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Continue reading →: New England Patriots: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#2)
Last week: 1 (-1) Record: 10-4 Net points per drive: 1.01 (1st) DVOA: 39.8% (1st) Weighted DVOA: 45.6% (1st) That game against the 49ers felt like it was 6 hours long. It was like 2 games, one the 49ers dominated and one the Patriots dominated. All I can say is…
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Continue reading →: Atlanta Falcons: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#3)
Last week: 4 (+1) Record: 12-2 Net points per drive: 0.71 (4th) DVOA: 11.7% (9th) Weighted DVOA: 7.3% (12th) Atlanta finally got that one signature win last week, blowing out the Giants, even though the Giants might not even make the playoffs now. You can question their talent all you…
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Continue reading →: Houston Texans: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#4)
Last week: 4 (+0) Record: 12-2 Net points per drive: 0.56 (6th) DVOA: 13.3% (8th) Weighted DVOA: 8.4% (10th) Here’s why the AFC’s top-3 is so interesting. The Patriots have beaten the other two, but have the worst record of the trio and thus they won’t have home field. The…
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Continue reading →: Denver Broncos: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#5)
Last week: 5 (+0) Record: 11-3 Net points per drive: 0.67 (5th) DVOA: 37.2% (3rd) Weighted DVOA: 39.5% (3rd) The NFC is the much deeper conference, but I think the AFC has more top level talent as they have 3 of the top-5 top tier teams. The Broncos are in…
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Continue reading →: Seattle Seahawks: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#6)
Last week: 6 (+0) Record: 9-5 Net points per drive: 0.77 (3rd) DVOA: 38.5% (2nd) Weighted DVOA: 44.8% (2nd) Seattle is in an interesting spot as well. Like Green Bay, I’m torn on them, whereas the 5 teams ahead of them on this list I’m less torn on. Seattle might…
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Continue reading →: Green Bay Packers: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#7)
Last week: 9 (+2) Record: 10-4 Net points per drive: 0.23 (10th) DVOA: 23.1% (5th) Weighted DVOA: 17.3% (5th) Green Bay is another team that I’m not sold on, but sometimes I wonder if they’re not the sleeper favorites to win the whole thing, once they get healthy, given their…
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Continue reading →: Baltimore Ravens: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#8)
Last week: 7 (-1) Record: 9-5 Net points per drive: 0.21 (11th) DVOA: 9.2% (10th) Weighted DVOA: 3.3% (13th) The Ravens could easily lose their final 2 games and go into the playoffs on a 5 game losing streak and 9-7 as either a wild card or a weak division…
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Continue reading →: Washington Redskins: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#9)
Last week: 8 (-1) Record: 8-6 Net points per drive: 0.08 (14th) DVOA: 7.1% (11th) Weighted DVOA: 10.2% (9th) In a complicated NFC, the Redskins outcome seems easiest to predict. All they have to do is beat Philadelphia and Dallas and they win the NFC East and the 4th seed,…
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Continue reading →: Chicago Bears: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#10)
Last week: 10 (+0) Record: 8-6 Net points per drive: 0.31 (9th) DVOA: 18.9% (6th) Weighted DVOA: 17.0% (6th) I detailed the Giants/Bears battle for the 6th seed in the Giants’ write up. The Bears should take care of their business and beat the Cardinals and Detroit. They’ve beaten everyone…
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Continue reading →: Indianapolis Colts: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#11)
Last week: 12 (+1) Record: 9-5 Net points per drive: -0.32 (24th) DVOA: -21.0% (28th) Weighted DVOA: -18.8% (26th) The Colts lost to the Texans last week and still only have one impressive win on their schedule and by impressive win I mean a win over a playoff team or…