SPT NFL Power Ranking

The third week in the NFL might have started clearing up the NFL power picture. But it also brought a few more questions to the table.

Are the Cincinnati Bengals for real?

Will the Steelers win the AFC North?

Can the Denver Broncos compete for the AFC West title?

Can the Jets make a Super Bowl run?

The week 3 NFL Power Teams:

1. (1) New York Giants (3-0) - Talk about dominating defense. Tampa only had 86 yards of total offense. And the Giants offense keeps looking better and better (even thought it was against the struggling Tampa defense).

2. (3) Baltimore (3-0) - The complete and utter destruction of any NFL team like the Ravens put on Cleveland Sunday is impressive. Joe Flacco doesn't seem like he will have a sophomore slump and the Ravens defense and running game keep dominating everyone in their path.

3. (2) New Orleans (3-0) - Maybe it's a little unfair to drop the Saints after their impressive close win against a pretty good Buffalo team in Buffalo, but I did. Drew Brees looked very pedestrian Sunday but he didn't make any mistakes. But if the Saints D can play like that all year and Brees can return to form look out NFC.

4. (4) Minnesota (3-0) - The Vikings would not have won that game if they had Tarvaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels at quarterback. I think its now obvious why the Vikings picked up Favre. All Favre has to do is win two or three games this year and let AP and the play makers do the rest of the work. All this Super Bowl hype might be real.

5. (6) Indianapolis (3-0) - Peyton Manning is well on his way to his fourth NFL MVP if he keeps playing this way. He has the least amount of talent around him that he has had in his career and he's still producing absurd Peyton numbers. His only competition is Drew Brees right now but if Manning keeps winning with this team he will win the MVP.

6. (8) New York Jets (3-0) - Mark Sanchez and the defense just keep winning games. Their running game did nothing and they still beat a good Titans team. The defense forced four turnovers and gave Sanchez short fields to work with and Wonder Boy threw TD passes and the Jets added another impressive win to their resume.

7. (10) Philadelphia (2-1) - The Eagles went 1-1 without McNabb and he should be back after the bye which means this offense will only get better. The Eagles should be 5-1 by week 7 because they play Tampa, Oakland and Washington in their next three games.

8. (NR) New England (2-1) - Drumming a great Atlanta team is no easy task. The NE defense made Matt Ryan look average and the run defense was outstanding. If Fred Taylor can keep making an impact expect NE to return to form.

9. (5) Atlanta (2-1) - Getting beat 26-10 by NE doesn't mean to panic in Atlanta but this team was on such a roll I think we all expected a better showing than what they put up in Foxboro. Atlanta has a tough stretch in the next 4 weeks (@SF, CHI, @DAL, @NO) if they come out at 4-3 I would think Matt Ryan and company would be very pleased.

10. (NR) Denver (3-0) - Yes I am putting the Denver Broncos in the top ten because their defense has been amazing. They have only given up 16 points over three weeks which is unheard of (yes I know they played Cleveland and Oakland), but that Cincinnati win keeps looking better. In the next three weeks we should see if the Broncos are for real (DAL, NE, @SD).

On the Waiting List: Chicago, Cincinnati, Green Bay, San Diego, San Francisco
(NR) - Not Ranked in last weeks poll