NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOP TO BOTTOM
No. Team (Record) Comment
1. St Louis (2-0) The Rams are on top until their defense pulls them down.
2. Tampa Bay (2-0) Finally, a team worthy of Keyshawn’s big mouth.
3. Buffalo (2-0) Sooner or later, Wade Phillips will mess it up.
4. Oakland (2-0) A team even Oakland can love.
5. Baltimore (2-0) Tony Banks playing over his head.
6. Indianapolis (1-1) Oakland gave Colts a jarring reality check.
7. Minnesota (2-0) Culpepper keeps finding ways.
8. New York Jets (2-0) Lucky against Patriots, but luck only goes so far.
9. Denver (1-1) Shanahan still master of the game.
10. Washington (1-1) Daniel Snyder’s pressure cooker heats up.
11. New York Giants(2-0) Riding the Tiki Express.
12. Detroit (2-0) Win over Redskins an impressive by unimpressive team.
13. Jacksonville (1-1) Loss of Mike Hollis would add to woes.
14. Tennessee (1-1) Not reminding anybody of last season.
15. Carolina (1-1) Best of the rest behind the Rams in a bad division.
16. Green Bay (0-2) Somewhere along the line, Favre becomes Favre.
17. New England (0-2) Any second thoughts, Belichick?
18. Miami (1-1) Sorry, Dolphins, Marino’s only coming back to be honored.
19. Philadelphia (1-1) Staley trying to figure out what happened.
20. Arizona (1-1) Nice comeback, but it was against Dallas.
21. Dallas (0-2) At least Cunningham makes it exciting.
22. Atlanta (1-1) Long road back for Anderson and his teammates.
23. Kansas City (0-2) At least now the Chiefs are losing in overtime.
24. Seattle (0-2) Even Green Bay looks good to Holmgren now.
25. New Orleans (1-1) Win over the Chargers doesn’t count.
26. Cleveland (1-1) Win over the Bengals doesn’t count.
27. Chicago (0-2) Hang in there, Cade.
28. San Francisco (0-2) Terry Donahue left UCLA for this?
29. San Diego (0-2) Leaf is gone, hope is back.
30. Pittsburgh (0-1) The bad news: No more open dates.
31. Cincinnati (0-1) See Pittsburgh.
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