Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Every Wednesday I will post my NFL weekly Power Poll. This poll is my opinion. I don't watch every game so don't argue with me that Cleveland should be 2 spots higher. They are where they are because based on what I've seen that is where they belong.

1. Indianapolis Colts 5-0. Obvious choice for number 1. The only unbeaten team
2. Pittsburgh Steelers 3-1. Let's see how well they do with Big Ben hurt.
3. Denver Broncos 4-1. They've beat some solid teams in Jax and Washington.
4. Tampa Bay Bucs 4-1. Without Cadillac they would be lower, but he is back this week.
5. New England Patriots 3-2. Injuries are killing them for once.
6. Philadelphia Eagles 3-2. McNabb is banged up, but the NFC is still awful.
7. Washington Redskins 3-1. Only loss so far came to a good Broncos team.
8. Cincinatti Bengals 4-1. Exposed for what they are by the Jaguars.
9. Jacksonville Jaguars 3-2. Finally stepped up in prime time to win a game.
10. New York Giants 3-1. Can Eli carry them all season? No, but Tiki can.
11. Dallas Cowboys 3-2. I like their new spread offense. Bledsoe still has a cannon for an arm.
12. Atlanta Falcons 3-2. They still won without Vick, but I don't see that trend continuing.
13. Carolina Panthers 3-2. Steve Smith is becoming an elite WR in this league.
14. Seattle Seahawks 3-2. With injuries to their WR core Alexander will need to step up.
15. Kansas City Chiefs 2-2. Roaf is coming back. Time for KC to start scoring again.
16. San Diego Chargers 2-3. A bit disappointing, but they are still a solid team.
17. St. Louis Rams 2-3. Monday night against Indy could spell trouble for Bulger.
18. Buffalo Bills 2-3. They are finally starting to click with Holcomb at the helm.
19. Detroit Lions 2-2. Wow, they beat Baltimore. When does Garcia come back again?
20. Miami Dolphins 2-2. Ricky the tree smoker is back. Lets see how "high" the Dolphins get.
21. Cleveland Browns 2-2. Without Edwards Dilfer will be forced to throw to Bryant. Ewww.
22. New York Jets 2-3. The Jets are done in my opinion. Too much hype for old man Vinny.
23. Tennessee Titans 2-3. McNair still has it, but no one else does. Welcome to salary cap hell.
24. New Orleans Saints 2-3. Duece is out for the year. Watch the Saints fall.
25. Oakland Raiders 1-3. Randy is still a stud, but their defense is still awful.
26. Minnesota Vikings 1-3. No Moss = no playoffs. 1-3 in the worst NFL division. That's bad
27. Baltimore Ravens 1-3. Their defense showed signs of life last week. We'll see...
28. Green Bay Packers 1-4. See Vikings above. Brett can't do it alone.
29. Chicago Bears 1-3. A solid defense can not carry this team, nor can a rookie QB.
30. Arizona Cardinals 1-4. Warner going down really hurt this team. Division champs? Nope.
31. San Francisco 49ers 1-4. Did anyone expect them to be any higher?
32. Houston Texans 0-4. Year after year the Texans continue to suck. Win #1 isn't coming soon.

There you have it folks, my first Power Poll. I may rank teams different than professional sites.
I rank it how I see it. I try to stick teams with similar records near each other. Some sites will put a 1-4 team way up at spot 19 or something. I don't think that's fair to teams with 2 wins (even iff those wins came from NFC North teams). I don't like having Cincy that high because they have played god awful teams, and actually lost to the first decent team they faced. But at 4-1 they belong in the Top 10.

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