I'm not one that often does NFL-specific subjects, outside of our 4-1 Cincinnati Bengals. Oh, that sounds good. Our, 4-1 Cincinnati Bengals. Each week we're asked to provide our own Power Picks to SB Nation. Then they combine all of the bloggers rankings and sort them out in some complicated formula (like adding them and dividing them) to come out with the ranking. Take note, I ranked the Bengals, last week, eighth overall. However, when complicated formula was applied to the other 31 bloggers rankings, we were listed as 14th in the SB Nation Power Rankings for Week 5. I'm sure a win over the Ravens will help us somewhat.
Below the jump I list the rankings I gave, as well as my winners for the week -- would have liked to wait a while, but someone mentioned something called a deadline. And Wiki says that a deadline is "narrow field of time that some sort of objective or task must be accomplished by." Bloggers. Deadlines. What has this world come to?
Here's the objective. The following is my rankings. You can debate (friendly, of course) my rankings and selections or make your own.
1 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | Miami Dolphins |
2 | Minnesota Vikings | 18 | Houston Texans |
3 | New York Giants | 19 | Green Bay Packers |
4 | New Orleans Saints | 20 | Jacksonville Jaguars |
5 | Denver Broncos | 21 | San Diego Chargers |
6 | Cincinnati Bengals | 22 | Seattle Seahawks |
7 | Philadelphia Eagles | 23 | Washington Redskins |
8 | Chicago Bears | 24 | Tennessee Titans |
9 | Atlanta Falcons | 25 | Carolina Panthers |
10 | Baltimore Ravens | 26 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
11 | New York Jets | 27 | Detroit Lions |
12 | San Francisco 49ers | 28 | Cleveland Browns |
13 | New England Patriots | 29 | Buffalo Bills |
14 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30 | Kansas City Chiefs |
15 | Dallas Cowboys | 31 | Oakland Raiders |
16 | Arizona Cardinals | 32 | St. Louis Rams |
Game | Winner |
Houston @ Cincinnati | Cincinnati (d'uh) |
Detroit @ Green Bay | Green Bay |
St. Louis @ Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
Baltimore @ Minnesota | Minnesota |
NY Giants @ New Orleans | New York Giants |
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
Carolina @ Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
Kansas City @ Washington | Kansas City |
Philadelphia @ Oakland | Philadelphia |
Arizona @ Seattle | Seattle |
Tennessee @ New England | New England |
Buffalo @ NY Jets | New York Jets |
Chicago @ Atlanta | Atlanta |
Denver @ San Diego | San Diego |