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Week 5 BES Rankings

In Week 5, the BES wasn’t as predictive as it was in Week 4, going 8-6 in accordance with its rankings. That gives the BES an 18-11 (.621) mark over the last two weeks and a 27-18 (.600) record since launching our first set of 2016 rankings after Week 2. Those aren’t bad numbers but certainly nothing worth lighting fireworks in the front yard over.

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Steelers HB Le’Veon Bell

As for this week’s report, the Vikings (5-0) have recaptured the No. 1 spot atop the BES after a demonstrative 31-13 thrashing of the Texans (3-2). Their BES Overall score of 3.71 is virtually light-years ahead of the Eagles (3.22) who now reside in second place after a gut-wrenching and somewhat controversial 24-23 loss to the Lions (2-3). The Vikings will enjoy a bye in Week 6 before t to face the Eagles in Week 7, a highly anticipated clash to say the least.

The Steelers (4-1) continue their gradual climb up the BES Top-10, landing at No. 3 this week. They opened at No. 2 in our Week 2 rankings before a 34-3 dismemberment at the hands of the Eagles in Week 3 shot them down to No. 6. They’ve since recovered nicely with an impressive two-game, home winning streak marked by the return of ultra-versatile halfback Le’Veon Bell in Week 4.

The Bills (3-2) cracked the BES Top-10 this week, riding the momentum of an impressive three-game winning streak. That span of wins includes back-to-back road victories over the Patriots (4-1) in Week 4 and Rams (3-2) in Week 5. Both the Patriots and Rams ranked higher than the Bills heading into those contests, another key factor influencing their promotion to the top-10.

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4 comments

  1. So I’m assuming our L to the eagles is the reason we’re #3.. I’ll live with that (for now) lol

    • Yeah that loss knocked the Steelers back a few spots and the Eagles own the head-to-head. Steelers were #2 behind the Vikings when the BES opened this season. So they’re right back on track.

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