Testaverde Touchdown: NFL Power Poll, Week 9

Rank (Last)	Team	Record	Notes
1 (5)		6-2	Who deserves the top spot? I'll give it to the team that has looked the most impressive in the last month-and-a-half, even if it was against a less-than-imposing schedule.
2 (2)		6-2	The Houston game raised some pretty serious questions about their offense in the post-Reggie Wayne part of this season.
3 (3)		9-0	Why not slot the Chiefs #1? Theit defense outscored their offense 12-11 against the Jeff-Tuel-led Bills. At some point they will play a team that can start a real NFL quarterback, and these types of performances won't fly any more.
4 (1)		8-1	Play down to a significantly lesser opponent once, shame on you. Play down to a significantly lesser opponent two weeks in a row, you have some serious issues.
5 (6)		7-1	Good news: The Denver offense accidentally put up 38 points on their bye week. Bad news: John Fox's health issues mean Jack Del Rio is now running the good ship Bronco. Normally this would be a serious cause for concern, but it's not like Peyton Manning takes orders from anyone, so the offense will continue its ridiculous pace.
6 (9)		7-2	That offensive performance had to be a welcome sight for Patriots fans.
7 (4)		6-2	The Saints may be most in need of home field advantage come playoff time, their Jimmy Graham centric offense does not travel very well, especially to the East coast.
8 (11)		5-3	Much like San Francisco, they have been impressive, but against cupcakes.
9 (10)		5-3	All of a sudden they're the only team in the NFC North with a starting-caliber quarterback. Yes, I see you in the back, Christian Ponder. My point still stands.
10 (7)		6-3	In the span of 5 days, the Bengals lost their best cornerback, their best defensive player, and lost a game on a safety in overtime. Oh, and Andy Dalton regressed back to a giant question mark.
11 (14)		5-3	I actually have more faith in the Josh McCown-led offense than the defense right now. What a difference a year makes.
12 (8)		5-3	Without Rogers for 4-6 weeks, the Packers are in serious trouble. With Seneca Wallace as the replacement, they're in very serious trouble.
13 (15)		4-4	I'm not sure if it's impressive that Arizona is this high without much at quarterback or anything at offensive line, or if that's an indictment on the NFL as a whole.
14 (18)		4-4	Taking no off-the-field issues into account, this team still has lost the entire left side of its offensive line. For a team that already didn't either run the ball or protect its quarterback well, that's not good.
15 (12)		5-4	Tony Romo keeps this team afloat, but there's only so much they can do without a running game or a defense.
16 (17)		4-4	If they can keep Locker healthy, they should be a part of the race for the 2nd wild card spot.
17 (20)		5-4	Rex Ryan deserves some serious coach of the year love for the job he's doing with the pieces he has.
18 (19)		4-4	Can Cleveland keep Brandon Weeden off the field long enough to make an actual run at Cincinnati in this division?
19 (13)		4-4	They still have 4 games against Denver and Kansas City left. In other words, don't count on seeing them in the playoff race for much longer.
20 (21)		2-6	This defense is so good, especially at pressuring the quarterback, it's amazing that they’ve fallen this far this fast.
21 (22)		3-5	Don't look now, but this offense is getting untracked.
22 (16)		3-5	An absolute dumpster-fire of an offense weighed down by an albatross shaped suspiciously like Joe Flacco's contract.
23 (23)		3-6	Just good enough to lose a close one at the end of the game.
24 (24)		2-6	It's a shame that Tony Gonzalez will end his career on a team that was out of it by Halloween.
25 (29)		4-5	Seriously, what the hell Nick Foles?!? Where did that come from???
26 (25)		3-6	Bernie Kosar looks spot-on about Kellen Clemens.
27 (26)		3-5	All of the positive vibes from their first 7 games were undone by that terrible display of pass defense.
28 (28)		2-6	The defense is stabilizing, somewhat. But if they can't get a running game, they won't have enough to climb back into the division race.
29 (27)		2-6	They immediately regret that defensive performance.
30 (30)		1-7	Is Adrian Peterson a great enough runner to run out of his contract?
31 (31)		0-8	Good news: They showed significant signs of life in taking a 21-0 first-half lead on a then 7-1 team. Bad news: That team is now 8-1 despite trailing 21-0 in the late 2nd quarter and never having a lead in regulation.
32 (32)		0-8	The NFL denied their petition to extend the bye week to a bye month.