Showing posts with label Green Bay Packers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Bay Packers. Show all posts

Saturday, April 7, 2012

2012 NFL Power Rankings

During the NFL season, we will update our NFL power rankings on a weekly basis.

Here are our initial Power Rankings for the 2012 season:

1. Green Bay Packers
2. New England Patriots
3. San Francisco 49ers
4. Houston Texans
5. Baltimore Ravens
6. New York Giants
7. Pittsburgh Steelers
8. Detroit Lions
9. Philadelphia Eagles
10. Atlanta Falcons
11. Denver Broncos
12. Dallas Cowboys
13. Chicago Bears
14. New Orleans Saints
15. San Diego Chargers
16. Tennessee Titans
17. Cincinnati Bengals
18. New York Jets
19. Carolina Panthers
20. Kansas City Chiefs
21. Buffalo Bills
22. Washington Redskins
23. Arizona Cardinals
24. Seattle Seahawks
25. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
26. Miami Dolphins
27. Jacksonville Jaguars
28. Oakland Raiders
29. Minnesota Vikings
30. Cleveland Browns
31. St. Louis Rams
32. Indianapolis Colts

Todd's Updated First-Round Mock

1. Indianapolis Colts: Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
* 2. Washington Redskins: Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
3. Minnesota Vikings: Matt Kalil, OT, USC
4. Cleveland Browns: Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
* 6. St. Louis Rams: Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State
7. Jacksonville Jaguars: Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame
8. Miami Dolphins: Quinton Coples, DE, North Carolina
9. Carolina Panthers: Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis
10. Buffalo Bills: Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa
11. Kansas City Chiefs: Luke Kuechly, ILB, Boston College
12. Seattle Seahawks: Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina
13. Arizona Cardinals: Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor
14. Dallas Cowboys: Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State
15. Philadelphia Eagles: Michael Brockers, DT, LSU
16. New York Jets: Courtney Upshaw, LB, Alabama
17. Cincinnati Bengals (via OAK): David DeCastro, G, Stanford
18. San Diego Chargers: Nick Perry, DE, USC
19. Chicago Bears: Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois
20. Tennessee Titans: Cordy Glenn, OL, Georgia
21. Cincinnati Bengals: Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama
22. Cleveland Browns (via ATL): Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M
23. Detroit Lions: Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State
24. Pittsburgh Steelers: Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
25. Denver Broncos: Jerel Worthy, DT, Mississippi State
26. Houston Texans: Devon Still, DT, Penn State
27. New England Patriots (from NO): Mark Barron, SS, Alabama
28. Green Bay Packers: Andre Branch, DE, Clemson
29. Baltimore Ravens: Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin
30. San Francisco 49ers: Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
31. New England Patriots: Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama
32. New York Giants: Dont'a Hightower, ILB, Alabama

* Trade: Washington sends #6 overall pick, their 2nd-round pick and their first-round picks in 2013 and 2014 to St. Louis for the #2 overall pick.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

NFL Picks for the Sunday Games

Through the first six games of the playoffs, the home team (i.e., higher seed) has won and advanced in all six games.  According to Matt Pomeroy of NFL Network Research, home teams have not started 8-0 through the wild-card and divisional round of the playoffs since the wild-card round was added in 1978.

Will the home teams (Baltimore and Green Bay) win their respective games to advance to the AFC and NFC Championship Games?

Here are my picks for the Sunday games:

Baltimore over Houston: The Ravens have won all of their home games despite a .500 record on the road. Will rookie quarterback T.J. Yates be able to handle the pressure both from the Ravens defense and the situation? The Texans will try to use the running game as much as possible, but I see Yates making a mistake down the stretch and the Ravens advancing to the AFC Championship Game.

NY Giants over Green Bay: The Giants nearly beat the Packers the first time they met during the regular season and they have looked during their three-game winning streak. In the NFL (or any sport), it's important to peak at the right time and it seems like the Giants are doing just that after their 24-2 win over Atlanta last week. It's been a few weeks since the Packers played a meaningful game and I think it will much longer before they play their next meaningful game.

Who do you think will win on Sunday?