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The SEC is the best conference in college football…or is it?

As most fans in the Southeast assume each fall, the Southeastern Conference is by far the best college football conference in the country, but as ESPN’s Lee Corso says, “Not so fast my friend.” This season may have something else to offer fans as the Big 12 is off to an impressive start, and as this writer believes…yes…that the Big 12 is stronger than the SEC in 2008.

Let’s examine the facts:

• First, preseason SEC favorite Florida lost at home to Ole Miss. Outside of Eli Manning and Patrick Willis, have the Rebels even had a big time player in the last 20 years? I didn’t think so.
• The preseason #1 Georgia Bulldogs have looked less than impressive in their SEC games, as they pulled out a 7 point victory at South Carolina, and were blown out at home by Alabama 41-30, in a game that was never even close.
• The SEC also boasts some other preseason Top 10 teams like Auburn who is 4-2 but could easily be 2-4. They beat Mississippi State 3-2 in a “pitchers duel” and survived against a down Tennessee team 14-12.
• Moving to Tennessee, last season’s SEC East Champions: they sit at the bottom of their division at 2-3, and 0-2 in the SEC. Their only wins to date have been over UAB and Northern Illinois.
• Looking farther into the SEC, at least we can say that Arkansas, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and South Carolina are living up to their billing, settling into the bottom of their respective divisions.

Of course, the SEC has their talented teams.

Alabama has looked great in all 5 of their games, and LSU is strong yet again. The surprise of the SEC may be Vanderbilt, which has not been invited to a bowl game in over 20 years, as they sit atop the SEC east at a perfect 5-0, 3-0 in conference, with wins at Ole Miss, at South Carolina, and a huge win against Auburn, in maybe the biggest game in the last 25 years for the Commodores.

However, the fact that Vanderbilt and Kentucky (who did play Alabama tough this past weekend) are 5-0 and 4-1, respectively, shows that the conference is down.

While Tennessee (AP/Wade Payne) is looking up to the heavens for some kind of assistance, the only thing Missouri’s Chase Daniel sees when he looks up is more points on the scoreboard. (AP/Dave Weaver).

The Big 12 on the other hand is having the best year as a conference in recent memory. The conferences’ top three teams, which are each ranked in the top five in the latest poll, are Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas.

• Oklahoma has destroyed all comers on their schedule. Their offense is firing on all cylinders, and their suffocating defense is making it tough for opponents to move the ball.
• Missouri can score from almost any spot on the field, and while they do allow a large amount of points, it is mainly because they score so fast that their defense is on the field for long stretches.
• Texas is solid as well but has a very challenging schedule this season. Their matchup with Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout this weekend could go a long way in deciding the conference picture as well as the national title representatives.

The rest of the Big 12 has been successful for the most part as well:

• Only Iowa State, Baylor, and Texas A&M are not above .500.
• Kansas State, Nebraska, and Colorado were all 3-1 before conference losses this past weekend.
• Kansas is 4-1 and ranked in the top 15
• In addition to the previously mentioned top 3 teams, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech remain unbeaten at 5-0.

The SEC can still boast that they have the most speed and strongest crop of skill players, but the Big 12 is not far behind contrary to popular belief.

When looking at the most important position on the field, the SEC has only one All-American caliber quarterback in Georgia’s Matthew Stafford and one over-rated quarterback in Tim Tebow, who is having a down year from his Heisman campaign of 2007.

The Big 12, on the other hand, has FIVE All-American caliber QB’s in Sam Bradford (Oklahoma), Chase Daniel (Missouri), Colt McCoy (Texas), Todd Reesing (Kansas), and Graham Harrell (Texas Tech). Each of those QB’s are averaging at least 250 yards per game and have combined to throw 65 touchdowns against only 9 interceptions.

And why is it that whenever an SEC team loses a game to a conference team they should easily handle (i.e. Florida at home to Ole Miss), the excuse is always, “The SEC is so tough, anyone can beat anyone on any given day”?

A team of the caliber of Florida has no business losing to an Ole Miss program that outside of the two players mentioned before, have had no players and no substantial success outside of Eli Manning’s senior season in the last 25 years. Yet, if a Big 12 team were to lose a similar game to someone they “shouldn’t” lose to, and they “choked.”

The SEC is strong. There is no debate about that.

The only debate is that this year the Big 12 is stronger.

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Vince Young has been shrouded in controversy for the past six months, and even though Tennessee is 5-0, it has become apparent that Young is steamin!

‘Steamin’ Willie Beamen that is.

It started earlier this summer when Vince Young returned to the University of Texas to take some classes to work toward completing his degree. The quarterback, who had just led the Tennessee Titans to a 10-6 record in the regular season and a berth in the NFL playoffs, was, undoubtedly, a huge celebrity around the Austin campus.

And how did Young take advantage of his celebrity? He partied.

In the movie Any Given Sunday, what does ‘Steamin’ Willie Beamen when he first takes over the starting quarterback position and quickly ascends to celebrity status? He parties with the Sharks at Luther Lavay’s house.

We will just naturally assume that while it was never reported, Vince Young had his automobile sawed in half by Keith Bullock or Albert Haynesworth as Lavay does to Beamen’s hummer after Willie runs his mouth about the defense needing to play better.

Young originally was thrust into the lineup in 2006 replacing aging, veteran quarterback Kerry Collins when the offense was struggling, very much similar, to when Beamen was thrust into the Sharks lineup when the offense was struggling and after aging veteran quarterback Cap Rooney was injured on a blindside hit (note: second string QB Tyler Cherubini also was injured in the same game).

And while Young was not captured on film puking on the sideline as Beamin was, we are pretty sure Young did indeed yak all over the place in his first start against Dallas. It just occurred during a TV timeout and the cameramen were more interested in using their cameras to scope the Texas Stadium crowd for females.

Beamen and Young also have a penchant for upsetting their offensive teammates. Beamen and star running back Julian Washington were the center of a shower confrontation after Washington became upset at Beamen’s checks at the line of scrimmage that were taking away from his touches. While his situation did not end up in fisticuffs as Beamen’s did, Young didn’t necessarily gain himself any extra Christmas cards when he called out his offensive skill players before the playoffs last season talking about how he wished he had more playmakers, similar to the weapons opposing quarterback Philip Rivers has with Antonio Gates, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Chris Chambers.

Now like Beamen, Young has been benched in favor of the veteran quarterback with the hopes that the young, athletic QB will learn much will watching from the sideline.

For Young’s sake and the sake of the Titans future, hopefully, he will be able to follow in Beamen’s footsteps while on the sideline. As Beamen told coach Tony D’Amato after defeating the Dallas Knights with a last second touchdown run, “I learned more watching [Cap] in the first half than I did in five seasons.”

If VY is able to pull a similar feat and learn better how to professionally run the offense, coach Jeff Fisher will look like a genius, the Titans will be in contention for a Superbowl title, and all Young will have left to do will be to record a rap and shoot a poolside video (Beamin’s greatest feat while with Miami):

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Unfortunately, for anyone that was looking forward to our college football observations for Week 6, I was unable to make any observations this week.

I acquiesed the girlfriend and agreed to her last minute decision to go to her cousin’s wedding. The wedding ceremony was supposed to start at 5 PM, but it was being held in Charleston, South Carolina, which is a 5+ hour drive from home.

With her freaking out about not making it on time, that meant we had to leave around 10 in the morning. After running some errands, we got headed in the right direction about 10:30, which had her stressing out the entire drive even though we still had an ETA of over an hour and a half prior to the beginning of the ceremony.

Because we had to leave so early, I didn’t get to watch ESPN College GameDay or any of the early games. We ended up arriving in plenty of time, despite her worries. We met up with her sisters, who had left earlier and already checked into a hotel. When we got to the hotel, I got an opportunity to watch the first couple of minutes of the 3:30 wave of games, but that would be it for the day.

There was a lot of celebrating after the reception, including heading to a club on a hotel rooftop in Charleston, which was pretty neat I do have to say. But the great wedding, reception, dinner, and celebrating meant that we didn’t start back on the road until like 1:30 or 2 AM (yea, we drove straight back), so I missed all of the late games as well.

A few photos we took from the beautiful Magnolia Plantations where the wedding was held:

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This week’s much anticipated Sports Blog NFL Power Rankings have now been posted by our buddy James over at NE Patriots Draft. As happens each week James, The Sports Dollar, My Sports Rumors, World of Isaac, and our site have ranked each of the 32 NFL teams from top to bottom.

With Dallas losing to division rival Washington, how far did the Cowboys drop? How big of a rise did the Redskins get as a result? And who takes over the #1 spot? Find out where your favorite NFL team ranks this week: Sports Blog NFL Power Rankings.

In the mean time, here are our rankings for the Sports Blog NFL Power Rankings. Unlike, the other individual sites, we have multiple opinions combining to form our rankings as each of our four writers rank the teams, which combined form The Blue Workhorse NFL Power Rankings: Week Four.

If you are curious to see how the rankings have evolved this season, check out our previous rankings and see the drastic differences: Preseason 1 ¦ Preseason 2 ¦ Week 1 ¦ Week 2 ¦ Week 3

Some things to note from this week’s NFL power rankings:

• Last week, we had eleven teams move up or down at least 5 spots. This week…only five.
• With Dallas losing, we have a new #1, but who is it? New York, Tennessee, Buffalo? Or a team that has a loss?
• In Top 10 news, Washington and Carolina leap into the land of the best; Philadelphia and Denver nearly fall out; and New England and Green Bay exit.
• Speaking of the Redskins, they move up 7 spots this week, yet they aren’t the biggest gainer. Who is? Da Bears. Chicago got an impressive win over Philadelphia in Sunday night’s primetime game and moved up 8 spots.
• On the opposite end of the spectrum is Philly and Green Bay. The Eagles and Packers both lose 6 spots after losing games we expected them to win.

What the Voters Have to Say:

• DRang: “Chicago got a big win Sunday night, but Kyle Orton has to protect the ball better for the Bears to compete for the NFC North division title.”
• Heisman: “I may fall asleep while watching the Titans, but I always wake up watching Fisher celebrating another win. Hate to say something like this, but Young’s injury is the best thing to happen to the Titans.”
• Rosenblogger:  “Despite their slip up, the Dallas Cowboys are still the best team in the NFL.”
  
• Shotgun Spratling: “I dropped Pittsburgh to #9 even though they won because they are just so banged up right now (Willie Parker, Rashard Mendenhall, Roethlisberger, offensive lineman, 3 defensive lineman, multiple linebackers). Injuries are quickly becoming the most important stat in football (college and pro).”

#1	Titans (+1)	2	1	2	2	1.8
#2	Giants (+1)	1	4	3	1	2.3
#3	Bills (+5)	3	3	5	3	3.5
#4	Cowboys (-3)	4	7	1	4	4.0
#5	Steelers	5	6	4	9	6.0
#6	Chargers (+1)	10	2	8	8	7.0
#7	Redskins (+7)	7	14	6	5	8.0
#8	Panthers (+4)	6	12	9	7	8.5
#9	Eagles (-6)	9	10	7	11	9.3
#10	Broncos (-4)	11	11	10	10	10.5
#11	Patriots (-2)	12	8	11	15	11.5
#12	Buccaneers (+4)	8	23	14	6	12.8
T13	Ravens (+5)	13	15	13	12	13.3
T13	Colts (-2)	15	5	15	18	13.3
#15	Jaguars (-2)	16	13	12	13	13.5
#16	Packers (-6)	17	9	16	21	15.8
#17	Bears (+8)	19	16	17	14	16.5
#18	Saints (-1)	14	19	19	16	17.0
#19	Cardinals (-4)	20	18	21	19	19.5
#20	Jets (+2)	18	26	18	17	19.8
#21	Vikings (-2)	22	17	22	22	20.8
#22	49ers (-3)	21	22	24	20	21.8
#23	Seahawks	24	25	20	23	23.0
#24	Falcons (-3)	23	21	25	24	23.3
#25	Dolphins (-1)	25	20	26	26	24.3
#26	Browns	26	24	23	25	24.5
T27	Texans	28	27	29	28	28.0
T27	Raiders	27	29	27	29	28.0
T29	Lions	31	28	31	27	29.3
T29	Chiefs (+2)	29	30	28	30	29.3
#31	Bengals (-2)	30	31	30	31	30.5
#32	Rams	32	32	32	32	32.0

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It’s back. After it appeared that everyone enjoyed the inaugural edition, the Wednesday Workhorse Links (as it will be known until someone helps supply a better name) is back again.

Some great articles that you should check out that I haven’t necessarily had time to write anything about the past two weeks:

• We gave an NFL player his official nickname!! - Falcons’ fullback Ovie Mughelli had a contest on YardBarker because Braylon Edwards said he needed a nickname, and our nickname Ovie “The Drill” Mughelli was selected!

• Year-end awards - ESPN’s Jayson Stark gives his MLB year-end awards but not just Cy Young and MVP. He’s got the LVP (Least Valuable), Cy Yuks, some great stat lines from the season, and great quotes from great sources such as Ozzie Guillen, Joe Maddon, and late night talk show hosts.
• The new blackout - What do you do when you are as bad as the Syracuse football team? Try a new take on the blackout?
• Kiffin in Orange? - With Lane Kiffin getting the boot from Al Davis in Oakland, there has been rampant speculation about where the young head coach will end up next. Could he replace Phil Fulmer at Tennessee?
• Pass or Catch in ‘08? - With the election year upon us, the question Texas Tech wants you to ponder before casting your vote is “Pass or Catch?”
• ‘Why I Pray for Tebow’ - As if Tim Tebow doesn’t have enough pressure in Gainesville…
• What? He has to pay child support for 9 kids. - NFL running back Travis Henry, currently out of the league for failing multiple drug tests, doesn’t appear to be getting reinstated any time soon after he was arrested for trafficking multiple kilos of cocaine.
• Atlanta Hawks mix - hawksno1fan has gotten me pumped up for the impending NBA season with this great mix. Even if you aren’t a Hawks fan, you should just watch all the Josh Smith highlights (and how many times he throws Rajon Rando’s stuff into the front row.
• Win an Iron Man DVD - All you have to do is make fun of Terrell Owens.
• NFL Mock Draft - James over at NE Pats Draft has his latest 2009 NFL Mock Draft available.
• And last but not least…Gina Carano says MMA reminds her of sex. I’ll believe whatever she says.

Hope you enjoy, and if you have a better name or some links we should include in the future, feel free to Contact Us and enlighten my mind.

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Last week, almost every favorite won. This week…college football became a world of upsets.

The craziest part: besides Georgia’s loss to Alabama, the six other upsets were all by teams outside the Top 25! Who would’ve expected an Oregon State squad that lost to Stanford and was hammered by Penn State to upend USC or Wisconsin to blow a 19-point lead to a Michigan squad that hasn’t had an offense all season?

Another week means another re-evalution, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 5. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:

• With all of the upsets, there is not a single team that is in the same position as last week.
• After a week hiatus, Oregon and Fresno State return to the Top 25.
• Moving into the Top 25 for the first time is 4-0 Kentucky. A win against #2 Alabama would fully propel them onto the national scene.
• Biggest gainer: Alabama got a huge win that moved them up 7 spots to #2. However, the biggest leap forward comes from Penn State. The Nittany Lions are finally getting everyone’s attention after defeating a good Illionis squad and everyone saw one of the teams they manhandled previously (Oregon State) upset USC.
• Biggest loser: After losses Illinois and Clemson drop out of the Top 25, but it was Wisconsin and Wake Forest that saw the biggest drops. After blowing a 19-point lead, the Badgers fall 11 spots while the Demon Deacons drop 12 spots after turning the ball over 6 times and losing to Navy.
• The non-BCS strikes: BYU busts into the top 10 for the first time this season.
• The Big 12 has four teams in the Top 7, but they begin conference play this week and will inevitably start to knock each other off much as the SEC has done the past two weeks.
• Even though they were victorious over Tennessee, Auburn again slips in the polls as they won another tight game.

What the Voters Have to Say:

• DRang: “The Bayou Bengals (LSU) are tough to beat at home, and if they can get by Florida in The Swamp in two weeks, they have all their remaining significant games at home (Georgia, Alabama, Ole Miss)”
• Heisman: “Hate to say ‘I told you so’ Bulldog fans…wait…no I don’t. Out of all the top teams that got beat, Florida has the best chance to rebound and make it to the championship game.”
• Rosenblogger: “Who would have expected Vandy to be leading the SEC East five weeks into the season. Bobby Johnson is pushing for National Coach of the Year and may soon be moving on from Nashville.”
• Shotgun Spratling: “How would your team fare if they lost 6 future-NFL players to injury? I don’t think anyone realizes just how badly Georgia is banged up right now. It’s hard to beat a team of the caliber of Alabama when you are without your best OL, best DT, best DE, best LB (and best defensive player), best FB, and have your star RB and second best LB (and second best defensive player) leave the game with injuries in the second half. Add in having your QB checked for a possible concussion after the game, and at the end of the game, Georgia had at least 6 future-NFL players injured.”

#1	Oklahoma (+1)	1	2	1	1	99
#2	Alabama (+7)	2	3	3	3	93
#3	LSU (+1)	4	1	2	5	92
#4	Missouri (+2)	3	4	4	2	91
#5	Texas (+2)	5	5	5	4	85
#6	Penn St. (+10)	9	6	6	6	77
#7	Texas Tech (+1)	7	10	8	7	72
#8	USC (-7)	6	8	7	12	71
#9	BYU (+2)	8	9	13	8	66
#10	Florida (-7)	12	7	9	11	65
#11	Georgia (-6)	10	12	10	9	63
#12	South Florida (+3)	13	11	11	10	59
#13	Ohio State (+1)	11	13	14	13	53
#14	Auburn (-2)	14	14	12	14	50
#15	Kansas (+3)	16	16	15	21	36
#16	Utah (+1)	18	18	16	17	35
#17	Vanderbilt (+5)	19	15	21	16	33
#18	Virginia Tech (+3)	15	19	20	19	31
#19	Boise State (+4)	20	24	18	18	24
#20	Wisconsin (-11)	17	25	17	-	19
#21	Oregon (NR)	21	22	-	20	15
#21	Fresno State (NR)	24	23	19	23	15
#23	Tulsa (+1)	-	-	-	15	11
#24	Wake Forest (-12)	22	21	-	-	9
#24	Kentucky (NR)	-	17	-	-	9

Others receiving votes: Michigan State, Connecticut, Ole Miss, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, Maryland

Dropped out: Illinois (LW: 19), Clemson (LW: 20), East Carolina (LW: 24)

What? You don’t agree? Let your voice be heard.

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Last week, I was fortunate enough to get a hold of 5th row seats to the Florida/Tennessee game (thanks to Andrew and the Shelbyville crew). Unfortunately, that meant I was unable to make my weekly college football observations. This week, I tried to make up for it, however.

I watched as much college football as I possibly could this weekend. I tried to flip back and forth between the several games that were televised throughout the day on Saturday (as well as Thursday night’s game).

There were some huge matchups and some true battles, but this weekend will be known for all of the upsets (six Top 25 teams lost to unranked teams). Here are 49 observations about certain players and teams from 10 of the games I was able to watch:

(Also look for updated The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 in the next few days or check out last week’s poll and Week 3’s observations.)

USC v Oregon State (OSU 27, USC 21)

• Kevin Ellison is a 230 pound safety, and he definitely knows how to throw around that weight. He laid the lumber on a couple of Oregon State Beaver offensive players, including James Rogers on a fly sweep where Rogers got stood up in the backfield. Ellison hit him so hard that even Ellison stumbled away.
• Ellison stumbled away from another hit in the first half, except it was Sammie Stroughter who lit up Ellison with a crack back block on an end around. Ellison never saw it coming, which is a wide receiver’s wet dream.
• I wondered this question last week while at the Tennessee/Florida game and have further in the past as well, but why do teams line their quarterback up out wide at receiver when they have an “athlete” taking a direct snap? Whenever Joe McKnight was to take a direct snap, Mark Sanchez was at wide receiver (as was UT’s Jonathan Crompton when Gerald Jones took the direct snap in UT’s G-Gun formation ). I know that the double pass is an option, but how often does that ever happen? I’d rather get an extra blocker than a QB who isn’t going to be able to block anyone.
• You have to love Oregon State’s Halloween jerseys. USC surely was thinking it was a night of ghouls.
• And you gotta love the quiz show…the Jacquizz Rodgers show that is. The freshman juked his way back and forth through the vaunted Trojan defense.
  
  Jacquizz Rodgers and OSU’s Halloween jerseys, which will be giving USC nightmares all season long when they contemplate their national championship hopes (AP Photo/Steve Slocum).
• Rodgers does an incredible job of getting his feet on the ground. You can’t change direction as much and as quickly as the scat back does if you have really high strides.
• USC is going to need a lot of help to get back in the national championship picture. They will probably drop out of the Top 10 this week, and they don’t have any more true showcase games. They will play Cal, but will need Cal to run the table prior to their matchup for the game to have much national significance.

North Carolina v Miami (UNC 28, The U 24)

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After a little bit of a delay, this week’s much anticipated Sports Blog NFL Power Rankings have now been posted by our buddy James over at NE Patriots Draft. As happens each week James, The Sports Dollar, My Sports Rumors, World of Isaac, and our site have ranked each of the 32 NFL teams.

With the Cowboys still the unanimous #1 selection by everyone, the Giants undefeated, and the Eagles coming off a 15-9 win over last week’s #2 Pittsburgh, could it be possible the beast conference that is the NFC East could have the top three teams in the Sports Blog Power Rankings? Find out where your favorite NFL team ranks this week: Sports Blog NFL Power Rankings.

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Some things to note from this week’s NFL power rankings:

• Lots of movement and lots of big movers. Eleven teams move up or down at least 5 spots.
• The Chargers seem to make a big move every week. Last week, they fell 6 spots after falling to 0-2 on the season, but after an impressive Monday night win over the New York Bretts, San Diego vaults forward 5 spots and back into the top 10.
• Despite losing to in-state foe Philadelphia, the Steelers remained in the Top 5.
• With Philly’s big win, the Titans 3-0 start behind their strong D, and Washington’s resurgence after their pitiful opening night performance, each of the aforementioned teams moved up 6 spots and can lay a claim to being the biggest climber of the week.
• Traditional AFC powers Indianapolis and New England both dropped 5 spots or more, but it is the supposed up-and-coming Cleveland Browns that fall a whopping 7 spots after their 0-3 start.

What the Voters Have to Say:

• DRang: “Peyton Manning’s knee injury is limiting the offense. He just is not as quick getting the ball to Joseph Addai on the zone stretch play.”
• Heisman: “At this time, Al Davis has not told me that I am not the head coach of the Oakland Raiders. Therefore, I will be conducting my daily activities as though I am the head coach of the Oakland Raiders.”
• Rosenblogger:  “The Tennessee Titans have built a two game lead behind a strong rushing attack, tremendous defense, and solid decision making by Kerry Collins. They also have a favorable schedule.”
  
• Shotgun Spratling: “What did the Browns do to deserve this schedule? Cleveland only plays two teams that are outside our top 18. Thankfully, one of those teams is Cincinnati, who they play twice, including this weekend.”

#1	Cowboys	1	1	1	1	1.0
#2	Titans (+6)	5	2	5	2	3.5
T3	Eagles (+6)	3	10	2	3	4.5
T3	Giants (-1)	2	8	4	4	4.5
#5	Steelers (-3)	4	3	6	6	4.8
#6	Broncos (+1)	6	9	3	5	5.8
#7	Chargers (+5)	11	4	7	7	7.3
#8	Bills (+2)	7	11	8	8	8.5
#9	Patriots (-5)	9	6	9	11	8.8
#10	Packers (-4)	8	7	14	9	9.5
#11	Colts (-6)	12	5	11	12	10.0
#12	Panthers (-1)	10	12	15	15	13.0
#13	Jaguars	17	13	10	14	13.5
#14	Redskins (+6)	14	21	13	10	14.5
#15	Cardinals	18	15	19	13	16.3
#16	Buccaneers (+4)	13	20	16	17	16.5
#17	Saints (-3)	16	16	18	19	17.3
#18	Ravens (+5)	15	25	12	21	18.3
T19	Vikings (-2)	19	14	25	16	18.5
T19	49ers (+3)	20	19	17	18	18.5
T21	Jets (-5)	21	24	20	22	21.8
T21	Falcons (+5)	23	18	23	23	21.8
#23	Seahawks (-1)	26	23	20	21	22.3
#24	Dolphins (+3)	25	17	24	27	23.3
#25	Bears (-7)	22	28	21	24	23.8
#26	Browns (-7)	28	22	27	25	25.5
#27	Texans (-3)	26	26	28	26	26.5
#28	Raiders (-1)	27	29	26	29	27.8
T29	Lions (+1)	30	27	30	30	29.3
T29	Bengals	29	31	29	28	29.3
#31	Chiefs (+1)	32	30	31	32	31.3
#32	Rams (-1)	31	32	32	31	31.5

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