NFL Top Ten – Power Rankings
- Green Bay Packers (1) – Note to self: check the odds on the Packers to repeat as champs.
- Pittsburgh Steelers – (5) The Steelers finally broke through against the Patriots to notch one of their biggest regular-season wins in recent memory.
- San Francisco 49ers – (4) The Niners are piling up ugly wins.
- New England Patriots (2) – The Patriots really miss having a deep threat against good defenses.
- Buffalo Bills (6) – Sure, the Redskins are offensively challenged, but a shutout is a shutout.
- New Orleans Saints – (3) Good morning, Saints. This is your wake up call.
- Detroit Lions – (9) The Lions handled The Broncos the way a good team should.
- Baltimore Ravens (7) – We expected a more complete game from the Ravens after the embarrassing loss to the Jaguars.
- New York Giants (8) – A comeback win at home against the Dolphins just doesn’t impress much.
- Cincinnati Bengals (NR) – Sunday’s win in Seattle was the Bengals fourth straight. We will learn more about the Bengals over the next three weeks with road games in Tennessee and Baltimore and a home game against the Steelers.