Furious NFL Power Rankings – Week 2 NFL Betting Lines

1. New England Patriots (1-0 SU/ATS)
The Patriots looked dangerous as they ran out to a 24-0 lead in the first half that Cincinnati never recovered from. The reports of Brady’s return to glory are far from exaggerated. Be very, very afraid of this team.

Next Game: New England vs. New York Jets

2. New Orleans Saints (1-0 SU, 0-1 ATS)
The defending champs won a sloppy affair to open the season, and get an extended rest as they face the Niners on Monday Night Football in Week 2. It’s only a matter of time before they start finding their groove.

Next Game: New Orleans -4.5 vs. San Francisco

3. Green Bay Packers (1-0 SU/ATS)
So tempted to launch Green Bay as the second best team. The offense took a big loss with Ryan Grant out of action for a couple weeks, but that defense looked downright nasty.

Next Game: Buffalo vs. Green Bay +13

4. Baltimore Ravens (1-0 SU/ATS)
Does Anquan Boldin look like a Baltimore Raven or what? If you answered “what”, then you’re probably just bitter because you bet against Baltimore’s defense. By the way, they plastered the Jets on the road without Ed Reed.

5. Tennessee Titans (1-0 SU/ATS)
At least we know for sure that they won’t be starting the season 0-6 SU this year.

Next Game: Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee -5.5

6. Indianapolis Colts (0-1 SU/ATS)
A loss to the division rival Houston Texans in a blowout sucks, but at least the Colts won’t have the awful pressure of going 16-0 SU all season hanging over their heads anymore.

Next Game: New York Giants vs. Indianapolis -5.5

7. San Diego Chargers (0-1 SU/ATS)
I wonder how much money the Chargers will be willing to pay Marcus McNeil so they can actually have a left tackle who knows how to do his damn job? Whatever they pay him will be worth it at this point.

Next Game: Jacksonville vs. San Diego

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8. Houston Texans (1-0 SU/ATS)
The Texans are roping the betting public in after decimating the Indianapolis Colts, but the difference this year is Arian Foster. Anyone else find it weird that a guy named “Arian” isn’t white?

Next Game: Houston -3.0 vs. Washington

9. Minnesota Vikings (0-1 SU, 1-0 ATS)
A loss to the defending Super Bowl champs on the road isn’t going to kill a team. Eventually they’ll get in sync, but the warning signs are already there. This team desperately needs Sidney Rice to get healthy because it looked as if Bernard Berrian and Brett Favre had never met before this game.

Next Game: Miami vs. Minnesota -5.5

10. New York Giants (1-0 SU/ATS)
Everything about the Giants seemed to click. They produced 376 yards of offense, 4 touchdowns and their defense swarmed the Panthers all day. On top of it all, Eli Manning overcame three interceptions. This team is resilient even in the face of its own shortcomings and that’s a good thing.

Next Game: New York Giants vs. Indianapolis -5.5

11. Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0 SU/ATS)
The Steelers defense is either good enough to carry Dennis Dixon, or the Atlanta Falcons are abysmal. I’m starting to feel that both statements are true.

Next Game: Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee -5.5

12. Miami Dolphins (1-0 SU/ATS)
Talk about an ugly win. The Dolphins managed to hold off the Buffalo Bills in a 15-10 win despite racking up 19 first downs and 296 total yards of offense.

Next Game: Miami vs. Minnesota -5.5

13. Jacksonville Jaguars (1-0 SU/ATS)
Did you notice that Jacksonville won a game and David Garrard threw three touchdowns? Yeah, neither did anybody else.

Next Game: Jacksonville vs. San Diego

14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0 SU/ATS)
Regardless of the fact that Tampa beat lowly Cleveland, you have to hand it to a young team that is willing to gun down any opponent trailing in the fourth quarter. They have nothing to lose especially since nobody expects them to win more than 5 games this season, and nothing is worse than fighting a decent, young, talented team that has nothing to lose (well, aside from playing a really good, veteran team that knows how to win).

Next Game: Tampa Bay vs. Carolina

15. New York Jets (0-1 SU/ATS)
Anyone who crucified me for ranking the Jets so low in my preseason rankings found out why I did so on Monday night. You can’t be a contender for the Super Bowl if you only manage six first downs. I forecasted an 0-2 SU start for the overhyped Jets, and guess who’s next on their docket…

Next Game: New England vs. New York Jets

16. Dallas Cowboys (0-1 SU/ATS)
Dallas can come up with all the excuses that they want, but there’s no way Tony Romo should’ve lost that game. And there’s no way that Wade Philips shouldn’t have been calling Marion Barber’s number more often in that game.

Next Game: Chicago vs. Dallas -8.5

17. Cincinnati Bengals (0-1 SU/ATS)
I’m pretty sure I speak for the entire NFL betting community when we say that Carson Palmer is no longer an elite quarterback.

18. Philadelphia Eagles (0-1 SU/ATS)
Growing pains are going to be a part of Philadelphia’s season. And by “growing pains” I mean “concussions”.

Next Game: Philadelphia -3.0 vs. Detroit

19. Chicago Bears (1-0 SU/ATS)
They barely won a game against the Detroit Lions which featured a backup quarterback for the entire second half. There should be no reason to be excited about the Bears this year. They look dreadful.

Next Game: Chicago vs. Dallas -8.5

20. San Francisco 49ers (0-1 SU/ATS)
Alex Smith looked like the quarterback everyone in San Francisco feared he would be against the Seahawks, but there’s no excuse for that defense giving up 31-points to Seattle. None.

Next Game: New Orleans -4.5 vs. San Francisco

21. Seattle Seahawks (1-0 SU/ATS)
Man, who knew that the fear of Charlie Whitehurst stealing his job would give Matt Hasselbeck reason to care about winning again?

Next Game: Seattle vs. Denver -3.0

22. Atlanta Falcons (0-1 SU/ATS)
Last season we all gave Matt Ryan a pass and said he was just suffering the typical sophomore slump. So what do you call his third year? So far it’s an unmitigated disaster.

Next Game: Arizona vs. Atlanta -7.0

23. Kansas City Chiefs (1-0 SU/ATS)
Say what you will about the Chiefs, but they have the look of a dangerous home team bet this year, and their revamped defense looks nasty.

Next Game: Kansas vs. Cleveland

24. Washington Redskins (1-0 SU/ATS)
Make no mistake about it, Washington. Dallas lost that game. You just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Next Game: Houston -3.0 vs. Washington

25. Detroit Lions (0-1 SU/ATS)
It’s official – the league hates Detroit. Bad enough they have four road games in the first six weeks of the season against heavy hitter, they also get screwed out of wins by crappy rules.

Next Game: Philadelphia -3.0 vs. Detroit

26. Arizona Cardinals (1-0 SU/ATS)
A win over St. Louis is like saying I beat a quadriplegic in a swimming race.

Next Game: Arizona vs. Atlanta -7.0

27. Oakland Raiders (0-1 SU/ATS)
Even though they were shellacked by Chris Johnson, I still like the Raiders as an upstart team this year. They may have lost, but so have the Chargers and that means the AFC West is still wide open.

Next Game: St. Louis vs. Oakland -4.5

28. Carolina Panthers (0-1 SU/ATS)
Maybe throwing picks is just a curse of the Carolina quarterback. Matt Moore’s 3 picks reminded everyone of the good ol’ Jake Delhomme days.

Next Game: Tampa Bay vs. Carolina

29. Denver Broncos (0-1 SU/ATS)
Maybe Jacksonville is better than I think. Or maybe the Broncos really suck. I’m going with the latter.

Next Game: Seattle vs. Denver -3.0

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30. Cleveland Browns (0-1 SU/ATS)
Mangini and Jake Delhomme are going to look so adorable in the unemployment line together next season.

Next Game: Kansas vs. Cleveland

31. St. Louis Rams (0-1 SU/ATS)
The Rams have every reason to believe that Sam Bradford is going to be a great quarterback. And the NFL betting public has every reason to believe that they might go 0-16 SU this year, especially when Bradford’s throwing arm falls off from averaging 50 attempts per game. Atrocious coaching.

Next Game: St. Louis vs. Oakland -4.5

32. Buffalo Bills (0-1 SU/ATS)
Fun conspiracy theory: Maybe Buffalo is tanking until Toronto doesn’t want them anymore. Who am I kidding? The Bills would fit in right next to the Maple Leafs, Blue Jays and Raptors.

Next Game: Buffalo vs. Green Bay +13