The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Week 8

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Week 8

There wasn't much movement in the top of the league this week.  The one difference you might notice is instead of ranking the Patriots and Colts 1 and 2, respectively, I put them both at #1.  They are both undefeated.  The Colts have played better teams and have beaten them just as soundly as New England has beaten their opponents.  The only difference is Tony Dungy respects the NFL coaching fraternity (then again most NFL coaches have played with, under or coached with Dungy) and doesn't need to beat teams 52-7 just to give the rest of the league the finger for chastizing them for cheating.  ANYWAY... on to the rankings. 

Blondie (The Good)

1. (T)  New England Patriots:  Both the Cots and Patriots took care of business in convincing fashion to set the stage for the most anticipated regular season game in recent memory.

1. (T)  Indianapolis Colts:  See Patriots, New England

3.   Dallas Cowboys:  When you have the week off you can't look bad.  Unless you are Tony Romo and are caught hanging out with Britney Spears in Hollywood.

4.  NY Giants:  Now is when the season really begins for the Giants.  They are 6-2 once again.  The question is will they finish what they've started or fizzle out like they have the last five seasons? 

5.  Green Bay Packers:  Where does Brett Favre order his HGH from?

6.  Pittsburgh Steelers:  The Steelers simply have the Bengals' number.  Yes, I started Hines Ward in my fantasy league, thank you.

7.  San Diego Chargers:  Very convincing win against Houston.  LDT isn't having a super-spectacular year but he's doing enough to help the Chargers win. 

8.  Jacksonville Jaguars:  That was a close one, but the Jags' 'D' bailed them out once again.  They'll need the other two phases of the game to step up in David Gerrard's absence.

9.  Tennessee Titans:  Vince Young is back and so are his winning ways.  Of course it was just the Raiders.  

10.  Detroit Lions:  Jon Kitna is half-way to his pre-season prediction of 10 wins. 

Angel Eyes (The Bad)

11.  Carolina Panthers:  Once again a seemingly competitive NFC team gets completely demolished by the class of the AFC.  Do we really need to play the Super Bowl this year? 

12. Baltimore Ravens:  Baltimore has a tough stretch to finish the season.  I don't like their chances at all.

13.  Seattle Seahawks:  Hopefully Mike Holmgren figured out a way to fix his running game in the Bye week.  If the Seahawks could just get that together, they can easily run away with the NFC West.

14.  Tampa Bay Buccaneers:  Damn, Jeff Garcia didn't throw an interception in an NFL record 218 pass attempts.  Then he plays Jacksonville and throws 3.  The last one turned out to be the game clincher. 

15.  Kansas City Chiefs:  Big game for the Chiefs on Sunday when the Brett Favre show comes to Arrowhead.  If they can come out of this with a win, they have a chance for sole possession of first place in their division.  If you told me you saw this coming, I'm calling BS. 

16.  Arizona Cardinals:  Hopefully the Bye week let Kurt Warner's elbow heal a bit more.  Without him, they are the same old Cardinals.

17. Washington Redskins:  The Skins finally put together a complete game.  Unfortunately it was completely horrendous. 

18.  Cleveland Browns:  The Browns are over .500 after 8 weeks?  Derek Anderson is the 3rd highest ranked fantasy QB?  What in the world is gong on in the NFL this year?

19.  New Orleans Saints:  It only took Sean Payton six weeks to realize he has a power running team. 

20.   Philadelphia Eagles:  Another good game from Donovan McNabb.  That should quiet his critics for at least another week. 

21.  Chicago Bears:  It was tempting to nab Brian Griese in my Fantasy league after his Week 7 performance.  Not pulling the trigger on that deal is probably the one good move I've made all year.

22.  Denver Broncos: Jason Elam tried to save the day once again.  He got the Broncos to OT, but Favre's HGH season was too much for them.  By the way, what happened to the supposedly shut down corners Dre Bly and Champ Bailey here? 

23.  Buffalo Bills:  Don't sleep on the Bills.  They can finish 8-8 this year in the AFC East.  That makes them at least an 11-5 team by NFC standards. 

Tuco (The Ugly)

24.  Minnesota Vikings:  The Vikes still lost but at least Kelly Holcomb can move the ball.  Don't blame Adrian Peterson.  Gaining 75 yards when the defenses are stacking the box with 8 guys is pretty impressive.  

25.  Oakland Raiders:  For a few weeks I actually thought this Raider team would be average this year.  The verdict is in... they stink.

26.  Houston Texans:  If the Texans don't beat the Raiders this Sunday, I seriously don't think they will win again this season.  

27.  San Francisco 49ers:  Yet another trendy sleeper pick in the pre-season is proving to be a bust.

28.  Cincinnati Bengals:  The Bengals don't have many games left that look like they can win.  Now it's just a matter of trying to look competitive and don't get blown off the field.

29.  NY Jets:  Looks like Pennington's days as the Jets' starter are done barring injury to Kellen Clemons.

30.  Atlanta Falcons:  With all of the Anti-McNabb talk in Philly and Anti-Joey talk in Atlanta, why don't the Falcons make a move for Donovan McNabb in the off-season? 

31.  Miami Dolphins:  Yes, they only lost by 3 points but the game really wasn't that close.

32.  St. Louis Rams:  When Stephen Jackson was in, the Rams actually looked like a decent team scoring 14 points in the first quarter.

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