The Phinsider Week 4 Power Rankings
by Kevin Nogle on Oct 6, 2011 5:00 PM EDT
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Another week, another top spot for Green Bay. It's amazing how much better than just about the rest of the league they are.
Elsewhere, the trend of good teams being bad and bad teams being good continues. Before the season, everyone was jumping on the Detroit darkhorse bandwagon. Did anyone see them as a team worthy of receiving a second place vote in Week 4, and sliding in as the fourth best team in the league?
Meanwhile, Atlanta should be challenging New Orleans for the division title, all while holding off Tampa Bay. But, someone forgot to tell them this. They jumped out to an early lead in Seattle, but then had to hold on to squeak by with the two point win. The team just looks out of sorts right now.
This week's largest jump belongs to Tennessee, who rose seven spots from 17 to break the top 10.
The furthest fall was Dallas, who fell five spots from 13 down to 18.
There's an announcement this week, as well. Starting with next week's Power Rankings, we will have a guest ranking the teams as well. Each week, I will randomly choose someone from the comments made on the Power Rankings post. Whomever it is, I will then email and let them know they have been selected. All they have to do, then, is send me an email ranking all 32 teams. Simple right?
As the bye weeks start this weekend, it will be interesting to see what happens when a team doesn't play. Will they move up or down, based on what everyone else is doing?
Make the jump to see the full rankings, and the comments from our contributors.
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Green Bay's offense is absolutely on fire right now. The road to the NFC crown goes through Lambeau. (kmb8488) |
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Looking to battle the Packers for NFC domination (Mosul_DolFan) |
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Pats lost to a division rival and then returned the next week as....well....The Patriots (texascowpunk) |
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The Lions have just dominated the second half the last two weeks. Ford Field will be an outrageously hostile environment when the Bears come to town Monday night. (kmb8488) |
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Defense picked up the slack Sunday against the Jets. Consitency on offense is still needed, though, as Joe Flacco's completion percentage was horrid in Week 4. (kmb8488) |
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Can someone else get on the bandwagon with me? This team is good! (Mosul_DolFan) |
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The fact that this team isn't playing up to their talent level and is still 3-1 is a good sign, especially for a team notorious for starting slow. (Matty I) |
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Remember when LeGarrette Blount was the worst college play on the face on the planet? No. Neither does anyone else. (Mosul_DolFan) |
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Eli has looked very good three weeks in a row throwing for 8 TD's and only 1 INT in that span. (texascowpunk) |
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Team that shouldn't be this good, but apparently is. (Mosul_DolFan) |
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Seemed to come back down to earth in week 4 with a loss to the Bungles. (texascowpunk) |
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Shanahan has the Skins playing well again. Wonder if they are second guessing themselves in Denver yet. (texascowpunk) |
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Defense got shredded against NE. But they aren't going to face Tom Brady every week. (Matty I) |
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An Alex Smith led team is just one bad collapse against the Cowboys away from being unbeaten after four weeks. Totally surprised! (Matty I) |
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Big Ben and James Harrison are hurt, and the Steelers have the worst offensive line in football. Pittsburgh needs to make a stand against the Titans this week. (kmb8488) |
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The Bears' sudden commitment to the ground game will do wonders for Jay Cutler's health. Chicago's secondary isn't impressive right now. (kmb8488) |
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Sanchez looks worse than Henne but their defense will keep them out of the QB sweepstakes. (texascowpunk) |
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Looked good in week four against a really good team until Romo throws 2 pick 6's......ouch! (texascowpunk) |
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Team that shouldn't be this bad, but apparently is. (Mosul_DolFan) |
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Another example of a team trying to buy a Lombardi and it resulting in epic fail? (texascowpunk) |
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Cleveland has the talent to do some good things, but their porous linebacer corps is going to hurt them time and time again this season. (kmb8488) |
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Huge performance by Andy Dalton against Buffalo last Sunday. Has the Queen City's savior finally arrived? (kmb8488) |
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An absolutely dreadful collapse against NYG last week. This defense worries me, even in a bad division. (Matty I) |
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Team that should be the worst team in the league, but apparently isn't. (Mosul_DolFan) |
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Team showed some spunk against Atlanta, led by a very good effort out of Tavaris Jackson. Too bad Marshawn Lynch continues to disappoint. (Matty I) |
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David Garrard nearly moved to Miami, but is still unemployed. Jacksonville has to know something the rest of us don't, right? (Mosul_DolFan) |
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It's not that Tim Tebow is the answer. But shouldn't this team try to sell some tickets by giving their fans what they want? (Matty I) |
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Very surprised KC's defense kept Adrian Peterson in check. Big "Suck For Luck" game this week in Indy vs the Colts. (Matty I) |
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Blowing considerable leads at home to Tampa Bay and Detroit is one thing, losing to the abysmal Chiefs on the road is another matter entirely. (kmb8488) |
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Speaking of QB sweepstakes (texascowpunk) |
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The Curtis Painter era looked good - for a half. If the Colts get the #1 spot and draft Andrew Luck, the rest of the league should just quit. (Mosul_DolFan) |
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This team needs to get Sam Bradford some weapons. Not a good sign when your leading receiver through 4 games is Danario Alexander. (Matty I) |
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Well looking at our current suituation and the remaining games
I really think we will be the the team who nabs Luck we have a tough road ahead of us
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come on Phins!
lets rattle some cages and create some wins! Is 11 out of 12 too much to ask for?
wow, bottom half of the league looks just awful. I wanted to say the eagles were being over-rated, but then i looked at the teams below them and thought differently.
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mosul,
for some reason the description column gets cut off for me, i can only see half of it. wondering if its just me or if can be fixed
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hard to believe theres 2 teams worse than us
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Man if you guys get Luck this will officially be the toughest division in football.
Then again, you guys will need a competent coaching staff before that happens…
I’m rooting for you guys though. I liked it better when we were ruling the division rather than having NE and the Jets as top dogs.
BuffaloRumblings sucks. I got banned because I used to shred their crappy articles in the comments section. Plus I would present the best arguments and make the best points, just to have them "warn" me for being "aggressive" and then they would make articles using the very substance of my posts...Wow Rumblings, you guys suck and can't handle having someone who isn't a mindless drone that agrees with everything you spew.
agreed
And I firmly believe cowher power is not the solution. Look at the way cowher built the steelers, a tough D and punishing O-line (well the O-line isn’t that great anymore, but it was once amazing). He didn’t have a true franchise qb till big ben came in. That is what cowher will do here. He seems as if he is more likely to stockpile picks and trade away the number 1 pick, while getting matt kalil, instead of getting luck. Cowher is not what this organization needs, the fans want an exciting O, and great qb, cowher will make a great D, with a “gets the job done” O. And don’t even start on gruden, gruden was given a super bowl team, and then he destroyed it.
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by AnishB15 on Oct 6, 2011 7:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If the season ended today; your saying we'd be no better then the third pick missing Luck & jones both WTF!
wopper "the king" computer
We often look rite past the positive's cuz the negative's-r-so hard they dominate! Have you touched & preened your beaver-pelt yet! Captain beem me abord the luckmobil!
by wild zion beaver on Oct 6, 2011 7:50 PM EDT reply actions
don't think rams would draft luck or jones
one of them would fall to us
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Bruther New England wood offer 2 1st & 3 2nd's rd draft picks to get eather of them!
Oh l thank they(NE) wood offer more to keep luck away from us, just saying!
Oh there is a rummer thats going around, the “Indy team” might win the lotto on the (Luck pick) which just might be true!
wopper "the king" computer
We often look rite past the positive's cuz the negative's-r-so hard they dominate! Have you touched & preened your beaver-pelt yet! Captain beem me abord the luckmobil!
by wild zion beaver on Oct 6, 2011 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm worried about NE
how many draft picks do they have next year? They might want to trade up for Luck…
"The more people I meet the more I like my dog."
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Chyt i think they have at least two 1st rd. picks? They could also "throw in" the following years #1 pick. The Rams wood fall head over heals giveing away there 1st pick for that deal!
Just saying nothing is sacred anymore. Money hooks, needs to get bilacheat away from the new england patseys or it could be another 20 years+ of suxable delights!
Man i think this kid (A.Luck) has sum “Joe Montana” in him!
wopper "the king" computer
We often look rite past the positive's cuz the negative's-r-so hard they dominate! Have you touched & preened your beaver-pelt yet! Captain beem me abord the luckmobil!
by wild zion beaver on Oct 10, 2011 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
your poker sux man!
wopper "the king" computer
We often look rite past the positive's cuz the negative's-r-so hard they dominate! Have you touched & preened your beaver-pelt yet! Captain beem me abord the luckmobil!
by wild zion beaver on Oct 7, 2011 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions
you're right...i suck at poker
"The more people I meet the more I like my dog."
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Why no article about the return of the not-so-prodigal son, Sage?
Fer pete’s sake, nj.com had this at 1400. Just sayin…
by LoveWingsHatePenguins on Oct 6, 2011 8:05 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
BTW I love mosul, but I sure do miss my fellow dirty Jerseyan
MATTY!! I love you still!
by LoveWingsHatePenguins on Oct 6, 2011 8:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is probably my new fav segment
I’d love to get the guest rankings one week!
Laces out!
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BRANDON MARSHALL- FUTURE MIAMI HOF WR!!!!!
Tom Brandstater- more TD's than completions. Last person to tell him that's not possible, well, nobody has seen him since.
Well commenting here is a good start. Also Mosul will need a note from your mom that you are eating all of your vegetables.
http://www.dolfansunlimited.com/
do green skittles count?
Laces out!
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-2008 AFC East Champions-
BRANDON MARSHALL- FUTURE MIAMI HOF WR!!!!!
Tom Brandstater- more TD's than completions. Last person to tell him that's not possible, well, nobody has seen him since.
I don't know. I will check and get back with you on the ruling.
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by texascowpunk on Oct 6, 2011 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I would love luck
But we possibly might not get him. If that’s the case who do we pick? Laundry jones is built from the spread offense. Were a ground and pound team. Barkley shows promise but didn’t matt lienart and Carson Palmer? I do think the henne era is over. But the only option I see us getting to go the the next level is luck. There’s also foles but he doesn’t seem to look like the elite quarterback luck could become. I say if we can’t get luck, pull a bill bellichk and trade for picks. What’s worth a top 5 pick? A Hella lot.
by west coast phinfan on Oct 6, 2011 8:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
we're getting closer
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I think the Niners and Titans are overrated in this
SF has still been inconsistent and hasn’t been able to put away some of the weaker teams in the league. This is a team that could end up losing 5 of their next 7 games (TB, Detroit, Washington, NYG, and Baltimore).
The Titans are still pretty good and deserve to be in the top 15, but I’m not sold on their defense yet. They’re toughest matchup has been Baltimore, which they did do pretty well on. They’ll get a solid test in 3 weeks with Houston. If they can get by Houston or at least hang with them, I would consider them at the rating they’re currently at.
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crap
I didnt even think about the Colts! We might get screwed out of LUCK!
maybe not
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