Who Is The NFL's Quarter-Season MVP?

October 7, 2009
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Save for the Falcons, Eagles, Cardinals and Panthers, NFL teams are already a quarter of the way through the regular season. Most places, that means an opportunity for fans to take stock of what they've seen and set expectations for the remaining 12 games. In St. Louis, where the Rams have been voted the worst of the worst four weeks running, we don't recommend diverting your attention from the Cardinals. (Or the Blues, for that matter. In fact, if the Saint Louis Billikens have any halfway decent post players, you might just want to skip ahead to basketball season).

Through just a quarter of the season, we've already seen three teams trade the top spot in SportsNation's Power Rankings -- not to mention 15 teams ranked somewhere in the top 10 at some point. And as good as Drew Brees has been, his Saints have cracked the top 2 just once. Just imagine how messy this would be in the BCS.

SPORTSNATION NFL POWER RANKINGS

Rank Preseason Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
No. 1 Steelers Steelers Giants Giants Colts
No. 2 Patriots Giants Saints Ravens Giants
No. 3 Giants Patriots Ravens Colts Saints
No. 4 Colts Eagles Colts Saints Vikings
No. 5 Eagles Colts Jets Jets Patriots
No. 6 Chargers Saints Falcons Vikings Ravens
No. 7 Ravens Vikings Vikings Patriots Broncos
No. 8 Vikings Ravens Steelers Eagles Jets
No. 9 Titans Cowboys Patriots Broncos 49ers
No. 10 Falcons Chargers 49ers Falcons Steelers
mnryan55
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NFC East is a hugely overrated conference at the moment. The Redskins and Cowboys appear to be actively bad teams; and both the Eagles and Giants have question marks as to the health of key players.

” -- MNRyan55
madmax1018
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The fact is, the Jets won't even be a part of the play-off picture, so why are we even bothering with them now. The AFC will come down to the Colts, Patriots, Steelers, Ravens and probably the Chargers and the NFC will most likely come down to the Saints, Giants, Vikings, Bears, Eagles and Packers.

” -- MadMax1018

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