The Kansas City Chiefs and the Week 3 Power Rankings

by Chris Thorman on Sep 18, 2007 4:42 PM CDT in 2007 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

ESPN - #31 (Last week #30)

After the loss to Chicago, Tony Gonzalez told the media: 'It's not OK to be 0-2. There's no silver lining. It's not clicking. It's not working. Something has to be done. ... I'm at a loss for words right now.' Could've fooled us.

CBS - #32 (Last week #30)

Did anybody think they'd be down at the bottom? They need to go to Brodie Croyle. It has been an ugly start -- but both games were on the road.

Fox Sports - #30 (Last week #27)

Both the Kansas City offense and special teams units struggled in Sunday's 20-10 loss in Chicago. All-pro running back Larry Johnson couldn't get going, running for only 55 yards on 16 carries. Backup Michael Bennett fared no better, compiling 14 yards on seven rushes. Johnson told reporters after the game, "We have to look at the tape and see what we have to do better in the mistakes that I made or the mistakes that anybody made." Devin Hester dominated Kansas City, taking back a punt for 73 yards and a score in the second quarter, and then returning a kick 95 yards for a score in the third. The latter was negated by a holding penalty, but still stung. The Chiefs are 0-2 and do not look good. They take on the 1-1 Vikings on Sunday.

I honestly wasn't expecting to see the Chiefs at #32 in any of these power rankings. I think thats more a combination of our bad offense and other teams not falling as hard in Week 2 as they will in the coming weeks. For example, the Browns will get a bump because of their 51 point outburst against the Bengals. Count me in as one of the people who thinks the Patriots are the best team in the league. They are by far the most balanced team but I would put the Colts a close second as far as unbeatability. Does this mean I'm picking those two teams to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl? Not just yet but I imagine there won't be much to deter me to from thinking so as the season wears on.

Its still only Week 2 so bear with me as I post these power rankings. My rankings are after the jump. Feel free to give us your list of 32 or just the top 5 or bottom 5 or however many you want to list.

Rank	Team

1	Patriots

2	Colts

3	Chargers

4	Steelers

5	Broncos

6	Cowboys

7	Bears

8	Ravens

9	Bengals

10	49ers

11	Seahawks

12	Saints

13	Lions

14	Texans

15	Packers

16	Eagles

17	Titans

18	Jets

19	Bills

20	Rams

21	Titans

22	Redskins

23	Giants

24	Buccaneers

25	Panthers

26	Cardinals

27	Chiefs

28	Jaguars

29	Vikings

30	Falcons

31	Raiders

32	Browns

I'll hash out these rankings with you in the comment section. Consider my ranking of the Chiefs above the Vikings as an endorsement of the Chiefs to win next week.

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falcons are the worst team in the NFL

hands down.

by rockchalk on Sep 18, 2007 7:10 PM CDT reply actions

I know the rankings are supposed to be based

on last week. But what about now that Leftwich is on the Falcons?

by Chris Thorman on Sep 18, 2007 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions

this is where i kinda disagree...

i dont base them off of recent performance, i just do it like a power poll. like if i needed a team to win a game tomorrow against the same team, in what order would i pick teams to win...

falcons would be the last choice IMO...

chiefs would be at #25 or something.

by rockchalk on Sep 18, 2007 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Please Know How Much I Hate This

but...

The Raiders are better than us.

Hold on, I gotta go vomit real quick.

...

Okay, I'm back.

The Raiders hung tight with a (randomly) very good Lions club and should have beaten the Donkeys had it not been for Sebastian GHB's continued descent into utter and total madness.

They have a very good defense, a serviceable running back, a ridiculously talented wide receiver crew with something to prove, and a veteran quarterback that's holding the spot for a young stud QB.

Sound familiar?

Except their veteran quarterback is actually coming up with those pesky yet important yards and touchdowns.

When this season began, I yelled in protest at anyone that said the Raiders would be better than the Chiefs.

Sadly, after the first two games, I can't say that.

I would put us at 30 right now, just in front of the Bills and Falcons. If you look at the stats and take away Roscoe's punt return against Denver, the Bills have been horrible.

But hey, if we win this week, I can see us moving all the way up to 28!

Vomit...returning...

by Ridiculous Matt on Sep 19, 2007 12:58 AM CDT reply actions

Wow, way off (IMHO)

It might be a trick of my Firefox tabs, but I can't find the Dolphins on your list ;)

Also, I think you've got the Broncos, Jets, & Bills too high and the Panthers too low.

I've been working on a power rankings system using a mathematical formula to balance results vs statistical performance vs "effect" (on other teams)...There are some obvious quirks that will shake out after a few more games, but so far they're not too far off...

Here's mine:

1 New England Patriots
# Indianapolis Colts
# Pittsburgh Steelers
# Houston Texans
5 Dallas Cowboys
# Detroit Lions
# San Francisco 49ers
# Denver Broncos
# Green Bay Packers
10 Washington Redskins
# Tennessee Titans
# Minnesota Vikings
# Carolina Panthers
# Tampa Bay Buccanneers
15 San Diego Chargers
# Cleveland Browns
# Arizona Cardinals
# Seattle Seahawks
# Cincinnati Bengals
20 Baltimore Ravens
# Chicago Bears
# Jacksonville Jaguars
# Miami Dolphins
# Philadelphia Eagles
25 Buffalo Bills
# Oakland Raiders
# Atlanta Falcons
# Kansas City Chiefs
# St. Louis Rams
30 New York Jets
# New York Giants
# New Orleans Saints