The NFL Power Rankings are back for a second season. Check back each week for updated rankings. Feel free to leave feedback about how wrong I am in the comments section or throw me an email: cosburn@thefatherlife.com.
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1 | 1 | 2-0 | The Saints offense is ridiculous, but will their atrocious defense be their undoing? |
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2 | 6 | 2-0 | Kerry Rhodes and the Jets didn’t embarrass Tom Brady, but they did pull out the win. |
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3 | 3 | 2-0 | No sophomore slump for Matt Ryan, he’s already got five touchdowns. |
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4 | 4 | 2-0 | Ray Rice and Willis McGahee are as good of a combination as there is in the NFL. |
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5 | 11 | 2-0 | You think a lot of GM’s are pissed they didn’t draft Adrian Peterson now? |
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6 | 16 | 2-0 | Elvis Dumervil sounds like one of Chevy Chase’s alter ego’s in Fletch. |
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7 | 8 | 2-0 | The Colts are 2-0, but I see them falling fast. |
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8 | 10 | 2-0 | Former Giant, Plaxico Burress, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday. |
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9 | 2 | 1-1 | The Steelers have what I call a failure to have any type of offense whatsoever. |
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10 | 13 | 1-1 | Just like a nerd pantsed at the high school dance in front of all of his friends, New York ruined Dallas’ homecoming. |
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11 | 19 | 1-1 | The Bills, like the appeal of Carrot top, are a giant mystery. |
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12 | 7 | 1-1 | Countdown to Vick: over. |
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13 | 15 | 2-0 | Holy cow, Frank Gore followed up his 22 carry 30 yard performance with a 16 carry 207 yard performance. |
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14 | 14 | 1-1 | The packers need to get healthy fast or else it’s going to be a long season. |
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15 | 9 | 1-1 | Phil Rivers threw for a career high 436 yards last week, but a stuff on fourth down led to their demise. |
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16 | 17 | 1-1 | Qwest field is the place that dreams go to die. |
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17 | 12 | 0-2 | Will the Titans pull the ‘ol switcharoo and start off 0-10? Doubtful. |
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18 | 18 | 1-1 | 74 year-old Kurt Warner broke the all-time NFL passing percentage record, completing 92.3% against the hapless Jags. |
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19 | 5 | 1-1 | Is it too soon to start an Entourage jinx rumor? I mean, Eric Mangini was a good coach before he made an appearance on The Sopranos. |
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20 | 21 | 0-2 | Are the Fin’s going to follow in the Rays footsteps and not live up to the hype? |
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21 | 23 | 1-1 | Ginormous win for the boys from Chi-town this week. |
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22 | 29 | 1-1 | Bungles no more? What a pickup castaway Cedric Benson was. |
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23 | 24 | 1-1 | Should the ‘Skins be happy that they won on Sunday or scared that they only beat the Rams 9-7? |
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24 | 26 | 1-1 | The Raaaaaiders shouldn’t be too happy with their magically crappy win over the Chiefs. |
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25 | 25 | 0-2 | I thought the Panthers were supposed to be good. |
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26 | 20 | 0-2 | This is going to be a long year for new Bucs coach Raheem Morris. |
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27 | 27 | 0-2 | Wow, JaMarcus Russell only complete 7 of 24 passes and the Chiefs held the Raiders to 166 total yards…and still lost the game. Time to pack it up boys. |
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28 | 28 | 0-2 | Its official, Steve Slaton is in a sophomore slump. When will he get out of it? |
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29 | 22 | 0-2 | Apparently, the Jags have a bunch of Pop Warner kids in their secondary. |
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30 | 32 | 0-2 | Stop the presses! The Lions are out of the basement, but they still haven’t won a game since week sixteen…in 2007. |
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31 | 31 | 0-2 | Nothing can be said about the Rams that hasn’t already been said about Spencer Pratt. |
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32 | 30 | 0-2 | Whoever owns the Browns probably wants to pull an Art Modell and leave town…without the team. |
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Hey Chris the Texans won last week and should be at least up above the Bengals….
Jets number 2 and Sanchez is scary good. The Jets might be a tough team this year. We’ll see.