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NFL Power Rankings – Week 12

Week 12 of the 2009 NFL season will be remembered mostly for Monday Nights Saint’s beat down of the New England Patriots, the Steelers losing another divisional game and the NY Giants lackluster play in Denver.

So how do I rank them from #1 to #32 or in gay terms from top to bottom?

1. New Orleans – the Saints take over the top spot from the Colts based on their total domination of the Patriots.

2. Indianapolis – last week I considered New Orleans and Indy as close as 1 and 1a but the Colts are simply not as dominant in victory as the Saints are right now.

3. Minnesota

4. San Diego – a convincing win over the Chiefs was expected and delivered.

5. New England – dropped 2 out of 3, granted both games were on the road against the NFL’s two undefeated teams but the Patriots look ‘un-Patriot-like’ in New Orleans.

6. Arizona – losing on the road in the last seconds to a hungry Titans team is not that bad especially with Kurt Warner sitting out. Although Matt Leinart looks better, he doesn’t give the Cardinals the best chance to win.

7. Green Bay

8. Cincinnati

9. Dallas – geared up for a tough five-game stretch with a ho hum victory over the Raiders.

10. Philadelphia

11. Denver – the big movers this week up from last week’s #16 ranking. The Broncos bounce back with Kyle Orton’s return and out everything’d the Giants.

12. Baltimore – beat the Steelers in OT at home but their defense doesn’t scare anyone anymore.

13. Pittsburgh

14. Tennessee Titans – Vince Young and Chris Johnson are carrying the Titans.

15. Jacksonville Jaguars

16. Atlanta – good win with a backup QB but the Falcons playoff hopes are fading.

17. Houston – lost a 17-point lead against the Colts. With remaining games at Jacksonville, Miami and ending the season at home against New England means the Texans are done.

18. San Francisco 49′ers

19. Miami – playoff contenders don’t lose to the Bills.

20. New York Giants – I’ve never seen a team with this much talent play dead.

21. New York Jets – wasn’t it Pete Carroll who said Mark Sanchez needed another year of college?

22. Chicago

23. Carolina

24. Seattle

25. Buffalo

26. Washington

27. Kansas City

28. Oakland

29. Detroit

30. Tampa Bay

31. Cleveland

32. St Louis – losing at home to the Seahawks is about as bad as it gets.

The NFL pre-season kicked off last night with the annual Hall of Fame (HOF) game in Canton, OH. The game brought an end to this weekend’s HOF festivities which included the induction of Ralph Wilson, Jr., Randall McDaniel, Bob Hayes, Rod Woodson, Derrick Thomas, and Bruce Smith. I guess you can be a HOF’er without winning the big prize.

The game was marked by the 50th anniversary of the founding of the AFL and thus the teams wore throw back uniforms. Personally, I like when teams do this but it’s getting over played. Earlier this month Vince Young proclaimed that he would be in the HOF one day. Uh, I don’t think so Vince. First of all, you need to learn English so you can put together a coherent sentence. That might be a more worthwhile pursuit for you cause you really need to start planning for life after football.

The Titans won the game 21-18 and Vince was 5-10 for 39 yds with 1 INT and 1 TD on blown coverage. Seriously, Vince if it wasn’t for Chris Mortenson’s son coming in to finish out the game you would’ve been the worst QB of all 8 that played. You gotta lot of work to do buddy. Maybe you should take you shirt off and dance with a bunch of guys again?

Circuit Vince

However, the Titans after just missing the Super Bowl last year look solid in the backfield as third year RB Chris Johnson looks ready to bust loose. Expect another solid season from the Titans. TO had a couple of catches early on from Trent Edwards who I must say is one of the most under-rated hotties in the NFL. I guess you don’t get too many looks when you’re in Buffalo.

Trent Edwards

It was a decent pre-season game and now I look forward to the pre-season rematch of last year’s Super Bowl on Thursday night.