Week 11 power rankings

[kspool]

Week 11 power rankings | ProFootballTalk.com

Posted by Mike Florio on November 24, 2009 9:54 AM ET
1. New Orleans Saints (10-0) (Last week: 1). With no healthy defensive back capable of staying within five yards of Randy Moss, the Saints might need 50 points simply in order to keep it close on Monday night.

2. Indianapolis Colts (10-0) (Last week: 2). Sooner or later, the Colts' run of good luck is going to run out.

3. Minnesota Vikings (9-1) (Last week: 4). But for being required to play at Pittsburgh at a time when the Steelers were peaking, this team would have the best shot at going 16-0.

4. New England Patriots (7-3) (Last week: 5). So much for last week's fourth-down debacle having a lasting effect on this team.

5. San Diego Chargers (7-3) (Last week: 8). We'd hate to see how Antonio Cromartie would celebrate a Super Bowl win. Allegedly.

6. Arizona Cardinals (7-3) (Last week: 7). We think we'd take a Kurt Warner who thinks he's Batman over a Matt Leinart who thinks he's good.

7. Cincinnati Bengals (7-3) (Last week: 3). We suppose it would be fitting for the Bengals to sweep four games against last year's conference finalists and then miss the playoffs entirely.

8. Pittsburgh Steelers (6-4) (Last week: 6). Paging Tommy Maddox.

9. Dallas Cowboys (7-3) (Last week: 10). So does beating the Redskins by only one point really count as a "win" in the standings?

10. Baltimore Ravens (5-5) (Last week: 9). Speaking of the standings, the Ravens surely wish there was a column for "close losses to really good teams."

11. New York Giants (6-4) (Last week: 15). If the defense could have made a single stop in the second half, the Giants wouldn't have had to rely on luck in order to win in overtime.

12. Philadelphia Eagles (6-4) (Last week: 13). To prove that they're ready to be competitive in January, the Eagles need to beat the Redskins by 20 or more points.

13. Green Bay Packers (6-4) (Last week: 14). Warts and all, the Packers could still end up getting a third crack at Brett Favre in January.

14. Tennessee Titans (4-6) (Last week: 23). With each passing week, Jeff Fisher's decision not to go with Vince Young sooner looks like something a guy who got a 6 on the Wonderlic would do.

15. Denver Broncos (6-4) (Last week: 12). It really wouldn't be a complete shock if the Broncos fail to win another game.

16. Miami Dolphins (5-5) (Last week: 17). Missing a couple of years of football helps keep a guy's legs fresh in his early 30s.

17. Atlanta Falcons (5-5) (Last week: 16). Hey, it's still better than 2007.

18. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-4) (Last week: 18). The Titans might be the best 4-6 team in NFL history -- and the Jags might be the worst 6-4 team.

19. Houston Texans (5-5) (Last week: 11). The only kicker in franchise history seems to be on track to be the first kicker to be fired by the team.
20. Kansas City Chiefs (3-7) (Last week: 24). After getting passed by the Chargers, the Broncos now have to worry about being caught by the Chiefs.

21. Oakland Raiders (3-7) (Last week: 28). The Polish Cannon and the Polish Pistol combined to make the Bengals look like they consist exclusively of folks from a certain Eastern European country whose natives somehow acquired a reputation for not being very smart.

22. San Francisco 49ers (4-6) (Last week: 19). Even with five losses in six games, the Niners still have a realistic shot at finishing 9-7, given their schedule. But something tells us they won't.

23. Carolina Panthers (4-6) (Last week: 20). With each passing week, another utensil is added to the table at which Bill Cowher will soon be offered a seat.

24. New York Jets (4-6) (Last week: 21). G.M. Mike Tannenbaum might be out of a job before most folks take down their Christmas trees.

25. Chicago Bears (4-6) (Last week: 22). It's pretty sad when the only real highlight involved Devin Hester's Captain Morgan-style pitch for the movie New Moon.

26. Washington Redskins (3-7) (Last week: 25). Until they're mathematically eliminated, our NFC Super Bowl pick still has a chance of coming to pass.

27. Buffalo Bills (3-7) (Last week: 26). The Perry Fewell era begins in the same way the Dick Jauron era ended.

28. Seattle Seahawks (3-7) (Last week: 27). How in the hell did this team win three games?

29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-9) (Last week: 29). Does scoring first against the Saints count for anything?

30. St. Louis Rams (1-9) (Last week: 30). Last chance for a second win comes this week, when the Seahawks come to town.

31. Detroit Lions (2-8) (Last week: 31). Sorry, but a one-point win over the worst team since, well, the 2008 Lions doesn't trigger a bump.

32. Cleveland Browns (1-9) (Last week: 32). Eric Mangini knows a thing or two about faking it -- he's been faking it as a head coach since 2007.

[taterracing]

Love the Mangini rip.

[thunder_alley1984]

See that Karl the Chiefs might pass the Broncos in the rankings?? Now that is kinda funny since Denver was so good to begin with. But hey we still got the two games between them this should be fun!

[Aflac_99]

why are the Ravens and Titans so highly ranked?

[selby92]

First pick in the draft for my Browns. Lets not screw it up!

[taterracing]

Originally Posted by Aflac_99

why are the Ravens and Titans so highly ranked?

Titans have won four in a row. I don't know the Ravens story.

[Aflac_99]

Originally Posted by taterracing

Titans have won four in a row. I don't know the Ravens story.

ya the Titans have been hot. must be based on recent weeks and overall

[selby92]

Originally Posted by Aflac_99

ya the Titans have been hot. must be based on recent weeks and overall

I don't know, if it were based on the last few weeks, the Steelers would be down there with the Browns I think.