The worst article/rankings I have ever seen from ESPN.

[timmyonfleet]

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/playo...sition-defense


Ravens Defense ranked #7 out of 12 playoff teams. Behind the Pats. Insane.

[ActualSpamBot]

Can you quote the relevant portion? Most of us aren't ESPN insiders.


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[Ravenswintitle]

They rank the teams
Packers, niners, texans, stillers and ravens are 7

Just another list

[timmyonfleet]

kind of tough to read, i forgot it was in insider article. I also jumped to conclusions, this is the total ranking of offense and defense according to scouts inc. regardless, it really makes no sense at all.

Scouts Inc. ranked all 12 playoff teams in nine categories (wide receivers and tight ends combined to form an overall receiving category), with 1 being the best and 12 the worst. After tallying the points, here are the overall results, with the lowest total score being the best:

Team QB RB Rec. OL DL LB DB ST Coach Total
1. Green Bay Packers 1 10 1 4 11 6 6 3 3 45
2. San Francisco 49ers 9 3 10 12 3 1 2 1 6 47
3. Houston Texans 11 1 9 1 5 3 1 6 11 48
4. Pittsburgh Steelers 4 12 3 8 7 2 4 5 4 49
5. New Orleans Saints 2 4 2 2 12 12 5 10 2 51
6. New England Patriots 3 7 5 3 10 9 12 2 1 52
7. Baltimore Ravens 8 2 11 6 2 8 3 9 5 54
8. New York Giants 5 5 6 10 1 10 9 7 8 61
9. Atlanta Falcons 7 6 7 11 6 5 7 11 7 67
10. Detroit Lions 6 11 4 7 4 4 10 12 12 70
11. Cincinnati Bengals 10 9 8 5 8 11 8 4 10 73
12. Denver Broncos

[Ravenswintitle]

It's not just defense, it's an overall score. Actually kind of interesting but I don't know what's behind the numbers.

Ravens Dline ranks #2 behind Giants, Corners rank #3 behind Texans and 9ers. What kills them is Receivers 11, ST 9, QB 8, LB 8

[Greg]

Whatever.

We are 6-0 against playoff teams, did they consider that?

F--- them.

[Dade]

Whatever... this is just their combined opinions. At least when Billick then something kind of similar he used actual stats. Don't let it get to ya. Just more BS from the 4 letter network.

[AntiMoon]

Man people have major reading comprehension problems. Overall we are 7th which is a joke but Williamson is a known Steelers homer. Defensively he has us ranked way above NE in each category. Our poor special teams is what drags us down and I can't argue with that.

[timmyonfleet]

I just found it odd that after they put together all the data, they ended up with a bogus list. What's the point of even printing that, it's garbage.

[BleedPurple92]

Whatever... this is just their combined opinions. At least when Billick then something kind of similar he used actual stats. Don't let it get to ya. Just more BS from the 4 letter network.

Its only facts when its Pro Ravens...

WHEN WILL THEY LEARN?

[Corey]

Its a flawed list. The Ravens are 4-0 vs. the teams ranked 2-4. That's all that should matter.

[timmyonfleet]

We are ranked 7th. We are 4-0 vs teams 2,3,4. I know that's not the basis of the rankings. My only point was to show a moronic list that probably shouldn't have made it onto the front of the nfl page on espn

[RAVENOUS52]

Typical filler, which is why I 'd never pay for content from most so-called premium football sites.

[wash yourself]

Funny that everything positive about the Ravens is lauded as a work of fine journalism but things that are somewhat negative are slammed. We can't handle people not loving the team? Who cares either way; these rankings don't change how I feel about the Ravens' chances.

Where would you specifically change the rankings there? I'm having a tough time finding anything too out of whack. It's just a subjective view.

[TimTheEnchanter]

It's even more goofy looking if you add up subtotals for offense and defense.

They have the ravens tied 6th (w/ pit) but AHEAD OF DETROIT.
My favorite is that on defense, GB is 8th, ahead of Denver and Cincinnati, who have very little beyond their defense.

Adding these rank values up is really a nonsensical approach to overall rating.

[AntiMoon]

We lose alot of ground based on QB,WR and ST. I think he underestimates Joe and a healthy Boldin and way overrates the Steelers secondary which sucks and is hidden by their pass rush. We showed in both games (with a QB he hates) what happens when you give a QB time against their secondary. Overall people need to understand there are so many talking heads now between TV, radio,internet, newspapers,etc that you will never root for a team that is universally loved and praised. Always will find somebody that thinks your team or player is overrated so stop getting upset over every diss that comes our way.

[alienrace]

Williamson shows what is wrong with sports media these days - people let their personal bias cloud what they write about. I don't remember it being quite this bad a decade ago.

[Beerracuda]

Williamson shows what is wrong with sports media these days - people let their personal bias cloud what they write about. I don't remember it being quite this bad a decade ago.

It wasn't as bad a decade ago, or longer, than it is now. Journalism is hardly professional anymore. What used to be referred to as "yellow journalism" is pretty much the norm these days. It's no longer reserved for just minor independent publications either, as it also includes the major ones. Take a look at many of the publications these days, and count how many grammatical and spelling errors occur in many articles. It's almost as though proofreading no longer matters. Totally unprofessional, and completely neutralizes any impact that the writer may have had - at least in my opinion.

Since they don't seem to have a problem with grammatical and spelling errors, it's a foregone conclusion that personal biases don't matter either. What used to be considered a respected profession has now evolved into a joke. It's almost as if anyone with access to the internet can become a blogger, and thus, in their minds, a journalist.

There are still a handful of decent writers circulating, but they are few and far between. As a result, one can hardly take anything written as objective reporting.

Sad.

[timmyonfleet]

Funny that everything positive about the Ravens is lauded as a work of fine journalism but things that are somewhat negative are slammed. We can't handle people not loving the team? Who cares either way; these rankings don't change how I feel about the Ravens' chances.

Where would you specifically change the rankings there? I'm having a tough time finding anything too out of whack. It's just a subjective view.

Outside of the ravens being behind 3 teams they beat, I have a bigger issue with NO being behind SF, Pitt, and Hou. If you don't think that is out of wack I don't know what league you watch.

[FadeToBlack]

This is why I hardly read NFL opinion articles and come to my own judgements from observation only. I don't even know why people care about these things, you're being manipulated exactly as they intended. Scoreboard: media. LOL!