NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOP TO BOTTOM

No. Team (record) Comment

1. Tampa Bay (3-0) In fast lane for home-field advantage in Super Bowl.

2. St. Louis (3-0) If Rams ever get a defense, season’s over.

3. Minnesota (3-0) Whatever happened to all those Dennis Green critics?

4. New York Giants (3-0) The nonbelievers are dwindling.

5. New York Jets (3-0) The nonbelievers are waiting for Sunday’s game.

6. Indianapolis (1-1) Trying to put Al Davis in the rearview mirror.

7. Denver (2-1) The Broncos’ depth is staggering.

8. Oakland (2-1) Davis trying to put Mike Shanahan in rearview mirror.

9. Jacksonville (2-1) Fred Taylor to the rescue.

10. Miami (2-1) Defense makes up for a lot of deficiencies.

11. Buffalo (2-1) Imagine where Bills would be if they had a running game.

12. Baltimore (2-1) Bottom line is, the Ravens still have Tony Banks at QB.

13. Tennessee (1-1) Losing Dyson will hurt.

14. Atlanta (2-1) Good record, bad team.

15. Detroit (2-1) Even a running game wouldn’t help the Lions.

16. Green Bay (1-2) Still a little life left in the old dynasty.

17. Dallas (1-2) Still a little life left in old Randall.

18. Washington (1-2) Not much hope left for Norv Turner’s job.

19. Arizona (1-1) Fun’s over. Now the Cardinals have to actually play a game.

20. Carolina (1-2) Open date to figure out how it could lose to Atlanta.

21. New England (0-3) Almost sunk in September.

22. Kansas City (1-2) If only the Chiefs could play the Chargers every week.

23. Philadelphia (1-2) Duce’s no longer wild.

24. Seattle (1-2) Staying afloat on Ricky Watters.

25. New Orleans (1-2) Another big bust in the Big Easy.

26. Cleveland (2-1) Browns are 2-1? Give me a break.

27. Chicago (0-3) Can Sammy Sosa play football?

28. San Francisco (0-3) It works better if a team also has a defensive unit.

29. San Diego (0-3) Leaf is back, hope is gone.

30. Pittsburgh (0-2) Great bus, no driver.

31. Cincinnati (0-2) Great stadium, no team.