Power Rankings. They’re such a silly, arbitrary, guessing-game of a thing. Most are just a Frankenstein mish-mash of opinions and stats used to compile a pecking order of sorts.
Of course, the power ranking articles are still coming hot and heavy in the offseason since everyone still seems to love them. This latest one is from NFL.com, focusing on the divisions instead of individual teams. For the past several years, many have planted the AFC South firmly at the bottom of these lists.
Not this year! The AFC South has gone from “TEH suck” to “supremely mediocre” in Gregg Rosenthal’s learned opinion.