| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 3. | New York Giants | 2-0 | Manningham is helping Manning forget Burress. |
| 2. | 8. | New Orleans Saints | 2-0 | Offensive juggernaut. |
| 3. | 7. | Baltimore Ravens | 2-0 | Defense has taken a step back. Offense has taken a great leap forward. |
| 4. | 5. | Indianapolis Colts | 2-0 | Scored 27 points despite running only 35 offensive plays. |
| 5. | 6. | Minnesota Vikings | 2-0 | Favre makes them a legitimate contender even though his offseason indecisiveness makes my brain want to explode. |
| 6. | 10. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-0 | Ryan and Smith have not taken a step backwards in their second season. |
| 7. | 1. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1-1 | Failed to make big plays on defense, repeatedly took bad penalties, couldn't finish their fourth quarter drives on offense and missed a pair of makeable field goals in the clutch. Things that simply did not happen in 2008. |
| 8. | 14. | New York Jets | 2-0 | Walked the walk against the Patriots after talking the talk. |
| 9. | 2. | New England Patriots | 1-1 | Best case scenario is that they are out of synch and just need time to get things sorted out. |
| 10. | 4. | San Diego Chargers | 1-1 | Turner is clueless. AJ Smith may be even worse. |
| 11. | 9. | Philadelphia Eagles | 1-1 | Need McNabb back even with Kolb, Vick and Garcia on the roster. |
| 12. | 17. | San Fransisco 49ers | 2-0 | Singletary deserves credit for their early success even though I don't believe it will continue. |
| 13. | 15. | Chicago Bears | 1-1 | Won when Cutler didn't turn the ball over. Could this be the begining of a trend? |
| 14. | 18. | Arizona Cardinals | 1-1 | Fitzgerald shouldn't have to apologize for calling Warner an old man. Warner is an old man. Even though he is 10 years and 17 days younger than me. |
| 15. | 20. | Houston Texans | 1-1 | Survived Chris Johnson scoring on plays of 57, 69 and 91 yards. Luckily they have Andre Johnson. |
| 16. | 11. | Dallas Cowboys | 1-1 | Stadiums don't win games. |
| 17. | 12. | Tennessee Titans | 0-2 | One of three teams along with the Cowboys and Dolphins to rush for over 220 yards and lose. |
| 18. | 24. | Denver Broncos | 2-0 | Conquered the state of Ohio. |
| 19. | 25. | Cincinnati Bengals | 1-1 | Ocho Cinco reportedly paid Packers fans to greet him in a Lambeau leap. Not sure whether that reflects poorly on Ocho Cinco or Packers fans. |
| 20. | 13. | Green Bay Packers | 1-1 | Rodgers fell to 2-7 in games decided by 7 points or less. That is not good enough regardless of the stats he has managed to put up. |
| 21. | 21. | Miami Dolphins | 0-2 | Controlled the ball on offense for 45 minutes and still got beat by Manning. |
| 22. | 22. | Washington Redskins | 1-1 | Offensive woes makes the trip to Detroit worrisome. |
| 23. | 27. | Buffalo Bills | 1-1 | Jackson is building an argument that he should continue to start even when Lynch returns from suspension. |
| 24. | 26. | Oakland Raiders | 1-1 | Won despite being outgained 409 yards to 166. |
| 25. | 16. | Seattle Seahawks | 1-1 | So much for Hasselbeck being healthy. |
| 26. | 19. | Carolina Panthers | 0-2 | Could this be Cowher's next job? |
| 27. | 23. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 0-2 | About the only thing to look forward to is a move to Los Angeles. |
| 28. | 28. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-2 | Riding a 6 game losing streak. |
| 29. | 29. | Cleveland Browns | 0-2 | Mangini is now fining players the maximum for not paying for purchases from the mini-bar/refrigerator on road trips. Gotta love him. At least as long as you don't play for him. |
| 30. | 30. | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-2 | Not a good sign when you can't beat Oakland at home. |
| 31. | 31. | St. Louis Rams | 0-2 | Touchdown pass from Bulger to Robinson in Washington was their first (and only) points of the season. |
| 32. | 32. | Detriot Lions | 0-2 | 19 straight losses and counting. |
*Last week's ranking