Tuesday, November 4, 2008

More rankings.

Yet again the  top five are intact. New England drops a few spots, and is replaced at 5 by Washington.

1. Tennessee Titans: This deep into the season, you can't drop the only undefeated team below first.
2. New York Giants: If you were going to drop the Titans, it would be for New York. They dominated the floundering Cowboys, and are head and shoulders above the rest of the best division in the league.
3. Pittsburgh Steelers: They have the best back up quarterback in the league, and he came through in a big Monday night win.
4. Carolina Panthers: Playing mostly consistent, looking to come off their bye week and keep the momemtum.
5. Washington: Tough loss to Pittsburgh. Still one of the few six-win teams in the league.

10. Chicago Bears: Found a way to win despite Detroit playing one of its better games. They need to make a few weeks with Rex Grossman at quarterback.
18. Green Bay Packers: Still not convinced by this team, as they seem to play to their opponents level every week. Need Aaron Rodgers to stay healthy.
21. Minnesota Vikings: An even less convincing team, but they played their best game of the season so far.

28. Cincinnati Bengals: They finally finished a game, and get their first win of the year.
29. San Francisco 49ers: Haven't seen enough of this team, but they don't seem to have a lot going for them.
30. Seattle Seahawks: Really bad.
31. Oakland Raiders: Worst team performance of the season on Sunday. By any team in the league, that is.
32. Detroit Lions: Like the Titans, you can't move a team from this spot until they win a game.

The experts stayed about the same this week with their NFC North rankings. Most had Chicago highest, and all had Detroit at 32. Michael Silver has consistently ranked NFC North teams higher than ESPN, CBS, and Jeff Sagarin's computer have. He currently has two division teams in the top 10, and by his average ranking for the Vikings is five spots higher than ESPN's and seven spots higher than CBS's. Interesting?

ESPN.com: CHI-9, G.B.-16, MIN-20, DET-32
Michael Silver(Yahoo!): G.B.-7, CHI-9, MIN-13, DET-32
CBS Sportline: CHI-15, G.B.-16, MIN-19, DET-32
Jeff Sagarin(USA Today): CHI-8, G.B.-14, MIN-14, DET-32
FOX Sports: CHI-7, G.B.-12, MIN-19, DET-32

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