Monday, September 24, 2012

NFL Week 3 Power Rankings

Update: oops... I just noticed I entered the wrong score for the Colts, which inadvertently gave them a win. Updated power rankings below. (Is there some way I can blame this on the replacement refs?)

RankTeamPower
Index
W-LThis Week
1 (↑2)Texans1.3116
(LW × 1.0968)
3-0Won by 6
@ Broncos
2 (↑2)Cardinals1.2249
(LW × 1.0617)
3-0Won by 21
vs Eagles
3 (↓1)Seahawks1.1667
(LW × 0.9313)
2-1Won by 2
vs Packers
4 (↑3)Falcons1.1405
(LW × 1.0824)
3-0Won by 24
@ Chargers
5 (↑3)Broncos1.1231
(LW × 1.0801)
1-2Lost by 6
vs Texans
6 (↑3)Ravens1.0388
(LW × 1.0015)
2-1Won by 1
vs Patriots
7 (↑8)Patriots1.0238
(LW × 1.0615)
1-2Lost by 1
@ Ravens
8 (↓2)Steelers1.0222
(LW × 0.9614)
1-2Lost by 3
@ Raiders
9 (↑12)Jets0.9939
(LW × 1.2271)
2-1Won by 3
@ Dolphins
10 (↓9)49ers0.9906
(LW × 0.7290)
2-1Lost by 11
@ Vikings
11 (↑1)Packers0.9860
(LW × 0.9676)
1-2Lost by 2
@ Seahawks
12 (↑5)Dolphins0.9828
(LW × 1.0523)
1-2Lost by 3
vs Jets
13 (↑9)Vikings0.9765
(LW × 1.2072)
2-1Won by 11
vs 49ers
14 (↓3)Eagles0.9688
(LW × 0.9372)
2-1Lost by 21
@ Cardinals
15 (↓2)Bears0.9628
(LW × 0.9845)
2-1Won by 17
vs Rams
16 (↓2)Cowboys0.9593
(LW × 0.9901)
2-1Won by 6
vs Buccaneers
17 (↑11)Jaguars0.9226
(LW × 1.2474)
1-2Won by 5
@ Colts
18 (↑1)Giants0.8953
(LW × 1.0394)
2-1Won by 29
@ Panthers
19 (↑7)Raiders0.8913
(LW × 1.1756)
2-1Won by 3
vs Steelers
20 (↑7)Bills0.8750
(LW × 1.1767)
2-1Won by 10
@ Browns
21 (↓3)Bengals0.8618
(LW × 0.9989)
2-1Won by 7
@ Redskins
22 (↑7)Colts0.8378
(LW × 1.1470)
1-2Lost by 5
vs Jaguars
23 (↑1)Chargers0.8339
(LW × 1.0724)
1-2Lost by 24
vs Falcons
24 (↑1)Buccaneers0.8119
(LW × 1.0605)
1-2Lost by 6
@ Cowboys
25 (↓20)Lions0.7699
(LW × 0.7014)
1-2Lost by 3
@ Titans
26 (↓16)Rams0.7433
(LW × 0.7184)
1-2Lost by 17
@ Bears
27 (↓4)Browns0.7328
(LW × 0.9274)
0-3Lost by 10
vs Bills
28 (↓12)Redskins0.7076
(LW × 0.7357)
1-2Lost by 7
vs Bengals
29 (↑2)Titans0.7026
(LW × 1.2141)
1-2Won by 3
vs Lions
30 (↑2)Chiefs0.6922
(LW × 1.1984)
1-2Won by 3
@ Saints
31 (↓11)Panthers0.6832
(LW × 0.8410)
1-2Lost by 29
vs Giants
32 (↓2)Saints0.5825
(LW × 0.8417)
0-3Lost by 3
vs Chiefs

Comments:

What an awful week for officiating.

  • The replacement referees somehow gave the 49ers an extra timeout and two challenges they should not have had. Somehow that didn't cost the Vikings the game.

  • And then on Monday night, a very marginal roughing the passer cost the Packers an interception. Another call of defensive pass interference that really should've been on the offense kept the same drive going, and then on the final play, a really explicit case of offensive pass interference was missed, and the pass was somehow called a touchdown instead of an interception.

  • This situation with the replacement referees is an embarrassment to the league, and it needs to be resolved now.

  • I'll have more to say tomorrow about football-related events not involving officiating.

  • Update: The NFL doubles-down on a bad decision.