Erebus":2hxzhvh7 said:
hawksfansinceday1":2hxzhvh7 said:
HawkGA":2hxzhvh7 said:
I definitely feel you on Pittsburgh. Wouldn't surprise me at all to see them come out of the AFC.
God I'd love to beat them in LI.
Like your rankings Kip though I might put GB first and definitely second because of their schedule and because they get the Hawks at home. Completely agree with your take on Carolina.
I guess that depends on what power rankings measure.
Is it a measure of who is the best team, or who is most likely to have the most successful season? The Packers are a weak team outside of Rodgers and Nelson. I couldn't possibly consider them the best team in the NFL. However, they do have a nicely set up schedule, so I could see them getting the #1 seed and winning the Super Bowl (but I still like the Hawks chances better).
Good question.
I would have the Panthers at 1, they lost Josh but every team lost something. They won 15 games last year and to me 15 games is 15 games. They were also the only NFC team to beat all the other top NFC teams they played (Hawks, Packers , Cards and Skins) last year.
I am also not as high on the Packers, they looked bad the second half of the season. Maybe Jordy will turn it all around for them but I think they had some other issues. Also I think they are a good regular season team but they seem to fall off in the post season (at least Aaron does). They will probably make the playoffs because of the weak schedule.
As of today, my top 6-7 based on best overall team, in no particular order - Hawks, Panthers, Steelers, Cardinals, Broncos, Bengals, Vikings? and I guess Pats,
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I added the link to the NFL.com rankings
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... riots-fall
1. Panthers
2. Cards
3. Steelers
4. Packers
5. Broncos
6. Patriots
7. Seahawks
26. Rams
31. Niners