NFL Week 8 NFC North Power Rankings: Which Team will be Chicken Dinner Winners?

The Pack is back and Aaron Rodgers has digested and assimilated the criticism about beginning the season playing dysfunctional football.

Aaron Rodgers experience and QB skill set is what helped move the Packers to a first place slot in the competitive NFC Northern Division.

The Packers were once at the bottom of the NFC pack, but their battle tested resilience in winning 3 consecutive games brought them back from the brink of no return. Two costly loses early in the season put the Packers NFC power rankings credibility in jeopardy.

Only the Packers had the real stuff to pull off consecutive victories to regain their dominance in the NFC Northern Division.

Can the Minnesota Vikings pull off a miracle win against a Packers team on the rise – favorite in several NFL categories?

The Bears bye-week is an excruciating reminder on how losing Jay Cutler may spell doom for the Bears 2013 NFL campaign.

Can the Lions hog tie the Cowboys and win a Texas style chicken dinner?

Can the Vikings muster up courage under fire and play error free football to win 4 more games in the 2013 season, or will they end up being week 8 chicken dinner losers?

Is it time for Adrian Peterson to end his contract with the Vikings and choose greener pastures?

Which team would be the best fit for Adrian Peterson in 2014?

NFL Week 8 NFC East Power Rankings: Which Big Time Playas’ Will Eat Crow?

The Cowboys remain number one in the NFC East, but the drama continues to unfold for the Cowboys as they battle to establish their ghost like identity in week 8. Tony Romo will continue to receive damming criticism from Dallas fans, the NFL community, and his peers on his fourth quarter antics.

Can the Cowboys stop the bleeding and capture a victory in week 8?

Will the Detroit Lions make owner Jerry Jones eat crow?

Matthew Stafford took his lumps in week 7 against a nasty Bengals defense, but that beat down may help him be a big time playa’ in week 8 – “the nightmare before Halloween.”

Coach Chip Kelly has been under fire with Philly fans for his play book schemes that have seemed to run out of steam. Rookie head coach Chip Kelly will soon come to find “the city of brotherly love” has little tolerance on having to live through another losing season.

RG3 second season has been a bumpy one filled with up and down feel good moments. The road for RG3 does not get any easier as he faces one of his most formidable opponents in the Denver Broncos in week 8.

Does RG3 have the skills to make the Denver Broncos eat crow in a supposed lopsided week 8 matchup?

Will the Giants defense make Michael Vick eat crow, or will the Eagles defense make it a very long day for Eli Manning?

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NFL Week 8 AFC West Power Rankings: Which Team Is Movin’ Like a Ninja?

The Kansas City Chiefs are a team on a mission and Coach Andy Reid has literally come back from the dead to resurrect his passion for the game of pro football. I have mentioned many times in several of my articles posted on Blogger that Alex Smith is a game manager. Alex Smith contagious energy has translated into a perfect season thus far.

Coach Andy Reid has overcome personal tragedy and managed to turn it into a successful prescription in his first year as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Eat crow Philadelphia, Coach Andy Reid was once criticized in Philly for his play calling schemes, but now his play book is leading the Chiefs to an impressive 2013 season.

Will the Chiefs continue to move like a ninja, and remain undefeated in 2013?

Peyton Manning played a brilliant game in the fourth quarter against his former team in week 7. Even though the Broncos remain one game behind the Chiefs, a good number of fantasy polls have Peyton Manning way ahead of Alex Smith in the QB power ranking category.

A bye-week for the Chargers is a good time for Phillip Rivers to recharge his offensive play-making skills. The chargers are a dangerous team despite a sluggish start of the 2013 season.

Do the Chargers have the offensive fire power to move like a ninja in week 9? 

Don’t feel sorry for the Raiders, “they are who we thought they were.”

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NFL Week 8 AFC South Power Rankings: Chitlin Losers or Barbeque Winners

The Colts managed a questionable win against the Broncos in week 7, but the final score reflects a most positive possibility that the Colts 5-2 record is no fluke.

The Colts, Titans and Texans rest period comes on a bye-week, and the Titans need to regroup if they are going to get back to 500 in the AFC South. The Texans season is quietly slipping into oblivion and their 2-5 record suggests that their struggles on offense and defense will continue for the remainder of the 2013 season.

Can the Jacksonville Jaguars muster up any fantasy points or real time points in their matchup against a superior San Francisco 49ers team?

Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers are approaching the mid-season in ostentatious fashion, and the 49ers will be deemed Barbecue winners in week 8, unless the Jaguars pull off a miracle win.

The 49ers may post the third most fantasy points in week 8 above all other NFL teams.

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NFL Week 8 AFC East Power Rankings: Which Team will be Studs or Duds?

Coach Rex Ryan of the New York Jets has developed a proven formula on how to defeat the New England Patriots this season. Although the Jets are dead even in the win category against the Patriots, their overtime win in week 7 was a feel good moment for a team that desperately needed another win to stay above 500 in the torrid AFC East.

The Jets remain one game behind the Patriots and Rex Ryan is no longer on the hot seat.

As a result of drumming up a winning game plan that overpowered the Patriots in a gritty overtime win, the Jets gain new life going into their week 8 matchup against the Bengals.

Each and every Jets fan would rather forget the 2012 NFL season, recalling when the Jets only won 6 games. Does Gino Smith have enough fire power to compete against a stout Bengals defense, or will Gino Smith and the Jets be a dud going into a week 9 matchup against the New Orleans Saints?

The Patriots receivers are still struggling to find their identity this season and Tom Brady is not having the season he hoped he would have – due to growing pains of Danny Amendola and Aaron Dobson.

Tom Brady faces a “Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” Miami defense. Can Tight End Rob Gronkowski be an effective X-Factor in Tom Brady’s air attack?

Will the Patriots defense be able to keep up with an evolving Miami ground attack?

A struggling Buffalo Bills defense is at a standstill trying to find their identity, this does not fare well as they face the high powered offense of the New Orleans Saints.

Can the Bills cover the point spread as fantasy duds, or will the Saints run up the fantasy point score, 40-0?

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