Power Rankings Week 4
September 25th, 2008As a weekly feature, Joe brings you this week’s power rankings.
As usual, Joe leads off with Pete Prisco of CBSSports. He’s not a big fan of the Bucs but after the overtime win over the Bears, he bumped them up eight spots to No. 11.
“Brian Griese threw 67 passes and they won? At 2-1, they face a stiff test this week from the Green Bay Packers.”
Pat Yasinskas isn’t as kind as he has the Bucs slotted at No. 13.
“At this pace, Jon Gruden will make Brian Griese into a Pro Bowler.”
Adrian Hasenmayer of FoxSports.com ranks the Bucs at No. 16.
For better or worse, Jon Gruden has always had a thing for Brian Griese, who showed why Chucky loves him so in the Week 3 comeback win over the Bears. Is your glass half full or half empty, looking at Griese’s three touchdown passes and three interceptions? COOL STAT: While Griese threw 67 passes (tied for second most all-time in a single game), he was not sacked once by a ferocious Bears defense.”
And finally, we end this week’s power rankings with the great Paul Zimmerman of SI.com, more popularly known as Dr. Z. He has the Bucs at No. 16.
“I’ve never liked offensive RT Jeremy Trueblood that much but he won them a game Sunday. The Bucs were stopped on their own 10-yard line in overtime, Trueblood comes into the pile late, as usual, goes after somebody, a fight breaks out, naturally, Bears cornerback Charles Tillman runs over to avenge the perceived wrong, and we know what the result will be, right? Tweet! Referee Tony Corrents flags Tillman. New set of downs on the 25, and Griese drives the Bucs the length of the field against the exhausted Bears for the winning field goal. Now here’s my point. Officials almost always blow the call in this instance. Use the replay camera in situations like this. Make it a call from the booth. That way they’ll find out who the real culprit is, and who should get the flag. It’ll never happen, of course. Much too sensible for the monolithic world of the NFL.”
September 25th, 2008 at 8:26 am
[…] As a weekly feature, Joe brings you this week’s power rankings. As usual, Joe leads off with Pete Prisco of CBSSports. He’s not a big fan of the Bucs but after the overtime win over the Bears, he bumped them up eight spots to No. 11. …Original post by admin […]
September 25th, 2008 at 11:41 am
This just in. Trueblood plays better when he’s playing MEAN and NASTY!
Keep it UP and hopefully some of that will get Sears back to his playing ability. I can’t beileve Sears has declined like he has. 🙁