As September draws to an end, the long awaited NFL season is in full swing. Only 3 weeks have gone by, and there have already been a lot of surprises. From the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions being 3-0, to the injuries of stars such as Peyton Manning and Jamaal Charles, the season is shaping up to be one of the more memorable ones in recent years. Let's take a look at JM's BBM NFL power ranking for the month of September and see where everyone stands.
1. Green Bay Packers 3-0 Super Bowl champs. Perfect Record. No one injured. No challenge necessary.
2. New Orleans Saints 2-1 Lone loss in highly contested match with Green Bay. Colston coming back this week too has to be a plus.
3. Buffalo Bills 3-0 Last year's punch line gave New England a taste of their own medicine. Fitzpatrick, Jackson, Johnson looking stellar.
4. Detroit Lions 3-0 Stafford healthy, team performing well. How long can he stay that way though?
5. New England Patriots 2-1 Despite slip up against Buffalo, offense more than making up for lackluster defense.
6. Baltimore Ravens 2-1 Rookie Torrey Smith had a breakout game last week, can his presence another dimension to the offense to compliment Ray Rice?
7. Houston Texans 2-1 Arian Foster is finally at full strength. With Ben Tate running well, there are options aplenty to rack up the points.
8. Pittsburgh Steelers 2-1 After opening day loss, Steel City reels off consecutive wins. Polamalu and Steelers' D stepping up to aid in last week's win.
9. New York Jets 2-1 Jets' run defense questionable after Raiders run all over them. Fluke week or beginning of the end for highly touted D?
10. San Diego Chargers 2-1 Antonio Gates was out last week and future looks grim. V-Jax and company needs to take it to another level to make up for top passing threat.
11. Oakland Raiders 2-1 McFadden rivaling Fred Jackson as top back in the league right now.
12. New York Giants 2-1 Multiple injuries to both starting squads has not hindered on success. Only gets better as Umenyiora starts practice again.
13. Dallas Cowboys 2-1 Hard to rate team higher while most of starting offense is not at full strength.
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-1 Lack of offense shows how underrated their defense is.
15. Tennessee Titans 2-1 Loss of Kenny Britt forces Chris Johnson to be the superstar he has not came out to be to start the season.
16. Washington Redskins 2-1 Give credit where credit is due. No one thought they would be over .500 at any point this season.
17. San Francisco 49ers 2-1 Hasn't really faced anyone impressive and Frank Gore is hurt once again.
18. Cleveland Browns 2-1 Like SF, wins not impressive has they have come against winless teams.
19. Atlanta Falcons 1-2 Passing attack is where it should be, running game nowhere near.
20. Chicago Bears 1-2 O Line can't protect Culter, and even when he can throw, many passes are off target. Is Barber the spark they need to turn it around?
21. Philadelphia Eagles 1-2 Dream Team of the preseason has been a nightmare so far.
22. Carolina Pathers 1-2 Cam Newton has been rookie sensation has of late. What happened to their running back duo though?
23. Arizona Cardinals 1-2 Kolb can't close.
24. Denver Broncos 1-2 All games have been close. Dumervil, Orton need to step up their leadership
25. Seattle Seahawks 1-2 Whitehurst seems to be more effective than starter Jackson. Switch needs to happen soon.
26. Jacksonville Jaguars 1-2 Rookie QB Blaine Gabbert getting a head start on learning the NFL ropes. Almost pulled off win in Carolina last week.
27. Cincinnati Bengals 1-2 1st year players A.J. Green and Andy Dalton could be the future of the Bengals with Palmer and Ochocinco as afterthoughts.
28. Minnesota Vikings 0-3 McNabb isn;t the problem, the Vikings' D is.
29. Miami Dolphins 0-3 Despite top players in Marshall, Dansby, Wake, Dolphins are giving away games.
30. St. Louis Rams 0-3 Team expected hot start after being undefeated in the preseason. If only that counted in the actual season.
31. Indianapolis Colts 0-3 Loss of Manning shows how influential QB has been for franchise over his entire career.
32. Kansas City Chiefs 0-3 Season ending injuries to top players Eric Berry and Jamaal Charles all but dooms season for last year's playoff participant.
What will the month of October bring to the NFL season? Only time will tell. Until next time, stay classy BakitWhy.com!
