Wednesday, September 04, 2013

NFL Power Rankings Out, Previous To 2013 Opening Night!

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NFL Power Rankings Out, Previous To 2013
The S. fransisco 49ers top this AP Pro32 power rankings for the reason that NFL begins its 2013 season.

Losers in the Super Bowl last February for you to Baltimore, the 49ers earned being unfaithful first-place votes and 379 points Tuesday from your nationwide panel of 12 AP Pro32 members who cover the NFL league.

'The NFL's most physical team expects for being playing at the Meadowlands throughout February, ' Ira Kaufman on the Tampa Tribune said.

But Charean Williams on the Fort Worth Star Telegram cautioned: 'Colin Kaepernick will need to be more accurate than he was the past three regular-season games of 2012 if the 49ers want to stay here all the season. '

Denver, which also lost towards Ravens in the postseason, along with Seattle were tied with regard to second with 358 points. The Broncos drew two first-place votes along with your Seahawks, who will contest with the 49ers for your NFC Western title, received additional.

'Peyton Manning has sufficient weapons to outscore the majority of teams until (suspended linebacker) Von Miller gets back, ' claimed Pat Kirwan of SiriusXM along with CBS Sports.

Rounding out the top five were Atlanta along with New England. The Ravens finished eighth inside the final preseason poll.

'With Anquan Boldin (trade) along with Dennis Pitta (injury) long gone, ' Rick Gosselin on the Dallas Morning News claimed, 'Joe Flacco is without his two top receivers by 2012. He needs to get those 126 receptions along with 11 touchdowns elsewhere throughout 2013. '

At the end are the Oakland Raiders having a mere 20 points. Oakland had been 32nd on eight ballots.

'Neither Matt Flynn none Terrelle Pryor did anything to distinguish himself in a poor preseason quarterback competition, ' Newsday's Bob Glauber claimed. 'Can anything but a record and a large draft pick be future? '

Still, there was sentiment for two main teams being worse compared to the Raiders. Jacksonville, which ranked 31st, received 3 last-place votes. The NY Jets, 30th overall, got the opposite.

'As usual, the Jets remain in the headlines for those wrong reasons (quarterback issues, media squabbles, etc. ), ' said Alex Marvez regarding SiriusXM and the FoxSports1.

Along with the Jags?

'First-year coach Gus Bradley will boost the bar for this team,' ESPN's Jeff Legwold claimed, 'but it has lots of roster questions at the moment. '

The next AP Pro32 power rankings will likely be released Sept. 10.

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