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Elliot Harrison’s power rankings after week 3

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I think some site had us at #4 in the power rankings (will try to find the link), saw something in passing on Twitter.

I have witnessed a FIRST on Twitter and the Huddle.

Panthers fans complaining we're ranked TOO HIGH!!!!  Never thought I'd see that.

But seriously, it IS shocking...  I never guessed we'd be catapulted up the standings like this on a lot of lists.  I'd probably put us around #7 or #8 personally... but it's hard to know.  Still way too early to really pay attention.

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You can't rank us above the Rams and Chiefs who look legit. You can't rank us above the Eagles who have the same record as us, but are the defending SB champs. You can't rank us above the Saints who look like the exact same team that beat us 3x last year. But name me another team that should be ranked ahead of us. #5 is very fair and where I'd put us too. I keep seeing the Jags ahead of us, but they've looked pretty bad in 2 games and are currently hanging their hat on beating a, let's face it, pretty bad Pats team.

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1 hour ago, Moorgan said:

Atlanta torched us on the ground. Remember the snapping of the run game streak? We had a bad game that day. Hoping it was an aberration.

The Bengals torched also torched us on the ground.  They just didn't get to run as much as the Falcons did.

Ironically, we shut down the best back we have faced (Elliot).  I have a feeling its due to our defensive focus in the last two games being on slowing down the passing game.  Worked ok against Cincy, not so much against Atlanta.  

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2 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

The Bengals torched also torched us on the ground.  They just didn't get to run as much as the Falcons did.

Ironically, we shut down the best back we have faced (Elliot).  I have a feeling its due to our defensive focus in the last two games being on slowing down the passing game.  Worked ok against Cincy, not so much against Atlanta.  

Didn't Gio only have like less than 70 yards? They did gash us here and there but I don't think it amounted to a whole lot. I could be wrong though.

EDIT: Yeah they had 66 yds total, rushing. Gio had 61. They definitely did not torch us on the ground. They only had 13 rushing attempts.

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6 minutes ago, Moorgan said:

Didn't Gio only have like less than 70 yards? They did gash us here and there but I don't think it amounted to a whole lot. I could be wrong though.

Bengals had a total of 66 yards rushing, of which 61 yards were by Gio (averaged 5.1 yards / carry).

45 yards came on 2 rushes:

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47 minutes ago, Moorgan said:

Didn't Gio only have like less than 70 yards? They did gash us here and there but I don't think it amounted to a whole lot. I could be wrong though.

EDIT: Yeah they had 66 yds total, rushing. Gio had 61. They definitely did not torch us on the ground. They only had 13 rushing attempts.

I was looking at ypc.  They averaged over 5 ypc.  They just didn't run it as much, in part because they got behind.  On their first drive, Bernard had 6 rushes, 1 yard, 7 yards, 9 yards, 4, yards, 4 yards, and 1 yard for a td.  His first run of the second half was for 23 yards. He had a 22 yard run towards the end of the third quarter.  After that, he only ran the ball two more times.   

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