Hey! Good luck matching Week 15, because this week's matches, in particular, were riveting towards the final moments. In that possible future AFC conference rematch with the Steelers and the Patriots, where Ju-Ju Smith-Schuster and Ben Roethlisberger did the unthinkable with a LONG play. Only two snaps later, however, that Jesse James booth review overturned it all. We also got to see Nick Foles, showing that the Eagles are gonna win, even with him throwing the ball. Less than 2,500 miles away, Jimmy Garoppolo is racking those wins and leading a 49er future that's worth looking forward to. Let's look at the power rankings.
1st Rank: New England Patriots (+1)
2nd Rank: Minnesota Vikings (+1)
3rd Rank: Pittsburgh Steelers (-2)
4th Rank: Philadelphia Eagles (--)
5th Rank: Los Angeles Rams (--)
6th Rank: New Orleans Saints (--)
7th Rank: Jacksonville Jaguars (--)
8th Rank: Carolina Panthers (--)
Not much change in the eight seeds, as you may have already noticed. The Patriots retake their number one spot after having the NFL rulebook on their side, the Vikings crushed the Bengals, the Steelers weren't too lucky on Sunday, the Eagles, winning, but giving up 29 points to a team that's put GENO SMITH on quarterback is really weird, and the Rams, Saints, Jaguars, and Panthers staying in their respective spots. We kinda predicted the change, if any, was gonna occur in those top few spots. Let's move on to the next eight.
9th Rank: Atlanta Falcons (+1)
10th Rank: Dallas Cowboys (+2)
11th Rank: Kansas City Chiefs (+7)
12th Rank: Baltimore Ravens (+1)
13th Rank: Los Angeles Chargers (-4)
14th Rank: Detroit Lions (+2)
15th Rank: Buffalo Bills (+2)
16th Rank: Green Bay Packers (-2)
The next few eight have changed quite a bit. The Falcons rise one spot up after a win in Tampa Bay, the Cowboys beat the Raiders in Oakland, the Chiefs are becoming their number one seed-selves after beating the Chargers, Ravens rise a spot while Los Angeles falls, the Lions beat the Bears, the Bills beat the slippery Dolphins and the Packers fall with a loss EVEN with A-rod. Pretty embarrassing. Hopefully that'll change up next week, but let's head on to the next eight.
17th Rank: Seattle Seahawks (-6)
18th Rank: Washington Redskins (+1)
19th Rank: San Francisco 49ers (+4)
20th Rank: Tennessee Titans (-5)
21st Rank: Oakland Raiders (-1)
22nd Rank: Arizona Cardinals (--)
23rd Rank: Miami Dolphins (-2)
24th Rank: Chicago Bears (--)
Starting the 17th through the 24th ranks, we see that 17th spot falling A LOT. The Seahawks lost terribly to the Rams, the Redskins beat the Cardinals by 5 points, the Jimmy G led 49ers are mining for some gold after another win, the Titans fall after losing, the Raiders lose to the Cowboys, the Cardinals lost to the Redskins, as we've said, the Dolphins lost to the Bills, and the Bears lose to the Lions in Detroit. Pretty bad stuff for the Hawks. We'll see if they'll come back. Let's finally talk about the last eight in the power rankings.
25th Rank: Denver Broncos (+2)
26th Rank: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (--)
27th Rank: Cincinnati Bengals (-2)
28th Rank: New York Jets (--)
29th Rank: Indianapolis Colts (--)
30th Rank: New York Giants (+1)
31st Rank: Houston Texans (-1)
32nd Rank: Cleveland Browns (--)
Whew. Finally we're at the last eight to talk about. The Broncos take a win against the Colts - too late for THAT buddy. The Buccaneers lose a close one to the Falcons, so we didn't move them at all, the Bengals lose to the second seed Vikings, the Jets couldn't get anything going, the Colts rather the same, the Giants getting at least SOMETHING working and giving the Wentz-less Eagles a fight. The Texans lose once again, and the Browns cap it off at 32.
We're getting there folks, we're getting to those playoffs. Right about now, some football fans might notice a couple of websites posting their opinions of the playoffs based on the spots sealed right now, but there's a reason why the famous "NFL.com" doesn't do the same. It's too early! We know, playoffs are something no one can wait for, but we still got two weeks. That's two weeks of time that some of teams have to formulate some plans to kick some teams off the playoff spots and put their own team in it. We'll see how it'll end up.