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Continue reading →: San Diego Chargers: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#17)
Last week: 21 (-4) Record: 4-3 An 18 point win in Jacksonville doesn’t sound that impressive, but this is a franchise used to letdown games after big wins in the Norv Turner era. They had one this year in new Head Coach Mike McCoy, losing in Oakland after beating Dallas,…
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Continue reading →: New York Jets: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#18)
Last week: 20 (+2) Record: 4-3 You can question the result of the Jets’ win over the Patriots because of that obscure penalty, but the takeaways from that game should not change depending on the results. The defense remains strong, holding Tom Brady under 50% completion despite the return of…
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Continue reading →: Miami Dolphins: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#19)
Last week: 17 (-2) Record: 3-3 Remember when the Dolphins started 3-0 and everyone thought they were awesome? I pointed out that 22 of 32 teams last year win at least 3 games in a row at some point, including the 7-9 Dolphins. Doing it at the beginning of the…
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Continue reading →: Atlanta Falcons: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#20)
Last week: 18 (-2) Record: 2-4 If the Falcons are serious about contending for a playoff spot this season, they should try to trade for the recently benched Tyson Clabo, who is currently with Miami. Clabo has been awfully thus far at right tackle in Miami and was rightfully benched,…
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Continue reading →: Pittsburgh Steelers: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#21)
Last week: 23 (+2) Record: 2-4 The Steelers have been night and day better since the bye. The return of Le’Veon Bell and Heath Miller to full health, giving the Steelers a talented runner and a safety net receiver respectively, have obviously helped, but I also think they are playing…
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Continue reading →: Philadelphia Eagles: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#22)
Last week: 22 (+0) Record: 3-4 This week, Nick Foles struggled and got hurt and Matt Barkley absolutely sucked. And just like that, Michael Vick’s hamstring is magically better. Foles was awful before his injury, completing 11 of 29 for 80 yards, but Barkley was somehow even worse. He completed…
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Continue reading →: Arizona Cardinals: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#23)
Last week: 23 (-4) Record: 3-4 I feel like I never have anything to say about the Cardinals. They’re not terrible, but they’re not great. They have a solid defense held back by an erratic quarterback behind a terrible offensive line and an inability to establish the running game. They…
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Continue reading →: Buffalo Bills: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#24)
Last week: 27 (+3) Record: 3-4 The Bills may just be 3-4, but they’ve been pretty decent this season. They’ve had a tough schedule, with each of their opponents being 3-4 or better at this point. They’ve been underdogs in all 7 games and they have covered 5 of 7…
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Continue reading →: Washington Redskins: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#25)
Last week: 26 (+1) Record: 2-4 Robert Griffin had his best game of the season this week against an admittedly banged up Chicago defense. He led the Redskins’ offense to 5 touchdowns in a 45-41 win, throwing for 298 yards, 2 touchdowns, and an interception on 18 of 29 passing.…
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Continue reading →: Cleveland Browns: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#26)
Last week: 24 (-2) Record: 3-4 The switch to Jason Campbell was the right one. With the Raiders, he went 11-7 in 2010 and 2011 with a team that hadn’t won more than 5 games in a season since 2003 and has gone 10-22 in their next 26 games without…