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NFL Power Rankings - National Football League
ESPN.com There's a new leader in the clubhouse in the Week 5 edition of ESPN.com's NFL power rankings, and some might say it's about time. The New York Giants ' distinction as defending Super Bowl champions and their 3-0 start this season never amounted to selection as the best in our 2008 ...
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Power rankings: Titans climb to second
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog — Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky The new power rankings are out. As much talk as there is in Titans HQ and in Nashville about the team flying under the radar and going underappreciated, I think you'd have to say they're getting a lot of credit for their 4-0 start here, where they've climbed to second. Sunday for the win over the Jaguars, ESPN.com sat alongside CBSSports.com, NFL.com and The Dallas Morning News. Most of the big outlets have taken notice. I still think the Titans could lose five games, emphasis on could -- this Sunday in Baltimore, either vs. Green Bay or at Chicago, a probable split with ...

Explaining my AFC West power rankings
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog — Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson The following is a look at why I placed the AFC West teams where I did in the Week 5 NFL Power Rankings: San Diego Chargers Power ranking: 8 Where I picked them: I had the Chargers at No. 10 as the highest ranked two-loss team. They are moving up the rankings at a solid pace after losing their first two games. This is one of the league's most dangerous teams. Denver Broncos Power ranking: 11 Where I picked them: I had the Broncos slide five ...

NFC North Week 5 power rankings
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog — Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Hopefully you caught ESPN.com's updated power rankings Tuesday afternoon. Green Bay took a significant dive after its second loss of the season, while Minnesota didn't fall as far as I thought they might. Here's the divisional breakdown: Green Bay Packers Ranking: 15 My vote: 17 High: 8 Low: 19 Chicago Bears Ranking: 18 My vote: 16 High: 12 Low: 19 Minnesota Vikings Ranking: 21 My vote: 25 High: 18 Low: ...

Disparity for Pats in power rankings
Extra PointsESPN.com releases its power rankings each Tuesday, and one aspect caught the eye from the Week 5 rankings: The Patriots tied for the third-highest disparity among voters, with one voter ranking the team as high as sixth, and another as low as 18.

Football Today -- Belichick shows his softer side; Al Davis shows his fire
Projo Pats Blog — ... . He is third on the San Francisco depth chart at outside linebacker, behind Manny Lawson and Parys Haralson. (boston.com) GIANT STEPS: The idle Giants moved to the number-one spot in the ESPN power rankings , while the Tennessee Titans took over the second spot and the Dallas Cowboys fell to third. The Patriots also didn't play, but they dropped from 11th to 13th. AN UGLY, UGLY DIVORCE: We've had two coaches fired in the last two days, and the way the Raiders went about dumping Lane Kiffin couldn't have been more different than the way the Rams handled Scott Linehan's ...

ESPN Week 5 Power Rankings: 30 out of 32
WhoDeyRevolution — ESPN's week 5 power rankings are out and the Bengals are ranked 30th out of 32 NFL football teams.  The only teams below us are the St. Louis Rams who fired head coach Scott Linnehan and the Detroit Lions who recently fired President, Matt Millen.  WDR believes that the Lions should rank ahead of the ...

Power Rankings: Still Depressed
The Ragnarok — Sorry for the lack of a post today on football. I'm still trying to get over the Twins' loss last night and thinking about the Vikings hasn't exactly cheered me up to much. Maybe a win over New Orleans will be enough to turn things around (please, please beat New Orleans so I can still dream about a playoff berth and a Giants/Steelers type run to a title). Anyway, the Vikings lost whatever ground they may have gained in Week 3 by losing to the Titans. They've now reached a new low in the Power Rankings, with an average ranking of 20.8. Cold, Hard Football Facts.com (20) Foxsports.com (19) ...

Shots Heard 'Round The Web - Patriots Links 10/02/08
Pats Pulpit — ... The 49ers released their participation report. POWER RANKINGS What If Sports ranks them (ouch!) 22nd (+3) Fox Sports on MSN ranks them 15th (-2):  "This weekend Doctor Evil will emerge from the Patriots' bye week, and after getting embarrassed by Miami in Week 3 he has to have something tricky up his sleeve, right?"  Dr. Evil????  Sooooo clever. ESPN ranks them 13th (-2):  "If they can't beat the 49ers on Sunday, prepare for panic ...

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