1. New Orleans Saints (4) – Margins of victory for their five wins: 18, 26, 20, 14, 21. In other words, the Saints are destroying everyone they play, including blowing my Super Bowl pick out of the water on Sunday. And the schedule is getting more favorable, with Miami, Carolina, St. Louis and Tampa Bay coming up. Only the Falcons in the Superdome in two weeks look like a genuine threat to this beast.
1. New Orleans Saints (4) – Margins of victory for their five wins: 18, 26, 20, 14, 21. In other words, the Saints are destroying everyone they play, including blowing my Super Bowl pick out of the water on Sunday. And the schedule is getting more favorable, with Miami, Carolina, St. Louis and Tampa Bay coming up. Only the Falcons in the Superdome in two weeks look like a genuine threat to this beast.
2. Indianapolis Colts (2) – Two bye weeks in a row, with the Rams up next. This one will be ugly early.
3. Minnesota Vikings (3) – 31 points allowed at home on Sunday. Eventually these tight games will catch up with them, you would think.
4. Atlanta Falcons (6) – Good win over the Bears, who couldn’t overcome too many miscues in key spots. The birds fly to Dallas and New Orleans the next two weeks, which begins a stretch of 4 road games in the next 5 weeks. By the time they finish up with the Giants toward the end of November, we’ll have a real good idea of just how good this team is.
5. Denver Broncos (5) -
6. New England Patriots (not ranked) – 59-0 says it all. And I think Tom Brady might just e healed up.
7. Green Bay Packers (not ranked) – Tore through the Lions, and now a really tough test: the Browns. Yikes. But after that, the Vikings come to town for a showdown with Old Man River. I haven’t been sold on this team all year, and I continue not to be. There is nothing they can do in Cleveland to change that, but in two weeks…
8. Chicago Bears (7) – They let a winnable game slip through their fingers against a good Atlanta team Sunday night. A showdown with the upstart Bengals awaits this Sunday, and the loser is in danger of tumbling off this list.
9. Cincinnati Bengals (8) – Dropping one to the Texans isn’t great, but they could redeem themselves with a win at home against the Bears. I still like this team, and it’s one of the few turnaround predictions of mine that isn’t turning out to be completely terrible.
10. Pittsburgh Steelers (not ranked) – Quite an accomplishment to put up 417 passing yards and only 27 points, but the Steelers pulled that off against the hideous Browns. Trouble comes a-callin’ this week with Old Man River and the Vikings.1. New Orleans Saints (4) – Margins of victory for their five wins: 18, 26, 20, 14, 21. In other words, the Saints are destroying everyone they play, including blowing my Super Bowl pick out of the water on Sunday. And the schedule is getting more favorable, with Miami, Carolina, St. Louis and Tampa Bay coming up. Only the Falcons in the Superdome in two weeks look like a genuine threat to this beast.
2. Indianapolis Colts (2) – Two bye weeks in a row, with the Rams up next. This one will be ugly early.
3. Minnesota Vikings (3) – 31 points allowed at home on Sunday. Eventually these tight games will catch up with them, you would think.
4. Atlanta Falcons (6) – Good win over the Bears, who couldn’t overcome too many miscues in key spots. The birds fly to Dallas and New Orleans the next two weeks, which begins a stretch of 4 road games in the next 5 weeks. By the time they finish up with the Giants toward the end of November, we’ll have a real good idea of just how good this team is.
5. Denver Broncos (5) – Three games into The Mid Season Schedule From Hell, and this shocking team remains undefeated. I will never, ever, ever in my life believe that a team quarterbacked by Kyle Orton can contend for a title, but for the first six weeks of 2009, God bless the thumping Denver defense, fantastic O line, and top rate receivers and return game.
6. New England Patriots (not ranked) – 59-0 says it all. And I think Tom Brady might just be healed up.
7. Green Bay Packers (not ranked) – Tore through the Lions, and now a really tough test: the Browns. Yikes. But after that, the Vikings come to town for a showdown with Old Man River. I haven’t been sold on this team all year, and I continue not to be. There is nothing they can do in Cleveland to change that, but in two weeks…
8. Chicago Bears (7) – They let a winnable game slip through their fingers against a good Atlanta team Sunday night. A showdown with the upstart Bengals awaits this Sunday, and the loser is in danger of tumbling off this list.
9. Cincinnati Bengals (8) – Dropping one to the Texans isn’t great, but they could redeem themselves with a win at home against the Bears. I still like this team, and it’s one of the few turnaround predictions of mine that isn’t turning out to be completely terrible.
10. Pittsburgh Steelers (not ranked) – Quite an accomplishment to put up 417 passing yards and only 27 points, but the Steelers pulled that off against the hideous Browns. Trouble comes a-callin’ this week with Old Man River and the Vikings.
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