ESPN week 2 Power Rankings

[IRISHSKIN24]

Originally Posted by saden1

People still think they won that game against the Redskins. I find it funny that the 49'ers are a spot above the Seahawks after the ass kicking they got.

exactly

[tootergray34]

well, for an offense that only scored 6 points, I think we are pretty much lucky to be 1-0. If we lay it on Houston now, we better be top 8? And I mean LAY it on them.

[FRPLG]

I think at this point I don't care much. middle of the road seems about right for us. We'll know better after game 4 who is for real and who isn't. What the Skins need to do is capitalize on the issues the other teams in our division have with injuries and poor play and get some games on the them. I am extremely interested in what we do this weekend. It will say a lot about our team. I think right now Houston is in a better place than Dallas.

[murphy196]

I enjoy being under the radar. The Redskins never get any respect anyway, so I will take #14.

[Lotus]

Those rankings change so much week-to-week during the season that they don't mean much now.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by murphy196

I enjoy being under the radar. The Redskins never get any respect anyway, so I will take #14.

Respect has to be earned and we have not done that in the past 10 yrs.

[mooby]

Yeah this isn't an issue. We're ranked 14th, which is fine by me. Anybody check out how they broke it down? Clayton ranked us 8th, two of the other guys ranked us 16th lol. Idc where we are ranked as long as we get it done on gameday.

[apiatt]

Hey guys! New to the board as a poster been reading for awhile thought it was about time for me to join and chime in.

Not sure what the real point of power rankings is after week 1 anyway. As we see in college football and basketball rankings mean very little especially early in the season. If they were to do such "Power Rankings" I would wait until at least week 4 that we have an idea of how everyone looks.

That being said, arguing any ranking at this point really doesn't mean a whole lot. But, for the sake of the argument I guess the two that I have a problem with is Houston at #7 and the Falcons at #13. I know Houston had a big win this week against a Super Bowl contender, but the Colts lost there best defensive player early on and did have enough time to adjust schematically to patch it up. As for the Falcons, not sure why they were so high in the first place. They seem like a .500 team to me and for them to still be in the top half after losing to a Pittsburgh team that didn't have their starting quarterback seems awkward.

Nevertheless, I think the ranking of the Skins is appropriate. If they turn out a similar defensive performance against the Texans then We should be vaulted into the top 10. Either way, the offense will need to produce more if we are to be a serious contender.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by apiatt

Hey guys! New to the board as a poster been reading for awhile thought it was about time for me to join and chime in.

Not sure what the real point of power rankings is after week 1 anyway. As we see in college football and basketball rankings mean very little especially early in the season. If they were to do such "Power Rankings" I would wait until at least week 4 that we have an idea of how everyone looks.

That being said, arguing any ranking at this point really doesn't mean a whole lot. But, for the sake of the argument I guess the two that I have a problem with is Houston at #7 and the Falcons at #13. I know Houston had a big win this week against a Super Bowl contender, but the Colts lost there best defensive player early on and did have enough time to adjust schematically to patch it up. As for the Falcons, not sure why they were so high in the first place. They seem like a .500 team to me and for them to still be in the top half after losing to a Pittsburgh team that didn't have their starting quarterback seems awkward.

Nevertheless, I think the ranking of the Skins is appropriate. If they turn out a similar defensive performance against the Texans then We should be vaulted into the top 10. Either way, the offense will need to produce more if we are to be a serious contender.

If you mean letting Arian Foster gash them, it's going to be a loooooong day.

[apiatt]

No kidding. I don't think the Colts were ready Texans to run at them like that. The Skins will have a week to prepare, plus I think they have better personnel to slow them down. Foster isn't MJD or Chris Johnson. He was just going against he right opponent on the right day.

[InsaneBoost]

LOL. So the Cowboys go to #8, but we only go up 3. Ummmm, if we beat a #8 why shouldn't we be #7 or at least moved up real far? Oh that's right, this is BSPN who has a love fest for the Cowboys.

[tryfuhl]

well power rankings aren't linear, direct, or whatever

we'll see

[SmootSmack]

Skins jumped from 20 to 17 from the start of the preseason to the end and now 17 to 14 (though Clayton has them in his top 10). So that's a pretty solid jump

And you don't just jump over a team because you beat them. Did James Madison jumped over Virginia Tech because they beat them? Well that may be a bad example but you get my point.

[InsaneBoost]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

And you don't just jump over a team because you beat them. Did James Madison jumped over Virginia Tech because they beat them? Well that may be a bad example but you get my point.

Haha I understand. I was going to delete that part, but figured it was up long enough so no point. What I think I meant more was, their asses are constantly over rated. It's like I always say, one playoff win and here they are as the "Super Bowl rep." Come on.

Not going to say they aren't a good team, but....hell IDK what I'm trying to say, F DALLAS and ESPN.

[GusFrerotte]

From what I have seen yeah, that is fair. I can see us as high as 12 also.