NFL Power Rankings - Week 3 Final

by One.Cool.Customer on Sep 22, 2009 6:44 PM CDT

Today, for the first time this week, I ventured forth into the media jungle to see what's being said about our Boys, and it ain't so pretty. Here's a look at the various power rankings out there heading into week 3.

Top spot this week goes to Yahoo Sports, who put us up two notches at 7th, ahead of the 8th place Eagles: "During the next nationally televised spectacle at Cowboys Stadium on Monday, can we please see more of Felix Jones and less of The Decider?" Follow the link, it's the only time my lips twitched in a simile of a smile at something Cowboy related this week.

ProFootballWeekly has us down three spots to 10th: "Hey, at least the stadium's all it's cracked up to be."

Pete Prisco @ CBS Sports ranks us 10th, up one: "Talk all you want about how poorly Tony Romo played, but if they don't improve on defense it won't matter. That unit has given up too many big plays in two games in the passing game. That needs to be fixed quickly." He may be on to something there.

WhatIfSports moves us down eight notches to 12th. Incredibly, they have the Jets at No. 1 - picks like this may soon see them dropping out of our weekly round-up.

ColdHardFootballFacts move us down to 12th. "The Cowboys are 29th in the NFL in yards per play allowed (6.4), 29th in first downs allowed (22.5) and 26th in points allowed. Oh, and no sacks. Oh, and no turnovers forced. In other words, maybe the defense isn’t so hot. However, 7.6 yards per play on offense (1st) and an amazing 7.0 YPA (1st) on the ground will mask a lot of problems on the other side of the ball."

Covers.com drop us down two spots to 12th. "The 'Boys lost a tough one in their first game in the new stadium. It was back and forth but Tony Romo is the reason Dallas is 1-1 instead of 2-0." Notably, they give the Redskins some love - their ranking is the only one in which the Redskins actually move up.

AssociatedContent ranks us 12th, unchanged vs. last week. "Losing to the New York Giants is never something to be ashamed of, even if Tony Romo choked the game away. I'd continue writing about Romo, but I just intercepted one of his passes and need to start going the other way."

NFL:com's Expert Picks keep us at No. 13. Joe Theisman, one of the experts, has the Cowboys at No. 5 on his list.

NationalFootballPost ranks us 13th (-2). "Tony Romo’s performance canceled out a dominant running game against the Giants."

SI.com. Don Banks moves us up two spots to 13 and offers a totally unqualified comment: "Do you know what bores me to tears every single time it crosses my radar screen? Any story having anything to do with TV ratings. I really don't care that 24.8 million people watched the Giants-Cowboys Sunday night on NBC. Not in the least. I know NBC cares, and it should. Ditto for the NFL. But I don't care. I know I watched the game. I was there, and it was on in the press box. But after that? Yawn."

NBCSports (via SportingNews.com) has us down to No. 15, "Talent keeps them from falling too far, but Tony Romo's mistakes remain troubling, especially when they surface at home against a division rival."

ESPN lowers us two notches to 15th: "Two problems don't go away: critical turnovers by Tony Romo and giving up big plays on defense. (Clayton)"

Fox Sports drops us to 16th: Positives: "The offseason hype was dead on about the Dallas running game, now that Felix Jones is healthy. The duo of Marion Barber-Felix Jones combined for 220 rushing yards against the intimidating Giants in Week 2." Negatives: "Tony Romo opened Jerry Jones' new palace with a major dud and still can't seem to win the big ones." The Redskins win and drop 8 places. Go figure.

Walter Football drops us to 19th from 14th. No comments provided, but the Giants are the only NFC East to at least hold their position.

Here's how the NFC East fared:


	This Week	Last Week	This Week	Last Week	This Week	Last Week	This Week	Last Week
Yahoosports	7	9	8	2	3	6	24	19
ProFootballWeekly	10	7	11	4	1	3	21	20
CBSsports	10	12	11	4	1	3	23	25
Whatifsports	12	4	16	14	5	11	21	12
CHFF	12	9	10	2	1	4	23	19
Covers.com	12	10	9	7	1	5	17	20
Assoc. Content	12	12	11	2	2	3	23	22
NFL.com	13	13	10	4	1	3	24	20
NFP	13	11	11	6	1	2	21	21
SI.com	13	15	10	6	3	7	25	24
NBCsports	15	10	9	2	1	3	22	17
ESPN	15	13	9	4	2	3	23	20
Foxsports	16	13	7	4	1	3	24	16
Walter Football	19	14	15	13	3	3	22	17
Average	12.8	10.9	10.5	5.3	1.9	4.2	22.4	19.4

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Not many suprises there

Shockingly enough Yahoo might be the closest to accurate as far as our Boys are concerned. Running game looks incredible, passing game doesn’t look as bad as folks want to believe, and the defense certainly has enough talent and a good enough coach to improve a great deal. Anybody who has us out of the top 10 is crazy.

Epic Fail since 1985

by the red scare on Sep 22, 2009 6:49 PM CDT reply actions

Power Rankings always are ridiculous...

The logic is so skewed that I hardly bother with them except for the fact that you have rolled them all up for me to read in one cathartic release ;-)

If I had a nickel for every Super Bowl the Eagles have won, I would have zero nickels.

by Cowboyfan729 on Sep 22, 2009 11:26 PM CDT reply actions

It's the play on the field, not this

Kudos to you for crunching the numbers, but why bother? This doesn’t mean sh*t to me. You probably have 5 fantasy teams too, right? Watch the games and not the stats and maybe you’ll learn something.

by dfan77 on Sep 23, 2009 2:56 AM CDT reply actions

Just so you know

You are not the only target audience for every fan post. So although:

This doesn’t mean sh*t to me

Some enjoy them. Thanks One.Cool.Customer

The Knights season may have just ended, but the Cowboys year is just begining!

by aussie_cowboy on Sep 23, 2009 3:53 AM CDT up reply actions

+1

by BishopWest on Sep 23, 2009 4:12 AM CDT up reply actions

yup

These fanposts that actually take a large of time are much better than the ones in which people write one paragraph and expect a discussion to start off it.

After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL

by MayurP on Sep 23, 2009 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't enjoy stats, but I enjoyed the presentation.

So your statement doesn’t mean sh*t to me dfan.

"Help, it's hot and dark in here and someone is laughing." Taco Bell

by GunsUp on Sep 24, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Go figure...

The Giants move up by beating the lowly Cowboys after giving up 250 on the ground, and not being able to run, and needing 4 turnovers to win by a couple of points, and having more than anyone’s share of lucky bounces go their way. I would think the Giants should have dropped a good bit and we should have moved up a little. After all the moves, the two teams should have ended up pretty closely ranked. If I was a Giants fan, I would certainly not be happy with the way my team played against the Boyz. We do need to improve on D, but I would have never guessed the run D would have played so good against the Giants based on the performance in Tampa. Keep hope alive.

by Silverblue on Sep 23, 2009 7:57 PM CDT reply actions

Go Figure...exactly

The Boyz handed that game to the Vaginas and they still had to have a last second field goal to beat us…Geez, we only gave the pathetic Shegals 3 T/O and they crucified us last year…The game was over by the start of the half…hell it was over by the middle of the 2nd QTR, but the Ginas couldnt even strike deep until Romo handed them the 3rd INT…Id really feel good about my D-Line if it gave up 250+ yds on the ground, and had lady luck just once turned her smile on us…not 4 times but just once, the vaunted Ginas would have limped home wondering what happened to them…the lead changed 8 times, but only because we gave the Ginas their share of leads…they could NEVER have made them on their own…4/5 trips into the Red Zone, yielded them 3 points or nothing…That is un-acceptable for any offense…and their running game, never existed…FEAR THE STAR

by Hawgz, Bugz, and FilthyFowl Hater on Sep 23, 2009 11:14 PM CDT reply actions

Thanks for putting this together OCC

Personally, taking into account all of the injuries right now, I’d have the Giants around 7, Eagles around 10, us around 12 and Washington around 17. This injury to Phillips is gonna kill them…suddenly their safety play is more suspect than anyone elses in the division

by foyesboys on Sep 25, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions