The reason why cumulative results are not to be viewed as a Power Rankings is evident as the 2008 seasons heads well into November. There are new teams emerging and developing as teams who we thought were going to go the distance and get to the playoffs with the same lineup are struggling with injuries and bringing backups up to speed-----they aren't who we thought they were. I run several spreadsheets looking for changes in how teams are rising and falling in the cumulative standings. First Derivative change is how we can distinguish emerging teams from those that are falling off a bit from week to week. As some begin to develop their rushing attack, we can see them rise in the rankings eventhough their cumulative score may be towards the bottom of the rankings. Changes in the rankings are significant and reveal why these rankings are NOT a Power Rankings.
Bal … 11968.4475
NYG … 11882.80843
Tenn … 8989.149286
NE … 8364.352311
Mia … 8273.685698
Minn … 8235.036582
Phi … 8056.253894
NYJ … 7959.558952
Was … 7901.730784
Arz … 7900.493089
Atl … 7897.174028
Pitt … 7810.728525
TB … 7691.998879
Dall … 7172.822882
Car … 6407.414763
Jax … 6323.282559
NO … 6259.12164
Chi … 5346.396024
GB … 5061.448474
Hou … 4691.471169
Den … 4647.37661
Buff … 4457.89298
SF … 3765.459373
Sea … 3748.209187
SD … 3234.170722
Cleve … 1961.893535
Oak … 1131.60693
Cinn … 1027.526122
Ind … 868.4417713
KC … 47.13289177
StL … -439.5065188
Det … -1135.449792
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