NFL Power Rankings: Week 4
By Thomas EmerickSports Staff
September 29, 2007
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1. Indianapolis 3-0 (1) Joseph Addai must be part ninja. |
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2. New England 3-0 (2) Tom Brady and Randy Moss would each land in the top three at their respective positions in an All-Decade team. So why, when they’re wearing the same uniform, did I not do everything I could to get them on my fantasy team? It’s like combining actors from the two greatest sitcoms of all time to make a comedy movie like Juno (comes out in December). When you place Rainn Wilson (The Office) in the same room with Michael Cera and Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), they’re bound to find comic gold. |
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3. Pittsburgh 3-0 (3) Which tight end will catch a touchdown this week? |
| 4. Tennessee 2-1 (6) Keith Bulluck is the most underrated defensive player in football. |
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5. Green Bay 3-0 (13) A solid rushing attack away from becoming the NFC’s clear-cut favorite. |
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6. Dallas 3-0 (16) Alright, “Boy Wonder” performed extremely well last week, but lets remember that he tore apart a defense that’s missing more than half of its starters. |
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7. San Diego 1-2 (4) LT can’t find room to run and that secondary looks awful. Though, with all that talent, I’m gonna keep believing! |
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8. Houston 2-1 (12) Their surge to legitimacy is in dire need of Andre Johnson. |
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9. Cincinnati 1-2 (7) The offense is incredible, but the D needs to show up more than once a month. |
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10. Arizona 1-2 (19) Its so tempting to jump on this bandwagon every year, but how many times can you put your hand stove before you’re afraid to get burned? As evidenced by the absurdly high ranking I gave them, I’d say that my hands are numb. |
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11. Seattle 2-1 (20) Shawn Alexander's hand injury could become a big issue at some point down the road. |
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12. Washington 2-1 (9) Needing medical attention after shooting themselves in the foot so many times. |
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13. Philadelphia 1-2 (16) Finding their rhythm, but Detroit still shouldn’t be their benchmark. |
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14. Baltimore 2-1 (5) Might the defense fall into a down year? |
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15. Denver 2-1 (9) |
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16. New York Jets 1-2 (15) Coles and Cotchery compose an excellent receiving duo. |
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17. San Francisco 2-1 (14) |
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18. Tampa Bay 2-1 (24) Yours truly is pleased he picked up their once again vaunted team defense off the fantasy football waiver wire. |
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19. Jacksonville 2-1 (27) Just like last season, I've realized that I should never jump on the bandwagon, nor ever count them out. |
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20. Chicago 1-2 (10) Two games behind Green Bay, but six starters away from a healthy defense. |
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21. New York Giants 1-2 (20) To vastly understate it, they picked up a necessary win. |
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22. Carolina 2-1 (18) Jake Delhomme has quietly fired off to a blistering start, which is why the Panthers hope his injury won’t cool him down. |
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23. Detroit 2-1 (22) The defense may miss assignments left and right, but the Kitna Express will continue to roll through opposing defenses. |
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24. New Orleans 0-3 (17) Nothing looks good about the Saints right now. |
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25. Oakland 1-2 (26) Enjoying karma... |
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26. Cleveland 1-2 (25) Derek and the Brownimoes figure to Lay-lats of passing yards against a Ravens defense that’s shown vulnerability. (now c’mon Thomas, you’ve got to admit that Clapton reference was a little forced) |
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27. Miami 0-3 (28) Has Ronnie Brown reached the turning point of his career? All up hill from here? ...Probably not... |
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28. Minnesota 1-2 (29) Kelly Holcomb is getting beaten into submission. I'm feeling kind of bad for him. |
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29. St. Louis 0-3 (21) Their performance was nearly as bad as Frank Beamer’s in that weird “money flying out of printer” commercial. Why, when you know he’s a terrible actor, would you emphasize this by holding the camera on his reaction for five seconds before cutting? Possibly the worst commercial I’ve ever seen. |
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30. Kansas City 1-2 (30) They don’t want to see the Patriots any time soon… |
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31. Kansas City 1-2 (30) …Barely beat a poor Minnesota team at home. Congrats… |
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32. Atlanta 0-3 (32) Well, at least it seems like Joey Harrington is falling to Leftwich with a fight. |
Alright, now that I’ve weirded out my few readers, I’m hoping they’ll take my prognosticating advice!
Three Locks Against Spread (For Friendly Competition!! What’s wrong with that?!!?)
Houston covering 4 against ATLANTA (uppercase indicating home team)
MIAMI Covering 4 against Oakland
Tampa giving 3 to CAROLINA
Upset Special/Bonzanza/Concoction/Any good ideas for catch phrase?!?
(I’m 2-0 so far)
SAN FRANCISCO over Seattle
You Must Be Insane
CLEVELAND over Baltimore
Week 3 Survivor (Pitt, Jac, and NE already picked)
San Diego (vs. KC)
Comments (7)
Don't you just hate it you have to move the Cowboys up this week? Pittsburgh gets beat by the Cards and you have to drop them at least several spots. Hey, I don't like the Pats but I would still rank them #1, Indi #2 and prob Steelers (oops, they lost) #3 only because their D is looking good. The Cows would wallk on Tenn. And Green Bay, don't think their D can stop Romo and the Cows D could slow Favre. Take your personal hatred for America's Team out rankings and give them what they deserve.
Posted by Clay Eiland | September 30, 2007 7:36 PMWhat a terrible bunch of picks! Thomas Emerick, find a new job.
Posted by Ben Mallonee | October 1, 2007 10:14 AMHeyyy, everybody has a bad week. And I still had Browns over Ravens, who else called that?! Yeahh?? I'm still the Browns over Ravens guy! Remember me?!?!?!!
Posted by writer Thomas | October 1, 2007 11:53 PMHmm, I might just have to....
and yeah, I hate the cowboys, but I still admit that they're good, I just think they're overrated.
Look who they beat: Giants (2-2), Rams (0-4), Bears (1-3), Dolphins (0-4)
They couldn't stop Eli Manning even after he'd just separated his shoulder.
I mean, I agree they're really talented and all, but have they really shown much more than that they could beat up bad teams?
Posted by writer Thomas | October 1, 2007 11:59 PMHow bout them Packers!!!
Posted by Murph | October 2, 2007 11:32 AMThomas Emmerick has the Cowboys at #6 (behind the titans! WTF!!)because he says their opponents have a bad win/loss record, yet he has the Pats ranked #2 for having beaten the Jet (1-3), Chargers (1-3), Bills (1-3). And now the Bengals (1-3). Very scientific and objective system their Mr. Bias. Thanks for playing, please try again.
Posted by Will | October 3, 2007 2:08 PMWell, first off, they're ranked at 6 because their defense is average at best.
Hey, I never said it was objective. Objective Power Rankings? That's just an oxymoron.
...But when the Patriots go to Dallas in week 6 and hammer the Cowboys 10 feet into the ground, I'll say "And THAT'S why the Patriots are 2 and the Cowboys 6."
Posted by writer Thomas | October 3, 2007 8:40 PM