NFL Week 9 Power Rankings

2009 NFL Football Power Ratings

Each week during the heart of the NFL season, and once or twice during the NFL Preseason, we’ll gather the troops around the roundtable and hash out the NFL Power rankings. We check out the stats, looks at the records, and, most importantly, we take a close, close look at the heart of each team. We encourage you to come back each week and see how the NFL Power Rankings have changed.

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Week 9 Power Rankings

Week 9 Power Rankings
This Week	Last Week		Record	Comment
1	1	New Orleans	7–0	Saints have not yet reached the mid-point of the season and they have the NFC South locked up
2	2	Indianapolis	7–0	Colts figure to be 8-0 heading into Nov. 15 home game vs. Patriots
3	4	Minnesota	6–1	Looks like clear sailing in the NFC North
4	3	Denver	6–1	Defenses are catching on to McDaniels’ no-mistakes conservative offense
5	5	New England	5–2	Belichick coming off a bye week is tough to beat
6	6	Pittsburgh	5–2	Injuries everywhere as Steelers come off bye week and head for Denver
7	8	Cincinnati	5–2	Next two weeks (Baltimore, at Pittsburgh) are crucial
8	12	Philadelphia	5–2	Eagles appear to be the best team in the NFC East right now
9	13	Dallas	5–2	Three straight wins have made it interesting in the NFC East
10	15	Houston	5–3	Houdini-like recovery for the Texans after soiling the sheets on opening day
11	7	New York Giants	5–3	Titanic is taking on serious water
12	17	Baltimore	4–3	Defense has its mojo back
13	18	San Diego	4–3	Fully recovered Merriman doing the sack dance again
14	9	Atlanta	4–3	With a relatively easy schedule remaining, Falcons should get to at least 10 wins
15	10	Green Bay	4–3	Packers defense can’t seem to stop anyone with a decent offense
16	11	New York Jets	4–4	Washington and Jenkins injuries are taking a toll
17	14	Arizona	4–3	Can’t win too many games when you give up 270 yards on the ground
18	16	Chicago	4–3	Jay Cutler 20th-ranked QB
19	20	Miami	3–4	A win in New England completely scrambles the AFC East
20	19	San Francisco	3–4	Is this the same team that was going to run away in the NFC West?
21	24	Carolina	3–4	Good things happen when you run the ball, but eventually Delhomme will start firing wildly
22	21	Jacksonville	3–4	Jack Del Rio was just about speechless after loss to Titans  . . . He may soon be jobless
23	22	Seattle	2–5	Maybe the answer is to dump veterans and start over
24	23	Buffalo	3–5	Trent Edwards should be back after the bye week . . . Haven’t Bills fans suffered enough?
25	25	Oakland	2–6	Raiders actually made the Chargers sweat a bit last Sunday
26	26	Kansas City	1–6	In a league that has its share of donkeys, Larry Johnson could be the biggest ass
27	27	Washington	2–5	Good thing the home games are guaranteed sellouts
28	30	Tennessee	1–6	Give Vince Young some credit…he stayed quiet and kept learning and took advantage when he got his chance
29	31	St. Louis	1–7	It would be a shame if the Rams are sold and new ownership dumps Spagnuolo
30	28	Detroit	1–6	If 40,857 fans could see fit to watch the Rams play the Lions, soccer will never make it in this country
31	29	Cleveland	1–7	Browns front office appears to be in as much disarray as the team it put on the field
32	32	Tampa Bay	0–7	“With the first pick in the NFL Draft, the Buccaneers take . . . “

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Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.