Lansdowne
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How so?
Well just to give you one example which should pretty much say it all:
6. Philadelphia
Well just to give you one example which should pretty much say it all:
6. Philadelphia
Dunno. The games the Eagles have won, they have dominated. And any offense with Westbrook and Mcnabb in it is gonna be pretty efficient.
Well just to give you one example which should pretty much say it all:
6. Philadelphia
Sagarin Ratings also have Eagles up there.
Can you point to a team beneath them that you would call a prohibitive favorite on a neutral field?
That is the point of this season. Other than the top 5-6 teams, the rest of them are bunched into the mediocre group of the terrible group. If you are in the mediocre group and havea few impressive victories, you are going to float to the top.
The Giants, who have already beaten Philly.
Do you think the Panthers would be favored over the Browns? No.
Would the Vikings be favored over the Saints? No.
Cincy has beaten the Ravens twice.
I don't see how anyone could see these rankings as good.
With regard to your game specific comments. Philly lost to NY when they were down two OLs and Westbrook. The Saints just lost to StL and the numbers don't realize that Peterson isn't there now. Cincy may have beaten the Ravens twice, but they are 1-6 in their other games while Balt is 4-3 in their other games. Should we completely ignore those games?
But, again, you are treating this like it is based on opinion. It is not. Frankly, the only thing that I would take issue with is that NFC teams would be naturally skewed upwards. When you face junky teams, your stats will look better than they would otherwise. Other than that, there is no real reason to contest much of this.