http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/min/schedule

That is our schedule now we can compare to the the recent preseason rankings

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/NFL-pre-camp-power-rankings-2010

week 1  1 NO

week 2 16 Dolphins

week 3 31 Lion north

week 5 4 Jets

week 6 6 Dallas

week 7 7 GB north

week 8 10 NE

week 9 19 AZ

week 10 21 CHI north

week 11 7 GB north

week 12 17 RedSkins

week 13 29 Bills

week 14 22 Giants

week 15 21 CHI north

week 16 13 Philly

week 17 31 Lions north

so the average rank of our division is 20 but that does not really count because it is so tough to win out against your division.

Average rank of non division opponents 13.7 pretty tough!  This does not give us a lot of room for errors or flat games.  The Philly game and a much improved Detroit at the end of the season will be critical.  

Thoughts (of course preseason rankings mean almost nothing, but what else do we have to work with now?)