Week 10 Picks & Power Rankings

What would you rather do on a Saturday morning than wake up early and read weekly picks and power rankings involving 32 teams that basically are of equal strength and ability to beat, lose to or tie anyone on any given Sunday, Monday, Saturday, Thursday (and some day, when the revenue ceiling needs to be extended to a gazillion bazillion dollars, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday as well)?

CRAIG'S NFL POWER RANKINGS
BEST OF THE BUNCH
1. Colts (6-2)
Why: Yeah, they struggled to beat the Texans. But they came back from a large deficit on the road against a division opponent. That's impressive. And, besides, probably the three best teams in football are the Broncos, Seahawks and 49ers. And Indy beat all three of them.

THE REST
2. Broncos (7-1); 3. Seahawks (8-1); 4. Chiefs (9-0); 5. 49ers (6-2); 6. Patriots (7-2); 7. Jets (5-4); 8. Panthers (5-3); 9. Lions (5-3); 10. Saints (6-2); 11. Bears (5-3); 12. Packers (5-3); 13. Dolphins (4-4); 14. Bengals (6-3); 15. Cowboys (5-4); 16. Titans (4-4); 17. Cardinals (4-4); 18. Chargers (4-4); 19. Browns (4-5); 20. Giants (2-6); 21. Eagles (4-5); 22. Ravens (3-5); 23. Texans (2-6); 24. Raiders (3-5).

THE VIKINGS
25. Vikings 2-7 (Last week: 30): Missing six starters, dressing only 42 players, depleted in the secondary and on the offensive line. Quarterback is 0-5 and has 1 7/8^ths of his feet out the door. Coach is on the hot seat. Coordinators are on a hotter seat. Yeah, all those deficiencies made the Vikings the logical pick to beat the Redskins on Thursday. At least logic as defined by the NFL.

THE REST OF THE REST
26. Redskins (3-5); 27. Steelers (2-6); 28. Bills (3-6); 29. Rams (3-6); 30. Falcons (2-6); 31. Buccaneers (0-8).

WORST OF THE BUNCH
32: Jaguars (0-8): We don't want to say things are bad in Jacksonville, but even Gophers football fans are wondering how people can keep supporting the Jaguars.

THE PICKS

UPSET SPECIAL
Dolphins minus-2 ½ at Buccaneers: Bucs 28, Dolphins 27.
Why?: What we have here is two conflicting NFL-types of logic at work. Pick the Dolphins because everyone says they're distracted after spending 240 consecutive hours on SportsCenter. (The name Richie Incognito is stuck in my head like "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round" used to be stuck in my head when my kids were toddlers). The other NFL-type logic at work is the embattled blind squirrel on the hot seat (Greg Schiano) eventually finds a nut (victory). We'll go with the latter.

Last week: Chiefs minus-4 at Bills. The pick: Bills 30, Chiefs 27. The final: Chiefs 23, Bills 13. Record: 2-7.