11th on the power ranking???

[Dolfan4life!]

Well EXCUSE ME. I just dont get why some people are fascinated about the power rankings.

It's just something else to talk about....

 

[dolfanattic5]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5003748

after this past weekend i thought we belonged at 20, but espn says 11th??? Beats me. :shakeno:

this is why
Inside this week's rankings



Our power rankings are not about what teams did last week, but rather how teams have played all season. That means accumulating as much data as possible. Wins and losses give us just five or six "events" to measure, which is a pretty small sample size. But the average NFL team has been involved in at least 400 plays this season. Measure the individual plays rather than just the wins and losses, and you have a much accurate sample.

Each week, with more data, we can be more confident in our numbers. This is part of the reason why we increase the strength of the opponent adjustment each week: for example, after two weeks, everybody thought that Kansas City had solved its defensive problems just because Chad Pennington fumbled a lot. With more games to study, we know that the Chiefs still have a poor defense, and we can adjust the offensive ratings of their past opponents accordingly.

Early on, to eliminate the power of fluke wins and losses, we are combining our ratings for 2005 with ratings from 2004 to get a more precise picture. Each week, we can reduce the importance of last year because we know more about this year. By this week, 2005 performance is up to 80 percent of each team's rating. After eight games, we'll have enough data to rank teams based on 2005 alone. Although these decisions lead to more accurate ratings, they also lead to some strange week-to-week movement, like Miami moving up five spots even though it lost to Tampa Bay. Miami gets a big bump for strength of schedule -- bigger than you might expect, because the opponent adjustments are different for runs and passes on different downs -- and that bump gets a little bigger each week. Plus, as we gain confidence in our 2005 numbers and give less impact to 2004, teams that were bad last year (like the Dolphins) move up. The opposite effect explains why Philadelphia can drop five spots on its bye week, and contributes to New England's plummet all the way down to number 16.

 

[Bellson]

the broncos real test will be in these upcoming weeks... @giants, then the struggling eagles, then @raiders who's record doesnt reflect what they're really all about. We murdered the Broncos. We're definitely capable of giving every team in the NFL a run as long as penalties get taken care of, our D comes to play, and we keep a balanced offense running more than 16 times.

 

[005]

Yeah, the rankings are based on those found on http://www.footballoutsiders.com, which tries to use pure statistics to rank teams. They change up the equation a little for FOX Sports. It's an interesting site with some good analysis. And remember this: "All predictions wrong or your money back!"

 

[Ontariophinfan]

But ya kinda have to laugh at this though... "LaMont Jordan averages just three yards on first down. Come back next week for another episode of "Norv Turner, Offensive Genius."

 

[mf52dolphin]

Actually we at Finheaven used to a power rankings poll. One problem though was there kind of a lack of complete staff input on it during the 2003 season, where basicly just myself, Phishers writer Frank Corral , and Dr. AstroZoom were only ones doing the voting.
A.J. decided not to have one done during the 2004 season, and has not as yet decided to revive it.