NFL Week 3 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 3 Power Rankings

Week 3 Power Rankings
This Week	Last Week		Record	Comment
1	2	New York Giants	2–0	Doubtful that any other team could have gone into Dallas and won that game
2	10	New Orleans	2–0	Drew Brees is on the best QB roll since Tom Brady in 2007
3	7	Atlanta	2–0	Big early-season road test in New England this weekend; win changes entire power structure in NFL
4	4	Indianapolis	2–0	Next 4 opponents all dogs — Cards, Seahawks, Titans, Rams
5	8	Baltimore	2–0	Not your father’s Ravens — Baltimore leads AFC in scoring
6	11	New York Jets	2–0	J-e-t-s- are g-o-o-d and not just a bunch of mouths; top defensive team in NFL despite just 2 sacks
7	1	Pittsburgh	1–1	Reed blew two late field goals, but Steelers’ 4th-period playcalling was also a bit bizarre
8	3	New England	1–1	Except for final 4 minutes against Bills, Pats’ offense has scored only one TD in 116 minutes
9	12	Minnesota	2–0	Early line Vikes -7 vs. San Francisco looks way too heavy
10	5	Philadelphia	1–1	Eagles sinking like a stone, but arrival of KC sends them a life preserver
11	9	San Diego	1–1	Are the Chargers beginning to take on the persona of mild-mannered head coach Norv Turner?
12	13	Dallas	1–1	After emotional home opener, might be a good time to fade the Boys. They give 9 to Panthers
13	22	San Francisco	2–0	Hill may not be long-term answer at QB, but Niners are now built around running game and solid D
14	14	Green Bay	1–1	Lots of finger-pointing in GB after loss to Bengals, but No. 1 priority is repairing the O-Line
15	21	Chicago	1–1	Give Cutler (104.7 rating) credit . . . Without decent receivers he outplayed Ben Roethlisberger
16	26	Denver	2–0	At Oakland Sunday; last call before Bataan Death March (Dallas, NE, San Diego, Baltimore, Pittsburgh
17	18	Houston	1–1	Play like crap at home; play like Super Bowl champ on road…go figure
18	6	Tennessee	0–2	With 10 days rest the defense should have been in shutdown mode; instead it gives up 34
19	15	Arizona	0–2	Big tests for Cardinals defense in next two weeks: Indianapolis and Houston
20	16	Miami	0–2	Please explain how a team can dominate time of possession 45-15 minutes and still lose
21	19	Washington	1–1	Victory over the Rams seems more like a loss
22	20	Seattle	1–1	Shame, but Matt Hasselbeck seems to be breaking down again
23	30	Cincinnati	1–1	When is the last time a Bengals-Steelers game was anticipated in Cincinnati?
24	24	Buffalo	1–1	T.O finally breaks out of his shell, but with NO in town this week, defense will be under duress
25	25	Oakland	1–1	Tough to keep your head above water when your QB can’t complete even half his passes
26	17	Carolina	0–2	Victory at Dallas is a must if Panthers want to stay relevant this season
27	23	Jacksonville	0–2	Turn out the lights…rumors of a move to Los Angeles will only get stronger
28	27	St. Louis	0–2	Seven points total in 2 weeks against mediocre opponents won’t get it done
29	28	Detroit	0–2	If the Lions go bellyup Sunday at home vs. Washington, next winnable game is Nov. 1 vs. St. Louis
30	29	Kansas City	0–2	Tough line vs. Oakland: 409 total yards, 25 first downs, 10 points, loss
31	31	Cleveland	0–2	Ok, Man-genius, think of something
32	32	Tampa Bay	0–2	Listen closely and you can hear death rattles

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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.