NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOP TO BOTTOM

No. Team (Record) Comment

1. St Louis (2-0) The Rams are on top until their defense pulls them down.

2. Tampa Bay (2-0) Finally, a team worthy of Keyshawn’s big mouth.

3. Buffalo (2-0) Sooner or later, Wade Phillips will mess it up.

4. Oakland (2-0) A team even Oakland can love.

5. Baltimore (2-0) Tony Banks playing over his head.

6. Indianapolis (1-1) Oakland gave Colts a jarring reality check.

7. Minnesota (2-0) Culpepper keeps finding ways.

8. New York Jets (2-0) Lucky against Patriots, but luck only goes so far.

9. Denver (1-1) Shanahan still master of the game.

10. Washington (1-1) Daniel Snyder’s pressure cooker heats up.

11. New York Giants(2-0) Riding the Tiki Express.

12. Detroit (2-0) Win over Redskins an impressive by unimpressive team.

13. Jacksonville (1-1) Loss of Mike Hollis would add to woes.

14. Tennessee (1-1) Not reminding anybody of last season.

15. Carolina (1-1) Best of the rest behind the Rams in a bad division.

16. Green Bay (0-2) Somewhere along the line, Favre becomes Favre.

17. New England (0-2) Any second thoughts, Belichick?

18. Miami (1-1) Sorry, Dolphins, Marino’s only coming back to be honored.

19. Philadelphia (1-1) Staley trying to figure out what happened.

20. Arizona (1-1) Nice comeback, but it was against Dallas.

21. Dallas (0-2) At least Cunningham makes it exciting.

22. Atlanta (1-1) Long road back for Anderson and his teammates.

23. Kansas City (0-2) At least now the Chiefs are losing in overtime.

24. Seattle (0-2) Even Green Bay looks good to Holmgren now.

25. New Orleans (1-1) Win over the Chargers doesn’t count.

26. Cleveland (1-1) Win over the Bengals doesn’t count.

27. Chicago (0-2) Hang in there, Cade.

28. San Francisco (0-2) Terry Donahue left UCLA for this?

29. San Diego (0-2) Leaf is gone, hope is back.

30. Pittsburgh (0-1) The bad news: No more open dates.

31. Cincinnati (0-1) See Pittsburgh.