oh hey look more rankings; took a break last week because fuck midterms huh
Stallion
one thing ill say: y'all should really just move people around more often. its more fun and who cares tbh
tldr: packers down four, redskins down three, falcons above jags, fins down three, colts up five, titans = lions, bucs up two, 49ers over jets, saints over rams
packers: mike mccarthy is just beyond inept. I've never seen a team just sorta collapse in the fourth quarter but its baffling as to how they are wasting a QBs career in Aaron Rodgers. After the aaron jones fumble shit just went straight downhill with a mix of injuries + offensive ineptitude. Trading off players as if you're rebuilding while you hold one of the best QBs in the league is just so stupid so they need to suffer on power rankings as a result. the seahawks looked somewhat competitive against the chargers as bobby wagner had an amazing game, wilson did just enough minus the desmond king pick-six. I'd argue that the falcons are better than the packers; sure the pack still has the likes of jaire alexander, matthews, but they're marred by injuries. falcons suck defensively too but maybe sarkisian has dug his head out of his ass so their offense seems to be doing better. sincerely from a bears/chargers fan: fuck the packers
redskins: speaking of injuries, guess who else is injured as shit? redskins. alex smith just doesn't look that good and the group of people he's throwing to dwindles by the minute. Their gameplan of starving your offense and then shoving adrian peterson down the field works great but it doesn't work if you're losing by two scores like 10 minutes in. Also that gameplan relies on a solid defense, and lo and behold the defense got torched by matt ryan and co. TBF NFC east is about as awful as a gas station bathroom is this year but i think the eagles will win that division.
falcons > jags: jags defense is just not as good as it used to be. matt ryan > blake bortles. can you name a jags WR? i thought so. the defense can't carry the jags anymore, at least not while the offensive routinely decides to go out on the field and imitate a fish out of the water 90% of the time. maybe fournette coming back will help but based on this week they are bootycheeks.
colts: oh man the colts have finally figured it out. you have a great WR-QB duo in hilton-luck. your RB in marlon mack is doing things. colts o-line is surprisingly good this year. sure they don't have a defense but nor does atlanta, who i like. push the horsies up.
bucs: benching famous jameis alone should make the bucs go up in the power rankings. fitzmagic is better than 50% of the QBs in the league right now, and they have a decent crew of people to throw to. Again, they have no defense, but so far a lot of teams are relying on no defense shootouts to win. Bucs have proven that they can matchup somewhat to this shootout style, although they still lose(L vs ATL, L vs CAR, L vs bungos).
49ers: nick mullens is a functional QB. sam darnold is not. rank the 49ers up one. also when can i marry george kittle?
fins: if you have to start brock lobster you deserve to move down. their win over the jets is the definition of shit win. I think I'd rather eat tide pods than watch that game again. gase continues to misuse drake. defense is ok but you could say that about any defense versus the jets.
saints over rams: i think del rio or some other smart people were yelling about how people keep sleeping on the saints. I'll yell a bit too and say that if you beat the #1 team on p much everyones rankings you should snatch their spot. Rams defense got murdered despite getting a d-line upgrade, kamara seems to be a do-it-all RB minus running into the box which lets be honest nowadays is not a good formula. Shrug and co. has mildly convinced me that RBs have transitioned into more of a pass-catcher than a ground and pound position. Brees still has it, and the crew of people he's gonna throw to gets better and better with Dez now in the mix. Saints defense is still not good by any stretch but honestly who needs a defense when your offense will just score on every possession? you literally just need to force like three total three-and-outs throughout the entire game and your odds of winning just astronomically increase. that's just stupid as to how you can win w/o a defense but thats what the saints have done in the past few weeks.
