NFL Power Rankings Week 4

Okay, I’m drinking the Packer Kool-Aid and putting them #6. I thought they would start 0-4, and still finish 8-8 so they are in great position.

I can’t remember the last time I thought the NFC had five of the league’s 11 best teams. Maybe 1998?

Jacksonville and the Giants make this week’s biggest gains, while Bills continue free fall, down 11 spots.

(Record, Last week)
1. New England (3-0, 1): Scoring 38 points is so routine.
2. Indianapolis (3-0, 2): What happened to those blowouts?
3. Pittsburgh (3-0, 3): Outscored opponents 97-26.
4. Baltimore (2-1, 5): QB Platoon? Does Billick think he’s Spurrier?
5. Dallas (3-0, 9): I’ll stop calling them overrated.
6. Green Bay (3-0, 11): Won seven straight.
7. San Diego (1-2, 4): With their schedule, I expected 1-2.
8. Seattle (2-1, 7): Sticking with them as NFC Champ.
9. Philadelphia (1-2, 12): Should wear blue and gold all the time.
10. Houston (2-1, 10): Need Andre Johnson back.
11. Chicago (1-2, 8): Can’t Devin Hester play QB?
12. Tennessee (2-1, 13): Jeff Fisher, all-time underrated coach.
13. Cincinnati (1-2, 14): Next on chopping block for Pats.
14. Denver (2-1, 6): Needs a run defense.
15. Tampa Bay (2-1, 15): First to worst to first?
16. Jacksonville (1-2, 23): What do you know? Del Rio runs the ball and wins.
17. Carolina (2-1, 20): Will David Carr rewrite his legacy?
18. Washington (2-1, 16): Sunday collapse was the Redskins I know.
19. Detroit (2-1, 17): Nice while it lasted.
20. N.Y. Jets 91-2, 18): Pats' biggest challenger in AFC East. Ha!
21. Arizona (1-2, 21): Leinart takes a step back.
22. San Francisco (2-1, 22): Steelers provide reality check to Niners.
23. Cleveland (1-2, 25): Billick needs Anderson back for even better platoon.
24. N.Y. Giants (1-2, 31): Showed spirit in comeback.
25. New Orleans (0-3, 26): Brees will straighten things out.
26. Kansas City (1-2, 27): Larry Johnson loves checkers.
27. Minnesota (1-2, 24): Hope Dome can stop Favre.
28. Miami (0-3, 29): Once great franchise is just sad.
29. Oakland (1-2, 30): Pseudo-cheating with time outs evens out in the end.
30. Buffalo (0-3, 19): Lee Evans has five catches.
31. St. Louis (0-3, 28): Must be depressing to be Rams fan.
32. Atlanta (0-3, 32): Missed good chance to win.

--Nate Sandstrom