10-22-2015, 10:22 AM
(10-22-2015, 07:20 AM)Bengals_Legendary Wrote: Wanted to follow up in this thread with perhaps the most absurd ranking I have ever seen -
In their most recent rankings, ESPN has the Bengals #5 behind the CARDINALS!
Yes, that's right, the same Cardinals who have lost two games. One to the ultimately subpar St. Louis Rams, and the other to the Pittsburgh Steelers and their 3rd string QB.
Furthermore, the Broncos are ahead in the rankings as well. A team who is saved by their defense every week. A team who wins by the skin of their teeth on a weekly basis.
Disgusting.
Yep. If anyone needed a jumping-off point for ESPN, this should be it. The Cards lost to Pittsburgh and their 3rd string QB and moved up 2 spots... Ahead of 2 still-undefeated teams (including us). Meanwhile, Pittsburgh beat a supposed "top 4" team and slipped a spot.
According to ESPN, wins are bad, losses are good, and undefeated records are "meh". Power rankings are supposed to be about how a team is playing now, and they have a team on a 2 game slide over 2 teams on a 5+ game win streak. Baffling.
