Zillawrath's NFL Rankings #6

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

1. Indianapolis Colts - The Colts beat their arch-nemesis, the New England Patriots yet again to become the only undefeated team remaining.

2. Chicago Bears - Like 1985, the Chicago Bears were undefeated....until they met up with the Miami Dolphins.

3. Denver Broncos - The Broncos are back at #3 after defeating the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

4. New England Patriots - The Patriots could not do what they could do two years ago....defeat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.

5. Baltimore Ravens - Despite what TJ Houshmandzadeh says, the Ravens were the better team than the Cincinnati Bengals.

6. New York Giants - The Giants had a close call, but defeated the Houston Texans to remain on top of the NFC East.

7. New Orleans Saints - The Saints defeated the Buccaneers and remain at #7.

8. San Diego Chargers - The Chargers, even without defensive star Shawne Merriman, were able to prove they are still a team to beat.

9. Jacksonville Jaguars - The Jaguars are riding high with backup QB David Garrard.

10. Kansas City Chiefs - The Chiefs are finally in the top 10 and whenever Trent Green is ready to go, he will know that he will be at the helm of a playoff contender.

11. Seattle Seahawks - Another team with a backup QB who has shown he belongs in the position is in Seattle and goes by the name Seneca Wallace.

12. Atlanta Falcons - After 2 glorious weeks of Vick showing greatness, they had a stumble against the Detroit Lions.

13. Philadelphia Eagles - The Eagles needed this week off to try and get out of the recent funk they have been suffering.

14. Cincinnati Bengals - The Bengals need to stop complaining and go back to playing football. They have no discipline right now and no maturity in a time where they need it.

15. Minnesota Vikings - The Vikings chose a bad time to falter against San Francisco.

16. Dallas Cowboys - Mistakes and Terrell Owens (yeah, Im blaming TO) cost the Cowboys an easily winnable game against the Redskins.

17. Carolina Panthers - The Panthers had a bye week and will hope to get back to business on Monday Night Football.

18. New York Jets - The Jets also have a bye week and now they will have to see if they were rested enough to beat the New England Patriots.

19. St. Louis Rams - The Rams were beaten up by Kansas City and continue their downslide.

20. Washington Redskins - The Redskins should not have won this week and should thank god for Ty Law saving their asses.

21. San Francisco 49ers - The 49ers took advantage of a dissapointed Minnesota team by beating them after Minnesota got beatdown by New England.

22. Buffalo Bills - The Bills beat the Packers and get the glory of victory back in their system.

23. Green Bay Packers - After 3 straight good weeks of playing weak teams, they werent so lucky the fourth time against Buffalo.

24. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Despite what Roy Williams says of his Detroit Lions being the best 2-6 team, I say the Buccaneers are the best 2-6 team.

25. Detroit Lions - The Lions, though, are the second best 2-6 team.

26. Pittsburgh Steelers - Well...goodbye to the Steelers chances at going to the playoffs. Denver has ended the ride.

27. Cleveland Browns - The Browns got beat once again. Big Suprise.

28. Miami Dolphins - The Dolphins had a glorious time against the Chicago Bears, however you can blame the Bears for the loss more than give Miami credit for the win.

29. Tennessee Titans - The Titans sure do wish they had Steve McNair right now.

30. Houston Texans - The Texans lose again. However, at least Mario Williams is getting better.

31. Oakland Raiders - I should put the Raiders lower for being an undisciplined bunch of jackasses, but the teams under them are worse

32. Arizona Cardinals - After a bye week that should have been good, the Cardinals find themselves the only team with one win in the NFL.

[Smark4lyfe]

Yesss!!! COLTS or Patriots!!!

[mysterydriver]

I posted this once in the NFL Thread, but felt it needed repeating

--Nov 4
Mike Prisuta, of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reports the Denver Broncos, particularly DE Ebenezer Ekuban, are glad to be facing Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger Week 9 and not QB Charlie Batch. "I'd rather face Ben than Charlie Batch just because of how their offense has been doing with Charlie Batch in there," Ekuban said. "Nothing against Ben - he's a Super Bowl quarterback. But you know what? The tape doesn't lie."

Ouch. I mean...ouch.

Pittsburgh is now officially rebuilding. Maybe now they can bench Ben a game and let him rest.

Cinci is also disappointing me. Complete meltdown. More ego than talent...and they have a LOT of talent.

[Wolfpack Bitch]

mysterydriver said:

I posted this once in the NFL Thread, but felt it needed repeating

--Nov 4
Mike Prisuta, of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reports the Denver Broncos, particularly DE Ebenezer Ekuban, are glad to be facing Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger Week 9 and not QB Charlie Batch. "I'd rather face Ben than Charlie Batch just because of how their offense has been doing with Charlie Batch in there," Ekuban said. "Nothing against Ben - he's a Super Bowl quarterback. But you know what? The tape doesn't lie."

Ouch. I mean...ouch.

Pittsburgh is now officially rebuilding. Maybe now they can bench Ben a game and let him rest.

Cinci is also disappointing me. Complete meltdown. More ego than talent...and they have a LOT of talent.

Thank goodness the powers that be within the Steelers organization dont' listen to all of the armchair coaches. They'd have benched Bradshaw too.

Get over it. Ben is the franchise QB, they won't bench him, they won't sit him down. You can join the rest of the brigade and throw garbage in his lawn if you'd like, but Batch is not the QB of the future no matter how much pissing and moaning the boo birds make.

Pittsburgh is officially rebuilding ?? Rebuilding WHAT. We didn't lose that many players over the summer. Bettis and Randal El are the big names. Sadly, the team misses El more. We're away from our game, which is running and the gadget plays. Without El to do the gadgets, the opponents D can play us differently and concentrate more on stopping either an obvious run or obvious pass situation. We kept many teams on their heels over the past year or two because there was always that aspect of the direct snap to El or the pass back to Ben. Regardless, it's a whole team effort that's failing, not just Ben. The man passed for over 400 yards last week. WTF, Steeler QBs don't throw that much. He did because we can't establish a running game. It's a vicious circle and only the feeble minded would single out one player and point the finger at him. Football is a TEAM game.

[mysterydriver]

wolfpackb said:

Thank goodness the powers that be within the Steelers organization dont' listen to all of the armchair coaches. They'd have benched Bradshaw too.

Get over it. Ben is the franchise QB, they won't bench him, they won't sit him down. You can join the rest of the brigade and throw garbage in his lawn if you'd like, but Batch is not the QB of the future no matter how much pissing and moaning the boo birds make.

Golly gee. I sense anger.

Are people really throwing things on his lawn? That seems childish. The man has been through a lot of pain.

--A motorcycle accident that did more than he will ever admit.
--An emergency surgery.
--Being knocked unconscious and given a concussion.

Last week, (Not this week. I understand the whole "Have your 'best' QB on the field" idea against Denver) against Oakland he should have sat. Plain and simple. Because he played...no where near 100%...he performed poorly and got more hits.

Do you really feel that it was necessary for Ben to play against Oakland?

Pittsburgh is officially rebuilding ?? Rebuilding WHAT. We didn't lose that many players over the summer. Bettis and Randal El are the big names. Sadly, the team misses El more. We're away from our game, which is running and the gadget plays. Without El to do the gadgets, the opponents D can play us differently and concentrate more on stopping either an obvious run or obvious pass situation. We kept many teams on their heels over the past year or two because there was always that aspect of the direct snap to El or the pass back to Ben. Regardless, it's a whole team effort that's failing, not just Ben. The man passed for over 400 yards last week. WTF, Steeler QBs don't throw that much. He did because we can't establish a running game. It's a vicious circle and only the feeble minded would single out one player and point the finger at him. Football is a TEAM game.

They do miss the gadget plays and they DEFINITELY miss Bettis for short yardage situations. Davenport is starting to bloom some (some great runs near the end of the Denver game.) but it will take time before he can be trusted for a touchdown at the goal-line (He couldn't power through against Oakland forcing a throw...).

I don't single out Big Ben, I just feel the man needs a break. I admire his courage, but the only thing it is going to get him this point is a shorter career and a ticket to a wheelchair.

Also, Charlie Batch man. Charlie flipping Batch. He isn't the QB of the future, because he is at full veteran status. Give the man some respect. He escaped Detriot and has capable receivers in Pittsburgh.

[Erik Majorwitz]

These rankings are flawed.

[Wolfpack Bitch]

Are people really throwing things on his lawn? That seems childish. The man has been through a lot of pain.

That's what the good fans of Pittsburgh did to Tommy Maddox when they were done with him. Only a few years ago, Tommy Gunn was all you would hear about. He was the epitome of what a QB should be. Rags to riches etc. He gets replaced by Ben, comes back in and has some terrible games.. then gets trash on his lawn, his kids get harrassed etc.

[Erik Majorwitz]

wolfpackb said:

Are people really throwing things on his lawn? That seems childish. The man has been through a lot of pain.

That's what the good fans of Pittsburgh did to Tommy Maddox when they were done with him. Only a few years ago, Tommy Gunn was all you would hear about. He was the epitome of what a QB should be. Rags to riches etc. He gets replaced by Ben, comes back in and has some terrible games.. then gets trash on his lawn, his kids get harrassed etc.

He was the XFL MVP damn it! What is wrong with you people?

[mysterydriver]

wolfpackb said:

Are people really throwing things on his lawn? That seems childish. The man has been through a lot of pain.

That's what the good fans of Pittsburgh did to Tommy Maddox when they were done with him. Only a few years ago, Tommy Gunn was all you would hear about. He was the epitome of what a QB should be. Rags to riches etc. He gets replaced by Ben, comes back in and has some terrible games.. then gets trash on his lawn, his kids get harrassed etc.

That is pathetic. Tommy did have a few bad games, but no one should be tortured because of it.

I guess it is the nature of the beast when it comes to "die-hard" football fans.

[royboy8]

If this guy thinks for one second that The Raiders would beat Houston he is on complete hardcore crack cocaine

[shemmy86]

royboy8 said:

If this guy thinks for one second that The Raiders would beat Houston he is on complete hardcore crack cocaine

Indeed the Raiders are the optimum of ineptitude. The Texans have a few moments of glory, the Lions keeps games close, and the Cardinals have the potential but a massive amount of bad luck. Al Davis should have his ownership rigths revoked and let someone else run the team. Keep in mind I am a Jets fan typing this and I dislike the Raiders.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

I had to make a few changes after I realised a few things.

[mysterydriver]

I am iffy on Tampa being better than Detroit.

Tampa is doing decent with all of its rookies but Detroit has Kevin Jones. After a lackluster season last year, he has really started to find a groove. If they can get their defense to continue holding teams under 40 points (I had their defense for fantasy. This week was good...others, not so much) they can make a run and I don't think Tampa can at this point.

Of course, this is just my humble opinion. Which can be very wrong.