By PFW staff
Oct. 7, 2008

1. New York Giants
Eli Manning is among the handful of early MVP candidates.

2. Tennessee Titans
Nobody wins ugly better.

3. Dallas Cowboys
Poetic justice: T.O. whines, Barber and Jones get the ball more.

4. Washington Redskins
All three division road games are behind them now.

5. Pittsburgh Steelers
LaMarr Woodley is making an early case for being an All-Pro.

6. Denver Broncos
Three wins at home have been by a total of six points.

7. Carolina Panthers
In first start, Frank Omiyale did an excellent job vs. Tamba Hali.

8. Buffalo Bills
Turnovers killed them for the first time.

9. New England Patriots
Shocking that teams don’t expect a Kevin Faulk direct snap.

10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Big divisional test against Panthers this week.

11. Philadelphia Eagles
That defense looked worn out in the fourth quarter.

12. Chicago Bears
Kyle Orton managed the game — to the tune of 334 passing yards.

13. Indianapolis Colts
Trailed 27-10 with less than five minutes left.

14. San Diego Chargers
No time to panic, but teams have figured this offense out.

15. Arizona Cardinals
The Tim Hightower fan club gets bigger by the week.

16. Jacksonville Jaguars
Good defenses have taken their run game away.

17. Baltimore Ravens
Teams have a pretty good idea what Joe Flacco can and can’t do.

18. New York Jets
This is their chance to go on a little run.

19. Atlanta Falcons
Michael Koenen had two huge punts inside the Green Bay 2.

20. Green Bay Packers
Don’t those first two games feel like last season?

21. Miami Dolphins
Suddenly, we have to take this defense very seriously.

22. Minnesota Vikings
Madieu Williams is getting closer to returning.

23. New Orleans Saints
Jeremy Shockey might be back this week.

24. San Francisco 49ers
Time of possession shorter than last episode of “Entourage.”

25. Seattle Seahawks
Where are all those Pro Bowl defenders hiding?

26. Cleveland Browns
Braylon Edwards to Michael Phelps: “Wanna’ play pool instead?”

27. Oakland Raiders
Next, Al Davis will claim he didn’t want to move team from L.A.

28. Houston Texans
Play-calling brain cramps didn’t help late flop.

29. Kansas City Chiefs
Spent most of the day getting to know their half of the field well.

30. Cincinnati Bengals
Ocho snuck in his kiss of the star during pregame warm-ups.

31. St. Louis Rams
Joe Klopfenstein to the rescue.

32. Detroit Lions
Rod Marinelli sounds like a beaten man.