1. Pittsburgh Steelers - Right now, they are playing better than anyone. Even if the Pack, Saints and Texans had won, I'm not sure they would have stayed ahead of Mike Tomlin's Steelers.
2. Indianapolis Colts - Taking their rightful place in the top 5 again, they climb after dominating last week, and after having everyone above them fail.
3. NY Jets - Mark Sanchez looked like a budding star, and the team as a whole played extremely well. Hard to stop them if they keep that up.
4. New Orleans Saints - Still at an elite level, they just don't have a very good kicker. I don't think their loss this week says they are worse now -- a few teams just outplayed them this week.
5. Green Bay Packers - They can't run and can still beat you. If they don't find a running game though, they will slide out of top ten.
6. Miami Dolphins - They showed they can keep pace with the best, even if they don't win. Much like the Saints this week, the loss didn't adversely affect their standings.
7. New England Patriots - Still problems on defense, and Bill Belichick still doesn't care. He'll still outscore you.
8. Houston Texans - Despite a big loss, they still have the fuel to light the playoff fire. I don't see them staying down for long.
9. Philadelphia Eagles - Jumping into the top 10 for the first time this year, all of a sudden critics are comparing Philly to Vince Young and Chris Johnson of last year instead of Aaron Rodgers. Except they didn't start 0-6.
10. Baltimore Ravens - Not an impressive win, but still dangerous. they don't care how they win, they just do.
11. Chicago Bears - Great, great game against Green Bay. Everyone knows they are a good team now, to my surprise. They will take that wild card spot that Giants, Redskins, Vikings, and Cardinals fans were counting on.
12. Dallas Cowboys - Welcome back. They seemed to find a way to win, but going to their last best plan. Put the ball in Roy Williams' hands.
13. Tennessee Titans - Big time team with big goals this year. Hiccup last week means nothing. It was the Steelers, after all.
14. Atlanta Falcons - Way low for a team that beat the champs, but like I said, this game didn't do much to impress me. great win though for this hopeful team.
15. Cincinnati Bengals - Right in the middle of the pack means they can sneak up on your Ravens and Steelers.
16. Kansas City Chiefs - Here they come guys. They are shocking the world with this performance.
17. Seattle Seahawks - Perhaps I didn't give them enough credit last week. the last teams on the list last week were kinda interchangeable, but they rose above all that noise this week after a win over San Diego.
18. San Diego Chargers - Dangerous offensively, just can't seem to get it together. The drama around hold-outs may have distracted everyone too much. They need to focus if they want to reclaim their division.
19. Washington Redskins - Losing to the Rams will do wonders for your ratings, let me tell you.
20. Minnesota Vikings - They beat a tough Detroit team. Not a big deal though. They need to get it together of their season will pass them by quickly.
21. NY Giants - I once thought they might push for the division (not that that feat would be tough). But now they don't seem to have any chemistry at all.
22. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Still an exciting team, but still alot of work to do.
23. Denver Broncos - Still lurking in second place in the weak AFC West. Amazing. Patriots are third in their division, and rated 7th in these rankings. A few wins and they are in the hunt again.
24. San Francisco 49ers - Here we go, start looking to next year folks, they are changing coaches mid-season.
25. Arizona Cardinals - Beating Oakland was lucky. Fortunately their division is still the weakest in football.
26. Oakland Raiders - Hey they scored some points and aren't terrible on defense. It's all relative, but it earned them a few spots.
27. St. Louis Rams - And so it begins. Sam Bradford has tasted blood for the first time and it won't take long for more wins like this.
28. Jacksonville Jaguars - This team is in trouble. Big trouble.
29. Detroit Lions - That defense needs some help.
30. Cleveland Browns - Delhomme coming back soon should give them a much needed boost.
31. Carolina Panthers - Growing up is a slow process.
32. And growing up is even slower when you are the Bills. They are still in next year's pre-season.
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