WEEK 4 - TOP 5 POWER RANKINGS

We come to the Quarter Pole of the NFL season and some teams are really starting to show how bad and how good they really are.  The teams with the most balance are generally up in the top 5 consistently week after week. Starting from the bottom to the top this is the week 4 power rankings for OVERTIME SPORTSWEAR

5.  THE CAROLINA PANTHERS - The Panthers have one of the most balanced teams in all of the NFL.  A great running attack with Johnathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams and a pair of veteran receivers who have been there and done that before in Steve Smith and Mushin Muhammad and a speedy outside threat in D.J. Hackett.  Had the Panthers not been the Vikings only win thus far in the season they probably would have been in the top 3 for sure.

4.  THE DALLAS COWBOYS - The Cowboys are America’s Team supposedly but they are going to start being America’s Red Headed Step Child unless they start being more physical and start running the ball more than 10 times.  The Cowboys are in jeopardy in being the NFC’s Colts.  The Colts for years were called a finesse team and were knocking on the door for years before they finally got it done. The Cowboys in their division don’t have that luxury to play teams like Houston and Tennessee and Jacksonville who are all good teams but in the past have been on the bottom of the power rankings.  Tony Romo needs to Yell at T.O. and put him in his place if the Cowboys are going to go anywhere, anytime you allow a Receiver to dictate what you do on offense you are going to come up short for the division every time. Receivers are Divas and Drama Queens and are always open, ALWAYS according to T.O.

3.  THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS - After the Opening Thursday game the Redskins and Rookie Head Coach Jim Zorn both looked dead in the water.  Zorn took control during the next 10 days of practice and worked his MoJo with the Offense and has turned around the Skins in a tough NFC EAST.  The Redskins got a very tough road win in Dallas and Jason Campbell is looking like the Quarterback that Joe Gibbs drafted out of Auburn.  The Redskins are 9Th in the league in Offensive Yards and 14Th in Defensive Yards against, after getting their lunch handed to them week one and to come back to where they are now really shows how good they have been their last 3 games.

2.  THE TENNESSEE TITANS - The Titans might not be one of the best Offensive teams in the league but they surely are one of the best Defensive teams by far. At 4-0 the Titans have 15 sacks from names like Haynesworth, Kearse, Vanden Bosch anchoring one of the leagues toughest and most physical defenses.  Ball control and Defense is what the Titans do best, learning from the model the Ravens set up in 2000 which won them a Super Bowl. Jeff Fisher is one of the leagues toughest coaches and one hell of a defensive minds.  With Chris Johnson and Lendale White running the ball the Titans are looking like they might make a Changing of the Guard in the AFC SOUTH.

1. THE SUPER BOWL WINNING NEW YORK GIANTS - Well they have yet to be knocked off and even with a Bye week the Giants are very well Balanced.  Eli is looking like the beginning of his prime has just started last year in the playoffs.  The Giants have 3 fantastic running backs any of whom could be the starter in New York.  Eli is looking like he relishes the pressure of New York and like he is here to stay on top of the NFC EAST for a very long time.  The Giants Defense is allowing 252 yards a game which is 4Th in the league at the moment and only getting better.  This week will be a real test since they won’t have their best WR this week against the Seahawks a team getting their WR’s back from injury in Branch and Engram.

JOSH HAMMER - OVERTIME SPORTSWEAR