SI preseason Power Rankings

1. ARIZONA CARDINALS
2. CAROLINA PANTHERS
3. PITTSBURGH STEELERS
4. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
5. DENVER BRONCOS
6. CINCINNATI BENGALS
7. MINNESOTA VIKINGS
8. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
9. GREEN BAY PACKERS
10. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

"So long as Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor, Bobby Wagner and Pete Carroll are around, the Seahawks are going to remain a team to be reckoned with. This season will be no different, and their two showdowns with NFC West rival Arizona (Weeks 7 and 16) are as must-see as any other games on the NFL calendar."

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/08/02/nfl-preseason-power-rankings-cardinals-steelers


Have at it.

I aint mad... Good luck to the nine listed in front. If the offensive line doesn't absolutely suck, I think we're going to another Super Bowl.

So we're lower then Minnesota, Cincinnati and Kansas City with no Eric Berry and Houston still recovering from injury? Interesting to say the least.

9 teams better then Seattle ? Laughable

The list is bad, they'll see why when the season starts, yada yada

I can see some of these teams ahead of Seattle to start the season with the offensive line issues the Hawks may have (New England, Carolina, Green Bay and maybe Pitt and Arizona) but really all these teams have issues to start the season, so whatever, it is an opinion no more or less valid then if I came up with a list. Plus it gets people talking when someone thinks Minnesota, KC or Cincy are a top ten team or at least better then a Seahawks team with an elite defense, a great QB, a top 10 WR/TE core and a good (top 15) or possibly great (top 5) running game even without Lynch.

I would put Seattle in the 5 or 6 hole to start this year with the possible O-line issues and some depth issues at QB and LB'er, but really that's about as low as I could go with this team with the recent track record they have for winning and being a playoff team year in and year out.

Panthers are #2....even after losing their whole secondary(Norman and Tillman)?

Things like this are just predictions pretty much and everyone had different ones. No biggie but we'll prove them wrong.

Yawn.

hawkfan68":35qttaat said:

Panthers are #2....even after losing their whole secondary(Norman and Tillman)?

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No doubt it's a green secondary but Coleman is back. So is this guy https://mobile.twitter.com/BillyM_91/st ... 13/video/1

I don't really care about the rankings, but you can't list a team at #10 and say they're a "force to be reckon with". #10 is basically "Yeah, you're a little above average, so you'll probably make the playoffs as wild card team."

ctrcat":sqg1tj5j said:

hawkfan68":sqg1tj5j said:

Panthers are #2....even after losing their whole secondary(Norman and Tillman)?

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No doubt it's a green secondary but Coleman is back. So is this guy https://mobile.twitter.com/BillyM_91/st ... 13/video/1

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Do you have a bat signal that goes off any time the Panthers are brought up here? :lol:

^ :irishdrinkers: :2thumbs:

Hasselbeck":ii0i5rwh said:

ctrcat":ii0i5rwh said:

hawkfan68":ii0i5rwh said:

Panthers are #2....even after losing their whole secondary(Norman and Tillman)?

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No doubt it's a green secondary but Coleman is back. So is this guy https://mobile.twitter.com/BillyM_91/st ... 13/video/1

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Do you have a CAT signal that goes off any time the Panthers are brought up here? :lol:

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^YES! Very nice.

Truth be told I at least skim a lot, though not near all, topics/posts. It's not hard or even time consuming. And I do not spend significant time on other teams' boards for a variety of reasons. Some topics such as this one just based on the topic alone are likely to provide good talking points and an opportunity to add two cents as we all grind our way through the long offseason into the pre-preseason.

LOL

Who wrote those?

Is Pete Prisco writing for SI now?

It's as if they fell asleep on their keyboard for 5-9, woke up and was like "oh crap, Seahawks"

I could see the Seahawks being put at the end of a Top 5 list. But all the way at 10? I don't believe there are 9 teams better than the Seahawks right now.