Week Twelve: Power Rankings

Woo! Thanksgiving holiday is over, and let's just admit it, we've gained a couple pounds -- or A LOT of pounds. Well, we understand because, time flies when you're eating, and most importantly, watching those football games. Shoutout to that NFC East matchup on Thanksgiving day with the Giants and Redskins. And, in the mindset of giving (for Thanksgiving), why can't Commissioner Roger Goodell give the some of the bad seeds some 1st round draft picks or something? Like, at this point, that's kinda a legit question. Heh, let's start with the top eight.

1st Rank: Philadelphia Eagles (--)

2nd Rank: New England Patriots (--)

3rd Rank: Minnesota Vikings (+1)

4th Rank: Pittsburgh Steelers (-1)

5th Rank: Los Angeles Rams (+1)

6th Rank: New Orleans Saints (-1)

7th Rank: Carolina Panthers (+1)

8th Rank: Jacksonville Jaguars (-1)

Let's begin with the top eight for this week. The Eagles stay at number one with a win against Chicago, the Patriots do the same with the Dolphins, the Vikings beat the Lions, so they move up, and the Steelers . . . they won, but giving up 28 points to Brett Hundley? Nope. Rams beat Saints, so Rams go up, Saints go down a spot. The Panthers beat a momentum held Jets team, and the Jaguars lose to ARIZONA. Not the way to get in the playoffs, my friend.

9th Rank: Atlanta Falcons (--)

10th Rank: Los Angeles Chargers (+8)

11th Rank: Washington Redskins (+2)

12th Rank: Seattle Seahawks (-1)

13th Rank: Tennessee Titans (+4)

14th Rank: Detroit Lions (-4)

15th Rank: Baltimore Ravens (--)

16th Rank: Buffalo Bills (+8)

We've got TWO BIG movers in these couple of teams. The Falcons don't move at number nine, the Chargers move big after crushing the Cowboys, the Redskins, as we've said, played a spectacular game against New York, the Seahawks win against the 49ers, but still struggled, the Titans beat the Colts, the Lions lose to Minnesota, the Ravens beat the Watson held Texans, and the Bills move EIGHT spots after beating Kansas City Chiefs. Let's talk about the next eight in the rankings.

17th Rank: Oakland Raiders (+4)

18th Rank: Kansas City Chiefs (-6)

19th Rank: Dallas Cowboys (-3)

20th Rank: Cincinnati Bengals (--)

21st Rank: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-2)

22nd Rank: Houston Texans (-8)

23rd Rank: New York Jets (-1)

24th Rank: Green Bay Packers (+1)

Starting off the 17th through 24th rank, we've got the CHIEFS moving down A LOT. Remember when they were the number one seed for 5 weeks? Yeah. The Raiders move up after beating Denver, the Chiefs move down after losing to Buffalo, the Cowboys lose to the Chargers, the Bengals beat the lousy Browns, the Buccaneers lose to Atlanta, the Texans lose to the Baltimore Ravens, the Jets get destroyed by the Panthers, and the Packers, though losing, put an amazing fight against the fourth seed Pittsburgh Steelers. Let's now move on to the final eight.

25th Rank: Arizona Cardinals (+6)

26th Rank: Indianapolis Colts (-3)

27th Rank: New York Giants (-1)

28th Rank: San Francisco 49ers (-1)

29th Rank: Denver Broncos (-1)

30th Rank: Chicago Bears (-1)

31st Rank: Miami Dolphins (-1)

32nd Rank: Cleveland Browns (--)

Finally, we have the sorrowful teams, the final eight. The Cardinals somehow was able to beat the Jaguars, the Colts lose to a rival Tennessee, the Giants lose on Thanksgiving day to Washington, the 49ers lose to another rival -- the Seattle Seahawks, the Broncos lose an AFC West matchup against the Raiders, the Bears lose to the soaring Eagles, the Dolphins lose to the Patriots sadly, and the Browns cap the list with a loss in Cincinnati. Pretty bad stuff for all these teams.

So, in conclusion, Week 12 was pretty cool. We had the chance to see all the teams play on Thanksgiving, and we were also able to share those football memories with our families and relatives. Pretty awesome. Starting next week, however, all of that is over, but that doesn't mean football isn't AWESOME. Looking forward to see that Eagles second loss. But, we can't really foreshadow them too much -- especially the chances of them losing. Maybe they won't? Who knows?