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The Unbearable Powerfulness of Ranking (Part the Fourth)
Prior to the season, I did a power ranking of the AFC South as compared to other things. The concept was simple (as most of my concepts are wont to be): What we need is a Power Ranking that gives you a sense of how much difference there is between the teams as well as a frame of reference for...
The Unbearable Powerfulness of Ranking (Part the Third)
We're just past the mid-way point of the 2011 season, so it's time to take a look at how the Texans rank vis-a-vis the other teams in the AFC South. As always, so we have some context for these rankings, we've included sixteen other items, people, and concepts. If you are interested in how the...
The Unbearable Powerfulness of Ranking (Part the Second)
Prior to Week 1, I put together a power ranking of the teams in the AFC South. With a quarter of the season gone, it's time to take another look at how the teams in that division stack up. Yet, as I mentioned in the first post, the problem with traditional power rankings is that there is no...
Winning Stats Power Rankings - Week 15
It's time once again for our weekly installment of Power Rankings based on the Winning Stats. There wasn't much movement at the top of the rankings, with the Saints maintaining the top spot, followed by the Patriots, Vikings, and Colts. Follow me after the jump for the full rankings, Strength...
Winning Stats Power Rankings - Week 14
This week in the Power Rankings, I've added a new way to look at how well teams have played this year: Consistency. It gives a pretty good look at how a team have played this year, and what you can expect the last 4 weeks on the year. I'll talk about what I found above the fold, but the full...
The Minnesota Vikings and NFL Power Rankings
NFL fans, by and large, love to see the new Power Rankings from various sites that come out every week after games are concluded, and I'm no exception to that rule. However, there's a bit of a differential. . .a schism, if you will. . .about where the Minnesota Vikings should be ranked, according...
NFL.com Puts Ravens 6th in Power Rankings
According to Senior Analyst, Pat Kirwan, the Baltimore Ravens were placed 6th in NFL.com's Power Rankings. The trailed from the top, in order, Pittsburgh, New England, Philadelphia, New York Giants and Indianapolis. While being rated 6th overall out of 32 teams is a pretty impressive start to the...
Around the NFL
This has been intriguing me since I figured it out when looking at game stats on the NFL Network this past Sunday. I believe it was the first time in NFL history in the Bears-Lions game when both starting QB's last names started with an "O" (Orton, Orlovsky). Pretty sharp of me, eh? The Titans are...
Wednesday Notes: Lions Hold Final Public Practices
The Lions followed their normal routine on Tuesday by having both practices outside. The morning session was in full pads and the special teams practice was in helmets and shorts. Tuesday was the final day of Lions practices being open to the public. According to the Lions, over 8,000 fans...
Niners Nation Pre-Training Camp NFC Power Rankings
A week ago I announced that we would have our own community power rankings for the NFC for the upcoming season. 49ers training camp starts a week from Friday and I thought the first rankings would be a relatively complete reflection of the offseason to date. Twelve folks provided their rankings...
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