2009 NFL Football Power Ratings
Each week during the heart of the NFL season, and once or twice during the NFL Preseason, we’ll gather the troops around the roundtable and hash out the NFL Power rankings. We check out the stats, looks at the records, and, most importantly, we take a close, close look at the heart of each team. We encourage you to come back each week and see how the NFL Power Rankings have changed.
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NFL Power Rankings
This Week — Comment
1 Pittsburgh Steelers — With that defense Steelers are never out of a game
2 New England Patriots — Ok Brady’s back; but there are concerns about the defense
3 New York Giants — Plaxico Burress BS took a lot of out Jints late last year
4 Indianapolis Colts — Sky’s the limit if they can run the ball this season
5 Philadelphia Eagles — Rebuilt offensive line has not yet come together
6 Tennessee Titans — Defense has to again provide decent field position
7 San Diego Chargers — With AFC West rebuilding, Chargers have bye into playoffs
8 Baltimore Ravens — One play away from the Super Bowl in 2008-09
9 Atlanta Falcons — Matt Ryan is better than anyone thought
10 Chicago Bears — OK, Cutler can play, but he’s still a punk
11 New Orleans Saints — Allowed fewest number of points during preseason
12 New York Jets — Doubtful they’ll quit on Rex Ryan like they did on Mangini
13 Minnesota Vikings — Repeat after me, Brett: Turn, and hand off
14 Carolina Panthers — Could be higher with more conservative offense
15 Arizona Cardinals — You’ll never convince me that they didn’t tank the NE game last December
16 Miami Dolphins — You have to think that Belichick will be ready for the Wildcat this time
17 Dallas Cowboys — Unless he starts getting it, Romo will eventually become Jake Delhomme
18 Houston Texans — Tough to get traction in a division with Indianapolis and Tennessee
19 Green Bay Packers — Injury to Raji a setback in transition to 3-4 defense
20 Washington Redskins — Will Haynesworth try as hard now that he has his money?
21 Seattle Seahawks — Keeping Hasselbeck healthy is the key, but O-Line no longer dominant
22 Cincinnati Bengals — Only late-season garbage-time wins prevented 1-15 last year
23 San Francisco 49ers — Knocking off Arizona in opener could scramble the NFC West
24 Buffalo Bills — are becoming the Raiders of the East; preseason offense was non-existent
25 Oakland Raiders — How is it possible for a team to draft this high year after year, and still stink?
26 Jacksonville Jaguars — Veteran salary dumps produced lagging ticket sales and home TV blackouts
27 St. Louis Rams — Same offense, but Spagnuolo promises an aggressive, attacking defense
28 Detroit Lions — Offensive line appears improved
29 Kansas City Chiefs — Cassel led league in getting sacked last season. He’s favored to repeat in ’09
30 Denver Broncos — Check out the Broncos schedule for Games 4-5-6-7-8
31 Cleveland Browns — One and done for Mangini?
32 Tampa Bay Rays — No QB, new coach, tough division….3 strikes
One reply on “NFL Week 1 Power Rankings”
After watching how the preseason unfolded two teams jumped out at me as ones to watch, Green Bay in the NFC and Baltimore in the AFC. Even with the 2nd and 3rd team players in the game they both looked impressive.