NFL Power Rankings: Which Team Is the Absolute Worst in the League?

After three weeks' worth of NFL games, the power ranking picture is getting more confusing than clear. "Any given Sunday," isn't just a cliche, it's a way of life in a league that shifts drastically through its 16 weeks.

While a number of teams made dramatic shifts both upward and downward after Week 3, one has retained the dubious honor of worst team in the NFL: the Seattle Seahawks.

Sure, the Seahawks managed their first win of the season on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, and there are teams in the league who have yet to win a game.

But the Seahawks have so many issues, have been so disappointing, and have such dim prospects moving forward that I've found no reason to move them out of the bottom spot.

Overall, the NFC West is a terrible division. The Seahawks gained no favor from me by defeating a Cardinals squad destined to disappoint, regardless of how many times Kevin Kolb-to-Larry Fitzgerald works.

In three games, the Seahawks have gained just 644 total yards and three touchdowns. Quarterback Tarvaris Jackson is averaging only 5.4 yards per completion, has thrown two interceptions, and has been sacked for a total of 100 yards.

This isn't just Jackson's fault. It seems that everyone except for Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll knew that Jackson wasn't capable of being a consistent starter, and it's Carroll's stubbornness that has prevented Jackson's benching and Charlie Whitehurst's ascendancy.

The only saving grace for this team is that terrible NFC West; in any other division, they'd be hard pressed to get that single win.

NFL Power Rankings Week 4*

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

*Less the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, who play tonight