How my rankings work:

If you lose, you drop, if you win you rise. You beat a good team you shoot up, you lose to a bad team and you drop further. You play good and lose, play bad and win, all these will be considered.

1. New York Giants (previously #2)

At this point they are the #1 team until someone shows there not. They’ve beaten a team that they should have and blew out a team they should have.

2. Dallas Cowboys (#1)

The Cowboys went toe-to-toe with the Eagles in a game that could of went the other way if it wasn’t for a key fumble (McNabb to Westbrook). Oh, and by the way that defense got shredded.  

3. Buffalo Bills (#5)

The Bills dominated the Seahawks the first week and beat a team that’s been a powerhouse in the AFC for a few years now, the Jaguars. Watch out, this teams for real!

4. Pittsburgh Steelers (#8)

They skimmed by the Browns in Week Two, but the defense was impressive.

5. Carolina Panthers (#7)

Carolina has beaten the Chargers in San Diego and the Bears at home. Two very good wins to open the season and they’ve done it without hoodlum Steve Smith. He comes back this week.  

6.  Green Bay Packers (#8)

They blew out the Vikings and then almost allowed the Lions to come back to beat them last week. I’m not quite sold on this team quite yet, they got the Cowboys this week.

7.  Denver Broncos (#10)

They needed help from the “Buffest Ref in the League” to beat the Chargers in the final seconds. Anyhow, they were already inside the 15-yard line.

8. Philadelphia Eagles (#9)

The offense is back and the tables could be turned if a key turnover didn’t happen, but it did and it might have playoff implications down the road.

9. New England Patriots (#6)

The only team to win a game and drop and that’s because there not impressive, regardless of what anyone says. The Jets just squeaked by the Dolphins in Week 1 and then the Patriots beat them by just 9 points?

10. Tennessee Titans (Not Ranked in Top 10)

Good defense and great running game. This team will be tough to beat, especially now with pocket passer Kerry Collins taking over.

11. Arizona Cardinals

After week one all the talk went to the Jets for just squeeking by the hapless Dolphins. This week the Cardinals flew across the country and demolished the ‘Fins, and hardly anyone is saying a word about them. This team is for real.

12. Chicago Bears

I am not so high on this team yet. They beat the Colts with Manning rusty and they lose to the Panthers. They are below Carolina and above Indianapolis.

13.  Indianapolis Colts

They have not quite looked like themselves this year but they’ve played some tough defenses. Have the good teams figured them out, finally?

14. San Francisco 49ers

The Niners had five turnovers against the Cardinals and still had a chance to win. They beat the defending NFC West champions for the past 100 years the Seahawks in Seattle, thats no easy task.

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