Found October 31, 2012 on Ballers Sports:
49ers come in 5th in our power rankings. Patrick Willis is a BallersSports favorite.   Time flies when your having fun, especially during the NFL season. Here we are 8 weeks in and its time for our power rankings. This year we are only doing our rankings every 4 weeks and if you missed how we ranked them 4 weeks ago make sure you check out last months power rankings. Here goes our power rankings and we tell us how your list stacks up to ours. 5. 49ers – They simply dismantled the Cardinals on Monday night. Running game, a tough defense and QB who plays very efficient. That is a winning recipe. 4.  Bears – This has to be one of the most slept on 6-1 teams ever. The Brandon Marshall pickup has been playing dividens and nobody can play the cover 2 better than this team right now. 3. Giants – Hurt running backs and wide receivers?? …No problem for Elite Manning. He is playing lights out so far and anytime he’s on the field his team is going to have a good chance to win. 2. Texans – Probably the most balanced offense in the league. They have a great defense and this team looks like it may be here for the long haul. Arian Foster is a beast running and catching the ball. This team is complete. 1. Falcons – You can’t put a team that’s 7-0 anywhere but at the top. Matt Ryan is your mid season MVP and this team hasn’t really had to deal with any injuries. Roddy and Julio are a problem for secondaries. How far will this team go before they lose a game? 72 Dolphins?   Preparing for the draft 28.  Bills – Raiders, Cardinals, Bengals or Rams could have gone here. We just happen to think that its about to get really bad for Buffalo. 29. Browns – Brandon Weeden has heart, and Trent is a strong dude that runs with violence. That’s all I got, other than that they have a bad football team. 30. Panthers – They have running backs that don’t get touches, a defense that is flat out bad and a bad play calling as well. Yea Cam sulking at press conferences isn’t their only problem. 31. Jaguars – Is it time for Tebow? .. Might as well try and sell some tickets. 32. Chiefs – Brady Quinn or Matt Cassell … It doesn’t matter because they will have the #1 pick in the draft next year. Tweet This Post
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