SirDrums NFL Power Rankings: Week 8

[SirDrums]

Here are the rankings for Week 8. Enjoy! :up:

Ranking:
Average Dolphins Rank This Week: 19(-6)
Average Dolphins Rank For The Season: 14(-1)

Highest Rank This Season: 7 (Week 4)
Lowest Rank This Season: 21 (Week 1)

This Weeks Opponent: Patriots
Opponents Average Rank: 9



This Weeks Rankings By Site:

NFL.COM
Rank: 16 (-4) http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...gs-week-8-chiefs-claim-top-spot-panthers-rise
Comment:
It's maddening to watch the Dolphins. Well, I guess that's the nature of the NFL, which can make one wonder if there are any good teams anymore. It's a valid question. Like it or not, what with all the parity and "anybody can beat anybody any day" stuff, the NFL has, simply put, become watered down.

The Dolphins -- we think -- had no business losing at home to a Bills squad whose starting quarterback was out and whose most explosive offensive player gained 7 total yards. After all, Nickell Robey -- who is not synonymous with Lester Hayes, Ed Reed, and Rod Woodson -- made the defensive play of the day for Buffalo. But here we are. And here the Dolphins sit.

CBS Sports
Rank: 27 (-14)
[URL]http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/powerrankings[/URL]
Comment:
That was a horrible loss at home to the Bills. Now they have to try and rebound against the Patriots.

ESPN
Rank: 16 (-2)
[SIZE=+0][URL]http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings[/URL]
[/SIZE]Comment:
The Dolphins have lost three in a row, and Ryan Tannehill has fallen back down to Earth

Sports Illustrated
Rank: 17 (-4)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nf...r-rankings-week-7-seattle-seahawks/index.html
Comment:
[SIZE=+0]Miami's home loss to Buffalo made this team the frontrunner for the "Gotcha!" award, presented last season to a Cardinals team that started 4-0 and finished 5-11.

FoxSports
Rank: 18 [/SIZE][SIZE=+0](-4)[SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]
[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings
Comment:
The Dolphins had three turnovers and converted on just three third downs -- that’s almost always going to result in a loss.

USA Today
Rank: 19 (-5)[SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/rankings/
Comment:
Dolphins hope OT Bryant McKinnie can help ease constant beatings QB Ryan Tannehill is taking.


SBNation
Rank: 18 (-5)
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/10...s-chiefs-browns-vikings-bills-saints-seahawks
Comment:
I don't know about mixing Bryant McKinnie back in with the city of Miami. But it would be hard to have pass protection much worse that Miami's right now. At one point it looked like Mario Williams would disembowel Ryan Tannehill on Sunday. He was sacked twice, hit seven and hurried another 14 times. That can't keep happening.


Previous Rankings:

Week 1:
http://www.finheaven.com/show...ankings-Week-1
Rank 21

Week 2: [SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]
http://www.finheaven.com/show...ankings-Week-2[SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]
Rank 18

Week 3:
[SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]http://www.finheaven.com/showthread....ankings-Week-3[SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]
Rank 12

Week 4:
http://www.finheaven.com/show...ankings-Week-4
Rank 7

Week 5:
http://www.finheaven.com/show...ankings-Week-4
Rank [SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]9

Week 6:
No Post
Rank 13

Week 7:
http://www.finheaven.com/showthread.php?345303-SirDrums-NFL-Power-Rankings-Week-7
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[maralieus]

Wow 27 from CBS? Dropped 14 spots? It was a horrible loss but I'm not sure it was THAT bad.

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[KTOWNFINFAN]

Wow 27 from CBS? Dropped 14 spots? It was a horrible loss but I'm not sure it was THAT bad.

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HOW?? How can you not see it being that bad?? We had TWO weeks to prepare, AT HOME, for a team with a 3rd string QB from DUKE no less, without a healthy running back. Yet we still managed to find a way to lose. I can't for the life of me figure out how anyone would have us in the top 30.

 

[roy_miami]

That NFL.com quote is kind of funny, he seems to be suggesting that there is too much parity in the NFL if Miami can lose to a team like the Bills. First off nobody ever thought Miami was a juggernaut. Second, just a week or 2 ago people were thinking we could have multiple teams go undefeated this season, Denver looked unstoppable.

 

[Patrick_Bateman]

HOW?? How can you not see it being that bad?? We had TWO weeks to prepare, AT HOME, for a team with a 3rd string QB from DUKE no less, without a healthy running back. Yet we still managed to find a way to lose. I can't for the life of me figure out how anyone would have us in the top 30.

This...last week was one of the most embarrising losses i've seen in watching 30+ years of dolphins football, its gonna make me sick to my stomach for years to come.