2012 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings

Oakland Raiders: Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#31)

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Last week: 29 (-2)

Record: 2-4

I went back and forth between the Raiders and Chiefs here, but I ultimately decided to drop the Raiders to this spot, in spite of their overtime home win. If you need Blaine Gabbert to get hurt to beat the Jaguars in overtime at home, you might as well have lost. Chad Henne was horrific in relief of him, helping the Jaguars blow what was a 20-6 lead in the middle of the 3rd quarter, but their terrible secondary actually made Gabbert look functional before he got hurt, completing 8 of 12 for 110 yards and a touchdown. Fortunately (or unfortunately), the Raiders go to Kansas City this week to settle who is actually the 2nd worst team in the league in the Toilet Bowl this week. If the Raiders win, they’d stand at 3-4 thanks to two easy games and I guess you can’t count them out in the crappy AFC, sadly.

Studs

C Stefen Wisniewski: Did not allow a pressure on 53 pass block snaps, run blocked for 39 yards on 10 attempts

CB Michael Huff: Allowed 1 catch for 2 yards on 6 attempts, 2 pass deflections, 4 solo tackles, 2 assists, 2 stops

LE Lamarr Houston: 1 sack, 1 quarterback hit, and 2 quarterback hurries on 34 pass rush snaps, 5 solo tackles, 6 stops

Duds

RB Darren McFadden: Rushed for 53 yards (36 after contact) on 19 carries, allowed 1 quarterback hit on 9 pass block snaps, caught 4 passes for 28 yards on 6 attempts, 1 drop

RT Willie Smith: Allowed 3 quarterback hits and 4 quarterback hurries on 53 pass block snaps, run blocked for 3 yards on 1 attempt

RE Matt Shaughnessy: Did not record a pressure on 26 pass rush snaps, no tackles, 1 penalty

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Jacksonville Jaguars Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#32)

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Last week: 32 (+0)

Record: 1-5

Jacksonville is by far the worst team in the league despite their near win in Oakland and it’s not even close. Their yards per play differential is -1.6. No one else is worse than -1.1. Their rate of sustaining drives differential is -16.8%. No one else is worse than -11.2%. Even against Oakland in their near win, they had half as many first downs as Oakland and managed a measly 3.4 yards per play to Oakland’s 4.7. Chad Henne somehow seems to actually be worse than Blaine Gabbert and I didn’t even think that was possible. Gabbert is expected to play this week against Green Bay, which means they’ll lose by only 25 instead of 30.

Also bad news, Maurice Jones-Drew is out indefinitely. He is their best player by far. Last year, he accounted for 47.7% of their yards from scrimmage, most since 1974. This year, he was at 39.9% heading into last week’s game. As good as Rashad Jennings looked in the preseason, he managed just 44 yards on 21 carries last week against an Oakland run defense that was allowing 4.4 YPC coming in, which would have been 23rd in the league this week. They now rank 8th because of Jennings’ terrible game.

Studs

LT Eugene Monroe: Allowed 1 sack on 39 pass block snaps, run blocked for 3 yards on 2 attempts

RT Cameron Bradfield: Allowed 1 quarterback hurry on 39 pass block snaps

RG Uche Nwaneri: Did not allow a pressure on 39 pass block snaps, run blocked for 13 yards on 5 attempts

MLB Paul Posluszny: 8 solo tackles, 1 assist, 6 stops, 2 quarterback hits and 1 quarterback hurry on 8 blitzes, allowed 4 catches for 11 yards on 5 attempts, 2 pass deflections

SS Dawan Landry: 4 solo tackles, 2 assists, allowed 1 catch for 17 yards on 4 attempts, 2 pass deflections

FS Chris Prosinski: Allowed 1 catch for 6 yards on 3 attempts, 1 pass deflection, 3 solo tackles, 1 stop

LE Austin Lane: 1 quarterback hit and 2 quarterback hurries on 20 pass rush snaps, 5 solo tackles, 5 stops

Duds

QB Chad Henne: 9 of 20 for 71 yards, 1 drop, 1 batted pass, 1 hit as thrown, 1 throw away, 53.1 adjusted QB rating, pressured on 10 of 25 drop backs (3 sacks, 0 of 5, 1 hit as thrown, 1 throw away)

WR Cecil Shorts: Caught 4 passes for 79 yards and a touchdown on 10 attempts on 38 pass snaps, 2.5 YAC per catch, 1 drop, 2 penalties

WR Justin Blackmon: Caught 1 pass for 7 yards on 4 attempts on 36 pass snaps, 0.0 YAC per catch

CB Rashean Mathis: Allowed 2 catches for 64 yards on 2 attempts, 1 penalty, no tackles

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