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 … 12727.9075
NYG … 12449.42414
NYJ … 9383.332134
NE … 9382.462311
Minn … 9366.870867
Was … 9154.490784
Pitt … 9071.966859
Atl … 8814.892599
TB … 8642.736736
Tenn … 8410.484286
Mia … 8383.920698
Phi … 8357.105659
Arz … 8272.231423
Dall … 7984.692882
Chi … 6835.196024
NO … 6737.730169
Car … 6688.219763
Jax … 6301.297559
GB … 5828.703474
Buff … 5826.50798
Hou … 5383.273947
Den … 4811.57661
SD … 3814.199252
SF … 3769.489373
Sea … 3629.62752
Cleve … 2146.673535
Oak … 1861.46943
Ind … 1057.401771
Cinn … 672.8904077
KC … -109.1742511
StL … -788.1848521
Det … -896.6197917
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