NFL Power Rankings Week 7: Hello Drew Brees

Several Teams Had Extremely Impressive Week's and it Shows in the New NFL Power Rankings

Ryan Christopher DeVault
The week 7 NFL power rankings shook things up a bit. The week 7 NFL power rankings also show that the power has shifted a bit in the NFL, and that there is a new team running the show this week. There are still teams that have gone undefeated, but there are also a few teams that have yet to win a game through the first six weeks of the NFL season. Both of those facts result in a number of shifts in the week 7 NFL power rankings, including there being a new #1 in the NFL as well as a new #32 as the Tennessee Titans showed they might not deserve to be considered an NFL team.

The biggest surprise of the week wasn't that the New England Patriots beat the Tennessee Titans, but that they embarrassed them by a score of 59-0. Tom Brady proved he is still a great quarterback, but the Titans also proved they have a lot of work to do on that franchise. As we predicted before, the New York Jets came back to Earth, but they did it in a very ugly fashion against (gasp) Buffalo. The other shocker was that Cincinnati played host to the Houston Texans, but were beaten 28-17 in an ugly game. They will be punished severely in the rankings for the output that they had on this night.

The game of the season (so far) was between the undefeated New York Giants and the undefeated New Orleans Saints, but Drew Brees made it his show as he shredded the Giants defense. The Saints defense was equally as impressive, shutting down the running game of the Giants, and keeping Eli Manning boxed in for most of the night. The Minnesota Vikings were also impressive again, and with the heroics of Brett Favre, became the only team in the NFL with a 6-0 record so far. Their all-around game showed that they can rely on more than just the arm of Brett Favre for the rest of the season. It looks like they can compete with the best of the defenses around the league, and that has to make the Vikings fans quite happy.

The Week 7 NFL Power Rankings

1. New Orleans Saints
2. Minnesota Vikings
3. Denver Broncos
4. Indianapolis Colts
5. New York Giants
6. Atlanta Falcons
7. New England
8. Pittsburgh
9. Cincinnati
10. Chicago
11. San Diego
12. Arizona
13. Green Bay
14. Philadelphia
15. San Francisco
16. Dallas
17. Baltimore
18. Jacksonville
19. New York Jets
20. Houston
21. Miami
22. Carolina
23. Seattle
24. Buffalo
25. Oakland
26. Washington
27. Detroit
28. Kansas City
29. Cleveland
30. Tampa Bay
31. St. Louis
32. Tennessee

Source: NFL Standings

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  • somewhereinthe504 10/20/2009

    New England will not be the only team the Saints will have a hard time playing. The Falcons are a good team also. Geaux Saints!!

  • Bronco Fan 10/20/2009

    "The game of the season (so far) was between the undefeated New York Giants and the undefeated New Orleans Saints"

    R u a complete moron? Just saw one last night that was the best of the season.

  • Saints48 10/20/2009

    Finally.... Some of the credit we deserve in N.O. We are going to PUNISH every team (including the SUPERBOWL competitor) for every beating we have taken since the 60's. hahahahahaha

  • A Fan 10/20/2009

    I%27ll leave the comment and the gestimation to the idiots who thinks they know which team is the best and who%27s going to win.... on the other hand%2C what I can say is this... The Vikings KILLED a bunch of NOBODY%27S%21 Until proven otherwise... they%27re ready for their NEXT OPP.%21 Bring it on Steelers%21 This will be tuff game%21 Game of the WEEK%21%0D%0A%0D%0AWill the Steelers be the next NOBODY%3F We%27ll find out by Sunday evening%21%0D%0A%0D%0ASKOL%21%21%21%21 GO VIKES%21

  • vikings fans 10/19/2009

    they say the saints have an easy run so far, but who have the vikes played?? NOBODY!! The Saints have taken down two of the top unbeatens in the NFL handily. And they will do the same to the vikes in the playoffs. Not to mention Farve is gonna fall off late in the season. Always happens.

  • son mac 10/19/2009

    look out NFL the TEXANS are hitting there stride for the first time!

  • whodat nation 10/19/2009

    I am sooooo very glad we are number one...where we should be for some time. I believe the only people to give some a run for our money.. for the next lot of games would be NE... that is without looking very in depth to the team... sorry to everyone else's team we run over this year, but we like our huge stats :)

  • Mark 10/19/2009

    You must have some kind of pent up resentment for the Colts. At the start of the season, I did not think they should be in the top ten, but after seeing them go 5-0, I would have to put them number 2 behind New Orleans. The Vikings and the Broncos are pretenders and will not make it past the first round of the playoffs. Come on.

  • brandon 10/19/2009

    dude the eagles got destroyed by the saints.... and they lost to jamarcus russel ouch

  • Joe 10/19/2009

    Colts are better than the Broncos, and New England is certainly better than Atlanta. New England beat Atlanta hands down in their matchup. Atlanta was confused the entire game.

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