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Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast After last weekend the NFL's reigning monarchies are suddenly trembling...   |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast I've always liked Oakland-Denver matchups. Strange things happen. It's particularly interesting now, because they're the only teams in the AFC West that have beaten anybody... Chicago will surprise the Giants... Bucs will sack their way to victory in Detroit... Bills will beat Jets... |
Sports Illustrated
September 20, 2000
Palul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings Week 3: Here's the dilemma: In trying wherever I can to preserve the integrity of rating a team higher than one it beat, I find myself pinned into positions very difficult to defend... |
Sports Illustrated
October 3, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast I see three games heavy with playoff implications this week -- Baltimore at Jacksonville, Tampa Bay at Minnesota and Buffalo at Miami -- and a weirdly similar pattern runs through all three... |
Sports Illustrated
September 13, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings Week 2: Oakland is the big upward mover this week. San Diego takes the heavy slide. Two weeks ago the Raiders and Chargers played each other to a virtual standstill. I am fully aware of this, so you don't have to bring it to my attention... |
Sports Illustrated
September 27, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings I've tried for as long as I could, but it is now impossible to keep certain teams higher than teams they lost to. The Giants beat Philly which beat Dallas which beat Washington which beat the Giants ... see the point?... |
Sports Central
April 16, 2009
Seth Doria |
2009 NFL Schedule Breakdown Here are the biggest winners and losers from the Tuesday announcement of the 2009 National Football League schedule |
Sports Illustrated
March 28, 2002
Peter King |
Schedule picks and pans Patriots take the pipe, Panthers take the cake... |
Sports Illustrated
October 23, 2000
Peter King |
Sapp to Keyshawn: Be a team player The Bucs were off Sunday. The only action they saw was on TV. Keyshawn Johnson worked the FOX pregame show. Surprise! I saw Tampa Bay's game/debacle last Thursday night. This is a team trying to do everything with some proficiency, and doing none of it well... |
Sports Central
September 30, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings After four weeks of play, NFL teams are rated. |
Sports Illustrated
November 22, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast When the NFL went to the 16-game schedule in 1978, a veteran scout told me, "They've turned it into a survival contest. The teams that are smart are the ones that spend big money on backups." |
Sports Central
October 28, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 8 Power Rankings The Tennessee Titans rank number one in this weeks top-rated NFL teams. All 32 teams are ranked. |
Sports Illustrated
October 18, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings Week 8: These are the kind of weeks you pray for. The top seven all won. Eight of the bottom nine lost. Fewer hours to agonize over the rankings. Time to take care of the chores that should have been seen to long ago... |
Salon.com
January 24, 2001
Allen Barra |
The Ugly Bowl It's no clash of the titans, but this Sunday's showdown between two deeply flawed teams at least offers some suspense... |
Sports Illustrated
December 26, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast Broncos vs. Raiders... Giants vs. Philly... Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
September 6, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings Week 2: At this point in the season I will try to maintain the integrity of ranking a team higher than the one it beat, regardless of what was supposed to happen... Top ranked are the Bucs, Colts, Rams, Bills, and Titans... |
Sports Central
November 18, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 11 Power Rankings After 11 weeks of play, the Tennessee Titans are still on top. Here, the rest of the league is ranked. |
Sports Central
December 14, 2004
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 14 Power Rankings The Philadelphia Eagles outscore the New England Patriots for the top ranking this week, making it safe to say: Super Bowl XXXIX, Eagles over Colts! Meanwhile, the Carolina Panthers are clawing their way to a playoff berth. |
Sports Illustrated
August 29, 2000 |
Dr. Z's Forecast I don't think I've ever seen as much head-scratching at the quarterback position going into the opening week. The exhibition season is supposed to sort all that out, right? But look what we have... |
Sports Illustrated
October 4, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings Look at it this way: The Rams probably will break all those records because their defense isn't that great, therefore the varsity offense stays on the field longer... |
Sports Central
January 28, 2009
Andrew Jones |
Owning Up to 2008 NFL Predictions One sports writer owns up to poor pre-season NFL predictions. |
Sports Central
October 24, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings NFL team rankings for the upcoming week. |
AskMen.com
Brandon Lang |
Football: Weekly Picks Redskins vs. Seahawks... Buccaneers vs. Giants... Jaguars vs. Steelers... |
Sports Central
September 19, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Bengals start strong with double-digit wins... Colts show good offense, but defense can't keep up... Bears show balanced offense and defense... Chargers face harder schedule after bye week... Titans win battle for last place... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
November 1, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's NFL Power Rankings I had less trouble at the top of my rankings than at the bottom. I mean it was fairly cut and dried up there at the head of the line, but down below -- well, I don't want to give away the ending to this story. You'll see for yourself... |
Sports Central
September 16, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Teams are rated after two weeks of play in the NFL. |
Sports Central
December 19, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings San Diego Chargers: How about a little love for special teams?... Baltimore Ravens boast the second-stingiest run defense in the NFL... Dallas Cowboys will be dangerous in the postseason, but will have a tough road to the Super Bowl... etc. |
Sports Central
December 9, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 14 Power Rankings Philadelphia, Miami, Baltimore, and Tampa Bay all have good defenses this season, but I think New England's has to be the best of them all. |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2000
Peter King |
Only the good die young I was tempted to write this Monday morning about the Bucs rising slowly in the NFC Central, or about the sudden crises facing the formerly unbeatable Rams. But the top of this football column is not a football column. I ask you to read it anyway... |
Sports Central
September 10, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked on their strength after the first week of the regular season. |
Sports Illustrated
September 19, 2000
Peter King |
Inside the NFL It's not too early to single out the Bucs as the team that could win it all |
Sports Central
November 2, 2004
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 8 Power Rankings The Pittsburgh Steelers have won five in a row, and they're playing like the top team -- who they just happen to face this week. And those upstart Houston Texans have pushed themselves into the top-ten ranking. |
Sports Illustrated
October 17, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast It's time to get serious about this St. Louis phenomenon and ask the question: Can anyone stop the Rams? |
Sports Illustrated
October 24, 2000 |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings The question is: How far do you drop the Rams after their loss? Some raters have not dropped them at all, assuming that their loss to the Chiefs was a momentary aberration. Sorry, can't go that route... |
Sports Central
October 11, 2005
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings Bad luck is starting to pour in for some teams, and some preseason contenders are starting to look pretty beaten up. Injuries are starting to mount, and good teams are starting to distance themselves from the field. |
Sports Central
December 16, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Survey of the latest from the football world |
Sports Central
November 11, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 10 Power Rankings The Tennessee Titans again top the list in this week's NFL team ratings. |
Salon.com
January 10, 2003
King Kaufman |
The joy of failure To err is human, which explains why the drones who run the NFL can't understand the beauty of an honest mistake. |
Sports Central
November 22, 2006
Seth Doria |
Turkey, Booze, and the NFC Playoff Race In the NFC, the last six weeks are going to be like an old-school WWF Royal Rumble. |
Sports Central
October 21, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings I swear that every single Rams fan prefers Marc Bulger... I want to see more of Chris Hovan. He's a defensive MVP candidate... The injury to Shawn Barber on Monday night almost cost the Chiefs the game... etc. |
Sports Central
December 9, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 14 Power Rankings Despite loss, Giants clinch NFC East... Titans clinch AFC South and first-round bye... Steelers make it four wins in a row... Arizona Cardinals clinch their first division title since 1975... etc. |
Sports Central
October 27, 2009
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings New Orleans Saints overcome a 24-3... New England Patriots fourth in points scored per game, third in points allowed. Pittsburgh Steelers score four consecutive wins after bumpy start... |
Sports Central
December 16, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings The Eagles and their AFC counterparts in New England may be due for a letdown in the next two weeks, but I wouldn't read much into it. Both teams will be just fine -- especially if they can secure homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. |
Sports Central
January 5, 2010
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings An evaluation of end-of-season power in the NFL. |
Sports Central
September 28, 2004
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings FOX consistently offers terrible camera angles on purpose, particularly on special teams. No one likes that. Just show us an angle so we can see the play. |
Sports Central
October 23, 2007
Seth Doria |
In the Box: NFL Week 7 Pats offensive dominates... Rams keep up with Miami's winless record... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
September 21, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Seven teams under the microscope By my count, I've seen 25 teams so far. In some cases, the impressions are muddy. In others, a picture is starting to form. I've got a lot of notes, many impressions, and I'll share them with you, highlighting a few of the more interesting teams. |
Sports Illustrated
November 14, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Hit parade The award for best football performance at midseason goes to... |
Sports Illustrated
September 19, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast In the off-season the one September game you'd have circled in red would have been Jacksonville at Indianapolis this Monday night. The Colts were the consensus choice to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. The Jaguars had the conference's best record in '99, a gaudy 14-2. But things have changed. |
Sports Central
October 5, 2004
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings No change in the top four rankings, and little elsewhere. But the Falcons, Steelers, Giants and Chargers showed significant forward progress, while the Ravens, Panthers, Packers and Titans dropped back a few notches. |
