NFL Performance Rankings Week 8

Once again, the Giants maintained their number one ranking according to by virtue of their victory over the Steelers last week. The unbeaten Titans, who are the top of many of the “Classic” opinion-based rankings, rose to number two. Remember,PossessionPoints.com uses only numbers and no emotion or opinion in the determination of our Relative Performance Rankings (RPMs). The Titans are within two RPM points of the NY Giants, so they are well within striking distance of the top spot. A bit further back – 12 points to be exact –is the number three team, the Cardinals. The number four team, the Houston Texans, are the only team without a winning record in our top five. Keep in mind that the Texans have won their last three games, so their performance numbers are on the rise. Holding on to fifth place are the 4-3 Eagles.

Teams that have made some big moves in the Rankings this week are the Ravens who jumped from 16th to eighth place because of their win over Oakland. The Steelers stumbled to 17th from seventh place because of their loss to the Giants.



We warned you last week that a big game could move teams in the middle of the pack a long way up and the down chart depending on how large the win or loss. There are still less than 20 RPMs that separate number eight from number 20. There are six teams in the Red which means they have lower than a -40 in RPMs, and it should come as no surprise that these teams have losing records. The best of this sordid bunch in 27th place is the 3-4 Colts. Most everyone, including the Colts, know that for them to win their Division would take almost a miracle at this point since they are four games behind the powerful Titans. The remainder of the hapless teams, with even less hope of making the playoffs, are the Raiders and Rams, who are both 2-5, followed by the winless Lions and Bengals and finally in last place the 1-6 Chiefs. .