Who is the 2nd best team in the NFL right now?

[R0CKnR0LLA]

#1 seems pretty obvious and not really debatable. Teams in the discussion for 2nd best, I'll list by record...

49ers (9-2)

Ravens (8-3)

Texans (8-3)

Patriots (8-3)

Saints (8-3)

Steelers (8-3)

Discuss.

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[Jangler]

Steelers

GB Steelers rematch

[jtnc]

Steelers.

[Davidson Deac II]

Without Schaub, I would remove the Texans from that list. As for the others, its hard to say. Probably the Patriots.

[Grammer]

49ers

The team flew across the country on a short week and lost, nothing wrong with that. Their other loss was against the cowboys in OT, a pretty good team

[KillerKat]

i say Ravens

[Reapuh]

Gonna say the Saints.

Offense is incredible. Defense is meh...but they have the O to overcome that.

[The Saw]

Saints and Steelers.

[SOJA]

Taints, Steelers, Ravens, Pats

I'm lumping all four of those together into one big clusterfug of not quite as good as Green Bay

Before Chicago lost Jay Cutty I would have put them in there as well

[Johnny Rockets]

Since no one else said it and I love Tom Terrific, I will say the Patriots. They are starting to heat up at the right time and that defense is improving.

Case could be made for any of them though...shame what happened to Houston. Would love to see them go through the AFC in the playoffs still.

[Brooklyn Bully]

TRD wants you to know it's the Dolphins now that Moore has a solid team around him to make him look better than he is.

[Dpantherman]

I'm going with the Ravens. They always seem to fug up with lesser competition. Thing is, the lesser competition is gone when the playoffs start.

[BlanksKarma]

After the way the Saints man-handled the Giants, I'm going with the Saints. They have an offense that can rival GB's, their problem is they sometimes play down to the level of competition.

[Peppers90 NC]

Since no one else said it and I love Tom Terrific, I will say the Patriots. They are starting to heat up at the right time and that defense is improving.

Case could be made for any of them though...shame what happened to Houston. Would love to see them go through the AFC in the playoffs still.

People are more concerned with the Pats defense, but I think they are fine there. I put Pats as second best team, when they are on, I dont see anyone stopping them. Their defense is good enough for their offense to put up 28+ per game. Brady is still the best QB in the league.