Cream of the Crop
1. Pittsburgh Steelers(5-1): The NFL's best all round team. They do it on offense, they do it on defense. Got a little help with a good call/explanation of goal line fumble on their winning drive
2. New York Jets(5-1): Tied for the best record in football. Can Mark Sanchez keep up his strong sophomore performance?
3. Indianapolis Colts(4-2): Coming off a bye and still without Austin Collie and Donald Brown, Peyton Manning still doesn't miss a beat. Loss of All-Pro TE Dallas Clark will hurt, but how much?
4. New England Patriots(5-1): Tied for the best record in football. Young defense is starting to gel. Branch and Brady still a deadly combo after a few years apart.
5. Baltimore Ravens(5-2): Squeaked out a win against a horrible Buffalo Bills team. Flacco is looking more and more like a top 10 QB.
6. Atlanta Falcons(5-2): Escaped a furious comeback from the Bengals late in the game. Who should we thank? Roddy White.
7. New York Giants(5-2): Don't be fooled by the final score of Monday's game at Dallas. The Giants dominated the Cowboys on both sides of the ball. Eliminate the mistakes, and they could be the NFC's best.
8. Tennessee Titans(5-2): Jeff Fisher is one of the best coaches in the game. It helps to have Chris Johnson on your side too.
9. Houston Texans(4-2): The most explosive offense in the NFL. Can they have caught the Colts at a more opportune time?
10. Kansas City Chiefs(4-2): A team led by a great defense, with Dwayne Bowe and the tandem of Charles and Jones leading the always improving offense. Best in the West.
Best of the Rest
11. Green Bay Packers(4-3): Young on both sides of the ball, this team needs to cut down its mistakes. They should be running away with this division, but trail Chicago, and Minnesota is still in it.
12. Philadelphia Eagles(4-3): Disappointing loss to the Titans, considering they were up all game. Defense let them down in the fourth quarter. Who should lead this team at QB?
13. New Orleans Saints(4-3): Embarrassing loss to the Browns, who have no running game, no quarterback, and no WR threat. 4 Brees INT's spelled doom for the Saints.
14. Washington Redskins(4-3): Shanahan has this team on the right track, but probably won't make the cut this year. Offense is streaky. DeAngelo Hall is laughing at Al Davis this week.
15.Miami Dolphins(3-3): No home victories this season. Played tough against the #1 ranked team, Steelers. Less Wildcat this year, which says that trickery is not needed anymore for Henne to succeed.
16. Seattle Seahawks(4-2): Probably the best team in the NFC West, which isn't saying much. Seattle seems to settle to often for field goals. Mare kicked five of them Sunday.
17. San Diego Chargers(2-5): Probably the biggest stretch at 17. Find new ways to lose every week, but the talent is there. Someone tell Goodman that we play until the whistle blows in the NFL.
18. Chicago Bears(4-2): The real Jay Cutler showed up on Sunday against the Redskins. Is it still an honor to be working with Cutler, Mike Martz?
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers(4-2): Is Raheem Morris serious? Sunday, he claimed that the Bucs were the best team in the NFC. They're a nice story, but c'mon Raheem.
20. Minnesota Vikings(2-4): Can Brett Favre put his ego aside and let Tavaris Jackson start, so this team can start winning? Probably not.
Mediocrity and Messes
21. St. Louis Rams(3-4): Surprising young team on the upside. Steve Spagnuolo has got this team playing well, but they're not quite ready. Stephen Jackson is hurting, and they might be able to rest him against the hapless Panthers.
22. Oakland Raiders(3-4): Raiders explode for 59 points in Denver behind Darren McFadden and effective Jason Campbell. But, honestly this team isn't going anywhere.
23. Arizona Cardinals(3-3): Should be begging Kurt Warner to come out of retirement. Brutal play by QB's will lead to an early offseason.
24. Cincinnati Bengals(2-4): As undisciplined as they come. A 400 yard passing day by Carson Palmer couldn't overcome a late fumble by Benson that essentially gave Atlanta the game back.
25. Jacksonville Jaguars(3-4): Bad quarterbacks galore. Still might be able to upset Dallas this week, as the Cowboys have a worse QB situation, with Romo out.
26. Dallas Cowboys(1-5): Can't catch a break. Tony Romo will miss at least 6 weeks, maybe more. Season is over in Big D, and 2011 can't come sooner for fans, who are hoping for a coaching change.
27. Cleveland Browns(2-5): Great defense? Or just bad week for Brees. Probably the latter. The Browns have beaten the last three Super Bowl champs. Strange.
28. Denver Broncos(2-5): The Broncos shut out the Raiders last week. In the 4th quarter.
29. Detroit Lions(1-5): One of these days, the Lions are going to win a game on the road.
30. San Francisco 49ers(1-6): Mike Singletary thinks the 49ers still have a shot at the playoffs. It sounds crazy, but the NFC West is so bad, he may have a point. A notorious team for starting slow in recent years, the 49ers may rattle off 8 or 9 straight wins. Probably not though.
31. Carolina Panthers(1-5): Booked a W this week. Still a terrible team with a good coach. Sorry Fox, you're probably on the unemployment line at the end of this year, along with 10% of America.
32. Buffalo Bills(0-6): Scared the hell out of the Ravens this week. Nice play from Harvard grad Ryan Fitzpatrick, but the Bills are still looking for win number 1.
This Week:
Most Interesting Game: AFC South MNF Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts
If You're a Betting Man: New England and the over
Upset Special: Detroit Lions over the Washington Redskins
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