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NJNiner
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Originally posted by PacTiger:
I have no problem ranking teams at week 0 or week 1 with how they finished last year. I understand coaches, rosters, heck even players change in a few months but week one should be a reminder of what they did at the end of last season. There is no rhyme or reason how ESPN comes up with their rankings other than former players turned staff throwing their biases around and trying to even scores of teams who cut them or didn't bother calling during their FA period. Given that here they are.
1-5:
Seattle
Pitt
Pats
Cards
Panthers
No real problem here. These teams should be good and until they play each other, it's really splitting hairs.
6-10
Packers
Bengals
Broncos
Chiefs
Jets (Lol, jets as a top 10 team. NY bias showing up strong here)
11-15
Raiders (I was at the raider titan game, the titans 1s were whooping the raiders ones in a bad way)
Vikings (replacing starting QB 1 week before the start of the season will have a minimal impact apparently)
Houston
Redskins
Ravens
16-20
Buffalo (the staff at ESPN is currently petitioning the government to remove Buffalo from the state of NY. Just can't spin them)
Giants
Colts
Jags
Lions
21-25
Dolphins
Falcons
Cowboys (dak prescot already better than drew brees and the saints)
Bucs
Eagles (I guess losing Bradford really hurt)
26-30
Chargers
Saints
Rams
Bears
Titans (Mariotta is good. I watched him throw into some really tight spots vs the near top ten raiders. Their o line were blowing the raiders off of the ball. Still trying to figure out how the titans are ranked 30th with a decent running game and QB)
31. Browns (somehow better than the 49ers)
Last but not least, our own 49ers. I would really put us in the middle of the pack until I see how our o line gels with our new QB and offensive scheme. Hard to justify the browns as better than us right now.
Kelly's Niners have a lot to prove. Until they do it is what it is.
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blizzuntz
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We lost to the Browns last year
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PacTiger
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Week 2 rankings:
1-5 - ESPN giving GB some love while hating on pitt for some reason.
Packers
Patriots
Seattle
Steelers
Cardinals
6-10 Denver wins SB and beats panthers in week one but still trail. LOL, what else can they do?
panthers
texans
broncos
bengels
raiders
11-15 Texans and chiefs both win, texans move up 6 spots, chiefs drop 2
Chiefs
Vikings
Ravens
Bucs
Jets
16-20 Dallas loses but climbs up 5 spots. Quality loss compared to junk KC win.
Giants
Redskins
Cowboys
Colts
Eagles
21-25 Raiders and Saints played each other and both went up in rankings. The dart throwing to determine rankings is in full effect.
Falcons
Lions
Jags
Saints
Chargers
26-30 My favorite group. Yay, up two spots. No sacks, shutout, 4tds in 4 redzone tries, etc...
Titans
Bills
Dolphins
Bears
THE 49ers
31-32 The 19 point beating the browns took from the 20th ranked eagles was worse than the 28 point beating the rams took from the 30th ranked 49ers.
Rams
Browns
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Morgy
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Originally posted by PacTiger:
Week 2 rankings:
1-5 - ESPN giving GB some love while hating on pitt for some reason.
Packers
Patriots
Seattle
Steelers
Cardinals
6-10 Denver wins SB and beats panthers in week one but still trail. LOL, what else can they do?
panthers
texans
broncos
bengels
raiders
11-15 Texans and chiefs both win, texans move up 6 spots, chiefs drop 2
Chiefs
Vikings
Ravens
Bucs
Jets
16-20 Dallas loses but climbs up 5 spots. Quality loss compared to junk KC win.
Giants
Redskins
Cowboys
Colts
Eagles
21-25 Raiders and Saints played each other and both went up in rankings. The dart throwing to determine rankings is in full effect.
Falcons
Lions
Jags
Saints
Chargers
26-30 My favorite group. Yay, up two spots. No sacks, shutout, 4tds in 4 redzone tries, etc...
Titans
Bills
Dolphins
Bears
THE 49ers
31-32 The 19 point beating the browns took from the 20th ranked eagles was worse than the 28 point beating the rams took from the 30th ranked 49ers.
Rams
Browns
Not really surprised. If the 9ers lose to the Panthers, they'll probably list them at 31. And when they beat Seattle, they'll be 32nd.
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PacTiger
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Originally posted by Morgan49:
Not really surprised. If the 9ers lose to the Panthers, they'll probably list them at 31. And when they beat Seattle, they'll be 32nd.
No kidding. When we look at the rankings as a whole, not much makes sense.
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crabman82
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Stopped looking at these 15 years ago. It's only meant to rile ppl up to the point they create a thread about it on the Internet. Looks like it worked again.
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elguapo
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Originally posted by eastcoast49ersfan:
Originally posted by elguapo:
Originally posted by theduke85:
Originally posted by harryj:
as a niner fan i wish we are higher but its hard to make an arguement of us being anything but a bottom 3 team as of now
I agree. And while I can understand being optimistic about various aspects of our team.... it's preseason -- every team has things they are optimistic about.
We can't say "well, if the d-line and o-line gets better and so-and-so develops as expected, we're sitting good", because almost every other team can say the same thing about different aspects/players of their team.
True but the lines are probably some of the most important positions in football and our improvement on them both will be dramatic. So I see the 49ers ranking somewhere between 15 and 20. I don't know what they see in the ravens but oh well
Pump the brakes. Buckner isn't even starting. Our best defensive lineman last year is on injured reserve after playing every game in 2015 (Ian Williams). Armstead should be better, but the defensive line overall isn't much better since we likely got worse at NT.
We replaced Boone and Tiller with Beadles and Davis. That's a downgrade at LG and an upgrade at RG. Kilgore will help for as long as he's healthy, Brown should be a little better, and we have a little more depth, but this still may be a below average line in their first year together. It's certainly not good enough to mask our issues at QB and WR on offense.
We should probably be 31st like we are in most rankings ahead of the Browns. They probably have a little more talent on offense (especially once Josh Gordon comes back), but we have the better defense.
It looks like you should of pumped the brakes bc Buckner like I said will be a factor. Pff top 10 rookie
Also the OL didn't allow a sack. Like I said. And you are wrong about beadles being a downgrade on Boone.
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FL9er
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Ranking of QBs is really what it is
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PacTiger
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Originally posted by FL9er:
Ranking of QBs is really what it is
It might very well be. I had way too much homework today. I'll update the hilarious updates for week 3. Those ESPN guys are clowns.
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JTsBiggestFan
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Originally posted by PacTiger:
Originally posted by FL9er:
Ranking of QBs is really what it is
It might very well be. I had way too much homework today. I'll update the hilarious updates for week 3. Those ESPN guys are clowns.
If ranking of QBs is how it is, how do you get Seattle so high?
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Fanaticofnfl
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ESPN really, really, REALLY hates us. You can just kind of tell over the past few years. I remember during the draft, ESPN absolutely ripped apart the Garnett pick, but NFL Network liked it. NFL.com and NFL Network have more respect for us.
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Young2Rice
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That must be it.
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pdizo916
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lol at the rams being ahead of us..... SMH.
But all of this is fantasy land. It doesn't mean s**t in real life.
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lamontb
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Just b/c you beat a team doesn't mean you are overall better than them. We beat the Vikings last year but they were a better team and should've been ranked ahead of us even after we beat them.
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16to87
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participation trophies > rankings....and just as worthless
[ Edited by 16to87 on Sep 21, 2016 at 11:17 AM ]