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Sports Illustrated
November 3, 2000 |
Seven lucky rippers Ranking the teams is like trying to fix a leaky garden hose. Tape up one leak and another one pops up. Tape that one up and whoops, here comes another. I had the Vikings fans nice and calmed down. I thought my column this week took care of the Saints fans. Now another leak has sprung...   |
Sports Central
September 30, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 4 Power Rankings After four weeks of play, NFL teams are rated. |
Sports Illustrated
December 6, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's NFL Power Rankings If you want to stay on my good side never, repeat never, use the word, "parity." There is no such thing. It does not exist... |
Sports Illustrated
November 14, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Dr. Z's NFL Power Rankings The rankings don't usually hit a snag at the very first position. Usually I'm clear on which team I think is best, but now I'm not so sure. Five teams are at 8-2... |
Sports Illustrated
December 8, 2000 |
Chalk one up for the rippers There's only one thing worse than a vicious ripper: a vicious ripper who happens to be right. In my capsule on the Eagles as one of the contending teams, I said that no offensive player except Donovan McNabb will come within sniffing distance of the Pro Bowl... |
Sports Illustrated
October 20, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
A few worthy opponents Let's see now, which are the teams I've treated unfairly this week? Saints, Giants, Steelers, Dolphins -- surely there must be more... |
Sports Illustrated
December 26, 2000 |
Dr. Z's NFL Power Rankings Week 18 |
Sports Illustrated
July 16, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Ready for some football? Preseason rankings as teams prepare for training camp... |
Sports Central
January 3, 2012
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings If you took the 20 best highlights of this season, I bet two or three of them are Julio Jones. The Falcons gave up a lot to get him, and it looks to have been worth it. |
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
January 4, 2011
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings Super Bowl XLV: New England Patriots over Atlanta Falcons. For the second season in a row, we get the matchup everyone wants to see. |
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 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 Central
September 17, 2013
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Report The author offers his predictions for the upset of the week involving the Rams over the Cowboys. He thinks St. Louis has a good, underrated defense, and you never know when the Cowboys will just implode and blow a game they could have won. |
Sports Central
September 16, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings Teams are rated after two weeks of play in the NFL. |
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 13, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 6 Palmer gets the best of McNair... Ravens spoil Dilfer's homecoming... Tampa defense confuses Miami... Chicago wins a close one... Cowboys produce another stellar defensive effort... Raiders' Moss makes a difference... etc. |
Sports Central
January 5, 2010
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings An evaluation of end-of-season power in the NFL. |
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 Central
October 6, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 5 Baltimore @ Detroit... Chicago @ Cleveland... Miami @ Buffalo... etc. |
Sports Central
December 20, 2005
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Colts' loss doesn't affect top ranking... Patriots push into second... Seahawks' Alexander as MVP?... Broncos poised for first-round bye... Bears better with Grossman?... Bucs scuttled by Pats... etc. |
Sports Central
October 24, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings NFL team rankings for the upcoming week. |
Sports Central
October 20, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 7 Detroit picks up a rare road win for the NFC North... Green Bay cruises to a win over Minnesota... Cincinnati edges Pittsburgh... Vinny and the Jets can't keep up... etc. |
Sports Central
October 26, 2010
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings The Steelers and Jets stay on top of this week's list of best NFL teams. |
Sports Central
November 25, 2003
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 12 Power Rankings New England currently owns the NFL's longest winning streak, seven games. The longest losing streak belongs to Buffalo, which has lost four-straight. The Eagles are simply the hottest team in the NFL right now. |
Sports Central
November 4, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 9 Power Rankings NFL teams are ranked after nine weeks of play. |
Sports Central
December 30, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings The Tennessee Titans and the Dallas Cowboys slip in the ratings as the Baltimore Ravens climb into first place in the final week of the regular season. |
Sports Central
December 12, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 14 Power Rankings San Diego Chargers clinch AFC West, can win home-field advantage throughout the playoffs... Baltimore Ravens' defense destroys, offense contributes... Cincinnati Bengals getting hot at the right time... New Orleans Saints producing lots of "wow" moments... |
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 3, 2009
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 8 Power Rankings Overview and comments on what football teams are up to. |
Sports Central
September 28, 2010
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The Steelers claim the top spot in this week's rankings as the Saints fall to eighth place. |
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. |
Sports Central
October 26, 2004
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Power Rankings Although a little more consistency would certainly be encouraging, the Kansas City Chiefs appear to be for real. But what's up with those sinking Seattle Seahawks? |
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 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
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
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
December 1, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
No love from Philly My answer: The game was played in September. The Eagles were better then; the Saints, I feel, are better now. Plus, I didn't see one of you birds taking note of the fact that the Giants, who beat the Iggles not once but twice -- and quite convincingly, too -- were ranked four spots lower... |
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 16, 2008
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Survey of the latest from the football world |
Sports Central
October 20, 2006
Jeffrey Boswell |
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 7 Panthers face the suddenly reeling Bengals... Jets' Pennington to have a huge day... Eagles hold on for a win... Raiders end their winless streak... etc. |
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 26, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings Team rankings in the NFL. |
Sports Central
September 6, 2005
Brad Oremland |
NFL Preseason Power Rankings These power rankings are based on how the teams are ranked right now, not necessarily how they're going to finish. |
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
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 Illustrated
November 10, 2000
Paul Zimmerman |
Better or verse? An ode to the rippers separates purpose from pedantry... |
Sports Central
January 3, 2006
Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 17 Power Rankings The final power rankings of the 2005 season. The rankings are for right-now, year-end strength. |
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 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... |
