NFL Power Rankings Week 16: Focus On The Philadelphia Eagles

Doing power rankings is tough, but because of the limited number of games on the NFL schedule, it's one of the only ways to get an idea of which teams are better besides just looking at their records.

At my site—www.GuysNation.com—I do a weekly power ranking of all 32 NFL teams. It's a hugely subjective process in which I account for a team's strength of schedule, margin of victory, good wins and bad losses.

With a record of 10-4 and victories over the Falcons, Giants (twice), and Colts, the Eagles look like one of the stronger teams in the NFC.  

With a loss to the Falcons, it would be impossible for me to make the case that Philly is better than Atlanta given the two game lead the Falcons have in the "win" column alone.

There are plenty of 10-4 teams in the league right now, and having not played the Ravens, Saints, Steelers or Jets yet, it's tough to predict how they would do against them.  The Eagles have played the Bears, who they lost to, but the game was in Chicago so it doesn't hurt Philly's resume as bad, especially with a narrow margin in the outcome.  When doing the rankings, I don't just compare teams with the same record.  I look at how they did the whole season and what they did against quality opponents.

So where did I place the Eagles amidst the 10-win club in the GuysNation Power Rankings?

For the complete rankings and analysis, check out the article on my website, www.GuysNation.com! Unlike Power Rankings you see elsewhere, your comments could help persuade me to rank your team better after Week 16!

You also will probably enjoy voicing your opinion through voting in nearly a dozen polls set up to help get people's feedback on the Power Rankings!

You also might like the dueling NFL Week 16 picks article on GuysNation.com, a new(ish) feature where the games on a given week's NFL schedule are debated between myself and another author on my site (who just happens to be a LIFELONG PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FAN, so you KNOW he's got a high opinion of his opinion!).