DMN: Gosselin: Super heroes? Teams with top QBs have best shot at title...rank 3rd

[DallasEast]

Interesting how DMN sums up the divisional rankings exactly how you did..

 

[tmckee]

http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/archives/2008/06/goose-puts-cowboys-third.html

Our own Hall of Famer, Rick "Goose" Gosselin, has released his annual offseason power rankings. And he puts the Cowboys third, behind only the two dominant teams of this decade, the Patriots and Colts, and atop the NFC.

Let's face it - the Cowboys should have been in the Super Bowl last year. For 17 weeks they were the best team in the NFC. They owned a record 13 Pro Bowlers and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. But the Cowboys haven't won a post-season game in 11 years. You must win in January before you can win in February. December also has been a mystery for this team, with a 4-5 record in the Tony Romo era. Talent-wise, the Cowboys rank with the Patriots and Colts. But the two AFC teams have proven they can win in the pressure situations. The Cowboys haven't.​

Goose's column accompanying the rankings focuses on the stability at the quarterback position among the Top 10.
I thought it'd be interesting too to take these rankings and see which division is toughest. Goose agrees with my assertion that the AFC South is football's most difficult circuit, with the NFC East a close second. Here's how the numbers come out after power ranking the divisions (adding the teams' rankings) ...
1) AFC South -- 37
2) NFC East -- 38
3) AFC North -- 57
4) NFC North -- 66
t-5) AFC East -- 77
t-5) NFC South -- 77
7) AFC West -- 82
8) NFC West -- 84

 

[dargonking999]

the AFC south the hardest?

Seriously?

Cowboys > Colts
Eagles > Jaguars
Giants > Titans
Skins > Texans

So how is the AFC south tougher?

 

[Rampage]

the AFC south the hardest?

Seriously?

Cowboys > Colts
Eagles > Jaguars
Giants > Titans
Skins > Texans

So how is the AFC south tougher?

the jags and colts are just as good and based off of last year better than us imo.

 

[Woods]

the AFC south the hardest?

Seriously?

Cowboys > Colts
Eagles > Jaguars
Giants > Titans
Skins > Texans

So how is the AFC south tougher?

Jags are definitely better than the Eagles, IMO.

I think it's very, very close between us and the Colts right now. If our Secondary is as good as I think we can be, we will have the edge.

 

[firehawk350]

the AFC south the hardest?

Seriously?

Cowboys > Colts
Eagles > Jaguars
Giants > Titans
Skins > Texans

So how is the AFC south tougher?

Care to provide reasoning as to why you believe that way?

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Dallas has NO excuses in 2008...

 

[SquiggDoggs]

Colts are always ahead of the Cowboys in rankings...this should not be...last time the two teams met the Cowboys won 21-14 ending the colts bid for a perfect season...the Cowboys are a lot better team since that game...Romo and company have all matured a lot since then, yet the colts still get the number 2 spot every year. Doesn't make sense to me.

 

[jobberone]

Even better. I was just looking for a good time.

You're so superficial BB. I love it. A man after my own heart.

 

[jobberone]

Colts are always ahead of the Cowboys in rankings...this should not be...last time the two teams met the Cowboys won 21-14 ending the colts bid for a perfect season...the Cowboys are a lot better team since that game...Romo and company have all matured a lot since then, yet the colts still get the number 2 spot every year. Doesn't make sense to me.

But the Colts did not founder in the playoffs. We will be whipping boys until we defeat the Gints in the regular season, hold off the rest of the East, win our important divisional games, and advance in the playoffs. We may have to win the SB if we do all the above or we will be 'losers'.