Power Rankings after week 1

[DesertSteel]

For all of our (mostly merited) criticism, others saw it differently and ESPN now has us #1.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/NFLpowerrankingsx170912/nfl-2017-week-2-power-rankings-overreaction-edition-pittsburgh-steelers-green-bay-packers-kansas-city-chiefs-make-early-moves

[pczach]

Who can explain any of this? :chuckle:

It makes no sense to me how all these rankings are made in the first place.

[Hawkman]

It's ridiculous. Another power ranking puts them at 5th. I put no stock in it......W/L is all I care about.

[tube517]

BCS has us at #3.

As long as we get in the top 4.........


Don't let FS76 see this thread. :chuckle:

[Born2Steel]

NFL Power rankings are only slightly less annoying than Preseason college rankings.

[Craic]

WE'RE WINNING THE BCS!

WE'RE WINNING THE BCS!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[teegre]

Uh oh...

Be wary of Appalachian State.

[ALLD]

That pass catching RB, Hunt on KC is pretty good and he is a 3rd round rookie. I bet he isn't even thinking about $17million.

[DesertSteel]

Personally, I'd put Alabama above them.

[SteelMayhem72]

Notice the espn power rankings are "the overreaction" edition...no way we should be #1...that should be kc

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[AtlantaDan]

Who can explain any of this? :chuckle:

It makes no sense to me how all these rankings are made in the first place.

Explanations such as this one from SI/MMQB are laughable in explaining how scientific it all is :rolleyes:

Rather than relying on one mind to determine the 1 to 32 ranking, every week we will conduct a staff vote among all MMQB/Sports Illustrated NFL staffers for the most definitive ranking of the NFL teams (aside from maybe win-loss records), going by the classic Peter King “if they met on a neutral field in Des Moines...” scale.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/06/nfl-power-rankings-mmqb-poll

Steelers dropped from 3 to 4 in MMQB power rankings after week one:willy:

Green Bay and Kansas City ranked #1 and #2 this week - obvious Midwest bias :mad:

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/12/nfl-power-rankings-week-2-green-bay-packers-kansas-city-chiefs-jacksonville-jaguars-baltimore-ravens

[fansince'76]

BCS has us at #3.

As long as we get in the top 4.........


Don't let FS76 see this thread. :chuckle:

BCS BOWL BOUND, BABY!!! :tt02:

:chuckle:

[st33lersguy]

If we were talking about level of play from a WR or play from a defensive rookie in week 1, I'd agree on no. 1, but as a team, no. Overall it was a very sloppy day and they misfired in a lot of areas against a crap team

[BurghBoy412]

As soon as NE wins a game they'll be back on top of the charts. Aren't power rankings like a middle school student council election? It's just a popularity contest right?

[EzraTank]

The only time I want the Steelers ranked #1 is on February 5th, 2018.