Possible Madden power rankings!

[tatmanfish]

Quote: Originally Posted by angels eclipse7

The Falcons absolutely did not have an easy schedule. Played and beat a LOT of good teams last year. That saying, I am a huge Falcon fan but not a homer and the Falcons should not be number 2 going into the season. They are definitely a top 10 team, but I could see them even slipping out of the top 5 in a lot of people's eyes. With the rosters how they are right now, I see the Falcons getting the number 6 seed this year.

Bro, everyone in the NFC south has the exact same schedule save for 2 games. Everybody and their mother is saying the Bucs were a 10 win team because of an easy schedule. If so, that applies to the rest of the NFC South. What does that say about the Panthers, lol.

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by tatmanfish

Bro, everyone in the NFC south has the exact same schedule save for 2 games. Everybody and their mother is saying the Bucs were a 10 win team because of an easy schedule. If so, that applies to the rest of the NFC South. What does that say about the Panthers, lol.

2 games is a lot, actually, and can make/break the season vs division opponents. Only the Patriots had more than a 2 game lead in their division when the season concluded last year - they led by 3. In a couple divisions 2 games was the difference between 1st and 3rd, in the NFC West 2 games was the difference between 1st and 4th.

Every game counts, and those 2 games can be huge. It's the difference between being scheduled against the Steelers and Patriots while someone else in your division is scheduled the Bills and the Bengals, or the Browns and the Dolphins.

[FlyEaglesFly3]

Falcons had one of the easiest schedules in the league. . .

[carolinacrazy]

Chargers, Colts should be higher. Atlanta and New Orleans should be lower.

[angels eclipse7]

Quote: Originally Posted by tatmanfish

Bro, everyone in the NFC south has the exact same schedule save for 2 games. Everybody and their mother is saying the Bucs were a 10 win team because of an easy schedule. If so, that applies to the rest of the NFC South. What does that say about the Panthers, lol.

It's not just who you play. It's when you play them. Having to play a bunch of great teams in a row is tough. Also, where your bye week is is very important.

[angels eclipse7]

Quote: Originally Posted by FlyEaglesFly3

Falcons had one of the easiest schedules in the league. . .

8 of their 16 games were against 9-7+ teams. And they beat the Bucs twice, Saints once, Ravens once, and Packers once. It's not that the Bucs had an easy schedule as much as it is that they managed to go 10-6 without beating a .500+ team. They beat all the bad teams and lost to all of the good teams.

[Sublime12089]

We beat the Saints. lol

[phillysouljah]

The Saints are pretty much all Drew Brees. They're good only by his greatness. The Falcons have a suspect defense but they have more going for them otherwise.