2007 NFL Week 13 Barometer

This weekend had many gamblers in Las Vegas scratching their heads and ripping up tickets. Many games were closer than they were supposed to be. Some decent teams were downright upset by inferior teams. How did this topsy-turvy weekend affect the rankings?

After each week of the NFL season, several active Cafe members get together and rank the 32 NFL teams from first to worst. The Barometer is an average of the rankings submitted by these members. To maintain consistency, the high and low scores have been removed.

Rank	Change	TEAM	Avg Rank	W a C o u g M B S	D e e r a y	P M o n e y	s L i m	T y e a t t o l a h	M a d	B . H i c k s	J o e l	S p o d o g
1 (1)		New England	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
“Eagles’ defensive coordinator Jim Johnson could face a fine from the NFL after forcing the Patriots to punt while Tom Brady was still playing quarterback.” – steelerfan513
2 (2)		Dallas	2.3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
“Finally somebody learned how to slow down Dallas’ scoring machine. Just play offense as bad as the Jets.” – joelamosobadiah
3 (3)		Green Bay	3.3	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Favre used to make his wide receivers look better than they were, now his wide receivers make him look better than he is.
4 (4)		Indianapolis	3.6	4	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	6
Manning needed a game against the Falcons to get back on track. All in the world is right again.
5 (5)		Pittsburgh	5.4	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	5
“The Steelers are allegedly challenging the Florida Gators for the rights to the name “The Swamp” for their stadium.” – steelerfan513
6 (6)		Jacksonville	5.4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	5	4
Flying a little bit under the radar, the Jags are 8-3. Every week, at least one of their running backs step up.
7 (8)		Cleveland	7.0	9	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	7
The big brown machine rolled right over Houston. Someone finally shut down Andre Johnson.
8 (9)		Seattle	8.4	7	8	10	9	8	8	8	10	8
In an exciting finish, the Seahawks held off a final Rams charge for the win.
9 (10)		Tampa Bay	9.1	8	9	7	10	10	10	11	8	9
“Bruce Gradkowski made Eli Manning look like Tom Brady.” – deerayfan072
“My first time lasted longer than the Bucs had the ball in the second half.” – deerayfan072
10 (7)		NY Giants	9.7	10	10	9	8	9	13	9	9	12
“Having watched his brother’s six interception effort a couple of weeks back, Eli decided to match it. Despite his best attempt, his stats fell short of those of Peyton.” – matmat
“Eli Manning is adopted.” – Metroid
11 (13)		San Diego	11.0	11	14	11	11	11	9	10	12	11
“Norv Turner did the best he could to lose the Chargers another game, but Phillip Rivers and Brian Billick would have none of it.” – steelerfan513
12 (11)		Tennessee	12.9	13	13	14	18	13	14	12	11	10
“The Titans signed USC standout Mike Williams this past week who reportedly came in to work out with the team weighing 271 lbs. Fans are unsure of what Williams can bring to the team, but the rumor is that LenDale White was getting lonely during those late nights at the All-You-Can Eat Buffet and needed some company.” – PMoneyTKE
13 (12)		Detroit	13.0	12	11	16	12	12	15	14	13	13
I wonder how the Lions’ offensive lineman sleep at night after cashing their paychecks.
14 (17)		Philadelphia	14.3	17	12	12	13	16	12	16	15	16
“The Philadelphia media once again has the opportunity to create a non-existent quarterback controversy for the Eagles.” – steelerfan513
“The Eagles seemed to have the Patriots in check by shutting down Donte Stallworth and Randy Moss. Unfortunately, they forgot about Wes Welker and Jabar Gaffney.” – m16a
15 (15)		Denver	15.4	15	16	13	14	15	19	15	20	14
The Broncos running back carousel continues.
16 (18)		New Orleans	15.4	14	15	18	15	14	17	13	16	17
Did New Orleans right it’s ship again? I’m not going to trust this team. They are the Jekyll and Hyde of the NFL.
17 (14)		Washington	16.6	16	18	15	16	19	18	18	14	15
Rest in peace, Sean Taylor.
18 (16)		Houston	17.7	18	17	17	17	22	16	17	19	19
The Texans just couldn’t stop the powerful Browns offense. They shouldn’t have any problems with Tennessee’s sad offense.
19 (19)		Arizona	19.6	19	19	19	19	21	20	20	25	18
Getting beat by the 49ers is one thing, but losing Wilson for the year is just plain painful.
20 (22)		Minnesota	19.7	21	21	20	20	18	11	21	17	22
“After being informed by a third party that Jackson was 5-2 as a starter, Coach Childress took out a full page ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune stating, ‘I TOLD YOU SO. I’M A GENIUS’.” – RiffRaff
21 (23)		Chicago	21.0	20	23	21	21	20	22	22	18	21
What happened to the Bears D? Injuries are one thing, but this is getting ridiculous.
22 (20)		Buffalo	21.1	22	22	22	22	17	23	19	21	20
The Bills were no match for the Jags. Without Marshawn Lynch, this team can’t buy a win.
23 (26)		Cincinnati	23.0	24	20	23	23	24	21	23	24	23
Ocho Cinco is back.
24 (21)		Kansas City	24.4	23	24	24	24	26	28	25	22	25
Kolby Smith ran all over the Raiders, but who can’t?
25 (25)		Baltimore	25.3	25	29	26	25	23	25	26	26	24
The Ravens had no answer for Phillip Rivers on Sunday. They probably thought with the way Rivers had been playing that they didn’t need to gameplan for him.
26 (24)		Carolina	25.4	26	25	25	26	28	26	24	23	26
I would have never guessed that Jake Delhomme was that important.
27 (27)		St. Louis	27.9	31	28	27	27	30	24	28	27	28
Heartbreaker for the Rams. Next year I am buying tickets to a Rams vs. Seahawks game. Those get intense.
28 (31)		San Francisco	28.3	28	26	28	29	29	30	27	31	27
“I think that teams should start stacking 10 in the box and just have one defensive back see if they can cover all three 49ers receivers. Defenses need a challenge every once in a while.” – masarume
29 (28)		Atlanta	29.0	29	30	30	30	27	27	30	28	29
The Falcons came out swinging against the Colts, but they were just severely outmatched.
30 (30)		Oakland	29.1	27	27	29	28	31	31	29	30	30
Hey Oakland defense, Kolby Smith just ran in another score.
31 (29)		NY Jets	30.3	30	31	31	31	28	29	31	29	31
“Eric Mangini must already be having nightmares about the Jets’ week 15 trip to New England. Disaster teams are already scrambling in Foxboro.” – steelerfan513
32 (32)		Miami	32.0	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
“The horrendous conditions at Heinz Field slowed down both offenses, putting the Dolphins at an advantage because they don’t have much of an offense to slow down.” – steelerfan513

Legend: WaCougMBS = WaCougMBS Deerayfan072 = Deeray PMoneyTKE = PMoney sLim = sLim Tyeattolah = Tyeattolah Madaslives911 = Mad suhgamer = B.Hicks joelamosobadiah = Joel Spodog = Spodog

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