what you're saying doesn't make any sense. just because the chargers are 9-2 in their last 11 games doesn't mean they should be ahead of the packers. want to know why? because to start the season the packers were 10-2. oh, yeah, and they beat the chargers. and, for all the eli wishful thinkers, they beat the giants, too. way back when they still had a tight end. your argument doesn't have much of a leg to stand on, I'm afraid. power rankings are about season long consistency, as well as current status (which you rightfully said), but you have to use good judgment and logic. you do make a good point with jacksonville. the only problem is that the teams above them are indeed better teams. the rankings are how they should be. the top two afc teams, then the top two nfc teams, followed by whoever from then on.

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: Accepting what you say... (#5)
by Flemish American on Tue Jan 01 2008 at 8:12 PM EST

...you still don't explain the Washington under Minnesota rank, which was both illogical and proven incorrect in week 17.

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Week 17 NFL Power Rankings | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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