Ballot and comments from AP Pro 32 panel voter Alex Marvez of Week 10 ALEX MARVEZ (Foxsports.com) 1. Atlanta Falcons — The Falcons are halfway to perfection following 2. Chicago Bears — The Bears scored in almost every fashion imaginable 3. Houston Texans — This Sunday night's game against the Bears could 4. San Francisco 49ers — Following a bye, the chance to post a 3-0 5. New England Patriots — The Patriots must hope the trade with Tampa 6. Green Bay Packers — Even without injured targets like Greg Jennings 7. Denver Broncos — Peyton Manning threw three touchdown passes for a 8. Pittsburgh Steelers — The Steelers' trademark defense and wide 9. New York Giants — Since 2008, no defense had limited Eli Manning to 10. Baltimore Ravens — The Ravens still aren't a pretty team on the 11. Indianapolis Colts — Andrew Luck is quickly approaching the bar 12. Seattle Seahawks — As evidenced by last Sunday's 30-20 home win 13. San Diego Chargers — For at least one weekend, #FireNorv wasn't 14. Detroit Lions — The Lions finally played a complete game in last 15. Miami Dolphins — Andrew Luck 1, Ryan Tannehill 0. Miami's defense 16. Minnesota Vikings — As I wrote last week, the Vikings face two 17. Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Running back Doug Martin (251 yards, four 18. New Orleans Saints — The Saints should lobby to play every Monday 19. Cincinnati Bengals — The Bengals enter Sunday's home game against 20. Philadelphia Eagles — Wither Andy Reid. Three more defeats and the 21. Dallas Cowboys — Jerry Jones got locked out of the locker room 22. Washington Redskins — Whether head coach Mike Shanahan meant it or 23. Oakland Raiders — The run defense isn't fixed quite yet. Oakland 24. Arizona Cardinals — Quarterback John Skelton actually remained 25. New York Jets — It doesn't get any easier for the slumping Jets 26. Carolina Panthers — The Redskins' homecoming weekend theme struck 27. St. Louis Rams — If the Rams are going to make a playoff run, the 28. Tennessee Titans — The Titans should be working on ball drills all 29. Cleveland Browns — Losses marred by mistakes and questionable 30. Buffalo Bills — Slightly better defense, same result — a 21-9 loss 31. Jacksonville Jaguars — Any Florida team dumb enough to wear black 32. Kansas City Chiefs — Head coach Romeo Crennel fired himself as ___ Online:
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last Sunday night's gritty win over Dallas.
during last Sunday's 51-20 rout of Tennessee.
be a preview of Super Bowl XLVII.
division record awaits Sunday against visiting St. Louis.
Bay for cornerback Aqib Talib turns out better than 2011 deals for two
other players with character concerns — Chad Johnson and Albert
Haynesworth.
and Jordy Nelson, Aaron Rodgers has a legitimate shot at 50 touchdown
passes.
fifth consecutive game, but another statistical trio — three sacks by
outside linebacker Von Miller — also helped spur Denver's 31-23
victory over Cincinnati.
receiver Mike Wallace's blazing speed were on display once again in a
24-20 road win against the New York Giants.
125 passing or less until last Sunday's loss to the Steelers.
road, but Baltimore will take any win it can get, including last
Sunday's 25-15 triumph at Cleveland.
for rookie quarterbacks set by Carolina's Cam Newton in 2011.
over Minnesota, Pete Carroll's decision to stick with rookie
quarterback Russell Wilson through some rough times is starting to pay
dividends.
trending on Twitter. That marks progress following last Thursday's
31-13 win over Kansas City.
Sunday's 31-14 shellacking of Jacksonville.
was skewered for a rookie passing-record 433 yards in last Sunday's
23-20 loss.
challenges in the second half of the season: Getting second-year
quarterback Christian Ponder back on track and compensating for the
loss of cornerback Chris Cook (wrist). They failed in both regards
during last Sunday's loss to Seattle.
touchdowns) and outside linebacker Lavonte David (14 tackles) shined
as members of Tampa Bay's rookie class in last Sunday's 42-32 win over
Oakland.
night. A 28-13 win over Philadelphia marked the franchise's eighth
consecutive MNF victory.
the New York Giants seeking to stop a four-game losing streak. The
best way to start: Andy Dalton must end his eight-game streak of
throwing at least one interception.
Eagles will be assured the eight-loss season that team owner Jeff
Lurie said would be "unacceptable" during the preseason.
following last Sunday's loss to Atlanta. The next step: Dallas being
locked out of the playoffs for a third consecutive season.
not with comments made in his pregame news conference, the Redskins
are cooked for 2012 after three straight losses.
allowed Tampa Bay running back Doug Martin to become the first player
in NFL history with three touchdown carries of 40-plus yards in the
same game during last Sunday's loss.
upright long enough to post a 300-yard passing game, but the defense
let the Cardinals down by allowing four Aaron Rodgers touchdown throws
in last Sunday's loss to Green Bay.
coming out of the bye starting with Sunday's game at Seattle.
a chord of disrespect with Carolina, which finally produced a solid
offensive performance in last Sunday's 21-13 road victory.
time is now. Three of the next four games are against NFC West foes
starting Sunday with the first of two matchups against NFC
West-leading San Francisco.
week after Chicago cornerback Charles "Peanut" Tillman forced four
fumbles in last Sunday's embarrassing 51-20 rout.
coaching decisions aren't helping Pat Shurmur's plight to keep his job
under new owner Jimmy Haslam.
to Houston.
jerseys at home on warm Sunday afternoons deserves to lose by a wide
margin like Jacksonville has in all four of its contests at EverBank
Field.
defensive coordinator on Monday. Crennel's outright firing will be
next barring a drastic turnaround in the second half of the season.
AP Pro32 ballot from Marvez
Nov. 6 4:29 PM EST
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