Re: Sports Illustrated's Week 4 Power Rankings! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>1. Chicago (3-0). Rex Grossman is growing up as a quarterback. His winning touchdown pass at a very tough place to play, the Metrodome, came when he stared the safety into staying left, then threw right to Rashied Davis, single-covered by a cornerback he'd beaten. Great play by a rising star.2. Indianapolis (3-0). How can you not love the Colts? Only one reason: the run defense. You can't win the Super Bowl by allowing 191 rushing yards, as Indy did against Jacksonville.3. Seattle (3-0). Big game this Sunday night at Chicago. Very big, for early October. But as much as you've got to be excited about the Seahawks' passing game right now, Shaun Alexander's early struggles -- including a 20-carry, 47-yard performance on Sunday -- means Matt Hasselbeck has to be huge to beat the Bears.4. San Diego (2-0). We'll start to find out what the Chargers are really made of Sunday at 1 p.m. in Baltimore.5. Baltimore (3-0). Gritty, gutty, good win in Cleveland. But that passing game ... watch tape of Steve McNair in the first half, and you'd think he was Spergon Wynn.6. Cincinnati (3-0). I asked Chad Johnson after the 28-20 win in Pittsburgh if he hated the Steelers. "Nah,'' he said. "Not at all. It's all just football.'' Somehow, I can't see him getting a brewski with Joey Porter in the offseason.7. Atlanta (2-0). Wouldn't the injury to Chris Simms worry you if you were Mike Vick, with the battering he takes?8. Philadelphia (2-1). For now, I'm prepared to call the last two periods of the Week 2 meltdown to the Giants a fluke. For 80 percent of this season, the Eagles have looked like the best team in the NFC East.9. Jacksonville (2-1). At about 2 p.m. on Sunday, I'm sitting there thinking, This might be the best team in football. Then I watched their aerial show and kicking game for the next two hours. Not good. That's why they lost, and that's why they're ranked here.10. Denver (2-1). Not sure they can score enough to be really dangerous, but any team that holds foes touchdown-less for 11 straight quarters is going to be in every game all season.11. Minnesota (2-1). I know they lost, but they're growing a very good defense up there in Minnesota.12. Dallas (1-1). The bye came at a lousy time, because this team isn't beat up right now and could have better used the breather later. By the way, Philip Rivers' QB rating is 39.4 points higher than Drew Bledsoe's. Just thought you'd like to know.13. Pittsburgh (1-2). I'll tell you this much: If Ben Roethlisberger keeps playing like he has the last two games, it's going to be a rotten, playoff-less season in Pittsburgh.14. New York Jets (2-1). Don't laugh. I trust them a lot more than I trust the Patriots right now.15. New England (2-1). I though John Madden said it best Sunday night on NBC when he said you have to play this game with passion, and the Patriots weren't doing it. They looked like they were sleepwalking.</div>
Re: Sports Illustrated's Week 4 Power Rankings! The Pats are not playing like they are expected to, I guess they lost too may key players,
Re: Sports Illustrated's Week 4 Power Rankings! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMike23 @ Sep 27 2006, 05:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Pats are not playing like they are expected to, I guess they lost too may key players,</div>It's possible, but from watching the Patriots game I have to wonder if the struggles are more mental mistakes from Tom Brady. In the Jets game he missed quite a few open recievers and turned the ball over a couple times which is uncharacteristic of Tom Brady. I think mentally, the losses of David Givens and Deion Branch might have more of an impact then they actually do on the field.
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