By: Ryan Kusy

 

Here’s a look at the Rankings of NFL Teams so far this season, based on record, schedule, and overall play.

 

 

Week 4 Power Rankings:

 

 

1.)    Cowboys: After two huge wins, and the help of rookie Felix Jones, the Cowboys are the team to beat. Number one is there spot to lose, but it doesn’t look like they will any time soon.

2.)    Giants: They should have done better against Cincy, but they showed some fight and were able to battle out of a tough situation. This win should help them down the road.

3.)    Titans: Having arguably the best defense in league, they will be in practically any game they play. Kerry Collins looks solid enough at QB to keep winning. The Vikings game this week should tell us just how good they will be this year.

4.)    Bills: The Bills won a rough game against the Raiders, but managed to pull it out in the end. They lose WR and KR Parrish for 4 to 6 weeks, which is a large set back, but they play the Rams this week…4-0 is clearly in sight.

5.)    Eagles: The Eagles only lose game on a tight one to Dallas, but they came back and shatter the whole entire Pittsburgh offense. Though Westbrook had an ankle injury in the game, we will see how bad it is.

6.)    Broncos: A surprisingly good start to the season, averaging nearly 40 points a game. But I still cannot get past the fact they SHOULD have lost to the Chargers. Either way they are playing great football and Jay Cutler looks amazing with Brandon Marshall.

7.)    Steelers: They suffered a pitiful lose to the Eagles this week allowing sacks left and right. Both Roethlisberger and Parker were hurt in the game, and it is already confirmed that Parker will miss next week against the Ravens.

8.)    Packers: The Packers looked very impressive up until last week, but after a bad loss to the Cowboys, they looked a bit shaky. The worst news is that Al Harris has a ruptured spleen and could miss the rest of the year.

9.)    Chargers: They looked like a legitimate Super bowl contender, and they clearly showed why on Monday night. They put of 48 points on the Jets and their defense had two INTs, but should have had at least 3 more.

10.)      Panthers: Hey…maybe Steve Smith should have been suspended for more than two games. That or maybe a team shouldn’t give up 20 straight points after leading 10-0. An overall disappointing week for the promising Panthers.

11.)      Patriots: Well it is hard to even put the Pats in the top 20 after this past week’s performance. Ronnie might just be the starting QB next week…he played well enough and scored more than enough touchdowns from that position last week.

12.)      Colts: Their run defense is bad, their pass defense is bad, or well, I guess their whole defense is bad. Bob Sanders has just shown how critical he is to this defense by not even playing. His absence has left this defense, well, shocked. Injuries have plagued their team yet again this season though, unfortunate.

13.)      Jaguars: Another team with a huge expectations this year that has underachieved. They did however pull of an impressive victory to the Colts, but need to become more consistent now. A game against the Texans should help…I hope. Their offensive line has been batter and bruised worse than any other team thus far, they have an excuse.

14.)      Buccaneers: Brian Griese has thrown 98 times in two starts…almost 50 times a game. I wonder how long that will last. Either way he has posted two victories thus far and pulled of a nice OT against a tough Bears team.

15.)      Redskins: A nice win against the Cardinals has gotten this team back on track. Clinton Portis looks very good and Santana Moss has made some huge plays to win games in the past two weeks. They need to keeping posting victories in such a tough division. They play the Cowboys next week…a huge opportunity to make their mark in the NFL.

16.)      Ravens: Who knew Joe Flacco would have a 2-0 start and look rather impressive in both victories? Of course I did. A team scattered with rookies (both players and coaches) could move to 3-0 with a huge test against the Steelers this week.

17.)      Saints: The loss of Shockey to this team hurts a lot. Their defense needs to step up to compliment a high-flying offense.

18.)      Cardinals: Looked a little out of it against the Skins, but their offense should very well keep them in games. Best one, two WR group in the league.

19.)      Vikings: Slow start, but came back to win an impressive victory under back-up QB Gus Frerotte. They have a huge test against Tennessee this week.

20.)      Bears: They have lead every game going into the 4th quarter…only the best teams can finish them.

The rest of the pack:

 

21.)      49ers

22.)      Falcons

23.)      Jets

24.)      Dolphins

25.)      Seahawks

26.)      Browns

27.)      Texans

28.)      Raiders

29.)      Bengals

30.)      Chiefs

31.)      Lions

32.)      Rams