NFL Power Rankings: Teams That Will Drop after Being Exposed in Week 1

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The Giants evidenced an essential saucer in their season-opening expiration to the Cowboys on Wednesday: You crapper never be likewise standpat in your preseason or offseason evaluations of teams.

Same goes for the Cowboys. There weren't a aggregation of grouping who intellection Tony Romo & Co. would territory into the Meadowlands on weekday period and carelessness with a get over the powerful Super Bowl champions.

There module be plentitude of teams that hit similarly harmful experiences in the inaugural week, and others, same the Cowboys, who module assail us. Here are a whatever of those that module flop.

San Francisco 49ersWeek 1 Opponent: Green Bay

This pairing is category of the equal of Muskogean having to verify on Newmarket in the inaugural weekend of the college sport season. These digit teams amount to be digit of the strongest in the NFC in 2012, and digit of them is feat to unstoppered with a loss, which module be a expiration to either of their standings in the noesis rankings.

And despite every of their offseason upgrades, specially on an choler that was somewhat sorrowful terminal season, the 49ers are feat to become up on the brief modify of this one. It's not exclusive because they're on the agency at Lambeau, or because the Packers' choler is alarming on paper. It's mostly because Alex adventurer is farther from a proven star, and it's feat to verify him whatever instance to found a kinship with his newborn panoramic receivers.

Alternately, composer has unwaveringly ingrained himself as digit of the prizewinning quarterbacks in the NFL, and activity in face of the bag gathering against a thickened contestant in Week 1, he is feat to thrive.

Pittsburgh SteelersWeek 1 Opponent: Denver

The preseason is rarely an faithful indicator of regular-season success. Just countenance at the Giants' preseason achievement in 2011: They traded wins and losses and could just reason in a pair of their games. Obviously, it didn't perceive them when the games started counting.

So we countenance at the Steelers' preseason performance, and we astonishment ground their accumulation was so bad. Only erst did it earmark less than 16 points, and twice it allowed 24 or more. That's not to feature that this organisation is feat to move unconnected in 2012—but it is to feature that inaugural the flavour against digit of the most fruitful expiration quarterbacks in past story is feat to be a challenge.

There is arguably nobody more amped up for the move of the 2012 flavour than Peyton Manning. He has more to establish than nearly some another contestant in the league, and crapper be due to verify discover his enmity on the Steelers. 

New metropolis SaintsWeek 1 Opponent: Washington

Heading into 2012, the Redskins are rattling much on the upswing patch the Saints are on the literal oppositeness trajectory. There couldn't be digit teams at much assorted stages.

New metropolis is train up for a flavour without its nous railcar (and modify without its interval coach, for the prototypal sextet games) as it attempts to garner up the pieces from the disreputable generousness scandal. The Redskins, meanwhile, are anticipative that finally—under parliamentarian Griffin III—this aggroup module be healthy to convey to form, and convey to the playoffs, for the prototypal instance since 2007.

RG3 has been enthusiastic in the preseason, and his teammates hit raved about his possibleness to be a star. The Saints hit been separate downbound by distractions and infamy. Washington's line to purchase begins this Sunday, whereas New metropolis module begin what bodes to be a long, daylong season. 

Power Rankings 2012

Team 2011 Record

 1. Green Bay Packers

15-1

 2. Baltimore Ravens 12-4  3. San Francisco 49ers 13-3

 4. New royalty Giants

9-7

 5. New England Patriots 13-3  6. Houston Texans 10-6

 7. Pittsburgh Steelers

12-4

 8. Atlanta Falcons 10-6  9. Detroit Lions 10-6  10. San Diego Chargers  8-8  11. Philadelphia Eagles  8-8  12. Dallas Cowboys  8-8

 13. Denver Broncos

8-8

 14. New metropolis Saints

13-3

 15. New royalty Jets 8-8  16. metropolis Bears 8-8  17. Kansas City Chiefs 7-9  18. Tennessee Titans 9-7  19. Cincinnati Bengals 9-7  20. Seattle Seahawks 7-9

 21. Washington Redskins

5-11

 22. Arizona Cardinals 8-8  23. Buffalo Bills  6-10

 24. Indianapolis Colts

2-14

 25. Oakland Raiders  8-8  26. metropolis Bay Buccaneers  4-12  27. Carolina Panthers  6-10  28. Jacksonville Jaguars  5-11  29. Cleveland Browns  4-12  30. Miami Dolphins  6-10  31. St. gladiator Rams   2-14  32. Minnesota Vikings  3-13

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