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      2010 NFL Power Rankings: Week 3

      September 21, 2010 /
      PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 02: Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers calls out signals during the preseason game against the Carolina Panthers on September 2, 2010 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

      I gave the Cowboys and Vikings a mulligan after their opening week performances, but I wouldn’t be able to look myself in the mirror if I ranked them in the top 10 again this week.

      So I dropped them sons of bitches like a Ryan Grant fantasy owner.

      Let’s do this…

      Check out Week 2’s Power Rankings

      1. Green Bay Packers
      Previous Week: 1
      No letdown for the Pack last week at home against the Bills. Their defense held Buffalo scoreless in the second half and Aaron Rodgers rebounded from a shaky Week 1 performance to throw two touchdown passes. Although…Brandon Jackson only rushed for 2.6 yards per carry? Ayeeh.

      2. Indianapolis Colts
      Previous Week: 2
      I didn’t want to drop the Colts too far down after their loss to the Texans in Week 1 and I’m glad I didn’t. That was child’s play for Peyton and the defense on Sunday night against the Giants.

      3. New Orleans Saints
      Previous Week: 4
      The Saints’ offense seems to lack the explosiveness it had last season and now Reggie Bush is out for six weeks with a leg injury. Still, Drew Brees and company are 2-0 and did well not to dump that game last night in San Francisco.

      4. Baltimore Ravens
      Previous Week: 3
      It’s a little jarring that Joe Flacco looked so bad against a defense that Tom Brady absolutely shredded in Week 1, but give credit to Cincinnati’s defense for stepping up. Flacco and the Ravens will get back on track this weekend against the Browns.

      5. Houston Texans
      Previous Week: 7
      The Texans were about five minutes away from the media crucifying them for being their inconsistent selves. But what a performance by Matt Schaub, who put the game on his shoulders and willed Houston to a victory in Washington. If he plays even half as well as he did last weekend then the Texans are going to win a lot of ballgames.

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      This is why people are high on the Jets

      September 19, 2010 /
      New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) celebrates with Jets' Jerricho Cotchery (89) after they connected on a touchdown pass against the New England Patriots during the third quarter of their NFL football game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, September 19, 2010. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL)

      Outside of maybe the Cowboys, there wasn’t a potential 2010 playoff contender that looked worse than the Jets in Week 1.

      They couldn’t run the ball, they couldn’t capitalize on turnovers, Mark Sanchez thought the checkdown was an actual play in the Jets’ offensive playbook…

      The Jets were bad. And when an over-hyped team plays bad, they’re going to hear about how overrated they are for the rest of the week, which the J-E-T-S certainly did.

      But in typical Rex Ryan fashion, the Jets just gave everyone the middle finger after taking it to the Patriots 28-14 on Sunday. Only in today’s NFL can a player like Sanchez look so hopeless one night and then six days later outplay a three-time Super Bowl winner. After looking pitiful on Monday night, Sanchez finished 21-of-30 for 220 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions today, while Tom Brady threw for 248 yards on 20-of-36 passing with two touchdowns but two picks.

      Sanchez’s QB Rating after the game was 124.3.

      Brady’s? Seventy-two point five.

      Yeah, that’s about right.

      Sanchez was helped by the fact that the Jets rushed for 136 yards and the defense forced three turnovers. Brady and the Pats were just 1-for-3 inside the red-zone and held the ball for roughly five minutes less than the Jets.

      If there was ever a statement game early in the season, this was it for the Jets. They’re still 1-1 and they still have a long way to go before they can even think about reaching the lofty expectations that Ryan set for them, but this was a huge win today. No doubt about it.

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      2010 NFL Week 2 Odds & Point Spreads

      September 16, 2010 /
      FOXBORO, MA - SEPTEMBER 12: Quarterback Tom Brady and Randy Moss of the New England Patriots take a breather on the bench during the NFL season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals at Gillette Stadium on September 12, 2010 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

      Here are the point spreads for Week 2 in the NFL, as well as some lines that caught my attention.

      Ravens at. Bengals +1, Sunday, 1:00PM ET
      I think the consensus here is to jump on the Ravens coming off a big road victory against the Jets and to fade a Bengal team that got waxed in New England. But keep in mind that Baltimore has a short week of practice and preparation, plus has to travel for the second straight week. Cincinnati also beat them twice last year and will certainly be more focused than it was against the Patriots last Sunday.

      Bears at. Cowboys -9, Sunday, 1:00PM ET
      After Dallas played so poorly on national television last Sunday night in a loss to Washington, people may start to rationalize taking Chicago plus the points. But the Bears allowed a bad Detroit team to hang around until the last second before holding on at home. DeMarcus Ware (neck injury) didn’t practice on Wednesday, but he should play and I shutter to think what he’s going to do to Bears’ OT Frank Omiyale. Sunday could wind up being a long day for Jay Cutler and even though the Cowboys looked so bad offensively last week, I could see this one being a rout.

      Texans at. Redskins +3, Sunday, 4:05PM ET
      I could see Houston suffering a huge letdown after finally beating the Colts last week. Washington played extremely well defensively against Dallas last Sunday night and while the offense was stagnant, it’s still much improved now that Donovan McNabb is under center. It would be easy to take the Texans after they dismantled Indy, but Arian Foster isn’t going to rush for over 200 yards every week and the Redskins have the pieces in the secondary to slow Matt Schaub and the Houston secondary. Be careful about taking the road team here.

      Patriots at. Jets +2.5, Sunday, 4:15PM ET
      This is a tough one, because I do believe Mark Sanchez and the Jets’ passing game is as bad as it showed on Monday night. And I do think the Patriots are as good offensively as what they showed last Sunday against the Bengals. So why not take New England in basically a field goal game? Because you know Rex Ryan is going to have a great defensive game plan to stop Bill Belichick’s offense and you know he’s going to do everything he can to fluster Tom Brady. If the Jets can run the ball and make Sanchez a non-factor, I could see them pulling off the upset.

      Read on to check out all of the point spreads for Week 2 in the NFL.

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      Tom Brady not happy that Patriots fans left game early

      September 15, 2010 /
      FOXBORO, MA - SEPTEMBER 12: Quarterbacks Tom Brady of the New England Patriots throws a pass during a the NFL season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals at Gillette Stadium on September 12, 2010 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

      When asked on Wednesday about the challenges of playing against the Jets on the road, Patriots’ QB Tom Brady took the opportunity to voice his displeasure with his own team’s home crowd.

      From ESPN Boston:

      “It’s a tough place to play. The Meadowlands is always a tough place to play,” Brady replied. “The road environment is very different than our friendly home crowd, who, when I looked up, half the stadium was gone when we were up 21 points in the early fourth quarter, which I wasn’t so happy about. But I don’t think the Jets fans leave early.

      Hey, it’s a free country so people should be able to come and go to a football game as they please – especially when they pay for the tickets.

      But Brady’s right.

      Apparently three Super Bowls and a 16-0 season have made the fan base in New England rather content. Even diehard Patriot fans will admit that the crowds at Gillette Stadium are quiet on a whole and for the life of me, I don’t get why someone would pay hundreds of dollars just to leave a game early.

      That said, and not to get into a social or economical discussion here, but the majority of people that can afford ticket prices these days are professionals who also have better things to do than watch an entire football game. They’re not your typical diehard fan, so when the opportunity presents itself to head out early in order to beat traffic, people take it.

      But again, Brady is right – especially about Jet fans. You wouldn’t see them leaving a game halfway through the fourth quarter.

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      Bengals defense an absolute mess against Patriots

      September 12, 2010 /
      FOXBORO, MA - SEPTEMBER 12: Quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots throws a pass during a the NFL season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals at Gillette Stadium on September 12, 2010 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

      I know Tom Brady and the Patriots looked great Sunday in their 38-24 victory over the Bengals, but let’s hold off on the 2007 comparisons for right now. I did one “#Patriots” search on Twitter following the game and I would have had to use a calculator to count the number of times I saw a reference to New England’s ’07 season.

      Uh, the regular season that is. No fan wants to bring up how that season ended for the Pats.

      Before we crown the Patriots 2010 AFC Super Bowl representatives, let’s be realistic. The Cincinnati defense they faced today was downright atrocious.

      As expected, the Bengals had zero pass rush and that’s an area that will be a problem for them all season unless someone steps up. Their front four was swallowed whole by New England’s offensive line and didn’t impact the game whatsoever.

      Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer’s playcalling was also uninspiring. He was way too predictable when drumming up blitzes, which allowed Tom Brady to recognize where the pressure was coming from and either check off to another player or complete crossing patterns over the middle.

      The end result was the Bengals getting gashed for 376 total yards, including 258 passing and 118 rushing. Believe it or not, Cincinnati’s offense bettered those numbers (428 total, 341 passing, 87 rushing), but it didn’t matter once the Pats took a 31-3 lead early in the third quarter and was on cruise control from there on out.

      For a team that is expected to compete for a division crown this year, this was a highly unimpressive start for the Bengals.

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