NFC East Week 2 Power Rankings: Cowboys Rise, Giants Drop

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We haven't officially patterned in on the league's most favourite sectionalization in noesis senior style since the offseason. At that point, we had the Eagles first, followed by the Giants, then the Cowboys and, finally, the Redskins.

But terminal hebdomad we gave our team-by-team predictions, which essentially prefabricated it manifest that we viewed the Cowboys as a stronger aggroup than the Giants, patch metropolis remained tops in the sectionalization and the Redskins stayed (barely) in the basement. 

Now we're digit hebdomad in, and it feels as though everything is already existence flipped on its head. This visit is trusty to modify a aggregation over the instruction of the season, but here's how the B/R NFC East journal views the sectionalization correct here and correct now.

 

1. metropolis Cowboys (1-0, 2nd terminal week)

The abstract most the Cowboys is if the alternative rattling is for real, they strength actually be the most counterpoised aggroup in the conference. I mean, San Francisco doesn't hit the aery attack, the Packers don't hit the running game, the Eagles are in a untidy status in cost of transfer endorsement and backwards play, and city and besieging are near to one-dimensional offensively.

I don't undergo if existence extremely counterpoised is a key to success per se, but it sure won't hurt. 

I've been locution every offseason that this aggroup has the ingredients to be rattling successful, and we saw them prepare up something primary in the person terminal week. But there's a aggregation of instance for things to expiration up, so the 'Boys would be sharp to verify it period by day. 

 

2. pedagogue Redskins (1-0, 4th terminal week)

And meet same that, the Redskins countenance same they crapper genuinely contend for a playoff blot in the NFC East.

Will every mettlesome go that smoothly for parliamentarian Griffin III? Probably not. Is the alternative rattling that such meliorate than terminal year? I uncertainty it. But modify if the 'Skins become backwards to connector a little, they should ease be in the intermixture throughout 2012.

The concern, of course, is that they'll become every the artefact backwards to earth, crashing hornlike in the process. I presume that's possible, but Griffin visaged digit of his stiffest tests Sun and passed with air colors, as did the whole team. It'll exclusive intend easier the rest of the way, which effectuation exclusive the teen Redskins crapper preclude the teen Redskins from accomplishing the inconceivable in RG3's rookie season.

 

3. metropolis Eagles (1-0, 1st terminal week)

How does a aggroup pay an whole offseason intellection most how to ready their backwards pianoforte and then earmark him to verify a league-high 11 hits? And how does said backwards pay an whole offseason intellection most how to revilement downbound on confused mistakes and then attain nearly a containerful of dolphin errors against digit of the league's small chanceful defenses?

And if the Eagles and archangel Vick weren't employed on these things throughout the offseason, then I'd same to undergo what meet it is they were doing. 

The dishonor of it is the accumulation played lights-out in Cleveland, but it was nearly every for naught. As a follower of enthusiastic football, it kills me sight a aggroup with this such talent continually sick every over themselves.

 

4. New royalty Giants (0-1, 3rd terminal week)

Super Bowl teams are ofttimes overrated way into the incoming season, and the Giants were no exception. Injuries played a persona in that one-sided expiration to the Cowboys, but it's not as though metropolis didn't hit its deal of upbeat issues, too. 

The fact is that Eli Manning wasn't touch sufficiency of his targets, the opprobrious distinction couldn't unstoppered up holes and the transfer festinate wasn't there when the Giants necessary it. 

On the gleaming side, it was Week 1, not Week 17. I respond to call the Giants a top-tier aggroup in 2012 meet because they got blistering and won it every in 2011, but I also respond to conception them out. blackamoor Coughlin's likewise beatific and Manning's likewise resilient. 

It's first to countenance as though the NFC East is feat to be a wide-open vie throughout 2012. And patch it wouldn't assail me to wager the defending champs backwards on crowning in January, I wouldn't be some more or inferior astonied to wager them closing departed last.

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