NFL Week 3 Power Rankings September 27 2005

Another week of ups and downs in the Power Rankings as teams start to establish themselves. We clearly know the worst teams in the league. It’s the top ten that seems to change by the minute.

Rank (Pv)	Team	Record	Comment
1 (2)		3-0	It doesn’t matter that he has the worse stats of the Manning brothers, Peyton’s got the (at least) conference championship bound team.
2 (4)		2-1	Why doesn’t Tom Brady just get his bust made for Canton now?
3 (6)		3-0	Chad Johnson’s riverdance is the best TD celebration so far this year. Did you cover 85 in 2005? Chances are, no.
4 (2)		2-1	There hasn’t been a more ridiculous focus on 52 seconds since Paris Hilton’s sex video.
5 (5)		3-0	Cadillac Williams is on pace (2.305 yards) to not only shatter the rookie rushing record but the NFL rushing record as well..
6 (7)		2-1	When Vick throws for 167 yards, 2 TDs and an INT, he’s the greatest QB ever. When Manning does the same, we wonder what’s wrong with the Colts offense.
7 (8)		2-1	Westbrook carried the team but McNabb gets the hernia.
8 (12)		2-1	Our favorite sports anchor, Sam Malone, reports that Byron Leftwich played through a g-g-g-g-groin injury.
9 (14)		2-1	We might have overreacted just a little on their season opening loss to Miami. Still, Champ’s hamstring injury is cause for concern.
10 (3)		2-1	They laid an egg on national television. Some might say it’s as if they weren’t even playing hard.
11 (13)		2-1	Why does Holmgren hate his players? Last year he wouldn’t let Alexander get the rushing title. This year, he screws Hasselbeck on his birthday but having him hand off to Alexander over and over in the red zone.
12 (23)		2-1	Maybe Nick Saban will reverse all the damage to college coach reputations done by Spurrier.
13 (9)		1-2	I have a shipment of ankle braces for the folks at Sports Illustrated.
14 (24)		1-2	Oh, so that’s what a team that uses LaDanian Tomlinson looks like. You’d think Marty would’ve known that already.
15 (11)		2-1	He is looking real sharp but did I actually hear Eli say his daddy told him people from SD told him not to go there? Does Doug Christie’s wife have a sister?
16 (20)		2-1	Mike Martz takes the early lead on coaches named Mike not to get fired this year.
17 (17)		1-1	Fernando Bryant out for the season. Another great (6 year) contract decision by Matt Millen.
18 (21)		2-0	Bye week rise in the power rankings shows that, much like Kevin Federline, sitting on your ass and doing nothing pays off.
19 (22)		2-1	About halfway through the game, I was thinking ‘Parcells is just going to walk off and never come back’. Nice comeback win keeps him around for a little while longer.
20 (10)		1-2	I had to keep an ankle brace for myself as I injured it jumping off this bandwagon.
21 (28)		1-2	Wouldn’t Minnesota be better off just losing games and getting Tice fired?
22 (15)		1-2	When Vinny goes down, the Jets are going to have to suit up Shane Falco.
23 (25)		0-3	How do you move up after a loss? Well, the schedule makers weren’t exactly fair to the Raiders. It gets easier from here.
24 (16)		1-2	Kyle Orton is a fast learner. He saw what Joey Harrington did and went out the next week and did the same thing.
25 (18)		1-2	McNair gift wrapped that TD and the game for Adam Archuletta.
26 (19)		1-2	They got a raw deal this year but we’re talking about the Saints here. They weren’t going anywhere anyway.
27 (26)		0-2	Shouldn’t there be a clause in season ticket contracts that offer a refund if Kordell Stewart is the starting QB?
28 (27)		0-2	Nice move Capers. Fire the offensive coordinator. No one will suspect it’s really your fault.
29 (29)		1-2	They hung tough with the Colts in Indy. 1-0 in moral victories!
30 (30)		1-2	A buddy called me from the Niner game. I couldn’t hear him at all. He probably should’ve waited for the choking to begin.
31 (31)		0-3	It’s bad enough they’re 0-3 and have to start McCown. Why punish them more by making them play in Mexico?
32 (32)		0-3	I heard next year, Favre will try to play for Denver, get demoted to fourth string and retire before the season begins. You got to know when to fold em, Brett.