NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOP TO BOTTOM

No. Team (Record) Comment

1. Minnesota (11-2) Cris Carter’s 1,000th, Minnesota’s 11th.

2. Oakland (10-2) NFL’s No. 1 rushing offense.

3. Tennessee (9-3) Titans just need a kick-start.

4. St. Louis (8-4) With a bullet: Kurt Warner is back.

5. Miami (9-3) Thurman Thomas returns to Buffalo in street clothes.

6. Baltimore (9-4) Make that two weeks off: San Diego is next.

7. Washington (7-5) Surprise: Redskins might be better with Brad Johnson.

8. New Orleans (8-4) La’Roi Glover has shot at Mark Gastineau’s 22-sack NFL record.

9. Denver (8-4) Frustrated Terrell Davis just needed to vent.

10. Philadelphia (9-4) Maybe Eric Lindros will play for Eagles.

11. New York Jets (8-4) Critical game vs. Colts Sunday.

12. Tampa Bay (7-5) Sapp’s sips cost him a small sackful of money.

13. Buffalo (7-5) Hopes Miami isn’t ready for the cold.

14. Indianapolis (7-5) Playoff hopes dangling by a thread.

15. New York Giants (8-4) Fassel has gag rule, but there might not be much to say.

16. Jacksonville (5-7) Too little, too late.

17. Detroit (8-5) Lions weren’t a threat to Vikings.

18. Pittsburgh (6-6) Some still believe it was Immaculate Deception in ’72.

19. Dallas (4-8) Watch out for Aikman facing Tampa Bay sack attack.

20. Carolina (5-7) Can’t pull off two upsets of Rams.

21. Green Bay (5-7) Carolina must not have been on Packers’ minds.

22. Kansas City (5-7) Once better than mediocre, now worse than bad.

23. Seattle (4-8) Huard probably knows hospital workers by name.

24. San Francisco (4-8) Terrell Owens slowed by turf toe.

25. Chicago (3-9) Creative video on TradeCade.com.

26. San Diego (1-11) Leaf increasingly gun-shy in pocket.

27. New England (3-9) Thumbs down on this season.

28. Atlanta (3-10) Was it something Chris Chandler said?

29. Arizona (3-9) If the election were today . . .

30. Cleveland (3-10) Carmen Policy, Dwight Clark picking up loose change in stands.

31. Cincinnati (2-10) Bonus clauses, Smith benching sure smell funny.