While we're waiting for Bloguin to release this week's list, here's my NFL week 5 Bloguin Blogpoll NFL Power Rankings ballot.

Please remember, I'm just a dumb ass blogger who's making it up as I go along, and only gets to see 3 games at most every Sunday (and one of those is always the Lions). This week, it was more like one and a half. I'm a family man now, remember?

Given those caveats, please take my power rankings with a boulder sized grain of salt.

1. New York Giants: Thumped the Raiders with every single facet of their game, offense, defense, special teams, running on all cylinders.
2. Indianapolis Colts: Getting better as the season goes on, absolutely dominating the downtrodden Titans,
3. New Orleans Saints: What? No TD passes for Drew Brees AGAIN? Uh...my bad, it was their bye week.
4. Denver Broncos: OK, OK, I'm now a believer. Beating the Cowboys and Pats in consecutive weeks earns the Broncos the benefit of the doubt.
5. Minnesota Vikings: Another undefeated team who essentially had a bye week by destroying a league bottom feeder, the Rams in their case.
6. Philadelphia Eagles: With Donovan McNabb not missing a beat after coming back from an injury, and Kevin Kolb showing he's ready, why did the Eagles bother to sign Mike Vick?
7. Cincinnati Bengals: Cedric Benson leads the NFL in rushing. This really is the Bizarro NFL!
   
8. Atlanta Falcons: Michael Turner may be the best NFL back no one talks about.
9. Chicago Bears: The Bears play the Falcons this coming Sunday in what should be a playoff preview. May the best predator win!
10. Pittsburgh Steelers: Did just enough to beat the improving Lions.
11. Green Bay Packers: Move up in the rankings after their bye week, thanks to other teams proving to be frauds!
12. Baltimore Ravens: Losing to the Bengals is not longer shameful...but it still knocks you down in the rankings.
13. New England Patriots: When Sammy Morris has become your go-to running back, you're a team in trouble.
14. New York Jets: Lost 2 in a row, but still barely holding onto 1st place in what looks like a surprisingly weak AFC East.
15. Dallas Cowboys: Were taken to OT by the bottom feeding Chiefs. Why did Jerry Jones bring back Wade Phillips? Wade's long retired father, the great NFL coach known as Bum, is asking the same question.
16. San Francisco 49ers: Have played 2 quality teams so far, the Vikings and Falcons, and lost to both.
17. Miami Dolphins: 2-0 with Chad Henne starting under center. Chad Pennington, meet Wally Pip.
18. San Diego Chargers: Have a chance to tip over the Broncos' suddenly crowded bandwagon this Sunday with a win. A win they need to stay in contention for the AFC West.
19. Arizona Cardinals: Alternating wins and losses, which just what you would expect from a team that will struggle to finish .500.
20. Seattle Seahawks: Absolutely hammered the clawless Jaguars 41-0. Not sure if the blowout means the Seahawks are that good, or the Jags that bad.
21. Houston Texans: Matt Schwab is averaging 36 pass attempts a game. That's great if you want to win a fantasy football league, not so much if you want to win in the NFL.
22. Washington Redskins: The Redskins have now allowed 2 winless teams to notch their 1st win of the season. Will the Redskins please can Jim Zorn, as Mike Shanahan is anxious to get back to work!
23. Jacksonville Jaguars: Guaranteed they won't sell out any games this season by getting smoked 41-0 by the Seahawks.
24. Detroit Lions: If there is such a thing as a "good" loss, Detroit's narrow loss to the Steelers was it.
25. Carolina Panthers: Is that who I think it is? Yes! We have a Julius Peppers sighting!
26. Buffalo Bills: If the Bills weren't owned by the kindly old (and the rather cheap) Ralph Wilson, Dick Jauron would have already gotten his walking papers.
27. Clevleand Browns: Remember those heady days of '06 when head coach Eric Mangini was known as "Mangenius"? Mangini's dysfunctional Browns just waved the white flag on the season by trading Braylon Edwards.
28. Kansas City Chiefs: Took the Cowboys deep into OT before losing. But when you allow journeyman WR Miles Austin to put up 250 receiving yards, you deserve to lose.
29. Oakland Raiders: The Raiders motto used to be, "Just win, baby!" Now it's, "Kill, Cable, kill!"
30. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Josh Johnson is now the Bucs' starting quarterback. Uh...WHO?
31. Tennessee Titans: Thought to be a playoff contender before the season, the Titans are now 0-5. They have to win out to even have a remote chance at the post season. Are we sure that's really Jeff Fisher on the Titans' sideline?
32. St. Louis Rams: Rush Limbaugh wants to buy the Rams. As if the NFL didn't have enough headaches in St. Louis...

The NFL has become a top heavy league. There are very few dominant teams, while the list of bad teams gets longer and longer.

This is what free agency and a salary cap have wrought. An NFL chock full of mediocrity, or worse. Sure, there is plenty of competitive football every week. But good football? Not if you go by the number of blowouts we're seeing week to week.

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