Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
1. | 2. | New England Patriots | 7-0 | All 20 teams that started 7-0 in the current 4 division, 2 wild card system have made the playoffs. |
2. | 3. | Denver Broncos | 7-0 | Finally scored a first quarter TD this season. |
3. | 4. | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-0 | Started the season with 7 straight wins for the first time in franchise history. |
4. | 5. | Carolina Panthers | 7-0 | Only undefeated remaining in NFC. Blew a 17 point fourth quarter lead and got behind by 3 in OT before tying, then taking advantage of another Luck mistake to win. |
5. | 1. | Green Bay Packers | 6-1 | Rodgers held to 77 yards passing in Denver. |
6. | 7. | Arizona Cardinals | 6-2 | Won 6 of their first 8 for a second straight season. |
7. | 6. | Atlanta Falcons | 6-2 | Need to get more pressure on opposing QBs. Have just 10 sacks, only the Giants total less with 9. |
8. | 9. | Minnesota Vikings | 5-2 | Should be old-time rough and tumble football when St. Louis visits on Sunday. |
9. | 10. | Seattle Seahawks | 4-4 | Lucky to escape Dallas. |
10. | 13. | St. Louis Rams | 4-3 | Fisher has built the kind of punishing, physically dominant team he wants around a franchise back, defensive front 7. |
11. | 8. | New York Jets | 4-3 | Turned to Geno after Fitzpatrick injured thumb, hilarity ensued. Could have to turn to unready rookie Petty after Geno ended up hurting his shoulder. |
12. | 15. | New Orleans Saints | 4-4 | Brees became the 8th player to throw for 7 TDs in a single game, no one has ever thrown more. |
13. | 16. | Oakland Raiders | 4-3 | Already won more games than last season, only the second time in 12 years they've been over .500 after 7 games. |
14. | 11. | New York Giants | 4-4 | Eli combined with Brees for 13 TD passes, most ever in a single game. |
15. | 12. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-4 | Roethlisberger dropped to 2-5 in his career coming off an injury that caused him to miss a game or more. Adding injury to insult Bell lost for season with severely torn MCL. |
16. | 14. | Miami Dolphins | 3-4 | Wake dominated with 7 sacks and 4 forced fumbles in 2 1/2 games after Campbell/Anarumo took over before a season ending torn Achilles in Foxboro. |
17. | 17. | Indianapolis Colts | 3-5 | Report of Luck suffering through broken ribs seem like an excuse. His mistakes have been mental, atrocious. Pagano going to pay the price probably sooner rather than later. |
18. | 18. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-4 | Come off the bye with a chance to put another nail in the hated Cowboys' coffin. |
19. | 19. | Buffalo Bills | 3-4 | Beat this week's opponent in Miami by 27 points in week 3. Things have changed. |
20. | 20. | Washington Redskins | 3-4 | Riding a 7 game road losing streak which is unlikely to be broken in this week's trip to Foxboro. |
21. | 22. | Kansas City Chiefs | 3-5 | On bye after very pleasant trip to London. |
22. | 26. | Houston Texans | 3-5 | Tied for first in their dumpster fire of a division. |
23. | 28. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-4 | Winston on a roll the last couple of weeks, sputtering Giants defense gives him another chance to shine. |
24. | 21. | Chicago Bears | 2-5 | Believe free agent to be Forte can return this season from knee injury. Doesn't really matter to the bottom line, might as well see what they have in Langford. |
25. | 25. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-5 | Get a break coming off the bye if Fitzpatrick, Geno can't play. Especially Fitzpatrick. |
26. | 24. | Dallas Cowboys | 2-5 | Jones expects Romo to start in week 11 when first eligible, could use a win or two before then. |
27. | 31. | Baltimore Ravens | 2-6 | Victory costly losing Smith Sr. to a torn Achilles. |
28. | 23. | San Diego Chargers | 2-6 | Latest setback a season ending lacerated kidney suffered by Allen. |
29. | 27. | San Francisco 49ers | 2-6 | Fire sale under way with dumping of Davis for late round picks. Benching Kaepernick for Gabbert reportedly a directive from above as Baalke tries to further distance himself, franchise from Harbaugh era. |
30. | 29. | Cleveland Browns | 2-6 | Manziel likely to start on short work week with McCown expected to miss time due to a rib injury. |
31. | 30. | Detriot Lions | 1-7 | Already lost 2 more games this year at mid-season than all of last season. Can Caldwell survive? |
32. | 32. | Tennessee Titans | 1-6 | Whisenhunt was 3-20, reportedly in conflict with assistants so clearly deserved the axe. Firing him doesn't really solve any of their problems, need to also replace GM Webster. |
*Last week's final regular season ranking