NFL Power Rankings: Kansas City Chiefs and the League's Most Pitiful Teams

We're four weeks into the 2011 NFL season and the bottom feeders have already separated themselves. While four teams remain winless, the Kansas City Chiefs eked out a victory over the hapless Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon. But just because the Chiefs won a game doesn't mean they have removed themselves from the bottom of the league.

Kansas City is now 1-3 after its 22-17 win over the Vikings in Week 4, but the team looked just as awful as it had all year, and that was highlighted by quarterback Matt Cassel's sideline argument with head coach Todd Haley during the game.

One win won't turn around the fortunes of a team that has lost three of its best players—running back Jamaal Charles, safety Eric Berry and tight end Tony Moeaki—for the season due to injuries.

The Chiefs have the league's 29th-ranked offense (270.5 yards per game) and 21st ranked defense (372.8 yards per game) and those rankings shouldn't change any time soon. Despite picking up one win, it's almost certain that Kansas City will remain at the bottom of the league all year.

While the Chiefs look hapless and have a win, Minnesota is hapless and has yet to win. The 0-4 Vikings brought in quarterback Donovan McNabb to help them win now and that experiment has failed miserably.

The Vikings have the league's third-best running attack (157 yards per game), but McNabb and the passing game rank 31st in the NFL (154.8 yards per game). That's a terrible combination.

The fact that Minnesota has lost its four games by a combined 19 points doesn't make things any better, as the team has showed a complete lack of ability in the clutch.

While Chiefs and Vikings fans may think they have it bad, at least they aren't stuck with Curtis Painter under center. The third-year veteran out of Purdue has been tasked with filling the gigantic shoes of Peyton Manning while the four-time MVP recovers from a serious neck injury. Let's just say he hasn't done a great job.

Painter survived his first NFL start in Monday night's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he only threw for 281 yards thanks to two blown coverages and poor tackling that allowed two long touchdown receptions by Pierre Garcon.

Painter completed just 43.3 percent of his passes, fumbled once and while he didn't thrown any interceptions it wasn't for lack of trying. He served up at least three balls that were right at Tampa's defenders but ended up being dropped.

The Colts just look horrible offensively right now and it showed again in their 24-17 loss to the Bucs. Until Manning is back the team has virtually no hope of competing.

NFL Power Rankings, Week 5
 
1. Green Bay Packers (4-0)
2. New Orleans Saints (3-1)
3. New England Patriots (3-1) 
4. San Diego Chargers (3-1)
5. Detroit Lions (4-0)
6. Houston Texans (3-1)
7. Baltimore Ravens (3-1)
8. Buffalo Bills (3-1)
9. Tennessee Titans (3-1)
10. Oakland Raiders (2-2)
11. New York Jets (2-2)
12. San Francisco 49ers (3-1)
13. Pittsburgh Steelers (2-2)
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-1)
15. Washington Redskins (3-1)
16. New York Giants (3-1)
17. Atlanta Falcons (2-2)
18. Chicago Bears (2-2)
19. Dallas Cowboys (2-2)
20. Philadelphia Eagles (1-3)
21. Cincinnati Bengals (2-2) 
22. Carolina Panthers (1-3)
23. Cleveland Browns (2-2)
24. Arizona Cardinals (1-3)
25. Denver Broncos (1-3)
26. Jacksonville Jaguars (1-3)
27. Seattle Seahawks (1-3)
28. Kansas City Chiefs (1-3)
29. St. Louis Rams (0-4)
30. Minnesota Vikings (0-4)
31. Miami Dolphins (0-4)
32. Indianapolis Colts (0-4)