NFL Power Rankings, week 17: A solid 16

by Ryan Van Bibber on Dec 30, 2010 6:00 AM CST in 2010 St. Louis Rams season

Where would we be without ranking things? Chaos, I tell you, absolute chaos. Rankings help us make sense of a topsy turvy world, and what sense are they allowing us to make of the St. Louis Rams' place in the NFL this week, after a big win against the 49ers this week?

It's a solid 16 all around, except for a strange outlier. Let's take a look:

ESPN: 16th (20th) Solidly middle of the pack. Remember what it was like to get a C in that class you knew that you'd be getting a D in? This is it.

The Sporting News: 22nd (25th)

SI.com: 16th (20th) Somebody not grumbling about the Rams-Seahawks game getting bumped to prime time:

I guess there was some grumbling in some quarters, but I loved the NFL's call to move the Rams-Seahawks to the NBC Sunday-night slot in Week 17. Two mediocre teams or not, it's always compelling to watch a game in which the winner goes to the playoffs and the loser goes home.

Fox Sports: 16th (18th)

NFL.com: 16th That's the consensus of the experts at NFL.com...I'm sensing a something about the number 16...

CBS Sports: 17th (23rd) Quite a jump this week, not just here, but all over the web for the Rams.

And there you have it...solidly middle of the pack. It feels good to finally be up there in the pantheon of mediocrity rather than the but of jokes.

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Nice to see some respect

We will probably be cavorts to win the division by most of them the next few seasons also. I haven’t read any of them suggest we will be worse next season.

by bashuck on Dec 30, 2010 7:43 AM CST reply actions

Favorites.

Stupid phone. Presale for playoff tickets at 10 and it’s nice to know if we make it Saints fans will not overwhelm the dome like the Packers fans would have.

by bashuck on Dec 30, 2010 7:49 AM CST up reply actions

Power rankings or not.

We have to go into Seattle and play 60 min of nonstop smashmouth football. 39 needs to step it up more than usual. O line, D line, and esp the secondary need to be at probowl level sunday. Let’s not get burned by a 3rd string QB. Lynch is going to get the ball. He must be stopped. I smell some sort of trick play from Carroll. We win, were in. Let’s do this! Cmon Lambs don’t fail me now.

by Skunkburner on Dec 30, 2010 8:27 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Lambs? I thought you were a fan.

I can take a beating ... I'm a Rams fan.

by Midasknight on Dec 30, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions

He always says Lambs

I don’t think he understands how much that bothers other Rams fans.

"I have something 95 percent of all those All-Stars only wish they had: a World Series ring. If I had to choose between that and being an All-Star, it would be no contest. I’d grab the gold ring and never look back." -Tim Salmon

by BruinHalo on Dec 30, 2010 12:22 PM CST up reply actions

Aww cmon now, it's funny. Relax, every team has a nickname.

Seacocks
Forty winers
GB fudge packers
Aints
Bucinqueers
It’s all in good fun, no disrespect ment.
But if it really bothers people. I won’t call them that here anymore. Go Rams!

by Skunkburner on Dec 30, 2010 12:59 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

It's not really funny.

Those teams have nicknames from everyone other than their fans….

"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.

by douchiedude on Dec 30, 2010 6:22 PM CST up reply actions