NFL September Power Poll

Okay, stop complaining Giants fans. Despite your pathetic performance against the pathetic Bengals at home, your best friend was the bye...and other teams failing to overcome their pathetic performances and actually losing.

The following are my votes for the power poll run by Shaun Ahmad and my reasons why:

1. New York Giants: only one quality win, but it looks that much better after Sunday
2. Tennessee Titans: devastating defense, but can they beat good teams with that offense?
3. Carolina Panthers: first two victories may have been more impressive than first thought
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: two big wins in a row have their stock on the rise
5. Buffalo Bills: Raiders + Rams take leads into halftime = Bills are pretenders
6. Washington Offensively Named Ones: if they are finding their offense, they're scary
7. Dallas Cowboys: last week's dynamo now in danger of T.O. chemistry meltdown
8. San Diego Chargers: remember, they're actually 3-1
9. Philadelphia Eagles: Akers won't miss two field goals often
10. New Orleans Saints: two wins, two losses by a field goal or less
11. Denver Broncos: last week I said "worst 3-0 team ever" and they didn't disappoint...plus they're 2-2, not 3-1
12. Baltimore Ravens: lost to Steelers, but in Pittsburgh, who lost too many players to be ranked higher
13. Pittsburgh Steelers: if only they could play all their games at home on Monday Night
14. Chicago Bears: two quality wins to Packers one, plus close in both losses
15. Jacksonville Jaguars: may be adjusting to offensive line injuries
16. Green Bay Packers: Rodgers should be back, but may not be 100%
17. New England Patriots: can't rank a team higher that is blown out by Miami
18. New York Jets: Favre won't play like that every week
19. Indianapolis Colts: bye week allows them to get healthy, offense on track
20. Arizona Cardinals: highest rated NFC West team looked bad against mediocre team Sunday
21. Minnesota Vikings: 1-3, but all four games against possible contenders
22. San Francisco Forty-Niners: over-matched against good teams
23. Seattle Seahawks: only win is against hapless Rams
24. Miami Dolphins: was decisive win against New England a sign or a fluke?
25. Atlanta Falcons: this should be the worst team in the league, but it's not
26. Houston Texans: no win, but have played three playoff teams
27. Cleveland Browns: big road win against Bengals would have sounded good before season
28. Oakland Raiders: doesn't matter who coaches this circus as long as Al is on top
29. Kansas City Chiefs: don't get too caught up in another win over Shanahan at Arrowhead
30. Cincinnati Bengals: once again, competitive but can't finish because closing takes character
31. St. Louis Rams: Linehan being fired will pay immediate dividends.
32. Detroit Lions: Millen being fired won't pay dividends until offseason