Thursday Football Spectacular!

Since I am going to be on the road tomorrow I have to give you all the football today. Unless I get time tonight.

So first off, lets see the rankings.

#1. Chicago Bears (Last week #1 - NC) The Bears escape the desert with the win, barely. (Up Next - Bye)

#2. Indianapolis Colts (Last week #2 - NC) Considering how the underwhelming the Bears were, the Colts almost move up. (Up Next - # 26 Washington)

#3. San Diego Chargers (Last week #5 - Up 2) They are a bad fourth quarter from being #1. I think they maybe the best team in the NFL. (Up Next at #22 Kansas City)

#4. Denver Broncos (Last week # 3 - Down 1) Again they hold a team with out a TD, but only score 13 against the Raiders. That is cause for losing points in the polls. (Up Next at #23 Cleveland)

#5. New England Patriots (Last week # 4 - Down 1) Only move down since the Chargers are playing well. Well it must be mid-season the Pats are fighting injuries in the secondary. (Up Next at #28 Buffalo)

#6. Seattle Seahawks (Last week #6 - Up 1) They scratched out a tough win. They caught a break with the penalty, but if they had not put the ball on the carpet it would have not come to that. (Up Next vs. #20 Minnesota)

#7. Carolina Panthers (Last week #13 - Up 6) They are back. Just shooting up the charts. Steve Smith is not of this world. (Up Next - #12 Cincinnati)

#8. New Orleans Saints (Last week #11 - Up 3) They have a tough road ahead, but this team will make the playoffs (Up Next - Bye)

#9. Philadelphia Eagles (Last Week #6 - Down 3) Jacksonville Jaguars (Last Week #

#10. Jacksonville Jaguars (Last week #12 - Up 2) This season is strange when teams on byes can move so much. (Up Next - at Unranked Houston)

#11. New York Giants (Last Week #17 - Up 6) I hate doing this, but if they do what they did in Atlanta then there is hope. Give the ball to Tiki and good things happen. Keep doing it, he may not be around much longer (Up Next at #12 Dallas)

#12. Dallas Cowboys (Last Week #16 - Up 4) Huge game this week and if they screw this one up. Bill Parcells will be the one yelling, "why am I here?" (Up Next vs. #11 New York Giants)

#13. Pittsburgh Steelers (Last Week #19 - Up 6) Even all the name calling and hair pulling the Chiefs did not stop the Steelers from pounding them. (Up Next at #14 Atlanta)

#14. Atlanta Falcons (Last Week # 7 - Down 7) That second half looked a lot like what happened last year. (Up Next vs. Pittsburgh)

#15. St. Louis Rams (Last Week #14 - Down 1) They had this one, but let it get through. I have a feeling the rules committee is going to make changes because what happened at this end of the game (Up Next Bye)

#16. Cincinnati Bengals (Last Week #10 - Down 7) This team has some serious problems up front. They can not protect Palmer and he starting to look a little gun shy. Also they need to run the ball if they hope to get back on track. (Up Next vs. #7 Carolina)

#17. Baltimore Ravens (Last Week #9 - Down 8) Brian you may want to save some time and throw yourself under the next bus. (Up Next Bye)

#18. Minnesota Vikings (Last Week #15 - Down 3) They slide far for a bye, mostly because I am nuts. They have to do better in the Red Zone if they want to have a shot at the playoffs. (Up Next at # 6 Seattle)

#19. New York Jets (Last Week # 25 - Up 6) I really should not be bumbling them up after nearly Cardinaling the game to the Dolphins (Up Next vs. #25 Detroit)

#20 Ohio State Buckeyes (Last week # 23 Up 3) Another week of this and they will be the best team in the state of Ohio, by a mile (Up Next - Buckeye punished for being over the cap)

#21. Michigan Wolverines (Last Week #NR - Up 12) If the Lions had not won this week, they would have been the 3rd best team in Michigan (Up Next - Try to distance themselves from the Lions)

#22. Kansas City Chiefs (Last Week #18 - Down 4) You pull a guys hair, you are going to get the score run up on you.

#23. Cleveland Browns (Last Week # 26 - Up 3) They may be the most loyal fans, I wonder if the research data also shows that the area is home to high number of masochists (Up Next vs. #4 Denver)

#24. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Last Week # 28 - Up 4) Gradkowski is Polish for Major Applewhite (Up Next vs. #9 Philadelphia)

#25 Detroit Lions (Last Week #31 - Up 6!) They won? Really (Up Next at #19 New York)

#26. Tennessee Titans (Last Week #30 Up 4) They are bad, but you can see that they are trying to do something (Up Next Bye)

#27. San Francisco 49ers (Last Week #22 - Down 5) They hung in until the 2nd half and then the Chargers got mad (Up Next Bye)

#28. Buffalo Bills (Last Week # 21 - Down 7) I know the Lions have been close and are better than their record, but still. (Up Next vs. #5 New England)

#29. Miami Dolphins (Last Week #27 - Down 2) They are not playing Dolphin safe football. It looks like it getting worse now that Culpepper my be out the rest of the year and he a little pissed. My suggestion, don't let him get on a boat right now (Up Next vs. #32 Green Bay)

#30. Washington Redskins (Last Week #20 Down 10) If Skins fans were looking to pay loads of cash for big buck marginal football, then they are getting a return on that investment. This team keeps sinking in the standings. Mr Snyder might be able to look down on them. (Up Next at #2 Indianapolis)

#31. USC Trojans (Last Week - UR - Up 2) Global Warming to blame so many bad NFL teams. (Up Next - Fighting to keep the Raiders out of L.A.0

#32. Green Bay Packers (Last Week #32 - UC) Something smells here and it ain't the cheese. (Up Next at #29 Miami)

Others Receiving Votes

Houston Texans (Last Week # 24 - Down By Contact) I wonder if Charlie Casserly could every step foot in Houston again. (Up Next - vs. #10 Jacksonville)

Oakland Raiders (Last Week #116 - up 1) Again Al you made the right move firing Shanahan and going with Art. (up next vs #117 Arizona)

Arizona Cardinals (Last Week #117 - down a lot) Sure the Raiders are the worst team in NFL, but after Monday Night's blow chunk fest you get to taste the back of my ranking hand. (Up Next at #117 Oakland)