NFL Week 5 Power Rankings

Slight change in the formula this week, but I do mean slight...

1. Bears (3) - Can you honestly name a team that looks better right now?
2. Colts (2) - Good teams find a way to win close games, but that shouldn't have been a close game.
3. Bengals (1) - Goodness, that was ugly...
4. Seahawks (4) - ...but not as ugly as that.
5. Chargers (5) - Marty showed Sunday why he has such a hell of a time winning in the postseason.
6. Broncos (7) - All rested up for the big Monday Night match-up with suddenly impressive Baltimore.
7. Jaguars (6) - The offense answered a lot of questions, but what happened to the defense?
8. Eagles (10) - I don't know what Andy Reid said at halftime, but he'll want to bottle that speech up.
9. Cowboys (9) - Which was the more brutal stomping, the one Dallas center Gourde endured at the hands (well, feet) of Tennessee linebacker Haynesworth, or the one Gourde's teammates put on the Titans?
10. Steelers (8) - We'll see if the Steelers fixed their problems over the bye week - with a game at San Diego looming, they better have.
11. Patriots (11) - Talk about a bounceback - where exactly was that offense against Denver?
12. Ravens (14) - If they win at Denver we officially have to take them seriously.
13. Redskins (19) - If the return of Shawn Springs can do for the defense what the return of Clinton Portis has done for the offense, this might be the Super Bowl Contender everyone in Washington was talking about.
14. Panthers (15) - Does any receiver mean as much to his team as Steve Smith?
15. Giants (12) - With the schedule they're playing, the Giants could probably use a couple more bye weeks.
16. Chiefs (18) - Well, at least Damon Huard can score against the San Francisco's of the world.
17. Falcons (16) - 17 seems low, but the Falcons are a lot closer to the Redskins at 13 than they are to the Vikings at 18.
18. Vikings (13) - Are injuries to Steve Smith and Clinton Portis the reason the Vikes are 2-2 as opposed to 0-4?
19. Saints (20) - Ironically, their loss to Carolina may have been a better indicator that the Saints could be for real than their wins at Cleveland and Green Bay, and the emotionally driven victory over Atlanta.
20. Rams (22) - The Rams looked like the Greatest Show on Turf again for a day, but the Lions can have that effect on teams.
21. Buccaneers (20) - If the Bucs are gonna turn things around, they have to start this week at New Orleans, because after that things get REALLY difficult.
22. Jets (23) - Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
23. Dolphins (17) - We expected the Jets and the Bills to be down here, but how have the Dolphins fallen so far?
24. Bills (25) - They get a second shot at making that major statement they let slip through their fingers in week 1 when they go to Chicago this week.
25. Browns (27) - Well, the Raiders are fairly godawful, but a win on the road is a win on the road.
26. Cardinals (24) - Denny Green called the Cardinals offense "ludicrous" - it was ludicrous to expect anything else after the Cardinals ignored the albatross that is their offensive line in the offseason.
27. 49ers (25) - It's quite an accomplishment to get shut-out by the Chiefs.
28. Packers (28) - The Packers next Monday Night game is week 12 at Seattle - apparently the League wants to embarass Brett Favre into retirement.
29. Lions (29) - I'm not quite sure what happened to the team that held the Seahawks to 9 points, but they haven't shown up since.
30. Texans (32) - With the very real possibility that the Titans or Raiders will go 0-16, the Texans may have cost themselves the number 1 pick; of course, they would have just fucked it up anyway.
31. Titans (31) - Let the Vince Young Era begin!
32. Raiders (32) - Let the Brady Quinn Era begin!