NFL Week 11 Power Rankings
November 18, 2009 by Lawrence Paul
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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Week 11 Power Rankings
| Week 11 Power Rankings | ||||
| This Week | Last Week | Record | Comment | |
| 1 | 1 | New Orleans | 9--0 | With division title under wraps, Saints now playing to make history |
| 2 | 2 | Indianapolis | 9--0 | Used to be Belichick was in Manning's head. Now it's just the reverse |
| 3 | 3 | Minnesota | 8--1 | Yes he's great, but Peterson needs to hang on to the ball a little better |
| 4 | 7 | Cincinnati | 7--2 | Oakland, Cleveland and Detroit next, then great matchup against Minnesota |
| 5 | 5 | New England | 6--3 | Jets are next…any other team and there might be a letdown from the Colts loss |
| 6 | 6 | Pittsburgh | 6--3 | Steeler fans holding their breaths on Polamalu injury news |
| 7 | 13 | San Diego | 6--3 | Chargers gave up 450 yards passing to McNabb and still found a way to win |
| 8 | 17 | Arizona | 6--3 | Beanie Wells finally has a breakout game |
| 9 | 9 | Dallas | 6--3 | It's too early for the Boys to gag, isn't it? |
| 10 | 8 | Philadelphia | 5--4 | Season would look a lot different if Eagles had sucked it up and played tougher on the West Coast |
| 11 | 4 | Denver | 6--3 | Stand back. The air is leaving the balloon |
| 12 | 14 | Atlanta | 5--4 | Team on the rise? At this point last season Falcons were 6-3 |
| 13 | 10 | Houston | 5--4 | Coming off bye week, Texans have 3 straight against AFC South opponents |
| 14 | 11 | New York Giants | 5--4 | Giants are bull about having to play Sunday, then fly to Denver for game 4 days later |
| 15 | 12 | Baltimore | 5--4 | Need to at least split next 2 (Indy, Pittsburgh) to remain in playoff conversation |
| 16 | 22 | Jacksonville | 5--4 | Great effort against Jets keeps Jags in the playoff hunt |
| 17 | 15 | Green Bay | 5--4 | Packers have found a way to win with Aaron Rodgers lying on his back |
| 18 | 16 | New York Jets | 4--5 | Not much bravado coming from the Jets locker room now |
| 19 | 19 | Miami | 4--5 | Ronnie Brown probably out Thursday against Panthers |
| 20 | 21 | Carolina | 4--5 | Things are looking up, but final 4 games: at NE, Minnesota, at NY Giants, New Orleans |
| 21 | 20 | San Francisco | 4--5 | 49ers are best team in NFL ATS -- 6-2-1 |
| 22 | 18 | Chicago | 4--5 | Cutler: 5 red zone interceptions this season, and 17 in all |
| 23 | 28 | Tennessee | 3--6 | Go to youtube and plug in Bud Adams flips bird |
| 24 | 27 | Washington | 3--6 | 4 division games left, but everyone knows it's too late |
| 25 | 23 | Seattle | 3--6 | Would the last fan to leave please turn out the lights? |
| 26 | 24 | Buffalo | 3--6 | Did you have Week 10 in the T.O. finally goes nuts pool? |
| 27 | 26 | Kansas City | 2--7 | Defense has to win for Chiefs, because the offense seems to max out at about 20 points |
| 28 | 25 | Oakland | 2--7 | Heyward-Bey can't catch the ball. That's one of 5 warning signs that you've drafted a bad receiver |
| 29 | 29 | St. Louis | 1--8 | OK the Saints weren't going balls to the wall…but the Rams deserve credit for staying close against NFL's best team |
| 30 | 30 | Detroit | 1--8 | Football fans the world over eagerly awaiting Lions' Thanksgiving Day game against Green Bay |
| 31 | 32 | Tampa Bay | 1--8 | Under the radar, Josh Freeman is giving Bucs fans some hope |
| 32 | 31 | Cleveland | 1--8 | Even sellouts should be blacked out to prevent fans from seeing how bad this team is |
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Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.
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My top 5 would be:
Indianapolis- the win over New England was huge
New Orleans- they have been winning ugly
Cincinnati- very impressive back to back wins
Minnesota- they lost the only really tough game they played so far
New England- 4th quarter melt down against the Colts was a surprise.