The Good The Bad and The Ugly of Week 5

The Good The Bad and The Ugly of Week 5

I was on vacation this past weekend, which was why I didn't write my Feminine Hygeine Product of the Week. Call it my bye week. Thanks to NFL Replay on the NFL N, I got to watch the games in all their glory and  can officially divvy 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 Patriots: Moss was finally held in check, but the Pats still have a slew of other weapons. Can't wait for that Cowboys game.

2.  Indianapolis Colts: This Colts team reminds me of the 2001 Rams team that the Pats beat to win their first Super Bowl.  Despite what seem like costly injuries, they plug another person in and get the same result. That ought to help Tony Dungy sleep better at night.

3.  Pittsburgh Steelers: There were a lot of questions about why the Steelers were favored by 6 points in this game. I think they answered them.

4.  Dallas Cowboys: They dropped two spots despite winning their 5th in a row. After watching Pittsburgh and Indy dominate, then see Dallas struggle against a fired up but struggling Bills team, I had no choice.

5.  Jacksonville Jaguars: Winning in Arrowhead is never easy. The defense is suffocating and the offense is efficient. Folks, the Jags are now a contender. 

6.  Tennessee Titans: The Titans keep doing what's necessary to win. Their only loss is to undefeated Indy, whome they played tough.

7.  Green Bay Packers: If not for the costly turnovers, they would have blown a desperate Bears team away. 

8.  Washington Redskins: Skins fans finally got to see a blowout which is good because they probably needed another week to grow back the fingernails they've bitten off so far this season.

9.  Tampa Bay Bucs: The defense and QB play have been solid. The Bucs are going to need a solution at Running Back to be taken seriously for the  rest of the season.

10.  Seattle Seahawks: While the Seahawks might be one of the best teams in the NFC, they still have a ways to go to contend with the AFC's best.

11.  NY Giants: Winners of three in a row seem to have found their groove. The NFC East could be quite interesting this year.

Angel Eyes (The Bad)

12.  Baltimore Ravens: Getting the 'W' may be all Baltimore cares about, but the Ravens won't go very far if they keep relying on Matt Stover to bail them out.

13.  Houston Texans: Speaking of relying on your kicker, Kris Brown... Wow.

14.  Arizona Cardinals: I think we'll all see a much improved Cardinals team now that Kurt Warner is starting. You can't chalk up your 'W' when you see Arizona on the schedule anymore.

15.  San Diego Chargers: If they can beat Oakland next week, they'll be .500 going into their Bye and can start building momentum to finish strong.

16.  Chicago Bears: Winning ugly is still a win. The Bears should've lost big in Green Bay but they took advantage of the opportunities that presented themselves, which not every team does. Just ask Buffalo.

17.  Oakland Raiders: Take away a few miscues and the Raiders would be 4-0. Clearly nobody should be sleeping on them.

18.  Cincinnati Bengals: Marvin Lewis has done a pretty good job in the past of correcting things after a Bye week. The Bengals are still a team to watch.

19.  San Francisco 49ers: Does any Fantasy player in the world own a 49er besides Frank Gore? 

20.  Kansas City Chiefs: Most of us predicted LJ would not dupicate his production of the last few years, but I definitely didn't think it would be this bad.

21.  Cleveland Browns: At least Cleveland has the Indians to root for. But I'll still give the Browns an A for effort against the Pats.

22.  Detroit Lions: Washington showed that a good defensive game plan can beat a powerful offense pretty much every time.

23.  Denver Broncos: And the winner for ugliest loss of the year goes to...

24.  Philadelphia Eagles: I'm looking forward to seeing who this Eagles team is. The one that blew out the Lions, or the one that looked like a practice squad against the Giants.

25.  Carolina Panthers: Still the most unpredictable team in the NFL, but the biggest question in Carolina is who's gonna be their QB?

Tuco (The Ugly)

26.  Minnesota Vikings: The Vikes are about to hit the roughest part of their schedule. After playing in four winnable games they sit at 1-3. Going 1-7 is looking very likely if they don't get a passing game.

27.  Buffalo Bills: How bad is it to be a Bills fan? Philadelphia and pre-2004 Boston are poster childs of sports heartbreak, but nobody talks about all the times the Bills have ripped their fans hearts out. 

28.  NY Jets: If the Jets lose one more, you can pretty much count them out this year. Might as well see what Kellen Clemens can do.

29.  Atlanta Falcons: Hey, at least you don't have a quarterback contraversy to worry about on top of the lousy season.

30.  New Orleans Saints: Sean Payton used his bye week and came up with a way to score 10 points. Round of applause for your 2007-08 Saints!

31.  Miami Dolphins: Trent Green is done. Once again a wrong decision in the offseason comes back to haunt the 'Fins. Had they drafted Brady Quinn when he fell to them in the first round, they could put him in and see what he can do. I mean they're 0-5. Why not see what you got?

32.  St. Louis Rams: Unfortunately for the Rams, close only counts in horseshoes, grenades and nuclear war.

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