NFL Power Rankings Week 6: Latest Outlook and 2016-17 Super Bowl Odds

Just when it looked like the NFL seemed ready to settle into an established hierarchy, the Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals all took losses on the day Tom Brady returned. 

It’s almost like a brand new season. Former contenders such as the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals continue to flounder around in an odd version of purgatory. Meanwhile, a team like the Los Angeles Rams has a winning record.

Bettors have read the above and nodded Jack Nicholson style, because it means the house out of Las Vegas might have a mistake here and there to exploit as it attempts to adjust for quite the unpredictable start.

Here is a look at an updated power rankings chart equipped with the latest Super Bowl odds.

Week 6 NFL Power Rankings and Super Bowl Odds

Odds courtesy of Odds Shark.

Don’t Be Fooled: Indianapolis Colts (50-1)

This might look like an incredible line at first pass.

Pair thoughts of past Indianapolis Colts teams with the fact the roster boasts Andrew Luck while playing in the weak AFC South and a 50-1 mark seems like a respectable enough bargain.

But it’s not. The Colts happen to sit tied for second in the division with the Tennessee Titans and all of one game ahead of the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team that bested the Colts in London in Week 4.

Granted, the Colts got a win Sunday, outlasting the now one-win Chicago Bears. Stephen Holder of the Indianapolis Star put it best in a single tweet:

Not gonna down the Colts for getting a win they HAD to have. But this performance wasn’t enough to quiet criticism: https://t.co/CUUB9qle2U

— Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) October 9, 2016

In what some might classify as a victory, the Colts let a backup quarterback by the name of Brian Hoyer throw for 397 yards and a pair of scores. The Colts let backup running back Jordan Howard rush for 118 yards on all of 16 carries.

Worst of all, the Colts let up five sacks of Luck to a team that had …

continue reading in source www.bleacherreport.com