NFL Rankings Week 5

Though it's still early, you can definitely see some signs of who is and who isn't for real and who still have some major question marks and some players who I thought was ready to make the leap are really showing their true colors - see pic below of Mr. Romo
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1. Green Bay Packers 4-0  (prev 1): Still the class of the league. As the defense improves they will be unbeatable.

2. Detroit Lions 4-0 (prev 2): Great comeback on the road for a young team. Seven of the last 12 games are at home where the crowd will be smelling playoffs.

3. Thee New Orleans Saints 3-1 (prev 3): An uneventful win with an lackluster effort. This will not cut it in the NFC South. The running game must begin to take some pressure off of the best QB in the league (bias opinion of course)

4. New England Patriots 3-1 (prev 5): A very good win against an improved Raiders team with a rowdy crowd backing them. Wes Welker is on an unbelievable pace that will be challenged against the Pats #1 nemesis this week.

5. Baltimore 3-1 (prev 6): At some point in time Flacco will have to step up. They gave him all the weapons he needs but he still has not made that leap from manager of a game to being the star of the game. That is the difference between 13-3 and a Super Bowl run and 10-6 and a wild card loss

6. N.Y Giants 3-1 (prev 11): New York makes the jump because Eli seems as though he is making the jump from a level 2.5 QB to a 1.5 QB. At some time all of the injuries may catch up to the G-Men.

7. Houston Texans 3-1 (prev 12a): If their defense continues to fight and scratch like they did against the Steelers, they can walk through a weak AFC South.

8. Tennessee Titans 3-1 (prev NR): Who knew Matt Hasselbeck would be as efficient as he has played. Once Mr. Holdout Chris Johnson gets his legs under him the offense will be able to move the ball on anyone.

9. Orchard Park Bills 3-1 (prev 7): Too much publicity for catching a good team on a very bad day. Now teams are getting up to play the Bills and with such a young team, they could struggle in a lot of games.

10. San Diego Chargers 3-1 (prev NR): A quiet start in a weak division. The Chargers must begin beating lesser teams more definitive.

11. Tampa Bay Bucs 3-1 (prev NR): I love Josh Freeman and Raheem Morris and how they just win. At San Fran and then hosting THEE New Orleans Saints will tell us a lot about the Bucs over the next 2 weeks.

12a. Washington Redskins 3-1 (prev NR): In the words of Gomer Pile, 'Surprise Surprise'. One of the best head coaches of our era, Mike Shanahan, has REX GROSSMAN playing smart and with a stingy defense, they could actually be pretty decent this year.

12b. LSU Tigers 5-0 (prev 12b): SEC! Enuff Said. If Bama and LSU wins out, Nov 5th will be the de facto National Championship

Dropped out: Oakland (could be back with a big win on the road vs the Texans): Pittsburgh (Still believing in Tomlin): N.Y Jets (Sanchez): Dallas (Romo)