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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 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 Illustrated
October 31, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast Just as western Pennsylvania is the breeding ground of quarterbacks, the AFC East is fertile territory for producing playoff teams... |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast Predictions side with Tampa Bay, the Giants, Minnesota, Green Bay, Philadelphia, and Kansas City... |
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
November 21, 2000
Peter King |
Down to the Wire The outcome of the AFC East may hinge on who stays the healthiest |
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 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 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
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 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
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 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
October 4, 2005
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings Current division leaders: Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Miami, Denver, Chicago, Tampa Bay, Washington, Seattle. That will change before the end of the season, but I guarantee that no one picked those eight teams. |
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
August 31, 2000
Peter King |
Trust Wolf, Dungy and the AFC West What is Ron Wolf doing?... Will Jerry Rice do it again?... Bills may challenge Indy in the AFC East... Barry Sanders will not unretire... Eagles won't be .500... Skins must do better against the run... Bet on the AFC West over the East... |
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
November 25, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 12 Power Rankings The New York Giants claim first place in this week's NFL ratings. |
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
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 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 Central
September 23, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The hot game this week is Tennessee at Pittsburgh. Philly at Buffalo could also be good if the Eagles have straightened things out. |
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 Illustrated
December 26, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast Broncos vs. Raiders... Giants vs. Philly... Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
September 5, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast Ever since 1978, when new rules put wings on the ball and made passing easier, poor old reactionaries such as me have been wringing our hands and longing for the return of old-fashioned values. Running the ball. Taking the game to the big guys. This may actually happen this year... |
Sports Illustrated
December 11, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Mining for gold NFL long on drama, short on excellence... |
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 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... |
Sports Central
December 3, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 13 Power Rankings The league MVP race is too close to call right now. And with a third of the season left to play, that makes sense. The Philadelphia Eagles climb to the top of the rankings as the NFC's Super Bowl front-runner. |
Sports Illustrated
December 5, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's Forecast When the preseason Super Bowl forecasts came out, you had to scroll down the list to find the defending champion Rams. What was the knock? The real reason was that the Redskins were putting together the NFL's version of the Yankees, and almost everyone jumped on that bandwagon... |
Sports Central
October 7, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked based on their performance in the first five weeks of the season. |
Sports Illustrated
October 12, 2000 |
Dr. Z's Power Rankings Week 7: Right now, I've got my board exactly as I want it, so I'm ready to deflect all criticism -- which I hope I don't get, because these letters about team rankings are just soooooo boring... |
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 Central
September 30, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings After four weeks of play, NFL teams are rated. |
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 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 Central
November 4, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 9 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked after nine weeks of play. |
Sports Central
September 23, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings After week 3 of football season, here is the updated list of top teams in the NFL. |
Sports Illustrated
December 7, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Scouting the NFL playoff contenders It has been a while since this many quality teams were in danger of being bumped from the playoffs... |
Sports Central
December 18, 2008
Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 16 A win in Jacksonville would be huge for Indy... Dallas controls its own destiny... Pittsburgh @ Tennessee could be a preview of the AFC championship game... etc. |
Sports Central
November 20, 2007
Seth Doria |
In the Box: NFL Week 11 A look at last week's games -- with playoffs and fantasy implications. |
Sports Central
November 20, 2012
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 11 Power Rankings I don't understand how great coaches can screw up so badly on gameday. Andy Reid is one of the most successful coaches of this generation, but he seems incapable of game-day adjustments. The same was true of Tony Dungy. Right now, Exhibit A is the Steelers' Mike Tomlin. |
Sports Central
November 9, 2004
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 9 Power Rankings The Pittsburgh Steelers deservedly sit at the top of the rankings. But the San Diego Chargers, suddenly among the top ten, are quickly moving up in the ranks -- while the Houston Texans dropped from number 8 to 11. Other than that, most changes this week were insignificant. |
Sports Central
September 12, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings The Colts played well, but not like the number one team... Bengals big-play defense is still there... Seattle's running game stuck in stall... etc. |
Sports Central
December 27, 2005
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings Technically, Colts still lead power pack... Patriots won last four by double-digits... Pittsburgh Steelers peaking at the right time... Broncos undefeated at home... Giants have reason for pessimism... etc. |
Sports Central
October 28, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 8 Power Rankings Defenses have adjusted to the "West Coast" offense, and now teams that can stretch the field are the ones with great offenses. |
Sports Central
October 3, 2006
Brad Oremland |
Week 4 NFL Power Rankings NFL's players of the month... Moose Johnston explains football is the ultimate team sport... Sacking Peyton Manning... Commercials versus replays... NFC's last two undefeated teams duked it out last weekend... etc. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
September 7, 2000
Peter King |
Chat Reel Don't be so quick to judge after just one week. Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King joined users on Sept. 7 to look back at the first weekend of the NFL season and ahead to what might unfold down the road. Here is a transcript. |
Sports Central
September 26, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The Colts beat Jacksonville on a punt return... Bengals couldn't protect their quarterback... Bears' Grossman nearly gave the game away... etc. |
