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What a week! Eighteen of the thirty-two teams scored 27 points or more. Eighteen! That was great for many fantasy teams out there as their players racked up points. It was a horrible showing for defenses around the NFL, however. Quarterbacks all over the league were amassing 300 yard games and one even reached the 400 yard marker. How did these offensive clinics and poor defensive showings affect this week’s 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 | D - L a m b | h o o k | A m u k | 4 P a c k | F a l c o n F L | b h e a d z | C o u g s |
1 (1) |  | NY Giants | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| “He’s been so cold lately, you might as well call him Plaxico Brrrr-ess.” – The Lung | ||||||||||
| 2 (3) |  | Pittsburgh | 2.4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Defensive domination gave the Steelers their 8th win of the season on Thursday night. | ||||||||||
| 3 (2) |  | Tennessee | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| The Titans lost last week, but the losing streak will only be one. The Lions pose no threat to any team. At any level… pro, college, or high school. | ||||||||||
| 4 (9) | | NY Jets | 5.0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Brett Favre and the Jets knocked off the league’s last unbeaten team to extend their win streak to 5. | ||||||||||
| 5 (6) | | Indianapolis | 5.4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Vinatieri with another game winning field goal. The guy is just clutch. He now has 22 game winners. | ||||||||||
| 6 (5) | | Tampa Bay | 5.6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| Somebody beat the Lions. In other news, the sun rose today and will set later this evening. | ||||||||||
| 7 (4) | | Carolina | 7.0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 7 |
| Carolina got run over by Michael Turner. | ||||||||||
| 8 (10) | | Dallas | 8.4 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| “Note to all NFL teams. You might all want to keep on playing bump and run on TO because playing off him obviously doesn’t work too well.” – joelamosobadiah | ||||||||||
| 9 (7) | | Arizona | 9.2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Warner for MVP. Is there any team he can’t rip apart for 300 yards? | ||||||||||
| 10 (8) | | Washington | 9.4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Clinton Portis runs for 146 and takes the league lead in rushing yards. Pretty good for a guy battling injuries. | ||||||||||
| 11 (14) | | New England | 9.6 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| “Tom who?” – A Fleshner Fantasy | ||||||||||
| 12 (15) | | Atlanta | 11.0 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| “The Burner” appears to have been well wirth the money. | ||||||||||
| 13 (16) | | Baltimore | 12.2 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
| It would be nice to praise the Ravens rookie quarterback or the run game, or even the defense, but the credit for winning should go to the ineptitude of the Eagles quarterbacks, | ||||||||||
| 14 (17) | | New Orleans | 14.6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 14 |
| Drew Brees is an absolute monster. | ||||||||||
| 15 (13) | | Green Bay | 16.4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 15 |
| Drew Brees threw all over the Packers and in doing so knocked the Pack a game back in the NFC North. | ||||||||||
| 16 (19) | | Chicago | 16.8 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 21 |
| For the 2nd straight week, The Bears held the opposing run game to 20 yards or less. Next Sunday night they get Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. Good luck keeping that streak going. | ||||||||||
| 17 (11) | | Denver | 17.0 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 17 |
| A whole lot of running and some good defense kept the Bronco offense out of the game. | ||||||||||
| 18 (22) | | Minnesota | 17.8 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 16 |
| Brad Childress said this week he planned on using Chester Taylor more and resting Adrian Peterson down the stretch. This is a heated divisional race and he is taking the Vikings best player and best chance to win off the field. Chester is a fine back, but come on. Mr. Wilf, do you need any more proof how bad Brad’s coaching decisions are? | ||||||||||
| 19 (12) | | Philadelphia | 18.8 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 19 |
| “Andy Reid made the right decision. Why play a QB with a 13.2 passer rating when there’s one on your bench that can put up a 15.3?” – joelamosobadiah “Congratulations to Kevin Kolb on his record breaking touchdown pass in his first significant playing time. Too bad it went to the wrong team.” – m16a | ||||||||||
| 20 (18) | | San Diego | 19.4 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 20 |
| At 4-7, The Chargers are surprisingly not even close to being out of the divisional race. | ||||||||||
| 21 (20) | | Miami | 19.8 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 22 |
| When your quarterback throws for 348 yards and 3 touchdowns and you still get blown out, your defense needs to step up. | ||||||||||
| 22 (21) | | Buffalo | 19.8 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 18 |
| Trent Edwards passed and ran for a combined 4 touchdowns in a rout of Kansas City. | ||||||||||
| 23 (24) | | Houston | 23.4 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| Houston ranks 27th in the league in points allowed, yet managed to hold Cleveland to just 6 points. | ||||||||||
| 24 (23) | | Jacksonville | 23.6 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| It’s been a few days and I must say I’m shocked that Tony Pashos, Bryan Witherspoon, and Adam Podlesh are still on the team after they combined to lose the game for the Jags. Well, Adam avoided the firing squad by going on injured reserve first. | ||||||||||
| 25 (25) | | Cleveland | 25.0 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 25 |
| Just as quick as the Quinn era began, it’s at least temporarily over. | ||||||||||
| 26 (26) | | San Francisco | 26.2 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| The 49ers ran into a healthy buzzsaw named Romo. | ||||||||||
| 27 (27) | | Seattle | 27.0 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 26 |
| “It’s like having the exact same nightmare every Sunday afternoon but worse, because when I wake up, the Seahawks are actually that pathetically terrible…” – WaCougMBS | ||||||||||
| 28 ( 31 ) | | Oakland | 28.6 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 28 |
| Iff you can take out Cutler, you can take out the Broncos. | ||||||||||
| 29 (28) | | Kansas City | 29.0 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 |
| Ieach week makes former 7th round draft pick Tyler Thigpen look like a franchise quarterback. The Vikings are kicking themselves. | ||||||||||
| 30 (29) | | Cincinnati | 29.2 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 29 |
| Remind me how this team actually won a game and managed a tie… | ||||||||||
| 31 (30) | | St. Louis | 30.6 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 30 |
| Without a healthy Steven Jackson, this team rivals the Lions. | ||||||||||
| 32 (32) | | Detroit | 31.8 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 |
| “Watch Thanksgiving Day for pointers on carving turkeys* … *May be blacked out locally.” – moochman | ||||||||||
| Legend:
D-Lamb = Dan Lambskin |
Thanks to everyone who helped make these rankings happen! If you would like to help with the rankings and give your own input as to where teams should be ranked you can do so here each week!
Scott is one of the growing number of fantasy experts who writes for the Cafe. He has been playing fantasy football since 1992 and and is now a hardcore fantasy football addict who lives at the Cafe. Seriously, he has a cot in back. You can find Scott posting in the Cafe forums as treat24.
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