NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOP TO BOTTOM

No. Team (Record) Comment

1. Indianapolis (1-0) Defense too? These guys are scary.

2. St Louis (1-0) Awesome offense, but that defense should scare the Rams.

3. Tampa Bay (1-0) Need quarterback to step up if Buccaneers are to move up.

4. Washington (1-0) Norv Turner needs to go up three spots to save his job.

5. Buffalo (1-0) Imagine where the Bills would be if Doug Flutie got his job back.

6. Jacksonville (1-0) Imagine where the Jaguars will be when the injured return.

7. Minnesota (1-0) Randall who?

8. Tennessee (0-1) Forget last season. It won’t happen again.

9. New York Jets (1-0) As long as the Tuna is around, they’re hard to catch.

10. Green Bay (0-1) Sinking with Favre.

11. Denver (0-1) Rising with Griese.

12. Carolina (0-1) The doctors and trainers will determine the Panthers’ fate.

13. Baltimore (1-0) Great defense will carry Tony Banks-led team only so far.

14. Philadelphia (1-0) Duce Staley will carry a team only so far.

15. Miami (1-0) Jay Fiedler will carry a team only so far.

16. Oakland (1-0) Still not good enough to terrorize as in days of old.

17. New England (0-1) Without a running game, Bledsoe must run for cover.

18. New York Giants (1-0) Offense built around Tiki Barber? How weak is that?

19. Atlanta (1-0) Jamal Anderson is back, but keep Super Bowl plans on hold.

20. Detroit (1-0) Even Barry Sanders couldn’t make the Lions a winner.

21. Chicago (0-1) Cade McNown will make the Bears respectable.

22. Kansas City (0-1) Anybody remember the last time the Chiefs won?

23. New Orleans (0-1) Anybody miss Ditka yet?

24. San Francisco (0-1) Everybody misses Steve Young.

25. Cincinnati (0-0) Bengals rated this high only because they opened with a bye.

26. Arizona (0-1) Don’t even think about moving to L.A.

27. Dallas (0-1) Has Jerry Jones gone into hiding yet?

28. San Diego (0-1) Leaf blows another one.

29. Seattle (0-1) Holmgren choosing between bad and worse at quarterback.

30. Pittsburgh (0-1) These guys are operating with a paper curtain.

31. Cleveland (0-1) Another long season ahead.