CBS.Sportsline Power Rankings

dredg · Post by **dredg** » Wed May 17, 2006 4:20 pm

It takes a special kind of ignorance to rank a team directly behind the last 5 teams they beat (in a row no less...)

I give you Pete Prisco

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/powerrankings

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Wed May 17, 2006 4:41 pm

Perhaps, someday, there will be a requirement for sports reporters to actually demonstrate some knowledge.

Yeah... perhaps... LOL :lol:

At least there is a direct e-mail link to point out to him how utterly laughable his rankings are.

xhadow · Post by **xhadow** » Wed May 17, 2006 4:56 pm

Special, they can't even classify the stupidity of the entire article... How are the fins higher than us and they have no quarterback until a month or two into the season and they lack the 1,2 punch that they had at running back last year.

I won't even talk about how he ranked the cowboys, the only offseason move they have worth noting he doesn't even mention, is he living in the same universe as the rest of us.

I don't think that we should be all that high and I don't even mind people thinking that we are going to stink up the east...(you know like we did last year) but putting us behind the cards... WTF????

I sure hope the league has their heads as far up their rears as this guy does... because by the time they pull their heads out we should be well into the playoff hunt.

MtSherwood7 · Post by **MtSherwood7** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:48 pm

Wow....he also has the Chargers at 16, and Bengals 18. What a moron.

SO. CAL. SKIN DUDE · Post by **SO. CAL. SKIN DUDE** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:54 pm

Frigg'in IDIOT!!!!!!! Monkey

SkinsHead56 · Post by **SkinsHead56** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:10 pm

The draft didn't help much, so they better hope their free-agent signings do the trick. They’ve also added a good offensive coordinator in Al Saunders, which will help.

Ok so if the Skins would have drafted 5 players who never played a down in the NFL vs. proven vets who have been on champoinships teams then they would have been ranked higher?

I'll have a double scoop of ignroance to go please. Thanks Pete, our guys love being the underdogs.

Skin Diesel · Post by **Skin Diesel** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:30 pm

Jag lovin' Pete Prisco ranks the Jaguars at #5. Who could possibly take him seriously? He's just a biased fan who somehow got a job writing about football. Pay him no mind.

John Manfreda · Post by **John Manfreda** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:47 pm

Cardinals, Bucks, Eagles, Cowboys, Dolphins, Jags, and Pats r ranked higher than us, can u say retarded.
I can see ranking the Steelers, colts, Panthers, Broncos, Giants and Seahawks ahead of us. DON'T GET ME WRONG I DON'T THINK SOME OF THESE TEAMS R BETTER THAN US, BUT I COULD SEE WHY ANOTHER TEAMS FAN THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE REDSKINS MUCH WOULD RANK THESE TEAMS HIGHER. But the other ones r just stupid.

yupchagee · Post by **yupchagee** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:02 pm

SO. CAL. SKIN DUDE wrote:Frigg'in IDIOT!!!!!!!

You have just insulted every idiot on the planet. I wrote to ask what he's been smoking.

skins2357 · Post by **skins2357** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:40 pm

he wont replay though. I write him 1 time not even calling him names but just showing him how he was wrong in an article and I never got a reply. He's just a new york punk praying we wont be as good as deep down he know we should be

hkHog · Post by **hkHog** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:13 pm

Hahahahaha, he ranked THE CARDINALS a spot higher than us!

Boy, we really earned some respect with our great play down the stretch last year! :roll:

yupchagee · Post by **yupchagee** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:29 pm

John Manfreda wrote:Cardinals, Bucks, Eagles, Cowboys, Dolphins, Jags, and Pats r ranked higher than us, can u say retarded.
I can see ranking the Steelers, colts, Panthers, Broncos, Giants and Seahawks ahead of us. DON'T GET ME WRONG I DON'T THINK SOME OF THESE TEAMS R BETTER THAN US, BUT I COULD SEE WHY ANOTHER TEAMS FAN THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE REDSKINS MUCH WOULD RANK THESE TEAMS HIGHER. But the other ones r just stupid.

A fan who doesn't fo;;ow the 'Skins, yes. A "journalist" who gets paid to follow the NFL, no.

Mursilis · Post by **Mursilis** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:50 pm

In a way, though, I like this low ranking - it's only going to be motivation to our players, who know this team is better than that. Last in the division - that's got to burn some of our guys!

John Manfreda · Post by **John Manfreda** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:39 pm

yupchagee wrote:
John Manfreda wrote:Cardinals, Bucks, Eagles, Cowboys, Dolphins, Jags, and Pats r ranked higher than us, can u say retarded.
I can see ranking the Steelers, colts, Panthers, Broncos, Giants and Seahawks ahead of us. DON'T GET ME WRONG I DON'T THINK SOME OF THESE TEAMS R BETTER THAN US, BUT I COULD SEE WHY ANOTHER TEAMS FAN THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE REDSKINS MUCH WOULD RANK THESE TEAMS HIGHER. But the other ones r just stupid.
A fan who doesn't fo;;ow the 'Skins, yes. A "journalist" who gets paid to follow the NFL, no.

I could also see someone putting those teams higher even as a unbiased journalist, The Giants acquired two linebackers and r the defending NFC champs. Seattle beat us in the playoffs and half their team got injured that game. Steelers they won the superbowl, Panthers r a good team and they adress their running back need and according to my friends in North Carolina they had a good draft. Broncos they beat us and got Javon Walker. I am not saying there better but I could see why they could think those teams r better. Remember we r biased towards the Skins. I know Joe Gibbs won three diffrent superbowls with three diffrent Qb's but they were all veterans I know Brunell is, but he did get hurt and broke down and the season before he really broke down, why wouldn't one think he is going to break down this season, and Campell would have to play. Gibbs never won a superbowl with a young Qb, not saying he can't but he hasn't so I could see why they think we could be in trouble there. I am not saying he is right I think we should at least be number 7.

yupchagee · Post by **yupchagee** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:04 pm

I realize that several teams helped themselves this off season, but we weren't just standing around. Archuleta, Carter, Lloyd & Randle El aren't exactly chopped liver.

rick301 · Post by **rick301** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:32 pm

He covered himself when he said,

Somewhere out there is a team lurking near the middle that come December will be in the playoff mix.

In January after the Skins have won the NFC and are in the SB he can say he was right since the we were rankes 15/32 - as near to the middle as you can get (#16 & 17 are center).

welch · Post by **welch** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:23 pm

Such a good article that I haven't bothered to read it.

I'm almost certain that the current record for all teams is 0 - 0.

Does anything matter but wins and losses?

TincoSkin · Post by **TincoSkin** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:38 am

Mursilis wrote:In a way, though, I like this low ranking - it's only going to be motivation to our players, who know this team is better than that. Last in the division - that's got to burn some of our guys!

i agree, i also thought for a second that it might also allow for other teams to underestimate us then i realized players arnt as stupid as these so called journalists

Mursilis · Post by **Mursilis** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:02 am

TincoSkin wrote:
Mursilis wrote:In a way, though, I like this low ranking - it's only going to be motivation to our players, who know this team is better than that. Last in the division - that's got to burn some of our guys!

i agree, i also thought for a second that it might also allow for other teams to underestimate us then i realized players arnt as stupid as these so called journalists

I think we had that going for us last year - the team had struggled for so long, opponents were probably still considering us an 'easy win'. But last year likely cured that. I think the rest of the league will take the 'skins seriously this year, even if journalists don't.

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:08 am

Coming up with Power Rankings in May is about as useful as talking about those power rankings in May.

:wink:

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:11 am

BossHog wrote:Coming up with Power Rankings in May is about as useful as talking about those power rankings in May.

So you're suggesting my decision to set my office on fire and run around screaming "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!" was premature?

Brandon777 · Post by **Brandon777** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:01 pm

Seriously, how did Prisco get a job doing this? That was the worst power rankings I've ever seen. It has no logic at all. I don't know if his choices are due to homerism, hatred of certain teams or just stupidity. I don't mind the Skins playing the role of underdog, even though we are going to be one of the best, if not the best NFC team this season.

yupchagee · Post by **yupchagee** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:25 pm

It may not be usefull, but it gives us something talk about till things heat up.

Mursilis · Post by **Mursilis** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:37 pm

BossHog wrote:Coming up with Power Rankings in May is about as useful as talking about those power rankings in May.

Hey, it's the offseason! We're just picking at scraps here! You want another Brunell/Campbell thread?!?!

:lol:

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Fri May 19, 2006 2:15 pm

Mursilis wrote:
BossHog wrote:Coming up with Power Rankings in May is about as useful as talking about those power rankings in May.

Hey, it's the offseason! We're just picking at scraps here! You want another Brunell/Campbell thread?!?!

http://www.the-hogs.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19227