Sonstiges » played a key role in his teams 3-2 win over the Columbus

NEW YORK -- No surprises at the top of the AP Pro32 power rankings this week: New England and Dallas, at 7-1 owning the NFLs best records, are 1-2.Moving up to the third spot for their highest ranking ever in the AP Pro32 are the Oakland Raiders.In voting by 12 media members who regularly cover the NFL, the Patriots are a unanimous choice once again for the top spot, even though they didnt play last weekend. Dallas, coming off an easy victory at winless Cleveland (No. 32) is a solid second, 21 points ahead of Oakland.The Silver and Black earned the third spot with their convincing win over Denver, beating out AFC West rival Kansas City by nine points in the balloting Tuesday. The Raiders havent made the postseason since winning the 2002 AFC championship.Derek Carr continues his MVP-caliber season with a massive win over the Broncos, and the Raiders defense is finally starting to live up to its potential, says Bob Glauber of Newsday. Theyre not in a class with the Patriots, but theyre getting closer.Adds Ira Kaufman of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee: Nobody beats up the Raiders in the trenches anymore, and 25-year-old Carr has emerged as a legitimate MVP candidate.Seattle ranks fifth, followed by Atlanta, Denver, the New York Giants, Minnesota and Washington.The Falcons particularly impress Glauber and Kaufman.With 23 touchdown passes, Matt Ryan has already surpassed last years total (21) in just nine games, Glauber notes. Thats the difference for a Falcons team that is now in solid control of the NFC South.Adds Kaufman: This defense can be had, but the NFLs most prolific attack has not been held below 23 points all season.This weeks biggest movers up the AP Pro32 rankings are the Ravens (up 8 to No. 16), Giants (plus 6) and Lions (plus 6 to 11th). Baltimores defense shut down the Steelers on Sunday, while the Giants held off the Eagles and Detroit won at slumping Minnesota.Falling the furthest are Buffalo, down six spots to 22nd, and Tennessee, also down six to 25. The Bills took almost as hard a hit in the voting as they did from the officiating in their loss at Seattle on Monday night. The Titans were outscored by San Diego.Down at the bottom are the Browns, 13 points behind No. 31 San Francisco.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFLBalenciaga Shoes Sale .ca NFL Power Rankings, overtaking the Denver Broncos and remaining ahead of NFC competition San Francisco, Carolina and New Orleans. Air Max 270 Sale ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. https://www.wholesaleshoesforcheap.com/air-max-sale/ .ca! Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. Wholesale Shoes Website . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. Sneakers Sale . Most important, perhaps, it went off without a hitch. Organizers poked a little fun at the now-infamous opening ceremony gaffe that saw only four out of five snowflakes open up into rings, leaving the Olympics logo one ring short.Longtime rivals will square off in Chicago on Wednesday, with one squad hoping things change and the other hoping they wont.Sporting Kansas City (8-8-4, 28 points) is riding a five-game unbeaten streak as it travels to Toyota Park to meet the Chicago Fire (3-8-5, 14 points), which is stuck in last place in the Eastern Conference.It might lead one to think that this is a one-sided rivalry, and one would be right. But its Chicago that has dominated the series. Chicago has more regular-season wins against Sporting KC (formerly the Kansas City Wizards) than anybody. The Fire is 25-14-11 all time in the series, including 17-4-2 in Chicago.Sporting Kansas City is hoping that its recent streak will continue. A once-dormant offense has come to life. The club has 10 goals in its last four games -- after scoring just four in the previous seven. They will welcome back forward and leading scorer Dom Dwyer, who returns from a one-game suspension for caution accumulation. He has scored in three of his last four appearances against Chicaggo.ddddddddddddSporting Kansas City is also hopeful that midfielder Graham Zusi is back in the lineup. He played a key role in his teams 3-2 win over the Columbus Crew on July 3, but he pulled a hamstring during pregame warm-ups for a match against New York City FC on Sunday.Despite their position in the standings, the Fire has just one loss in their last seven home matches (3-1-3). They are unbeaten in four straight at Toyota Park. Close losses have been Chicagos undoing so far, as all but two of Chicagos 16 matches have been decided by a goal or less.Forwards Kennedy Igboananike and David Accam have netted four goals each, combining for more than half of Chicagos scoring haul this year (15 goals). Newly acquired Dutch striker Michael de Leeuw made his MLS debut on Saturday and is expected to bolster the Fire attack after scoring more than 100 goals during the last six years in the Netherlands. ' ' '