1. Indianapolis (1): The Colts looked human – for a quarter or so.
2. Atlanta (3): Good teams win the games they should lose.
3. Denver (4): Can the Broncos shake their 5-1 blues?
4. Pittsburgh (2): Once again, Tommy Maddox doesn’t look like an NFL quarterback.
5. Carolina (6): The Panthers are lucky style points don’t count.
6. Philadelphia (7): The Eagles must beat the Chargers, or T.O. and Donovan McNabb really could have problems.
7. Jacksonville (8): The Jaguars have located that lucky horseshoe.
8. Cincinnati (9): Today is the Bengals’ biggest game since … since … a real long time.
9. Tampa Bay (10): After doing wonders with Brian Griese, Jon Gruden gets his hands on Chris Simms.
10. San Diego (11): The Chargers have a tougher schedule than a Harvard med school student.
11. New England (5): The Patriots need a Bruschi.
12. Kansas City (13): The Chiefs aren’t going anywhere yet.
13. Seattle (15): Clear class of a horrendous division.
14. Dallas (16): Bill Parcells’ defense is one swift unit.
15. Washington (12): Hey, Clinton Portis, that area is called the “end zone.”
16. New York Giants (14): If the Broncos’ bus is late today, Tom Coughlin will fine them.
17. Buffalo (18): Get comfy on that bench, J.P. Losman.
18. New York Jets (17): Oh, there’s Curtis Martin.
19. Miami (19): Sure, that layoff has done nothing to Ricky Williams. Sure.
20. Detroit (20): What will Joey Harrington do next?
21. Baltimore (21): Nothing like a nice dose of Cleveland.
22. St. Louis (22): That was impressive – for a quarter or so.
23. Tennessee (23): Pacman Jones is getting gobbled up.
24. Green Bay (29): The best week in the NFC North is a bye week.
25. New Orleans (27): What else can happen to this team?
26. Cleveland (26): I hear the Browns used to have some decent D-linemen.
27. Chicago (32): The pride of the NFC North? Somebody has to be.
28. Oakland (28): Good night, Al.
29. Arizona (30): A bye is better than a loss.
30. San Francisco (31): A sad week without both the 49ers and the Cardinals.
31. Minnesota (24): This ship has sailed.
32. Houston (25): The Colts are in big trouble today. Or maybe not.
