Week 10 Football Outsiders Rankings are Up!
Previously, I explained why I like Football Outsiders here. Their week 10 statistical rankings of teams is here.
Despite the win last week, our Arizona Cardinals have finally returned to their usual stomping grounds -- in the bottom 5 teams, along with Miami, Oakland and San Francisco. Hard to argue about these teams being the worst. Perhaps the biggest surprise is the team fifth from the bottom - Dallas. Cowboy haters rejoice. Parcel's record of second year improvement seems to be in serious trouble. If the season ended today, San Francisco would set the record for the worst statistical performance since these guys started keeping the stats, beating the second worst team, the 2002 Cardinals and the third worst team, the 2003 Cardinals, but just shy of the 2002 performance of the expansion Texans. (Gotta love our Cards).
The top three, unsurprisingly, are New England, Philly and Pittsburgh. New England has taken the top spot, which is where I think they belong. For a while, Philly's special teams rank was carrying them, but history in these rankings has shown that special teams ranks are very volatile and tend to regress to the mean. Philly's soft defense may well spell another playoff disappointment for the Eagles.
