Another week in the NFL has meant another week of NFC dominance. The NFC East, which sent three teams to the playoffs last year, is dominating through the first four weeks. All four teams are in the top 10 of Imaginary Gridiron’s power rankings, and the Eagles are sure to rise once Brian Westbrook (ankle) is healthy.

The undefeated Bills and Titans are the class of the AFC thus far, while the Colts and Patriots look to re-gain their historical dominance coming off bye weeks. Both teams need to get healthy and address shortcomings in a hurry in order to contend for playoff berths. Read more »

Consider player rankings in the same light as your typical college basketball or football rankings. Once the early adjustments are made to take care of teams and players we underestimated and overestimated, only big events should spur big changes. While a multitude of upsets took place last week in college football, there were far fewer landscape-altering events in fantasy football.

Brett Favre’s six-touchdown effort against Arizona was the closest thing to Oregon State’s shocking upset of USC last Thursday. With that outburst, Favre surged to the top of fantasy quarterback rankings and took the NFL lead with 12 touchdown passes. The big boys in our top 10 held down the fort, even Philadelphia’s Brian Westbrook, who has caused owners headaches with a nagging right ankle injury, and Dallas’ Marion Barber, who carried just eight times in a loss to the Redskins. Read more »