KD's NFL POWER RANKINGS (Week 10)

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That's right, I'm bringing you my personal opinion on who the teams with the most upside are-- teams on the move that look like they can achieve some measure of greatness this season. Why am I doing this? Because I got a big eeegggggoooooo (shoutout to Beyonce, she can get it) and I think I know what I'm talking about :) Just a note, I am not going to give the standard ranking of where teams records put them, although that obviously plays a part. I will give a write up on the teams I think are in SuperBowl contention, and rank the rest.

Here we go, let me know what you think. I used to do these on the dallascowboys.com message board for a couple years before they redesigned the site and it was inundated with unitelligent banter.

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1)Indianapolis (8-0)- They’ve barely trailed at all this season, although their last two games have shown that even with the great Peyton Manning, a suspect run game can limit the explosiveness. Their defense is LEAKING player juice left and right. A very tough week that they had losing 3 DBs and a starting LB within 2 days. A very tough matchup Sunday versus New England. I expect them to drop a couple notches but we’ll see.

2)Pittsburgh (6-2)- The Steelers defense is disgustingly dominant. I don’t even care about stats, a simple eye test tells you. And on offense, they roll out weapon after weapon similar to our beloved Cowboys. Mendenhall, Parker, Miller, Ward, Wallace, Holmes is a very scary group. The fact that they are almost guaranteed to return a turnover for a TD automatically ups the ante in every game.

3)New England (6-2)- After a 3-2 start, it looks like Brady is 100% comfortable with the injury and they are back up to their old tricks.. except this year their defense has returned to dominance. Remember, they will have Taylor back for the crucial part of the season making this offense even more potent. Classic matchup this weekend at #1 Indy.

4)New Orleans (8-0)- they’d be higher, but three straight weeks of falling behind big, and multiple turnover games by Brees make me think this is a paper mache undefeated. Don’t get me wrong, I greatly respect the potency of that offense, but are they as good as their record indicates? Not to my eye test.

5)Minnesota (7-1)- Their only loss coming on the road at #2 Pittsburgh in the last couple minutes, they are definitely in the mix. Three things worry me about this team, and will until proven wrong. 1- Brett Favre is old. 2- Adrian Peterson fumbles. 3- Their receivers are still unproven. They are a great team, but with trends that can easily cost a team a game on any given Sunday.

6)Dallas Cowboys (6-2)- Where are all the haters now? Skip Bayless and I have been preaching this team’s potential all season and they are finally proving it. I dare say out of all the teams in the top 7, Dallas and Minnesota have the best combination of offense defense and special teams. The late season issues Dallas has are a concern, but with a 3 headed running monster, a deep receiving corps, 2 of the best at their position on D (the Warewolf and the Rat)and a up and coming secondary, there really isn’t a weak spot to this team.

7)Cincinatti (6-2)- Who dat think they gonna beat them Bengals? Cincy is for real people, and I am very proud as I made four declarations to everyone I knew in real life before the season started. The Giants would miss the playoffs, Cincinatti  was making the playoffs(hat tip to Mr Vela for his playoff team manifesto), Tennessee was EXTREMELY overrated because Kerry Collins is a bum and the Cowboys would manage their playbook and personnel better to not peak too early and win the SB. I’m flying high right now. We’ll see if the loss of Chris Henry has a major impact, but I doubt it. Our good friend Mike Zimmer has that defense flying.

8)San Diego (5-3)- getting closer, they are a 2nd half team if I ever saw one

9) Philadelphia (5-3)- ‘F’ illy and their fans.

10)Arizona (5-3)- Theres just something about this team I don’t trust, in either direction. I can never bet on them either!!

11)Atlanta (5-3) I’m a fan of this squad’s offensive firepower and a defensive that is opportunistic

12)Baltimore (4-4)- putting too much on Flacco, and have a boatload of RB’s

13)Denver (6-2)- Things are leaking here—expect them to be caught by the Chargers

14)Green Bay (4-4)

15)Miami (3-5)

16)Houston (5-4)

17)NY Giants (5-4)

18)San Francisco (3-5)

19)Chicago (4-4)

20)NY Jets (4-4)

21)Carolina (3-5)

22)Jacksonville (4-4)

23)Seattle (3-5)

24)Washington (2-6)

25)Buffalo (3-5)

26)Tennessee (2-6)

27)Tampa Bay (1-7)

28)Kansas City (1-7)

29)Detroit (1-7)

30)Oakland (2-6)

31)Cleveland (1-7)

32)St Louis (1-7)

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