Post-Draft Power Rankings

BlueThunder · Apr 30, 2019

Hmmm..Does IND have 2 teams?????? ( #6 AND #10 ) !!

stinkypete · May 1, 2019

Power Rankings are dumb. Here are my dumb power rankings, which will almost certainly prove wrong

32 Miami
31 Arizona
30 Cincinnati
29 Washington
28 NY Giants
27 Denver
26 Detroit
25 Oakland
24 Baltimore
23 Tampa
22 NY Jets
21 Buffalo
20 Seattle
19 Carolina
18 Tennessee
17 Jacksonville
16 Atlanta
15 Pittsburgh
14 Green Bay
13 Dallas
12 Minnesota
11 Chicago
10 Houston
9 Dallas
8 Cleveland
7 New Orleans
6 LA Chargers
5 Indianapolis
4 LA Rams
3 Kansas City
2 Philly
1 New England

shakadave · May 1, 2019

I haven't figured out why PIT still gets mentioned as a contender. I predict they will go 8-8 and miss the playoffs. I'm with StinkyPete putting them around 15. In fact I'm pretty much in agreement with most of StinkyPete's #1-15. I agree Indy could be very good. They are impressive drafters. KC will be so much easier to defend without Tyreek Hill! I'd jump the Saints up to #3 on my list. NYG are the team I'd put at #32.

TheRainMaker · May 1, 2019

shakadave said:
I haven't figured out why PIT still gets mentioned as a contender. I predict they will go 8-8 and miss the playoffs. I'm with StinkyPete putting them around 15. In fact I'm pretty much in agreement with most of StinkyPete's #1-15. I agree Indy could be very good. They are impressive drafters. KC will be so much easier to defend without Tyreek Hill! I'd jump the Saints up to #3 on my list. NYG are the team I'd put at #32.

I think Pittsburgh bounces back somewhat this year. Getting rid of Brown and Bell will improve their overall team culture. Their only competition is Cleveland which reminds me of what the ‘99 Colts did. Browns have a lot of fire power on offense. Their D aren’t slouches either.

Indy should make the playoffs again and I don’t see them having another slow start this season.

I put the Saints at #2 but they’re running game could be a concern. Alvin Kamara has not proven he can carry the ball full-time. It also won’t shock me if they regress.

F**k the Giants!

AHoodieWorshipperInParis · May 1, 2019

farn said:
Love our chances if those are actually the top teams : Chargers are a choke machine whose key personnel has never amounted to anything. Rams have an overrated QB who is babysat by their HC. The Saints haven't amounted to much since their last SB a decade ago despite their "HoF" coach and QB.

Maybe Philly. I'd say the following teams are more of an issue than those listed (despite their flaws): PIT, SEA, BAL. One of these teams will get something going and challenge.

As long as our coaching is light years ahead of the rest of the AFC, it is still Patriots to lose

TommyD4207 · May 2, 2019

TheRainMaker said:
I think Pittsburgh bounces back somewhat this year. Getting rid of Brown and Bell will improve their overall team culture. Their only competition is Cleveland which reminds me of what the ‘99 Colts did. Browns have a lot of fire power on offense. Their D aren’t slouches either.

Indy should make the playoffs again and I don’t see them having another slow start this season.

I put the Saints at #2 but they’re running game could be a concern. Alvin Kamara has not proven he can carry the ball full-time. It also won’t shock me if they regress.

F**k the Giants!

The Saints' bigger concern is, has Drew Brees fallen off the cliff? When it goes, it goes quick, and he had a poor last month of the season.

ausbacker · May 2, 2019

TommyD4207 said:
The Saints' bigger concern is, has Drew Brees fallen off the cliff? When it goes, it goes quick, and he had a poor last month of the season.

Losing Mark Ingram to Baltimore doesn't help their cause. Love Kamara but Ingram offered bruising between the tackles runs, Kamara is more finesse.

SHOWTIME15 · May 2, 2019

TommyD4207 said:
The Saints' bigger concern is, has Drew Brees fallen off the cliff? When it goes, it goes quick, and he had a poor last month of the season.

Breez didn't play well late into the season last year

TomPatriot · May 2, 2019

“Power ranking”

Biffins · May 2, 2019

TheRainMaker said:
Philly at 2? I think they’re overrated. I’d move the Saints to 2 and Rams at 3.

KC could really struggle if/when Hill is banned from the league. No more chucking it it deep to a wide open WR Madden style.

The Chargers have a lot of talent but the reason for the large gap between them is because who is at QB for them. Rivers is the biggest bum when it comes to big games. They had an opportunity to get home field throughout but lost to the Ravens at home. Their defense didn’t allow Lamar Jackson’s nonsense again but still barely squeaked out a road win before getting annihilated in NE.

We put 2 people fulltime on Hill and still beat them. Let’s see what happens when they replace Hill with some bum from the street. Mahomes will quickly lose his “best of this generation” moniker I bet.

Uptown · May 2, 2019

BlueThunder said:
Hmmm..Does IND have 2 teams?????? ( #6 AND #10 ) !!

Where was IND ranked twice?

NFL Power Rankings: New Orleans Saints on top after 2019 draft

BlueThunder · May 2, 2019

Redstorm said:
1. NE
2. NO
3. LAC
4. KC
5. LAR
6. IND
7. DAL
8. CLE
9. PHI
10. IND

AFC is loaded, NFC not so much. I think KC will be most dangerous late in the year

Here...IND 6 & 10

Uptown · May 2, 2019

BlueThunder said:
Here...IND 6 & 10

Oh, I thought you were referencing the initial post.

NFL Power Rankings: New Orleans Saints on top after 2019 draft

BlueThunder · May 2, 2019

I think it's too early to even go to PR's ........ wait until final 53 is set at least.....these rosters are nowhere close to being set at this stage...especially after TC and PS with injuries...Waiting for the BB surprize trade this year

Pats2000 · May 2, 2019

The Pats are easily far and away the best team in the league right now. Chiefs and Saints are the only teams which are close.

If they get Gordon for the year, with the additions they made in the draft, this team is going to be unstopable with an elite pass catching trio, a serviceable tight end, and a stable of good running backs. This year will be the most balanced Pats team we've seen since the early 2000's. Except Brady can sling the ball better at 42 than he could when he first came into the league.

It's looking pretty likely that the Chief's lose Hill and the Saints are such an up and down team year to year. So there's no guarantee the Saints are going to keep the train rolling into 2020.

Deus Irae · May 2, 2019

shakadave said:
I haven't figured out why PIT still gets mentioned as a contender. I predict they will go 8-8 and miss the playoffs. I'm with StinkyPete putting them around 15. In fact I'm pretty much in agreement with most of StinkyPete's #1-15. I agree Indy could be very good. They are impressive drafters. KC will be so much easier to defend without Tyreek Hill! I'd jump the Saints up to #3 on my list. NYG are the team I'd put at #32.

Pitt is a talented team that won't have the turmoil of last year being repeated this year.
The addition of a top prospect at LB should help at least partially fill the void left by Shazier's injury, and that would be a big boost to the defense.
The team's addition at WR can't just be dismissed, because the team has a history of being successful with a good percentage of its WR draftees.
Questions about the QB decline are legit, but those questions would also be applicable to other highly ranked teams such as N.O., N.E., S.D./L.A., so they sort of even out.
Prior to last season, the Steelers 4 previous years had them with 13,11,10 and 11 wins
Prior to last season, the Steelers had been to the playoffs for 4 consecutive years.

Does any of that guarantee that Pitt will be better this year than last? Absolutely not, but the arguments are legitimate and enough to make it understandable that people would rank the team high, IMO.

JayNM · May 2, 2019

Gotta say... i am feeling pretty good, but nowhere near yall.

I think there's plenty of things that are being underrated:

LT is the most important in the line and we have no guarantee Wynn will be the answer, let alone completely replace Trent who was at top 5 level

Gronks absance is gonna be huge. Yes weve done it before, but its far from being enough evidence to say that its guaranteed his production will be replaced

How fast can the newcomers absorve the playbook? Specially at WR and TE, which may not count with Thomas and Gordon to start with

I mean, dont get me wrong, i think we are a great team... but the analysis all around seem a bit too... optimistic maybe

Bradyking12 · May 2, 2019

cscirpoli said:
The Pats are easily far and away the best team in the league right now. Chiefs and Saints are the only teams which are close.

If they get Gordon for the year, with the additions they made in the draft, this team is going to be unstopable with an elite pass catching trio, a serviceable tight end, and a stable of good running backs. This year will be the most balanced Pats team we've seen since the early 2000's. Except Brady can sling the ball better at 42 than he could when he first came into the league.

It's looking pretty likely that the Chief's lose Hill and the Saints are such an up and down team year to year. So there's no guarantee the Saints are going to keep the train rolling into 2020.

Only thing that sucks is that the Super Bowl is in Miami, but if we make it that far I'm sure we'll here it all week and will be prepared and ready like winning in Denver and Road playoff game.

RedSleevesPinkStripes · May 2, 2019

cscirpoli said:
The Pats are easily far and away the best team in the league right now. Chiefs and Saints are the only teams which are close.

If they get Gordon for the year, with the additions they made in the draft, this team is going to be unstopable with an elite pass catching trio, a serviceable tight end, and a stable of good running backs. This year will be the most balanced Pats team we've seen since the early 2000's. Except Brady can sling the ball better at 42 than he could when he first came into the league.

It's looking pretty likely that the Chief's lose Hill and the Saints are such an up and down team year to year. So there's no guarantee the Saints are going to keep the train rolling into 2020.

If a team is "easily far and away the best" then how can other teams be close?

SBLIII · May 2, 2019

JayNM said:
Gotta say... i am feeling pretty good, but nowhere near yall.

I think there's plenty of things that are being underrated:

LT is the most important in the line and we have no guarantee Wynn will be the answer, let alone completely replace Trent who was at top 5 level

Gronks absance is gonna be huge. Yes weve done it before, but its far from being enough evidence to say that its guaranteed his production will be replaced

How fast can the newcomers absorve the playbook? Specially at WR and TE, which may not count with Thomas and Gordon to start with

I mean, dont get me wrong, i think we are a great team... but the analysis all around seem a bit too... optimistic maybe

Lots of unknowns until we face the Steelers for sure. But I think Brown was just an average starting LT in the NFL. But still pretty solid and no that easy to match for a 2nd year coming of a serious injury.

Hmm I don't view the Gronk absence as huge. I think he was in a pretty big decline and it would have looked not so good in 2019.

My biggest concern is by far a possible Brady decline. If Brady is still Brady I think we are fine. After that I would view LT as the 2nd most important question that needs to be answered, I agree with you there.

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