Final 2017 Charger Power Rankings and Ratings

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Here is the "final" Charger power rankings and statistical ratings for the 2017 season. Some of rankers do continue to post rankings, but it's usually only for the playoff teams.

Initial Draft position is set at 17, then will rotate up to the 16th pick in the 2nd round, then down to the 20th pick in the 3rd.

Summary:

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I'll post the source links here...

Power Rankers:

Bleacher Report - http://bleacherreport.com/users/7902868-chris-simms
Yahoo - https://www.yahoo.com/author/frank-schwab
Walter Football - http://walterfootball.com/nflpowerrankings.php
NFL.com - http://www.nfl.com/news/author?id=09000d5d82036444
CBS Sports -   https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/powerrankings/
SB Nation - http://www.sbnation.com/nfl-power-rankings
Pro Football Talk - http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/
Sporting News - http://www.sportingnews.com/author/11-vinnie-iyer
Fansided.com - https://fansided.com/author/mattverderame/

Polls:

USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/rankings/
ESPN - http://espn.go.com/nfl/
MMQB SI.COM  - https://www.si.com/nfl
Reddit NFL Power Rankers  - http://www.reddit.com/user/NFLPowerRankers/submitted/
AP Pro 32 - http://www.pro32.ap.org/poll

Ratings:

Prediction Machine - https://www.predictionmachine.com/team-power-rankings
Sagarin - http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/sagarin/
Team Rankings - http://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/ranking/predictive-by-other
Beat Graphs - http://www.beatgraphs.com/graphs.php?league=NFL&method=S
Pro-Football-Reference - http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2017/
Massey - http://www.masseyratings.com/rate.php?s=nfl2017
538 Elo - http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2017-nfl-predictions/
Number Fire - https://www.numberfire.com/nfl/teams/power-rankings
Odds Shark - http://www.oddsshark.com/nfl/power-rankings
ARGH - http://www.arghratings.com/nfl.html
Aikman Efficiency -  http://www.aikman.com/AikmanEfficiencyRatings.aspx
Football Outsiders - http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-ratings
ESPN Football Power Index - http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/Football-Power-Index/espn-nfl-football-power-index
ColdHardFootballFacts - http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/stats/

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Blurbs... if known.

Chris Simms, Bleacher Report/PFT 11 (LW 12) (Best 10, Worst 30)

They might not be headed to the postseason, but for my money, the Los Angeles Chargers are still one of the best teams in the AFC.

The fact L.A. isn't in the postseason just goes to show how close this league is. You can't afford to blow games at any point in the season, and the Chargers blew way too many of them early in the year.

Still, the future is bright for Los Angeles. I have a lot of respect for and faith in head coach Anthony Lynn. The Chargers have a lot of talent on their roster too. There isn't much this team needs to add. The Chargers found their groove late in the season, and there's a lot in place to build upon in 2018.
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Frank Schwab, Yahoo Sports 11 (LW 10) (Best 9, Worst 28)Walter Football 8 (LW 8) (Best 6, Worst 27)

I loved how the Charger players said stuff like, "No one wants to see us in the playoffs." Uhh... how about the Chiefs, who destroyed you guys twice?

Still, there's some truth to that. The Chargers would be the fourth-best team on the AFC side of the playoff bracket had they qualified for the postseason. It's kind of ridiculous that the Bills qualified over them, if you think about it. The Chargers destroyed Buffalo, and they finished with the same record, so why can't common sense prevail and allow the Chargers to play in the postseason?

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Elliot Harrison, NFL.com 11 (LW 12) (Best 6, Worst 29)

I can read your thoughts right now: How can the Chargers be 11th when they didn't even make the playoffs?! But these are Power Rankings, not Power Standings. Don't know about you, but I'd much rather see my favorite team play the Titans than this group. That starts with the quarterback position, where Philip Rivers was dialing up long balls just like when you would Duct tape the barrel of your plastic bat and knock wiffle balls to kingdom come. Rivers still has it -- and the pass rush is legit. The Bolts need to go back to the well and draft more offensive linemen. Though, don't forget: Second-round pick Forrest Lamp missed the whole year.

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Pete Prisco, CBS Sports 16 (LW 15) (Best 10, Worst 30)

They will again look back at all the close games they lost and wonder why they are sitting home. They would have been a dangerous playoff team. (He pushed all playoff teams to the top 12)
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Adam Stites, SB Nation 14 (LW 14) (Best 9, Worst 31)

No blurb, but these are "Hope ratings" on how he perceives how fans feel about the team after the last game, and he is only putting teams in the playoffs in his top 12. #13 was the Niners...fans are gaga for Garoppolo.
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Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk/NBC (LW 13) (Best 10, Worst 28)

Probably no ranking ...
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Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News (LW 13) (Best 12, Worst 31)

Probably no ranking...
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Matt Verderame, Fansided.com (LW 12) (Best 10, Worst 29)

Pending

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USA Today 10 (LW 13) (Best 10, Worst 31)ESPN 11 (LW 12 ) (Best 10, Worst 28)

Opponent winning percentage: .457; fifth-easiest. The Chargers came up just short of the playoffs despite playing a relatively easy schedule. In the end, L.A. just couldn't break through against the top teams, finishing 2-5 against opponents with a winning record versus 7-2 against teams .500 or worse.
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MMQB Panel Poll 11 (LW 12 ) (Best 8, Worst 30)

If the panel had voted for the playoffs, college style:

AFC
1. Patriots
2. Steelers
3. Chiefs
4. Jaguars
5. Chargers
6. Bills
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Reddit 11 (LW 13) (Best 11, Worst 28)

Week 17 was a good one on the pitch for Cal State Dominguez Hills Chargers FC. Even with the lack of directional kicking skills, the Chargers were more than able to manhandle the visiting(?) Raiders. This wasn't enough to overcome past miscues and the Chargers fail to advance for the fourth straight year. Still, there was a lot to be proud of this season as the team has a clear direction for the future. Whether or not this will translate to fanbase support remains to be seen
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AP Pro 32 Poll 12 (LW 13) (Best 11, Worst 29)

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Prediction Machine:

Overall Rank 6
Offensive Rank 5
Defensive Rank 11
Offensive Pass Efficiency 3
Offensive Rush Efficiency 22
Defensive Pass Efficiency 2
Defensive Rush Efficiency 32

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Sagarin end rating 22.77

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Pro Football Reference Simple Rating System (to average 0.0) 3.6

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FiveThirtyEight Elo ; 1565

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ARGH : 11, best of season, .574

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Aikman:

Combined 159.8 (6th) (NFL 5th)
Offense 81.3 (11th) (NFL 4th)
Defense 78.5 (4th) (NFL 15th)

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ESPN Football Power Index:

Overall #5 (5.9)
Offense 4.2
Defense 2.2
Special Teams -0.5

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Final Football Outsiders DVOA Ratings:

	TEAM	TOTAL DVOA	LAST YEAR	LAST WEEK	WEI. DVOA	RANK	W-L	OFFENSE DVOA	OFF. RANK	DEFENSE DVOA	DEF. RANK	S.T. DVOA	S.T. RANK
1	NO	30.7%	21	2	32.9%	2	11-5	21.6%	2	-7.9%	8	1.2%	15
2	LARM	27.7%	30	1	30.3%	3	11-5	11.1%	6	-9.7%	6	6.8%	2
3	PIT	27.1%	4	3	27.5%	5	13-3	17.6%	3	-6.4%	9	3.1%	9
4	MIN	25.1%	20	5	28.8%	4	13-3	12.0%	5	-13.9%	2	-0.9%	18
5	PHI	23.5%	5	4	23.6%	7	13-3	10.0%	8	-12.6%	5	0.9%	16
6	NE	22.6%	1	6	33.6%	1	13-3	27.3%	1	10.9%	31	6.3%	3
7	BAL	18.5%	12	7	24.7%	6	9-7	-4.5%	21	-13.8%	3	9.2%	1
8	JAC	13.1%	26	9	9.2%	10	10-6	-0.2%	16	-16.1%	1	-2.8%	24
9	CAR	13.0%	24	8	15.0%	9	11-5	-0.5%	17	-8.8%	7	4.7%	6
10	KC	10.5%	6	10	0.0%	16	10-6	15.7%	4	10.6%	30	5.3%	4
11	LACH	7.9%	19	11	18.6%	8	9-7	10.7%	7	-4.7%	12	-7.5%	31
12	DET	5.6%	27	16	1.1%	15	9-7	4.5%	12	4.0%	19	5.1%	5
13	DAL	5.4%	2	12	8.7%	11	9-7	6.7%	10	5.9%	25	4.6%	7
14	SEA	3.2%	11	14	2.8%	13	9-7	1.3%	14	-3.8%	13	-2.0%	20
15	ATL	1.5%	3	17	2.3%	14	10-6	8.2%	9	5.6%	22	-1.2%	19
16	WAS	-0.5%	9	13	-7.9%	20	7-9	-3.0%	20	-4.9%	11	-2.4%	22
	TEAM	TOTAL DVOA	LAST YEAR	LAST WEEK	WEI. DVOA	RANK	W-L	OFFENSE DVOA	OFF. RANK	DEFENSE DVOA	DEF. RANK	S.T. DVOA	S.T. RANK
17	GB	-3.3%	7	15	-9.5%	21	7-9	0.4%	15	4.9%	20	1.3%	14
18	TEN	-5.6%	15	19	-7.0%	19	9-7	-2.1%	18	5.1%	21	1.6%	13
19	OAK	-6.6%	10	18	-5.7%	18	6-10	3.9%	13	10.3%	29	-0.2%	17
20	SF	-8.3%	28	23	2.9%	12	6-10	-2.8%	19	8.3%	26	2.9%	11
21	BUF	-9.8%	17	20	-18.1%	28	9-7	-11.1%	26	1.7%	15	2.9%	10
22	ARI	-11.2%	16	21	-3.8%	17	8-8	-18.4%	30	-12.6%	4	-5.5%	28
23	TB	-11.9%	22	22	-14.3%	25	5-11	5.3%	11	11.7%	32	-5.5%	29
24	CIN	-12.5%	13	24	-12.4%	24	7-9	-6.4%	22	3.7%	17	-2.4%	21
25	CHI	-15.9%	25	25	-11.2%	22	5-11	-14.9%	28	-1.5%	14	-2.4%	23
26	NYJ	-17.3%	32	26	-15.2%	26	5-11	-10.2%	24	4.0%	18	-3.2%	25
27	MIA	-19.8%	18	28	-17.4%	27	6-10	-13.0%	27	9.4%	28	2.6%	12
28	HOU	-20.3%	29	27	-37.1%	32	4-12	-10.2%	25	5.6%	23	-4.5%	26
29	DEN	-20.9%	14	29	-29.3%	31	5-11	-18.9%	31	-5.5%	10	-7.4%	30
30	NYG	-22.2%	8	30	-21.2%	30	3-13	-9.0%	23	5.7%	24	-7.5%	32
31	IND	-22.4%	23	31	-12.1%	23	4-12	-17.7%	29	8.4%	27	3.7%	8
32	CLE	-27.2%	31	32	-19.0%	29	0-16	-20.1%	32	2.0%	16	-5.1%	27

End Schedule ranking was 29.

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Summary and blurbs updated. (Frank Schwab's came in last). I hope this weekly summary was of good value to you!

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Summary and blurbs updated. (Frank Schwab's came in last). I hope this weekly summary was of good value to you!

Yes I did enjoy following the rankings from week to week