NFL Power Rankings - Week 4 - Final

I like to read these while I poop. Keep making them please.

I don’t put much stock in power rankings, but they’re still interesting to read.

Great references and you do an awesome job at organizing them. With all the different resources you use, we get a good feel for how the Cowboys match up with teams that are considered “better”.

I like it, but I prefer to read hard-copied materials while I poop.

I tend to scoffaw at most of them and find myself agreeing with the ones that rank us high.I still do not comprehend how you drop a team in the ranking after a win…just don’t get it.

the 1-2 Steelers in the top 10, but have the 3-0 Broncos outside of the top 15.

but they have no real meaning in pro football

I appreciate that you compile these things so I don’t have to search al over for them. Yes, they are meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but my life is full of meaningless distractions.

I must say that I miss Dr. Z’s power rankings. The guy knew more about footbal than anyone alive, and he was also a humorous writer. He also admitted when his rankings were completely arbitrary, and he seemed to enjoy the give and take with fans who complained that their team was ranked too low

The way we start so sluggishly on offense doesn’t look like it will change. The defense still is suspect against the pass.

8-8 or 9-7 look reasonable to me.

Maybe even worse as some of the higher octane offenses lay ahead on our schedule.

I came to btb.com just to look for your collection of rankings…keeps me away from bspn.com…keep em going we appreciate it! BTW I just have to scratch my head when we move down after a win. I can see keeping us in the same place if you weren’t convinced by the win, but to move us down is just annoying

cares about rankings and stats as long as this team win!!!

This is what went wrong with this team last year the media and bein stuck on there on hype.

We can be rank last and i dont care.

The media rankings are entertaining, but the real boys are in Nevada. And these are the only rankings that actually count. They had the Boys favored against the Giants … favored by 9.5 against a desperate Carolina club… and this weekend we’re 3.5 point favorites ON THE ROAD!

Okay, I’ll get just a LITTLE unlazy… The real analysis here would be a logarithm that could actually produce rankings.

Cowboys Odds:
3.5 Away / Tampa Bay - Covered
2.5 Home / Giants - Lost
9.5 Home / Carolina - Covered

Giants Odds:
6.5 Home / Washington - Won/Not Cover
+2.5 Away / Dallas — Covered
7.5 Away / Tampa Bay — Covered

Eagles Odds:
+.5 Away / Carolina — Covered
1.5 Home / Saints - Lost
9.5 Home / Chiefs - Covered

Saints Odds:
11.5 Home / Detroit - Covered
+1.5 Away / Philly — Covered
5.5 Away / Buffalo - Covered

Minnesota Odds:
3.5 Away / Cleveland - covered
9.5 Away / Detroit - covered
7.5 Home / San Francisco - Won/Not Cover

Interesting to note: The Saints are not only the ONE team to Cover each week… but they’ve done it with three blow-outs. In fact, they’ve scored 17 more points than the next closest team (which is, shockingly, the Ravens!)

I voted:

It would be cool if you kept these posts going all year -TCBinNYC

… excellent work, One.Cool … it’s bloggers like yourself that make BTB second to none :)

but i also read em while i poop =)

Mosley at ESPN NFC East blog has this take on their power rankings…

I’m pretty sure the Cowboys’ pass rush is overrated: The Cowboys are about to face one of the worst 3-0 teams (Denver Broncos) since the merger. After wins over Denver and Kansas City, Dallas will head into a bye with a nice-looking 4-1 record. But there are still some flaws that have emerged. A year removed from leading the league in sacks, the Cowboys were shut out the first two games. They had three sacks in the Monday night win over the Panthers, but two of them came after the game had already been decided.

The Cowboys won’t win many games scoring 14 points on offense, although they pulled it off against Carolina. Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett seems to be realizing that this team has a new identity. In the post-T.O. era, the Cowboys’ best chance for success is in a run-based offense. When Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice are all healthy, the Cowboys potentially have the most dangerous running attack in the league. Unfortunately, Jones and Barber appear to be injury prone at this point in their careers. This may sound crazy, but I think the Cowboys are actually the most underrated team in the division right now. Our power rankings specialists put them at No. 17, which seems ridiculously low.

If this team can find anyone to rush the quarterback opposite DeMarcus Ware (hello, Anthony Spencer?), the Cowboys could get on a roll.

Overall he says NFC East is overrated because of Eagles and Skins, but nice that he recognizes that the Boys are very underrated.

I mean, everyone seems to agree that the Giants are a good team, but they barely beat the Boys. We ran at will against their supposedly top defense, and put up 250+ rushing yards with 8.6 ypc (!). We were 4/4 in the red zone, Giants 0/5. We tore apart their run defense, they tore apart our pass defense, so both teams showed their strengths and exposed each other’s weaknesses. But the game came down to a last minute final goal, and just one or two bounces of the ball differently and we would be 3-0, and much higher in the rankings. It took Romo having a really bad day for them to beat us, and he has a lot more good days than bad ones. So I think despite losing that game, what it showed is that the distance between the Cowboys and the Giants is not that great.

But they’re going to have to earn respect. A mediocre win over Denver won’t do much to change it, but a dominating win will start to open some eyes.

But of course power rankings and respect don’t matter. What matters is wins, no matter how you get them, and no matter what anyone, fan or media, thinks.

its better being low on the radar
lets pretend to be middle of the pack all year … its not like the publicity is really helping

definitely better being underrated then overrated.
gives the cowboys one more reason each week to go out and prove something.
as long as they continue to get better each week and put all phases together consistently we should be fine enough.

teams like the cowboys and falcons can fly under the radar and make the playoffs while all the hype goes to teams like the saints and giants.