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With just three weeks to go, we’re about to find out once and for all which teams are contenders and which are also-rans. And a very interesting three weeks it will be, with murky playoff situations in both conferences. Several teams are facing must-win matchups this week, and emotions are running high. So kick back and enjoy this week’s games – this is going to be good…
To compile these rankings, we asked several Cafe members who know their football to rank the NFL’s 32 teams from worst to first. Combining these rankings allows us to take a look at where each team stands at this point of the 2005 NFL campaign.
| Rank | Change | TEAM | Avg Rank | h a w k | S w i p e | A r l o |
| 1 (1) | Indianapolis | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Almost there… | ||||||
| 2 (2) | Seattle | 2.7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| For the first time in umpteen years, fans in the Pacific Northwest are daring to dream about more than the first round of the playoffs. | ||||||
| 2 (2) | Cincinnati | 2.7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| See? Drafting Carson Palmer wasn’t such a bad idea after all. | ||||||
| 4 (2) | Denver | 3.7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Keep on running… | ||||||
| 5 (8) | New York Giants | 5.7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| Wouldn’t a Manning vs. Manning Super Bowl be something? | ||||||
| 6 (6) | Chicago | 7.0 | 5 | 11 | 5 | |
| Have defense, will travel … all the way to the division title. | ||||||
| 7 (15) | Tampa Bay | 8.0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| The Cadilac gets the attention, but don’t overlook this team’s defense. | ||||||
| 8 (13) | New England | 8.7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | |
| Nobody wants to have to face the Patriots in Foxboro in the first round. | ||||||
| 9 (11) | Pittsburgh | 9.0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | |
| Look who’s suddenly right back in the thick of things…. | ||||||
| 10 (7) | Carolina | 10.3 | 8 | 13 | 10 | |
| Welcome to the DeShaun Foster Show. | ||||||
| 11 (14) | Dallas | 11.0 | 14 | 6 | 13 | |
| Drew Bledsoe feels young again. | ||||||
| 12 (8) | Jacksonville | 11.7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | |
| Does anybody really know just how good this team is? We’ll probably have to wait for the playoffs to find out. | ||||||
| 13 (5) | San Diego | 12.3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | |
| Will the Chargers be the team to stop the Colts’ run? | ||||||
| 14 (10) | Kansas City | 13.0 | 16 | 9 | 14 | |
| Losing to Dallas hurt. A lot. | ||||||
| 15 (16) | Minnesota | 13.7 | 12 | 14 | 15 | |
| This is getting uncanny. | ||||||
| 16 (12) | Atlanta | 15.7 | 15 | 16 | 16 | |
| Michael Vick vs. the Chicago defense. This should be fun… | ||||||
| 17 (17) | Washington | 17.0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |
| The Redskins will be fired up when they face the Cowboys in one of the game’s great rivalries. | ||||||
| 18 (18) | Miami | 18.0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| They may not be in the playoff hunt, but this is a team with lots of fight left. | ||||||
| 19 (25) | Cleveland | 20.0 | 21 | 19 | 20 | |
| It’s time to start giving Reuben Drougns some credit. | ||||||
| 20 (20) | Philadelphia | 20.3 | 19 | 23 | 19 | |
| Hang on – didn’t the “black quarterback” debate go out of style 150 years ago? | ||||||
| 21 (19) | St. Louis | 21.7 | 20 | 24 | 21 | |
| A Harvard education guarantees you success just about everywhere … excelpt in the NFL. | ||||||
| 22 (23) | Arizona | 22.0 | 23 | 21 | 22 | |
| Hey, at least the kicker’s good. | ||||||
| 23 (26) | Tennessee | 22.3 | 22 | 22 | 23 | |
| Just wait till next year… | ||||||
| 24 (24) | Baltimore | 22.7 | 24 | 20 | 24 | |
| The injuries hurt, but this team’s problems go deeper. | ||||||
| 25 (22) | Buffalo | 25.0 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| Will Lee Evans continue to excel with Kelly Holcomb under center? | ||||||
| 26 (27) | Green Bay | 26.7 | 27 | 27 | 26 | |
| Brett Favre on Monday night – one more time. | ||||||
| 27 (21) | Oakland | 27.0 | 26 | 28 | 27 | |
| Psst … pass the ball to Randy! | ||||||
| 28 (28) | New Orleans | 28.0 | 29 | 26 | 29 | |
| Good-bye, Mr. Brooks. | ||||||
| 29 (32) | New York Jets | 28.3 | 28 | 29 | 28 | |
| Seeing Curtis Martin on the sidelines last week just felt wrong somehow. | ||||||
| 30 (29) | Detroit | 30.0 | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
| The coach is gone – how long will the GM remain? | ||||||
| 31 (31) | San Francisco | 31.0 | 31 | 31 | 31 | |
| Maybe the Niners should have resigned Jerry Rice after all… | ||||||
| 32 (30) | Houston | 32.0 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |
| Houston’s fans have to be wondering how many linemen they can get in exchange for the number one pick. | ||||||
| Legend Swipe = SwiperNoSwiping hawk = black_hawk8888 |
A big thank you to the football buffs who contributed to these rankings!
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