Mike Florio of PFT has his early power rankings out for week 5, and the top 20 actually paints quite an accurate picture.
Excluding of course the Texans who got beat by both the Giants and Cowboys in recent weeks. And the Bears should really be 3-2 and thus have the same record as the Giants, which puts them at #14 at best in my mind…
But even though the Giants are still ranked #13 – given their blowout loses against the Colts and Titans I think this ranking is very fair. The Giants are currently the highest ranked NFC East team in the list, with the Redskins and Eagles coming in right behind the Giants at 14 and 15. The Cowboys were at the #14 slot last week but now have slid to 20.
Check it out:
"1. New York Jets (No. 1 last week; 4-1): When a clumsily-built lead begins to collapse, plenty of teams fold. The Jets didn’t.2. Baltimore Ravens (No. 2; 4-1): The offense finally is waking up, which could result in the Ravens putting a sleeper hold on the rest of the AFC.3. Pittsburgh Steelers (No. 3; 3-1): The entire Steelers defense will be disciplined under the Personal Conduct Policy after they get finished with Browns quarterback Colt McCoy.4. Atlanta Falcons (No. 4; 4-1): At a time when the NFC has no clearly dominant team, the Falcons are the closest approximation.5. New England Patriots (No. 8; 3-1): So they traded away supposed model citizen and stellar performer Randy Moss and they traded for a washed-up guy who pissed and moaned his way out of town? Sounds about right.6. Indianapolis Colts (No. 9; 3-2): They still look a lot different from the Colts of 2009, but so do most teams.7. New Orleans Saints (No. 5; 3-2): Drew Brees said last week that the Saints could be undefeated. He failed to point out that they also could be 0-5.8. Chicago Bears (No. 12; 4-1): Reality eventually will catch up with this team. But there’s a good chance it won’t happen until the middle of January.9. Tennessee Titans (No. 11; 3-2): If the team that beat the Cowboys shows up more than once per month, the Titans will win the division.10. Green Bay Packers (No. 6; 3-2): If the Packers had traded for Marshawn Lynch, he’d probably be injured, too.11. Houston Texans (No. 7; 3-2): Take away that emotional Week One win over the Colts, and this team is as mediocre as it ever has been.12. Kansas City Chiefs (No. 10; 3-1): Dwayne Bowe can’t figure out why no one will let him hold their baby.13. New York Giants (No. 16; 3-2): Some teams get better as the season progresses. Some teams get a lot better as the season progress.14. Washington Redskins (No. 19; 3-2): See Giants.15. Philadelphia Eagles (No. 20; 3-2): If Kevin Kolb leads the Eagles to victory on Sunday against the Falcons, coach Andy Reid may have to once again declare that Mike Vick is still the starter. And we’ll all believe him.16. Miami Dolphins (No. 15; 2-2): The best part about a bye week? They were guaranteed not to lose another home game to an AFC East rival.17. Jacksonville Jaguars (No. 22; 3-2): Nothing lights a fire under a crappy quarterback better than having a not-quite-as-crappy quarterback looking over his shoulder.18. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 24; 3-1): Beat the Saints, and we’ll move this team into the top 10.19. Minnesota Vikings (No. 13; 1-3): Would this team be 1-3 if Tarvaris Jackson had been the starter since Week One?20. Dallas Cowboys (No. 14; 1-3): Cue the “Jerry Jones has never fired a coach during the season” crowd, who seem to think that means he never under any circumstances would fire a coach during the season. (Under that logic, Jones also will live forever.)"