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CAPSULES AND RANKINGS

Team: 1. Buffalo (3-1)

Opponent: Indianapolis

Comment: Letters, cards received suggest readers endorse Bills.

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Team: 2. Green Bay (4-1)

Opponent: at Chicago

Comment: Cheeseheads obviously don’t know how to write.

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Team: 3. Kansas City (4-1)

Opponent: Pittsburgh

Comment: A classic Monday night matchup: Bono vs. Tomczak.

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Team: 4. Indianapolis (4-0)

Opponent: at Buffalo

Comment: Looks like yearlong episode of “Touched by an Angel.”

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Team: 5. Denver (4-1)

Opponent: San Diego

Comment: How many touchdowns could Elway throw for in Coors Field?

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Team: 6. Minnesota (4-1)

Opponent: Carolina

Comment: Just like the Jets, they couldn’t beat the Giants.

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Team: 7. Miami (3-1)

Opponent: Seattle

Comment: Byars rips J.J.; must be bucking for job with Cowboys.

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Team: 8. San Francisco (3-1)

Opponent: at St. Louis

Comment: Young’s nothing but a hound dog because of Elvis.

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Team: 9. Washington (4-1)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Whitewater? Investigate this: Redskins in first place.

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Team: 10. Detroit (3-2)

Opponent: Atlanta

Comment: Local paper passed out Mickey Mouse Fontes masks; kids cried.

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Team: 11. Pittsburgh (3-1)

Opponent: at Kansas City

Comment: Bettis is on a rampage; wait until he plays Rams.

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Team: 12. Dallas (2-3)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Irvin becomes Cowboys’ savior--heroes just aren’t the same.

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Team: 13. San Diego (4-1)

Opponent: at Denver

Comment: Mims is hero for a day; there are 365 days in a year.

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Team: 14. Philadelphia (3-2)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Team has proved it can win with any stiff at quarterback.

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Team: 15. Houston (2-2)

Opponent: at Cincinnati

Comment: Team has proved it can’t win with stiff at quarterback.

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Team: 16. Carolina (3-1)

Opponent: at Minnesota

Comment: As soon as Capers looks like Lombardi, he becomes Kotite.

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Team: 17. New England (2-2)

Opponent: at Baltimore

Comment: They lose two, they win two: Which is it, boys?

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Team: 18. Baltimore (2-2)

Opponent: New England

Comment: Go, Orioles, go.

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Team: 19. Jacksonville (2-3)

Opponent: at New Orleans

Comment: Expansion champions, and isn’t that exciting?

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Team: 20. Chicago (2-3)

Opponent: Green Bay

Comment: Monsters of the Midway? More like Bums of the Month.

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Team: 21. N.Y. Giants (2-3)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Brown looks like quarterback; take a picture, it might not last.

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Team: 22. Cincinnati (1-3)

Opponent: Houston

Comment: Hearst gets call. What did you expect from dead team?

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Team: 23. St. Louis (1-3)

Opponent: San Francisco

Comment: What L.A. has missed: Rams 3-11 in last 14 games.

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Team: 24. Oakland (1-4)

Opponent: at N.Y. Jets

Comment: What L.A. has missed: Raiders 1-10 in last 11 games.

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Team: 25. Seattle (1-4)

Opponent: at Miami

Comment: Mirer, George, Friesz--Behring still owns the team.

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Team: 26. Arizona (2-3)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Wins over Saints, Rams. Wow. Let’s see ‘em beat Ohio State.

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Team: 27. Atlanta (0-5)

Opponent: at Detroit

Comment: When does the owner start yelling at June Jones?

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Team: 28. New Orleans (0-5)

Opponent: Jacksonville

Comment: Instead of Saints, they should be called Martyrs.

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Team: 29. Tampa Bay (0-5)

Opponent: Idle

Comment: Talk about “Men Behaving Badly.”

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Team: 30. N.Y. Jets (0-5)

Opponent: Oakland

Comment: How bad is it? Jets are underdogs to Raiders.