2013 NFL Power Rankings: Week 3

I can't believe we are already 12.5% done with the season. Time flies when you're having fun losing money because of the effing Bears. Despite me picking them as the team I hate this year, they make a big jump in 
the power rankings unfortunately so do the Steelers, but not in a good way.

Rank	Team	Previous Rank	Up/Down	Record	Against The Spread	Next Opponent	The Word
1	Seahawks	4	3	2-0	2-0	vs Jacksonville	To be the best, you need to beat the best.
2	Broncos	2	0	2-0	2-0	vs Denver	Yawn, too easy. If they stay healthy they are coasting to a 1 seed in the AFC.
3	49ers	1	-2	1-1	1-1	vs Indianapolis	If the 49ers aren't winning in Seattle, no one is winning in Seattle.
4	Packers	6	2	1-1	1-1	at Cincinnati	Aaron Rodgers is good.
5	Texans	5	0	2-0	0-2	at Baltimore	A win is a win.
6	Saints	8	2	2-0	1-1	vs Arizona	Very flukey game. Felt as though the Saints were up big all game.
7	Falcons	7	0	1-1	0-1-1	at Miami	Careless at the end of the game. The Falcons went on cruise control.
8	Patriots	3	-5	2-0	0-2	vs Tampa Bay	Who's getting hurt this week? 2-0 is 2-0 though.
9	Bengals	13	4	1-1	1-0-1	vs Green Bay	Better ugly than good? 2-0 is 2-0
10	Cowboys	10	0	1-1	2-0	vs St. Louis	Should have been up by more at the half. That's what happens when you don't capitalize on the road.
11	Bears	19	8	2-0	0-1-1	at Pittsburgh	Nope, I wasn't wrong. Fuck the Bears.
12	Dolphins	15	3	2-0	2-0	vs Atlanta	Ryan Tannehill may be making the leap before our eyes with a sneaky good defense backing him up.
13	Chiefs	21	8	2-0	1-1	at Philadelphia	The Andy Reid era is looking good.
14	Eagles	20	6	1-1	1-1	vs Kansas City	You have to play defense at some point right?
15	Colts	12	-3	1-1	0-2	at San Francisco	OVER-RATED
16	Redskins	9	-7	0-2	0-2	vs Detroit	RG3 looks great against the Packer's backups
17	Giants	14	-3	0-2	0-2	at Carolina	Luckily you play in the NFC East.
18	Titans	26	8	1-1	2-0	vs San Diego	A win and an OT game at the defending division champs? The Titans are turning heads.
19	Chargers	22	3	1-1	2-0	at Tennessee	Maybe they aren't as bad as we thought?
20	Ravens	23	3	1-1	1-1	vs Houston	Yikes that was a close one in a home opener against the Browns.
21	Lions	17	-4	1-1	1-1	at Washington	Same old Lions.
22	Steelers	11	-11	0-2	0-2	vs Chicago	Totally misjudged the Steelers this year.
23	Rams	27	4	1-1	0-1-1	at Dallas	They came back to force a push against the Falcons and made me tear up my pick-5 card.
24	Vikings	16	-8	0-2	1-1	vs Cleveland	What a garbage cover this was, the Vikings are trash.
25	Cardinals	25	0	1-1	2-0	at New Orleans	Carson can still sling it.
26	Bills	29	3	1-1	2-0	at N.Y. Jets	EJ Manuel out to prove why he was the 1st QB off of the board this year.
27	Raiders	32	5	1-1	2-0	at Denver	RAIDERS WIN, RAIDERS WIN!
28	Panthers	18	-10	0-2	0-2	vs N.Y. Giants	O/U 2.5 weeks left for Ron Rivera. (-1 from last week)
29	Jets	31	2	1-1	2-0	vs Buffalo	Almost doesn't count in the NFL.
30	Browns	28	-2	0-2	0-2	at Minnesota	The Brian Hoyer Error begins.
31	Buccaneers	24	-7	0-2	1-1	at New England	It took a lightning storm to control Drew Brees and they still lost.
32	Jaguars	30	-2	0-2	0-2	at Seattle	Is there anything funnier than Orlando CBS apologizing to their fans that they have to carry this shit teams road games all season?

AP3

Philadelphia -3.5 over Kansas City

Too many people are jumping on this Kansas City bandwagon too quickly. Remember it's still Alex Smith over there. This is their first true test of the season with Andy Reid going back home to Philadelphia. The Eagles can score a lot of points. Conversely, they can't stop anyone either. Regardless if it's going to be a shootout, I'm taking the fast-paced home team on a short week.

MLZ

Kansas City +3.5 over Philadelphia

Upset Special

If there was one game I had pegged as a Chiefs win this year it was this one. Too many new pieces and faces in Philly to be truly consistent, while Andy Reid should have at least some idea of how to attack that defense. The Chiefs are the far superior team, and don't forget AP3 that Philly bandwagon is plenty full as well.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013