NFL Power Ranking: Week 2 Will Decide Andrew Luck Sweepstakes
We won't know who's headed to the Super Bowl after this week, but we'll know where Andrew Luck is headed. It's hard to classify coming in dead last in the NFL as winning, but finishing 32nd this season is one heck of a lot better than coming in 31st.
This is the week where really bad teams separate themselves from the horrific. Oddly enough, four of the five worst teams in my power rankings this week are squaring off.
Last week the Browns proved they are clearly worse off than the Bengals. This week we'll get a chance to see how they stack up against the Manning-less Colts following a miserable outing against the Texans last week.
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The Browns were hit or miss last season and it appeared as though they could be turning a corner. Getting beat by the Bengals is unacceptable though. The Bengals are subpar and their starting quarterback, Andy Dalton, went down with a hand injury. The fact that the Browns couldn't really get anything going doesn't exactly paint a bright picture of what lies ahead for them this season.
The Colts are at the bottom of my power rankings this week and you can expect that to become a trend throughout the nation. Jump on the Colts hate bandwagon now. They have an old, porous defense and one good receiver. That's it.
We'll know for sure just how bad the Colts following Sunday's game. Peyton Hillis just might be on the brink of a monster day and if Kerry Collins looks terrible again this week, expect the Colts to start exercising other options at quarterback.
The Bengals and Broncos are battling it out this week as well and if last week is any indication of what the Broncos' run defense is going to look like, it's safe to say that the Bengals are going to jump to 2-0 to start 2011.
The Bengals made a relatively big statement by taking down the lowly Browns last week. Maybe they aren't as hopeless as most people originally anticipated. We'll know this week when they take on the Broncos, who don't look like they can stop anyone.
Kyle Orton might be playing at home, but he doesn't have the support of the fans. It's going to be interesting to see how the Tim Tebow fan club impacts Orton's starting chances if (and when) the Broncos struggle. The quarterback change will increase the chances of John Elway's team landing the pick to draft Luck.
The Dolphins may have competed in their matchup with the Patriots, but Tom Brady threw for over 500 yards and embarrassed a defense that was supposed to be Miami's strength. Chad Henne looked decent against a grossly overrated Pats defense. It's still impossible to count the Dolphins out of the Andrew Luck Sweepstakes.
The Dolphins face the Texans this week in a matchup that will let us know just how good Henne is. If he tanks the way we all know he's capable of doing, this notion that he can be a decent quarterback will be thrown out the window. Miami will get a much better idea of how their offense stacks up.
At this point, there are a lot of teams who could make their case for being the worst team in the league. After Sunday, we'll know for sure which team is the worst amongst the worst.
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