NFL Week 4 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 4 Power Rankings

Week 4 Power Rankings
This Week	Last Week		Record	Comment
1	1	New York Giants	3–0	New emphasis on the run paid dividends in rout of Tampa Bay
2	2	New Orleans	3–0	Early betting is on Saints -6.5 over Jets in matchup of 3-0 teams
3	4	Indianapolis	3–0	Colts can change players at any offensive position except QB and still thrive
4	5	Baltimore	3–0	They aren’t who we thought they were…Ravens have an excellent offense
5	6	New York Jets	3–0	Good week in NY: Big win, plus 7 whole days without being accused of cheating
6	8	New England	2–1	Defense better than expected, but offense still not in sync
7	9	Minnesota	3–0	Road gets a little tougher for Vikes, but overall schedule is not too demanding
8	11	San Diego	2–1	Could use a bye week to get healthy; instead they get cross country trip and game vs. Steelers
9	14	Green Bay	2–1	Aside from the Favre hoopla, this game is important in the NFC North
10	3	Atlanta	2–1	Warning, warning, warning: Falcons had trouble vs. a less-than-dominating Patriot defense
11	16	Denver	3–0	Not too many complaints in Denver about the Orton-Cutler deal now
12	12	Dallas	2–1	Does ESPN really have to show Jerry Jones every time the Cowboys get a first down?
13	10	Philadelphia	2–1	Bye week comes at a perfect time for Donovan McNabb’s ribs
14	7	Pittsburgh	1–2	Another loss and the hole might be too deep to climb out of in the AFC North
15	13	San Francisco	2–1	Frank Gore out three weeks. Not good
16	15	Chicago	2–1	Victory over Lions might produce a 3-way tie in NFC North with 3 teams at 3-1
17	23	Cincinnati	2–1	One play from 3-0 start, Bengals might be a factor again in AFC North
18	17	Houston	1–2	Something needs to be done — fast — about a defense that is last in the league
19	18	Tennessee	0–3	Since 1990 only three teams have started 0-3 and made the playoffs
20	19	Arizona	1–2	Early deficits have forced the Cards to abandon efforts to make run ning game work
21	20	Miami	0–3	Chad Henne was the future at QB; Pennington’s injury opens that door earlier than expected
22	21	Washington	1–2	After embarrassing loss to Lions, it’s hard to see how Jim Zorn surives losing to Bucs this weekend
23	22	Seattle	1–2	With coach breathing fire, errant placekicker Olindo Mare might start updating his resume
24	24	Buffalo	1–2	Raft of injuries preventing Bills from getting any traction
25	25	Oakland	1–2	Tom Cable is defending QB JaMarcus Russell and blaming porous defensive line
26	27	Jacksonville	1–2	Running game is showing some signs of life
27	29	Detroit	1–2	Lions at Chicago Sunday in first significant game they’ve played in years
28	26	Carolina	0–3	Panthers and Delhomme haven’t recovered from that playoff loss to Arizona
29	28	St. Louis	0–3	13-game losing streak (over 2 seasons) could easily reach 17 heading into Nov. 1 game at Detroit
30	30	Kansas City	0–3	Matt Cassel must recall fondly his days of holding a clipboard in New England
31	31	Cleveland	0–3	Browns have about 6 or 7 weeks before the fans can start making snowballs
32	32	Tampa Bay	0–3	Coaches aren’t pleased with effort from TE Kellen Winslow. They expected different?

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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.