Fox Power rankings has Skins 4th in the NFL

[Zyclone]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5217274


FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS POWER RANKINGS: The Playoff Teams
Rk Team W-L Last Wk Full Year Unadjusted Offense Rk Defense Rk Sp. Tms Rk
1. BRONCOS 13-3 2 2 3 4 6 21
After the loss to Kansas City and a couple of less impressive wins, the Broncos are back on track. Remember: it is very difficult to make the Super Bowl without the first-round bye, but a number of No. 2 seeds have won conference championship games on the road in recent years, including three of the last four Super Bowl champions. NEXT: BYE
2. COLTS 14-2 1 1 1 1 8 30
As a few of the Colts have pointed out, they went 0-5 in the preseason, so it isn't like sitting around doing nothing for a month is going to hurt them. With the Patriots resurgent in the second half, would the Colts rather play Pittsburgh in the second round? NEXT: BYE
3. SEAHAWKS 13-3 3 4 2 2 15 14
Seattle finishes with the best record in franchise history and has to be the favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. Remember that the Seahawks finished 13-3 despite missing their best receiver, Darrell Jackson, for half the season — and he's back and healthy for the playoffs. NEXT: BYE
4. REDSKINS 10-6 5 9 11 12 2 14
The hottest team in the NFC now gets a chance to revenge the "phantom two-point conversion." Redskins are demanding that global positioning chips be placed inside the football and implanted in Mike Alstott's fingertips. If Washington had won that game, it would be the second seed instead of the sixth seed, emerging from a tangle of four 11-5 teams thanks to an 11-1 conference record. NEXT: at TB
Rk Team W-L Last Wk Full Year Unadjusted Offense Rk Defense Rk Sp. Tms Rk
5. BENGALS 11-5 6 6 7 6 17 12
How real is the Bengals' fade over the past four games? If you don't count the game against the Chiefs, when they weren't even trying, DVOA still ranks the loss to Buffalo as their worst game of the year and the narrow victory over Cleveland as their second-worst game of the year.NEXT: vs. PIT
6. STEELERS 11-5 7 5 4 8 3 19
The difference between the first Steelers-Bengals game and the second Steelers-Bengals game is pretty simple: turnovers. It was 14-14 after 20 minutes of the second matchup, but the next few Steelers possessions ended: interception, fumble, field goal, touchdown, punt, interception, punt, interception. NEXT: at CIN
7. GIANTS 11-5 8 7 6 9 11 3
I measure week-to-week consistency with a stat called "variance," which simply measures the variance of the 16 single-game ratings for each team. On offense, the Giants are 27th in variance — in other words, the offense is extremely consistent. On defense, the Giants led the league in variance — in other words, the defense is extremely inconsistent. NEXT: vs. CAR
8. JAGUARS 12-4 10 10 8 11 5 8
Byron Leftwich is healthy, but the Jaguars defense is not, with LB Mike Peterson, DE Paul Spicer and CB Kenny Wright all hurt. Saturday night's forecast is calling for temperatures in the teens, which at least should numb the pain. Today, Foxboro schools had a snow day. When's the last time the kids of Jacksonville had a snow day? NEXT: at NE
Rk Team W-L Last Wk Full Year Unadjusted Offense Rk Defense Rk Sp. Tms Rk
9. PANTHERS 11-5 11 11 5 18 4 7
DeShaun Foster against the Atlanta Falcons: 296 rushing yards, 7.0 yards per carry, two rushing touchdowns. DeShaun Foster against the rest of the NFL: 583 rushing yards, 3.6 yards per carry, zero rushing touchdowns. NEXT: at NYG
10. BEARS 11-5 13 12 13 29 1 18
Remember when the Chicago Bears defense was going to set all kinds of records? Week 17 took care of that problem, didn't it? NEXT: BYE
11. PATRIOTS 10-6 12 15 15 7 27 10
Patriots prior to their Week 7 bye: 20th in run defense DVOA. Patriots from their bye week until last week's game against the Jets: fourth in run defense DVOA. However, the pass defense only improved from 30th before the bye week to 29th afterwards. The resurgent Pats pass defense only consists of four games: two against the Jets, one against the Bills and one against the Bucs. NEXT: vs. JAC
12. BUCS 11-5 17 13 10 17 10 23
If you like tight ends, this is the game for you, as both the Redskins and Bucs run lots of two- and three-tight end sets. You too will be shocked when you discover Dave Moore is still in the NFL. Tampa has the lowest rating among the playoff teams because of four games: the midseason losses to San Francisco and Carolina, the slaughter in New England, and the overtime win against Atlanta (basically a tie). NEXT: vs. WAS

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1. BRONCOS

Although I like the way we're heading into the palyoffs, the Broncos are in no way the #1 team in the NFL. I'd put them behind the Clots and Seahags right now.

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[Funkywhiteboy]

Pro Football doesn't need rankings.

That's exactly why there are playoff games.
I'll root for the 'Skins, but I don't take much stock in some stat-geek's idea of rankings.