Carolina Plummeting in Power Rankings

ESPN.com has released their weekly Power Rankings.  In many ways, not much has changed since the last time these rankings were released.  However, for some teams, the change has been drastic.  No change has been more dramatic or surreal than the drop of the San Diego Chargers, once again finding themselves on the outside of the top 10.  Other notable changes were the Packers (from 4 to 3), the Colts, (3 to 4) and the Texans, who jumped from number 22 to 17 after getting their starting QB and WR1 back from injury.

Perhaps plummeting is an overreaction, considering the Panthers only dropped two spots this week, but the fact remains that the Panthers are running out of spots to drop.  They’re at number 25 now, with only seven teams worse than them in the entire NFL.  Does that sound right?  It doesn’t, does it?  It seems like the Carolina Panthers should be a better team.  It feels like they shouldn’t be in the lower third of NFL teams.  And yet, here they are.  They’re not totally out of the playoffs yet, but the Panthers need to get back on track quickly if they want to keep their postseason hopes alive.

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