murksiderock
Superstar
This is based on team's entire histories, and it isn't married to just their current cities they play in. Sure, the Texans are only 20 years old, they can't help that they haven't been around as long as everyone else but it is what it is...
Half The League used to play in a city other than their current one. From my Skins and Titans to the Rams and Chargers. An All-Time power ranking is based on the franchise's entire history, not just what they've done in one city; going by city rather than one franchise wouldn't even make sense as some cities like Chicago, St Louis, Cleveland have hosted multiple franchises thar don't even exist for them anymore...
And an All-Time power ranking is just that, "All-Time". Not "Super Bowl era", the Super Bowl era is included in the All-Time analysis anyway...
AFC
Patriots
Steelers
Raiders
Broncos
Colts
Dolphins
Chiefs
Bills
Ravens
Browns
Titans
Chargers
Bengals
Jets
Jaguars
Texans
I was torn between Raiders and Broncos in the heavyweight tier. They are both AFC heavyweight franchises but it's a coin flip to me who has the better background, it could go either way...
The Chiefs have climbed their way into that "almost elite" tier since Andy became coach, they weren't here 10 years ago. And with Reid and MaCracker, they'll be climbing even higher in years to come, probably match the Colts within the next decade...
If it was just Super Bowl era the Ravens would be higher and the Browns would be lower, but Cleveland was a Top 3 franchise pre-merger, right there with GB and Chicago. It matters. Obviously a quarter century of losing is how you end up in the "almost bad" tier, if they were just mediocre since the '99 reincarnation (think Vikings), they'd be higher. And Baltimore being the #9 AFC franchise after less than 30 years of work is a credit to that franchise. They could replace the Bills in the next tier in the next decade...
The Bengals are deservedly in that "historically terrible" tier, they've been awful most of their history. But they are gaining on the Chargers and Titans, they could catch them really soon...
Thoughts?
Half The League used to play in a city other than their current one. From my Skins and Titans to the Rams and Chargers. An All-Time power ranking is based on the franchise's entire history, not just what they've done in one city; going by city rather than one franchise wouldn't even make sense as some cities like Chicago, St Louis, Cleveland have hosted multiple franchises thar don't even exist for them anymore...
And an All-Time power ranking is just that, "All-Time". Not "Super Bowl era", the Super Bowl era is included in the All-Time analysis anyway...
AFC
Patriots
Steelers
Raiders
Broncos
Colts
Dolphins
Chiefs
Bills
Ravens
Browns
Titans
Chargers
Bengals
Jets
Jaguars
Texans
I was torn between Raiders and Broncos in the heavyweight tier. They are both AFC heavyweight franchises but it's a coin flip to me who has the better background, it could go either way...
The Chiefs have climbed their way into that "almost elite" tier since Andy became coach, they weren't here 10 years ago. And with Reid and MaCracker, they'll be climbing even higher in years to come, probably match the Colts within the next decade...
If it was just Super Bowl era the Ravens would be higher and the Browns would be lower, but Cleveland was a Top 3 franchise pre-merger, right there with GB and Chicago. It matters. Obviously a quarter century of losing is how you end up in the "almost bad" tier, if they were just mediocre since the '99 reincarnation (think Vikings), they'd be higher. And Baltimore being the #9 AFC franchise after less than 30 years of work is a credit to that franchise. They could replace the Bills in the next tier in the next decade...
The Bengals are deservedly in that "historically terrible" tier, they've been awful most of their history. But they are gaining on the Chargers and Titans, they could catch them really soon...
Thoughts?
