NFL Power Rankings Week 5

1. NY Giants (3-0)—The Giants are the only team still undefeated in the rugged NFC East and are currently sitting in first place coming off their bye week. With the Seahawks, Browns and 49ers as the next three opponents, the Giants should be 6-0 heading to Pittsburgh on Oct 26th.
2. Titans (4-0)—One of two undefeated teams in the AFC and the franchises first ever 4-0 start. We’ll see if the Titans are for real Sunday when they play at Baltimore.
3. Bills (4-0)—The Bills are 4-0? Really? Their opponents have a combined record of 4-11, but the Bills have done what they needed to do to win.
4. Redskins (3-1)—Big win at Dallas this past weekend. Dominated most of the game as they controlled the clock with Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts churning out yards on the ground. Another huge game for the Skins Sunday at Philly.
5. Steelers (3-1)—Managed to beat the Ravens on Monday night, but not without a cost. Rashard Mendenhall is out for the year with a shoulder injury and Willie Parker is out for a couple more weeks with a injury. Can Mewelde Moore handle being the featured back?
6. Cowboys (3-1)—Lost a hard fought game at home to the Redskins. To make matters worse, T.O. had a closed door meeting with Romo to discuss the passing game and where balls are being thrown. Is T.O. going to hurt the offense in the long run by wanting more balls his way?
7. Panthers (3-1)—Jake Delhomme is playing well at quarterback, and Steve Smith and Mushin Muhammed give the Panthers a great one-two punch at receiver.
8. Buccaneers (3-1)—Great win over the Packers to follow up their come from behind victory over the Bears. Griese improved to 3-0 since taking over as the starting quarterback.
9. Eagles (2-2)—Only one yard away from being 3-1 right now. Valiant effort against the Bears considering they were missing Brian Westbrook, L.J. Smith and Shawn Andrews. Big game against the Redskins on Sunday.
10. Chargers (2-2)—Crushed Oakland to get back to .500 on the season. Have a winnable game Sunday at Miami before hosting New England on Oct. 12th.
11. Jaguars (2-2)—We’ll see what this team is made of when they host Pittsburgh on Sunday Night Football.
12. Broncos (3-1)—Awful loss to a reeling Chiefs team that is one of the worst in the league. The defense needs to improve and can’t be giving up an average of close to 30 points per game is this team wants to make the playoffs.
13. Ravens (2-1)—Tough loss Monday night at Pittsburgh. It would have been huge to start off 3-0 in that division.
14. Patriots (2-1)—Needed to improve on their bye week and get over the fact that Tom Brady is out for the year.
15. Saints (2-2)—Deuce McCallister adds another weapon on offense, allowing Reggie Bush to line up more often as a slot receiver. Lance Moore has been huge in the absence of Marques Colston.
16. Packers (2-2)—If Aaron Rodgers is out for any significant amount of time, this team could be in trouble.
17. Bears (2-2)—Statement win against the Eagles on Sunday night. The defense finished off the game for the first time in three weeks, and the offense moved the ball at will in the first half. The Bears need to put together a complete game this week at Detroit.
18. Colts (1-2)—The Colts enjoyed their bye week by relaxing and getting Peyton Manning back to old Peyton. With Manning missing all of training camp after knee surgery, he didn’t look right the first three games and neither did the Colts offense. Playing the Texans on Sunday should help the Colts improve to 2-2.
19. Jets (2-2)—Who said old man Favre was washed up and this was an awful trade for the Jets? Favre threw for six touchdown passes in their rout over the Cardinals. Should give the team momentum heading into their bye week.
20. Cardinals (2-2)—The defense gave up 56 points to the Jets. That is totally unacceptable. It would also help if the offensive line could protect Kurt Warner so he isn’t running for his life every other play.
21. Seahawks (1-2)—The bye week allowed the Seahawks to get healthy, especially at receiver. This should allow Matt Hasselback to be able to throw the ball down the field more frequently.
22. Vikings (1-3)—Probably the most disappointing team of the year so far. It doesn’t get any easier for the Vikes as they play at New Orleans on Monday Night Football.
23. 49ers (2-2)—How this team is .500 with JT O’Sullivan as your starting quarterback is beyond me. Will fall below .500 with the Patriots coming off a bye week.
24. Falcons (2-2)—The Falcons have beaten the bad teams and lost to the good teams. Michael Turner has been a stud so far. He should carry the ball 30+ times a game if this team wants to win games.
25. Browns (1-3)—Beat archrival Cincinnati to get their 1st win of the year. Now they go into the bye week needing to straighten out issues on offense.
26. Dolphins (1-2)—Can the Dolphins pull off another upset this Sunday against the Chargers?
27. Chiefs (1-3)—Shocking win over the Broncos. Can they make it two in a row against the Panthers?
28. Texans (0-3)—Let one get away against the Jaguars. Now the Texans get to entertain Peyton Manning and the Colts coming off their bye week.
29. Raiders (1-3)—Lane Kiffin got fired and Al Davis came on ESPN and called Kiffin “a liar.” This team is in total disarray.
30. Bengals (0-4)—Lost to a Browns team that looked awful in their first three games. What happened to the Bengals teams of a couple of years ago that looked like legitimate AFC contenders? If Carson Palmer is out for a significant amount of time, this team might be worse than the Rams.
31. Lions (0-3)—Headed in the right direction now that Matt Millen is no longer running the team.
32. Rams (0-4)—Marc Bulger is back as the starting quarterback after getting demoted for a week. Scott Linehan got fired as the head coach and Jim Haslett got promoted as the interim head coach.