NFL Power Rankings: Terrible Teams That Will Fall Farther in Week 9

Dear Andrew Luck,

We've just about figured out which teams are going to take you with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft. Hope you don't mind high altitudes, lots of rain and/or hurricanes.

Sincerely,

Anyone and everyone who's followed the NFL in 2011.

Denver Broncos

The Broncos seem to be doing just about everything they can to improve their position in the "Suck for Luck" sweepstakes, with plugging in Tim Tebow under center as just the most obvious move in that direction.

The intentions of John Fox and John Elway were made clear on Sunday, when Tebow looked like a college freshman in Denver's 45-10 drubbing at home at the hands of the Detroit Lions.

In a Week 9 battle of bad quarterbacks, between Tebow and Carson Palmer of the Raiders, look for the Broncos' busted pick to "win" while his team picks up its sixth loss of the season.

Seattle Seahawks

Any team with Tarvaris Jackson as its starter clearly doesn't have its house in order. Granted, T-Jax was actually half-decent against the Bengals, though the rest of the Seahawks didn't seem to notice amidst the rubble of a 34-12 defeat.

Next up, Peter Carroll's posse has the unenviable task of flying into Dallas to take on a Cowboys club fresh off an embarrassing 34-7 loss to the Eagles on national TV. Expect Jackson to get acquainted with Cowboys pass-rusher supreme DeMarcus Ware, who sacked Michael Vick four times on Sunday night.

Miami Dolphins

As far as actual winless teams are concerned, no team has come so close and still seemed so far from victory this season as the lowly Dolphins.

Miami came agonizingly close to upending the Giants in New York on Sunday but couldn't protect a one-touchdown lead heading into the fourth quarter.

This, even with Reggie Bush cracking 100 yards rushing for the first time in, well, almost forever.

Good luck to the 'Fins finding any success, other than in drafting Luck, when they arrive in Arrowhead Stadium to take on the Dolphins in Week 9.

Josh Martin's Week 8 NFL Power Rankings

1. Green Bay Packers

2. San Francisco 49ers

3. Pittsburgh Steelers

4. New England Patriots

5. Baltimore Ravens

6. Detroit Lions

7. Atlanta Falcons

8. New York Giants

9. New Orleans Saints

10. Buffalo Bills

11. New York Jets

12. Cincinnati Bengals

13. San Diego Chargers

14. Houston Texans

15. Philadelphia Eagles

16. Chicago Bears

17. Kansas City Chiefs

18. Dallas Cowboys

19. Oakland Raiders

20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

21. Tennessee Titans

22. Cleveland Browns

23. Minnesota Vikings

24. Carolina Panthers

25. Washington Redskins

26. Denver Broncos

27. Seattle Seahawks

28. Jacksonville Jaguars

29. Arizona Cardinals

30. Miami Dolphins

31. St. Louis Rams

32. Indianapolis Colts