Another great week of football.  We’ll cover our top 10 and bottom 5.

1.       New Orleans – Their offense is putting up record numbers, and if they secure Homefield Advantage they may be punching their ticket to Miami.

2.       Indianapolis – Not a pretty win, but sometime you have to win ugly. 

3.       Minnesota – Brett Favre has now beat his former team twice, you could almost hear Ted Thompson’s teeth grinding.

4.       Denver – We knew they wouldn’t win them all, but Josh McDaniels needs to work on that blitz pickup with the Steelers coming to town next week.

5.       Cincinnati – A bye week, but they still remain atop the AFC North.

6.       Pittsburgh – Also enjoying their bye week, they had 2 weeks to prepare for Denver.  I’m guessing Dick LeBeau saw what Baltimore did this past weekend.

7.       Philadelphia – The way they dismantled the Giants shows they are ready to compete for the NFC East.

8.       New England – the PFR was not impressed by thumping 2 teams with no wins.  Remember, they are one bonehead play and 2 bad calls from being 3-4.

9.       Houston – 5-3 at the midpoint of the season helps them crack the top 10.  Let’s see what they can do against the Colts this week.

10.   New York Giants – Barely clinging to the top 10.  That;s what 3 straight losses will do to you, but their next 2 (SD and ATL) will show what this team is made of.

Poised to spring into the Top 10 – Dallas, Atlanta, Green Bay

Bottom 5

28. St. Louis – Way to end that 17 game losing streak, but remember you did that against a team that has lost 22 out of 23.

29. Kansas City – It’s hard to believe this team was in the playoffs in 2006.  It’s even harder to believe they have actually won a game this year!

30. Cleveland – Firing your General Manager is a start, but is it too late to now fire the coach and all the players who have quit also?

31. Detroit – Familiar territory for the Lions.  Losing at home to a terrible Rams team is not progressing.  That one win seems like it was years ago,

32. Tampa Bay – The bye week can’t make us forget that they are now the only winless team in the league.  However, the throwbacks this weekend can’t hurt!

Teams trying to avoid slipping in - Tennessee, Oakland, Washington