Power Rankings

[Ranching]

We deserve to be at 32

You should be 33 with that attitude

 

[CWR]

Not to put a lot into these things, but it's kinda funny.

Niners lose, fall 1 spot still above 7 other 2-0 teams.

Egirls lose and fall 1 spot.

Lions lose at home and fall 2 spots.

Cowboys lose and freefall 7 to 14, past the Ravens who are 0-2.

The Saints have scored 91 points already, 2-0 and are only ranked 9th.

Cowboys earned every bit of that free fall.

 

[CWR]

Pollard wasn’t very good last year. The run game was bad just like it is now. I guess you can argue who’s the most bad but I mean both were bad.

Fowler, Hanskins….these guys were replaced. Armstrong is the one that hasn’t been but he was a part time player. He wouldn’t have fixed our issues on Sunday.

Pollard will be better this year further away form injury. We should've kept him. I wasn't more adamant at the time because I thought we'd actually put some effort into replacing him. I was wrong lol.

Still think Zeke and Rico are being sold short. One of them needs to get the Lions share. The rotation is hurting our run game.

 

[McCarthyMustGo]

Exactly right. Us losing to the Saints was just a tiny bit different than the Bengals losing to the Chiefs.....just a short hair different

Only that Mahomes gets every single call and Dallas gets NONE.

 

[TwentyOne]

Not to put a lot into these things, but it's kinda funny.

Niners lose, fall 1 spot still above 7 other 2-0 teams.

Egirls lose and fall 1 spot.

Lions lose at home and fall 2 spots.

Cowboys lose and freefall 7 to 14, past the Ravens who are 0-2.

The Saints have scored 91 points already, 2-0 and are only ranked 9th.

Seriously 14th place is flattering. This was a total beatdown by the Saints. And they exposed our weaknesses.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Not to put a lot into these things, but it's kinda funny.

Niners lose, fall 1 spot still above 7 other 2-0 teams.

Egirls lose and fall 1 spot.

Lions lose at home and fall 2 spots.

Cowboys lose and freefall 7 to 14, past the Ravens who are 0-2.

The Saints have scored 91 points already, 2-0 and are only ranked 9th.

You don’t realize we got embarrassingly blew off the field, huh?

They should be in the low 20s. 14 is too high.

And you’re going to find out why the 0-2 Ravens are ahead of us in a few days.

 

[DallasEast]

The Saints have scored 91 points already, 2-0 and are only ranked 9th.

Which power ranking is this?

Practically all power rankings are subjective, based on an individual or a group's opinion instead of a standardized formula. Essentially, folks go with their gut feelings about teams just like everyone else. Knowing whose opinion came up with any particular ranking might provide better context.

For example, Eric Edholm is an NFL lead draft writer, who 'has been covering the NFL for more than two decades at The Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly and Yahoo Sports, and has been focusing on the NFL draft for the past several years'. Here is what he had to say about ranking New Orleans eighth in his power rankings (link):

It was one thing to throttle Carolina at home. Good job there. But it was quite another for the Saints to go into Dallas and thrash the Cowboys for the better part of four quarters. I promise I am not making excuses for having them 28th to start the season, but I can't imagine too many people outside the building were expecting this. Derek Carr is now 30-for-39 passing (76.9%) on the season for 443 yards -- a stunning 11.4 yards per attempt -- and five TDs, with only a late pick Sunday in a game his team was winning by 22 points. I'd love to be Klint Kubiak's agent right now. The Saints' new offensive coordinator has come in and improved the company's efficiency immeasurably. At this rate, he'll have his choice of head-coaching jobs in four months. In a season where passing efficiency is close to a 20-year low through two games, New Orleans is scoring at a historic rate -- 91 points, tied for the second-most in a team's first two games of a season since the 1970 merger.​

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It would be interesting if several of these power ranking gurus would get together and compare notes.

 

[ShiningStar]

Less playmakers where? Seems like it’s the same team.

I would have been happier with Dalvin Cooks and Pollard. Thats just me tho.

 

[ArtClink]

Not to put a lot into these things, but it's kinda funny.

Niners lose, fall 1 spot still above 7 other 2-0 teams.

Egirls lose and fall 1 spot.

Lions lose at home and fall 2 spots.

Cowboys lose and freefall 7 to 14, past the Ravens who are 0-2.

The Saints have scored 91 points already, 2-0 and are only ranked 9th.

When you haven't won a div playoff game in almost 30 years, sportswriters tend to not give you the benefit of the doubt. We will remain the laughingstock of the league until we win a div playoff game. Until then, we deserve all the doubters. Winning cures everything and that’s one thing we can’t do under the current front office.