NFL Power Rankings, week 3

Heading into the third week of the season, this is how the teams measure up, as I see it...

1. Bengals (2) - Carson Palmer most certainly is 100 % healthy.
2. Colts (3) - Addai isn't quite Edge yet, but Manning can keep the team running until he is.
3. Bears (4) - Do the Bears really have an offense or are the Lions just that bad? But the Lions did a good job of shutting down Seattle.
4. Seahawks (5) - Reminded Arizona who the class of the NFC West still is.
5. Steelers (1) - A loss on the road to a tough Jaguars team is understandable, but a shutout?
6. Chargers (7) - Imagine what this team will look like once Rivers gets comfortable.
7. Jaguars (8) - Fred Taylor looks great through two weeks, but that has never been his problem.
8. Broncos (6) - It's always impressive to hold the opposition to 6 points, but shutting down Damon Huard isn't going to earn you the Nobel Prize for Defense.
9. Patriots (10) - Week one the comeback from a 10-point defecit, week 2 they almost blow a 17-point lead; I'll say this about the Patriots - the game is never over.
10. Giants (11) - Great come from behind win on the road in the division, but the secondary looked terrible.
11. Cowboys (12) - They managed to hold onto the lead this time.
12. Eagles (9) - On one key sequence the Eagles threw consecutive incomplete passes on 2nd and 1, 3rd and 1, and 4th and 1; you can't win anything of substance in the NFL if you refuse to run the football.
13. Falcons (18) - The people who trash Michael Vick forget one very important thing - the Falcons win when he is playing, and they lose when he is not.
14. Vikings (19) - The Redskins and Panthers came into this season talking Super Bowl, and the Vikings have beaten both of them.
15. Ravens (20) - I thought their offensive line wouldn't be able to block anyone; through two weeks, they've done more than enough.
16. Dolphins (13) - Suddenly the Culpepper trade doesn't seem to be as much of a steal.
17. Panthers (16) - ESPN.com said the Panthers were the NFL's deepest team, but one injury seems to have crippled them.
18. Chiefs (17) - They had better hope Green will be suiting up again, and soon.
19. Redskins (14) - I told you depth was an issue - injuries to Shawn Sprins and Clinton Portis have the Redskins looking terrible.
20. Buccaneers (15) - At least the Panthers, Chiefs, and Redskins can point to injuries as the cause of their troubles; I don't know what Tampa Bay's excuse is.
21. Rams (21) - Follow up beating one of the NFL's elite by losing to one of the NFL's barrel bottom dwellers.
22. Saints (24) - The 2-0 record may be against chump competition, but: A) both wins came on the road, which is always impressive; and B) the Saints were supposed to themselves be chump competition.
23. Cardinals (22) - You weren't one of those chumps who got suckered into riding on the Cardinals bandwagon again, were you?
24. Jets (25) - If there is such a thing as looking impressive while getting beat by a touchdown at home, the Jets managed it.
25. Bills (27) - Well, well, well, the week one performance may have been legitimate after all.
26. 49ers (28) - This might not be the year, but if I'm a 9ers fan I'm encouraged for the future.
27. Browns (23) - All offseason we heard about how Cleveland was going in the right direction, but we haven't seen anything to indicate that yet.
28. Lions (26) - You have to wonder how much of Mike Martz's reputation is owed directly to Marshall Faulk.
29. Raiders (29) - All four of these teams...
30. Titans (30) - supposedly have their "QB of the future"...
31. Packers (31) - so the rights to Brady Quinn...
32. Texans (32) - will likely be up for sale.