VanFulpen’s NFL Power Rankings – Week 6

1. New York Jets (5-1) – The Jets defense is outstanding along with a very offense.

2. New England Patriots (4-1) – The Patriots won in overtime against the Ravens.

3. Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1) – The Steelers got quarterback Ben Roethlisberger back and still have their great defense they are going to be hard to beat this season.

4. Baltimore Ravens (4-2) – The Ravens lost a very close game against the Patriots.

5. Indianapolis Colts (4-2) – There is news that tight end Dallas Clark might be out for a while and if so that will hurt the Colts offense.

6. New York Giants (4-2) – Right now the Giants are the best team in the NFC and they can take out the Cowboys this Monday Night.

7. New Orleans Saints (4-2) – The Saints are rounding in to form.

8. Atlanta Falcons (4-2) – The Falcons didn’t look very good against the Eagles.

9. Houston Texans (4-2) – Great last second win against the Chiefs.

10. Tennessee Titans (4-2) – Vince Young got hurt on Monday Night but the Titans where still able to beat the Jaguars.

11. Philadelphia Eagles (4-2) – The Eagles and Kevin Kolb rolled over the Falcons.

12. Chicago Bears (4-2) – The Bears have to fix their offensive line.

13. Miami Dolphins (3-2) – The Dolphins where able to go to Green Bay and beat the Packers.

14. Arizona Cardinals (3-2) – The Cardinals are coming off their bye.

15. Seattle Seahawks (3-2) – The Seahawks where able to go into Chicago and beat the Bears.

16. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-2) – Tampa Bay was is starting to come back to where we thought they where.

17. Kansas City Chiefs (3-2) – A heart breaking lose in the last seconds against the Texans.

18. Green Bay Packers (3-3) – The Packers injuries are starting to catch up with them.

19. Washington Redskins (3-3) – The Redskins are still a work in progress.

20. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-3) – The Jaguars didn’t look good on Monday Night against the Titans.

21. St. Louis Rams (3-3) – Can the Rams win the NFC West?

22. Cincinnati Bengals (2-3) – The Bengals are coming off their bye.

23. Minnesota Vikings (2-3) – This week is Farve vs. the Packers Part 3.

24. Oakland Raiders (2-4) – The Raiders really need to find a quarterback.

25. San Diego Chargers (2-4) – The Chargers have to start putting some wins together or they will be left out of the playoffs this year.

26. Denver Broncos (2-4) – Good thing the Broncos play in the AFC West cause they still have a shot to win the division.

27. Dallas Cowboys (1-4) – Monday Night against the Giants is a must win.

28. San Francisco 49ers (1-5) – If the 49ers can get on a roll they still can win the NFC West.

29. Detroit Lions (1-5) – After their bye it looks like Matthew Stafford should be back.

30. Cleveland Browns (1-5) – Rookie quarterback Colt McCoy should get his second start.

31. Carolina Panthers (0-5) – It might be a long season for the Panthers.

32. Buffalo Bills (0-5) – The Bills will play hard this whole season but when it said and done they will be pick 1st in the 2011 NFL Draft.

VanFulpen's NFL Week 6 Winners

Seattle at Chicago 1:00 PM FOX - WINNER: BEARS

Miami at Green Bay 1:00 PM CBS - WINNER: PACKERS

San Diego at St. Louis 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: CHARGERS

Baltimore at New England 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: RAVENS

New Orleans at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM FOX – WINNER: SAINTS

Detroit at NY Giants 1:00 PM FOX – WINNER: GIANTS

Atlanta at Philadelphia 1:00 PM FOX – WINNER: FALCONS

Cleveland at Pittsburgh 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: STEELERS

Kansas City at Houston 1:00 PM CBS – WINNER: TEXANS

Oakland at San Francisco 4:05 PM CBS – WINNER: 49ERS

NY Jets at Denver 4:05 PM CBS – WINNER: JETS

Dallas at Minnesota 4:15 PM FOX – WINNER: VIKINGS

Indianapolis at Washington 8:20 PM NBC – WINNER: COLTS

Tennessee at Jacksonville 8:30 PM ESPN (Monday Night) – WINNER: TITANS

Last Week – 7-7

This Season – 43-33

If the NFL Playoffs started today

We have a long season to go but if the NFL Playoffs started today these would be the teams and how they would be seeded.

NFC
1. Atlanta Falcons
2. Chicago Bears
3. Washington Redskins
4. Arizona Cardinals
5. Tampa Bay Bucs
6. New York Giants

AFC
1. Baltimore Ravens
2. New York Jets
3. Kansas City Chiefs
4. Pittsburgh Steelers
5. New England Patriots
6. Houston Texans

VanFulpen’s NFL Power Rankings – Week 5

1. Baltimore Ravens (4-1) – The Ravens are playing very good football and their defense will be better when they get Ed Reed back.

2. Atlanta Falcons (4-1) – The Falcons are playing the best football in the NFC right now.

3. New York Jets (4-1) – The Jets defense is outstanding along with a very offense.

4. Chicago Bears (4-1) – The Bears ran the football and played great defense to beat the Panthers.

5. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1) – The Steelers are coming off their bye.

6. New England Patriots (3-1) – The Patriots are coming off their bye.

7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-1) – Tampa Bay was able to get a last second win against the Bengals.

8. Kansas City Chiefs (3-1) – Their defense played well against the Colts but couldn’t get anything going on offense.

9. Indianapolis Colts (3-2) – The Colts where able to get a win despite only scoring one offensive touchdown.

10. New Orleans Saints (3-2) – Things are going go like they did last season for the Saints.

11. Green Bay Packers (3-2) – Quarterback Aaron Rogers might miss this Sunday game against the Dolphins, not a good thing for the Packers.

12. New York Giants (3-2) – Their defensive has shown up in this past two week, let see if they can keep it going.

13. Houston Texans (3-2) – They couldn’t get anything going on offense against the Giants.

14. Tennessee Titans (3-2) – Vince Young and Chris Johnson make the Titans go, and they helped them to a win over the Cowboys.

15. Washington Redskins (3-2) – Donovan McNabb has shown again that he can put a team on his back and carry them.

16. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-2) – The Jaguars won back to back game and take on the Titans this Monday Night.

17. Philadelphia Eagles (3-2) – The Eagles found a way to beat the 49ers this past week.

18. Arizona Cardinals (3-2) – The Cardinals where able to beat the Saints.

19. Seattle Seahawks (2-2) – The Seahawks are coming off their bye.

20. Miami Dolphins (2-2) – The Dolphins are coming off their bye.

21. San Diego Chargers (2-3) – The Chargers have to start putting some wins together or they will be left out of the playoffs this year.

22. Cincinnati Bengals (2-3) – The Bengals have to get their offense going on their hopes of making the playoffs in back to back season might not be a reality.

23. Denver Broncos (2-3) – The injuries are starting to catch up with the Broncos.

24. St. Louis Rams (2-3) – The Rams got dominated by the Lions this past week.

25. Oakland Raiders (2-3) – The Raiders found a way to beat the Chargers with out much offense.

26. Minnesota Vikings (1-3) – Quarterback Brett Farve threw a bad interception to give the Jets the win on Monday Night.

27. Dallas Cowboys (1-3) – Things aren’t looking good for the Cowboys so far this season.

28. Detroit Lions (1-4) – The Lions had a nice win against the Rams and face the Giants this week.

29. Cleveland Browns (1-4) – Rookie quarterback Colt McCoy might be starting for the Browns this week.

30. San Francisco 49ers (0-5) – The 49ers can’t find a way to win a game so far this season.

31. Carolina Panthers (0-5) – It might be a long season for the Panthers.

32. Buffalo Bills (0-5) – The Bills will play hard this whole season but when it said and done they will be pick 1st in the 2011 NFL Draft.

VanFulpen's NFL Week 5 Winners

Jacksonville at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS – Jacksonville is coming off a huge win against the Colts and gets two in a row.

Winner: JAGUARS

Tampa Bay at Cincinnati 1:00 PM FOX – The Bengals won’t lose two in a row.

Winner: BENGALS

Atlanta at Cleveland 1:00 PM FOX – The Falcons are on a role winning close games at the end, but this game won’t be that close.

Winner: FALCONS

St. Louis at Detroit 1:00 PM FOX – The Rams got their first win of the season last year against the Lions, the Lions do the same this year.

Winner: Lions

Kansas City at Indianapolis 1:00 PM CBS – After this week there is no unbeaten teams as the Colts won’t lose two in a row.

Winner: COLTS

Green Bay at Washington 1:00 PM FOX - The Redskins are coming off a huge win against the Eagles and ride that with an upset over the Packers.

Winner: REDSKINS

Chicago at Carolina 1:00 PM FOX – Even without Jay Culter at quarterback the Bears are able to come in to Carolina and get a win.

Winner: BEARS

Denver at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS - The Ravens are coming off a last second win against the Steelers and keep things rolling this week.

WINNER: RAVENS

NY Giants at Houston 1:00 PM FOX - The Giants defensive line look great against the Bears last Sunday night but don’t think it will have the same effect this week.

WINNER: TEXANS

New Orleans at Arizona 4:05 PM FOX - Arizona is starting Max Hall at quarterback an undrafted rookie free-agent, the Saints defense will get off the bus blitzing.

Winner: SAINTS

San Diego at Oakland 4:15 PM CBS – The Chargers are trying to get things turned around and it helps that they are going against the Raiders.

Winner: CHARGERS

Tennessee at Dallas 4:15 PM CBS – The Cowboys have to stop running back Chris Johnson if they can do that they get to 2-2 on the season.

Winner: COWBOYS

Philadelphia at San Francisco 8:20 PM NBC – The 49ers are trying to get their first win of the season and they don’t have to face Michael Vick.

Winner: 49ers

Minnesota at NY Jets 8:30 PM ESPN (Monday Night) – I beat you anything that Randy Moss has more catches this Monday Night then last, since he didn’t have any in his last game as a Patriot.

Winner: VIKINGS

Last week: 9- 5


Overall: 36- 26

Power Ranking Number 5: New York Jets

The New York Jets who where one game away from the Super Bowl last season brought in a number of veteran players to help them be able to get to the Super Bowl this season and hopeful win it. On offense they traded for wide receiver Santonio Holmes who will miss the first four games of the season because of a league suspension because of off the field issues. They also traded for cornerback Antonio Cromartie and signed future Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson as a free-agent as well as outside linebacker Jason Taylor. Second year quarterback Mark Sanchez is still the key to the offensive success and with the addition for Holmes and still having wide receiver Braylon Edwards and tight end Dustin Keller still on the roster will help his development. Running back Shonn Greene really come on in the playoffs last season and with the addition of Tomlinson is should aid in his development. Helping both Greene and Tomlinson is one of the better offensive lines in the NFL.

Cornerback Darrelle Revis is the best cornerback in the NFL and some think he might be the best defensive player in all of the NFL. He is a shut down corner with the ability to take away half the field and allows the defense to do many things with their blitz scheme. Getting nose tackle Kris Jenkins back from injury that cost him the final 10 games of the season and the post season will be a huge help to the Jets defense. Linebackers Bart Scott and David Harris are keys to the Jets defensive success and adding outside linebacker Jason Taylor should help the pass rusher.

Head Coach Rex Ryan made a very good impression with the Jets fans and organization in his rookie year as a NFL head coach, but needs to be able to follow it up with another great season in 2010. He has the talent on both sides of the ball but they key will be Sanchez having a good season and not having a sophomore slump.

New York Jets at Indianapolis Preview

Well a month ago many people didn’t even think that the Jets would make the playoffs and now they are one game away from the Super Bowl, and have to travel to Indianapolis and take on the Colts and the NFL’s MVP Peyton Manning. Well the match-up is the Colts offense one of the best in the NFL against the number one defense in the New York Jets. It is New York Jets cornerback Derelle Revis who many people thought was the defensive player of the year against Manning and the Colts receivers, including wide receiver Reggie Wayne and tight end Dallas Clark, both Pro Bowl players.

People say that a great defense will be beat a great offense, well in the this game we have both so we will see if that is correct. The Jets want to run the football with running backs Thomas Jones and Shonn Greene and they have been effective this season doing that and should be able to run the football against the Colts. The Jets won’t ask rookie quarterback Marc Sanchez to do anything but manage the game and not turn the football over, but to do that they can’t get down early. On defense the Jets will blitz Manning and the Colts offense and try to get them to turn the football over to allow them to have a short field.

When the Colts have the football they know that the Jets are coming on the blitz and they will try to take away Manning number one target in wide receiver Reggie Wayne with cornerback Derelle Revis and force his young receiver to make plays. Last week the Baltimore Ravens wanted to run the football and the Colts defense stepped up and made the plays in the running game and I expect them to do that this week as well.

For the Jets to win the need to make plays in the passing game against the Colts young cornerbacks, if Sanchez is able to do that they the Jets will have a chance. But I expect the crowd noise and the pass rushers of the Colts namely defensive ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis to make that very difficult and to help the Colts win the game and head to the Super Bowl.

New York Jets at San Diego Preview

Can the New York Jets come up with another win? They have played some great football these last three weeks to allow them to get to San Diego, both on offense and defense and will need another great game against the Chargers if they want to move on to the AFC Championship game.

The Jets have keep the game plan very simple they want to run the football with running backs Thomas Jones and Shonn Greene and not ask rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez to have to go out there and win the game. The Jets have one of the best if not the best cornerback in the NFL in Darrelle Revis and he will be asked to match up with San Diego’s best wide receiver Vincent Jackson and shut him down. The problem is that the Chargers have a lot of weapons in the passing game, including tight end Antonio Gates, wide receiver Malcom Floyd and running backs LaDainian Tomlinson and Darren Sproles.

The game is going to come down to can the New York Jets defense stop the Chargers offense and quarterback Philip Rivers, I don’t think that will happen and see Rivers as being the difference maker in the game as the Changers move on the AFC Championship game.