1. New Orleans Saints (1) – The Saints are so good it's scary. Very rarely can a team climb out of a 24-3 hole the way New Orleans did. I was surprised that they allowed themselves to get in that position to begin with, but the end result is all that matters. Miami has a good defense so for the Saints to put up so many points in the second half really shows how dangerous their offense it, or that Miami's defense suffered a season ending epic collapse.

2. Indianapolis Colts (2) – As expected, the Colts pretty much plowed through the Rams like Joey Chestnut and a plate of hot dogs. If things go the way they should go, the Colts should hold a two game lead over Houston when they meet up on November 8^th and that should pretty much settle any division race that exists in the AFC South.

3. Denver Broncos (4) – The bye week couldn't have been better timed for Denver after their huge win against the Chargers. They have a tough two game stretch coming up against at Baltimore and Pittsburgh at home, but if they win both of those games the West is theirs for sure.

4. New England Patriots (6) – The Patriots slammed around another inferior opponent in London and now they get a bye week to rest up. I realize they have beaten up some pretty bad teams the past two weeks, but it's still getting Tom Brady back in rhythm so don't underestimate that. They have a huge five game stretch coming up after the bye against the Dolphins, Colts, Jets, Saints, and Dolphins again. Beating Miami twice and the Jets during that stretch will pretty much guarantee them the division title; however, I wouldn't bet on it. New England always seems to trip up against the Dolphins at least once a year.

5. Minnesota Vikings (3) – It took until the seventh game but Brett Favre had a vintage Brett Favre game. In other words, he directly cost his team a chance to win with his foolish turnovers. Here is a recap for those who didn't watch the game. Trailing 13-10 midway through the fourth quarter, Favre fumbled and the Steelers returned it all the way for a touchdown, extending the lead to 20-10. Should I even mention Favre's half ass attempt to tackle the defender? Wait, I think I already did. We're not done though. Percy Harvin returns the ensuing kickoff and immediately bails out Favre. Favre then leads the Vikings down the field and with less than two minutes remaining, has them in easy field goal range to at least send the game to overtime, if not win it. What does he do? Throws a pick six. Well done. Granted the interception wasn't entirely his fault, but he still threw the ball and still shoulders a good amount of the blame. Not a good way to head into the season's biggest game, the grudge match in Lambeau.

6. Cincinnati Bengals (8) – Wow. My biggest miss of the weekend was thinking Chicago would beat the Bengals in Cincinati. Not only did the Bengals beat the Bears, they completely embarrassed them off the field. My biggest non-Bills annoyance of the weekend had to be the Cedric Benson story. The media was consistently reporting how it was huge game for Benson because he was facing his old team and accused them of blackballing him from the league. Listen, I understand he had something to prove and no doubt did it. But let's not pretend that Chicago completely screwed him over here. Let's look at the facts. Benson was drafted fourth overall, then returned the favor by holding out and missing all of training camp before finally signing a five year deal worth 35 million. Despite that, Benson eventually won the starting job after the Bears traded away Thomas Jones, a trade they would probably like to have back. Meanwhile, Benson then returned the favor again by getting arrested twice in a five week span for alcohol related events. At that point, Chicago had to release him and the Bengals were really the only team willing to give him a chance. It's a good story of someone turning his career around, but let's not paint the picture of good guy Cedric Benson being mistreated by the Bears organization, ok?

7. Pittsburgh Steelers (9) – As happy as I was to see Favre finally cause his team to lose, it just had to be at the expense of the Steelers. This was like a lose/lose situation for me on Sunday afternoon, minus the fact that I picked Pittsburgh and helped me climb the standings in my pick 'em league. Like a few other teams, the bye week is coming at a perfect time. Afterwards, Pittsburgh has to travel to Denver and then they get Cincinnati at home for what could be a game for the division lead.

8. New York Giants (5) – Not sure what is happening to the Giants but it isn't good. They now hold a slim half game lead over Dallas and Philadelphia in the all of a sudden tight NFC East. They travel to Philadelphia next week and if they drop a third straight game, things are going to get very ugly for the Giants.

9. Philadelphia Eagles (10) – Hey, speaking of the Eagles, here they are. I'm not too worried about their loss to Oakland one week ago for the simple fact that the Reid/McNabb combo seems to have a stinker or two every season before putting together a solid November/December run into the playoffs. One thing that hasn't worked out so well for Philly this year, the whole Michael Vick acquisition. I've yet to see one positive for the team, unless you want to count jersey sales.

10. Green Bay Packers (13) – It's finally here. The game of the year. Favre vs the Packers in Lambeau. Sorry, I don't wanna hype this game up like it's going to be, but I'm overly excited. I can't remember the last time I was this excited for a non-Bills regular season game. I'm begging the Packers fans, boo this man to tears. BOO HIM. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HIM.

11. Dallas Cowboys (14) – Sunday's win for Dallas was easily their biggest of the season and one that immediately catapulted Dallas back into the playoff discussion. I'll be honest, I didn't give them a chance to beat Atlanta, but they definitely proved me wrong. As if Miles Austin wasn't already the biggest waiver wire acquisition in fantasy football, he should be after this week.

12. Baltimore Ravens (12) – The Ravens had off this past week and it was probably the best thing possible for them (aside from facing the Rams or Redskins). In a mere three weeks Baltimore went from my top team in the AFC to a team that might not even make the playoffs. They are now currently in third place and have the Broncos and Bengals in consecutive weeks. Winning both games will absolutely put them back into mix but if they were to lose both games they are almost completely out of it. In fact, 12 is probably too high for them right now but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt.

13. Atlanta Falcons (7) – The Falcons loss to Dallas was even bigger because New Orleans won again and stretched their division lead to a full two games. Instead of facing them this week with a chance at first place, they will have to win on the road at New Orleans or face a three game hole in the division. While it's still somewhat early, their season is very much on the line this Sunday.

14. Arizona Cardinals (17) – I wondered last week whether or not the Cardinals were back and apparently they are. Even more impressive, they are now 2-0 on the East Coast and have won three straight dating back to their playoff game in Carolina last season. That is a very impressive step for a Cardinals team that was previously 0-5 last season on the East Coast. Speaking of the Panthers, the Cardinals get to face that crap pile this weekend and make it four straight victories.

15. San Diego Chargers (16) – The Chargers beat up on the hapless Chiefs to continue their season trend of whooping the bad teams and losing to the good teams. The good news for the Chargers is that they have the Oakland Raiders at home this weekend. The bad news? They face the Giants, Eagles, and Broncos in the three weeks following this Sunday.

16. Miami Dolphins (11) – Thanks to Miami's implosion on Sunday, they are now officially in last place in the AFC East. I've seen the Bills blow plenty of leads so I don't mean to hammer away at Miami but how do they let that happen? Yes the Saints are the top team in the league but still, they were up 24-3 near halftime. To add to that, they also held multiple 10 point leads in the second half before throwing the game away completely. I'm thinking after this past game against the Saints we can officially say Ted Ginn Jr. is not a number one receiver in this league. For every good play he makes, he has about two or three bad ones. I'm a Bills fan so trust me, I know draft busts all too well, and Ginn is looking more and more like one with each passing week.

17. New York Jets (19) – The Jets played very well in disposing of the Raiders 38-0 but that should've been assumed, seeing that the game was in sunny California. In fact, it was such an easy win that Mark Sanchez chowed on a hot dog while sitting on the bench. Although he immediately apologized, the message was already sent to the Raiders and really, who cares? The Raiders are that bad and Sanchez shouldn't have to apologize. The worst part of the game for the Jets was losing Leon Washington for the season. It's a good thing they drafted Shonn Greene when they did because they will definitely need him now.

18. Houston Texans (20) – The Texans jumped out to a huge lead before almost blowing it to Alex Smith and the 49ers. Yes, you read that correctly. Alex Smith came off the bench and threw three touchdowns before eventually falling short in his comeback bid. That doesn't exactly say a whole lot for the Texans. They also bucked their season long trend by winning a second consecutive game and now have an easy third win on the horizon before their big game against the Colts on November 8^th.

19. Chicago Bears (15) – Wow, the Bears have issues. I swear I said something before the season about how Jay Cutler won't immediately make the Bears a Super Bowl contender because he doesn't have much around him, right? Didn't I?? DIDN'T I??!?! Don't worry Chicago, T.O. is a free agent after the season and should be a nice signing for Cutler to throw to.

20. Jacksonville Jaguars (21) – The Jags were off this past week and their stadium was just as full as if there was a game being hosted on Sunday afternoon. Get it? It's a joke about their crap attendance. That's right Jacksonville, you don't deserve an NFL team. Move to LA already.

21. San Francisco 49ers (18) – The Niners came close to a big win on Sunday but fell short and lost their division lead in the process. On the positive side, Alex Smith resembled an NFL QB and they might be much better off with him for the rest of the season. Then again, let's remember that this is the same Alex Smith that has been a tremendous draft bust so far so maybe we shouldn't be crowning him so early after one decent performance. And no, I'm not picking him up on my fantasy team of horrendous NFL QBs. Just for a quick review, I've owned Trent Edwards, Jake Delhomme, and Shaun Hill so far on this team. Sometimes I really hate fantasy football.

22. Seattle Seahawks (23) – I'm so close, but waiting until this next game against the Cowboys to write off the Seahawks for 2009. In fact, after my week off next week I think my rankings will include the written off teams as halfway through the season is plenty of time to write off the really bad teams.

23. Buffalo Bills (24) – Holy crap. Two wins in a row? I'm shocked. In case you couldn't tell, this is not sarcasm. I would've argued against the Bills winning three games all season, let alone three before the month of October is finished. I also received the encouraging news that Ryan Fitzpatrick will again start for Buffalo this Sunday against Houston. Quite frankly, this is how far the Bills have fallen. I'm actually excited that Ryan Fitzpatrick is starting. I cannot believe I just typed that. His QB skills are so incredibly bad. Since the Bills won, I'll focus on the positives though. He didn't turn the ball over on Sunday and proved that he is willing to throw the ball downfield. His long range accuracy is in question, but again, the Bills won so I'll shut up. On another positive note, I hope while watching the game on television, Donte Whitner took notes on how to be a playmaking safety. I'm a huge homer sometimes but Jairus Byrd warrants some serious considering for defensive rookie of the year.

24. Carolina Panthers (22) – Everything is finer in Carolina than the Panthers. Well, until the Charlotte Bobcats take the court this week and promptly embarrass the city some more. Wow. Jake Delhomme is taking bad to a new level. His contract extension during the offseason has to be in the discussion for worst contracts of this decade. The Bills did everything in their power to hand Carolina the game and still the Bills walked away with a relatively easy win.

25. Kansas City Chiefs (26) – The Chiefs have a maximum of four more victories for the season and a total of five overall and that is really stretching it. As if things haven't been rough enough for the Chiefs, Larry Johnson is now calling out Head Coach Todd Haley via his Twitter feed. Something tells me that this Larry Johnson fellow isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

26. Oakland Raiders (25) – The Raiders finally benched JaMarcus Russell but it didn't matter, mostly because Bruce Gradkowski is the backup. I'm fairly certain that when I return to writing these rankings, I might have to lump these bad teams together because I'm really running out of anything to say about them that hasn't been said before. The Raiders did get a minor victory this weekend as the DA announced that Tom Cable won't have charges pressed against him. Yep, that's the 2009 Oakland Raiders in a nutshell.

27. Detroit Lions (27) – Oh boy, the Lions face the Rams this weekend? Talk about a game I will avoid at all costs. I think the Rams really have a legit shot to match Detroit's 0-16 record last season but it's in the hands of this current Lions team. Don't let us down boys.

28. Washington Redskins (29) – Even when the Redskins suck they still screw me over. Would it have killed Jason Campbell to get 3.5 points or less?

29. Cleveland Browns (28) – I really want to rip on Cleveland but I have to remember that they actually beat the Bills in Buffalo. I will now jam a ballpoint pen in my temple.

30. Tennessee Titans (30) – I think the Titans fans who were all up in arms about Jeff Fisher wearing the Peyton Manning jersey really need to relax. It was a joke. Get over it. Of course, if the goal is to now get Jeff Fisher fired, I'm all for that if you catch my drift.

31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (31) – The Bucs did score and picked Tom Brady off twice, so at least they are trying. Just like the team below them, I'm officially running out of things to say that describe how bad this team is.

32. St Louis Rams (32) – Honestly, I'm running out of things to say about the Rams. They are bordering on the level of bad where I think some of the top NCAA teams in the nation could take them. I almost wonder why they didn't just trade Steven Jackson at the deadline and get a first round pick or maybe a conditional second for him. I know there are teams out there that would've made the deal.