1. Seattle Seahawks (2-1) (2) – People slightly overrate their defense, but they seriously underrate that offense.
2. Denver Broncos (2-1) (1) – Regulation tie @Seattle? They did enough.
3. Arizona Cardinals (3-0) (4) – I think people don’t get it. If you can win like that with Drew Stanton, it tells you how good the rest of the team really is.
4. Cincinnati Bengals (3-0) (6) – Impossible to ignore how well this team is playing.
5. New England Patriots (2-1) (3) – Winning ugly, but this is the most balanced Patriots team we’ve seen in a while.
6. New Orleans Saints (1-2) (7) – They’ve had all the stumbles they can afford.
7. San Francisco 49ers (1-2) (5) – They host 3-0 Philadelphia this week. Could they drop to 1-3?
8. Indianapolis Colts (1-2) (9) – In a similar boat as the Saints.
9. San Diego Chargers (2-1) (11) – No reason this team won’t be 6-1 going into their week 8 matchup with the Broncos.
10. Carolina Panthers (2-1) (8) – Entering an impossible stretch of schedule – they could be underdogs in their next 8 in a row.
11. Atlanta Falcons (2-1) (12) – The Bucs are gonna see these guys in their nightmares.
T-12. Chicago Bears (2-1) (12) – Facing the hump (Green Bay) they’ve yet to get over under Jay Cutler.
T-12. Philadelphia Eagles (3-0) (14) – I’ll move them into the top 10 just as soon as they manage to stop ANYONE on defense.
14. Green Bay Packers (1-2) (9) – Can’t drop another one.
T-15. Baltimore Ravens (2-1) (15) – Can’t tell if this is a good team playing bad or a bad team playing good.
T-15. Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) (16) – Hardly dominant, but won’t need to be the next two weeks.
17. Detroit Lions (2-1) (20) – Winning through the mistakes.
T-18. Buffalo Bills (2-1) (17) – Still haven’t proven they’re for real.
T-18. Houston Texans (2-1) (18) – Neither have they.
20. New York Giants (1-2) (22) – The turnaround begins?
21. Dallas Cowboys (2-1) (24) – Living on borrowed time.
22. Miami Dolphins (1-2) (19) – One impressive win; two very unimpressive losses.
23. New York Jets (1-2) (21) – Geno or not Geno. That is the question (that only New York Jet fans really care about).
24. Cleveland Browns (1-2) (23) – Three games within 3 points or less.
25. Kansas City Chiefs (1-2) (27) – Another team entering a scheduling murderers’ row.
26. Washington RacialSlurs (1-2) (24) – Don’t get too excited – they did that against the Eagles defense. And they lost the game.
27. Tennessee Titans (1-2) (26) – Very little to be excited about with this team.
28. St. Louis Rams (1-2) (28) – If nothing else, Austin Davis probably got himself a roster spot somewhere for the next few years.
29. Minnesota Vikings (1-2) (32) – Bridgewater plus that defense equals maybe able to stay in games.
30. Oakland Raiders (0-3) (31) – The fact that two teams are worse is no reflection on how bad they are.
31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-3) (30) – Just remember, it’s not THEIR fault if you picked them to have some great season because they have Josh McCown. What were you thinking?
32. Jacksonville Jaguars (0-3) (29) – No reason not to just start the Blake Bortles era now. Give your fans a reason to watch.
(Won-Loss Record and Last Week’s Ranking in parentheses)