NFL Power Rankings Week 1: 3 Teams Destined for Week 1 Blows to Their Egos

If you happen to support any of the following teams, you may want to avert your eyes as soon as the NFL season starts this weekend.

Week 1 is sure to give us a boatload of entertaining games to keep our butts firmly planted in our favorite seats.

I am confident that three teams will be playing from behind after they go 0-1 in Week 1. These are, of course, teams that would otherwise be top shelf if various holes on their squads were not present.

All hope is not lost, but their first foray into 2011 will certainly be a loss for these unlucky few.

Chin up, there is always Week 2.

1. Indianapolis Colts

The Colts will enter week 1 with Kerry Collins as their starting quarterback. In fact, they may have to enter Weeks 2 and 3 under the same helm.

This is a squad that is built on consistency and chemistry. Losing Peyton Manning is a huge loss that will allow the Houston Texans to take advantage.

Sure, the Texans will be missing Arian Foster, but Manning is a much bigger loss. The kind that kills a franchise.

2. Baltimore Ravens

The Ravens and Steelers continue their perennial scuffle that yields scores in the realm of 10-9. The purists will want to take this game out to a fancy dinner and marry it.

A healthy Pittsburgh Steelers team is much better than the current Ravens squad, even with a new vertical threat in Lee Evans. I have no faith in Joe Flacco becoming the elite quarterback that many think he can be, at least not this week.

3. Dallas Cowboys

The New York Jets are one of the best teams in the NFL. I know, because I have been inundated with that fact for three years.

This is the season that we see the Jets' window to cash in on a Super Bowl has passed.

The Cowboys have a talented roster that simply needed a new head coach to get his hands on them. Jason Garrett will have the Cowboys finally playing like the contenders they should have been last year.

2011 NFL Power Rankings
1.Green Bay Packers
2.New England Patriots
3.Philadelphia Eagles
4.New York Jets
5.Pittsburgh Steelers
6.Atlanta Falcons
7.New Orleans Saints
8.Indianapolis Colts
9.San Diego Chargers
10.Baltimore Ravens
11.Tampa Bay Buccaneers
12.Arizona Cardinals
13.Houston Texans
14.Kansas City Chiefs
15.St. Louis Rams
16.Dallas Cowboys
17.New York Giants
18.Chicago Bears
19.Seattle Seahawks
20.Detroit Lions
21.Denver Broncos
22.Oakland Raiders
23.Minnesota Vikings
24.Jacksonville Jaguars
25.Cleveland Browns
26.San Francisco 49ers
27.Tennessee Titans
28.Cincinnati Bengals
29.Carolina Panthers
30.Buffalo Bills
31.Miami Dolphins
32.Washington Redskins