Friday Football Preview: Locks of the Week, plus Patriots-Jets, Bears-Cowboys

Fans of college football who don’t like the NFL are not going to enjoy today’s Friday Football Preview all that much. The reason is that unlike the vast majority of weeks, we don’t talk any college football this week. It’s strictly NFL.

If you want to know why, just look at this week’s college football schedule. It’s putrid. In contrast, the Week 2 NFL schedule has some pretty entertaining matchups in store.

So rather than dwell on a lame weekend of college football I instead dive into two of the most important, compelling games on the Week 2 NFL schedule: the first Patriots-Jets drudge match of the season and the lucky Bears visiting the desperate Cowboys.

And joining me in this endeavor is Brian Bassett of The Jets Blog (who also happens to be my Week 2 opponent in the P&G-sponsored Blogger Fantasy Football League*) and Matt Lawrence of Dallas Sports Fans.

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NFL Power Rankings: Week 8

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With a another very interesting week of NFL Football in the books, the Power Rankings have decided to be like Elvis for Halloween this week….they’re “All Shook Up”.

O.K., that was terrible, but on a more serious note, it was a very interesting week with a lot of changes in the rankings. Take a look and comment; tell me what YOU think!

[Editor's note: I'll tell you what I think right now. How in the hell can you drop the Saints below the Colts after NO showed the heart of a champion on the road this past Sunday? Oh wait, that's right...I forgot that you live in Indianapolis. Never mind. Makes perfect sense. "All shook up" indeed...]

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