Week 3 Power Rankings Roundup

[Cartire]

Heres power rankings from the big outlets. Figure it might be nice to just put them all in once post.



NFL.com #1 http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200000 ... rs-plummet

Well, at one point in the second half Sunday, the Jacksonville Jaguars got within 21 points.

ESPN.com #1 http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2013/week/4

The Seahawks' pass defense leads the league with a minus-4 TD-Int differential. Only 12 teams even have four interceptions this year. Good road challenges await in Houston and Indy.

Foxsports.com #2 http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings/2013/3

Is there a tougher place to play in the NFL than Seattle right now? With the 49ers struggling and a head-to-head win already in the books, the Seahawks hold a comfortable two-game lead in the NFC West.

CBSsports.com #2 http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/powerrankings

They have looked as good as any team in the league so far. Now they get a real chance to show how good if they can win at Houston.

Yahoo.com #1 http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutd ... --nfl.html

Still haven't seen one reason to knock them out of the top spot.

BleacherReport.com #1 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1783 ... -4/page/33

The most exciting part of this team is how it continues to improve as some of its best players are on the bench or in the training room.

profootballtalk #2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... ankings-4/

At least one of the young mobile quarterbacks who did so well in 2012 is still thriving.

 

[Yoonhawk]

Thanks for putting this together! Just FYI - the link for the Yahoo rankings is the same as the CBS link.

 

[Cartire]

Thanks for putting this together! Just FYI - the link for the Yahoo rankings is the same as the CBS link.

Fixed, thanks.

 

[Kooshster]

Love that -4 TD-INT differential stat. Haven't heard that before! Really neat way to show the strength of this defense. No way is that sustainable, but it's a great way to show how dominant this defense has been so far.

Odds that Sando pulled that stat up and not Blount?

EDIT: Thanks to the OP for pulling all these rankings together! :mrgreen:

 

[Cartire]

Love that -4 TD-INT differential stat. Haven't heard that before! Really neat way to show the strength of this defense. No way is that sustainable, but it's a great way to show how dominant this defense has been so far.

Odds that Sando pulled that stat up and not Blount?

EDIT: Thanks to the OP for pulling all these rankings together! :mrgreen:

Sando still runs the power rankings. Im almost positive thats him. Its a Sando type stat.

 

[Seahawk Mike]

I love the last one...at least one of the young mobile QB's is still thriving

Maybe just maybe it's because RW doesn't rely on the read-option for success as a QB...it is just one of his tools...

 

[12thManNorth]

Wow, pretty amazing. Last year at this time I was starting to wonder if it was time to bench Russ Wilson. Now there'd be World War 3 starting if the Seahawks were as LOW as #3 in any national power rankings. What a turnaround

 

[Evil_Shenanigans]

Thanks for putting these all together Cartire!

 

[RolandDeschain]

So many delusional Denver fans out there.

 

[Seattle_Stunna_MD]

Good round up, thanks for posting all of the links. I enjoy reading the weekly rankings.

 

[Evil_Shenanigans]

So many delusional Denver fans out there.

Just a matter of time until they show up here talking trash!

 

[RolandDeschain]

So many delusional Denver fans out there.

Just a matter of time until they show up here talking trash!

It's alright, the facts speak for themselves.

Seahawks have the #1 defense, #4 offense, and #2 special teams (points per game for first two, Football Outsiders DVOA for the special teams ranking) and the Broncos have the #17 defense, #1 offense, and #1 special teams.

Let's do some 1st-grade math.

1 + 4 + 2 / 3 = 2.33.
17 + 1 + 1 / 3 = 6.33.

We're more balanced and have the best overall ranking. Suck it, donkeys. A fantastic offense and middling defense doesn't get you the Lombardi most of the time; see: 2007 Patriots. 18-1, and they'd swap it in a heartbeat for a 10-6 regular season but with another Lombardi.

 

[Evil_Shenanigans]

Just to show how flawed these things can be. SF is ranked anywhere from 7th to 16th on these ranking now. Two weeks ago they were generally ranked equal to or ahead of us. I would argue that they never belonged there in the first place.

 

[RolandDeschain]

Shenanigans, it's always a bloodbath trying to rank NFL teams in September. Takes some time to even out and see who's really where.

 

[RolandDeschain]

So many delusional Denver fans out there.

LOL, you've been on a rampage all day.

*snicker*

Entertained by watching me destroy moronic Denver fans on Facebook, are we?

Well, it's true. We're a far more "elitely balanced" team than Denver. That gap will close a fair bit when Von Miller comes back, (assuming he goes back to superb/elite form) but thus far, Denver's defense is a joke. They have allowed more points in the first halves of their games than we have overall. #NotEvenClose

 

[RolandDeschain]

Football Outsiders just posted their weekly update. GUESS WHO JUST KNOCKED OFF DENVER FOR TOP HONORS, MY BROTHAS?

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-r ... oa-ratings

Seriously, you'll never guess! Also, Football Outsiders gives both us and Denver more than a 5% chance to finish 16-0. That is unheard of three weeks in; holy crow.

 

[The Radish]

Want to mention I hate cbs sports. Damned commercials they try to force on everyone.

:141847_bnono:

 

[formido]

Football Outsiders just posted their weekly update. GUESS WHO JUST KNOCKED OFF DENVER FOR TOP HONORS, MY BROTHAS?

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-r ... oa-ratings

Seriously, you'll never guess! Also, Football Outsiders gives both us and Denver more than a 5% chance to finish 16-0. That is unheard of three weeks in; holy crow.

Don't by dazzled by a shiny ball control passing offense[1]. We are as good as Denver today. Better, IMO. How often has a flashy offense hummed against lesser competition, only to sputter when it faces the best, most physical defense in its league? We lead the NFL in margin of victory and that's without a hurry up offense that tacks on another couple TDs in garbage time against a broken opponent.

[1] Denver is very, very good. But they should fear Seattle at least as much as Seattle fears them, and that's not what I see in some quarters.

 

[edogg23]

I know it was only preseason, but why do people forget the whooping we unleashed on Denver already this year??

 

[Cartire]

I know it was only preseason, but why do people forget the whooping we unleashed on Denver already this year??

because it was preseason.