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ESPN Power(less) Rankings for week 11


Dpantherman

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He's a total ass. I asked him how he could continue to ignore the second best team in the NFC week after week and he said something about there not being any compelling storylines. Really? You mean a running back tandem that combined for 2,300+ and 28 TDs isn't compelling? Undefeated at home? The absurdly tight NFC South race? Hell, even after the Giants/Panthers game last week, he wrote about Chad Pennington instead of the game between the top two NFC teams.

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these rankings are always a joke. Saints at #1? LOL. I guess Colts beating the Pats, and Saints BARELY beating the Rams warrants them a better ranking.. They deserve to be #2, don't get me wrong, but they are playing sloppy ass football these past few weeks, don't they have like 12 turnovers in 3 games?

Broncos shouldn't be in the top 10, Eagles should be a lot lower(near the 20'ish mark, and Carolina and Miami should have moved up a few spots at least.

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He's a total ass. I asked him how he could continue to ignore the second best team in the NFC week after week and he said something about there not being any compelling storylines. Really? You mean a running back tandem that combined for 2,300+ and 28 TDs isn't compelling? Undefeated at home? The absurdly tight NFC South race? Hell, even after the Giants/Panthers game last week, he wrote about Chad Pennington instead of the game between the top two NFC teams.

While that may be true to each and every one of US...I challenge you to goto NFC East, South, West forums and all AFC forums and ask them if they give half a damn about the Panthers. You'll get an almost majority reply of "no". Charlotte is not a major city and it's in the South. He's correct, no one cares. The sooner you accept it, the sooner lack of coverage will insult you.

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these rankings are always a joke. Saints at #1? LOL. I guess Colts beating the Pats, and Saints BARELY beating the Rams warrants them a better ranking.. They deserve to be #2, don't get me wrong, but they are playing sloppy ass football these past few weeks, don't they have like 12 turnovers in 3 games?

Broncos shouldn't be in the top 10, Eagles should be a lot lower(near the 20'ish mark, and Carolina and Miami should have moved up a few spots at least.

I don't even have a problem with Saints at No. 1. Yes, they are making a ton of mistakes, but they are winning in spite of them. Not many teams would be able to do that (as evidence by last year's No. 1 offense, 8-8 Saints squad).

I might give the edge to the Colts, but the Saints, I think, might be the more complete team.

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