| 29 September 2009
Addendum 9-30-09: Bloguin has their power rankings posted, and the Detroit Lions are no longer last. The Lions are now...27th! Uh...Whoo?
Here's my NFL week 3 Bloguin Blogpoll NFL Power Rankings ballot. Remember, I'm just a smartass 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), so take my rankings with a boulder sized grain of salt.
- New York Giants: The best team in the NFL did what they were supposed to do, dominate an inferior Buccaneers team.
- Indianapolis Colts: 379 yards and 4 TD's tell me Peyton Manning is not about to be upstaged by his little brother.
- New Orleans Saints: Your MVP leader after three games: Drew Brees.
- Baltimore Ravens: A Ravens team with an offense nearly as good as their defense? The rest of the NFL is in trouble!
- Minnesota Vikings: A miracle catch by Greg Lewis beats the 49er's, yet Brett Favre gets all the acclaim. HUH?
- Philadelphia Eagles: Who needs Mike Vick as your backup QB when you have Kevin Kolb?
- Green Bay Packers: Laid the wood to the worst team in football...and it wasn't the Lions.
- New York Jets: Will have to wait another week for the Matt Sanchez balloon to burst.
- Chicago Bears: Kept pace in the ultra-competitive NFL Central thanks to somehow ignoring the Seahawks' butt-ugly lime green unis.
- San Francisco 49er's: Can Glen Coffee replace the injured Frank Gore?
- New England Patriots: Fred Taylor has stepped up as the Pats number one running back. I'm not sure if that's good, or worrisome.
- Atlanta Falcons: A young team not quite where they need to be, as shown by the veteran Patriots.
- Denver Broncos: The worst 3-0 in the NFL, but you play the schedule you're given.
- San Diego Chargers: Defense is going to have to play better to overtake the Broncos.
- Cincinnati Bengals: The most unlikely team to currently have a winning record in the NFL. I doubt they keep that title.
- Pittsburgh Steelers: They aren't supposed to be this far down in the rankings...but you lost to the BENGALS!
- Dallas Cowboys: Still not as good as they think they are.
- Arizona Cardinals: One year wonders? Yep.
- Houston Texans: Matt Schwab's arm and Andre Johnson's hands continue to carry the Texans, but they are going to need help from their defense, and soon.
- Jacksonville Jaguars: Their offense is Maurice Jones-Drew left, right, up the middle and in the flat.
- Seattle Seahawks: They should be banned from the NFL if they ever wear those horrendous lime green jerseys again!
- Detroit Lions: (For one week, I'm giving the Lions some love) Are they improving? Yes. Are they a good team? No. But they are no longer the worst in the NFL, and that's a start.
- Washington Redskins: Jim Zorn all but guaranteed his getting a pink slip from Daniel Snyder by losing to the Lions.
- Buffalo Bills: Holding the high powered Saints under 30 points counts for something. Not much, but something.
- Oakland Raiders: We see another awful performance from Jamarcus Russell, the Black Hole will implode.
- Miami Dolphins: Being the best of the 0-3 teams is nothing to be proud of.
- Tennessee Titans: Seems they miss former defensive coordinator, now Detroit head coach, Jim Schwartz, more than they thought.
- Carolina Panthers: Is there a QB more disliked by his own fanbase than Jake Delahomme? Oh yeah, there's always Jamarcus Russell...
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Bucs' defense was once feared by all. Not anymore.
- Kansas City Chiefs: Matt Cassel was once the best thing since sliced bread. The bread has gone moldy.
- St. Louis Rams: Remember "The Greatest Show on Turf?" It's now the "The Worst Show on Earth."
- Cleveland Browns: No team has scored less, or been scored upon more. Here's the true worst team in the NFL!
Are the Lions the 22nd best team in the NFL? Hell, no! For one week though, I'm giving them a little love, and the benefit of the doubt. But just for one week.
At least they are nowhere near as bad as the Browns, who have shown after 3 games they may be quite capable at making a run at the Lions' 0-16 mark. Not that the Rams are that much better, as they have manged to craft a damn nice losing streak of their own, now at 13 games.
Actually, there a more than a few bad teams this season. Ugly football is running rampant. This is a league where the late, great Pete Rozelle wanted nothing less than pure parity, and every team to finish at .500. All these winless teams, now standing at 7 after week 3, must have the most powerful pro sports commissioner ever spinning in his grave.
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