At the half-way mark for the NFL season… Here are your 2009 Power Rankings, Week 9. At some point, we will comment in a more in-depth manner for each decision, but for now, we’ll just tackle some of the bigger points in the intro…

The Saints’ defense is unworthy of the number 1 spot. Darren Sharper could probably singlehandedly stop the Kansas City Chiefs, but the rest of that D needs to wake up if they want to beat Indy in the Super Bowl that everyone thinks they’ll be playing in.

The Vikes’ defensive line has made Favre’s return a breeze. And before you remind me that the Broncos beat the Patriots… I know. I also know that if they played them ten times, that might happen twice, three if they were lucky. It’s time for Denver to regress back to that team that they really are, the one that should have lost to the Bengals. Speaking of which, I’ll say the same thing about the way I have the Steelers and Bengals.

1. Indianapolis Colts
2. New Orleans Saints
3. Minnesota Vikings
4. New England Patriots
5. Denver Broncos
6. Pittsburgh Steelers
7. Cincinnati Bengals
8. Philadelphia Eagles
9. Dallas Cowboys
10. Baltimore Ravens
11. Atlanta Falcons
12. New York Giants
13. Green Bay Packers
14. Houston Texans
15. Arizona Cardinals
16. San Diego Chargers
17. Chicago Bears
18. Miami Dolphins
19. Carolina Panthers
20. New York Jets
21. San Francisco 49ers
22. Jacksonville Jaguars
23. Tennessee Titans
24. Seattle Seahawks
25. Buffalo Bills
26. Washington Redskins
27. Oakland Raiders
28. Kansas City Chiefs
29. Cleveland Browns
30. St. Louis Rams
31. Detroit Lions
32. Tampa Bay Buccaneers