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 | 4-0 | The Saints defense gets better every week. |
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2 | 4 | 4-0 | Brett Favre is now the only quarterback in NFL history to defeat all thirty-two teams. |
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3 | 4 | 4-0 | No Marvin Harrison, no problem. |
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4 | 6 | 4-0 | Who would have guessed that the Broncos would start 4-0 after all of their off season shenanigans. |
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5 | 7 | 4-0 | The Giants and their obscenely good defense keep moving up the rankings. |
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6 | 11 | 3-1 | The “Tom Brady is afraid to get hit” rumors are over. |
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7 | 2 | 3-1 | Will the acquisition of Braylon Edwards reap rewards or create locker room turmoil? |
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8 | 3 | 3-1 | Showed a lot of maturity in loss to Patriots. |
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9 | 9 | 2-1 | Donovan Mcnabb will be back at the helm this week, but what to do with Kevin Kolb? |
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10 | 12 | 2-1 | Nobody likes an early season bye week. |
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11 | 8 | 2-2 | This just in: Tony Romo claims that he really can count to four. |
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12 | 15 | 3-1 | Finally Michael Crabtree signs with the Niners, how nasty will they be now? |
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13 | 14 | 2-2 | Roethlisberger threw for over 300 yards and Mendenhall ran for 165 against the Chargers. Do the Steelers finally have an offense? |
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14 | 10 | 2-2 | Almost gave up 500 yards and were down 28-0 to the Steelers and still almost won. |
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15 | 13 | 2-2 | The largest cable audience EVER watched the packers lose to the Vikes. |
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16 | 16 | 3-1 | I like games where teams are out gained by 120 yards and still win by 24. |
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17 | 17 | 3-1 | The Bengals just might be good this year. Sorry Cleveland. |
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18 | 23 | 2-2 | Houston Texans: always dancing around .500. |
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19 | 24 | 2-2 | I see the Jags making a big jump up the rankings after last week. |
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20 | 19 | 1-2 | To quote A hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, “Don’t panic”. |
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21 | 21 | 1-3 | Should the ‘Fins be happy about their first win being over a team that is more mismanaged than the New York Mets? |
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22 | 20 | 1-3 | If the Ralph Wilson doesn’t fire Dick Jauron soon, Western New Yorkers can kiss the team goodbye. |
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23 | 22 | 1-3 | Whatever happened to Shaun Alexander? |
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24 | 18 | 0-4 | The losing streak continues. Is it time to give the team back to Vince Young? |
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25 | 25 | 1-3 | For one week the Lions looked like a real football team. That wasn’t last week. |
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26 | 26 | 2-2 | Somehow the ‘Skins are 2-2. I’d be surprised if they win more than five games. |
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27 | 27 | 1-3 | Why is JaMarcus Russell still the starting quarterback? |
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28 | 28 | 0-3 | Would the real slim shady please stand up. |
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29 | 29 | 0-4 | Maybe if the Bucs wear those awesome neon orange uniforms they’ll actually win a game. |
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30 | 30 | 0-4 | 0-4 in the preseason = 0-4 in the regular season. |
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31 | 31 | 0-4 | (not remotely) The greatest show on turf. |
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32 | 32 | 0-4 | I’d much rather watch The Cleveland Show than the Cleveland Browns. |
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I’ve gotta think that the Browns got the better end of the trade. Edwards is a good WR, but he’s not THAT good. Stuckey is good; an extra LB is always a good thing, and draft picks are icing on the cake. Not that it will turn around the Browns season, but it is a good move for the future. And I don’t think Edwards will improve the Jets’ game by much if anything… though I could be wrong.
I could be splitting some hairs here, however I can’t accept that the Broncos are actually a slot higher than the Giants. The Broncos have won against the Browns and Raiders, a Bengals team that could barely escape the Browns in overtime, and a Cowboys squad that defeated themselves. I’ll give you the Saints, Colts and Vikings for now, but come on, give the G-men a break.
Oh and the Saints have looked impressive, but more so than Indy and Minnesota? We’ll see how the bye week gets them prepared for the Giants defense in two weeks which has only given up a league best 232 yards per game.
The Giants vs. Saints should finally iron out the wrinkles at the top of my rankings. When so many teams start off 4-0 it’s really tough to move them around (even if I’ve overlooked a team like the Giants). I guess I ranked similarly to the way they do it in college football and I my analysis is by no means scientific. Go Bills!
Fair enough. Too bad I’ll be in China when they are playing and it will be 1am there. Sheesh. Anyway, keep up the good work, even though I don’t always agree, my prognostication is certainly not superior to anyone else’s.