{"id":12846,"date":"2009-09-07T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T18:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=12846"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:58:40","slug":"week-1-power-rankings-70909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nfl\/week-1-power-rankings-70909\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 1 Power Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2009 NFL Football Power Ratings<\/h2>\n<p>Each week during the heart of the NFL season, and once or twice during the NFL Preseason, we&#8217;ll gather the troops around the roundtable and hash out the <a title=\"NFL Power Rankings\" href=\"\/nfl\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NFL Power rankings<\/strong><\/a>. 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.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>NFL Power Rankings will be updated by Friday every week.\u00a0Be sure to visit our home page for more articles and NFL analysis.\u00a0Its with this knowledge that we can then deliver to you The NFL Power Rankings!<\/p>\n<h3>NFL Power Rankings<\/h3>\n<p><strong>This Week \u00a0&#8212;  Comment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1\t Pittsburgh Steelers<\/strong> &#8212;  With that defense Steelers are never out of a game<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\t New England Patriots<\/strong> &#8212;  Ok Brady&#8217;s back; but there are concerns about the defense<\/p>\n<p><strong>3\t New York Giants<\/strong> &#8212; Plaxico Burress BS took a lot of out Jints late last year<\/p>\n<p><strong>4\t Indianapolis Colts<\/strong> &#8212; Sky&#8217;s the limit if they can run the ball this season<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\t Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong> &#8212; Rebuilt offensive line has not yet come together<\/p>\n<p><strong>6\t Tennessee Titans<\/strong> &#8212; Defense has to again provide decent field position<\/p>\n<p><strong>7\t San Diego Chargers <\/strong>&#8212; With AFC West rebuilding, Chargers have bye into playoffs<\/p>\n<p><strong>8\t Baltimore Ravens <\/strong>&#8212; One play away from the Super Bowl in 2008-09<\/p>\n<p><strong>9\t Atlanta Falcons<\/strong> &#8212; Matt Ryan is better than anyone thought<\/p>\n<p><strong>10\t Chicago Bears<\/strong> &#8212; OK, Cutler can play, but he&#8217;s still a punk<\/p>\n<p><strong>11\t New Orleans Saints <\/strong>&#8212; Allowed fewest number of points during preseason<\/p>\n<p><strong>12\t New York Jets<\/strong> &#8212; Doubtful they&#8217;ll quit on Rex Ryan like they did on Mangini<\/p>\n<p><strong>13\t Minnesota Vikings<\/strong> &#8212; Repeat after me, Brett: Turn, and hand off<\/p>\n<p><strong>14\t Carolina Panthers<\/strong> &#8212;  Could be higher with more conservative offense<\/p>\n<p><strong>15\t Arizona Cardinals <\/strong>&#8212; You&#8217;ll never convince me that they didn&#8217;t tank the NE game last December<\/p>\n<p><strong>16\t Miami Dolphins<\/strong> &#8212; You have to think that Belichick will be ready for the Wildcat this time<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; border: 3px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/banners.affcorner.com\/aspx\/affiliateGetImage.aspx?ID_SC=761&amp;ID_I=476\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>17\t Dallas Cowboys <\/strong>&#8212; Unless he starts getting it, Romo will eventually become Jake Delhomme<\/p>\n<p><strong>18\t Houston Texans <\/strong>&#8212; Tough to get traction in a division with Indianapolis and Tennessee<\/p>\n<p><strong>19\t Green Bay Packers <\/strong>&#8212; Injury to Raji a setback in transition to 3-4 defense<\/p>\n<p><strong>20\t Washington Redskins<\/strong> &#8212; Will Haynesworth try as hard now that he has his money?<\/p>\n<p><strong>21\t Seattle Seahawks <\/strong>&#8212; Keeping Hasselbeck healthy is the key, but O-Line no longer dominant<\/p>\n<p><strong>22\t Cincinnati Bengals <\/strong>&#8212; Only late-season garbage-time wins prevented 1-15 last year<\/p>\n<p><strong>23\t San Francisco 49ers<\/strong> &#8212; Knocking off Arizona in opener could scramble the NFC West<\/p>\n<p><strong>24\t Buffalo\tBills <\/strong>&#8212; are becoming the Raiders of the East; preseason offense was non-existent<\/p>\n<p><strong>25\t Oakland Raiders<\/strong> &#8212; How is it possible for a team to draft this high year after year, and still stink?<\/p>\n<p><strong>26\t Jacksonville Jaguars <\/strong>&#8212; Veteran salary dumps produced lagging ticket sales and home TV blackouts<\/p>\n<p><strong>27\t St. Louis Rams<\/strong> &#8212; Same offense, but Spagnuolo promises an aggressive, attacking defense<\/p>\n<p><strong>28\t Detroit Lions <\/strong>&#8212;  Offensive line appears improved<\/p>\n<p><strong>29\t Kansas City Chiefs <\/strong>&#8212; Cassel led league in getting sacked last season. He&#8217;s favored to repeat in &#8217;09<\/p>\n<p><strong>30\t Denver Broncos<\/strong> &#8212; Check out the Broncos schedule for Games 4-5-6-7-8<\/p>\n<p><strong>31\t Cleveland Browns<\/strong> &#8212; One and done for Mangini?<\/p>\n<p><strong>32\t Tampa Bay Rays <\/strong>&#8212; No QB, new coach, tough division\u2026.3 strikes<\/p>\n<h3>Grab yourself a 100% FREE PLAY bonus today at BetPhoenix.com Sportsbook! 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