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Power Rankings from Around the Web (Week 4)

Rough week for the Chargers dropping all the way down to #16 before they go into the bye week, I guess the experts only watched the first half o the Steelers game.  See the full rankings below:

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Sources:
ESPN
Fox
CBS
Football Outsiders
NFL.com
Sporting News

Vegas Insider
SI
USA Today
Pro-Football Talk
SB Nation

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oh, they watched it...

they just saw the defense play too…we’ll get better…as reserved as i am about norv and our d right now, i still know this team is playoff bound, we just need to be healthy when we get there

...ya'll are brutalizing me... ronnie dobbs

by notorioushbi on Oct 8, 2009 11:10 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

On two drives

That was all the defense i saw.

by Dude52089 on Oct 8, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Defense has been hot/cold.

Mostly cold to start. This team needs to start better all around. Hold ‘em out the first drive, score in the first drive, and keep your foot on the offensive pedal as the spotty defense allows a little action here and stops a little there. That’s the best we can hope for: fortunately, history says it’s sometimes good enough to win the big one.

by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Oct 8, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the problem we used to have with Marty

was we never did that we did get up early but always crumbled late, Martyball is physical but it was always the safe way not keeping the foot on the pedal like we should have.

by Dude52089 on Oct 8, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's mostly right

his method was once they got a lead, to run out the clock. those 4th quarter “collapses” happened because they stopped scoring.

The peanut gallery has spoken!!!

by gatesoftds on Oct 11, 2009 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm just curious

How are the giants ranked better then the Saints?

by Dude52089 on Oct 8, 2009 11:42 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

and....

defense and running the ball wins championships.

"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock

by John Gennaro on Oct 8, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Myth.

Don’t get me wrong. Defense and running are great, and help win championships. But a running-oriented defensive team is more likely to make the playoffs and flame out, at least these days (supposedly that was once not true).

by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Oct 8, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

16 about right right now.

If I had to take a stab at end-of-season power ranking, I’d guess we’ll crack the top 6. But for now, this is a 2-2 team with obvious advantages and obvious issues. If 16 is a little low, it’s only a litte.

by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Oct 8, 2009 12:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

We’ll rise over the bye week if Denver loses. If we beat Denver, we’ll crack the top 12, regardless of whether they beat NE or not. If we lose to Denver, we’ll be in the early twenties, because we’ll be longshots for the postseason.

by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Oct 8, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Not that anybody’s opinion matters right now.

by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Oct 8, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

With what you say we are a middle of the pack team, at this very moment, we all expect them to get better, but talking about right now we have a spotty defense and haven’t played up to our expectations.

by Dude52089 on Oct 8, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If we lose to Denver, I think they pretty much wrap up the division

6-0 against 2-3. Tough to come back from that, and I don’t know that we can beat out the Patriots. Jets, Ravens, Steelers, Bengals for the WildCard.

by SJO on Oct 12, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Notice that the Donks have moved up quite a bit

If we beat ’em on Monday night do we get to trade places on the list?

by Trendsearcher on Oct 8, 2009 12:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No

everyone’s that’s calling them “for real” right now will be quick to call them fake if they lose to the Patriots and Chargers in consecutive weeks.

"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock

by John Gennaro on Oct 8, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Brady has his own Umpire and set of rules. Hard to win if the referees are against you.

After the Steelers loss and two weeks of torture, Norv is definitely gonna pull out all the stops against Denver with two weeks to rest and prep.

Good chance Denver looses both games, and then everyone starts jumping off their band wagon.

by Trendsearcher on Oct 8, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

9.5 wins. That's where I put them.

Up from 6 before the season began. But they’re only one game ahead of where I had them (I figured they’d lose to Cincy).

by Neoplatonist Bolthead on Oct 8, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha!

Not to mention Rich Gannon as well

I hate knee injuries.

The masses have spoken, Kevin Prince it is!

by CaDuck on Oct 8, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hochuli?

"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock

by John Gennaro on Oct 8, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A painful tear comes to my eye every time the H-Bomb is dropped

I hate knee injuries.

The masses have spoken, Kevin Prince it is!

by CaDuck on Oct 8, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hochuli didn't call any of our playoff games last year

"that wasn't a very good start to us getting our lives together. i didn't even go to work today."

...ya'll are brutalizing me... ronnie dobbs

by notorioushbi on Oct 9, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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