I'm guilty of two things, being a math nerd and having too much time on my hands. With that said, I basicly did an RPI on the NFL over the first four weeks. Just in case you're unfamiliar with what an RPI is, it's a ratio involving the teams w-l record, the teams they played against records, and the teams they played against. one big 'ol equation later you get this:
THE TOP 10
1. TEN 6. CAR
2. NYG 7. TB
3. BUF 8. DAL
4. WAS 9. DEN
5. PIT 10. NE
No, this doesn't mean that one team is better than the next. It means that the top teams have played tougher opponents, and winning against those teams has paid off.
THE 12 IN THE MIDDLE
11. NO 15. ARI 19. SF
12. BAL 16. SD 20. ATL
13. NYJ 17. CHI 21. GB
14. PHI 18. JAC 22. OAK
This really shows beating bad teams and losing to good ones hurts and a win against a good team puts them in the upper echelon of teams.
THE BOTTOM 10
23. MIN 28. CLE
24. IND 29. HOU
25. SEA 30. CIN
26. MIA 31. STL
27. KC 32. DET
The numbers don't lie, lose against mediocre teams and the lower the team is on the list. A win against a better team puts them higher.
More than likely we will get a better idea of how the teams should be ranked, I think the professional writters might be abit bias at times. I will write another in four weeks.
Blood-lines tie me to Boston, but I was born & raised in upstate NY. Only NY teams I liked were the Giants and the Rangers. Four years of the Navy made me a Florida-Georg ia red neck (and thats ok, because the SEC is the best football conference) and I lived in SC for a few years as well.