NFL Power Rankings: Giants keep movin' on up
Team, record, last week’s ranking
1. Patriots (7-0) (1): History in the making? 
2. Colts (6-0) (2): Peyton Manning & Co. do their part to make sure Colts-Pats on Nov. 4 is battle of the unbeatens.
3. Cowboys (5-1) (4): Cowboys recover from home drubbing to Pats and hold serve against Vikes.
4. Giants (5-2) (7): Giants’ defense best in the business at rushing the passer. Eli Manning getting better by the week.
5. Steelers (4-2) (3): Black N Gold won’t be puffing his chest about the Steelers this week. Not after losing shootout in Denver. Big Ben is Back won’t be talking trash, either … but we are glad he’s back.
6. Jaguars (4-2) (5): Jags not only lose to Colts – badly – but may lose QB David Garrard a week or two with a sprained ankle.
7. Packers (5-1) (6): A huge one awaits Pack after a bye week: at Denver on Monday night.
8. Chargers (3-3) (8): Chargers forced to move practice to Arizona because of smoke from southern California wildfires. They come off bye to face the Texans at home.
9. Titans (4-2) (13): No Vince Young, no problem. Kerry Collins and kicker Rob Bironas combine to beat Texans on the road. Bironas leads the way with eight field goals.
10. Seahawks (4-3) (15): Now that’s more like it. After dispiriting loss at home to Saints, Seahawks come back to thrash division rival St. Louis. The defense smokes Marc Bulger on his return to the lineup from broken ribs.
11. Panthers (4-2) (11): Vinny T. or David Carr? John Fox not saying which QB plays against Indy. Then again, the way the Colts are playing, it probably doesn’t matter.
12. Broncos (3-3) (19): Broncos come off bye rested and ready and get the offense going against what was supposed to be a dominant Steelers unit. As Black N Gold and Big Ben Is Back will tell you, it ain’t so dominant. 
13. Lions (4-2) (16): Jon Kitna is 4/10ths of the way there to coming through on his prediction of double digit wins this season.
14. Buccaneers (4-3) (9): Jeff Garcia turns the ball over twice, and the Lions cash in both times for touchdowns. Now it’s home to Jacksonville.
15. Redskins (4-2) (14): Ugly, ugly win by Redskins, who do just enough to get past mistake-prone Cardinals at home and hover near Giants and Cowboys.
16. Chiefs (4-3) (17): Chiefs have beaten the Raiders nine straight times. Man.
17. Ravens (4-3) (10): We had a feeling this one was coming. With Ravens limping to the bye week with a bunch of bumps and bruises, they come up small on the road in Buffalo.
18. Bears (3-4) (24): Brian Griese saves the day with late fourth-quarter touchdown drive to beat the Iggles.
19. Texans (3-4) (12): Sage Rosenfels nearly pulls off dramatic fourth-quarter comeback in place of the injured Matt Schaub, but Texans fall just short.
20. Vikings (2-4) (20): For a few moments, it looked as if the Vikings were gonna pull the upset in Big D. But they couldn’t close the deal, and QB Tarvaris Jackson suffers a broken finger in the process. He’s iffy this week.
21. Browns (3-3) (21): Browns haven’t won two in a row since the 2003 season. They’ll see if they can’t change that on Sunday against the winless Rams.
22. Cardinals (3-4) (22): Kurt Warner makes unexpected return from elbow injury on non-throwing arm, but it’s not enough as Redskins hold off ‘Zona by foiling two-point conversion at the end and then watching Neil Rackers’ 54-yard field goal attempt just miss.
23. Saints (2-4) (23): Considering the weakened state of the NFC South, it’s not out of the question that the Saints can get back in this thing, as long as they keep playing as they have the last two weeks.
24. Eagles (2-4) (18): A new survey says Philadelphia has the ugliest people in the country. Or did they mean the ugliest football in the country?
25. Bills (2-4) (28): Trent Edwards leads the Bills over the Ravens, signaling the unofficial end of the J.P. Losman era in Buff.
26. Bengals (2-4) (27): Looked as if the Bengals’ humiliating season would continue. Alas, they were playing the Jets, so Carson Palmer managed to pull off dramatic second-half comeback against New York’s pathetic defense.
27. 49ers (2-4) (25): Frank Gore questions the play-calling of offensive coordinator Jim Hostler after Niners’ offense looks inept yet again in road loss to Giants.
28. Raiders (2-4) (26): How do you lose to a divisional rival nine straight times? That’s pretty hard to do.
29. Jets (1-6) (29): Eric Mangini says everyone’s job is up for grabs. The only job anyone cares about is the quarterback. Still no word whether it’s Chad Pennington or Kellen Clemens.
30. Rams (0-7) (30): Scott Linehan’s job is safe for the rest of the season. But barring a dramatic turnaround, looks like he’s gonna be out after just two seasons.
31. Falcons (1-6) (31): Byron Leftwich plays and gets hurt. Sound familiar, Jaguars fans?
32. Dolphins (0-7) (32): One reader suggests we simply make this a 31-team league, because the Dolphins don’t deserve to be a called an NFL team. Not a bad idea.
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Comments (34)
Nope, On the Steelers I'm mute. I still think your Cowboys are overrated though.
The Chargers might be the best 3-3 team I've ever seen.
The Raiders have played much better than their 2-4 record would indicate.
The Panthers are the leagues overachievers this year,
Buffalo is to low, they should be 4-2.
Giants are too high, as is their custom they beat bad teams but will struggle against good teams.
Why do you say history in the making for the Pats, but not the Colts? The big game is in Indy and the Pats defense can't stop the Colts in the Dome.
I agree with you Jellyfish.
On Buffalo, the Giants, but particulary on Indy/Pats.
The Pats have the media focus, meanwhile Indy has been the more impressive total package.
I've been badgering Bob about it for weeks, but he never listens :-)
Ok, maybe on Bills. On Giants, they're really good right now. They just are.
New England is the greatest team in NFL history!!!!
LOL, right Bob, riiiiiiiiiigggghhhht!
What's the matter Bob? Did Belichick secretly tape you blogging in your pajamas?
Bob wears Pats PJ's with his #12 - Brady t-shirt.
Jets are too high again this week.
So *that's* the Jets problem? Now it all makes sense! :-) :-)
Bill B:
How did you find out?!?!?!
I'm with Jellyfish. Indy is really flying under the radar this year, mainly cause Brady is so locked in.
Hey Bob, do you know where I can get some Bronco boxers? :)
Bob, which situation would you rather be in? Date an ugly girl in Philly or play video games with McGahee in boring Buffalo?
Bill B:
Best line of the week so far. Well said.
These rankings are a joke. how do you put the jaguars and the giants ahead of the Packers?
Packers murdered the Giants and the Jags just got whooped.
Matt:
I understand your point, and it's debatable about Jags ahead of Pack. But it's a right-here, right-now deal with the rankings. Right-here, right-now, the Giants are a vastly superior team to the one that was beaten by Green Bay. If the teams were to play today, I'd take the Giants.
Bob, and that's why you're doing so well in the weekly "Beat Bob Glauber" contest right? :-) j/k
Titans beat the Jags head to head in Jacksonville and lost to the Colts by 2. Jags lost by 20. How are the Jags ahead of them?
Hey Bob where did you have the Giants at the start of the year? Im sure you had the Jets way ahead of them. Front runner!
How does that make Bob a front runner?
I see the "right here - right now" line is back after taking a brief hiatus. Right here right now, neutral field, no way the Giants beat the Steelers. And fellow bloggers, if the Colts beat N.E. by 4 and the next week the Pats whoop some patsy by 25, he'll have N.E. on top again..watch and see.
Big Ben is back! Right-here, right-now, just for you. We've even hyphenated for emphasis.
Glad you're talking smack about Steelers after that spotty effort in Denver. Even Black N Gold had no answers for that one.
Oh, I had answers, but they just weren't fit for a family board :-)
Right here - right now? Didn't Washington humiliate the Lions very recently.
Jellyfish:
Yes, indeed, although it was a couple weeks ago, the Lions responded well after a bye, and Washington looked morbid against the Cardinals. But again, this is not an exact science ... as you can clearly tell.
:)
Thank goodness Bob doesn't vote for the BCS champion. Here's his voting process from 1986: "Hmm, Penn State beat Miami but Miami would beat them if they played again tomorrow so Miami is my #1."
Big Ben is Back:
I am not ruling out the possibility that this has not been one of my better weeks with the power rankings.
Maybe if you stopped cackling about the rankings after the fact and helped me a little before the posting, we wouldn't be having these discussions?
Just shout your suggestions, and I'll probably hear them.
Bob is a front runner because he has picked the Jets to do better than the Giants every year forever.
Boy did you open the flood gates there, BG. Where should we post our suggestions and by when?
How about an all-time greatest teams rankings some week for our enjoyment? That's always controversial and fun. After the '78 and '76 and '79 and '75 Steelers, the list can get quite contentious! :-)
Plus, these discussions are fun, no? What's the point of a Power Ranking if people don't get worked up by it?
Come to think of it, maybe I should keep screwing up these rankings. More to tick people off and make 'em send in comments.
Hey it works for Adam :-) :-) :-)
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