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Once again, I've divvied up the 32 NFL teams into 3 groups in an attempt to rank them. Bring on the hammers and crushes...
Blondie (The Good)
1. New England: Brady to Moss. I have a feeling we'll be saying that in the same way as Montana to Rice, Favre to Freeman, and Manning to Harrison over the next couple years. 2. Dallas: I've never liked the Cowboys, but there's something extremely likeable about this team. How can I hate Brady, but like Romo? They're practically the same guy. 3. Indianapolis: They've shown they can blow weak teams out, win close games on the road, and come from behind. Basically, as long as Bob Sanders is healthy, the Colts can beat anyone. 4. Green Bay: While the Pack are playing very well, I still don't see a dominant team. They need a running game if they want to make a run in January. 5. Seattle: Matt Hasselbeck is quietly having an awesome season. He's lookin sharp as hell. 6. Tampa Bay: Losing Cadillac was a big blow, but I don't see them losing too much steam with Earnest Graham and Michael Pittman carrying the load. 7. Pittsburgh: Yeah they lost to Arizona, but the Cards aren't that bad when Kurt Warner is their QB. It also helps when the head coach of the Cards ran the Steelers' offense for the last few years. 8. Tennessee: The Titans are well rested and host an improving Falcons team. A 3-1 start is definitely feasible. 9. Jacksonville: The Jags are coming off a bye week and have tough road game at Arrowhead. A win there will solidify them as an AFC contender. 10. NY Giants: The Giants completely dominated the Eagles. Their defense has completely turned itself around after looking like swiss cheese the first two weeks. 11. Washington: Suddenly the loss to the Giants doesn't look so bad. But they better figure out how to win a shootout to have a chance against Detroit.
Angel Eyes (The Bad)
12. San Diego: The Chargers O-line isn't anywhere near as good as last year. There is no push for LDT, and Rivers has hardly any time to get rid of the ball. What a waste of talent down there.
13. Detroit: The only way to beat them is to outscore them. Or give Jon Kitna a concussion that lasts for longer than halftime intermission. 14. Houston: Matt Schaub's revenge game didn't go quite as planned. While he looked solid, their defense let Joey Harrington look good. Read that sentence again and tell me if they belong in the 'Good' category. 15. Denver: For one quarter of the Indy game, I thought Cutler and the Broncos might pull off a shocker. Then they realized they were outclassed in every aspect. 16. Baltimore: How many games until the Baltimore crowd is chanting, "BOL-LER, BOL-LER"? Did I really just type that? 17. Carolina: The ultimate Enigma team. When they run the ball with attitude and the defense steps up, they are as good as anyone in the NFC. For some reason that team doesn't take the field every Sunday. 18. Arizona: Sorry Mr. Stubbles, Kurt Warner should be the QB of this team. 19. Chicago: Everyone said Griese was not the answer. For once, everyone was right. Different poop, same smell in the Windy City. 20. Oakland: If Culpepper has been rejuvinated like Favre, JaMarcus Russel might be holding the clipboard for a while. 21. Cleveland: As well as Cleveland has played in the last few weeks, they're gonna get stomped in Foxboro this Sunday. 22. Philadelphia: Maybe it was a little early to break out the McNabb is back comments. But it wasn't all his fault. His Left Guard, Winston Justice, got beat the whole game. McNabb clearly can't scramble the way he used to. 23. Cincinatti: Chad Johnson, don't let your mouth write a check your butt can't cash. Hopefully you guys learned a few things about how to play football while in Foxboro. 24. Kansas City: TWo Words... Dwayne Bowe.
Tuco (The Ugly)
25. San Francisco: The Good teams aren't just beating them, they are destroying them. That usually means you've got a long way to go before people start crowning your a$$.
26. Minnesota: It only took three weeks for teams to realize you have to stack the line against Minnesota and dare them to beat you in the air. You'll beat the Vikes 90% of the time with that strategy. 27. Atlanta: The offense is coming together, and this week without costly penalties the Falcons showed they can be competitive. 28. NY Jets: You lost to Buffalo who didn't even have JP Losman. Yikes. 29. Buffalo: I've seen your schedule. There's a good chance, you are going 1-15. 30. Miami: The only reason the 'Fins aren't ranked last is they could've won two of their games. 31. New Orleans: The week off probably didn't help the team, but it did give another team a chance to prove they are worse than the Saints. 32. St. Louis: I've yet to see one indication that the Rams can consider themselves a threat to anyone. It's pretty sad.
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