NFL Power Rankings: Heading into Week 2 of the 2011 Season

With Week 1 of the 2011 NFL season in the books, I have power ranked the teams in order. It's only Week 1, so nothing is really set in concrete and every team has 16 weeks to change their rankings. Here we go.

1. Green Bay Packers—Defending champions and the team that probably looked the most impressive. Who would have thought that the less you practice, the better you get?

2. Baltimore Ravens—I understand Pittsburgh beat themselves as much as Baltimore won, but who said Ed Reed and Ray Lewis were getting old?

3. New England Patriots—Surprise, surprise. Tom Brady played like Tom Brady.

4. Philadelphia Eagles—If completing 43 percent of your passes is "lights out" to Michael Vick, I'd hate to hear the words he uses when he actually plays well.

5. Chicago Bears—I wonder if Bears fans are still upset about the whole Jay Cutler thing right about now?

6. New Orleans Saints—Explain to me why when the game was on the line, the ball did not go through Drew Brees?

7. Pittsburgh Steelers—Seven turnovers in one game? That's more than Rosie O'Donnell ate during the entire weekend. 

8. New York Jets—I like to see that the Jets have taken the handcuffs off Mark Sanchez. Not good for Shonn Greene and my fantasy team, but I still like it.

9. Houston Texans—Isn't it scary when you can remove last year's leading rusher and replace him with a back that averaged almost five yards per carry?

10. Atlanta Falcons—Next week it's Falcons vs Eagles. Whoever gets sacked the least by their horrible offensive line will win.

11. San Diego Chargers—I've never seen a team dominate the other the way the Chargers did the Vikings and only win by seven points.

12. Detroit Lions—Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson already have a connection. Uh oh!

13. Dallas Cowboys—I see Tony Romo is staying consistent over the years: Making the key mistake at the end of game.

14. Washington Redskins—When Rex Grossman said the Redskins could win the NFC East, I laughed. I still giggle at the comment, but it's a little more believable.

15. Buffalo Bills—I wonder how many people have Ryan Fitzpatrick on their fantasy teams. Whatever the number was, it's at least double that after last week.

16. Arizona Cardinals—I know they were playing the Panthers, but this passing game looks extremely good with Kevin Kolb under center. 

17. Cincinnati Bengals—The team that everybody had (including me) ranked dead last before the season started won and played somewhat impressively.

18. Oakland Raiders—Tell me how Darren McFadden misses the preseason with an injury and performs better than a lot of running backs who weren't hurt and played in preseason.

19. Miami Dolphins—The Dolphins secondary just gave up another 100 passing yards while I was typing this.

20. San Fransisco 49ers—When Ted Gin has more touchdowns than Matt Ryan and Ben Roethlisberger combined, there's a problem.

21. Minnesota Vikings—There should be a rule: When you're getting paid like Adrian Peterson and you don't score a touchdown, you don't get a paycheck.

22. Jacksonville Jaguars—Maurice Jones-Drew said the knee was fine and I believe him after the performance he put on in the victory over the Titans.

23. Denver Broncos—Can we please bring back the Kyle Orton or Tim Tebow debate? That was fun!

24. Carolina Panthers—What a game for rookie Cam Newton in a losing effort. The best news of all though, is that he is ruled eligible to play. 

25. Tampa Bay Buccaneers—Tampa Bay has to get more pressure on the quarterbacks if their defense expects to be effective.

26. St. Louis Rams—Cadillac Williams had 19 carries and didn't get hurt, but a ton of other Rams did.

27. New York Giants—Injuries to the defense, getting embarrassed by a division rival on the road; the Giants had one of the worst weeks of any NFL team.

28.  Indianapolis Colts—Can Peyton Manning win this year's MVP without even playing? Just look at the Colts' performance and it'll show you just how valuable he really is.

29. Cleveland Browns—Maybe the Browns should have gone with Case McCoy instead.

30. Tennessee Titans—Why do players hold out and then play like trash the next game? The running back on the practice squad could average 2.4 yards per carry.

31. Kansas City Chiefs—I'm not ready to totally give up on the Chiefs just yet, but they got slaughtered by Buffalo and lost Eric Berry for the season.

32. Seattle Seahawks— I want to know how Seattle was down by two. I got up to use the restroom, came back and they were down by 16.