Ian Allan
Part of the deal with generating forecasts for each player is figuring out how good each team is going to be – since the player’s production is a portion of his teams.
After spending one day on each team over the last six-seven weeks, and seeing what talent has been added to each roster via the draft and free agency, I’ve got a general idea of how I think the teams are going to stack up.
The win-loss records do not show how I feel the teams will finish this season. Rather, they show how I feel the team would finish if it played an average schedule. The Steelers, for example, show as a 9-7 team, but they’re playing the hardest schedule in the league – I don’t think they’ll win that many games. I’ve got all NFC East teams finishing with at least 8-8 records; that’s unlikely to happen. And the second place team in the AFC East – the Bills or Jets – easily could sneak up to 9 wins.
But the rankings below give a ballpark estimate of where I think the teams are at.
2008 Power Rankings
W L
14 2 New England
12 4 Indianapolis
11 5 NY Giants
11 5 Dallas
11 5 San Diego
11 5 Jacksonville
10 6 Minnesota
9 7 Green Bay
9 7 Philadelphia
9 7 Cleveland
9 7 Carolina
9 7 New Orleans
9 7 Pittsburgh
9 7 Seattle
8 8 Tampa Bay
8 8 Washington
8 8 Tennessee
8 8 Denver
8 8 Houston
8 8 Arizona
7 9 Buffalo
7 9 NY Jets
6 10 Cincinnati
6 10 Detroit
6 10 St. Louis
6 10 Chicago
5 11 Baltimore
5 11 San Francisco
5 11 Oakland
4 12 Miami
4 12 Atlanta
4 12 Kansas City
—Ian Allan
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