Peter King Ranks the NFL Teams...Pats #1

[DarrylS]

Not sure if this is good or bad, but Peter King lists us as #1 in his current rankings.. Mangini's team is #32..

Pittsburgh Steelers, N.Y. Giants atop early NFL power rankings - Peter King - SI.com

New England was seventh in the league in scoring with Brady playing one quarter in 2008; it'll be in the top three, easily, with him back. With new young talent in the defensive backfield -- Belichick can mix and match all the toys he's gathered over the past two offseasons, maybe playing Shawn Springs sparingly some weeks to keep him healthy for January -- New England should have enough ammo to be competitive with the best quarterbacks on the schedule. It was 5-1 down the stretch, including 4-0 on the road, as many of its young defenders grew up. I don't see much downside.

 

[Rob0729]

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My prediction is that many if not most preseason pubs will have the Pats #1. With Brady returning and the additions the Pats made during the offseason, people will expect this team to be closer to the 2007 team than the 2008 team.

 

[Mogamedogz]

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Completely irrelevant. Opinions are like Arsholes... everybody's got one.

happy to see so many people have high hopes for the pats this season... but really. off-season rankings are worthless.

 

[PatsChamp88]

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Along with every other "writer"

 

[BadMoFo]

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And all of a sudden we care what Peter King thinks.

 

[ivanfears]

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And all of a sudden we care what Peter King thinks.

king is a complete buffone , id feel better if he had us last

 

[xmarkd400x]

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Completely irrelevant. Opinions are like Arsholes... everybody's got one.

... and most of them stink.

:singing:

 

[Deus Irae]

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And all of a sudden we care what Peter King thinks.

Only until the next time his column isn't stroking the Patriots.

 

[Rossmci90]

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Not really relevant to the thread but this was at the end of the article and i was wondering if anybody had any idea what he was going on about:

j. Every time I read a British sports section, I feel like there's an inside joke and I'm not in on it.

 

[Pats67]

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Now, now, no fair lashing out at the other kids just because you never got the point last week.

 

[Sicilian]

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And all of a sudden we care what Peter King thinks.

I don't care what he thinks, but I agree with this assessment. Sometimes people need to remember that the two things can be separated.

 

[jcdavey]

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i think king is ******ed putting the bears that high, but i love this little write-up on sd -

Philip Rivers' great 2008 season was lost in the fog of a weird, controversial 8-8 year. I bet there haven't been 20 seasons -- ever -- as statistically impressive as the one Rivers had last year: 65 percent passing, 4,009 yards, plus-23 touchdown-to-interception differential.

 

[ScottieC]

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i think king is ******ed putting the bears that high, but i love this little write-up on sd -

Yea, I liked that one too - Anyone remember what Tom did in 2007? I forgot.

 

[upstater1]

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... and most of them stink.

:singing:

Really, can anyone speak to this out of experience?

Are you just talking out of your arse?

 

[Adam Seward]

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Ole Peter King, hes quite the homer.

 

[efin98]

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i think king is ******ed putting the bears that high, but i love this little write-up on sd -

Brady's '07 and Manning's '04 stats were better. More passing yards, better completion percentages, better TD/INT ratios- two examples in five years he should have known about.

 

[alvinnf]

Chicago number 4 please....... Jay Cutler is 17-20 as an NFL starter. They'll be lucky to beat out Detroit for the basement of that div.

 

[BradyFTW!]

Man, those were some bad power rankings.

 

[Nonentity]

Re: Peter King Ranks the NFL Teams.. Pats #1

Not really relevant to the thread but this was at the end of the article and i was wondering if anybody had any idea what he was going on about:

j. Every time I read a British sports section, I feel like there's an inside joke and I'm not in on it.

I wasn't sure about that myself...probably just cultural references and sporting knowledge. Unless he just thinks we're elitist

 

[stinkypete]

The only way the Bears will even win their division is if Favre signs with Minnesota. Favre is the only man who can keep the Vikings out of the playoffs.