| 03 November 2009
It's that time again! My NFL week 8 Bloguin Blogpoll NFL Power Rankings ballot has hit the web!
Disclaimer time! Please remember, I'm just a dumb ass blogger who's making it up as I go along, and only gets to see 3 games at most every Sunday (and one of those is always the Lions).
The game count this weekend? Approximately half the Lions game, as I missed the majority of the 1st half, and a small portion of the 3rd quarter, thanks to a lack of illicit web streams. Who knew there wouldn't be many NFL fans wanting to watch a battle of bottom feeders? I downloaded a torrent of the game Sunday night, finally allowing me to see the bizarre safety, the fake field goal and the crazy hard hit by Zack Follett at a decent bitrate.
The late afternoon games were followed on the best invention since the keggerator, the NFL Red Zone channel. The Sunday and Monday night games were mostly seen in bit and pieces, as the World Series, and The Knee Jerks podcast, took precedence.
As always, please take my NFL power rankings with a grain of salt and a huge amount of incredulity.
- New Orleans Saints: Still undefeated, though the Saints haven't been near as dominant in close wins over the Fins and Falcons. As their schedule now lets up, the odds are good they'll be undefeated when they march into Foxboro to play the Pats at the end of November.
- Indianapolis Colts: Colts remained undefeated, though the odds are great they won't be once the month is out. Their next 4 games are all against playoff contenders; The Texans twice, along with the Pats and Ravens. If the Colts play .500 in that stretch, they'll be happy.
- Pittsburgh Steelers: Thanks to kicker Jeff Reed, the Steelers are the favorite team of douchebags nationwide.
- Cincinnati Bengals: Coming off a bye week, giving the Bengals an opportunity to gameplan for Sunday's game with the Steelers. If the planets line up, the winner will not only have 1st place in the AFC Central, but may be next week's number one in the rankings as well.
- New England Patriots: The rivalry continues as the Colts take on the Pats at 8:20 PM Sunday night. I suggest you tune in.
- Philadelphia Eagles: The Iggles have won games without Donovan McNabb, and now, after taking the Giants to the woodshed 40-17, without Brian Westbrook. Their next feat; win without Andy Reid.
- Minnesota Vikings: Favre considered retiring, instead of returning to Lambeau wearing the purple and white, but was talked out of it by by a tearful Chris Berman. Boomer's pep talk paid off, as Minnesota now has a stranglehold on the NFC Central after beating the Packers.
- Denver Broncos: The Broncos also fell from the ranks of the undefeated, getting punked by the Ravens. Denver fans were overheard saying, "So THAT'S why the Bears traded Kyle Orton!"
- Houston Texans: Steve Slaton fumbled for what seemed like the 100th time. Luckily for the Texans, backup Ryan Moats picked up the ball and HELD ON TO IT, leading them to 31-10 pounding of the pitiful Bills.
- Green Bay Packers: Taken down a peg in a loss to Minnesota. Aaron Rodgers still can't out play Brett Favre, no matter what jersey the drama queen wears.
- Dallas Cowboys: I'm convinced the Cowboys are the worst 5-2 team in NFL history. It's a Wade Phillps coached team, people! I'm sure smoke and mirrors are the reason they are tied for 1st in the NFC East.
- New York Giants: The Giants have lost 3 in a row. What happened? Eli Manning started playing like...Eli Manning. The Giants also started playing teams with winning records...with Eli Manning at QB.
- Arizona Cardinals: Just when you think the Cardinals are for real...they go and lose to the Panthers. Still in 1st place in the NFC West, more in thanks to the Niners ineptitude than anything the Cards have done.
- Atlanta Falcons: Losing to the Saints is nothing to be ashamed. But Matt Ryan's QB rating of 46.6 against the Saints was...
- Baltimore Ravens: Led by Ray Rice, the Ravens knocked off the Broncos to end their 3 game losing streak. Baltimore will go as far as Rice's legs will carry them, as he takes pressure off of Joe Flacco to try and win games on his own.
- San Diego Chargers: Beat the Raiders to stay within shouting distance of the 1st place Broncos. Well, more like SCREAMING distance, but they are still in the race.
- Chicago Bears: If Wednesday is "Prince Spaghetti Day", then Sunday must be "Jay Cutler Interception Day"!
- San Francisco 49ers: Losers of 4 out of 5. The film of Alex Smith's life story is now on hold. No "Rudy" for Alex, unfortunately.
- Miami Dolphins: Ted Ginn single-handedly beat the Jets with 2 kickoff returns for touchdown in 1 quarter. In other news, fans are shocked to hear Ted Ginn is still getting playing time.
- New York Jets: Head coach Rex Ryan says he's "sick" over their 4-4 start. Jets fans reply in kind, "You're sick? See what I'm paying for Jets season tickets? Now that will really make you sick!"
- Carolina Panthers: Beat the Cards 34-21, as the Panthers rushed for 270 yards. Carolina has discovered the secret to winning games. Keep the ball out of Jake Dellhomme's hands.
- Jacksonville Jaguars: After losing to the Titans, head coach Jack Del Rio described his team's effort as "insulting, ugly and embarrassing". You forgot awful, bewildering, crappy and horrible, Jack.
- Buffalo Bills: Terrell Owens had his 1st TD catch of the season in a 31-10 loss to the Texans. I'm still trying to figure out why the Bills wanted TO in the first place.
- Seattle Seahawks: Fell to 2-5 in a loss to the Cowboys. So what does Seattle do to fix things? Cut Edgerrin James. Got to start somewhere, I guess...
- Oakland Raiders: Head coach Tom Cable was accused of having a history of violence toward women by ESPN. Al Davis' response? "Tom Cable is my head coach? What happened to John Madden?"
- Washington Redskins: The biggest news regarding the Redskins over the past week was the controversial ban of hand held signs at FedEx Field. It's called the No Fun League for a reason, folks.
- Kansas City Chiefs: In an effort to bolster their offense, the Chiefs picked up WR Chris Chambers off of waivers. Lamentably, Otis Taylor and Len Dawson weren't available.
- St. Louis Rams: Beat the Lions for their 1st victory of the season. Yes, it still counts!
- Tennessee Titans: Led by Vince Young, the Titans beat the Jaguars for their 1st victory of the season. Yes, THAT Vince Young!
- Detroit Lions: Lost to the lowly Rams, much in thanks to a fake field goal. The bar is no longer high in Detroit. I hope I gave Marty Mornhinweg a good laugh.
- Cleveland Browns: QB Derek Anderson has thrown for 681 yards in 6 games. That's a great passing game...for 1949.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Destroyed by the Pats 35-7 to remain the only team in the NFL without a win. In desperation, head coach Raheem Morris has named Josh Freeman his new starting QB. I have a question. Who's Josh Freeman, and why does Morris hate him so much?
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