The wisdom of crowds by aggregating subjective power rankings is a powerful NFL preseason predictor. This episode describes these results and looks at what the latest numbers say about the Chicago Bears, New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams. (full rankings below)
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Here are the full rankings. The number next to the team is a rating, or an expected margin of victory against an average team at a neutral site.
- Philadelphia, 7.83
- Buffalo, 6.40
- Baltimore, 6.00
- Kansas City, 5.93
- Detroit, 5.58
- Washington, 3.74
- Los Angeles Rams, 3.28
- Green Bay, 2.53
- Los Angeles Chargers, 2.04
- Denver, 1.97
- Tampa Bay, 1.79
- Minnesota, 1.66
- Cincinnati, 1.10
- San Francisco, 0.62
- Houston, 0.47
- Chicago, -0.21
- Dallas, -0.83
- Arizona, -0.99
- Atlanta, -1.28
- Seattle, -1.33
- Pittsburgh, -1.72
- Miami, -2.58
- Las Vegas, -2.91
- Jacksonville, -3.05
- New England, -3.08
- Indianapolis, -3.71
- New York Jets, -4.17
- Carolina, -4.38
- New York Giants, -5.61
- Cleveland, -6.73
- Tennessee, -7.02
- New Orleans, -7.69
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