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Peter King has them 5th in his fine fifteen which is part of his Monday Morning QB column.

just like we all predicted....

NFL.com has them 8th:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000 ... hot_topics

ESPN has them 8th as well:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2012/week/6

Florio and PFT think likewise:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... ankings-3/

#6 imo.

changes week to week. doesnt really matter until december.

Valhalla wrote:There is a lot of parity this year, underdogs are covering the spreads like the Chiefs vs. the Ravens Sunday and the Jets vs. Texans last night. Not to take away from the Texans but I don't think they've defeated a winning team yet.

I don't know that anyone gauges parity by whether or not teams are covering the spread. The Vikings being 4-1 and New Orleans 1-4 is parity.

Eli wrote: I don't know that anyone gauges parity by whether or not teams are covering the spread. The Vikings being 4-1 and New Orleans 1-4 is parity.

Others would say that's karma.

I would say about 8 is about right ..

1. Niners
2. Texans
3. Atlanta
4. Baltimore
5. Bears
6. New England
7.Vikings Maybe ??

vikeinmontana wrote:just like we all predicted....

I keep telling myself this is a dream and I will wake up anytime

SI's Don Banks ranks them at #7:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/w ... nfl_t12_a0

Rankings are on thing.. but man I am so happy are team is not playing like last year..

all those games we were up and we ended up losing. I turn off a couple games I got

so upset.

I know they are subjective by nature, but I have to ask how Cleveland (who has no wins) gained ground (moved up from 32 to 31 in the CBS rankings) when they still haven't beaten anyone? Jacksonville's last game was brutal, but they were playing the Bears. Cleveland gave up as many points but were playing the Giants. I dunno - I think I'd have left them at 32 being the only winless team in football until they actually beat someone.

Just Me wrote:

I know they are subjective by nature, but I have to ask how Cleveland (who has no wins) gained ground (moved up from 32 to 31 in the CBS rankings) when they still haven't beaten anyone? Jacksonville's last game was brutal, but they were playing the Bears. Cleveland gave up as many points but were playing the Giants. I dunno - I think I'd have left them at 32 being the only winless team in football until they actually beat someone.

Think of it this way, do you think Cleveland could beat Jacksonville right now? Not who has a better record, who could beat who today. Would you take Cleveland who led the Giants 14-0 or the Jags who had their doors blown off by Da Bears? Would you take Weeden looking shockingly competent or Gabbert looking like a fool?

glg wrote: Think of it this way, do you think Cleveland could beat Jacksonville right now? Not who has a better record, who could beat who today. Would you take Cleveland who led the Giants 14-0 or the Jags who had their doors blown off by Da Bears? Would you take Weeden looking shockingly competent or Gabbert looking like a fool?

I get that, but the Bears are making alot of teams look bad right now. I'm not sure that I'd take Cleveland over Jacksonville at this point. (That may well have been Cleveland's best game all season)

Okay, after seeing how the decent, but overrated 49ers are still ranked really high, despite being smoked in 2 of 4 games, the power rankings are kind of a joke. The overrated Packers are too high as well, even though they had a good game last time around. After going through many of the top 15, many of which are 3/3, I realize there are no really outstanding teams. The top 2 are good, but not great, despite only 1 loss between them...just opining.

...wisdom