(Last week’s ratings in parentheses)
1. Indianapolis (2): Chargers will keep the Colts honest.
2. Baltimore (3): Ravens were improving weekly before losing to Bengals.
3. San Diego (4): Chargers are fourth-quarter marvels.
4. New England (6): Patriots showed Bears what the AFC is all about.
5. Chicago (1): Being the best NFC team still not worth much.
6. Dallas (7): Tony Romo will make this team a tough out.
7. Seattle (10): First L.T., then L.J., and now Denver has to corral Shaun Alexander. Good luck.
8. Kansas City (9): Broncos will have to worry about the Chiefs all month.
9. Denver (5): What a difference two AFC West games make.
10. New Orleans (12): Saints showed a lot with win at Atlanta.
11. New York Jets (14): Jets have an easy December. Beware.
12. Cincinnati (15): Perhaps the Bengals will stick around for a while.
13. Jacksonville (8): Jaguars will long remember the loss to the Bills.
14. Carolina (13): It’s inexcusable for this team to lose to the Redskins.
15. New York Giants (11): Ka-boom!
16. Miami (20): It’s too late, but the Dolphins are looking like a playoff team.
17. Philadelphia (16): Jeff Garcia kept the Eagles game.
18. Buffalo (21): Like the Dolphins, the Bills are showing late spunk.
19. San Francisco (18): Even in a loss last week, the 49ers appeared improved.
20. Atlanta (17): Can’t put my finger on why, but Michael Vick stinks.
21. St. Louis (25): Maybe win over 49ers will wake up the Rams.
22. Tennessee (26): We may look back at last week as the day Vince Young arrived.
23. Minnesota (23): Vikings nearly blew it to the Cardinals.
24. Pittsburgh (19): Just when it looked like the Steelers were waking up, they took a step back.
25. Cleveland (22): At least it appears the Browns care that they stink.
26. Washington (29): Are the Redskins finally listening to Joe Gibbs?
27. Tampa Bay (24): Close the door on this team.
28. Houston (27): Give Bradlee Van Pelt the ball.
29. Green Bay (28): Brett Favre never is afraid to toss the ball around.
30. Arizona (30): Matt Leinart can stay, but Dennis Green has to go.
31. Detroit (31): Joey Harrington is laughing very hard.
32. Oakland (32): Yes, Raiders, we know the refs hate you. Boo-hoo.
ON THE MOVE
Jacksonville
At this point in the season, the worst thing a team can be is inconsistent. The Jaguars have proved in recent weeks that they are just that. Jacksonville followed up a Monday night victory over the Giants with a bad loss at Buffalo. Playoff teams must beat teams such as the Bills. Now the Jaguars are 6-5 and staring up at a wild-card berth.
