Oh, Canada...and the Latest GPR

The weekly Grandstander Power Rankings will have to wait just a bit because of the breaking news out of the South Side headquarters of the Pittsburgh Steelers:

Matt Canada OUT as the Steelers OC.  Hey, I'll never rejoice when someone loses his job (with the exception of 45), but everyone is accountable to someone, and today, the books got balanced where Matt Canada was concerned.

Not sure where this goes from here.  Of course they aren't going to change the playbook at this point, but maybe they can use what they have in a more imaginative way?

This also represents a change in the Steelers Way of doing things.  Firing a coach in mid-season, even an assistant?  I can't say that I ever remember them doing something like this, and I've been following this team for over (covers month and mumbles indistinctly) years.  Clearly, things weren't going right.  One didn't need to possess the football intellect of Vince Lombardi to see that.  Maybe the jolt of Canada's firing will light a spark under this offense.  It's a long shot, but keeping the status quo was sending the wrong message to everybody.

Josh McDaniels is currently unemployed.  He was lousy head coach, twice, but he was peerless as an OC, or at least he was when he had Tom Brady as a quarterback.  Just throwin' a name out there.

Okay, now it's time for the GPR.

Some movement this week.  Vikings and Steelers out, Cowboys and Texans in, and the Eagles maintain their stranglehold at Number 1 by winning their Super Bowl rematch last night against the Chiefs.

1. Eagles 9-1 (Last Week 1)
2. Ravens 8-3 (3)
3. Lions 8-2 (5)
4. Chiefs 7-3 (2)
5. 49ers 7-3 (4)
6. Dolphins 7-3 (6)
7. Jaguars 7-3 (9)
8. Browns 7-3 (7)
9. Cowboys 7-3 (not ranked)
10. Texans  6-4 (not ranked)

Others receiving consideration: Bills, Bengals, Saints, Seahawks, Steelers, Vikings.

Two weeks ago, on November 7, I made a parlay bet on Fan Duel that the Eagles and Ravens would win their Conference Championships and meet in the Super Bowl at +1520.  My $5 wager will return $81 if it hits.  I'm liking that bet.  Those odds, by the way, on this same bet have now dropped to +1350.