NFL Power Rankings Week 9: Denver Falls

The New York Giants Continue to Struggle and Baltimore is Back to Make Waves

Ryan Christopher DeVault, Yahoo! Contributor Network
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The week 9 NFL power rankings are in for a change, as some of the week 8 NFL power rankings leaders had week 9 problems. The biggest demise in the week 9 power rankings is that of the Denver Broncos, which hit a wall when they went into Baltimore and were handled far too easily by the Ravens. It had looked like a very tough match-up on paper, because Denver was playing on the East Coast on a Daylight Savings weekend, but when the game is over, that just turns into an excuse for bad play. The Broncos just weren't very good on offense, defense, or special teams as a whole, and have been dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten as a result.

Indianapolis took care of business on Sunday with a nice win over San Francisco even though they were challenged, and Philadelphia made a huge statement by taking out the New York Giants in a game that never even seemed close. That third straight loss for the Giants is going to hurt them in the NFL Playoff race right now, and on the flip-side Philadelphia and Dallas are both posting multiple game win streaks that have them riding high over in the NFC East. The Lions also embarrassed themselves, helping the St. Louis Rams to win their first game of the season.

The team that got the biggest win of the weekend had to be the Minnesota Vikings, who had to go into Green Bay to play against the Packers. It was the first time that Brett Favre has ever played as a visitor in Green Bay, and the stresses associated with that as well as the emotions of the game made it an important game for both teams. Minnesota looked very strong, and they are really riding high after completing the regular season sweep of their division mates, and pulling even further ahead in the NFC North standings so far in 2009.

There are a host of new teams that are in serious trouble, including the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Buffalo Bills who might have just ended their seasons with yet another poor performance or two added to their resume over the last two weeks. New Orleans still has to take on Atlanta on Monday, but we don't think that the power rankings will need to be adjusted unless Atlanta can pull the upset, and that would be a huge boost for Atlanta in the rankings overall.

NFL week 9 Power Rankings

1. New Orleans

2. Indianapolis

3. Minnesota

4. New England

5. Cincinnati

6. Pittsburgh

7. Denver

8. Philadelphia

9. New York Giants

10. Atlanta

11. Dallas

12. San Diego

13. Houston

14. Baltimore

15. Arizona

16. Green Bay

17. Chicago

18. Jacksonville

19. New York Jets

20. Miami

21. San Francisco

22. Carolina

23. Seattle

24. Washington

25. Oakland

26. Buffalo

27. Tennessee

28. Detroit

29. Kansas City

30. Cleveland

31. St. Louis

32. Tampa Bay

Week 8 NFL Results

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NFL Standings

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NFL Power Rankings Week 9: Denver Falls

The New York Giants Continue to Struggle and Baltimore is Back to Make Waves

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