1. New England Patriots (9-0) – GO BYE WEEK GO!Last week: #1
2. Dallas Cowboys (8-1)- From here on out the ‘Boys should finish no worse than 13-3 and that’s if Green Bay is for real and Detroit shows up when Dallas comes knockin at Ford Field. 15-1 is not out of the question.Last Week: #3
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-2) – The last team with a real reasonable shot at taking down New England. If Ben keeps playing like he is, the worst they should do is lose to the Pats and finish 13-3. Last Week: #6
4. Green Bay Packers (8-1) – They have two games with the Lions and the match up at Dallas that could all be stumbling blocks. But Favre is playing out of his mind right now and the defense is proving to be top notch. But at least they get a pretty easy go this week against the Panthers.Last Week: #5
5. Indianapolis Colts (7-2) – I’ve seen most people keeping the Colts at #2 even though they’ve lost two in a row and their offensive injury list is about 3 pages long. But like it or not, they’re not the second best team in the league right now. With Harrison and Gonzales out, Peyton has to get used to all new receivers. If Clark is out for any extended period of time, it will only make it worse. With three more completely losable division games along with a trip to schizophrenic Baltimore, they could easily finish this season with 6 losses and NOT win the AFC South. Last Week: #2
6. New York Giants (6-3) – The Giants were 6-2 at the midway point. Now 6-3 after 9 games, looking pretty bad against the Cowboys. Sound familiar? Like almost every other season under Coughlin? They have a trip to Detroit this week. If they can come back and win there, then they may be ok. But coming home with a loss could send this team into yet another second half downward spiral.Last Week: #4
7. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-3) – A tough road ahead with Pittsburgh, Indy, San Diego, and Houston still on the docket, but this Quinn Gray dude seems to be keeping them afloat until David Garrard can come back.Last Week: #15
8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-4) – Watch out Bucs, the Falcons are on a winning streak and coming for a visit! Be scared! No. Really. Be scared. Last Week: #13
9. Cleveland Browns (5-4) – They put up a hell of a fight against Pittsburgh and looked like they were going to actually knock off the Stillers for a while until the offense just blanked in the second half. But they have a VERY favorable schedule down the road and should still make the playoffs which is still well beyond anyone’s prognostications in the preseason. Last Week: #9
10. Tennessee Titans (6-3) –Is Vince Young really that inaccurate? Or are his receivers really just that bad. Either way, he needs to pick it up down the stretch or they’ll be missing out come January. Last Week: #8
11. Buffalo Bills (5-4) – Somehow I think Edwards gets to play again after Losman laid an egg in Miami. And look, here comes New England.Last Week: #12
12. San Diego Chargers (5-4)-Admittedly, they had no business beating Indy. When you force Peyton Manning to throw 6 interceptions, it should NOT come down to praying that Vinatieri misses a chip shot that he’ll make 999 times out of 1000. Wouldn’t it be so much better if say, Cam Cameron and Norvy switched places? At least Cam would know the personel. Last Week: #14
13. Detroit Lions (6-3) – Looky here, they go on the road and lose to a team they’re not supposed to lose to. This is why they’re a good but not great team yet. Granted, the Cards beat the Stillers on that same field. But still, this was a game the Lions NEEDED to win, but didn’t.Last Week: #7
14. Seattle Seahawks (5-4) – Hey, look, they beat the 49ers. What do they want? A cookie?Last Week: #17
15. New Orleans Saints (4-5) – And they fell into the trap against the Rams. Can they get it back on track? Or are we looking at another 4 game losing streak? Nah, they play Carolina next week so they’ll only lose two… maybe.Last Week: #10
16. Washington Redskins (5-4) – Well, at least Campbell finally threw a TD to a wide out.Last Week: #11
17. Houston Texans (4-5) – Things are looking up for the Texans until you look at the schedule. They get Andre Johnson back this week with the Saints coming to town, but they have trips to Cleveland, Tennessee, and Indy still on the schedule. It’s going to be tough for them, but they may finally get a draft pick outside of the top 10. Last Week: #19
18. Arizona Cardinals (4-5) – They’re only a game out of first in the NFC west, they have a rather favorable schedule down the stretch with games against the Browns at home and in Seattle being the toughest ones. If they can take out Seattle in that match up, they’ll win the division and be in the playoffs.Last Week: #21
19. Kansas City Chiefs (4-5) – LJ is saying he has a cracked bone in his foot. Priest didn’t look very good against one of the league’s worst run defenses. I think this team just may have peaked already.Last Week: #16
20. Philadelphia Eagles (4-5) – OK, let’s look at their schedule. If you count week one as a should have won over Green Bay, then their season has gone: W L W L W L W L W. If they keep to the pattern, then Miami wins their first game this week.Last Week: #23
21. Baltimore Ravens (4-5) – This team is just bad. Their 4 wins have come over teams with a combined 8-28 record with 4 of those wins coming from an Arizona team they beat with a last second field goal. The only reason they may win another game this season is because they still have Miami on the schedule. Last Week: #18
22. Atlanta Falcons (3-6) – They’re heading to Tampa with a lot of confidence having won two in a row and Warrick Dunn is actually starting to run the ball like he has in past seasons. They keep playing like this they’re going to play themselves right out of drafting Brian Brohm.Last Week: #26
23. Denver Broncos (4-5) – They looked horribly bad against Detroit. You’d have expected the offense to at least be able to move the ball. Last Week: #24
24. Minnesota Vikings (3-6) – Their workhorse is out for at least a week, probably longer, don’t worry Chuckles, I’m sure they’ll start their plummet soon enough.Last Week: #20
25. Chicago Bears (4-5) – So, Grossman’s all like, “Screw it, I’m going deep” and gets lucky and everyone’s all like, “OH! Give Sexxy Rexxy his job back!” But I say, “Say no more, mon amore!” His name isn’t Rex Manning. He doesn’t get a day.Last Week: #25
26. Carolina Panthers (4-5) – Fox is getting all defensive about not winning a home game in a year saying that his starting QB has only played in one of those games. He speaks like his is the only team to lose its starting QB. Here’s a hint, John, EVERYONE KNOWS YOU’RE RUNNING A DRAW PLAY ON 3RD AND 18! Stop making excuses and actually coach for once dip wad. Last Week: #22
27. Cincinnati Bengals (3-6) – They beat a bad Baltimore team with 7 field goals. The longest one being 35 yards. Meaning that every scoring drive made it into the red zone but they could never get it into the end zone. Bad bad bad.Last Week: #28
28. St. Louis Rams (1-8) – The pieces are all starting to come back. They still don’t have Pace to anchor the line, but the skill positions are finally healthy and these guys could very well play a lot of spoiler ball in the last 7 weeks. Last Week: #32
29. Oakland Raiders (2-7) – This should be fun, a couple of crappy QB’s going into battle with backup RB’s behind them. What’s the record for the most defensive TD’s for both teams combined in a game? Last Week: #27
30. New York Jets (1-8) – Here come the Stillers. Well, at least they didn’t lose last week. Last Week: #29
31. San Francisco 49ers (2-7) – If Miami ever wins a game, these guys go straight to the bottom.Last Week: #30
32. Miami Dolphins (0-9) – They played hard last week. But only a December 2nd match up with the Jets stands between them and 0-16.Last Week: #31
That’s it for this week. Agree with me? Think I’m an idiot? Want to call me names? Go here in the forums and we can discuss it.
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