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The Packers top the Power Rankings again this week with another impressive performance from Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers make a push for the top jumping up to 5th, and with a win over number 2 New England can jump up next week. The Texans, Falcons, and Chiefs all jumped up 5 spots to 12th, 14th, [...]

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The Packers top the Power Rankings again this week with another impressive performance from Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers make a push for the top jumping up to 5th, and with a win over number 2 New England can jump up next week. The Texans, Falcons, and Chiefs all jumped up 5 spots to 12th, 14th, and 19th respectively.

The Ravens saw themselves drop from 3rd to 8th after a horrible loss to the Jaguars. The Raiders dropped 7 spots from 9th to 16th after trouble at the QB position post Carson Palmer trade gave them a loss going into their bye week. The Bucs also dropped 5 spots from 12th to 17th after getting whooped in London by the Bears.

The Colts again round out the bottom of the rankings this week after getting obliterated by the Saints 62-7 and they don’t look poised to move anytime soon.

Rank (LW) Team Record Comment
1 (1) Packers 7-0 Aaron Rodgers is the best QB in the game right now and every week he shows us why.
2 (2) Patriots 5-1 Coming off the bye week the Pats square off against the Steelers in a potential playoff preview.
3 (5) Saints 5-2 After picking apart the hapless Colts the Saints get the winless Rams this week.
4 (4) 49ers 5-1 Coming off their bye week they’re getting Braylon Edwards back among others making this team even better.
5 (8) Steelers 5-2 The Steelers have won three straight and are looking to continue that against the Patriots.
6 (5) Lions 5-2 Two straight losses and a possible injury to Stafford don’t look good, but the Broncos are next up.
7 (7) Chargers 4-2 Have lost to the only two decent teams they’ve played the Patriots and the Jets
8 (3) Ravens 4-2 Horrible loss to a very bad Jaguar team. Flacco has some work to do.
9 (10) Giants 4-2 The Giants are sitting atop the NFC East and getting healthier.
10 (14) Bears 4-3 The Bears beat up the Bucs in London and they look to remain relevant til the end.
11 (11) Bills 4-2 Buffalo is coming off a bye and looking to improve defensively so the offense doesn’t have to score 30+ every game.
12 (17) Texans 4-3 The next two games for the Texans should be easy, the Jags and the Browns, but we’re talking about the Texans.
13 (15) Jets 4-3 A solid win over the Chargers thanks to Plaxico Burress’ 3 TD performance has the Jets on a two game win streak going into their bye.
14 (19) Falcons 4-3 The Falcons are looking to get back on track and are lucky Ryan wasn’t badly injured last game.
15 (18) Bengals 4-2 Somewhere Mike Brown is smiling over the Palmer trade.
16 (9) Raiders 4-3 This teams season rest on the shoulders of Carson Palmer, but the bye week should help him get more up to speed.
17 (12) Buccaneers 4-3 Josh Freeman has four more INTs through six games than he had in 16 games last season. (Mike Sando ESPN)
18 (21) Cowboys 3-3 Thanks to DeMarco Murray’s monster 253 rushing yard game the Cowboys got a much needed blowout win.
19 (24) Chiefs 3-3 After starting 0-3 the Chiefs have picked up their play and gotten back to .500.
20 (13) Titans 3-3 Chris Johnson got payed as the best player in the league, yet is ranked last in ypc and doesn’t look the same.
21 (16) Redskins 3-3 A season that started with such promise now looks doomed by injuries and a lack of a QB.
22 (20) Eagles 2-4 If the ‘dream team’ is going to turn things around they need to start now and start with defense.
23 (23) Browns 3-3 They won a defensive battle against Seattle and move back to .500.
24 (25) Panthers 2-5 Cam Newton is on a mission to prove everyone who said he wasn’t going to be good wrong.
25 (29) Jaguars 2-5 A big win over the Ravens showed how good they could be and with a weak division don’t count them out.
26 (27) Broncos 2-4 After 3 and a half quarters of dreadful football against the winless Dolphins Tebow found a way to comeback and win it in OT.
27 (22) Seahawks 2-4 They held the browns to 6 points, but forgot to score more than that.
28 (28) Vikings 1-6 Christian Ponder looked good in his first career start keeping them in the game against the Packers with some help from a guy named AP.
29 (26) Cardinals 1-5 The Kevin Kolb signing might be one of the worst of the off-season.
30 (31) Rams 0-6 The only thing keeping pressure of of Spagnoulo is the baseball Cardinals and if they lose he will be on the hot seat.
31 (30) Dolphins 0-6 How did they find a way to blow that one? Even Bush says they “stink.”
32 (32) Colts 0-7 They were blown out 62-7. Enough said.

 

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The Packers still hold the top spot in this week’s Power Rankings. The 49ers and Giants are the big winners both jumping five spots up to 4th and 10th respectively. This week’s big losers are the Texans who fall five spots down to 17th and the Cowboys who dropped from 14th down to 21st. The [...]

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The Packers still hold the top spot in this week’s Power Rankings. The 49ers and Giants are the big winners both jumping five spots up to 4th and 10th respectively. This week’s big losers are the Texans who fall five spots down to 17th and the Cowboys who dropped from 14th down to 21st. The Colts, Rams, and Dolphins still round out the bottom of the pack.

Rank (LW)

 Team Record Comment
1 (1) Packers 6-0 The Packers dominated again this week and clearly look like the best team in football.
2 (2) Patriots 5-1 Not a great game against Dallas, but the Patriots proved they can win without Brady throwing for 400 yards and 3 touchdowns.
3 (5) Ravens 4-1 Ravens got another solid win against a good team and look ready for a run at the AFC North and the Super Bowl
4 (9) 49ers 5-1 The49ers won a hard fought game handing the Lions there first loss of the season
5 (3) Lions 5-1 Tough loss to a good 49er team, but the loss of Best might be huge for a team lacking in a power running game.
6 (4) Saints 4-2 Drew Brees has no fumbles in 2011, but eight INTs in past four games. (John Clayton ESPN)
7 (6) Chargers 4-1 Coming off there bye week the Chargers head east to play the Jets whom division rival Oakland has already beaten.
8 (8) Steelers 4-2 Mendenhall torched the Jags for 146 yds and a TD, but Jacksonville made things interesting late.
9 (11) Raiders 4-2 Solid win over the Browns to keep pace with the Chargers though a questionable call on fourth down almost cost them the game.
10 (15) Giants 4-2 A win over the streaking Bills puts the Giants in first place in the NFC East.
11 (7) Bills 4-2 Losing to the Giants drops them a game behind the Patriots and there defense is still a major question mark.
12 (16) Bucaneers 4-2 After getting trounced by the 49ers the week before the Bucs bounced back to beat the Saints to tie the race atop the NFC South.
13 (13) Titans 3-2 Next up is a divisional showdown against the Texans. Will this be Chris Johnson’s breakout game?
14 (18) Bears 3-3 The Bears travel to London for a game at Whembly Stadium.
15 (17) Jets 3-3 They needed a win in the worst way and got one Monday Night against the pitiful Dolphins. There schedule doesn’t get any easier though.
16 (10) Redskins 3-2 Rex Grossman was benched in favor of John Beck after throwing 4 Ints. Who will be the starter next week?
17 (12) Texans 3-3 They will either leapfrog the Titans into first place or drop three straight and fall under .500. Still no Andre Johnson.
18 (20) Bengals 4-2 Andy Dalton has this team in the hunt in the AFC North, but how long will this last?
19 (19) Falcons 3-3 They beat the Panthers, but the true test for this team will come agains the Lions next week.
20 (22) Eagles 2-4 They avoided a never ending nightmare by beating the Redskins and with the way the division is looking they’re still right in the mix
21 (14) Cowboys 2-3 Tough loss in Foxboro, but a game against the Rams should cure everything.
22 (21) Seahawks 2-3 Another injury to the defense as CB Marcus Trufant has been placed on the IR.
23 (23) Browns 2-3 The Browns are…well the Browns and with no Peyton Hillis (injury/contract) this team doesn’t have many weapons.
24 (25) Chiefs 2-3 The Chiefs get Oakland and new QB Carson Palmer out of the bye and coming off of two wins they look to get back to .500.
25 (24) Panthers 1-5 Cam Newton’s doing everything except getting wins. Three home games in a row should help that though.
26 (29) Cardinals 1-4 After a bye the Cardinals get the Steelers.
27 (27) Broncos 1-4 They’re giving Tim Tebow the reigns, but without Brandon Lloyd who’s he going to throw too?
28 (26) Vikings 1-5 After getting blown out by the Bears it looks like Christian Ponder is the new starter for the Vikings.
29 (28) Jaguars 1-5 They showed life fighting back against the Steelers, but this team isn’t very good.
30 (30) Dolphins 0-5 The Dolphins haven’t won a game in almost a year (Dec.21,2010) and Tony Sparano might not make it through the bye. Hard to argue when their gameplan was to throw at Revis as much as possible.
31 (31) Rams 0-5 Sam Bradford looks to be sidelined with an ankle injury.
32 (32) Colts 0-6 This team is now perfecting the art of finding ways to lose.

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