so EG improving over time has nothing to do with it because at the start EG did suck
thats my whole point. power rankings by their very nature are out of date before they are ever published. We as viewers don't know how good a team actually is until we see them play. as such using consensus to measure the skill level of a team is inherently flawed. I brought up EG because teams do not become good overnight. odds are EG was much better than consensus believed and simply didn't have the results. Once the have the results consensus changed, but that change can only come after they are good. Using consensus means you are just looking at past results and assuming that they will predict future ones which as we saw many many many many many times previously (mibr vs NRG, NRG imploding at champs, KRU going on a run at LCQ, zeta division at reykjavik, FNC blowing up at champs, LOUD having a resurgence at champs, etc.) is an inherently flawed view to hold.
tldr: consensus will always be out of date. using it to claim a team is better than another is dumb because of that.