2007 NFL Week 14 Barometer

Eight teams in the NFC are 5-7 or 6-6. The water stayed muddy this week. The five leaders are clear, and have been all year. We all know who the bottom feeders are as well. The middle is very mucky right now. Some teams are making their push. Others are folding as the season wears on. Who do the rankers think are moving up the board?

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 f a n 0 7 2	t a r p o n 1 7	P m o n e y	B . H i c k s	s L i m	H o o f H e a r t e d	A m u k	S e a h o r n	J o e l	M a d a s	t r e a t
1 (1)		New England	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
The Pats narrowly escaped defeat once again. Have teams begun to figure them out?
2 (2)		Dallas	2.1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
“They’re clearly the class of the NFC. Too bad that’s like saying ‘I’m the hottest fat girl at the dance.’” – Jimboozie
3 (4)		Indianapolis	3.0	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4
Indy is looking strong again. Manning appears to have returned to form, even without Marvin. They managed to win a tough division game against a good Jags team.
4 (3)		Green Bay	3.9	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3
“John Madden is probably wondering why Brett Favre didn’t just cut his injured arm off and regenerate a new one.” – steelerfan513
“I have to give it to Aaron Rodgers, I didn’t think he could find his helmet during games let alone the endzone.” – deerayfan072
5 (5)		Pittsburgh	5.1	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5
“Willie Parker continues to disappoint fantasy owners everywhere, but Ben Roethlisberger keeps leading the Steelers to victories. How long will it be until analysts realize the Steelers are no longer a smash mouth running team?” – steelerfan513
6 (6)		Jacksonville	6.1	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	4	7	6
“Always the bridesmaids, never the bride. Upon further review, they’re still the Colts’ little brother. The little brother that gets good grades but is always picked last at kickball.” – Jimboozie
7 (8)		Seattle	7.6	6	7	7	9	7	9	7	7	8	10	6	9
“Ladies and Gentlemen: We have a Shaun Alexander sighting! That Kerney guy is pretty good, too.” – Jimboozie
8 (9)		Tampa Bay	7.9	8	8	11	7	11	7	8	8	6	7	8	7
“The Bucs want to thank Reggie Bush for handing them the ball and the game in the fourth quarter. Thank you Mr. Bush, you can go back to wishing you were Adrian Peterson now.” – deerayfan072
9 (11)		San Diego	9.8	11	9	8	11	8	10	9	12	11	9	9	11
LT didn’t want to be outdone by Adrian Peterson again. He’s lucky Adrian only had 15 carries and only played a couple snaps in the second half.
10 (7)		Cleveland	10.0	9	11	12	10	9	8	10	9	9	12	11	10
“After further review… You lose to the Cards.” – deerayfan072
11 (10)		NY Giants	10.3	10	10	9	8	10	11	11	10	10	14	10	12
Even though the Giants came back to win, it was against the Bears. I smell a fraud.
12 (12)		Tennessee	12.0	12	12	10	12	13	20	12	11	12	11	12	13
Vince is really playing well. He keeps them in games.
13 (20)		Minnesota	12.6	13	14	13	13	12	13	14	16	13	8	13	8
If Jackson can continue to play fairly mistake free football and develop into a decent quarterback, this could be a scary team to face in the playoffs. The rankers noticed. They jump seven spots.
14 (19)		Arizona	15.3	15	15	22	14	14	14	13	15	20	18	14	14
“The Arizona Cardinals are .500 in December? What’s next? The Cubs are going to win a World Series?” – Jimboozie
15 (16)		New Orleans	16.4	17	13	15	22	17	17	25	14	15	15	16	16
Bush fumbled away the game. He fumbles a lot under pressure.
16 (14)		Philadelphia	16.5	19	17	18	17	18	15	19	13	14	13	21	15
“A.J. Feeley has decided to honor Donovan McNabb in the first play of each of his starts this season. Those interceptions never get old.” – SeritoNiN
“Memo to AJ Feeley: Lofa Tatupa does not play for the Eagles. PS – Don’t forget to put a cover sheet on your TPS reports.” – Jimboozie
“AJ Feeley tried to do his best Eli Manning Impression, but the Seahawks couldn’t come through with the returns for him.” – deerayfan072
17 (13)		Detroit	16.6	16	16	14	21	15	12	16	18	17	17	18	19
“Is it time to restart the old ‘FIRE MILLEN’ chants? Roy Williams is done. Over the last four games, the Lions have as many wins as the Dolphins.” – Jimboozie
18 (15)		Denver	17.5	18	18	17	16	20	16	15	21	18	16	19	17
This week Travis Henry ran for two touchdowns and won his appeal with the NFL. That’s a good week in my book. Also, who can’t run on the Broncos? I wish the Vikings could play the Broncos. I would love to watch that 500 yard rushing day.
19 (22)		Buffalo	18.6	14	21	19	18	16	18	17	22	23	20	14	21
Is Fred Jackson for real?
20 (18)		Houston	19.7	20	20	20	20	26	21	18	17	21	22	17	18
“While their record isn’t great, at least they are no longer are looking insane for drafting Mario Williams over Reggie Bush. ” – Jimboozie
21 (17)		Washington	19.8	21	19	21	15	22	19	23	19	16	21	20	20
“Hopefully Sean Taylor gets Sunday Ticket in Heaven and isn’t forced to watch his Redskins every week.” – Jimboozie
22 (21)		Chicago	21.3	23	22	24	19	21	22	21	20	19	19	25	22
The other Adrian Peterson showed he can be a dual threat. I still don’t think he’s their answer at running back though.
23 (23)		Cincinnati	23.6	24	24	26	24	23	23	24	23	22	25	23	23
“These are the Bengals I’ve grown to love. You know, the ones that lose a lot.” – Jimboozie
24 (25)		Baltimore	23.6	22	23	16	27	24	24	22	24	26	23	24	24
“Wait, how did this team get swept by the Bengals?” – steelerfan513
25 (26)		Carolina	24.8	26	26	25	25	19	28	20	28	24	27	22	25
The 87 year old Vinny wins his 2nd game this year. Congratulations.
26 (24)		Kansas City	26.2	25	27	27	26	25	27	27	27	25	26	26	26
“Apparently Jared Allen’s acting classes have been paying off as is evident from his stunning Mike Vrabel impersonation.” – PMoneyTKE
27 (27)		St. Louis	26.2	28	25	28	23	27	26	26	25	27	24	27	27
The Rams are, plain and simple, a different team with Steven Jackson. They actually seem to try out there.
28 (30)		Oakland	27.7	27	28	23	28	29	25	28	26	28	30	28	30
“Let the Jamarcus Russell show commence. He wasn’t terrible Sunday in his limited action.” – Jimboozie
29 (28)		San Francisco	29.7	30	31	30	30	28	29	30	31	30	28	31	28
One week removed from an offensive explosion, the 49ers returned to their offensively anemic selves.
30 (29)		Atlanta	29.9	31	29	29	31	31	31	29	29	31	29	30	29
“Louisville almost staged a great comeback behind senior QB Chris Redman…” – deerayfan072
31 (31)		NY Jets	30.1	29	31	31	29	30	30	31	30	29	31	29	31
It only took Thomas Jones thirteen weeks to score in a Jets uniform. In fairness, The runners who stayed in Chicago aren’t doing much better.
32 (32)		Miami	32.0	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
“The Dolphins made the Jets look like the Patriots.” – deerayfan072

Legend: WaCougMBS = WaCougMBS Deeray = Deerayfan072 tarpon17 = tarpon17 PMoneyTKE = Pmoney suhgamer = B.Hicks sLim = sLim Jimboozie = Hoof Hearted Amuk = Amuk JasonSeahorn = Seahorn Joelamosobadiah = Joel Madaslives911 = Madas treat24 = treat

Thanks to everyone that helped make these rankings happen!

 
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