NFL Power Rankings: 3 Top Teams That Will Feast on Inferior Opponents

Looking for a nice, tidy, ESPN-style moniker to describe Week 4 of the 2011 NFL season? How about "Mismatch Weekend"?

There figure to be more than a few blood baths on Sunday, with some of the league's best set to improve their records against, well, some of the league's worst.

Green Bay Packers

Broncos fans have long yearned for the good ol' days of Super Bowl XXXII, when John Elway and Terrell Davis were at their very best in bringing the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Denver.

They'll get a rematch of that game on Sunday, when the Broncos welcome the Packers to Mile High Stadium. Just like last time, the Broncos find themselves as massive underdogs, though they're looking like anything but AFC champs at this point.

The Packers, on the other hand, have thus far played the sort of football indicative of a Super Bowl champ that's ready, willing and able to defend its title. Don't expect Aaron Rodgers and the uber-talented Green Bay offense to show any mercy for the poor Broncos, who've been plagued by injuries on both sides of the ball.

At this point, Denver's best bet is to hope Kyle Orton and his neck beard suddenly combine to become a reincarnated Elway.

Which is to say, the Broncos' hopes of winning will be about as thin as the air in Denver on Sunday.

New Orleans Saints

The Saints have done little to dispel the notion that they're still one of the elite teams in the NFL. Their season-opening loss to the aforementioned Packers looks more and more forgivable with each passing week that Green Bay remains undefeated.

As for Drew Brees and his merry band, they've gone on to post big wins at home against the Chicago Bears and the up-and-coming Houston Texans, thanks in no small part to Brees' continued brilliance under center.

For their next act, the Saints will hit the road to Jacksonville to take on the hapless Jaguars.

Granted, the Jags have done well to limit opposing quarterbacks to just 196 yards per game, though I don't imagine anyone would put Matt Hasselbeck, Mark Sanchez or Cam Newton anywhere close to Brees in the stratosphere of NFL quarterbacks.

Buffalo Bills

There's something delightfully refreshing about picking the Bills to win big and not getting any funny looks for doing so.

The Bills have circled the wagons in dramatic fashion against good teams in back-to-back weeks (yes, the Raiders are good). For their efforts, Ryan Fitzpatrick and company will be rewarded with a road game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4.

Cincy's defense, which has allowed the fifth-fewest yards of any in the NFL, would appear to be an obstacle for Buffalo's Fitz-Magic offense.

That is, until you realize that the Bungles Bengals have had the privilege of padding their defensive stats against three of the 10 worst offenses in the league.

Unless, of course, you think the Browns, the Broncos and the 49ers qualify as offensive "juggernauts".

Look for the Bills to strip the Bengals bare in a big win to move to 4-0.

Josh Martin's Week 3 NFL Power Rankings

1. Green Bay Packers

2. New Orleans Saints

3. Detroit Lions

4. Buffalo Bills

5. New England Patriots

6. New York Giants

7. Houston Texans

8. Dallas Cowboys

9. Baltimore Ravens

10. Pittsburgh Steelers

11. San Diego Chargers

12. New York Jets

13. Cleveland Browns

14. Oakland Raiders

15. Washington Redskins

16. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

17. Tennessee Titans

18. Atlanta Falcons

19. Philadelphia Eagles

20. San Francisco 49ers

21. Carolina Panthers

22. Chicago Bears

23. Miami Dolphins

24. Denver Broncos

25. Seattle Seahawks

26. Minnesota Vikings

27. Jacksonville Jaguars

28. Arizona Cardinals

29. Cincinnati Bengals

30. St. Louis Rams

31. Indianapolis Colts

32. Kansas City Chiefs

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