Week 6 Power Ratings

[QUOTE=Old School;5718]I had NYG -15 1/2 LW. Oakland is 8-22 ATS at home, and Philadelphia is 13-5 ATS away.[/QUOTE] Same for me last week and this week it's -14 which isn't awful considering how wonderful Al Davis thinks his team is, cause it isn't anybody else's. (It is a fact and truly a sad aura everywhere throughout the team & coaches) Meanwhile it's like snatching $ from Brinks with their approval! I think the number is a little better being at home this week, and i don't expect to get hit by the only lightening bolt in Calif....HELLO....

[QUOTE=Old School;5704]Teams with inferior QBs (like Oakland) tend to have more interceptions. Once one of the dregs with a poor QB falls behind, it's hard for them to come back. DDF are 9-2 so far TY.[/QUOTE] DDF's 9 of 11 on the season so far! Wow. Don't think it was that bad with DDF's in 2005, was it?

Put Pittsburg at 99. The GREAT Polamalu back!

this set looks much more palatable with bal off the top of the list! order seems fine, maybe use some community tweaking (+1/-1's). keep in mind that the crap teams vs the elite teams can't be taken at face value when eyeballing any set of power rankings. teams in the nfl, on average, tend to play conservative down the stretch with a lead of two or more td's which negates the normal edge they would have if they played full boar throughout. admittedly, the start of this season isnt a good example but it is the case in general.

"DDF are 9-2 so far TY" As far as i remember, it was the other Way around last year, with double digit favourites covering the first ten games? How did this change that much in the span of a year, with NFL doing everything they can to even out the teams? I know a lot of it is caused by variance, but it just seems the bad teams from last year have gone from bad to worse. It's crazy seeing a 14-pt. home team dog. Would they be +20 if played in Philly or is there no home field advantage in Oakland? In soccer it's very normal for big underdogs to play a very conservative game when playing against toprated teams - 11 guys behind the ball - total defense and a very conservative offense. Does the same happen in football? I would guess that eating clock by running the ball a lot could lead to a lot of covers with a win once in a while?

[QUOTE=Superskrub;5933]"DDF are 9-2 so far TY" As far as i remember, it was the other Way around last year, with double digit favourites covering the first ten games? How did this change that much in the span of a year, with NFL doing everything they can to even out the teams? I know a lot of it is caused by variance, but it just seems the bad teams from last year have gone from bad to worse. It's crazy seeing a 14-pt. home team dog. Would they be +20 if played in Philly or is there no home field advantage in Oakland? In soccer it's very normal for big underdogs to play a very conservative game when playing against toprated teams - 11 guys behind the ball - total defense and a very conservative offense. Does the same happen in football? I would guess that eating clock by running the ball a lot could lead to a lot of covers with a win once in a while?[/QUOTE] The Raiders only home is anywhere else. 9/2 10 digit favs are probably spot on because there is a MAMOTH disparity between the good and the bad. I think KC,TB,SL go into this week with a 10, or more, game losing streak. As bad as the Raiders are they don't even qualify for this list. The lines are all about balancing $(more or less), best they can. I may eat my words, but 14 seems cheap, unless i get struck by something from another galaxy. GL

[QUOTE=Superskrub;5933] Would they be +20 if played in Philly or [B]is there no home field advantage in Oakland?[/B] [/QUOTE] Hahahahaha

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Thread Display Mode [QUOTE=BAGIANT;5971]Why are these threads upside down? The initial thread is on the bottom and the answers are above it.[/QUOTE] User CP Edit Options Thread Display Mode Personally, I like it newest to oldest since I can click on "View First Unread" and just read what I haven't already read.