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Continue reading →: Miami Dolphins: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#22)
Last week: 21 (-1) Record: 6-8 Net points per drive: -0.04 (17th) DVOA: -4.7% (18th) Weighted DVOA: -6.4% (20th) The Dolphins are also done winning I think. They almost definitely won’t win in New England week 17, but they might be so distracted by that game that they get upset…
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Continue reading →: Buffalo Bills: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#23)
Last week: 23 (+0) Record: 5-9 Net points per drive: -0.58 (28th) DVOA: -10.0% (22nd) Weighted DVOA: -7.8% (22nd) The Bills have two divisional games left with equal caliber teams. They beat the Dolphins in Buffalo and now travel to Miami. They lost to the Jets in New York and…
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Continue reading →: San Diego Chargers: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#24)
Last week: 17 (+7) Record: 5-9 Net points per drive: -0.23 (22nd) DVOA: -11.8% (23rd) Weighted DVOA: -10.3% (24th) The Chargers are 5-9 with 2 winnable games left on the schedule. The problem is, they don’t win winnable games. They’ve lost their last 4 games and 7 of their last…
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Continue reading →: Tennessee Titans: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#25)
Last week: 24 (-1) Record: 5-9 Net points per drive: -0.65 (29th) DVOA: -25.9% (29th) Weighted DVOA: -23.0% (28th) The Titans somehow pulled out a win at home on Monday Night Football, despite having more penalties (14) than first downs (12) and almost more punts (10). This is because the…
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Continue reading →: Cleveland Browns: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#26)
Last week: 26 (+0) Record: 5-9 Net points per drive: -0.11 (20th) DVOA: -12.4% (25th) Weighted DVOA: -5.5% (19th) That 17 point loss to the Redskins was actually the first time this season the Browns had been blown out. Their previous biggest loss was 14 and their biggest win (23)…
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Continue reading →: Arizona Cardinals: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#27)
Last week: 29 (+2) Record: 5-9 Net points per drive: -0.31 (23rd) DVOA: -14.7% (26th) Weighted DVOA: -21.6% (27th) The Cardinals ended a 9 game losing streak last week and avoided the 4-0 to 4-12 collapse, but they did it almost purely on returns, returning two interceptions for touchdowns and…
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Continue reading →: Detroit Lions: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#28)
Last week: 27 (-1) Record: 4-10 Net points per drive: -0.02 (15th) DVOA: -0.5% (14th) Weighted DVOA: -1.0% (16th) The Lions have had some bad luck with losing close, winnable games and having turnovers returned for touchdowns (they’ve had a ridiculous 10 turnovers/punts/kickoffs returned for touchdown this year), but they…
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Continue reading →: Philadelphia Eagles: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#29)
Last week: 28 (-1) Record: 4-10 Net points per drive: -0.47 (27th) DVOA: -20.7% (27th) Weighted DVOA: -23.6% (29th) Nick Foles showed a little bit of promise there for a few weeks, but he struggled on Thursday Night in a game the Eagles completely fell apart in, turning the ball…
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Continue reading →: Oakland Raiders: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#30)
Last week: 31 (+1) Record: 4-10 Net points per drive: -0.76 (30th) DVOA: -28.2% (30th) Weighted DVOA: -28.1% (30th) The Raiders shut out the Chiefs last week and still are tied for the league’s worst scoring defense. Aside from a weird win over the Steelers week 3, the Raiders wins…
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Continue reading →: Jacksonville Jaguars: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings (#31)
Last week: 31 (+1) Record: 2-12 Net points per drive: -0.87 (31st) DVOA: -33.6% (31st) Weighted DVOA: -31.5% (31st) Unlike the Chiefs, the Jaguars do have one winnable game left on the schedule as they head to Tennessee week 17, after hosting the Patriots next week, but I don’t think…