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[rockbottom895]

Power Rankings

1.) Chicago Bears - Their defense has been absolutely incredible, only allowing 30 points in five games. With Rex playing as dominantly as he is, there is no team in the NFL that can stop them. Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson combination has been superb, both getting a good amount of touches.

Doubts -Will Rex Grossman stay healthy for his first full season in the NFL? Does the ease of schedule end up hurting the Bears come playoff time? Will 16-0 become a distraction?

2.) Denver Broncos - Their win against the Baltimore Ravens was very impressive. Although everyone will debate this pick, I believe that the Broncos are potential Super Bowl Winners. Their defense matches up with anyones in the league. They contain probably the best line backing core (yeah, I said it) in the NFL. If Jake can settle down, the Broncos will be a clear cut favorite in the AFC.

Doubts - Will Jake turn back into the old? Will Jake ever develop poise in the pocket? Will the Jay Cutler rumors finally get to the Veteran QB? Can Tatum Bell really carry the load for the entire season? Will he fix his fumbling problem?

3.) Indianapolis Colts - Although they looked iffy in Tennesse, this offense will not struggle anymore. Tony Dungy always brings his team in the top of the AFC race regardless of his players. The reason that they are behind the Broncos is because of their inability to avoid relying on Peyton. Whether it was against the Jets or the Titans (two of the worst teams in the NFL), the game came down to 4th quarter drives by the one and only Peyton Manning. As the Colts move deep into the year, theyre defense will dictate how far they go come playoff time.

Doubts - Inability to play defense at all. With Edge now in Arizona, Dominic and Joseph must work hard all year long. Will they be able to function properly for the entire season in Peytons "madmen" style offense? Though highly unlikely, will Peyton eventually collapse? Too much work against bad teams is never good for anyone, no matter who you are.

4.) San Diego Chargers - With the combination of LaDanian and Turner in the backfield, no rush defense has been able to stop them. Philip has a new gained confidence, and is throwing the ball relatveily well, but Marty isnt trusting him enough. The defense, as expected, is atop its game. It is rated the #1 rush defense in the league, led by Luis Castillo and Shawn Marrimen. Theyre only loss came to a weak Baltimore team that had to pull a last minute drive out of their #### to come out with the victory. The game was dominated by the Chargers.

Doubts - Have one of the toughest schedules in the NFL. Will too many touches for LaDanian wear on him? He is already on pase to break his own record for most touches in a season. Is Marty relying too much on the rushing game? Does he need to give new faith into his 3rd year QB?

5.) Philidalphia Eagles - Led by new and improved QB Donovan McNabb, the Eagles have gotten off to a hot start. After a heart breaking loss to the Giants (a game in which they should have clearly won), the Eagles haven't looked back. Donovans spectacular season is helping out everyone around him. Westbrook is off to a great start as well, and the defense looks ok too. Playing in the NFC, the Eagles have a very good chance of going 14-2 or 13-3.

Doubts - Will the loss of Javon Kearse ultimately affect the pass rush? Will Donovan slow off after a spectacular start? With Westbrook plagued by injury, will anyone step it up? Also, with Stallworth on and off injury, will Reggie Brown really step in as a full time number one reciever?

If anyone has any comments or arguments towards my top 5, please feel free to respond. I am open to critisim. Also, please share with me youre top 5 so far this season.

 

[xcheck2430]

WRONG! BEARS! WRONG!

there defense in unstoppable, its been proven, but when has their offense been proven? yes, rex grossman is hooking up with bernard berrain all over the field, but against who? There offense is still not proven in any sense. as for the broncos, god forbid they go down by a decent amount they cannot come back as they do not have the weapons on offense. they are still have an inconsistent qb who still, in my opinion, has not proven he has any talent whatsoever. as for San Diego, they do not have the #1 rush defense in the nfl. that title goes to atlanta. the colts are still the number one team in my book, because honestly, if you watch these games, the colts really look as if they are putting in absolutely no effort. Peyton Manning is still the best quarterback in the NFL and is unstoppable. When they lose, maybe I'll back down.

 

[xcheck2430]

also, last thing about the colts: the combination of dominic rhodes and joseph addai are running for more yards on less carries than EJ last year. #######

 

[rockbottom895]

WRONG! BEARS! WRONG!

there defense in unstoppable, its been proven, but when has their offense been proven? yes, rex grossman is hooking up with bernard berrain all over the field, but against who? There offense is still not proven in any sense. as for the broncos, god forbid they go down by a decent amount they cannot come back as they do not have the weapons on offense. they are still have an inconsistent qb who still, in my opinion, has not proven he has any talent whatsoever. as for San Diego, they do not have the #1 rush defense in the nfl. that title goes to atlanta. the colts are still the number one team in my book, because honestly, if you watch these games, the colts really look as if they are putting in absolutely no effort. Peyton Manning is still the best quarterback in the NFL and is unstoppable. When they lose, maybe I'll back down.

Bears haven't proven any offense? Are you being serious? Putting up 40 points against the Bills isnt offense in your book? Scoring 37 points against a very talented Seattle defense isnt offense? Rex Grossman averaging 248.6 passing yards per game isnt offense!? What in the world are you saying? And the reason that Denver is number 2 on my board is because THEY NEVER GO DOWN LARGE TO OPPONENTS. "God forbid they go down by a decent amount they cannot come back as they do not have the weapons on offense." What kind of a comment is that? They will never go down big because of there steller defense! What has Indy proven to you? That they can squeek out wins against the Jets and the Titans? The loss of Cory Simon, Edge, and Kato June will have a MONSTER affect on the Colts throughout the rest of the season,

 

[Monse]

I am loving the Denver love after the slow start!

 

[xcheck2430]

40 points against a poor playing bills secondary minus troy vincent. 37 points against a defense missing 1/3 of its starters. please check how many passes rex threw in that game. also, if you havent realized, rex grossman relies on these big passes for his yardage values. big passes aren't prevelent because too many things have to go right. get your facts right buddy.

 

[rockbottom895]

40 points against a poor playing bills secondary minus troy vincent. 37 points against a defense missing 1/3 of its starters. please check how many passes rex threw in that game. also, if you havent realized, rex grossman relies on these big passes for his yardage values. big passes aren't prevelent because too many things have to go right. get your facts right buddy.

Buddy? Have you ever watched a bears game? You are ######ed. Rex walks his team down the field. Of course, he has hit Bernard on a few deep balls, but he LEADS his team! The fact that you are trying to debate that the Bears havent proven theyre offensive talent is ridiculous.

 

[xcheck2430]

he leads the team? do you honestly think that a player who has never completed a full season, let alone play 6 games in one is calling plays? keep dreaming. and yes, he is marching his team down the field against a defense that is essentially always out there (thus exhausted) because their defense is so talented.

 

[rockbottom895]

he leads the team? do you honestly think that a player who has never completed a full season, let alone play 6 games in one is calling plays? keep dreaming. and yes, he is marching his team down the field against a defense that is essentially always out there (thus exhausted) because their defense is so talented.

By leading a team, I do not imply that he is calling plays. He is showing his leadership on the field, and throughout these first five games, he has looked like one of the best qbs in the league. Nice try chief.

 

[thatguy]

Regardless of a team's opponent, putting up 37 and 40 point games is impressive in the NFL. Period. It's unlikely that the Bears offense continues to play at this level, but the fact remains they are vastly improved from a year ago. With their defense, they don't have to come close to maintaing this level of productivity to beat most teams.

 

[bullitt]

WRONG! BEARS! WRONG!there defense in unstoppable, its been proven, but when has their offense been proven? yes, rex grossman is hooking up with bernard berrain all over the field, but against who? There offense is still not proven in any sense. as for the broncos, god forbid they go down by a decent amount they cannot come back as they do not have the weapons on offense. they are still have an inconsistent qb who still, in my opinion, has not proven he has any talent whatsoever. as for San Diego, they do not have the #1 rush defense in the nfl. that title goes to atlanta. the colts are still the number one team in my book, because honestly, if you watch these games, the colts really look as if they are putting in absolutely no effort. Peyton Manning is still the best quarterback in the NFL and is unstoppable. When they lose, maybe I'll back down.

 

[jetsjets1919]

Yo Colts That high no way. they haven't shown me anything so what they are undefeated they haven't convinsingly won against a good team. there defense is iffy, there offense showed sighns of mortallity last wekk AGAINST THE TITANS.

 

[MLBrandow]

I am loving the Denver love after the slow start!

They played four of the best defenses in the league.....They'll put up 50 pts on Oakland's sorry asses.

 

[shredhead]

I am loving the Denver love after the slow start!

And the offense hasn't even gotten it going yet. Wait til Javon Walker settles in. Plummer hasn't proven he has any talent huh? I guess xcheck2430 didn't watch any footbal in '05. 7 INTs all season. Lowest amongst starting QBs in the entire league. Wait til Plummer settles in. No weapons on offense huh? I think Plummer, Walker, Smith, and Bell are pretty decent weapons. Not the best, I'll give you that, but pretty decent.

 

[rockbottom895]

I am loving the Denver love after the slow start!

They played four of the best defenses in the league.....They'll put up 50 pts on Oakland's sorry asses.

I complete agree. Denver has the potential to win the superbowl this year.

 

[xcheck2430]

seattle 42, giants 30. one of the most poorly played games ive seen by both teams. shut up.

 

[xcheck2430]

I am loving the Denver love after the slow start!

And the offense hasn't even gotten it going yet. Wait til Javon Walker settles in. Plummer hasn't proven he has any talent huh? I guess xcheck2430 didn't watch any footbal in '05. 7 INTs all season. Lowest amongst starting QBs in the entire league. Wait til Plummer settles in. No weapons on offense huh? I think Plummer, Walker, Smith, and Bell are pretty decent weapons. Not the best, I'll give you that, but pretty decent.

i watched just as much as you did. plummer didnt throw the ball in one situation where his team actually needed it. point out a come-from-behind victory. exactly.

 

[MLBrandow]

seattle 42, giants 30. one of the most poorly played games ive seen by both teams. shut up.

:whoosh:Seattle doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the top-5. They weren't going to win their division with SA, let alone without him.Honestly if I were to rank these teams I'd probably consider Philadelphia #2 behind the Bears. They really should be 5-0, albeit one freak collapse.The Colts to me get more love than they deserve at this point. Their defense is injured and they are capable of being the top-3 or top-5 team that many see them as... but right now with that defense they are basically just skating by.

 

[rockbottom895]

I am loving the Denver love after the slow start!

And the offense hasn't even gotten it going yet. Wait til Javon Walker settles in. Plummer hasn't proven he has any talent huh? I guess xcheck2430 didn't watch any footbal in '05. 7 INTs all season. Lowest amongst starting QBs in the entire league. Wait til Plummer settles in. No weapons on offense huh? I think Plummer, Walker, Smith, and Bell are pretty decent weapons. Not the best, I'll give you that, but pretty decent.

i watched just as much as you did. plummer didnt throw the ball in one situation where his team actually needed it. point out a come-from-behind victory. exactly.

What are you saying? How did plummer do against the Ravens last week in their final drive? Oh yeah, he drove them the length of the field hitting a bullet to Javon, and a lob to Rod in the endzone.

 

[bullitt]

xcheck2430

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#2. Keep the personal attacks way down. I understand it's football and you're passionate. I am too. But I'm seeing the tool factor going way up in some of these posts and we can't have it. Disagree, argue, debate, support, critique whatever. But if you can't keep from calling the other guy a dumb###, you won't be posting here. This is the time of year when I have 10,000 urgent things to do every day. So please don't push this.

3. Be Excellent to One Another.

Sharkpool guidlines

 

[shredhead]

I am loving the Denver love after the slow start!

And the offense hasn't even gotten it going yet. Wait til Javon Walker settles in. Plummer hasn't proven he has any talent huh? I guess xcheck2430 didn't watch any footbal in '05. 7 INTs all season. Lowest amongst starting QBs in the entire league. Wait til Plummer settles in. No weapons on offense huh? I think Plummer, Walker, Smith, and Bell are pretty decent weapons. Not the best, I'll give you that, but pretty decent.

i watched just as much as you did. plummer didnt throw the ball in one situation where his team actually needed it. point out a come-from-behind victory. exactly.

The Broncos were also ranked #1 in minutes playing with a lead in '05. Pretty hard to have come from behind victories when you are leading all the time. I think it was about oh say 3 days ago that he was the QB for the game winning drive against the Ravens. But the game was tied so I guess that doesn't count. I'm trying to remember the stat that they put up on Monday night. Jake Plummer ranked 3rd all time behind Marino and Elway. I can't remember what it was though. I think it was something like most victories all time by 7 points or less? Something like that. Someone help me out if you saw that stat on Monday. Gotta have pretty good poise and not choke to do something like that.

 

[SickThing]

Fact is Chicago has the #1 offense in the NFL. Any discounting that with odd arguments about strength of opponents or lucky yardage doesn't hold much water this far into the season.

 

[xcheck2430]

good work. it actually took me time to come up wiht a comeback. in the past two years, the majority of the wins by 7 points or less, denver was up by more than 7 coming into the 4th quarter and never at one point did they go down. majority. eeeek im choking

 

[shredhead]

good work. it actually took me time to come up wiht a comeback. in the past two years, the majority of the wins by 7 points or less, denver was up by more than 7 coming into the 4th quarter and never at one point did they go down. majority. eeeek im choking

Good one, I didn't realize that. I'm not suprised though. Part of that might be that they got conservative when having a big lead. (trying to run out the clock, 3 run plays then punt, soft defense-give 'em short yards but defend against the big plays, make 'em drive the length of the field to score and use up time, etc.) I don't know. I never claimed he was a Peyton Manning. As a Broncos fan, I just want him to be adequate enough to get us through until Cutler can take over next year. I don't want to see Cutler on the field this year unless it's in garbage time. I agree also, that they shouldn't be # 2 on the power rankings. But if this team that was in the AFC championship game in '05 can ever start clicking on offense, they will be able to make some noise down the stretch. Nice debating with you.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

seattle 42, giants 30. one of the most poorly played games ive seen by both teams. shut up.

:whoosh:Seattle doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the top-5. They weren't going to win their division with SA, let alone without him.Honestly if I were to rank these teams I'd probably consider Philadelphia #2 behind the Bears. They really should be 5-0, albeit one freak collapse.The Colts to me get more love than they deserve at this point. Their defense is injured and they are capable of being the top-3 or top-5 team that many see them as... but right now with that defense they are basically just skating by.

I'd put Seattle behind Chicago in the NFC. One bad game where nothing went right. I would still say they win the division quite easily and probably end up with a first round buy (or is it bye?).

 

[Mr. Fusion]

40 points against a poor playing bills secondary minus troy vincent. 37 points against a defense missing 1/3 of its starters. please check how many passes rex threw in that game. also, if you havent realized, rex grossman relies on these big passes for his yardage values. big passes aren't prevelent because too many things have to go right. get your facts right buddy.

I knew the Bears were for real after watching that Seahawks game, but I thought the Bills had a chance to slow them down and was wrong. The offense MAY not be among the best in the NFL, but when you start across the 50 half the time you don't need to be. I'll tell you one thing, this offense is leaps ahead of Baltimore's in 2000 and the defense is just as good. If they keep it up, we may be talking about them as one of the best teams of all time.Not sure if you are a Bears hater (not a "fan" myself) but you clearly haven't seen a Bears game this season.

 

[xcheck2430]

In fact, i really like the bears, and believe it or not, im a massive jets fan. i just like these debates. I have been following there bears, and there is no way this is the legendary Baltimore defense of 2000. Why is this offense better than the ravens? I just really cant vouch for a single player on the offense until they play a decent defense (SEA was injured). Week 12 @ NE. If they win that game, i would not be surprised to see 16-0....... that is if they beat the jets week 11

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

1. Bears

2. Broncos

3. Chargers

4. Eagles

5. Patriots

Colts have running, defending and special teams issues.

 

[BigFishBigTeeth]

Regardless of a team's opponent, putting up 37 and 40 point games is impressive in the NFL. Period. It's unlikely that the Bears offense continues to play at this level, but the fact remains they are vastly improved from a year ago. With their defense, they don't have to come close to maintaing this level of productivity to beat most teams.

ditto

 

[MarcO]

seattle 42, giants 30. one of the most poorly played games ive seen by both teams. shut up.

:whoosh: Seattle doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the top-5. They weren't going to win their division with SA, let alone without him.

Honestly if I were to rank these teams I'd probably consider Philadelphia #2 behind the Bears. They really should be 5-0, albeit one freak collapse.

The Colts to me get more love than they deserve at this point. Their defense is injured and they are capable of being the top-3 or top-5 team that many see them as... but right now with that defense they are basically just skating by.

I assume that you intend this as a "snapshot" of where they stand right now... I can understand making this statement after they got trounced by the Bears but you don't know much about football if you really believe this. Who will win the division? the Rams? please, they may even beat the Seahawks this week in St. Louis but the Seahawks are a better team and in the end will win the division easily.

They tried to get too fancy against Chicago and go to 4 WR sets to offset the loss of Alexander and Stevens. I think Holmgren learned his lesson and will stick to what he does. Holmgren goes by the philosophy of "We're going to do what we do best - we do it so well that you still can't stop it even if you know it's coming" - he got away from that against Chicago. Consequently, they were not the same offense.

 

[Hamstring]

List is wrong the Beaars are so enormous they take up 3 spots.

1. Bears

2. Bears

3. Mini Bears

4. Colts

5. San Diego

And yes Rex walks on water.

 

[RudeDog]

If the Bears went 16 - 0 this year there would still be people saying they aren't the best team. There are just people who cannot accept an aggressive Bear offense, they live in the past of the 3 yards and a cloud of dust mentality when thinking about the Bears.

Let them rant so all know they are insane.

 

[Chewyguru]

1) Bears

2) Eagles

3) Colts

4) Broncos

5) Bolts

 

[Monse]

I'd break it up more like this:

Tier 1 Teams:

1: Chicago Bears

Honorable Mention: Denver Broncos

Tier 2 Teams:

Philadelphia Eagles

Indianapolis Colts

San Diego Chargers

Honorable Mention: New England Patriots, Cincinatti Bengals, Baltimore Ravens

 

[Hamstring]

The Bronco offense has been a major let down. Or am I missing something?

 

[NoCheese]

List is wrong the Beaars are so enormous they take up 3 spots.1. Bears2. Bears3. Mini Bears4. Colts5. San DiegoAnd yes Rex walks on water.

Good stuff here. You may have missed your calling.