The NFL Season is just around the corner folks

Power ranking in sports are pretty useless if you ask me. I mean, everyone else has a different opinion and people will always disagree and it's basically something that you can't do 100% right every time. But, it is something that you could easily mess up every time, and that's why we have Peter King.

Peter gets us warmed up for the coming season by ranking all 32 teams and it's basically a flaming pile of bird diarrhea.

5. Chicago: The Bears should win home field advantage in the NFC again because of their weak division, but two things scare me about Chicago: Rex Grossman at quarterback and Lance Briggs' potential holdout.I've had enough of the e-mails defending Grossman. Those don't mean anything, Bearaholics. The way a QB plays matters, and Grossman has to be 25 percent better for this team to win a Super Bowl. Moreover, Brian Urlacher won't be Urlacher without Briggs, who makes the Chicago defense so versatile because he's an athlete and hitter on par with Urlacher.

Hold on there sport. Let's not give the Bears the NFC crown just yet. I know they are the defending NFC champs and they got to the Superbowl despite Grossman's efforts to keep them out of there, but let's keep a few things in mind here.

Thomas Jones is gone, meaning that Cedric Benson will have to prove that he can carry the load on his own. Grossman needs to be more than 25 percent better. The offense still doesn't really scare anyone and they'll have to hope that Devin Hester and Greg Olsen can contribute immediately. The defense is still one of the league's best but they lost Tank Johnson, have to hope that Tommie Harris can go back to his old form and then there's that entire Briggs fiasco.

Oh, and their scedule is as brutal as a Taiwanese prison butt-raping. I'm not saying that the Bears will go 7-9, but best record in the NFC might be a stretch here.

13. Detroit: Some year I'll pick the Lions to do something good and actually be right about the prediction. This is the year they make a quantum leap, I believe, because the defense will adjust to Rod Marinelli and new coordinator Joe Barry and play well.

I love Peter's strategy here. Let's pick Detroit every single year, and be called a brilliant genius when they finally come through somewhere in 2018. You know, I love this so much that I'm going to start doing it myself. I'm going to pick the Washington Nationals every year and 50 years from now when they finally win the division, I'll be bathing in champagne and naked women.

So sorry Detroit. You've been giving the Peter King kiss of death yet again.

14. Dallas: The Cowboys, post-Parcells, seem like they've just used their Get Out Of Jail Free Card. Bill's structure and rules are gone with let-'em-play Wade Phillips in charge. Be careful what you wish for. The Cowboys are a team on the precipice. They could dominate if Tony Romo is a B-plus quarterback, and they could be .500 if he stumbles. I'm betting it's somewhere between.

The Detroit Lions, who were picking 2nd overall just a few months ago, ranked ahead of the Dallas Cowboys. Put the Lions and the Cowboys on a neutral field right now, and I would bet my house on Dallas. I'm not picking on Detroit here and saying that they're the worst team in the league because they're not...but I would have to rank Dallas ahead of them as of right now.

15. Tennessee: Vince Young's no mirage, but he's going to have to outscore a lot of teams for Tennessee to be a playoff crew this year. The Titans need defensive help for Kyle Vanden Bosch and Keith Bulluck. Nick Harper helps at a corner, but he's in essence a trade for Pacman Jones -- and not an upgrade, even though Harper's good.

They have no receivers, the running game will be iffy (Chris Brown & LenDale White), they just lost a huge part of their defense (Jones), but we'll just plug them ahead of Carolina, Cincinnati (who have more offensive fire power) and Jacksonville (who have an ass-raping defense and a running game that will plow your mother). Good work Peter.

19. Miami: "We picked Ted [Ginn Jr.] because we're so close on defense, and he could make the difference in a few games with his playmaking ability,'' Cam Cameron told me this spring. If Brady Quinn turns out to be very good, the Ginn pick is a dud, almost no matter how good he is. If Quinn turns out to be Tim Couch, Ginn could look like Gale Sayers.

Well, if Quinn turns out to be good, and Ginn and John Beck both turn out to be good, Miami still wins because they'll have a franchise qb and a game-breaking wide receiver. But yes Peter, if Brady Quinn turns out to be very good, it won't matter if Beck and Ginn are the next Manning and Harrison. Yes yes...keen eye you have.

30. Arizona: If I had a quarter for every time I heard, "This is the year the Cardinals finally make that leap to respectability,'' I'd be Warren Buffett.

Yet, you keep applying this same strategy to the Lions every year. Awesome. But hey, Pete's not done there folks.

I think Dwight Freeney's going to have to do a whole lot better than 15 sackless games in his last 20 (including playoffs) to justify the six years and $72 million the Colts committed to him the other day. Still, it's a contract I would have done, too.

And that's why I'm happy that you are not my team's general manager. Tune in tomorrow as Peter signs David Givens to a 6 year / 102 million dollar contract.