The opening month of the NFL season has been crazy, with all of the preseason favorites losing in confusing fashion at least once, which leaves the top spot open this week for the biggest surprise of the early season, the Indianapolis Colts, who were not projected to even get close to the playoffs this year, with Giants reject Daniel Jones starting at quarterback, but they have proven everybody wrong so far. Houston sits at #2, despite a losing overall record, thanks to playing in the strongest overall division so far, and riding the momentum of a blowout road win against the Ravens, a game which they were picked to lose, even with Lamar Jackson out with an injury. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:
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Actual |
Proj |
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Rank |
LW |
Team |
Rating |
W |
L |
W |
L |
Seed |
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1 |
23 |
Indianapolis |
-11.34 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
A1 |
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2 |
17 |
Houston |
-9.202 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
7 |
A7 |
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3 |
14 |
LA Rams |
-7.956 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
6 |
N5 |
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4 |
15 |
Denver |
-7.467 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
6 |
A2 |
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5 |
1 |
Detroit |
-6.814 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
N2 |
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6 |
3 |
Philadelphia |
-6.684 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
N1 |
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7 |
18 |
Seattle |
-6.151 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
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8 |
22 |
Jacksonville |
-5.746 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
A3 |
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9 |
11 |
Washington |
-5.416 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
N7 |
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10 |
9 |
Green Bay |
-4.97 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
10.5 |
6.5 |
N6 |
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11 |
8 |
San Francisco |
-4.628 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
N4 |
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12 |
7 |
Kansas City |
-3.803 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
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13 |
5 |
Tampa Bay |
-3.225 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
N3 |
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14 |
12 |
LA Chargers |
-0.591 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
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15 |
4 |
Buffalo |
-0.077 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
A5 |
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16 |
13 |
Arizona |
0.2336 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
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17 |
28 |
New England |
0.456 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
6 |
A4 |
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18 |
19 |
Atlanta |
0.6518 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
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19 |
21 |
Pittsburgh |
1.8309 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
A6 |
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20 |
20 |
Dallas |
2.1273 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
7.5 |
9.5 |
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21 |
10 |
Minnesota |
2.7589 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
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22 |
32 |
Carolina |
3.49 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
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23 |
24 |
Chicago |
3.6738 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
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24 |
2 |
Baltimore |
4.6464 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
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25 |
30 |
Tennessee |
5.1729 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
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26 |
25 |
Las Vegas |
6.3752 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
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27 |
16 |
Miami |
7.2573 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
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28 |
29 |
NY Giants |
7.3582 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
13 |
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29 |
26 |
New Orleans |
7.3782 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
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30 |
6 |
Cincinnati |
9.5103 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
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31 |
31 |
Cleveland |
10.226 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
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32 |
27 |
NY Jets |
11.163 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
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Playoff Picks
Wild Card
(2) Broncos over (7) Texans
(3) Jaguars over (6) Steelers
(4) Patriots over (5) Bills
(2) Lions over (7) Commanders
(3) Buccaneers over (6) Packers
(5) Rams over (4) 49ers
Divisional
(1) Colts over (4) Patriots
(2) Broncos over (3) Jaguars
(1) Eagles over (5) Rams
(2) Lions over (3) Buccaneers
Conference
(1) Colts over (2) Broncos
(1) Eagles over (2) Lions
Super Bowl
(1) Colts over (1) Eagles
