1.  New England Patriots (7-2) (1) – Six of last seven are against over .500 teams.

2  Arizona Cardinals (8-1) (2) – Can they win with Drew Stanton?

3.  Denver Broncos (7-2) (3) – Right on track for the #1 seed.  Don’t doubt it.

4.  Indianapolis Colts (6-3) (4) – Remember last year’s playoffs?  Andrew Luck does.

5.  Detroit Lions (7-2) (5) – Biggest tests are ahead.

6.  Green Bay Packers (6-3) (6) – Can of whoop ass opened.

7.  Seattle Seahawks (6-3) (8) – Window to win the division is wide open.

8.  Philadelphia Eagles (7-2) (9) – Situation is tailor-made for Sanchez redemption.

9.  Dallas Cowboys (7-3) (11) – Can they finally overcome the dreaded late season swoon?

10.  Kansas City Chiefs (6-3) (T-14) – Offense doesn’t make mistakes.  Defense takes are of the rest.

11.  Cincinnati Bengals (5-3-1) (7) – Looking at three in a row on the road.

12.  Pittsburgh Steelers (6-4) (10) – (To the tune of Oops I did it again) Oops we made a mistake.  We lost to the Jets.  And now we’re in last.  Oh dammit dammit.

13.  San Francisco 49ers (5-4) (13) – Maybe too little.  Maybe too late.  But not both.

T-14.  Cleveland Browns (6-3) (19) – First place.  How ‘bout it?

T-14.  Baltimore Ravens (6-4) (T-17) – Don’t count these guys out.

16.  New Orleans Saints (4-5) (12) – It doesn’t matter.  No one else in that division is going to win even 7 games.

17.  Miami Dolphins (5-4) (T-14) – Too much of hole to dig out of.

18.  San Diego Chargers (5-4) (T-17) – If they’re going to turn it around, it must begin now.

19.  Buffalo Bills (5-4) (16) – When you go with Kyle Orton, you’re only going to win so many.

20.  Minnesota Vikings (4-5) (21) – Would you let Adrian Peterson play?

21.  New York Giants (3-6) (20) – Have run out of time and distance.

22.  Houston Texans (4-5) (23) – The Ryan Mallet era begins (Editor’s note:  “era” denotes only some period of time, not necessarily a long period of time.  It may only be a few weeks.  You know?)

23.  Carolina Panthers (3-6-1) (22) – This team has all the momentum of an overturned trash truck in a ditch.

24.  St. Louis Rams (3-6) (24) – No more fireworks left.

25.  Atlanta Falcons (3-6) (27) – Important to establish some foundation for next year.

26.  Washington RacialSlurs (3-6) (26) – Look at the bright side, their coach says they’re close to being 7-2.   Yes, because Washington is just 2½ hours from Philadelphia.  Bazinga!

27.  Chicago Bears (3-6) (25) – Get ready.  This whole thing is gonna get blown up.  Trestman, Cutler, all of these guys.  Gone.

28.  New York Jets (2-8) (30) – Rex Ryan should be thinking about his next job.  How about Chicago.  His dad was a legacy, you know.

29.  Tennessee Titans (2-7) (28) – Remember the Titans?  ‘Cause their fans probably don’t.

30.  Jacksonville Jaguars (1-9) (29) – Sadly, they’ve regressed badly over the last few weeks.

31.  Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-8) (31) – Lovie could get fired after just this season.  Seriously.

32.  Oakland Raiders (0-9) (32) – Even though they’re winless, they should consider keeping Tony Sparano around.

 

(Won-Loss Record and Last Week’s Ranking in parentheses)

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