Last week: 22 (+1)
Record: 1-3
On bye.
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2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings
Cleveland Browns: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#22)
Last week: 24 (+2)
Record: 3-2
Poor Browns. I really feel bad for them. They had a good quarterback for 3 games. But the dream is over. It’s time to wake up. Brandon Weeden is your quarterback again. Brian Hoyer won’t be back until 2014 at the earlier. They’d be a lot higher on here if it wasn’t for the Hoyer injury, but I don’t see any way that Weeden, as good as he looked in a half against a banged up Buffalo secondary, gets this team into the playoffs, even with a solid supporting cast.
Week 5 Studs
QB Brandon Weeden
RE Desmond Bryant
Week 5 Duds
RG Shawn Lauvao
TE Gary Barnidge
MLB D’Qwell Jackson
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San Diego Chargers: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#23)
Last week: 19 (-4)
Record: 2-3
Philip Rivers threw 3 interceptions against the Raiders in a loss, but it was inevitable that he’d starting throwing interceptions at a higher rate, after throwing just 2 in his first 4 games. However, he’s still been very impressive, completing 73.7% of his passes for an average of 8.5 YPA, 13 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions, as the offense moves the chains on a very impressive 81% of opportunities. He’s doing that without much of a supporting cast. However, the defense is pathetic, allowing opponents to move the chains on 82% of opportunities. They were even worse against the Raiders with Dwight Freeney now out for the season. They made Terrelle Pryor look like John Elway.
Week 5 Studs
WR Vincent Brown
RT DJ Fluker
Week 5 Duds
LE Kendall Reyes
DT Cam Thomas
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Philadelphia Eagles: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#24)
Last week: 23 (-1)
Record: 2-3
The Eagles blew out the Giants in New York this week, but that’s not really that impressive. Even after facing the Giants’ pathetic offense, they have allowed 133 first downs to 18 punts forced and they are allowing opponents to move the chains on 82% of opportunities, tied for worst in the NFL. Offensively, Michael Vick is out for at least a week (this is my shocked face), but the Eagles’ offense shouldn’t be worse without him. They’ll definitely look different, but Chip Kelly can run his offense with a bunch of different types of quarterbacks. Like he was doing with Vick, he’ll make Foles look better than he is.
Week 5 Studs
RB LeSean McCoy
Week 5 Duds
C Jason Kelce
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Pittsburgh Steelers: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#25)
Last week: 25 (+0)
Record: 0-4
On bye.
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New York Giants: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#26)
Last week: 21 (-5)
Record: 0-5
Losing at home to the Eagles is pretty bad. They can’t block, run the football, or stop anyone (opponents are moving the chains against them 79% of the time). That being said, they have more talent than most 0-5 teams do. They are getting killed in turnovers. At -13 through 5 games, they are averaging -2.6 per game, a -42 pace, which would destroy the modern day record of -30. Even if they are destined to become the worst turnover margin team in NFL history (I don’t think they will be), they’ll be significantly better in this aspect going forward. Things will get better in this aspect going forward. Eli Manning won’t continue throwing interceptions at a rate nearly twice his career rate (5.9% on the season, 3.3% on his career). They also won’t continue recovering just 28.6% of fumbles. They could be underrated going forward.
Week 5 Studs
LG Kevin Boothe
DT Cullen Jenkins
DT Johnathan Hankins
DT Mike Patterson
Week 5 Duds
RG David Diehl
LE Mathias Kiwanuka
SS Antrel Rolle
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Buffalo Bills: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#27)
Last week: 27 (+0)
Record: 2-3
The Bills would be higher if I trusted Thad Lewis/Jeff Tuel at all going forward. The Bills have the worst quarterback situation in the NFL for the next 6-8 weeks as their choices are an undrafted rookie in Jeff Tuel (who went 8 of 20 for 80 yards and a pick six against Cleveland), a practice squad quarterback in Thad Lewis, or someone they sign off the streets like Pat White or David Carr. Fortunately, on the other side of the ball, Jairus Byrd and Stephon Gilmore, two talented defensive backs, return this week to a defense that has done a great job of stopping teams without much talent in their secondary. Opponents have moved the chains on just 70% of opportunities this season.
Week 5 Studs
ROLB Manny Lawson
DT Marcell Dareus
MLB Kiko Alonso
Week 5 Duds
QB Jeff Tuel
RT Erik Pears
CB Aaron Williams
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St. Louis Rams: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#28)
Last week: 28 (+0)
Record: 2-3
Beating the Jaguars isn’t impressive. It ended an awful stretch for the Rams, in which they trailed Atlanta 21-0 early before injuries and garbage time, they lost 31-7 to the Cowboys, and they lost 35-11 to the 49ers. That being said, I don’t think any higher of them than I did before last week and now they go on a very tough stretch, starting with a trip to Houston this week. After that, they play Carolina, Seattle, Tennessee, Indianapolis, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Week 5 Studs
RT Joe Barksdale
RE Robert Quinn
DT Michael Brockers
Week 5 Duds
LOLB Alec Ogletree
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Minnesota Vikings: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#29)
Last week: 29 (+0)
Record: 1-3
On bye.
Oakland Raiders: 2013 Week 6 NFL Power Rankings (#30)
Last week: 30 (+1)
I circled 4 games I thought the Raiders could win before the season and so far they’ve both two of them (home games against the Titans and Eagles were the other two). That being said, the Raiders are definitely better than I thought they’d be. Credit goes to Dennis Allen and Reggie McKenzie for assembling a passable roster with 50 million dollars of dead money on their cap.
Week 5 Studs
RG Mike Brisiel
DT Vance Walker
Week 5 Duds
LE Jason Hunter
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