23. Cincinnati Bengals (2-4) (Previous rank: 25): Coming back from a near two-touchdown deficit might give the Bengals the spark they need. Now, if they could just beat teams that aren’t 1-6.
24. San Francisco (2-4) (Previous rank: 21): The first few weeks of the season seems very, very far away. They aren’t doing enough on offense: they need to protect their quarterback and they need to find the end zone. Fifteen points isn’t going to cut it.
25. New Orleans Saints (2-4) (Previous rank: 28): With a two-game winning streak, the Saints are marching back in. They still need to play better on defense, but their offense is finally looking like it used to.
26. Philadelphia Eagles (2-4) (Previous rank: 22): The Eagles are a few more losses away from seeing their season end prematurely. This was a game they should have won. Their defense really is to blame for letting Brian Griese engineer a game winning 97-yard drive. Who does he think he is? John Elway?
27. Oakland Raiders (2-4) (Previous rank: 24): Their defense is pretty good, but their offense is pretty bad. This makes for a less than mediocre team. Their running game was awful on Sunday and Dante Culpepper just can't get it going. If he was the Culpepper from five years ago, they might be contenders.
28. Minnesota Vikings (2-4) (Previous rank: 27): This would have been nice, but it wasn’t meant to be. Their passing game – or lack there of – is absolutely killing them. They won’t make the playoffs if they can’t pass the ball.
29. Atlanta Falcons (1-6) (Previous rank: 29): They played great in the first half, but unfortunately, the game was two halves long. They won’t win many games if they don’t learn to go in for the kill shot.
30. New York Jets (1-6) (Previous rank: 30): Too bad this game wasn’t only two quarters long. The New York Jets season is probably over. Not much to do now but wait till 2008.
31. St Louis Rams (0-7) (Previous rank: 32): They are bad, really bad. Getting Marc Bulger back made no difference. Even if Steven Jackson was healthy, this game still wouldn’t have gone their way.
32. Miami Dolphins (0-7) (Previous rank: 31): Losing Ronnie Brown might be the straw that breaks the Dolphins’ back. This team could go 0-16, becoming the antithesis of their 1972 selves.
Article comments
1 - RJ
"Jacksonville should be more concerned about their quarterback situation: how hurt is David Garrard?"
Pretty bad, unfortunately...