Baltimore coach John Harbaugh, likely in a response to his team's dreadful 1-5 start, scrubbed the Ravens' locker room of its recreational items, according to the Baltimore Sun .

The only reason the Saints don't drop after getting dismantled by the Bears is because the bottom three teams are, quite frankly, equally deserving of the very last spot in these rankings. The Saints are ahead by just a hair by virtue of their head coach keeping this bad team in fight mode.

The NFL is as unpredictable as ever. This is how things stack up ahead of Week 8 with our latest power rankings.

The Bears won their fourth consecutive game on Sunday to improve their record to 4-2. The Ravens licked their wounds during their bye week, nursing a 1-5 record and hoping to reverse a four-game losing streak. The betting odds, however, suggest that the Ravens aren't as bad as their record would suggest, and the Bears aren't as good.

"Blue collar football" supposedly, is run-focused, low scoring, and places a strong emphasis on playing great defense.

Maybe it was the byproduct of Chicago's three-takeaway performance in Washington six days ago that sparked Harris' premonition, but the 14-year NFL vet turned DBs coach knew exactly what his players were capable of producing in a 26-14 win over the Saints.

Smith (hamstring) expressed optimism Monday that he would be cleared to return for the Ravens' Week 8 home clash against the Bears on Sunday, Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports. Smith was sidelined for the Ravens' last two games due to a hamstring injury he sustained against the Chiefs in Week 4.