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CAPSULES AND RANKINGS
Team: 1. Denver (6-1)
Opponent: Kansas City
Comment: At least Broncos know they’ll be in White House come January.
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Team: 2. San Francisco (5-2)
Opponent: at Houston
Comment: Brohm backing up Young is like Phish backing up Streisand.
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Team: 3. Green Bay (6-1)
Opponent: Tampa Bay
Comment: Cheatin’ Cheeseheads dropped for swiping 49ers’ game plan.
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Team: 4. Buffalo (5-2)
Opponent: at New England
Comment: Bills pull it together, score upset--knock off Jets.
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Team: 5. Washington (6-1)
Opponent: Indianapolis
Comment: Dole has better shot of being prez than this lasting.
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Team: 6. Dallas (4-3)
Opponent: at Miami
Comment: Hope someone told Barry there’s a game this week.
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Team: 7. Houston (5-2)
Opponent: San Francisco
Comment: Oversight last week: Call Rams, (314) 982-7267, say Chandler .
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Team: 8. Pittsburgh (5-2)
Opponent: at Atlanta
Comment: Woodson beat deep; good thing Johnson not coaching here.
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Team: 9. Indianapolis (5-2)
Opponent: at Washington
Comment: Faulk’s toe hurts, won’t play until he has his blankie.
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Team: 10. Miami (4-3)
Opponent: Dallas
Comment: News alert--if Dolphins lose, Johnson will fire entire team.
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Team: 11. Minnesota (5-2)
Opponent: Chicago
Comment: Vikings’ story line this year: “Waiting to Exhale.”
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Team: 12. Kansas City (5-2)
Opponent: at Denver
Comment: Marcus Allen has 48 one-yard TDs; he’s in range of Bono’s arm.
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Team: 13. Philadelphia (5-2)
Opponent: Carolina
Comment: Ty Detmer plays big; Pee Wee Herman was a star too.
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Team: 14. Carolina (5-2)
Opponent: Philadelphia
Comment: As Mora said, if you can’t beat Carolina, quit.
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Team: 15. Detroit (4-3)
Opponent: N.Y. Giants
Comment: Wayne Fontes will dress up as a coach for Halloween.
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Team: 16. New England (4-3)
Opponent: Buffalo
Comment: Rookie update: Terry Glenn? She’s doing fine.
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Team: 17. Oakland (4-4)
Opponent: Idle
Comment: Jackie O’s childhood home for sale; same age as Raider playbook.
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Team: 18. San Diego (4-3)
Opponent: at Seattle
Comment: No Humphries, no Seau, no reason to show up.
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Team: 19. Baltimore (2-5)
Opponent: St. Louis
Comment: Edgar Allan Poe: “Don’t link me to these birds.”
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Team: 20. Jacksonville (3-5)
Opponent: at Cincinnati
Comment: Greg Norman disease--Jaguars outgain Rams, 538-204, lose.
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Team: 21. Arizona (3-4)
Opponent: N.Y. Jets
Comment: Game with Jets as good as it gets for Cardinals.
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Team: 22. Seattle (2-5)
Opponent: San Diego
Comment: Seahawks fined for roughness. That’s a step up.
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Team: 23. N.Y. Giants (2-5)
Opponent: at Detroit
Comment: They say Hoffa’s buried in Giants Stadium; Brown can relate.
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Team: 24. Chicago (2-5)
Opponent: at Minnesota
Comment: Is there a better passer in Chicago than Michael Jordan?
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Team: 25. New Orleans (2-5)
Opponent: Idle
Comment: Rick Venturi, 1-10 as an NFL coach, ideal choice to replace Mora.
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Team: 26. Cincinnati (1-6)
Opponent: Jacksonville
Comment: Bruce Coslet’s offense ranks 26th--give him a promotion.
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Team: 27. St. Louis (2-5)
Opponent: at Baltimore
Comment: Brooks has been fired; he just doesn’t know it.
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Team: 28. Tampa Bay (1-6)
Opponent: at Green Bay
Comment: Rhett’s back. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.
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Team: 29. Atlanta (0-7)
Opponent: Pittsburgh
Comment: A play here and there, and gee, Falcons could be 1-6.
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Team: 30. N.Y. Jets (0-8)
Opponent: at Arizona
Comment: Just remember, people counted out the Yankees too.
THE POLLS: Associated Press and USA Today/CNN--C12
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