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 15 Power Rankings
Week 15 Power Rankings | ||||
This Week | Last Week | Record | Comment | |
1 | 1 | New Orleans | 13–0 | Saints have scored at least 24 points in every game this season |
2 | 2 | Indianapolis | 13–0 | How does backup Jim Sorgi, who never plays, get put on injured reserve? |
3 | 3 | San Diego | 10–3 | Just 21st in the league against the run |
4 | 5 | Minnesota | 11–2 | Pat Williams rips the media for doubting Vikes after loss to Arizona two weeks ago. How unique |
5 | 6 | Philadelphia | 9–4 | Except for the top-flight QBs and Adrian Peterson, does any player have more impact on offense than DeSean Jackson? |
6 | 10 | Green Bay | 9–4 | Who are you guys and what have you done with the Packers’ defense? |
7 | 4 | Cincinnati | 9–4 | Bengals have morphed into a run-first team as Palmer’s numbers fade |
8 | 8 | Denver | 8–5 | 21 catches from Marshall couldn’t get the job done in Indianapolis |
9 | 7 | Arizona | 8–5 | Worst team in the league at covering the O/U — 4-9 |
10 | 12 | New England | 8–5 | Expect Randy Moss and Adalius Thomas to be looking for work in a few weeks |
11 | 9 | Dallas | 8–5 | Please please please, more shots of Jerry Jones in the owner’s box when the Coyboys turn the ball over |
12 | 15 | Miami | 7–6 | Wildcat appears to have been placed in cold storage for the winter |
13 | 16 | New York Jets | 7–6 | Don’t count these guys out. Up next: Atlanta is wounded, and Indy and Cincy may be resting key players |
14 | 11 | New York Giants | 7–6 | How would you like to be a telemarketer with Tom Coughlin on the other end of the line? |
15 | 13 | Jacksonville | 7–6 | Too bad the Jags can’t sell out home games. They’re 7-6 with 4-9 talent |
16 | 17 | Tennessee | 6–7 | Chris Johnson needs 374 yards to break Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record |
17 | 18 | Baltimore | 7–6 | Powerful ground game (Rice, McGahee, McClain) will serve Ravens well down the stretch |
18 | 14 | Pittsburgh | 6–7 | Almost seems like a misprint. 6-7? Reports indicate that the locker room is very edgy |
19 | 19 | Atlanta | 6–7 | Ryan injury certainly hurt, but they need to do something about the defense in the offseason |
20 | 20 | Houston | 6–7 | Come back and talk when you can start beating decent teams |
21 | 26 | San Francisco | 6–7 | Inability to win on the road will cost these guys a playolff spot |
22 | 22 | Washington | 4–9 | Nice-guy QB Jason Campbell looks like he’s out as team scouts Jimmy Clauseon and Colt McCoy |
23 | 23 | Chicago | 5–8 | From Jokes.com: New penalty for speeding in Illinois, they give you Bears tickets. Second offense, you have to actually use them |
24 | 24 | Carolina | 5–8 | Panthers bragged about shutting down Moss, but they forgot about Welker |
25 | 25 | Oakland | 4–9 | Looks like JaMarcus Russell starts for the final 3 games. Pass the Excedrin |
26 | 21 | Seattle | 5–8 | No team is more adept at mailing in road games |
27 | 28 | Buffalo | 5–8 | Bills cagtching Patriots at New England’s weakest moment of the season |
28 | 27 | Kansas City | 3–10 | Doubts about Cassel starting to surface….4 INTs last Sunday |
29 | 29 | Tampa Bay | 1–12 | Jon Gruden is not walking through that door |
30 | 32 | Cleveland | 2–11 | Browns spend much of their planning time figujring how to get the ball in the hands of Joshua Cribbs |
31 | 30 | Detroit | 2–11 | Interesting to see what Calvin Johnson could do with a decent quarterback throwing to him |
32 | 31 | St. Louis | 1–12 | Guard Rich Incognito looks like the reincarnation of Conrad Dobler |
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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.
One reply on “NFL Week 15 Power Rankings”
New Orleans and Indianapolis are still at the top of the heep, but my two picks for the Super Bowl way back in August are starting to look like they may present a legitimate challenge come playoff time- San Diego and Philadelphia.