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Texas will 100% be ranked ahead of Penn State. Also, Alabama is getting in over SMU. They shouldn't, but they will.

The problem is SMU doesn't have any marquee wins. They've got wins over an 8 win Louisville and 9 win Duke team as their marquee wins. And of all the teams in the playoff mix, only Notre Dame (1 loss) and Indiana (1 loss) have similar SOS concerns. I get if you don't want to hold their loss against them to keep them out of the playoff mix, but why would you get credit for winning it but not discredited if you lose it?

@Jameson_Neat, a Lions fan: "The Bears and 9ers games are much more important than the Bills game. Win only those two NFC matchups, coupled with any loss from both Philly and Minny in the next four weeks, then the Lions lock down the #1 seed before W18. That loss to the Rams is the fatal blow for the Vikings in this scenario." he is right, got to give him that.

Previous update (Week 9 2024) A disclaimer: I do not own a PFF subscription but my friend does and sent me this list to post it. PFF is obviously flawed, and in some cases downright laughable, I do not necessarily share their opinions on the top/worst players. Still, I do think at the very least players graded highly are playing at a relatively high level, and those graded poorly are not (even if the exact order is questionable). Keep in mind their new player grade scale lists players via a 1-100 format and that players of most positions that do not have a certain Snap % are not included (I think its like 25%). QUARTERBACK Top 6: 1. Lamar Jackson BAL 91.7 2. Joe Burrow CIN 91.3 3. Jayden Daniels WAS 87.9 4. Justin Herbert LAC 86.9 5. Derek Carr NO 86.5 6. Josh Allen BUF 85.9 Bottom 6: 1. Cooper Rush DAL 48.0 2. Will LEvis TEN 58.6 3. Jacoby Brissett NE 59.4 4. Mason Rudolph TEN 59.8 5. Gardner Minshew LV 60.7 6. Deshaun Watson CLE 63.1 RUNNINGBACK Top 7: 1. Derrick Henry BAL 91.9 2. Bijan Robinson ATL 91.4 3. Josh Jacobs GB 90.7 4. Bucky Irving TB 89.3 5. Kenneth Walker III SEA 88.5 6. James Conner ARI 85.4 7. David Montgomery DET 84.8 Bottom 7: 1. Jonathan Taylor IND 47.6 2. Kenneth Gainwell PHI 52.4 3. Breece Hall NYJ 56.5 4. Dare Ogunbowale HOU 57.8 5. Trey Sermon IND 58.0 6a. Zack Moss CIN 58.2 6b. Travis Etienne JAX 58.2 FULLBACK Top 3: 1. Michael Burton DEN 65.0 2. Kyle Juszczyk SF 56.5 3. Patrick Ricard BAL 55.6 Bottom 3: 1. Reggie Gilliam BUF 51.1 2. Alec Ingold MIA 51.2 3. Adam Prentice NO 53.3 WIDE RECEIVER Top 8: 1. Nico Collins HOU 92.5 2. A.J. Brown PHI 91.1 3. Puka Nacua LAR 90.0 4. Tee Higgins CIN 89.9 5. Josh Downs IND 87.8 6. Chris Godwin TB 86.3 7. Amon-Ra St. Brown DET 86.1 8. Justin Jefferson MIN 85.9 Bottom 8: 1. Ja'Lynn Polk NE 43.3 2. Jonathan Mingo DAL 48.1 3. Mason Tipton NO 48.4 4. Jalen McMillan TB 49.5 5. Jalin Hyatt NYG 50.9 6. Johnny Wilson PHI 51.4 7. Gabe Davis JAX 52.5 8. Justin Watson KC 53.4 TIGHT END Top 6: 1. George Kittle SF 89.9 2. Trey McBride ARI 86.5 3. Brock Bowers LV 86.4 4. Mark Andrews BAL 81.6 5. Jonnu Smith MIA 77.7 6. T.J. Hockenson MIN 77.3 Bottom 6: 1. Tip Reiman ARI 42.6 2. Julian Hill MIA 42.7 3. Durham Smythe MIA 43.9 4. Drew Sample CIN 44.4 5. Gerald Everett CHI 45.3 6. Davis Allen LAR 45.8 OFFENSIVE TACKLE Top 7: 1. Jordan Mailata PHI 94.9 2. Terron Armstead MIA 91.0 3. Rashawn Slater LAC 90.8 4. Penei Sewell DET 88.5 5. Tristan Wirfs TB 86.6 6. Trent Williams SF 85.6 7. Zach Tom GB 85.1 Bottom 7: 1. Demontrey Jacobs NE 39.9 2. Stone Forsythe SEA 43.1 3. Dawand Jones CLE 46.3 4. Chris Hubbard NYG 46.6 5. Nicholas Petit-Frere TEN 48.2 6. Tyler Guyton DAL 49.2 7. James Hudson III CLE 50.4 OFFENSIVE GUARD Top 7: 1. Chris Lindstrom ATL 90.7 2. Kevin Zeitler DET 90.0 3. Will Fries IND 86.9 4. Joe Thuney KC 85.6 5. Quinn Meinerz DEN 85.0 6a. Jordan Meredith LV 81.8 6b. John Simpson NYJ 81.8 Bottom 7: 1. Kenyon Green HOU 39.4 2. Zak Zinter CLE 43.9 3. Layden Robinson NE 44.6 4. Anthony Bradford SEA 50.1 5. Michael Jordan NE 51.4 6. Landon Young NO 52.9 7. Alex Cappa CIN 53.0 CENTER Top 5: 1. Creed Humphrey KC 93.8 2. Frank Ragnow DET 86.6 3. Tyler Linderbaum BAL 80.4 4. Drew Dalman ATL 79.4 5. Zach Frazier PIT 77.7 Bottom 5: 1. Ben Brown NE 49.7 2. Josh Myers GB 50.2 3. Daniel Brunskill TEN 54.2 4. Andre James LV 54.6 5. Lloyd Cushenberry III TEN 55.4 CORNERBACK Top 7: 1. Pat Surtain II DEN 84.3 2. Tarheeb Still LAC 82.9 3. Cooper DeJean PHI 82.4 4. Andru Philips NYG 81.9 5. Marlon Humphrey BAL 81.5 6. Kenny Moore II IND 80.3 7. Christian Benford BUF 80.1 Bottom 7: 1. L'Jarius Sneed TEN 36.3 2. Caelen Carson DAL 39.7 3. Alontae Taylor NO 42.1 4. Josh Jobe SEA 46.0 5. Decamerion Richardson LV 48.9 6a. Avonte Maddox PHI 50.3 6b. Noah Igbinoghene WAS 50.3 SAFETY Top 7: 1. Kerby Joseph DET 91.0 2. Xavier McKinney GB 88.0 3. Kyle Hamilton BAL 87.3 4. Jabrill Peppers NE 83.6 5. Brian Branch DET 81.2 6. Julian Love SEA 80.8 7. Brandon Jones DEN 79.8 Bottom 7: 1. Percy Butler WAS 42.3 2. Marcus Wiliams BAL 42.9 3. Geno Stone CIN 45.1 4. Antonio Johnson JAX 46.1 5. Rodney McLeod CLE 46.6 6. Kyle Dugger NE 49.4 7. Eddie Jackson BAL 50.7 LINEBACKER Top 7: 1. Zack Baun PHI 89.6 2. Fred Warner SF 88.4 3. Bobby Wagner WAS 83.3 4. Jack Gibbens TEN 83.2 5. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah CLE 80.6 6. Leo Chenal KC 79.9 7. Elandon Roberts PIT 79.8 Bottom 7: 1. David Long Jr. DET 35.7 2. Baylon Spector BUF 40.0 3. Raekwon McMillan NE 40.8 4. Marist Liufau DAL 43.3 5. K.J. Britt TB 44.9 6. Divine Deablo LV 49.9 7. Kenneth Murray Jr. TEN 50.1 "INTERIOR DEFENDER" Top 7: 1. Cameron Heyward PIT 90.6 2. Dexter Lawrence NYG 89.9 3. Chris Jones KC 86.6 4. Leonard Williams SEA 85.0 5. Poona Ford LAC 83.5 6. DeForest Buckner IND 82.6 7. Calais Campbell MIA 81.5 Bottom 7: 1. Phidarian Mathis WAS 32.3 2. Johnathan Hankins SEA 33.2 3. Folorunso Fatukasi HOU 34.2 4. Mazi Smith DAL 36.8 5. Bryan Bresee NO 37.5 6. Otito Ogbonnia LAC 37.6 7. LaBryan Ray CAR 38.5 "EDGE DEFENDER" Top 7: 1. Aidan Hutchinson DET 94.9 2. T.J. Watt PIT 92.5 3. Myles Garrett CLE 91.7 4. Khalil Mack LAC 91.5 5. Nick Herbig PIT 91.0 6. Nick Bosa SF 90.3 7. Micah Parsons DAL 89.8 Bottom 7: 1. Jaylen Harrell TEN 41.7 2. Lorenzo Carter ATL 44.1 3. Ogbo Okoronkwo CLE 45.0 4. Bud Dupree LAC 46.0 5. Clelin Ferrell WAS 48.6 6. Matthew Judon ATL 49.1 7. Joe Tryon-Shoyinka TB 50.9 KICKER Top 5: 1. Brandon Aubrey DAL 94.9 2. Chris Boswell PIT 91.4 3. Jason Myers SEA 90.2 4. Jake Bates DET 87.8 5. Nick Folk TEN 86.3 Bottom 5: 1. Greg Zuerlein NYJ 29.9 2. Dustin Hopkins kCLE 30.0 3. Cade York CIN 34.2 4. Brayden Narveson GB 43.8 5. Joshua Karty LA 51.6 PUNTER Top 5: 1. A.J. Cole LV 96.4 2. J.K. Scott LAC 90.3 3a. Michael Dickson SEA 90.1 3b. Logan Cooke JAX 90.1 5. Corey Bojorquez CLE 86.3 Bottom 5: 1. Jake Camarda TB 47.6 2. Trenton Gill TB 47.9 3. Johnny Hekker CAR 53.9 4. Ryan Stonehouse TEN 54.5 5. Tress Way WAS 54.6 I'll post a final update after the regular season...

@vikesfan89, you're in 1st place and haven't made your picks yet. don't snooze it out and take five losses today!

If SMU would have lost embarrassingly, they wouldn't have even had a conversation. But look at it logically. Prior to last week's loss against Syracuse, Miami was ranked 6th while SMU was 9th. Both teams have since suffered a loss, so it stands to reason that the committee is going to believe that Miami (FL) is still better than SMU. Best case scenario for SMU is that it's a toss-up, and they reward the team that made the ACC Championship. The problem is that Miami (FL) was ranked behind Alabama this week, so it stands to reason they'll stay behind Alabama next week.

9-0 @vike daddy Teams used: (HOU and MINN/DET and KC and TB/DAL and DEN and BUFF and WASH/) Week 4: MIA, TENN, PITT, SEA, PHI

Week 1: Goff (217) Week 2: Mayfield (185) Week 3: Carr (142) Week 4: Allen (180) Week 5: Stroud (331) Week 6: Dak (178) Week 7: Love (220) Week 8: Cousins (276) Week 9: Stafford (298) Week 10: Darnold (241) Week 11: Purdy (159) Week 12: Herbert (218) Week 13: Mahomes (306) Week 14: total - 2,951 weekly average - 227.0 projected total - 4,086 (+119 from last week) need to average 341.5 for six weeks to reach 5000 yards total

GP is going to play, lets see if hamstring is a problem. Not good considering the schedule but maybe williams will get more snaps