New Logo/Powerrankings

It is an alternate logo it has been around for a while.

Both are wrong! The ranking is crap, even behind the Broncos, with no defense and no Cutler, maybe a lot less Marshall? BS

The logo - meh. Not exciting if it is real, don't beleive it is. Clcik it there and the page it takes you too has the real logo....

"anlgp wrote:

It is an alternate logo it has been around for a while.

Yep, since 97. Thought this was gonna be like the one in Madden haha.

wtf patriots are first? could they get down on their knees any more?

As much as it pains me to say it, the Pats are still the team to beat. As long as they have Brady and crew, they are going to be at or near the very top of these rankings every year.

"like2god wrote:

As much as it pains me to say it, the Pats are still the team to beat. As long as they have Brady and crew, they are going to be at or near the very top of these rankings every year.

I agree with this, but 26th is a damn joke.

I like it. I know we are better than that but, let all the rankings say that we suck. Let's surprise everyone again. I'm all for it.

Prisco explained the ranking. He thinks we'll be 'that team'. The one that takes a step back every year after a surprising rise. The Saints and Ravens were those teams in '07. Hey, it's his opinion. And we have much tougher schedule this year. I expect our record to not be as good as last year.

But give him credit. In that same ranking he also says in 2010, look out.

As for New England, they were the best team in the division at the end of the year. They were playing the best football. And they would have done better in the playoffs than us. We won the division, but they're the better team right now until we prove otherwise IMO.

It's Prickso - that's a good sign.

Bungles at #16....what a joke

"like2god wrote:

As much as it pains me to say it, the Pats are still the team to beat. As long as they have Brady and crew, they are going to be at or near the very top of these rankings every year.

well the giants beat them when they had brady and crew. so they were the team to beat. they got beat. bad.

yet everyone still wears pats colored glasses.

talk about things not clouding your judgement ;)

As soon as I saw it was prisco, I stopped reading

"anlgp wrote:

well the giants beat them when they had brady and crew. so they were the team to beat. they got beat. bad.

yet everyone still wears pats colored glasses.

talk about things not clouding your judgement ;)

One game does not a dynasty break :wink2:

The Pats played well last year and would have won the division had Brady been healthy, that's my own personal feeling. They had a good draft and are the deepest team in the league, it's hard not to see them as the best team in the NFL. I'm a Dolphins fan through and through, but I'm also a realist and I'm willing to give credit when it's due. The Pats are a great team, we have an uphill battle on our hands.

High Definition wrote:

I agree with this, but 26th is a damn joke.

I didn't even bother to look at our ranking, but after reading Muck's post, I can see where Prisco is coming from. I don't think we'll be that hard off, but we aren't going to be the beneficiaries of an easy schedule and our competition in the AFCE got alot tougher. I think we'll suffer a bit of a setback, how much I don't know, but I don't foresee us winning the division unless everything clicks and the stars are aligned.

Pete Prisco has officially been renamed to Pete Pricksco in my book.

What a maroon.

We should be celebrating! Prisco is always wrong.

"like2god wrote:

One game does not a dynasty break :wink2:

The Pats played well last year and would have won the division had Brady been healthy, that's my own personal feeling. They had a good draft and are the deepest team in the league, it's hard not to see them as the best team in the NFL. I'm a Dolphins fan through and through, but I'm also a realist and I'm willing to give credit when it's due. The Pats are a great team, we have an uphill battle on our hands.

ok when's the last time they won the super bowl? 2004. it is now 2009. that's 5 years without a championship.

and they still have a dynasty?

"anlgp wrote:

ok when's the last time they won the super bowl? 2004. it is now 2009. that's 5 years without a championship.

and they still have a dynasty?

The Pats are always a threat to win the SB, as long as Brady is in NE and they are able to surround him with talent, we shouldn't be so quick to write them off because they are a hated rival. Lets not pretend that the Pats are so far removed from their SB teams that they don't stand a chance at reeling off 2 straight. I know it's tough, I know some people have to swallow extra hard to give praise to the Pats, I don't like it anymore than anyone else, but the Pats are still the most talented team in football IMO.

Show me another team in the NFL that is as talented, as deep and as dangerous as the Pats.

And if you say the Dolphins, I swear to God that I will cyberslap you. :pointlol:

"like2god wrote:

The Pats are always a threat to win the SB, as long as Brady is in NE and they are able to surround him with talent, we shouldn't be so quick to write them off because they are a hated rival. Lets not pretend that the Pats are so far removed from their SB teams that they don't stand a chance at reeling off 2 straight. I know it's tough, I know some people have to swallow extra hard to give praise to the Pats, I don't like it anymore than anyone else, but the Pats are still the most talented team in football IMO.

Show me another team in the NFL that is as talented, as deep and as dangerous as the Pats.

And if you say the Dolphins, I swear to God that I will cyberslap you. :pointlol:

steelers.

and i hate saying that about the steelers

but so much of NE talent revolves around brady.

I don't think the same could nearly be said about pitt. their defense is lethal.

Seriously right now, 11-5 last season and AFC east champs. I know our schedule is tough and the pats are full strength but i cant see us being lower than #20. And thats the LOWEST. #26 just shows a total lack of disrespect for what we accomplished last season. I mean we really didnt loose any players. If anything we got better.

Every year there's this schedule talk...personally, I don't like to look too much into it..

does it look hard? based on last year yes.

Based on 2009.......who knows? the NFL is a surprise box imho.

If we are the best team out there, we'll probably be champs, no matter what.

This guys is an idiot.

I don't give one crap about rankings. I have a hard time understanding why anyone would.

"like2god wrote:

The Pats are always a threat to win the SB, as long as Brady is in NE and they are able to surround him with talent, we shouldn't be so quick to write them off because they are a hated rival. Lets not pretend that the Pats are so far removed from their SB teams that they don't stand a chance at reeling off 2 straight. I know it's tough, I know some people have to swallow extra hard to give praise to the Pats, I don't like it anymore than anyone else, but the Pats are still the most talented team in football IMO.

Show me another team in the NFL that is as talented, as deep and as dangerous as the Pats.

And if you say the Dolphins, I swear to God that I will cyberslap you. :pointlol:

the giants. maybe the iggles

"Muck wrote:

Prisco explained the ranking. He thinks we'll be 'that team'. The one that takes a step back every year after a surprising rise. The Saints and Ravens were those teams in '07. Hey, it's his opinion. And we have much tougher schedule this year. I expect our record to not be as good as last year.

But give him credit. In that same ranking he also says in 2010, look out.

As for New England, they were the best team in the division at the end of the year. They were playing the best football. And they would have done better in the playoffs than us. We won the division, but they're the better team right now until we prove otherwise IMO.

I agree we may slide back a bit but to 26th??

And the Bills, who had no decent QB play last year, and horrible protection subtract their Left Tackle and are better than the team that won the division??

Terrell Owens... he needs someone to THROW him the ball, and
THAT guy will need five guys to PROTECT him. T.O. did squat with Brad Johnson last year and he'll do little better in Buffalo.

Yet the Bills are 7 spots higher than us in the power rankings?

Jauron is clueless and so is Prisco.