I had some technical difficulty last week in posting the Week 3 Power Rankings and picks but if you are super curious about the rankings I did reflect it in last week’s rankings.

I had some fun this week taking a look at some surprising and unsurprising stats about each team. This was much preferable than me talking about how regardless of how a team has performed I didn’t really like them. Anyway have fun with the rankings!

Power Rankings

1. Green Bay Packers (Last Week #1, 4-0)
Unsurprising stat of the day: the Packers lead the NFL with 37 points scored per game.
Surprising stat of the day: Aaron Rodgers has more rushing TDs than James Starks and Ryan Grant combined.

2. New England Patriots (Last Week #3, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: the Patriots lead the league averaging 508 (!) yards per game on offence
Surprising stat of the day: Wes Welker has averaged more yards per game (154) than Ochocinco has for the entire season (113).

3. New Orleans Saints (Last Week #2, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Drew Brees rocks and has passed for over 1410 yards.
Surprising stat of the day: The Saints defence who led the league in takeaways a mere two years ago rank 29th in the league with 3 takeaways. For reference the Bills defence had 4 against Tom Brady two weeks ago.

4. Detroit Lions (Last Week #7, 4-0)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Calvin Johnson leads the league in receiving touchdowns (8) and catches that make your jaw drop (5ish).
Surprising stat of the day: Jahvid Best has 239 yards after the catch, good for second in the league.

5. Houston Texans (Last Week #4, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Andre Johnson has 352 yards, 2 TDs, and 25 receptions to lead the Texans.
Surprising stat of the day: The Texans have given up the fourth fewest points per game in the league (apparently Wade Phillips does know defence).

6. Baltimore Ravens (Last Week #5, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: The Ravens have allowed 4 TDs all season long, fewest in the league.
Surprising stat of the day: 50% of rookie Torrey Smith’s catches have been for TDs.

7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Last Week #11, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Josh Freeman already has 2 game winning drives this year and 1 fourth quarter comeback.
Surprising stat of the day: Undrafted second year player Preston Parker (who?) leads the Bucs with 223 yards receiving on 16 receptions

8. San Diego Chargers (Last Week #6, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Vaughn Martin leads all CIS grads in the NFL (man I hope he’s the only one in the NFL) with 12 total tackles.
Surprising stat of the day: Phillip Rivers has thrown more interceptions (6) than touchdowns (5).

9. New York Giants (Last Week #13, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Jason Pierre-Paul has 4.5 sacks for losses of a league high 42 yards.
Surprising stat of the day: Kicker Lawrence Tynes has made only two field goal attempts and has only hit one, missing the other from 38 yards.

10. Washington Redskins (Last Week #18, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Rex Grossman’s quarterback rating (78.7) is only higher than Cutler (77.8) and Bradford (70.8) in the NFC.
Surprising stat of the day: The Redskins defence is averaging 15.8 points per game good for third fewest in the league.

11. Pittsburgh Steelers (Last Week #8, 2-2)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Ben Roethlisberger has been sacked 14 times for a loss of 101 yards.
Surprising stat of the day: The Steelers vaunted defence has a single takeaway, good for last in the league.

12. Buffalo Bills (Last Week #10, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: The Bills have given up 518 rushing yards bad for 26th in the league.
Surprising stat of the day: The Bills have scored 33.3 points per game good for 4th in the league.

13. New York Jets (Last Week #9, 2-2)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Mark Sanchez’s quarterback rating is a sad 75.9 and has lost 3 out of 3 fumbles.
Surprising stat of the day: The Jets defence have allowed an average of 130.5 yards per game of rushing

14. Tennessee Titans (Last Week #19, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Holdouts usually hamper performance and the Titans are last in the league in total rushing yards with only 267 in four games including only 199 by Chris Johnson.
Surprising stat of the day: The Titans defence has allowed the fewest points per game (14) so far.

15. Chicago Bears (Last Week #12, 2-2)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Matt Forte leads the Bears in both rushing and receiving yards with 324 and 310 yards respectably.
Surprising stat of the day: The Bears defence has given up 425.8 yards per game besting only New England’s defence.

16. Dallas Cowboys (Last Week #16, 2-2)
Unsurprising stat of the day: The Cowboys lead the league in made field goals with 12 (6 of which came in one game)
Surprising stat of the day: Dallas’ defence has allowed the fewest yards rushing (247 yards) and 4 fourth fewest total yards (1167) yet ranks 23rd in points allowed (25.3 per game).

17. San Francisco 49ers (Last Week #20, 3-1)
Unsurprising stat of the day: San Fran has thrown for 710 yards good for 29th in the league.
Surprising stat of the day: The 49ers have given up 88 yards per game (on average) more than they have gained yet have won 3 games thanks to their punting unit (not just their punter) that averages an impressive 46.1 yards per punt (net) which is the best in the league.

18. Atlanta Falcons (Last Week #17, 2-2)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Matt Ryan has been sack 13 times for a total of 93 yards. That offensive line hasn’t been very good.
Surprising stat of the day: Julio Jones and Roddy White have combined for just one receiving TD.

19. Oakland Raiders (Last Week #15, 2-2)
Unsurprising stat of the day: The Raiders lead the league with 9 rushing TDs and Darren McFadden is the only player in the league to have average 100 yards rushing per game.
Surprising stat of the day: The defence has given up remarkable 28.3 points per game (30th overall in the league).

20. Philadelphia Eagles (Last Week #14, 1-3)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Michael Vick has played largely as advertised averaging 7.9 yards/pass attempt and 7.1 yards/rush attempt.
Surprising stat of the day: The Eagles defence has given up 13 touchdowns which is the 2nd most in the league.

21. Cincinnati Bengals (Last Week #25, 2-2)
Unsurprising stat of the day: A.J. Green has been as good as advertised with 19 receptions for a total of 312 yards and two touchdowns.
Surprising stat of the day: The Bengals have given up the fewest yards per game with only 275.5 (super impressive).

22. Cleveland Browns (Last Week #21, 2-2)
Unsurprising stat of the day Montario Hardesty has higher average yards per carry than Madden Cover Boy Peyton Hillis (3.72 to 3.65). The Madden Curse is strong.
Surprising stat of the day: Colt McCoy has attempted the second most passes in the league (172) behind only Drew Brees.

23. Carolina Panthers (Last Week #23, 1-3)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Steve Smith continues to lead Panther receivers with 24 receptions and 530 yards and leads the league in Big Catches (>25 yards) with 8.
Surprising stat of the day: Cam Newton has thrown for 1339 yards good for 3rd in league. Very impressive for a rookie.

24. Indianapolis Colts (Last Week #26, 0-4)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Sans Peyton Manning the Colts have 1080 total offensive yards and rank 30th in the category.
Surprising stat of the day: Pierre Garcon has more touchdowns than Dallas Clark and Reggie Wayne.

25. Arizona Cardinals (Last Week #28, 1-3)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Larry Fitzgerald remains an elite WR with 361 yards receiving and 2 TDs to lead the Cardinals.
Surprising stat of the day: In addition to being a good corner (1 INT, 3 PD, 1 FR) Patrick Peterson has the fifth highest average punt return average with 15.9/punt returned but it’s the second highest for defensive players.

26. Miami Dolphins (Last Week #22, 0-4)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Reggie Bush is averaging a paltry 2.98 yards per rush and Daniel Thomas is averaging 4.93 yards per rush.
Surprising stat of the day: Daniel Thomas only has one more carries than Reggie Bush and overall has touched the ball 8 fewer times than the former Heisman trophy winner.

27. Jacksonville Jaguars (Last Week #30, 1-3)
Unsurprising stat of the day: The Jags have thrown for a total of 550 yards. That is easily the fewest in the league.
Surprising stat of the day: Blaine Gabbert has appeared in more games (3) than Luke McCown (2).

28. Denver Broncos (Last Week #27, 1-3)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Tim Tebow has a grand total of -1 rushing yards on one carry.
Surprising stat of the day: Knowshon Moreno only has 27 yards more than Tebow on ten carries.

29. Kansas City Chiefs (Last Week #32, 1-3)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Dwayne Bowe has averages 18.25 yards per reception compared to Dexter McCluster who averages 3.06.
Surprising stat of the day: Dexter McCluster has more reception then Dwayne Bowe (17 to 16)

30. Seattle Seahawks (Last Week #31, 1-3)
Unsurprising stat of the day: The Seahawks have the lowest yards per game with 254 on offence
Surprising stat of the day: The Seahawks have 1 win. More than I expected them to have.

31. St. Louis Rams (Last Week #29, 0-4)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Sam Bradford has the lowest quarterback rating at 70.8 in the NFC.
Surprising stat of the day: Cadillac (real name Carnell) Williams leads the Rams with 202 rushing yards

32. Minnesota Vikings (Last Week #24, 0-4)
Unsurprising stat of the day: Adrian Peterson is third in the league in rushing with 376 yards.
Surprising stat of the day: Donovan McNabb is actually having a better season this year than he did last year based on quarterback rating (80.9 to 77.1).