Week 3 Power Rankings

[gettlemanjack]

USA Today has Panthers #2 in NFC only behind Seahawks. Top 4 in NFL

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2014/09/16/nfl-week-3-power-rankings/15715527/

[L-TownCat]

I still have no clue how the Eagles are top 5. They have an average defense and their offense is streaky at best. 

 

Dude!  They beat Luck.

 

Did you hear me? I said they beat Luck!!

 

This team has to be made of cyborgs and mutant hybrid solar car people or something.

 

An average defense doesn't just beat Luck... C'mon don't you watch ESPN?

[Mol3m4n]

NBC Sports has Panthers #3 in NFC behind Seahawks and Packers

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/16/week-two-power-rankings-5/

Dafuq?

[TimTom]

SVP and Russillo just blew their snarkload at the possibility of Carolina being a Top 5 team after Van Pelt put Panthers as his 5th in their Top 5/Bottom 3 Segment.  The producer Stanford Steve just lost it at Scott as he read it.  Threw in a couple of references to the Hardy case, using the term "fluid" ... Wow they are hating on us hard.  Did N/S Carolinians do something to these anchors personally or is it just regionalism?

[iamhubby1]

Personally, I love these rankings. Feels good for my team to have a decent/great ranking.

That said. Rankings really don't mean a thing. Winning is all that matters. If we win, we look good in the rankings. Vicious cycle. But what you gonna do?

[gettlemanjack]

Erie (Pennsylvania) Times-News has Panthers #1 in NFC and #2 in NFL only behind Broncos

Erie is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are #1 and #2)

http://mobile.goerie.com/?articleRedirect=1&url=http://www.goerie.com/article/20140916/FOOTBALL04/309169934

[Johnny Rockets]

I still have no clue how the Eagles are top 5. They have an average defense and their offense is streaky at best. 

 

1.  Bad Division

 

2.  Chip Kelly

 

How can you consider a team that was 4th in pts scored, 2nd in total yds, and the #1 running offense last year "streaky at best"? Especially since they have started off this year 1st in points and 1st in yards (although we are only going into week 3)?

 

Seems pretty consistent to me. 

[Cary Kollins]

1.  Bad Division

 

2.  Chip Kelly

 

How can you consider a team that was 4th in pts scored, 2nd in total yds, and the #1 running offense last year "streaky at best"? Especially since they have started off this year 1st in points and 1st in yards (although we are only going into week 3)?

 

Seems pretty consistent to me. 

 

 

Zero points in the first half against the Jaguars

 

Six points in the first half against the Colts

[SZ James (banned)]

what was or highest average power ranking in history?

 

probably came after that superbowl run

[gettlemanjack]

Hall of Fame Sports Talk, which has 14,482 followers, has Panthers #2 in NFC only behind Seahawks. Top 4 in NFL

https://mobile.twitter.com/HOFSportsTalk/status/511921488723976193?p=v

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

what was or highest average power ranking in history?

 

probably came after that superbowl run

 

we were top 3 pretty much all summer in 2006

[Johnny Rockets]

too much love for seattle. They got their asses beat by an average SD team. People forget they suck so bad on the road. They very well could lost 5 or 6 games this year and all of them on the road. smh. #1 team yet they got destroyed. Its a new year NFL

 

LOL...30 -21 is not getting their asses beat. The Chargers beat teams that are better than them every year, then turn around and lose to teams like the Raiders. It's what they do.  

 

Chargers controlled the ball for 70% of the game and were extremely efficient on 3rd downs. They executed a great game plan and that is what you have to do to beat an elite team like the Seahawks. If you think the Seahawks of last year are going anywhere, I believe you will be sadly mistaken. 

 

People forget they suck so bad on the road? They were 6-2 on the road last year!!!  

[gettlemanjack]

Washington Post has Panthers #1 of all 32 NFL teams.

1. Carolina Panthers (2-0), Last week’s ranking: 3

The Panthers are for real. Their defense allowed 4.6 net yards per pass through the first two weeks of the season and is rated as the second best defensive unit in the league by Pro Football Focus .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2014/09/16/panthers-bengals-and-bills-lead-week-2-of-fancy-stats-nfl-power-rankings/

[fieryprophet]

1. Bad Division

2. Chip Kelly

How can you consider a team that was 4th in pts scored, 2nd in total yds, and the #1 running offense last year "streaky at best"? Especially since they have started off this year 1st in points and 1st in yards (although we are only going into week 3)?

Seems pretty consistent to me.

My only question with the Eagles is how they'll play against strong defenses. Foles doesn't seem as locked in this year.