This is why I try not to read Pete Prisco

Here is a great idea for a sports column that wasn't executed very well.

CBS Sportsline's Pete Prisco knows he's not going to make many football fans happy with his all-time NFL power rankings. But he could have put more thought into this one.

If you're going to rank NFL franchises, my view is the only factors that should play into those rankings are the number of titles won and the number of games won by each team.

The current stadiums teams play in, current ownership, tradition, the perceived loyalty of the fan base – all factors Prisco seems to take into account in his rankings – shouldn't make a difference.

After 50 seasons in the NFL, the Minnesota Vikings don't have a Super Bowl title (although they do have one NFL title, in 1969, before the AFL/NFL merger). But they do have a winning percentage of .551. That's good for fifth-best in the 32-team NFL. Only the Packers (.559), Dallas (.576), Miami (.576) and Chicago (.579) have fared better.

Yet Prisco has the Vikings ranked as the 21st best NFL franchise of all-time in his rankings. Doesn't that seem a little low to you?

Other stuff

ESPN's Kevin Seifert is asking for your help to pick an All-NFC North team.

He doesn't have any Vikings on the team yet. I think that's pretty fair, although Adrian Peterson has to be the division's starting running back. Chicago's Matt Forte didn't have that good of a year.

Star Caps fallout

The Star Caps court case may not be over yet, but it's over for Big Pat Williams – according to Big Pat Williams.

What I find interesting about this story is that Williams says its cost him almost $1-million to fight the battle.

When Pat and Kevin Williams first launched their appeal, it's been said one of the reasons they did so was because they didn't want to lose the income being suspended four games without pay would cost them. But because the appeal took so long, Williams probably spent almost as much money on lawyer fees as he would have lost if he had just sat out the four games in 2008.