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 | 3-0 | The Bills shut down Drew Brees, but the Saints offense always finds a way to win. |
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2 | 6 | 3-0 | Mark Sanchez looked like a real leader after his rushing touchdown on Sunday. |
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3 | 4 | 3-0 | Joe Flacco is averaging just under 300 passing yards per game, that’s a big step up from the 185 he averaged last year. |
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4 | 5 | 3-0 | Brett Favre tossed a 32 yard touchdown to Greg Lewis with: 02 seconds left to win last week. So, what about Brett Favrah?? |
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5 | 7 | 3-0 | Finally got a big win and showed that they are a contender. Should be 4-0 after Seattle comes to town. |
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6 | 6 | 3-0 | As Larry David would say the Broncos defense is pretty pretty pretty pretty good. |
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7 | 8 | 3-0 | The G-men are probably better than seventh, but they still have to prove it to me. |
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8 | 11 | 2-1 | No Marion Barber, no problem. Felix “the cat” Jones ran for 94 yards on only eight carries. |
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9 | 12 | 2-1 | Kevin Kolb has the most passing yards in his first two games (718) since the beginning of the Super Bowl era. |
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10 | 15 | 2-1 | When is Tomlinson coming back? |
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11 | 19 | 2-1 | Huge game at Baltimore this week. |
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12 | 3 | 2-1 | Brought back down to earth after big loss to the Patriots. How good are the Falcons? |
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13 | 14 | 2-1 | Saucy Monday night football match up with the Vikes this week. |
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14 | 9 | 1-2 | Not remotely as bad as a 1-2 team. |
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15 | 13 | 2-1 | Rough last second loss to the Vikings. |
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16 | 21 | 2-1 | Do you think any of Johnny Knox’s team mates ad “Ville” at the end of his name? |
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17 | 22 | 2-1 | This looks like a completely different team from last year (That’s a good thing). |
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18 | 17 | 0-3 | 0-5 in the last five. What’s different from their 10-0 start last year? |
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19 | 18 | 1-2 | Will the Cards find a way to limp into the playoffs this year or have they been lapped by the Niners? |
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20 | 11 | 1-2 | Now that Marshawn Lynch is back from his suspension, who is the starting running back? |
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21 | 20 | 0-3 | With Pennington on the shelf for the rest of the year, the ‘Fins traded for KC’s Tyler Thigpen and have Chad Henne set to start. Can you say quarterback controversy? |
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22 | 16 | 1-2 | How about those amazing neon green jerseys. I loved them almost as much as I love the bright red uni’s the Texans wear. |
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23 | 28 | 1-2 | Steve Slaton is ruining my fantasy football team. |
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24 | 29 | 1-2 | Maurice Jones-Drew better have taken out his offensive line for a big steak dinner after last week’s win. |
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25 | 30 | 1-2 | What what what!?! The Lions won a game. |
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26 | 23 | 1-2 | They have to feel pretty bad about being the first team to lose to Detroit since 2007. |
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27 | 24 | 1-2 | The Raiders should have signed Mike Vick. |
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28 | 25 | 1-2 | Are the Panthers this year’s supposedly good team who only win five games? |
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29 | 26 | 0-3 | The Bucs defense is giving up 30.3 points per game. That won’t win you many. |
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30 | 27 | 0-3 | Do you think that Matt Cassel would rather be starting for this awful team or holding the clipboard for the Pats? |
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31 | 31 | 0-3 | I’ve never heard of any of the Rams wideouts. Maybe that’s their problem. |
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32 | 30 | 0-3 | Derek Anderson gets the nod at QB this week. I don’t think it would matter if the Hamburglar took snaps for this team. |
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I love NFL power rankings. So many comments to make…
1. The Saints showed some real vulnerability… if the Bills offense wasn’t inept, that game could have gone the other direction.
2. You really think the Chargers are better than the Pats, Falcons, and Packers?
3. San Fran is lookin’ good. Nice to see that for a change.
4. Bengals 2-1? Really? Is that possible?
5. The Bucs should be better than this… I imagine their pride will kick in soon and they’ll start turning things around.
I think I’m the only writer who has the Saints #1 and the G-men not in the top five.
I do think the chargers are better than those teams. It might be that I am blinded by my hatred of Tom Brady though, but the Bolts will be nastay when Tomlinson is completely healthy.
The Falcons should be a playoff team, but I’m not convinced the Packers are for real.
I don’t have a lot of faith in the Niners in the long run, but anything can happen in the NFC West.
The Bengals are one play away from being 3-0 (now that’s crazy).
I love the feedback as I am far from perfect when it comes to these rankings.
Can we now officially end the discussion that the Jets are better than the Giants? Please?
Done and done.