Wednesday, November 18, 2009

NFL Power Rankings: Week 11

I've noticed that now that we have played ten weeks of football, the teams are starting to get entrenched into their own tiers. Some fall, some rise, but for the most part the tiers stay the same. So for this list, I'm going to separate them based on the tiers I think they fall into:

The Elite: These are the Super Bowl favorites. The Saints remain on top, but only just. Any of these teams could win the Super Bowl and I wouldn't at all be shocked.

1. New Orleans Saints
2. Indianapolis Colts
3. New England Patriots
4. Cincinnati Bengals
5. Pittsburgh Steelers

The Contenders: These teams also have a shot of making a deep run in the playoffs, but they also have some fatal flaws that could prevent them from getting there.

6. Minnesota Vikings
7. San Diego Chargers
8. Arizona Cardinals
9. Dallas Cowboys
10. Baltimore Ravens
11. Green Bay Packers
12. Houston Texans
13. Philadelphia Eagles

The Mid-pack: These are the teams that are mired in mediocrity. The teams we can't figure out. The teams that play awesome one week, then terrible the next. The teams that fail to live up to their full potential. They might have an outside shot at the playoffs, but will more than likely come up short. Teams that make you go "meh."

14. Atlanta Falcons
15. Miami Dolphins
16. Tennessee Titans
17. Denver Broncos
18. Carolina Panthers
19. Jacksonville Jaguars
20. San Francisco 49ers
21. New York Giants
22. New York Jets
23. Chicago Bears

The Awful: These are the pitiful, hopeless, wait til next year, hope we get a good draft pick, tank the season dregs of the NFL. They are all varying levels of bad, but none of them are going anywhere. Better luck next year!

24. Buffalo Bills
25. Seattle Seahawks
26. Washington Redskins
27. Kansas City Chiefs
28. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
29. Oakland Raiders
30. St. Louis Rams
31. Detroit Lions
32. Cleveland Browns

I'm going to go with the tiers for the remainder of the season so I hope you like them!

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