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NFL Power Rankings: 2008 Week 8 edition

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Beware the trap game. It's an old sports maxim, but it seems the NFL regularly provides examples of strong teams that fail to heed it. In Week 7 the Dallas Cowboys, admittedly distracted by the loss of starting quarterback Tony Romo to injury and cornerback Adam Jones to his various problems, visited the St. Louis Rams. Against arguably the worst team in the league, the Cowboys seemingly had a chance to right their course after three weeks of subpar performances. Still, with games looming aga ...

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