Power rankings. NFL.com #3 ESPN #8

[CJD]

(12-06-2022, 03:28 PM)BengalRed Wrote: Yes, I know power rankings mean nothing but how can ESPN rank the Chiefs, who we beat, and the Dolphins, who we beat, ahead of us and rank them #8? Disrespect from whoever does those rankings. It can't be people like Orlovsky or Ryan Clark because those guys seem to love the Bengals. And to make it worse that was the same spot they had them in last week. They beat the Chiefs and can't move up?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35147423/2022-nfl-week-14-power-rankings-1-32-poll-team-stats

NFL.com has them at #3.

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-power-rankings-week-14-2022-nfl-season

It looks like ESPN does their Power Rankings like the AP top 25 does college football rankings. If a team wins, they stay where they are, or they go up. And if a team loses, they don't tumble all the way down the rankings, especially if the teams directly below them lose too. 

I think NFL does it the right way. Power Rankings should be an expression of which teams are playing the best and have the best chance of competing for the Super Bowl. I would not take Dallas, Minnesota, Miami or San Francisco over Cincinnati when it comes to determining who is playing the best right now and projected to play well moving forward.