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NFL Pwer Rankings: Week 1

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It's the start to another year and it's time to start the weekly power rankings thread.

As always this post is just for fun and a good place to gauge the opinion some of the sports writes have of us. I may add or remove power rankings sites from this list depending on how often they end up updating their rankings. I try to keep the lesser known sites (to me anyway) toward the bottom of the list as that is where most of the attrition takes place.

Anyway,

Here are the rankings for Week 1. Enjoy! :up:

Ranking:
Average Doplhine Rank This Week: 23
Average Dolphins Rank For The Season: 23


This Weeks Opponent: New England Patriots
Opponents Average Rank: 3


This Weeks Rankings By Site:

NFL.COM
Rank: 23
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...exans-crack-the-top-10?module=HP11_hot_topics

Comment: Raise your hand if you were surprised the Dolphins cut Larry Johnson. No former Chiefs legendary running back has been cut this unceremoniously since ... Larry Johnson, by the Redskins. Did anyone notice that
Chad Henne posted a 93.4 passer rating in the preseason? Get excited. He'll keep Miami ranked where it is until he and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll elicit any vertical presence in the passing game.


CBS Sports
Rank: 18
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/powerrankings

Comment: It's all about Chad Henne and the passing game. They will be tough on defense. That's for sure.


ESPN
Rank: 24
http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings

Comment:
It amazes me that the offensive line is a problem with all the investments and work in trying to fix it. (Clayton)


Sports Illustrated (Don Banks)
Rank: 23
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/don_banks/09/07/pre.regular.season/index.html

Comment:
The Dolphins draw the Patriots at home on Monday night, and that's as good as any place to open the 2011 season, because it's where 2010 starting going so wrong. Miami was a hopeful 2-1 when it played host to the Patriots on a Monday night in Week 4, but then came that monumental special teams meltdown and a second-half New England explosion in a 41-14 Pats win. The Dolphins lost seven of their final 12 games and never really got over that embarrassment in front of their home crowd. Time to make amends.

FoxSports
Rank: 27
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings

Comment:
I have no idea what to expect from a team playing with a coach and QB they spent a good deal of time trying to replace.

USA Today
Rank: 15
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2011-power-rankings.htm
Comment: None

SBNation
Rank: 24
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/9/6/2407741/nfl-power-rankings-2011-green-bay-packers

Comment: Adding RB Reggie Bush has me a little excited for this team. Of course, they gotta figure out how to use him.

Walter Football
Rank: 27
http://walterfootball.com/nflpowerrankings.php

Comment: If you think the Dolphins are going to be good this year, check out this picture. Yeah, they're screwed.

2011 NFL Projected Record: 4-12



 
:lol: at the Chad pic. What's with the AFC East QB's this offseason?
 
Haha that picture of Henne is great!

They make some good points, but these rankings don't go into great detail about why we stand where we stand. A lot of Dolphin's misconceptions come from off the field FO issues, and about our lackluster performance last year. A lot of them don't take into account that this is an entirely new offensive mindset. It's funny how some of these writers focus on past issues. Clayton was the only one that brought up the potential offensive line problem that might actually be our achilles heel this upcoming season.

These posts are more funny than anything. Dolphin fans are the only ones that see this team as just a few pieces and a few more calls in our favor away from being a good-enough-to-compete-for-a-playoff-berth team. Everyone else sees us as that team about to collapse into a deep, dark, endless chasm of dispair. Let's hope it's not the latter. I have an above average expectation for this team, and will be sorely disappointed if we do anything less than 9-7.
 
I just don't get why a team that won 7 games last year and, at least on paper, appears to have gotten a lil' better this year, is suddenly only expected to win more like 3 or 4 games. Oh well, it doesn't mean a thing anyway right now.
 
I'm amazed at 3-4 wins as well...Our schedule really isn't even that hard anyway? For a team that beat Green Bay and took a good many teams to the 4th quarter you would expect it to be a lot higher. We lose in the 4th....I'm hoping all the young talent we added can help with that. Too bad our O-line did nothing but get older...
 
The first week of any power ranking is pure speculation and guess work. The first 4-6 weeks of the season we'll see wild swings in the various rankings as everyone gets a better feel for how the teams are actually playing.

I would love to see our fins do well, I am tired of being ranked in the 20's year after year.
 
I also want to add that alot of the negative comments we brought on ourselves. Booing Henne, Wanting to replace sparano, The Orton debacle etc etc... Those things got alot or press and it affected our image some.

A win against new england should clear alot of it up.
 
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