1. Green Bay Packers (7-0)
The Packers, with Aaron Rodgers at the helm, look simply unbeatable. It isn’t that the odd score line hasn’t been close – the Vikings only lost by 6 this weekend with Christian Ponder under centre – and it isn’t that teams can’t score against the men in Green & Gold, it’s simply the fact that no one seems to be able to score as much.
And quite frankly, it’s almost entirely down to the Hall of Fame standard to which Rodgers – now a bona fide super star following his Super Bowl MVP performance against the Steelers – has elevated his game. Through 7 games, Rodgers has thrown for 20 touchdowns and been picked off just 3 times. Those are the kind of stats for which the Green Bay faithful have been praying for years. Not even Brett Favre was able to offer the Cheeseheads such confidence and control over the ball.
2. New England Patriots (5-1)
Brady’s up to his old tricks (excluding the horror show against the Bills during which, at times, he looked more like Rex Grossman than arguably the best clutch player of his generation). At 5-1 the Pats are great value to top their tough-nosed division, but a couple of horribly awkward games face them in the coming fortnight. Having to play the Steelers – a team on a 3 game win streak and in the ascendancy – at this stage of the season could be a deciding factor in who comes away with the number one seed in January or even who tops their respective divisions.
Following Big Ben and the Pennsylvania wrecking crew are Eli Manning and the Giants of New York – something of a booby team for Tom terrific and the Brady bunch. Going 0-2 into Week 10 is a viable and worrying possibility for this talented, but somehow still misfiring team.
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