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Some highlights from http://www.sbnation.com/2016/9/6/12798464/nfl-power-rankings-2016-week-1-cardinals-seahawks-patriots

  • The NFC is really top-heavy with teams like the Cardinals, Seahawks, Packers and Panthers head-and-shoulders above the rest.
  • All of those teams — Arizona, Carolina, Seattle and Green Bay — also have very good defenses, top-notch players at the offensive skill positions and, maybe most important of all, depth throughout the roster.

Including #11 just for the team name:

  1. Arizona Cardinals
  2. New England Patriots
  3. Seattle Seahawks
  4. Carolina Panthers
  5. Green Bay Packers
  6. Cincinnati Bengals
  7. Pittsburgh Steelers
  8. Minnesota Vikings
  9. Oakland Raiders
  10. Denver Broncos
  11. Washington NFL team
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The house of Cards will come tumbling down this year.  No way they recover that quickly from the ass-kicking they received in BoA in the NFCCG.  Who are they going to look to for inspiration and desire to win? Bruce Arians? Carson Palmer?  Yeah, good luck with that.  Carolina will bounce back simply because they DO have players and management that they can lean on and learn from.  The Patriots are the Patriots, so I don't sweat their ranking ahead of Carolina.  (Spoiler: Carolina will avenge that first SB loss in the same building against the same team that beat them back in SB38).  The Seahawks? Unless they stole an O-line from another NFL team, they will have some serious issues, plus that defensive backend isn't getting any younger.  Rankings are rankings, and it took till Week-Freaking-Twelve last season for anyone outside the Panthers circle to believe.  It won't take quite as long this season, believe that.

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1 minute ago, OriginalPantherDan said:

The house of Cards will come tumbling down this year.  No way they recover that quickly from the ass-kicking they received in BoA in the NFCCG.  Who are they going to look to for inspiration and desire to win? Bruce Arians? Carson Palmer?  Yeah, good luck with that.  Carolina will bounce back simply because they DO have players and management that they can lean on and learn from.  The Patriots are the Patriots, so I don't sweat their ranking ahead of Carolina.  (Spoiler: Carolina will avenge that first SB loss in the same building against the same team that beat them back in SB38).  The Seahawks? Unless they stole an O-line from another NFL team, they will have some serious issues, plus that defensive backend isn't getting any younger.  Rankings are rankings, and it took till Week-Freaking-Twelve last season for anyone outside the Panthers circle to believe.  It won't take quite as long this season, believe that.

IMO we will be the Patriots of the next decade, especially after Brady retires.

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17 minutes ago, PanthersATL said:

Some highlights from http://www.sbnation.com/2016/9/6/12798464/nfl-power-rankings-2016-week-1-cardinals-seahawks-patriots

  • The NFC is really top-heavy with teams like the Cardinals, Seahawks, Packers and Panthers head-and-shoulders above the rest.
  • All of those teams — Arizona, Carolina, Seattle and Green Bay — also have very good defenses, top-notch players at the offensive skill positions and, maybe most important of all, depth throughout the roster.

Including #11 just for the team name:

  1. Arizona Cardinals
  2. New England Patriots
  3. Seattle Seahawks
  4. Carolina Panthers
  5. Green Bay Packers
  6. Cincinnati Bengals
  7. Pittsburgh Steelers
  8. Minnesota Vikings
  9. Oakland Raiders
  10. Denver Broncos
  11. Washington NFL team

Obviously the writers don't know that the greatest CB in the history of the world plays for Washington and therefore they should be ranked #1.  Because it's not fair that teams with better QBs, MLBs and other skilled positions be ranked higher than a team with an Elite* shut down corner....

 

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1 hour ago, OriginalPantherDan said:

The house of Cards will come tumbling down this year.  No way they recover that quickly from the ass-kicking they received in BoA in the NFCCG. 

I'm also not big on the Cardinals this year. They were "all-in" last year and got their asses handed to them. They have a great coach and a deep roster so they will be in the playoff mix but I don't think they have what it takes to win it all.

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