Top Five Teams - Post Week 7

Posted on October 24th, 2007 in NFL Teams by admin

Week 7 was an odd week in the NFL. The only match-up between winning teams was played by the Detroit Lions and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But what should have been an easy week for the league’s elite turned out to be quite the opposite for many good teams. With that said, here are the new top-five rankings.

1. New England Patriots - I’m not sure which Tom Brady stat is more ridiculous at this point. He has twenty-five more touchdowns than interceptions. He is on pace to throw over sixty scores and is only getting better from week to week. And his passer rating is close to 140. At this point the Patriots are demoralizing and destroying every opponent they face and it hard to imagine them losing to anyone.

2. Indianapolis Colts - The only other undefeated team in the NFL also solidified their position in the top-five with a surprisingly easy win over Jacksonville. At this point, it looks like both the Pats and Colts are on cruise control until they have to face each other in two weeks.

3. Green Bay Packers - There is no reason to drop a team in the rankings for having a bye week.

4. New York Giants - No disrespect to the Cowboys, but the Giants are officially the hottest team in the NFC. They brushed off an early 0-2 start to win five in a row and put themselves back into the playoff picture. With a London game against Miami next week, the winning should continue into their bye week.

5. Pittsburgh Steelers - Was a close loss to Denver enough to drop the Steelers out of the top-five? It might have been if the Cowboys or Titans won in a more impressive fashion on Sunday. But as it happened, both teams squeezed out games that they should have won easily. So we’ll treat the loss to Denver as an abnormality for now. But the team better impress next week.

Dropped out - Jacksonville Jaguars - If you want to be considered a serious power within your conference, or division, you have to do better than this team did on Monday night. Playoff teams should be able to do better than a 22 point loss at home to a divisional record.

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