ESPN's Power Rankings: No. 24 St. Louis Rams/Wagoner

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  • September 2, 2014 at 4:26 pm #5893
    RamBill
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    Power Rankings: No. 24 St. Louis Rams
    By Nick Wagoner

    http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/11215/power-rankings-no-24-st-louis-rams

    EARTH CITY, Mo. — It’s that time of year again where the ESPN Power Rankings become a weekly staple.

    Earlier Tuesday, the first edition of the 2014 season’s rankings came out with even more panelists weighing in this year. The St. Louis Rams checked in at No. 24 on the initial list, well behind the rest of the NFC West.

    When the Power Rankings last appeared, it was after May’s NFL draft and the Rams received more love from the voters. At the time, the Rams were No. 18 on the list. By all accounts, the Rams received rave reviews for their draft and were sitting close to being right in the middle of the pack.

    So what’s changed since then? Obviously, there’s little doubt the Rams dropped those six spots in large part because of the loss of quarterback Sam Bradford to a season-ending ACL injury. Dropping them to 24 seems a bit extreme from my view considering they still want to be a team that wins with a strong running game and defense.

    Elsewhere in the division, Seattle keeps its spot at No. 1 with San Francisco at No. 4 and Arizona at No. 14.

    The good news is that any sort of polls or rankings don’t have any effect on what the postseason will eventually look like. Even better, the time for speculating will soon be a thing of the past. After this week, these rankings can take into account meaningful football games and that’s the best news of all.

    September 3, 2014 at 1:12 am #5921
    Mackeyser
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    I love it. The league is underestimating us.

    We’re poised to roflstomp the league in part because I really and truly think there will be teams and staffs that think like this. They’re human and part of these rankings are informed by interviewing league personnel and performing casual polling.

    The idea that the Rams are thought of so casually is great for the Rams. It can take a full year for teams to really wrap their heads around that a team isn’t as weak as they thought…

    Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.

    September 3, 2014 at 8:51 am #5929
    nittany ram
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    Mackeyser wrote:

    I love it. The league is underestimating us.

    We’re poised to roflstomp the league in part because I really and truly think there will be teams and staffs that think like this. They’re human and part of these rankings are informed by interviewing league personnel and performing casual polling.

    The idea that the Rams are thought of so casually is great for the Rams. It can take a full year for teams to really wrap their heads around that a team isn’t as weak as they thought…

    Well, I can’t say for sure where the Rams truly belong in the power rankings…but there’s no f’n way there are 23 teams better than them. I think at worst they are an average team which would put them somewhere in the 14 – 18 range. I think they are a little better than that though.

    You’re right though. It’s much better for the Rams to be under everyone’s radar right now. I think teams will not be ready for the defense they will see. Similar to how they were unprepared for Martz’s offense in 99.

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