| Week 3 |
| Rank | Team | LW | Comment |
| 1. | Denver Broncos (2-0) | 3 | How can you keep the defending Super Bowl
champions off the top, after that blitzkrieg against the
Cowboys? |
| 2. | San Francisco 49ers (2-0) | 4 | An offensive machine, but that
secondary is still a bit
suspect. |
| 3. | Green Bay Packers (2-0) | 1 | For now. Let's see what happens
without Dorsey
Levens. |
| 4. | Jacksonville Jaguars (2-0) | 2 | A decent, if not spectacular win
vs. a crippled K.C.
team.
|
| 5. | Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0) | 5 | The running game's been kicking in to
bail out a shaky Kordell
Stewart. |
| 6. | Miami Dolphins (2-0) | 12 | A six-place jump after a six-point win
over the Bills? Yeah, but I love sacks, and the Dolphins
collected eight of
them. |
| 7. | Minnesota Vikings (2-0) | 6 | I know the Rams don't
agree. |
| 8. | Seattle Seahawks (2-0) | 13 | A win against Washington will boost 'em
a little higher. Another one at Pittsburgh a week later and
it's up up up—who knows where it will
end? |
| 9. | Kansas City Chiefs (1-1) | 9 | But how long will it take to get all
the troops
healthy? |
| 10. | Tampa Bay Bucccaneers (0-2) | 7 | Can you believe that I've actually
taken heat for making the Bucs my Super Bowl pick? Come see
me in December,
OK?
|
| 11. | New England Patriots (1-1) | 14 | The Patriots toyed with young
Peyton Manning, but their running game was pretty
weak,too.
|
| 12. | Oakland Raiders (1-1) | 26 | I have a feeling that this spot is only
a temporary
residence, and soon they will be moving to more modest quarters. |
| 13. | New York Giants (1-1) | 8 | Hey, didn't this team used to
be able to run the
ball? |
| 14. | Dallas Cowboys (1-1) | 16 | Jason Garrett started his college career
at Columbia, then transferred to Princeton after a year.
For this I will never forgive
him. |
| 15. | Washington Redskins (0-2) | 15 | Dan Wilkinson had one sack against
the Niners, then the firm of Stubblefield & Wilkinson
just shut
down. |
| 16. | San Diego Chargers (2-0) | 23 | If they beat the Chiefs in Arrowhead,
I'll be a believer, at least for a
while. |
| 17. | Baltimore Ravens (1-1) | 20 | Nice defensive push vs. the Jets, but
I expected the O-line to fire out a bit more
seriously. |
| 18. | Tennessee Oilers (1-1) | 10 | The offense never crossed midfield in
the second half vs. the
Chargers. |
| 19. | Cincinnati Bengals (1-1) | 21 | Beat Green Bay on Sunday and I'll
guarantee 'em a top 10 ranking, or at least a top
15. |
| 20. | Atlanta Falcons (2-0) | 19 | I'd be more sold on the Falcons if the
Eagles hadn't put it to them for the whole first
half.
|
| 21. | New York Jets (0-2) | 11 | Hey, Bill, next time you've got a
fourth and goal, try Curtis Martin off the left side. Then
you'll have fifth and
goal. |
| 22. | Buffalo Bills (0-2) | 18 | I'm the voice of the short fan:
"Give us
Flutie!" |
| 23. | New Orleans Saints (2-0) | 29 | I've gotten a dozen calls, all the
same: "What do you think of your 1-15 pick now?"
Personally, I think it's the same guy calling, using
different
voices. |
| 24. | Chicago Bears (0-2) | 22 | Not the same feeling here. Peyton Manning will come along faster than people expect. |
| 25. | Detroit Lions (0-2) | 17 | First they cheered Scott Mitchell last
Sunday, then they booed him. At least in Philadelphia the
fans are
consistent. |
| 26. | Indianapolis Colts (0-2) | 24 | No joke, I like the way the
defense hung in against the
Patriots. |
| 27. | St. Louis Rams (0-2) | 30 | How come everyone in the division
gets a bye this week except the Rams? It's going to take
them two weeks just to look at the entire Minnesota game
film. |
| 28. | Arizona Cardinals (0-2) | 25 | Offensive line got slaughtered by
Seattle last week. Offensive line got slaughtered by
everyone last year. I'm sensing a trend
here. |
| 29. | Carolina Panthers (0-2) | 27 | It's been a long season. The bye comes
at exactly the right
time. |
| 30. | Philadelphia Eagles (0-2) | 28 | Eagles are at Arizona Sunday
night. Watch out, folks, anything can
happen. |
