May 7th 2009
Prisco rates the Redskins as 23rd
AUTHOR: dcprosportsreport | IN: Uncategorized | COMMENTS: |
Pete Prisco of CBS released his new power rankings and put the Redskins at 23, writing:
They’re the 4th team in a 4-team division. That will make it tough to win 8 games.
Ouch. Prisco puts the Eagles at 5, the Giants at 6 and the Cowboys at 15. Something is fishy here. Okay, the Eagles only won 9 games, but they went to the conference championship game and improved themselves in free agency and the draft. The Giants won 12 games last year and controlled the division from the very start. Those teams must be ranked much higher than the Redskins. But the Cowboys? They won 1 more game than Washington last year and I don’t see where they have improved themselves at all. WR Roy Williams has been a disappointment and while Terrell Owens was a pain in the ass, he was also the team’s best WR last year.
Prisco writes that the Cowboys have talent, which they do, but so does every other team in the NFL. We keep hearing about all the talent the Cowboys have and they continue to disappoint their fans. Maybe the team isn’t as talented as it is made out to be. They’ve got top players like DE DeMarcus Ware, TE Jason Witten and TB Marion Barber, but they’ve also got a suspect receiving corps, a highly-productive quarterback who folds under pressure and, lest we forget, a defense that gave up 365 points last year — worst in the division and 69 points more than Washington gave up. I’m not sure the Cowboys are better than the Redskins at all — certainly not 8 spots better.
Prisco also rates the Packers, Bills, Seahawks, Jets, and Bears ahead of the Redskins. Now, I’ve never been accused of being soft on the Redskins, but these also strike me as debatable or downright weird. The Packers defense was awful last year, the Seahawks won 4 games and though they get their QB back, that’s not guarantee for them. The Jets are a disaster at quarterback and may have to rush rookie Mark Sanchez into the starting lineup. The Bears are are Jay Cutler and not much else — but that’s all Prisco requires, as he thinks Cutler alone can get them to the playoffs.
I think Prisco might be smoking something medicinal, but illegal.
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