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Green Bay Packers (15-1) - Previously: #1 - I've been posting quotes from Taton in the Colts' capsule in these NFL Power Rankings all year. Taton has given us great gems like "quit imcomplete Colts!!!!!!" and "colt need fire cach caswell!!!! he spend to much tiem licking penas in back offece with jim isray and cristis prainter!!!!" OK, that last one is mine.
The Packer version of Taton is ADawkins. If you don't feel like clicking the link, here are some of his most recent posts:
It's like some sort of secret spy code. This is even stranger:
OK, ADawkins is definitely some sort of secret government spy. His greatest NFL memory is "yes?" He's good. Man, I hope ADawkins is working for America, and not Communist Russia.
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New Orleans Saints (14-3) - Previously: #2 - Not everyone is a believer in the Saints...
All bettors should be "weary" of that Rams game. Seriously, how fixed does that loss feel now? The Rams couldn't even beat the Seahawks or Cardinals, yet they somehow destroyed the Saints? I feel like the government should check Sean Payton and Drew Brees' bank accounts to see if they made a huge deposit around Oct. 30.
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New York Giants (10-7) - Previously: #8 - Remember when Eli Manning said he was an elite quarterback? Well, Migelini, the dumbest person of all time, disagrees. Here are his NFL quarterback rankings:
That's right - forget being in the same class as Tom Bradey and Ben Rof Lits Burgler; Manning isn't even ahead of Tarvis Jackson and Tim Teebow.
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Baltimore Ravens (12-4) - Previously: #3 - Joe Flacco after his Week 1 win versus Pittsburgh:
"If I were asked if the Steelers are going to win the Super Bowl again, I'd say no."
Interesting. Anyway, let's go to Notes from NFL.com GameCenter - a list of a few stupid comments I read on NFL.com's GameCenter and my thoughts on them:
1. "it it 3pm sunday yet. man i cant what"
What? Can't what? You can't what!?!?!?!?!
2. "ay to go ref terrible call way to jib Cincinnati"
Google defines jib as "A triangular staysail set forward of the forwardmost mast." Damn refs always jibbing the Bengals.
3. "LMAO THE TEXANS FANS ARE HATTING ON THE JAGS AND THE STEELERS FANS ARE HATTING ON THE RAVENS LOL..I LOVE THIS GAME"
Watch out for those hats, Ravens and Jags.
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New England Patriots (13-3) - Previously: #4 - The secret to New England's success this year? Mike Ditka said it on Sunday NFL Countdown last week:
"A great offense is better than a bad defense."
And here I thought teams would rather have a bad defense than a great offense. Shows how much I know.
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San Francisco 49ers (13-3) - Previously: #5 - The 49ers were supposed to face the winner of the Giants-Falcons game; not the Saints. Well, at least according to Charles Barkley anyway, who went 0-2 on his picks on NBC.
I sat down with Sir Charles to get his picks for Round 2:
Me: Hey Charles, thanks for taking the time to talk to me. You look great, by the way, no homo.
Charles Barkley: Why thank you. The secret to the weight loss is two things... first of all, you got to go on Weight Watcher's. Weight Watcher's is great. I lost 38 pounds on Weight Watcher's.
Me: Good to know for future reference. OK, let's get to the picks. Who will win the Saints-49ers game?
Charles Barkley: Let me tell you somethin', Ernie. I picked the Lions to beat the Saints on national TV. That was a turbl pick. I think the Saints will win this game for three reasons. First of all, the Saints have better players than the 49ers, so the Saints will win this game.
Me: OK, so what are your other two reasons?
Charles Barkley: What you talkin' bout, Ernie?
Me: My name's not Ernie. It's Walt. How about the Packers-Giants?
Charles Barkley: Ernie, I like Green Bay for two reasons because Green Bay has more talent than the Giants. I say this because of three things. First of all, Aaron Rodgers is better than Eli Manning. And first of all, Green Bay has more talent, Ernie.
Me: That's some great analysis, Chuck. Let's move to the AFC. Can you see the Ravens losing to the Texans?
Charles Barkley: Ernie, let me tell you somethin'. You can't say that any team in the NFL does not have a chance to beat another team in the NFL. I'll bet you dinner that Houston will beat the Ravens.
Tony Dungy: You can't bet! You can't bet! You can't bet!
Me: Tony Dungy, what are you doing here? It's OK, he's just betting dinner.
Tony Dungy: You can't bet! You can't bet! You can't bet!
Charles Barkley: You're bein' turbl, Ernie. I'm just tryin' to bet some dinner with Ernie.
Me: Yeah, Tony. Stop being a jerk. Speaking of, Rodney Harrison, who invited you?
Rodney Harrison: Charles Barkley will go 0-4 with my picks. He should just stick to basketball or listen to me. Because I know everything.
Me: I'm done here. I don't want to be involved with Rodney Harrison in any capacity.
Charles Barkley: Ernie, Rodney Harrison is turbl for five reasons. First of all, he wouldn't bet dinner with me, and then he insulted me on national TV. And Tony Dungy's turbl for eight reasons. First of all, Ernie, Tony Dungy wouldn't let me bet dinner with Rodney. And also, I lost my picks on national TV.
Me: Who are you talking to, Charles? This turbl interview is over.
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Detroit Lions (10-7) - Previously: #6 - Just thinking ahead here... Matthew Stafford is 23, right? If he averages 4,600 passing yards per year (very possible with Calvin Johnson and all of the other weapons) over the next 12 seasons, he'll have about 60,200 yards by the time he's 35. That would put him 11,600 short of Brett Favre's record.
If Ser Stafford does approach Favre, I can only hope that he doesn't annoy us by waffling on retirement. I can already hear the back-and-forth text chimes between Stafford and Peter King. Ugh.
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Denver Broncos (9-8) - Previously: #16 - Right after I picked the Broncos to upset the Steelers, an employer of this Web site e-mailed me. He told me that he really liked my pick because I was going with Tebow over "The Rapist."
That made me more confident in the selection, so perhaps I should have made it a 14-unit play.
Oh, and by the way, the only thing upsetting about Denver's victory is that we'll have to wait a week to hear what Cris Carter, Keyshawn Johnson and Merril Hoge have to say about Tebow. As Carter pointed out during Sunday NFL Countdown: "The Steelers are really lucky with these injuries that they're playin' Denver this week, hee hee hee honk honk!"
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Pittsburgh Steelers (12-5) - Previously: #7 - I loved Tim Tebow's passion and emotion on the sidelines, but even he would disapprove of this NFL.com GameCenter graphic:
Come on, GameCenter. Just because Big Ben was accused of touching some girls inappropriately doesn't mean that we have to kill him and pretend he was never a life form.
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Houston Texans (11-6) - Previously: #15 - I have something really insightful to say about the Texans. Here it goes... I think...
Sorry, Marvin Lewis just challenged.
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, this is something really important that you Texan fans must know. I believe that...
Sorry, Marvin Lewis just challenged again.
Houston is definitely going to...
Another Marvin Lewis challenge!
The Tex...
CHALLENGE!
Hmm... what was I saying? I forget. Sorry. Well, at least the Texans won.
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Atlanta Falcons (10-7) - Previously: #10 - Here's why Mike Smith's decision-making is stupid: Atlanta spent so many resources on Julio Jones. It used a really early draft pick on Matt Ryan. Why not have Ryan air it out to Jones (or Roddy White or Tony Gonzalez) on play-action in short-yardage? I've never understood why teams almost always run the ball in these situations. If you're going to be aggressive, be aggressive. Don't half-a** it.
Well, look on the bright side, Falcon fans. At least you don't have a quarterback who goes to prison for dogfighting.
Speaking of which, I received an e-mail from Joe B. a few weeks ago:
Walt, did you just hear that comment by Cris Collinsworth? He claims that during the Eagles' bye week, QB Dog Killer bought "played golf and bought a parrot." First of all, how is he allowed to own any pets? And secondly, there's your angle to reintroduce him to Emmitt on the Brink! Mouse fighting has to be illegal by 2016, so I guess parrot fighting is next in line. I also think the "QB Dog Killer" line is vastly overplayed. Give the guy a break! (massive sarcasm) He should now be called "QB Parrot Owner." Do you tink so?
I tink so. And yeah, I didn't think QB Dog Killer was allowed to have pets. Parrot fighting can't be too exciting though. What are they going to do, squawk insults to each other?
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Cincinnati Bengals (9-8) - Previously: #12 - Cincinnati will win the Super Bowl via these three steps:
1. Trade Tony Daltin to the Seahawks for Tarvis Jacksin.
2. ???
3. Win Super Bowl.
If you disagree to me, take it up with Migelini:
You can't argue with that.
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@Andrew
10-25-2011
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Just because the Cowboys have led through the 4th quarter every game makes them suck even more. They can't close the games out. Good teams finish in the second half of games.
The Eagles are garbage. They were over hyped from Vick having a year that not many teams seemed to be prepared for. Teams got some tape, saw he can't see a blitz coming and now they're done. They looked good in the last game? If one game means that much then the Chiefs are super bowl bound with the best defense in NFL history...riiight.
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10-25-2011
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Just because they had so much hype going into the season, doesn't mean they were worth a crap. Carolina, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Atlanta and Tampa are all better than those two teams.
Grant
10-25-2011
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Dont really see how the eagles, cowboys, bucs and bills are higher than the Falcons, a road win in Detroit is impressive
Andrew
10-25-2011
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Ummm.... Mike? Cowboys and Eagles have 5 wins between them thank you very much. And honestly I don't think either team is really in the wrong place. Cowboys have been way inconsistant but they have led in the 4th quarter in every game they've lost and beat the rams pretty bad. As for the Eagles, even though they have sucked it up this year, they did look good in their last game and are way more talanted than the teams behind them.
Sahil
10-25-2011
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Why did the falcons not move up after beating the one loss lions which everyone predicted them to loose?
SanchezLovah319NYJets
10-23-2011
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Well the Jets have a pretty nice defense but their offense so far has not been impressive. But if you recall back to 4 years ago when Mark Sanchez was QB for USC, USC was in the top 20 in the football league. So recalling that I believe that the Jets will AT LEAST make the playoffs.
Mike
10-22-2011
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Okay I get it you got bored after going through your top 5 in the Power Rankings and started drawing teams out of a hat to fill the list. Either that or you know almost nothing about football.
Nick
10-19-2011
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@Foleyface
Destroying Cleveland? You mean when we had the ball on the your 40 yard line with a minute left down by seven? Yep, destroyed us. I know what it's like to have a crappy team and really start to believe that they are good. Your coach will be the death of the Raiders. McFadden doesn't get the ball nearly enough and when you're up by 14 with 4 minutes remaining inside your opponents 20 and it's 4th and 1 what do you think you should do? Well Hue Jackson thinks you should go for it. Instead of kicking the safe field goal and increasing it to a 3 possession game (which either way it would've been whether they score a TD or kick a FG) you now get stuffed and then give up a garbage touchdown. But then you give up an onside kick and if the Browns weren't completely inept on offense, we could've tied the game because your coach is a moron. Give the ball to your best players on offense, which happens to be McFadden and Janikowski.
Matt
10-19-2011
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uhh.... Jason Campbell is worth ten power rankings spots? Seriously?
Dan
10-19-2011
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Walt, do you rank these teams just to get peoples blood boiling or what. It's ok if thats the idea but come on. Cowboys and Eagles have 4 wins between them and they are just out of the top 10? You have to be some kind of nfc east homer.
Rook
10-18-2011
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Also- how is it that you rank the Cowboys #11 and the Eagles #13 here, but then call them both overrated over on your picks page? Isn't ranking them this high, well, OVERRATING THEM?
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10-18-2011
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pete carroll hasn't proven himself? he inherited one of the least talented rosters in the league and took them to the final 6 last season.
Rook
10-18-2011
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Hey Walt- love the "Trident Bastard" nickname for Phillip Rivers. I've got a few issues with the rankings. First off, how do the Saints stay at #3 after my Bucs won? 49ers, Lions, and (especially) Ravens are all better than them right now. Second: the Cowboys at #11?!?!? I know they've kept it close in their losses, but they're just not that good. Same with the Eagles at 13. Finally (and it pains me as a Bucs fan to come to their defense), I don't understand how you can have the Raiders down at #19.
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10-18-2011
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You didn't have the 49ers at #10 last week, you liar.
@wharthog
10-18-2011
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Yeah the cowboys offense sucked, in the last game....
i hate how some of the fans have absolutely no faith in thier team so how come the patriots, 49ers, and the lions are all ranked high if we almost beat them or beat them and we suck |
Run Defenses, Pass Defense, Pass Protection:
Something new this year - I'm keeping track of precise run defense, pass defense and pass protection rankings in Excel. The benefit to this is that it'll be broken down by week. Here are the download links:
2011 NFL Defensive Rankings Spreadsheet (2007 Excel)
2011 NFL Defensive Rankings Spreadsheet - (1999-2003 Excel)
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