Week 2 Power Rankings

[The Pencil Neck]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

Yeah , the AFC looks to be the tougher conference .... and you are spot on looking at Denver being able to play with the big boys. As Ive stated in a couple other threads , their defense and running game were able to carry Tim Tebow to a playoff win .... Then they replace Tebow with Peyton Manning.

And they improved their secondary.

That Broncos team is starting to scare me, tbh.

[Corrosion]

Originally Posted by The Pencil Neck

And they improved their secondary.

That Broncos team is starting to scare me, tbh.

I said in a thread in the NFL section that this week three matchup could be a preview of the AFC title game ....

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

Im not so sure Pittsburgh or NE deserve to be in the class that Houston , Baltimore and Denver do .... their defenses are suspect in comparison - although its hard to bet against Tom Brady. I believe they are in the next tier below those three more complete teams.

I don't think the rankings are based on how balanced, a team is, but on their ability to win games. When looking at a team like NE (I don't really have anything to say about Pittsburgh) chances are they are going to score 30 points, week in week out. How many other teams are going to be able to hang with that?

Even looking at the Texans, are you saying you penciled NewEngland as a win? Will we be able to stop them from scoring 30? 27? 24? How many points do you think we'll be able to score? We averaged 26 ppg with Schaub last year. But you don't get into a shootout with a gunslinger. We'll have to stay on the field, control the clock & minimize their opportunities. We might not get to 20 points.

[Fili]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRa...e=whatIfSports <- says we're #1.

[Thorn]

Originally Posted by Fili

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRa...e=whatIfSports <- says we're #1.

OK, I love my Texans, but I'm not ready to say they are number 1 in the league right now. There is without a shred of doubt the Texans belong in the top 10, and we can argue about the top 5, but on top of the heap after one game?

[Corrosion]

Originally Posted by Fili

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRa...e=whatIfSports <- says we're #1.

So what system simulates these 10,000 games played against each team ?!


They also have the Texans with the highest percentage of win probability for the coming week against the Jaq's with 90.7%.

The next highest probability is New England facing Arizona with a 69.6% win probability.


That seems like a really big gap ....

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

So what system simulates these 10,000 games played against each team ?!


They also have the Texans with the highest percentage of win probability for the coming week against the Jaq's with 90.7%.

The next highest probability is New England facing Arizona with a 69.6% win probability.


That seems like a really big gap ....

It's interesting to say the least. New England & Green Bay are there at the top as web but it shows them closer to 30 points per game for and we averaged 26 ppg. However, their points against is higher by 5 points.