NFL Power Rankings Week 15: Focus on The Oakland Raiders

December 16, 2010   ·   Rob Belote   ·   Jump to comments

Doing power rankings are tough, but because of the limited number of games on an NFL schedule, it's one of the only ways to get an idea for which teams are better than one another given factors other than just 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.
 
Where do the Oakland Raiders currently rank?
I'll admit it, I was starting to buy into the Oakland Raiders.  Leading into their bye week, they went on three-game streak of victories, with two lopsided wins—against the Broncos in Denver and then while hosting the Seahawks.  Their Week 9 victory over the Chiefs wasn't by a large margin, but the Chiefs are a good team and again, it's a division game.
Following the bye week, I wondered what to expect as the Raiders traveled to Pittsburg...

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