Team, record, last week’s ranking
1. Patriots (3-0) (1): Get used to it, people: Tom Brady to Randy Moss … touchdown! 
2. Colts (3-0) (2): Can't we just fast forward to January and the Colts-Patriots AFC Championship Game?
3. Cowboys (3-0) (3): In a word - Wow! Pokes smoke the Bears at Soldier Field, as Tony Romo’s amazing story continues.
4. Steelers (3-0) (4): Shades of 2005?
5. Packers (3-0) (13): Shades of 1996?
6. Panthers (2-1) (9): Panthers playing smashmouth on offense, but when Joey Harrington carves up your defense, there are some issues.
7. Ravens (2-1) (10): Kyle Boller to the rescue again.
8. Texans (2-1) (8): Texans may one day close the gap with Colts. Just not until Peyton Manning goes away.
9. Seahawks (2-1) (12): Matt Hasselbeck does just enough against Bengals to pull it out in the end.
10. Jaguars (2-1) (26): David Garrard spearheads huge upset win at Mile High. Looks like Jack Del Rio kept the right quarterback.
11. Broncos (2-1) (6): Still a lot to like about Broncos, but not the way they played against Jags.
12. Chargers (1-2) (5): Granted, they’ve played three tough teams. But the Chargers are supposed to be pretty tough themselves. They’re not playing like it.
13. Bears (1-2) (7): Problems. Big problems. The quarterback can’t play. And the defense got torched by Dallas at home.
14. Bengals (1-2) (11): Defense still a huge problem for this group.
15. Eagles (1-2) (17): Donovan McNabb to his critics: How’s 56 points? Up next: at Giants.
16. 49ers (2-1) (14): Niners are improved, but not to the point where they’re ready to play with the big boys.
17. Buccaneers (2-1) (22): If this keeps up, we’ll see Chucky back in the playoffs.
18. Titans (2-1) (23): Vince Young gets it done on the Monday night stage, and so does the Titans defense, which intercepts Drew Brees four times.
19. Lions (2-1) (15): Last time the Lions were 2-0, they finished 6-10. Are we headed that direction again? Let’s hope not.
20. Redskins (2-1) (16): Still can’t get over the Redskins not punching it in from the 1 in the final minute to force overtime.
21. Jets (1-2) (21): Chadwick lives to see another day, as Jets hold serve with win over Dolphins.
22. Vikings (1-2) (20): With Tarvaris Jackson unable to play because of a groin injury, Vikes find out Kelly Holcomb not much better.
23. Giants (1-2) (27): A loss to Washington, and the Giants’ season would have been over. They pull it out with stirring second-half effort. We'll see how long the euphoria lasts now that the Eagles are coming to town.
24. Cardinals (1-2) (24): Kurt Warner nearly pulls one out against the Ravens.
25. Saints (0-3) (19): Early-season collapse continues, and it might get worse if Deuce McAllister is done for the year with another knee injury.
26. Rams (0-3) (18): A complete disaster. Question is: Can a team with all that talent ever recover?
27. Chiefs (1-2) (31): Quite possibly the most boring team in football.
28. Raiders (1-2) (30): Lane Kiffin takes page from Mike Shanahan the week before and calls timeout just as Browns attempt game-winning field goal. On re-try, Phil Dawson’s kick is blocked, and Kiffin wins first NFL game.
29. Browns (1-2) (25): What could have been. Browns nearly pull off a shocker for second straight week.
30. Bills (0-3) (28): This season wasn’t going anywhere in the first place. Now with J.P. Losman’s gimpy knee, it might be over.
31. Dolphins (0-3) (29): Dolphins’ offense finally showed some life, but defense and special teams collapse against Jets.
32. Falcons (0-3) (32): At least they looked like an NFL team. Too bad all they had to show for it was a home loss to the Panthers.
Comments (22)
Putting the Steelers behind the Cowboys? B.G. you trying to get me excited?
No way the Cowboys are better than the Steelers. I'll grant you N.E. and possibly Indy (Although their defense is still suspect for a championship caliber team) But not the Cowboys... Would an impressive win on the road against a team coached by their former coordinator and O-Line coach (who both have grudges and axes to grind) finally convince you? :-)
Black N Gold:
Settle down, now. Cowboys just went on the road and kicked the snot out of the Bears. Your guys still in midst of creampuff early season schedule.
Come on Bob... The Bears are an over-rated 1-2. Same as Cleveland, Less than the 2-1 49'ers... where's the Love?
these power rankings suck balls....its soo inacuarate
And inaccuracy as opposed to accuracy can be measured by what criteria?
These are B.G.'s impressions, if they were 100% accurate we wouldn't need to play the games on Sundays.
The only ratings that really count are the ones that determine draft order, and we still have five plus months for those.
Black N Gold:
Look at you. A year ago, you were skewering me every time I said not nice things about your Steelers. Now you are serving as my cyberspace bodyguard. Beautiful! ... Mike will grow up one day and learn how to criticize without resorting to such crude remarks.
Hey Tom Rock's bodyguard, nice use of the English language.
Thanks for the shoutout!
Hey Bob, nice job deleting posts. Gives you blog cred. At least you are better at that than you are at this whole 'power ranking' thing.
Bob, and that's different from this year how? :-)
As I see it, you're close with them at #4. Sure beats the way you started the year with them deep in the double digits. :-)
Truth:
What posts are you talking about?
Bob, what do you have against the Titans?
They soundly beat the Jags and played the Colts closer than the Texans did.
My post. Where is it?
Truth:
Please re-post. We were cleaning out some not-so-appropriate items in our comments box, and I must have deleted yours accidentally. Please re-rip me, I forgot exactly what you said.
Rustmeister:
Point taken. 18 might be a tad low at this point, but we'll see down the road.
I said, good job picking the Broncos at #6 last week. Two squeakers over two horrible teams and a loss to the Jags.
T Rock's bodyguard:
You should be glad I accidentally deleted your previous comment. Perfect grammar in this one. Well done.
:)
Still thinking the other teams will "figure us out", I guess.
Seriously, other than the Colts, Pats and Steelers (and maybe the 'Boys), who could beat us?
By the way Bob, you love to talk about Pittsburgh's "Cream Puff Schedule"
Yet I've uncovered an interesting statistic:
Opponents combined record:
Patriots 2-7
Steelers: 3-6
Hmmm, you could look it up.
Black N Gold:
Now this is the Black N Gold that I know. Whining about his Steelers getting dissed in the Power Rankings. Welcome back!
Bob, you would be whining too if you had to watch the Pirates all summer. Yuck!
You're right, TJ.
What is it now, B & G, 15 straight losing seasons?
Ouch.
Pirates, who are they? Oh that minor league team.
No thanks, Wellington Mara was a genius when he agreed to revenue sharing, now the NFL has parity and Billions of dollars. George Steinbrenner on the other hand doesn't get the concept and MLB will never have the appeal of the NFL in the 90% of america which isn't part of a major market. (Example: This year Green Bay could make a run for the Super Bowl, do you think a baseball team in Green Bay would EVER have a chance at the World Series?)