NFL Wildcard Power Rankings

2010 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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Wild Card Power Rankings

WILD CARD Power Rankings
This Week	Last Week		Record	Comment
1	1	Indianapolis	14–2	Maybe if they tried a little harder
T–2	3	San Diego	13–3	If not now, when . . .?
T–2	4	New Orleans	13–3	Scored at least 24 every game in going 13-0, then maxed out at 17 in losing final three
4	9	Minnesota	12–4	Adrian Peterson over 100 yards only three times all season
T–5	5	Dallas	11–5	Held opponents scoreless in 10 of last 12 quarters
T–5	7	Green Bay	11–5	Rodgers has been top-shelf, but resurgence has been keyed by defense
T–5	2	Philadelphia	11–5	Four 1,500-mile plane rides, back and forth to Texas, in a seven-day period
T–8	6	Arizona	10–6	After seeing Leinart in action vs. Packers, Cardinals fans are passing the hat to give Warner a contract extension
T–8	10	Cincinnati	10–6	Ochocinco vs. Jets Revis in playoffs next weekend should be a fun matchup
T–8	8	New England	10–6	Now Belichick knows how the residents of Pompei felt about a half-hour after Vesuvius erupted
T–11	11	Pittsburgh	9–7	Mr. Woodley, your foursome is on the tee next
T–11	16	New York Jets	9–7	Starting this coming weekend, Jets opponents will actually be trying to win
T–11	13	Baltimore	9–7	Ravens have a score to settle with Patriots after Week 4 loss in New England started Baltimore on doward spiral
T–11	14	Houston	9–7	Nice finish after bad start to the season
T–11	15	Atlanta	9–7	First order of business in off-season is shoring up what turned out to be a below-average defense
T–16	17	Tennessee	8–8	.500 is a miracle as anyone who saw the 59-0 loss to Patriots will attest
T–16	12	Denver	8–8	Lawyers for McDaniels and Marshall are drawing up the divorce papers
T–16	21	Carolina	8–8	Played only five teams that finished the season below .500
T–16	22	San Francisco	8–8	Niners were 5-1 in division games, best in the NFC West
T–16	18	New York Giants	8–8	Jints thought their defense was set for next half-decade….time to re-evaluate
T–21	23	Chicago	7–9	If Bears had any draft picks, they would go after a receiver or two
T–21	19	Miami	7–9	Dolphins gave up way too many passing yards
T–21	20	Jacksonville	7–9	Guessing here is that Jags will take a long, hard look at David Garrard in the off-season
24	26	Buffalo	6–10	Second defensively against the pass, 31st against the run
T–25	28	Cleveland	5–11	Can 4 straight wins against struggling teams save Mangini’s job?
T–25	24	Oakland	5–11	Went all season without back-to-back wins
T–25	25	Seattle	5–11	Major changes are coming in the Pacific Northwest
T–28	30	Kansas City	4–12	Two things: 1. Protect Cassel better and 2. Do something about a defense that gave up the most points in the AFC
T–28	27	Washington	4–12	Jim Zorn can still make the 11 am train at Union Station if he hustles
30	29	Tampa Bay	3–13	Management won’t say anything nice about Raheem Morris, but that win over New Orleans complicates things
31	31	Detroit	2–14	Calvin Johnson trade talk will heat up. New Enbgland has lots of draft choices and is desperate for a quality receiver opposite Moss
32	32	St. Louis	1–15	That kid from Nebraska…how do you pronounce his first name?

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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.