NFL Week 7 Power Rankings

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 7 Power Rankings

Week 7 Power Rankings
This Week	Last Week		Record	Comment
1	2	New Orleans	5–0	2007 Patriots, say hello to the 2009 Saints
2	3	Indianapolis	5–0	With the bye week they will have had 2 weeks to get ready for the Rams; think that’s enough prep time?
3	4	Minnesota	6–0	OK, so they danced on the edge of the cliff a few times; like Parcells says, you are what you are
4	1	New York Giants	5–1	Injuries are starting to take a toll
5	5	Denver	6–0	Josh McDaniels may never have to pay for another meal in Denver
6	7	New England	4–2	Townspeople shudder as they see the light on again in Dracula’s castle
7	12	Pittsburgh	4–2	One of the worst teams in the league ATS — 1-5
8	13	Atlanta	4–1	Defense has given up fewest points among NFC teams
9	6	Cincinnati	4–2	Chicago this week, then back-to-back season-defining games against Baltimore and Pittsburgh
10	10	Chicago	3–2	Forte last Sunday: 15 carries, 23 yards and that goal-line fumble
11	11	San Francisco	3–2	Bye week gave Niners time to do repair work after 35-point home loss to Atlanta
12	8	Baltimore	3–3	Hard to swallow for Ravens die-hards, but this defense is only average now
13	17	Green Bay	3–2	Packers looking at bookend games against dregs (Cleveland, Tampa Bay) wrapped around Favre Bowl II on Nov. 1
14	9	New York Jets	3–3	Two problems: Jenkins is done for the year and defenses are catching up with Sanchez
15	14	Philadelphia	3–2	Offensive line problems are starting to take a heavy toll — McNabb sacked 6 times by Raiders
16	15	Dallas	3–2	Running backs Jones and Barber are getting healthy
17	19	Arizona	3–2	Cards seem to be a better team on the road than at home and they still have games to play at St. Louis, Tennessee and Detroit
18	16	San Diego	2–3	Norv Turner might want to start thinking about putting his house up for sale
19	18	Miami	2–3	2-0 in division and two games left with New England; maybe Dolphins can sneak back into it
20	20	Houston	3–3	Tough matchup this week with 49ers coming off their bye week
21	21	Jacksonville	3–3	Maybe these guys aren’t so bad after all — 4 winnable games up next: Tennessee, KC, Jets, Buffalo
22	22	Seattle	2–4	41 points at home one week, 3 at home the next; go figure
23	25	Buffalo	2–4	Ironic, isn’t it, that the coach who rarely says anything (Jauron) is able to shut up the one who never stops talking (Ryan)
24	23	Carolina	2–3	Conundrum: Panthers need to run the ball to win, but that shuts down their best player (WR Steve Smith)
25	29	Oakland	2–4	Biggest win in years for the Raiders and the stadium was half-empty
26	28	Kansas City	1–5	Two years from now the Chiefs will be the team no one wants to play
27	24	Washington	2–4	Head coach Jim Zorn no longer calling the plays. Wait, they had plays?
28	27	Detroit	1–5	Lions were making offensive progress before the Stafford knee injury
29	30	Cleveland	1–4	Mangini says Derek Anderson is the QB starter. Definitely. Absolutely. For now.
30	26	Tennessee	0–6	There is no other explanation for this except that the Titans’ veterans have given up
31	32	St. Louis	0–6	Rams catch the Colts the week after Indy’s bye week
32	31	Tampa Bay	0–6	Competitive last week against Carolina, but don’t expect the same thing Sunday in London against New England

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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.