Bengals 7th in new power rankings

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(09-17-2015, 03:17 PM)ItsOdellThurman Wrote: 7th is an insult if you look at the balance we have offensively and what we're capable of on defense.  If you took the same roster the Bengals have but put Patriots, Seahawks, Cowboys, Packers or a few others on the jersey, it would be top 3.

I get it, until the Bengals do something in the post-season, nobody is ever going to declare them favorites to win anything.  However, I can't say there are many situations I would trade ours for right now.

We are ranked 7th and all we did so far was beat the Raiders.  Mellow out.  WHEN we beat the Chargers and the Ravens THEN we can complain if we aren't top 5.

Let's see, who is ahead of us and what might change...

1. Packers - if they beat the Seahawks this week they'll still be #1 with a bullet
2. Patriots - play the Bills this week, so one of them should take a loss and a hit in the rankings
3. Seahawks - should be 0-2 soon and therefore below us
4. Chiefs - if they hold ground against the Broncos tonight it will be hard to see them outside of the top 3 for now
5. Cardinals - if they beat the Bears on the road they could have a victory similar to ours in Oakland
6. Bills - a bit of an overreaction, will either lose to the Pats and fall to earth OR beat the Pats and be hurled into the hype machine full force.  The Bengals can't compete with that.
7. Bengals - should beat the Chargers at home and therefore have 2 convincing, yet expected wins