BTSC's Top Five, Bottom Five Through Week 5 Of 2009 NFL Season

Pardon me but Detroit and Cleveland have both outplayed the Buc’s thusfar…

The Bucs are 0-5

but i’d replace detroit with tampa and have oakland a VERY close second.

But it’s a little cold out today, so I’d prefer to keep my clothes on.

By the way, the bottom five bears a pretty strong resemblance to the Washington Redskins schedule….Every team they have played this year has been winless going into their game. And the last four teams they played were 2-17 going into yesterday, with the two wins against the Skins. They may actually be the worst team in the NFL, because they are spiraling completely out of control.

I always prefer looking at what the bookie thinks, rather than looking at all the power-ranking, which are usually based on momentum and feeling rather than analysis. I’ll always take the words of somebody who is supposed to make money with what he’s saying over writers who look for headlines.

Here’s what I found in one site. Outright odds – Super Bowl XLIV:
Giants 6/1
Saints 7/1
Colts 15/2
Pats 8/1
Vikings 9/1
Ravens, Steelers 12/1
Eagles 14/1
Broncos 16/1
Chargers 18/1
Bears 20/1
Jets 22/1
Falcons, Bengals 25/1
Packers 28/1
Cowboys 28/1
49ers 33/1
Cards 40/1
Seahawks, Texans 66/1
Jags 80/1
Titans, Dolphins 100/1
Redskins 125/1
Panthers 200/1
Bills 300/1
Bucs, Lions, Browns, Chiefs 500/1
Raiders, Rams 750/1

So, Blitz is actually dead-on with his rankings, with the exception of Eagles that needs to be replaced by Pats, and Bills to be replaced by Bucs and/or Browns.

Also it is interesting to see that the 4-1 Bengals are rated below the Steelers and Ravens, despite having an easy schedule, and almost guaranteeing a winning season. Another thing that supports it is the odds for winning AFC North:
Steelers, Ravens 13/8
Bengals 9/5
Browns 250/1

So all in all, according to the bookie, Steelers are tied in for 6th most likely team to win SB XLIV, and the favorites Giants are only twice as likely as the Steelers to win it. Not too shabby for the Steelers that were 1-2 up until two weeks ago.

does this mean we should be scared that we almost lost to a bottom 5 team?

i mean i know there were miscues and no polamalu but they played WITHOUT CJ….soooo….what this says is that against manning we’d lose? against the giants we’d lose? thats a scary thought…if we make it to the playoffs(and thats a big if unless the bengals implode or the ravens keep losing), if we make it to the playoffs and win games like we just did then we should be really really concerned.

i would have loved to see our offense play more but more importantly i really wish our defense actually played at all… we’re giving up a lot of points and yards and while if you look at stats we’re in the thick of things defensively it doesnt show the whole picture…we’re playing middle of the road to bottom 10 defense against really bad to mediocre(bengals and bears are not winnign superbowls this year guys) teams..

I’ve been reading over the posts on this site and all I can think is one thing:

How are the Steelers not the best and the worst team in the league right now?

I mean, that’s what I’ve taken from what I’ve read so…