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THE OTHER 31: NFL Power Rankings, Week 2

Andrew Hofheimer — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:13:29 +0000

You once knew them as Power Rankings. Henceforth, they shall be known as THE OTHER 31. They are slanted, they are biased, they are a completely unfiltered look into the Jaguars’ competition around the NFL. I hope you love them. I hope you hate them. Care to argue or join in the heckling, I direct you to the comments section below.

#1. [1] Green Bay Packers (3-0): Rolling right through the schedule, illustrious defenses/fierce division opponents be damned.

#2. [3] New Orleans Saints (2-1): When they’re not playing Green Bay, they look damn good. Nice to see a team that’s used to playing with the lead pull off a come from behind victory. (more…)

THE OTHER 31: NFL Power Rankings, Week 1

Andrew Hofheimer — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:34:29 +0000

#1 Green Bay Packers (1-0): Aaron Rodgers still looks absolutely terrifying and seemingly has no shortage of weapons to throw to. Absurdly talented on both sides of the ball and lots of quality depth. They will be the guys to beat all year – regardless of injuries (to everyone but #12).

#2 New England Patriots (1-0): Brady just threw for a quarter of a ton of yards (that’s 500 for you folks out there that ain’t no good at math) and doesn’t even have a #1 receiver. Oldo Stinko had 1 catch for 14 yards. Any defense that makes Chad Henne look like Dan Marino could be a problem down the colder stretches of the season, though. (more…)

THE OTHER 31: Kickoff Week, 2010

Andrew Hofheimer — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:03 +0000

You may have known weekly lists such as this one as Power Rankings in the past, but nay, not this column. Henceforth, it shall be known as THE OTHER 31. It is slanted, it is biased, it is a completely unfiltered look into the Jaguars’ competition. Though you are no doubt teeming with excitement for the inaugural installment of THE OTHER 31, the greatest joy is in what this date signifies – the end of the horrible externalities that come with being a diehard football fan: the Dead Zone, a month of teasingly irrelevant pre-season games, the unyielding drone of over-analyzed garbage that clogs the internet between February and early September…it’s all over, fellow gridiron junkies. Finally, it’s all over.

Welp, here they are – THE OTHER 31. I hope you love them. I hope you hate them. I’ll field your arguments in the comments section.

1. New Orleans Saints: Give me one reason why you think they’ll slow down for one second? OK, Sean Peyton may not have stopped drinking since the Super Bowl, but all the pieces are back in place from last year and they aren’t relying on the youth to do anything but learn from the best and step up when they’re names are called. Looks like it could easily be another year of bandwagoners in bars all over the country screaming “WHO DAT” like they actually cared about the ‘Aints during their previous 40 years of mediocrity.

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