Thread by @adamchernoff

The easiest way for most bettors to create NFL Power Rankings explained in a thread. (Key words in that sentence are "easiest" and "most bettors".)

The 0-100 method begins as it sounds, take a piece of paper and draw a line with 0 on one side and 100 on another.

0 = the worst team in NFL history
100 = the best team in NFL history

Plot four teams on the 0-100 scale based on how you feel about the team. Examples included...

Best: (KC 90)
Worst: (HOU 15)
Avg or Worse: (LAC 40)
Avg or Better: (TEN 60)

Continue to add teams in as you go. It is easiest to work from left to right. Just keep asking if the team you are rating is better or worse than each team on the plot. Once the answer is no, that is where the team should be plotted. Work through the league.

Once all the teams are plotted, your goal is to determine what the league range is.

League range = the difference in points between the best possible team and worst possible team.

The number usually falls between 21-28, it's your pick. This example uses 24.

If you want to make a point spread for any matchup, just use the proportion of the league range the team takes up. For example, let's do HOU (rating of 15) vs KC (rating of 90) with a league range of 24.

HOU (24 * 0.15) = 3.6
KC (24 * 0.90) = 21.6

21.6 - 3.6 = 18

KC -18 v HOU

After each week during the season, move teams around on the plot based on what you value in performance. Team exceeded expectations? Move them up. Team failed to meet expectations? Move them down. Just always work from left to right to find a place in the league.

As the league progresses and you learn more about the season, adjust the league range as needed. Usually it needs little tweaking, but, if something is off, a league range adjustment moves all teams together.

The upside of this method (in my opinion) is that it forces the view to always be on the big picture. It is easy to get excited about teams, but when all 32 are laid out relative to each other, it keeps over/under reactions in check effectively.

Obviously, there are downsides. This method is almost entirely subjective, nothing about it is automated and all adjustments are based largely on your feel, interpretation of play/stats and "gut", for lack of a better term. If any of those are way off, your ratings might suck.

However, the point of the thread is to explain an easy way for MOST bettors to make and maintain their own ratings without a ton of hassle. Is this the best way? Most likely not. At worst it is a fun exercise. At most it is a simple way for bettors to try make their own numbers.