Top 10...Bottom 5: Week Nine

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Week nine of the NFL season came and went without a whole lot of drama. There weren't any major upsets, or a whole lot of heroics to win close games. It doesn't mean that there weren't storylines however, as there were some great individual performances, as well as some nice headlines. The most heart-warming, of course, was Chuck Pagano delivering an emotional post-game speech to the Indianapolis Colts after their win on Sunday. If you haven't seen the video, do yourself a favor and find it. A tip: grab a tissue. As for the other happenings around the league, here we go:

TOP TEN

1. Atlanta Falcons-Didn't have to rely on Romo INTs or terrible game management by the Cowboys staff. They just lined up and beat them. I'm sold.
2. Houston Texans-The biggest surprise of the week? Houston didn't score 40 points on the Bills D.
3. Chicago Bears-If defense wins championships, go ahead and give them the trophy. Yikes.
4. San Francisco 49ers-I shudder to think how good this D will be with an extra week to prepare.
5. Green Bay Packers-Their habit of letting teams stick around will be the death of them. Randall Cobb is making Greg Jennings obsolete.
6. Denver Broncos-If Peyton Manning doesn't win comeback player of the year, they should discontinue the award and punch all past winners in the face.
7. Pittsburgh Steelers-Remember when the Steelers "didn't have any good RBs."? Yeah.
8. New York Giants-Second straight week where the offense struggled. They can't just wait for Eli to make a comeback each game.
9. New England Patriots-Needed the week off to recover from all those trips down the field the previous week in London.
10. Baltimore Ravens-They might be 6-2, but they're a mess.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Josh Freeman is playing off the hook, and Doug Martin..well, more on him later.
Indianapolis Colts-The Colts are 5-3. They're still not a good team, but they're playing with emotion and Andrew Luck..well, more on him later.

BOTTOM FIVE

28. Arizona Cardinals-Anybody remember that 4-0 start? Me either.
29. Tennessee Titans-Could have saved some trouble and just handed the ball to Tillman from the snap.
30. Buffalo Bills-I'm confused. Should fans be happy that they only lost 21-9?
31. Jacksonville Jaguars-At least, with a lack of talent overall, they have an excuse. As for the team below them...
32. Kansas City Chiefs-They should be arrested for impersonating a football team. How can an NFL team, with the parity in the league, be halfway through the year without running a single play with a lead?

MVPs of the Week

Doug Martin-He put on a show Sunday. My fantasy team says thank you.
Andrew Luck-RGIII is the most exciting rookie in the league, but Luck is the better QB. The Colts are 5-3. No, that's not a typo.
Charles Tillman-Talk about making a case for DPOY. Four..count 'em, FOUR forced fumbles.

Goats of the Week

Raiders D-Normally, when I pick an MVP, I don't in return pick their opponent as a Goat, as I feel it's doubling up, but after that tackling performance, the Raiders deserve it.
Demetress Bell-The entire Eagles O-line is terrible, and Vick is a turnover machine, but Bell was off-the-charts bad Monday.

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