Ron Glover's Week 2 NFL Power Rankings

1. New York Giants: I owe the Champs this one.  No, they earned it. My decision last week to pick the ‘Skins was based on the fact that Plaxico Burress missed the preseason. Burress was the best player on the field last Thursday. Lesson: Never go against a player fresh off of signing a contract extension.

2. Pittsburgh Steelers: Big Ben has picked up where he left off last season, the resurgence of Willie Parker can’t hurt either. Believe me, they’re tired of hearing about the Cleveland Browns being the best team in the division, you can add another chapter to this great rivalry come Sunday.

3. Dallas Cowboys: Gotta admit the ‘Boys looked pretty good on Sunday, an early season test comes Monday night against the resurrected Eagles.

4. New Orleans Saints: Drew Brees looks sharp again, Reggie Bush is all over the field and the defensive overhaul is working out. The Saints will be okay without Marques Colston (4-6 weeks) as Bush, Jeremy Shockey, Devery Henderson and David Patten will pick up the slack.

5. San Diego Chargers: The Bolts are better than what they showed on Sunday, but at the same time Super Bowl contenders don’t lose games like this at home. The next four games look to be winnable, with or without Shawne Merriman.

6. Philadelphia Eagles: Donovan McNabb: 21-33/361 yards/3 tds, I don’t hear too many people calling Kevin Kolb’s name now. Monday night’s performance, win or lose will set the tone for the season.

7. Tennessee Titans: Took a big step on Sunday in beating the Jaguars, Vince Young’s career is going the way of Kordell Stewart at an alarming rate. Chris Johnson is a keeper, but I’m concerned about Young.

8. Chicago Bears: A tip of the hat to Bears management for sticking with Lovie Smith. In Kyle Orton, Smith has a quarterback that will manage the game and not lose it. The defense out-physicaled a Colts team, reeked of rust in their new digs. Matt Forte is this year’s Ryan Grant and with a serviceable backup in Kevin Jones he’ll be fresh as the season goes on.

9. New England Patriots: No one’s rejoicing over the loss of Tom Brady - but karma is a mother. Now we’ll see what Bill Belichick is made of.

10. Buffalo Bills: The Bills were going to be a solid team in the AFC East WITH Tom Brady healthy. Sunday against Jacksonville we’ll see if this team can begin to turn a good season into something special.

11. Indianapolis Colts: I didn’t like what I saw from the Colts Sunday night, they didn’t look ready to play. They have no time to regroup as they head to Minnesota to face and equally ticked off Vikings squad.

12. Jacksonville Jaguars: Marcus Stroud is fired up about returning to Jacksonville and his teammates are fired up about this season. The best thing the Jags can do is forget last week’s performance, and hope that their two backup guards now starting hold up.

13. Green Bay Packers: You can uncover your eyes now Chesseheads, Aaron Rodgers

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