NFL Week 2 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 2 Power Rankings

This Week	Last Week		Record	Comment
1	1	Pittsburgh	1–0	OK, he’s tough….but can Ben Roethlisberger survive getting whacked 8-10 times a game?
2	3	New York Giants	1–0	With this defense and running game, Manning doesn’t have to be good
3	2	New England	1–0	Obvious that offense will have to bail out a mediocre defense every week
4	4	Indianapolis	1–0	Colts are already in control of the AFC South
5	5	Philadelphia	1–0	If McNabb can’t go, the Eagles had Jeff Garcia sign on
6	6	Tennessee	0–1	Kerry Collins is just good enough to not screw things up
7	9	Atlanta	1–0	Looks like clear sailing for Falcons in a weakened NFC South
8	8	Baltimore	1–0	Vs. KC: 43 passes, 41 rushes….what’s going on here?
9	7	San Diego	1–0	Chargers will win the West; staying focused game to game is the concern
10	11	New Orleans	1–0	Not enough D to go deep in playoffs, but they’ll be fun to watch
11	12	New York Jets	1–0	Safe bet that Tom Brady was studying all those blitz schemes Jets used vs. Texans
12	13	Minnesota	1–0	Doesn’t get too dicey for Vikes and Favre until mid-October
13	17	Dallas	1–0	Biggest number was 0 (interceptions by Romo) vs. Bucs
14	19	Green Bay	1–0	Good sign when you can beat a decent opponent when your offense is at 75 percent efficiency
15	15	Arizona	0–1	Cardinals can forget about a cakewalk in the NFC West
16	16	Miami	0–1	Could get ugly: Indy at home this coming week, then at San Diego
17	14	Carolina	0–1	Same team as last year’s, but there’s something missing
18	18	Houston	0–1	Texans are in desperate need of a bye week
19	20	Washington	0–1	Defenses will overload line of scrimmage against risk-averse Redskin offense
20	21	Seattle	1–0	Interesting NFC West division game Sunday at San Francisco
21	10	Chicago	0–1	They lose to Pack; they lose Urlacher; and Pittsburgh is next
22	23	San Francisco	1–0	“I’m sorry, Mr. Crabtree. Mr. Singletary is in a meeting and can’t take your call.”
23	26	Jacksonville	0–1	Jags deserve credit on near-miss in Indy and are actually favored over Arizona
24	24	Buffalo	0–1	One fumble away from what would have been Bills’ biggest victory of the decade
25	25	Oakland	0–1	Outplayed San Diego for 59 minutes and 42 seconds
26	30	Denver	1–0	Josh McDaniels’s luck may be starting to change
27	27	St. Louis	0–1	Low expectations for Rams, and they met them
28	28	Detroit	0–1	Lions are on a pace to give up 720 points this season
29	29	Kansas City	0–1	Problems on the offensive line will take a toll every game
30	22	Cincinnati	0–1	Probably not a good idea for unlucky Bengals to hit the casino or buy lottery tickets any time soon
31	31	Cleveland	0–1	Mangini declined to say that Brady Quinn played QB against the Vikings
32	32	Tampa Bay	0–1	Hard to see how the Bucs move up

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Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel writer from Massachusetts.