Power Rankings 2014

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Leave it to Florio; know-nothing douche...

 

[crisper57]

#4 here.

http://whodatdish.com/2014/09/16/we...edium=Network&utm_campaign=Around the Network

Just need a 1 and a 6 to complete a Top 10 set!

 

[don7031]

this one is BS. We held the lead for probably 50 minutes of that game. Did the Giants make mistakes? yes. but the idea that they should have "won" that game is ludicrous.

The Giants were the better team. But they lost the turnover battle 4-0 and gave up a special teams touchdown. I can see where someone could say "they were the better team so they should have won".

 

[Jetstream Green]

The Giants were the better team. But they lost the turnover battle 4-0 and gave up a special teams touchdown. I can see where someone could say "they were the better team so they should have won".

Hell no. The better team does not cough up the ball. The better team catches the ball. The better team does not make damaging penalties. That is just as much about the quality of a team as doing things right. The Giants are not the better team by any stretch of the imagination, and the Cardinals went in and beat them on their home turf with their backup QB who had not started in awhile ... oh, and covering special teams is another area which puts a grade on how good one's team is

 

[Cardiac]

1. Seattle: If the Pats can blame the heat in Week 1, then the champs get to use that excuse too! Plus, it wasn't fair that Philip Rivers wouldn't let Russell Wilson play with his ball for 75% of the game!

2. Denver: I am putting them on here out of pity. Because after they visit Seattle in Week 3, no one is going to respect this team anymore. They'll be doing the walk of shame all the way back to Denver.

3. Philly: They went on the road and beat the Indianapolis Andrew Lucks. I mostly rank them this high because they seem to be able to take the field with 19 people, including the 8 officials.

4. Bengals: This team looks legit and is my #2 team in the AFC right now. Plus Devon Still > Adrian Peterson right now.

5. Saints: They're 0-2? Pay no attention to that! We know they wouldn't win on the road anyway! They never do! But now that they have 8 games at home and only 6 more on the road, they will win the majority of their remaining games. Plus, Drew Brees!!!!!!!!

6. Panthers: Only until the Saints come marching through Carolina, though. Drew Brees!!!!

7. Patriots:That was a quality win, going into Minnesota and thrashing an Adrian Peterson-less Vikings squad!

8. Bears: They beat the Niners in SF. Wait, why are they so low on my list? Oh yeah, Drew Brees!!!!

9. Niners: Sure, they looked pretty bad in the second half. But a good half of 49er football is usually enough to put most teams away. I'll let due process play out before I judge the Bears loss more harshly.
10. Chargers: I bet if they had to wear their blue uni's in the heat, they wouldn't have won. Plus, I'd rather punch Philip Rivers in the face than move his team up into single-digit rankings.

11. Houston Texans: Why not show them some love while it lasts?

12. Buffalo Bills: See #11 above

13. Arizona Cardinals: Those weren't gutsy 4th quarter comebacks. Those were choke-jobs by their opponents. The Cards should be 0-2, but I have to rank them here before we start getting accused of bias or something. I don't know. My editor had to remind me that Arizona even has a team.

I see what you did there.

Please continue to do these because they are clever and make me laugh.

 

[ajcardfan]

Leave it to Florio; know-nothing douche...

He's counter-balanced by closet Cardinals fan Pete Prisco who ranks us #3 this week.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/powerrankings

 

[BullheadCardFan]

9. Arizona Cardinals (2-0, LW: 13)

I don't care if it was just the Giants, winning on the road with Drew Stanton being thrown in at quarterback is a great win. That might matter in late December when playoff spots are handed out.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...kings--so-who-should-be-no--1--033027996.html

 

[PDXChris]

3. Arizona Cardinals (3-0) | Previous Rank: 4

How about a Cardinals-Bengals Super Bowl? Both once-downtrodden franchises have been among the league’s best teams so far. The Cardinals are building on last season’s 10-6 playoff near-miss. They have the highly regarded Seahawks and 49ers chasing them in the NFC West and they’re getting it done with backup QB Drew Stanton starting the past two games. Bruce Arians is showing he’s one of the NFL’s better coaches, with relatively little fanfare. He’s now 22-9 including his 12-game stretch filling in for Chuck Pagano in Indianapolis.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...nnati-bengals-become-seasons-third-no-1-team/

#4
Arizona Cardinals(3-0) HIGH: 4 / LOW: 13
Backup quarterback Drew Stanton is now 2-0 as a starter. After struggling a bit and serving as more of a game manager against the Giants, Stanton showed improved pocket presence and his two touchdown passes to rookie WR John Brown helped overcome a 14-6 defect against the 49ers. Despite not having Carson Palmer, Bruce Arians stuck to his scheme and called for 13 deep passes—more than any team in Week 3. This is a team that knows what they want to do, executes, and makes very few mental errors.

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/power-rankings

#2
The 3-0 Cardinals have made a strong case for being considered a real division contender. Next up: Denver on the road after the bye.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/powerrankings

 

[CardsFan88]

Prisco is setting us up for being #1 if we beat Denver.

 

[crisper57]

6. Arizona Cardinals (No. 8; 3-0): Bruce Arians isn’t the coach of the year; he’s the coach of the century.

PFT

 

[crisper57]

6. Arizona Cardinals (3-0, LW: 9)
To be honest, I don't think they should be this high. But look at the teams behind them and tell me who you trust more right now.

Yahoo. That's more like it.

 

[Cheesebeef]

6. Arizona Cardinals (No. 8; 3-0): Bruce Arians isn’t the coach of the year; he’s the coach of the century.

PFT

Ha... Seriously.

 

[crisper57]

Crisper57's National Power Rankings After Week 3

Why not? I have fun with these.

1. Bengals: We have to put an unbeaten team at #1. They are the only unbeaten in the AFC, while the Eagles and Cardinals split votes in the NFC. So the Bengals win by default.

2. Eagles: Anytime the vaunted Washington (Redacted) come into your building with their backup QB and push you to the limit, you better hope you are a top 2 team in the League or you just aren't going to survive.

3. Chargers: Did we mention they beat the Seahawks last week? Then they followed that up by knocking off a second undefeated team this season!

4. Seahawks:They beat Peyton Manning. Or rather, a coin toss did. Whatever, they beat Peyton Manning!

5. Broncos: $60 million on defense still amounts to an overtime loss. But they showed so much character, so much heart, that I can't drop them out of my Top 5.

6. Falcons: My favorite Hard Knocks squad thrashed, I mean THRASHED, the Bucs on Thursday. I have never seen such domination! Okay, maybe once in Seattle, but that was like 2 years ago!

7. Saints: Drew Brees righted the ship, going into Minnesota and winning over an absolutely not-undermanned Vikings team that had to face absolutely no controversy at all this week.

8. Cardinals: I swear to God, if they make me look stupid one more time, I'm dropping them to 32. I'll do it! I swear! No worries though. They go into Denver after they BYE week. Did I mention Peyton Manning also will be coming off a BYE? The world will right itself in October.

9. Steelers: They crushed the Panthers. Next time, I am doing this in pencil, so that I can erase the team above them and move the Steelers up a spot.

10. Patriot: When you get pushed by the Raiders, you get a double-digit ranking, Tom. But #10 is as far as you fall.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

http://walterfootball.com/nflpowerrankings.php

HAHA! I knew someone would still have us behind the 49ers, but I really thought it would be ESPN.

 

[Covert Rain]

6. Arizona Cardinals (3-0, LW: 9)
To be honest, I don't think they should be this high. But look at the teams behind them and tell me who you trust more right now.

Yahoo. That's more like it.

I am with you. I think the Cards are definitely doing better than I expected and to be honest it's nice to be 3 games in the season and talking about a lead. In the past we would be 0-3 and wondering if we could make up enough ground by playoff time because we were already in the hole.

It's nice to be on the other side. However, I am not convinced this Cards team is top 5 or 6 right now. I don't know why exactly but if feels like the team is on a very thin thread between winning and losing versus some of the other teams the past few years simply blowing every team away they play.

As I stated, it's so nice to be looking from the other side of the fence versus previous years even if it's early in the season.

 

[splitsecond]

I agree it's hard to completely embrace the Cards as a top 5 team... .but on the other hand look at out wins.

1. One of the best teams in the AFC
2. A win in a complete and total trap game at 10 AM AZ time on a short week
3. A win against a team that has had our goat 9 out of 10 previous games.

Sure people can say "oh the Niners self destructed." So what? The Cards were giving them fits on offense and defense, and when we saw them start to self destruct we did what winning teams do: stepped on their throats.

I feel like BA has assembled a team of coaches he has probably been scheming and studying for years, and the "next man up" mentality isn't jut a mantra, it's a reality created through a precisely assembled coaching staff who knows how to teach, get the best out of their players, and in a way that the strategy and goals remain in place every single week.

One of the lines I saw in one of this articles is the telltale of that: despite Stanton being the guy, BA still called 13 deep balls, more than any other team in week 3.

 

[SissyBoyFloyd]

If we gave w/l recoids more priotrity when raking teems it shuld look more like this:

1. Beangals
2. Cardinals
3. Engels
4. Seayaks
5. Broncnoids
6. Changers
7. Lines
8. Painters
9. Falcants
10. Patrinots

 

[GatorAZ]

5. Eagles
4. Cardinals
3. Bengals
2. Broncos
1. Seahawks

 

[Jim Otis]

I am more interested to see how my Cards are ranked after 19 games !!!!!

 

[bg7brd]

1. Seahawks
2. Bengals
3. Broncos
4. Eagles
5. Cardinals
6. Chargers
7. Bears
8. 49ers
9. Lions
10. Patriots
11. Bills
12. Panthers

 

[desertdawg]

Cards are still ranked 11th in my book, yes, this is desertdawg posting.

 

[Darkside]

I don't believe in win - loss counting as a power - ranking after only 3 games. Seattle still the team to beat. Anyone see them drive on Denver for the winning TD in overtime? Wilson was phenomenal. Poised and clutch. That dude scares me. Way more than any other QB.

I'm not even sure we're top 10 until we win without a 2nd half comeback. If you're good, if you're a SB team, you're going to get a blowout at some point and I don't see it right now. Even merely good teams have the lead in games. What game have we led? Before coming back to hold on? None.

This is not a powerhouse team.

Take a breath dudes.

Putting us in the top 5. LOL
Not yet. Though I will say we haven't hit our stride. But not yet. Stop drinking the 'lade and look at reality.


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[crisper57]

I don't believe in win - loss counting as a power - ranking after only 3 games. Seattle still the team to beat. Anyone see them drive on Denver for the winning TD in overtime? Wilson was phenomenal. Poised and clutch. That dude scares me. Way more than any other QB.

I'm not even sure we're top 10 until we win without a 2nd half comeback. If you're good, if you're a SB team, you're going to get a blowout at some point and I don't see it right now. Even merely good teams have the lead in games. What game have we led? Before coming back to hold on? None.

This is not a powerhouse team.

Take a breath dudes.

Putting us in the top 5. LOL
Not yet. Though I will say we haven't hit our stride. But not yet. Stop drinking the 'lade and look at reality.


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I hope this is a reverse jinx. We played 3 games so far:

1. First game of the season, so a rust-filled slow-start isn't unusual. Played against a team that looks really good so far.
2. Backup QB starts early east coast game at the last minute.
3. Playing against the 49ers, a team that has dominated us as of late.

Put those three scenarios up for any team, and I doubt we see any blowouts. Hell, I doubt we see very many teams go 3-0.

The easy part of our schedule has yet to unfold. We still have the Redskins, Rams, Cowboys, and Chiefs to play. This was actually a pretty brutal way to start the season.

 

[Darkside]

I hope this is a reverse jinx. We played 3 games so far:

1. First game of the season, so a rust-filled slow-start isn't unusual. Played against a team that looks really good so far.
2. Backup QB starts early east coast game at the last minute.
3. Playing against the 49ers, a team that has dominated us as of late.

Put those three scenarios up for any team, and I doubt we see any blowouts. Hell, I doubt we see very many teams go 3-0.

The easy part of our schedule has yet to unfold. We still have the Redskins, Rams, Cowboys, and Chiefs to play. This was actually a pretty brutal way to start the season.

Agree, was attempting to keep myself in check. Lol. I had just finished looking at our schedule again after the Denver game. It's hard not to get excited. Those divisional games at the end of the schedule are so crucial...

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[crisper57]

Agree, was attempting to keep myself in check. Lol. I had just finished looking at our schedule again after the Denver game. It's hard not to get excited. Those divisional games at the end of the schedule are so crucial...

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