Some big moves near the top and bottom this week. Will Seattle and Minnesota give Philly a realistic run for top dog in the NFC?

The number in parenthesis represents the number of points each team has. Teams began these power rankings in their first week with a number of points inverse to their standing in the rankings.

For example, the Patriots began as the #1 ranked team, so they started out with 32 points.

Transactions and the number of points granted this week for each transaction are listed beneanth each team's name and ranking.

1. Eagles (31 pts)

2. Chargers (29 pts)

3. Colts (28 pts)

4. Vikings (27 pts)

5. Falcons (27 pts)

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11. Chiefs (25 pts)

+1 Signing RB Robert Holcombe -- A quality backup, but more importantly a versatile backup. He should between playing ST and relief duty at the RB and FB spots Holcombe should see a good amount of playing time next season. He may even end up the primary backup to Priest Holmes, beating out Larry Johnson.

+0 Trading for DE Carlos Hall -- This guy is, at best, a so-so backup DE. At his size and weight it seems he'd be a better LB, but the Chiefs have forgotten to seek my advice on this matter.

12. Broncos (24 pts)

- 1 Reverting to a base 4-3 defense -- Denver's LBs have been their real strength for a few years now, as I've said several times. This move runs counter to the teams strengths.

+1 Reworking DE Trevor Pryce's contract -- The extra three million bucks will certainly come in handy. I still have my doubts regarding Trevor's value to the team. His age and the fact that he failed to recover from the pinched nerve in his back last season call his ability to contribute in any meaningful way into question.

13. Steelers (24 pts)

14. Rams (24 pts)

+1 Signing CB Michael Hawthorne from Green Bay -- A nice addition for depth. Not a huge deap, because the Rams' passing D was ranked 11th last season. But still a nice move. Maybe taking a page from the Patriots' team building manual, improving the team from the bottom up?

15. Packers (22 pts)

16. Jaguars (19 pts)

+1 Signing DT Williams and releasing DE Lionel Barnes -- With a D line as good as this one is on paper, every little improvement just adds to the "Scarey" factor.

17. NJ Giants (16 pts)

18. Texans (14 pts)

-2 Release of LB Jamie Sharper -- The Texans are idiotically married to the 3-4 defense and were already suffering a personnel missmatch problem. Sharper has been a tackling machine and the only reason the team has had any success at all the past couple year defensively. Expect a huge drop statitically for the Texans D in '05. If I had a rating worse than -2, this move would get it.

19. Lions (14 pts)

20. Panthers (13 pts)

21. Bengals (13 pts)

22. Cardinals (12 pts)

+1 Cutting LBs LaVar Woods and Jeremy Thompson -- These guys were bit players on a pretty good D. I expect to see the Cardinals sign upgrade replacements immediately after the draft.

-1 Losing CB Renaldo Hill to Oakland -- He may not have been starting material, but he was more than adequate for a Nickel role.

23. Saints (10 pts)

24. Cowboys (10)

+0 Signing WR Ahmad Merritt -- This guy wasn't good enough for the Bears. Can you say, "Training camp fodder"?

25. Redskins (9 pts)

-2 Idiotic squabbles that have WR Santana Moss, S Sean Taylor and LB LaVar Arrington bowing out of the team's off season conditioning program -- These guys are two selfish and too stupid to buy into and work inside of Gibbs system and program. Team unity is being crushed by these cry-babies and the coaching staff's attention is beign needlessly diverted / divided.

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26. Raiders (9 pts)

+1 Signing CB Renaldo Hill -- On a D as bad as the Raiders, even a marginal talent like Hill makes a difference. Expect to see him often when Oakland plays its Nickel D.

27. Browns (9)

+2 Signing OG Cosey Coleman -- Sure he has a goofy name, but when he's 6'4 and 320+ pounds, are YOU gonna clue him in on that? I didn't think so. Coleman alone is not worth a +2, here. But when you consider the other additions (Ross Verba and Joe Andruzzi) to Cleveland's O line, he seems to be a beautiful final piece.

+1 Signing S Brian Russell from Minnesota -- The guy had 82 tackles last season, 67 of them came as solos. A sweet addition to the defensive secondary, but who the heck is going to be manning the D line? If the Browns can't pressure oppossing QBs, then their secondary is gonna have a loooooooooong, ugly year.

28. Buccaneers (8 pts)

29. Bears (7 pts)

29. Miami (7 pts)

+0 Signing CB Mario Edwards -- This guy's production has dropped in a very big way in each of the last two seasons. If he's brought in strictly as a backup, or as training camp fodder, beautiful. If he's expected to be insurance for the loss of Patrick Surtain, then this becomes a -2 move, because he isn't fit to lick athletes foot fungus from Surtain's feet.

31. Titans (4pts)

+0 Signing DE Kyle Vaden Bosch -- The Titans other four DEs have a combined experience total of four years. So the team is desperate for talent. I'm just not sure how seriously we can place the word "talent" into a sentence discussing Vanden Bosch.

+1 Trading DE Carlos Hall to KC for a conditional draft pick. -- Just about anything the Titans do with that pick, no matter what round it is, has got to bring them out ahead in this trade. With Hall's production he's lucky to be in the NFL.

32. 49ers (4 pts)

+1 Signing DE Marques Douglas -- He may not be worthy of a full time starting job, but on this team he's likely to earn it anyway. He's not a sack machine, but he does make some tackles and he may just be the closet thing the a playmaker that 49ers D line seens next season.

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