NFL Power Rankings-Week 3 | ravens26's Blog

Another week down, another Steelers loss down. The reigning champs are 1-2 as are the reigning losers, the Cardinals. Could we see a Super Bowl of the two Championship Game losers from last season (Ravens vs Eagles)? Yea, its probably too early to tell, but I'm still throwing it out there.

1. Baltimore Ravens(1)- The Ravens defense finally put on a show for a whole game, granted it was the Browns. This week will be a real test- they face the Patriots.

2. Indianapolis Colts(5)- The Colts look like there picking up slack where they left off last regular season. The Colts are 12-0 in their past 12 regular season games.

3. New York Giants(3)- The G-Men absolutely dominated the Bucs, not that that is saying much. But they still looked unbelievable, the defense gave up just 86 yards!

4. New Orleans Saints(4)- By beating the Bills 27-7, despite a sub-par Drew Brees game, the Saints proved they can find other ways to win, and the defense showed up as one. But can they consistently?

5. Green Bay Packers(7)- Aaron Rodgers has played great through bad offensive line play. They welcome Old Man Favre this week.

6. Minnesota Vikings(10)- Brett Favre looked great against a good 49ers team. The Vikings also proved they can win even when Peterson doesnt run for 150 yards.

7. New York Jets(9)- Mark Sanchez is the first rookie QB to start off 3-0, but the team as a whole improved when Rex Ryan took the job. It shows.

8. Philadelphia Eagles(8)- Donovan McNabb should be back following the bye week, but Kevin Kolb looked pretty good. Of course having DeSean Jackson doesn't hurt.

9. Atlanta Falcons(2)- The Falcons put up a good fight in Foxboro. Despite the loss, this was a game they could build off of.

10. New England Patriots(11)- The Pats still look a little off with Tom Brady, but every week, he looks a little bit better.

11. Cincinnatti Bengals(19)- Had it not been for a fluke, lucky play, this team would be 3-0 right now. There win over Pittsburgh was very, very impressive.

12. Chicago Bears(14)- Da Bears and Jay Cutler might be on track after that Week 1 debacle.

13. San Diego Chargers(13)- For not having a healthy LT, the Chargers haven't looked all that bad. But there lucky to be 2-1 and lucky to be in the AFC West, we know Denver won't be there all year!

14. San Francisco 49ers(12)- The Niners should not be down on the loss to the Vikings. They played hard and definitly could have won that game, and they looked good despite Frank Gore getting hurt.

15. Pittsburgh Steelers(6)- Losing to the Bears and Bengals hurts, and doing it knowing Troy Polamalu wont be back for over 5 weeks stings a little bit more.

16. Dallas Cowboys(17)- Teshard Choice and Felix Jones looked unstoppable, and the defense got their first sack and takeaway in last night's game. But Tony Romo, eh, not so much.

17. Houston Texans(15)- The Texans should be happy they aren't facing Maurice Jones-Drew next week. Steve Slaton needs to break out, for all the expectations he had, he has been down right terrible.

18. Denver Broncos(23)- Quite possibly the worst 3-0 team ever. They have good stats, a defense giving up less than 6 POINTS A GAME, and Kyle Orton has not thrown an interception yet, but look who've they played! Cincy, on a fluke play, The Browns, and Oakland.

19. Buffalo Bills(16)- Buffalo welcomes back Marshawn Lynch this week from his suspension, even though Fred Jackson hasn't dissapointed. The rest of the team has though.

20. Tennessee Titans(18)- Had they not fumbled it on a punt return and kick return, both leading to scores, the Titans proably would have easily beaten the Jets.

21. Miami Dolphins(25)- Chad Pennington might be out for the season, which may mean this will be as high as the Fins get.

22. Seattle Seahawks(22)- One thing Seattle did not need for 2009 was injuries. And what is one thing Seattle has right now? Injuries. And odd uniforms.

23. Jacksonville Jaguars(27)- Just hand it off to MJD every time, they might end up with more wins then if they try throwing to they guys they have at reciever.

24. Arizona Cardinals(21)- Kurt Warner didnt look too bad against Indy, but whoo!, did the defense!! Some plays were ridiculous how easy they made it for Peyton.

25. Detroit Lions(28)- Call me crazy, but I think the Lions might find continual sucess this season. Calvin Johnson and Matt Stafford might be great and that defense can play good once in a while.

26. Oakland Raiders(24)- The Black Hole was just destroyed by the Broncos and the passing game looks historically bad.

27. Washington Redskins(20)- Not only did they break the Lions 19 game loosing streak, but they looked downright bad doing it. The offense has problems with hair on it.

28. Kansas City Chiefs(26)- Gave Matt Cassel a lucrative contract to lead them to an 0-3 record. Of course it doesn't help that he has no defense or weapons around him.

29. Carolina Panthers(29)- Carolina wasn't that bad against Dallas. Jake Delhomme had one good drive, but they killed themselves with penalties and emotionless, bad tackling defense.

30. St.Louis Rams(31)- Not that the Rams played good enough to move up, because the Bucs just had to move down, but St.Louis did put up somewhat of a fight even with Kyle Boller filling in for Bulger. Kind of.

31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers(30)- You know its bad when you gain just 86 offensive yards AT HOME! Now there is a QB controvesry, as if there wasn't always one.

32. Cleveland Browns(32)- Mangenius can't even fix the mess in Cleveland right now. No QB. Jamal Lewis is your running back. No recievers. No defense. The Browns might be this year's Lions.

We saw Bretty Brett make a huge play against the Niners and he plays the Packers for the first time since he retired the first time all the way backk like two years ago. Detroit looks for a winning streak in Chicago. And don't miss the game of the week, two top tier offenses- Tampa Bay @ Washington.

As always, Joe Flacco for President and the Ravens are 3/16 the way to 16-0! Thanks!