Prospectus Hit List for September 10



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Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

89

54

97.2

96.7

96.9

.664

.668

90.6%

9.4%

99.9%

-0.1%

-0.1%

TEXANS: At least their baseball team can beat Boston’s?
2

98

46

93.8

90.0

88.7

.643

.648

99.5%

0.5%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

PATRIOTS: A historically dominant regular season team that the entire region will turn on after any postseason loss? Sounds right.
3

89

54

86.8

88.5

87.0

.614

.619

0.5%

99.3%

99.9%

-0.1%

-0.1%

GIANTS: What’s that? Young offensive stars dragged down by older players in key positions, you say?
4

78

65

85.7

89.3

88.9

.598

.593

59.6%

13.4%

73.0%

10.1%

-3.0%

RAMS: What could possibly go wrong with a star-laden team with sky-high expectations in Los Angeles?
5

87

57

82.5

84.8

84.3

.588

.593

9.4%

89.4%

98.8%

-0.2%

4.0%

RAIDERS: Just when you thought an Oakland team couldn’t make a worse trade than the Josh Donaldson deal ...
6

81

62

86.0

84.3

79.8

.579

.584

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

BROWNS: It’d be a lot more newsworthy if the Indians went 600-plus days without a win.
7

78

64

77.8

85.7

85.6

.576

.581

0.0%

1.0%

1.0%

0.3%

-0.8%

BUCS: Both the Rays and Bucs have storied histories of acquiring players who would never be called Saints, so maybe Week 1 makes sense.
8

83

59

82.4

82.1

81.8

.580

.575

77.3%

22.3%

99.6%

-0.1%

-0.0%

BEARS: The Khalil Mack trade is like the Jason Heyward signing in that it’s purely for defensive purposes and any offense you get is a nice plus.
9

79

64

81.6

83.5

83.9

.573

.569

93.2%

0.7%

93.9%

4.7%

5.0%

FALCONS: Perhaps the Braves can loan A.J. Minter to help the Falcons actually close out games?
10

76

67

80.5

80.0

79.9

.553

.548

8.0%

8.1%

16.1%

-8.2%

-21.1%

CARDINALS: Both units are likely to score between 3-6 points a game.
11

82

62

76.8

77.8

77.4

.545

.540

19.3%

76.9%

96.2%

1.7%

15.5%

PACKERS: Well, these fans are used to rooting for a team carried by its offense ...
12

79

64

79.6

76.1

74.6

.541

.536

3.4%

58.2%

61.6%

6.9%

-0.1%

TITANS: Just give Marcus Mariota like six days in the Cards’ farm system and he’ll start throwing much better.
13

71

72

78.9

79.3

79.1

.539

.534

0.2%

0.2%

0.4%

-0.2%

-0.7%

WASHINGTON: It’s too bad they’ll have to rely on Adrian Peterson after a preseason injury to Derrius “Childish Bambino” Guice.
14

71

72

76.0

72.9

73.7

.513

.518

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

CHARGERS: Maybe the Angels could use Philip Rivers’ propagation skills to rebuild their farm system.
15

78

64

69.9

72.4

72.9

.516

.511

32.4%

18.0%

50.4%

-9.9%

16.5%

BRONCOS: Who is Case Keenum if not the Jon Gray of quarterbacks?
16

79

64

65.9

68.8

70.2

.496

.501

0.0%

0.4%

0.4%

0.0%

-3.1%

SEAHAWKS: The Legion of Boomstick is no more, it seems.
17

74

68

69.6

71.6

71.2

.504

.499

6.6%

2.0%

8.6%

-5.0%

-12.3%

EAGLES: Whether we’re talking baseball or football, it’s all about the Foals.
18

71

71

71.3

68.4

68.4

.492

.487

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.0%

0.1%

STEELERS: Ya know, if the Pirates played on par with the Indians, Pittsburgh fans would be pretty excited.
19

65

77

66.2

66.6

66.9

.466

.461

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

JETS: If Sam Darnold was a Met he’d basically be guaranteed to have Jake Locker’s career.
20

68

76

65.7

64.2

66.7

.459

.454

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

49ERS: This entire region pretty much specializes in unfounded optimism about their sports teams.
21

65

78

61.8

62.0

62.3

.439

.444

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

BILLS: Ah good, another cold-weather team that looks to have its hopes sunk by disappointing young arms.
22

61

82

63.9

60.8

62.7

.434

.439

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

COWBOYS: Adrian Beltre is the only good thing about these two teams combined.
23

65

77

63.9

59.7

58.0

.434

.439

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

VIKINGS: Maybe we can save Byron Buxton’s career by having him return punts?
24

61

83

63.0

62.9

64.2

.436

.431

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

BENGALS: Johnny Cueto would’ve made a great Bengal since he’s been ejected for head-hunting.
25

59

84

59.1

58.8

56.2

.408

.412

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

LIONS: They may finish September with the same number of wins.
26

56

87

55.8

57.4

55.7

.393

.398

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

PANTHERS: Maybe they can send the Jerry Richardson statue down to the minors to work on its defense?
27

57

88

57.7

55.8

58.4

.395

.390

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

SAINTS: Yes, this is a stretch, but if Drew Brees had been a Padre they definitely would’ve found a way to trade him too.
28

56

86

50.8

54.7

57.4

.385

.381

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

DOLPHINS: Say what you want about Derek Jeter but he’d know to cut bait on Ryan Tannehill #noLs
29

47

95

50.2

49.9

49.0

.345

.350

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

CHIEFS: Finally, a promising young arm in Kansas City.
30

41

102

47.8

44.9

46.5

.315

.319

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

RAVENS: Nothing signifies the changing of the seasons quite like a Baltimore team playing good defense.