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What a crazy week for NFL Football! The Colts finally came alive and their offense looks to be clicking on all cylinders, even without Joseph Addai. The New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins had teams that were looking like Superbowl contenders and lost games that they were supposed to win. In fact, five teams that were previously 4-1 or better lost this week. Houston and St. Louis brought home their first wins of the season. The Rams did so by shocking the Redskins who were winners of four straight going into the game. Detroit and Cincinnati are the only two remaining win-less teams. Will the Giants losing to the Browns put the league’s last remaining team, the Titans, in the top spot in this week’s barometer?
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 | C o u g s | t r e a t | D - L a m b | h o o k | 4 P a c k | J o e l |
1 (2) |  | Tennessee | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| “Latest News: The Titans are 5-0. Upon hearing this, the NFL called Hawaiian detective Steve McGarrett to investigate. An inside source suggests that Kerry Collins has been threatening other teams by bringing a deadly-accurate cannon onto the field. Fantasy Analysis: The NFL has also contacted the Nashville police. They’re worried that, when he hears this news, Vince Young will attempt to throw himself in front of said cannon. Bench him in all formats.” – Karoz | |||||||||
| 2 (1) |  | NY Giants | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| “Looks like Eli took the Delorean for a ride” – logan | |||||||||
| 3 (5) | | Pittsburgh | 2.8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| “Ben Roethlisberger didn’t get sacked this week!” – steelerfan513 | |||||||||
| 4 (11) | | San Diego | 5.5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| “This team should be 5-1 or even 6-0, not 3-3. They’re back to being a serious threat in the AFC now after dominating the Patriots.” – Snipershot | |||||||||
| 5 (3) | | Washington | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| “Wait, what the heck just happened?” – steelerfan513 | |||||||||
| 6 (4) | | Dallas | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| “You can’t spell Felix (Jones) without Flex.” – The Lung | |||||||||
| “Is is just me, or did Brett Favre’s “suck it up” speech to Tony Romo sound like Lance Armstrong lecturing the lovable losers in Dodgeball?” – WaCougMBS | |||||||||
| 7 (8) | | Buffalo | 7.3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Sounds like the week off was enough time to get their quarterback back. | |||||||||
| 8 (10) | | Indianapolis | 8.3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| “The sleeping giant that is the Colts offense finally awoke against a tough Baltimore defense. Forget September, Manning and Co. are back. ” – scottaa1 | |||||||||
| 9 (6) | | Denver | 9.3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 |
| Shanahan churns out 100-yard running backs like it’s his job. Which it is. He didn’t hit on that other tiny aspect of his job this week, winning. | |||||||||
| 10 (9) | | Philadelphia | 10.0 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 |
| “They’d be leading the division if they played in the NFC North. Too bad they play in the NFC East and are in last place.” – Snipershot | |||||||||
| 11 (7) | | Carolina | 11.3 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 11 |
| Overrated. | |||||||||
| 12 (14) | | Tampa Bay | 11.5 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 13 |
| “Jeff Garcia once said that Gruden only wants to date quarterbacks, not marry them. After this week maybe Jon will finally propose.” – deerayfan072 | |||||||||
| 13 (15) | | New Orleans | 12.5 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| “Drew Brees has almost quietly become one of the best, if not THE best quarterback in the NFL.” – Mikus | |||||||||
| 14 (16) | | Green Bay | 13.8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 |
| Each week it seems like Rodgers to Jennings is becoming a force to be reckoned with. | |||||||||
| 15 (18) | | Arizona | 13.8 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 12 |
| “After an impressive overtime win against Dallas, the Cardinals now have as many wins as the rest of the NFC West combined heading into their bye.” – Kilroy | |||||||||
| 16 (17) | | Jacksonville | 15.3 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| With Taylor getting injured, Maurice Jones-Drew managed to carry the Jaguars to their third win of the season. | |||||||||
| 17 (12) | | Chicago | 16.8 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 19 |
| “The Bears were 11 seconds away from sole possession of first place in their division, yet found a way to lose.” – knapplc | |||||||||
| 18 (13) | | New England | 18.3 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 22 |
| “I wish Favre had talked to Brady instead of Romo, because an ACLess Brady is still God. The point is, Cassel just sucks.” – A Fleshner Fantasy | |||||||||
| 19 (22) | | Atlanta | 19.5 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 17 |
| “The Falcons have the same record as the Cowboys. Somebody please wake me up.” – Bobbing_headz | |||||||||
| 20 (21) | | NY Jets | 19.8 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 18 |
| “They’re undefeated in their blue uniforms.” – Snipershot | |||||||||
| 21 (20) | | Minnesota | 20.3 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 20 |
| Commentators wonder how the Vikings fans can call for Childress to be fired after a 2 game win streak and a 3-1 record since Frerotte took over. People that don’t understand have not watched the games. | |||||||||
| 22 (19) | | Baltimore | 22.8 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 23 |
| “3 interceptions? what the Flacco just happened?” – Deluxe_247 | |||||||||
| 23 ( 23 ) |  | Miami | 23.0 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
| “The defenseless Dolphins lose a heartbreaker, but Patrick Cobbs (who???) had the game of his life. 3 years in the league (52 yds and 1 TD), 1 game (138 yds and 2 TD’s).” – dolfin99 | |||||||||
| 24 (26) | | Houston | 24.3 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 25 |
| Andre Johnson has come on huge the last two weeks and the Texans finally got their first win. | |||||||||
| 25 (27) | | Cleveland | 24.5 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 26 |
| “Oh Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore has this Browns team been Romeo?” – Metroid | |||||||||
| 26 (24) | | San Francisco | 25.3 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
| Frank Gore can do a lot of things on the football field, but other players need to step up more. | |||||||||
| 27 (25) | | Seattle | 26.5 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| “Watching a ‘Hawks game right now reminds me of when you are watching your favorite TV show and then those annoying ads come on and ruin everything. You get about 38 minutes of quality programming and 22 minutes of mind-numbing garbage time.” – WaCougMBS | |||||||||
| 28 (28) | | Oakland | 28.0 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| The Raiders had their full cast of running backs back after the bye, but Reggie Bush and the newly found Saints defense was just too good. | |||||||||
| 29 (32) | | St. Louis | 29.5 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 31 |
| “Jim Haslett can go from lucky to legit with a win against Dallas.” – Snipershot | |||||||||
| 30 (30) | | Kansas City | 29.8 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 30 |
| Kansas City took the week off from losing to entertain some trade possibilities. No trades came through, but I don’t blame Tony Gonzalez for wanting a shot at a ring before he’s done. | |||||||||
| 31 (29) | | Cincinnati | 30.8 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| “Rumor has it Housh wants out of Cincy. Who doesn’t want out of Cincy these days?” – Snipershot | |||||||||
| 32 (31) | | Detroit | 32.0 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| “They’re going on 10 months without a meaningful win now.” – Snipershot | |||||||||
| Legend:
Cougs = WaCougMBS |
Thanks to everyone that helped make these rankings happen!
Scott is a hardcore fantasy football addict and 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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