Power Rankings: Pats 2008 thread

[Disco Volante]

Every week it seems we have multiple threads complaining about our spots on a certain lists and I thought it'd be easier to keep everything condensed to one thread.

Week 2

CBS Sportsline
Pats: #8 (Last Week: 17)
I buried them last week when Tom Brady went down. Maybe that was a bit premature. They still might be a playoff team.

Cold, Hard, Football Facts
Pats: #5 (Last Week: 5)
The Patriots ran 33 times and passed 23 times in a methodical 19-10 road win over the Jets. They were held under 20 points for the second week in a row – the first time that’s happened since Weeks 12-13 in 2005 (also against the Chiefs and Jets). New England is on pace to complete 176 passes to wide receivers this year for 2,112 yards and 8 TDs; in 2007, the Patriots completed 292 passes to wideouts for 3,814 yards and 39 TDs. New England’s underdog status won’t follow them back home against the Dolphins. Miami, meanwhile, is the last team to beat the Patriots in the regular season, back in December 2006. The Dolphins are 1-20 since then; the Patriots are 25-2 (including playoffs).

ESPN
Pats: #6 (Last Week: 9)
They're still the AFC East team to beat even if they don't have superduperstar QB Tom Brady. Matt Cassel played it safe against the Jets, and that was good enough. They should be 3-0 with the Dolphins coming to Foxborough.

Football Locks
Pats: #3 (Last Week: 3)
New England reminded the league they're more than just Tom Brady... Their offensive line is solid, their defensive line is solid, their receivers are great, their linebackers are seasoned (in a good way), their coaching is top notch, and Cassel did what he needed to do against the Jets-- not turn the ball over.

Pro Football Weekly
Pats: #4 (Last Week: 7)
Matt Cassel jerseys selling by the dozens now.

Walter Football
Pats: #17 (Last Week: 19)
No Comment

USA Today
Pats: #1 (Last Week: #1)
No Comment

Yahoo
Pats: #7 (Last Week: 10)
How long until LaMont Jordan becomes the team’s primary ball carrier?

[Rob0729]

Originally Posted by Disco Volante

Every week it seems we have multiple threads complaining about our spots on a certain lists and I thought it'd be easier to keep everything condensed to one thread.

Week 2

CBS Sportsline
Pats: #8 (Last Week: 17)
I buried them last week when Tom Brady went down. Maybe that was a bit premature. They still might be a playoff team.

ESPN
Pats: #6 (Last Week: 9)
They're still the AFC East team to beat even if they don't have superduperstar QB Tom Brady. Matt Cassel played it safe against the Jets, and that was good enough. They should be 3-0 with the Dolphins coming to Foxborough.

Football Locks
Pats: #3 (Last Week: 3)
New England reminded the league they're more than just Tom Brady... Their offensive line is solid, their defensive line is solid, their receivers are great, their linebackers are seasoned (in a good way), their coaching is top notch, and Cassel did what he needed to do against the Jets-- not turn the ball over.

Walter Football
Pats: #17 (Last Week: 19)
No Comment

A handfull of the other sites (CHFF, FOX, etc.) haven't updated yet. Pete Prisco is a moron.

Never heard of Walter Football or Football Locks. I am guessing Walter Football doesn't know much about football since they have the Seahawks ahead of the Pats. Right now, I don't know if the Seahawks will get to .500. Football Locks has the Pats too high at this point.

[Rob0729]

none of them as bad as Vick Carrucci's powerranking though. He only ranks the top 12, but the Pats ain't in there (the only 2-0 team not in there).

Monday night win keeps the Cowboys on top

[Rob0729]

PFW has them 4th

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Michael Silver over at Yahoo Sports have them 7th

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns

[ALP]

Originally Posted by Rob0729

Never heard of Walter Football or Football Locks. I am guessing Walter Football doesn't know much about football since they have the Seahawks ahead of the Pats. Right now, I don't know if the Seahawks will get to .500. Football Locks has the Pats too high at this point.

same thing i was thinking...LOL

[Lampshade]

Originally Posted by Rob0729

none of them as bad as Vick Carrucci's powerranking though. He only ranks the top 12, but the Pats ain't in there (the only 2-0 team not in there).

Monday night win keeps the Cowboys on top

Vic has never needed much of an excuse to put Buffalo among the best in the league.

[FloridaPatsFan]

My biggest beef with power rankings is that a lot of writers/websites will rank a team higher than a team deserves based on the potential of a team....but rank a team lower based on the same potential to be a mediocre team.

A typical example of that would be that if the Colts lose this weekend and are 1-2........but some other team is 2-1 and playing well, they'll still list the Colts higher based on potential....

Which means that the person doing the rankings is allowing for a degree of emotion to be involved in the rankings....

I personally have agreed with Troy Aikman's rankings because they are solely based on facts and not feelings.

[Rob0729]

Originally Posted by FloridaPatsFan

My biggest beef with power rankings is that a lot of writers/websites will rank a team higher than a team deserves based on the potential of a team....but rank a team lower based on the same potential to be a mediocre team.

A typical example of that would be that if the Colts lose this weekend and are 1-2........but some other team is 2-1 and playing well, they'll still list the Colts higher based on potential....

Which means that the person doing the rankings is allowing for a degree of emotion to be involved in the rankings....

I personally have agreed with Troy Aikman's rankings because they are solely based on facts and not feelings.

Personally, I think Power Rankings are useless other than for entertainment value, but I think there is no standard for anyone in these rankings. That is why they are all so all over the place.

[FloridaPatsFan]

Originally Posted by Rob0729

Personally, I think Power Rankings are useless other than for entertainment value, but I think there is no standard for anyone in these rankings. That is why they are all so all over the place.

Agreed...Even though I don't put much stock in them, I still check them out.

Not sure if NFL.COM is going to continue to to carry Aikman's rankings this year, but they have zero favoritism involved. A much more accurate approach to see who is the real deal and who is the paper tiger. I'm not even a big Aikman fan but I do like to look at his rankings.

[NEPatriot]

After a Jets win, we are in a good position. Winning 6 more games will make us a #1 candidate again.