NFL Power Rankings 10/19/2005

The newest NFL Power rankings are up on ESPN.com

No surprise at number 1. The Colts are far and away the best team of the season so far. They are still undefeated and they beat back a St. Louis Rams team that seemed quite comfortable in the dome in the first half on Monday night. Indy was down 17 points in the first quarter and there wasn't a look of panic on any faces on the sidelines. Quite amazing really.

The Browns stumbled this week against the Ravens and they dropped from 21 to 25 for this week, but the ESPN folks also stumbled.

Domination at the hands of the struggling Ravens is not the type of effort Romeo Crennel anticipated coming off the bye week.

You're right it isn't the type of effort that Crennel anticipated coming off the bye week. That's because they WEREN'T COMING OFF THE BYE WEEK. That was the game against Chicago last week.

Come on now ESPN, with two clicks you could have checked out the full season schedule on your own site. Despite that error, here are some other things of note from the Power Rankings this week.

The Super Bowl Champion Patriots dropped from number 4 to number 12 as they go to 3-3 for the season. Now that Tedi Bruschi has announced he is going to start practicing, does anyone expect anything less than an emotional rollercoaster where the Pats get inspired and win out the rest of the season? I truly hate the Pats, but you could really see something like that occur with this team couldn't you?

The Texans at 0-5 have a stranglehold on the bottom spot, but there is a logjam of teams vying for the second worst slot with 1-4 records. The Niners, Vikings, Raiders and Packers are all sitting at 1-4. Mixed in are the Saints with their 2-4 record because they have looked so woeful.

Here's hoping the Browns can win a couple more and stay out of the bottom slots. Cleveland's neighbor to the north Detroit is sitting at 23 this week, and that appears to be something of a winnable game for the Browns. Too bad Jeff Garcia isn't playing. I would like to see someone get sacked a couple times when he isn't wearing the Cleveland Browns uniform.