NFL Power Rankings: Rock Bottom Watch for League's Cellar Dwellers

The 2011 NFL season is already 10 weeks in and the power rankings that were supposed to explain which teams are legitimate have been dismantled.

While good teams have played poor and mediocre teams have over performed, there are plain terrible teams that have been exposed as just that.

The following teams are the three worst in the NFL right now, and things won’t be getting better any time soon.

Indianapolis Colts—There is no worse team in the NFL right now than the Indianapolis Colts, and they have a chance to head into the infamous utterly defeated section of the record book with the 2008 Detroit Lions.

The Colts have taken a stranglehold on the run to the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft, and that will have to be Stanford’s Andrew Luck.

While all looks bleak this season for the Indianapolis Colts, they could come out of this season with a rejuvenated Peyton Manning and his new successor Andrew Luck.

Carolina Panthers—While Cam Newton is proving to be a solid NFL quarterback, Ron Rivera and the Carolina Panthers are struggling everywhere else.

The saying is that football games are won in the trenches, and the Panthers have one of the worst offensive and defensive lines in the NFL. Coincidence?

Carolina has a lot of work to do before they are a serious threat in one of the toughest divisions in the NFL, the NFC South.

Minnesota Vikings—The Minnesota Vikings have Adrian Peterson, a rookie quarterback with tons of upside named Christian Ponder and one of the best defensive ends in the game with Jared Allen. 

That’s about it.

One star on either side of the ball will not be enough to win games for your team, and the Minnesota Vikings are stuck in the tough NFC North division with the Packers, Bears and Lions. Oh my.

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