NFL.com Vic Carucci's Rankings. (Cowboys are #1)

[tomson75]

number one here too.

Seems that the AFC dominance myth is fading throughout media circles.

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Posted: 1 hours 35 minutes ago
Cowboys, NFC leading the way after Week 1

By Vic Carucci | NFL.com
Senior Columnist
This is how the NFL's 32 teams stack up after Week 1:

In the hunt
Teams that look good enough to be among the 12 playoff qualifiers, but not based on conference.
Rank Team Record Comment
1. Dallas Cowboys 1-0 It didn't figure to be quite so easy in Cleveland, but that's the type of thing a legitimate Super Bowl contender does.
2. New York Giants 1-0 The defending champs should make it two in a row at St. Louis.
3. Green Bay Packers 1-0 Brett who?
4. Carolina Panthers 1-0 A healthy Jake Delhomme makes an enormous difference -- enough to overcome the absence of Steve Smith.
5. San Diego Chargers 0-1 Tough loss, but this team still has all of the ingredients to be a major factor in the wide-open AFC.
6. Chicago Bears 1-0 Making the Indianapolis Colts look feeble is no easy task, yet the Bears did exactly that.
7. Indianapolis Colts 0-1 The Colts can't really be that bad … can they?
8. Buffalo Bills 1-0 Knocking off the perennial NFC West kingpins is a big deal, especially in as thorough a fashion as the Bills did.
9. New Orleans Saints 1-0 No team adapts better in a crisis than the Saints.
10. Pittsburgh Steelers 1-0 The Steelers won big with a familiar formula: Powerful running game and smothering defense.
11. Philadelphia Eagles 1-0 Disposing of the hapless Rams was easy. A much harder test is coming in Dallas.
12. Denver Broncos 1-0 A win's a win, but how much can you really gauge from beating up on an opponent as pathetic as the Raiders were Monday night?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Commanders are bottom feeders here too

 

[miner]

Pittsburg at 10??

Philly at 11??

I'm not sure I agree there.

 

[Duane]

Pittsburg at 10??

Philly at 11??

I'm not sure I agree there.

I think I'd put both those teams over Green Bay.

 

[bigE79]

Pittsburg at 10??

Philly at 11??

I'm not sure I agree there.

I do,both teams beat what might be the 2 worst teams in football...jmo

 

[bbgun]

Michael Silver
Yahoo.com

1. Green Bay Packers: Hey, all you bandwagon-jumpers, can you kindly huddle up and make some room for the next group?

2. New York Giants: Does any team have more depth, especially in the defensive front seven?

3. Dallas Cowboys: If this is what happens when Tony Romo takes it on the chin, how good is life in Big D?

4. Tennessee Titans: Does any team put a bigger licking on its opponents, week in and week out?

5. Pittsburgh Steelers: Had it really been almost two years since Troy Polamalu intercepted a pass before Sunday – and how much better do the Steelers look when he’s healthy?

6. New Orleans Saints: What was that I kept hearing about Reggie Bush being a bust?

7. San Diego Chargers: Is this team destined to repeat its poor start of 2007 – and isn’t that kind of a dangerous way to live?

8. Jacksonville Jaguars: When the Jags envisioned a changing of the guard in the AFC South, do you suppose this is what they had in mind?

9. Denver Broncos: How many of you are sleeping on Jay Cutler and this team?

10. New England Patriots: Hey, Bill Belichick, think maybe you should’ve played your backup quarterback a bit more in some of those blowouts last season?

11. Carolina Panthers: Steve who?

12. Minnesota Vikings: Can this built-to-win-now team afford to wait for Tarvaris Jackson to grow into the job?

13. Buffalo Bills: If Bobby April isn’t the best special teams coach in the business, who is?

14. Philadelphia Eagles: Is DeSean DeShiznit?

15. Arizona Cardinals: Was there any doubt that Anquan Boldin, despite his issues with management, would play his heart out on Sundays?

16. Indianapolis Colts: With the Vikings and Jags up next, could this get ugly early?

17. Tampa Bay Buccaneeers: Were the Bucs really playing Cover 2 against the Saints on Sunday, or was Monte Kiffin trying out a new “Cover No One” alignment?

18. Cleveland Browns: If Donte’ Stallworth did nothing against the Cowboys because he hurt his groin in pregame warmups, what was Braylon Edwards’ excuse?

19. Chicago Bears: They can’t really be as good as they looked Sunday night … can they?

20. Washington Commanders: If Jim Zorn’s headset were on fire, how many minutes would it take for him to consider removing it?

21. Seattle Seahawks: Hey, Mike Holmgren – are you sure you don’t want to turn in your headset right now?

22. Houston Texans: I picked this team to make the playoffs – seriously?

23. New York Jets: Sure, Lord Brett Favre looked sweet on the long touchdown pass and the fourth-and-13 Hail Mary, but was there anything more impressive than his interception of Chad Pennington’s potential game-winning pass to the end zone with five seconds remaining?

24. Baltimore Ravens: If Joe Flacco had tried pulling off that 38-yard touchdown scramble against his own defense, how quickly would he have ended up in the hospital?

25. Atlanta Falcons: Think Michael Turner was a decent free agent signing?

26. Kansas City Chiefs: Will Bernard Pollard have to hire a bodyguard – to protect him from angry fantasy owners?

27. Detroit Lions: Hey, William Clay Ford, have you ever considered begging (and overpaying) Pistons general manager Joe Dumars to run your organization?

28. Miami Dolphins: Speaking for those of us who are fans of both men, is there any way we can continue the pregame shouting match between Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter and Jets assistant defensive line coach Bryan Cox … on pay-per-view?

29. San Francisco 49ers: Is it possible both Bay Area coaches will be fired by midseason?

30. Oakland Raiders: Commitment to impotence?

31. Cincinnati Bengals: After Sunday’s debacle, is Carson Palmer secretly jealous of Brady?

32. St. Louis Rams: What can I possibly say about their putrid opening-day effort that incisive St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz hasn’t?

 

[Colo]

Ahhh, back to normal finally. The power is back in the hands of the NFC.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

of course bbgun posts the power rankings that make his Commanders look better

unfortunately the ranking is ****ed up

 

[Big Country]

Carolina at #4 and the Steelers at #10?? what freaking ever.

Pittsburgh would annhialate the Panthers on a neutral field!

 

[bbgun]

of course bbgun posts the power rankings that make his Commanders look better

unfortunately the ranking is ****ed up

I'm responsible for the opinions of journalists who do meaningless rankings? Whatever you say.

 

[theogt]

of course bbgun posts the power rankings that make his Commanders look better

unfortunately the ranking is ****ed up

Dude, seriously. Just give it up. The annoying 12 year old routine's kinda old.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Dude, seriously. Just give it up. The annoying 12 year old routine's kinda old.

you trying to evaluate talent is the routine that's grown stale

 

[DaBoys4Life]

you trying to evaluate talent is the routine that's grown stale

but Ray Rice is safest pick in the draft and did you see his 3 cone time at the combine.......