A couple things jump out at me with these rankings:
- Colts beat a one-win team, and move up two spots?
- The top six spots are dominated by teams with the largest fan bases: the Cowboys, Steelers, and the two New York teams. Could the writer be pandering to those fan bases? Perhaps they write in and complain about being disrespected more than anyone else on a weekly basis?
- Dallas is 8-5 at #4, while Carolina is 10-3 and #7 after throttling one of the NFL's best defenses? There's no way you put the Cowboys #4, unless this is based on hype. And don't tell me about how good the NFC East is; the NFC South is just as good from top to bottom. However ...
- Atlanta's turnaround is a great story, but the Falcons ahead of the Pats?
- And no, I didn't forget: the Jets #6?