Blogging The Boys
There is a single week left in the regular season which means that seven days from now over half of the teams in the NFL will be off into the offseason. Unfortunately for all of us the Dallas Cowboys will be one of them.
Last week saw the Cowboys put an end to their three-game losing streak with a victory over the Washington Commanders. It was a hard game to draw anything serious from as Washington was down to their third quarterback in Josh Johnson, the phrase “a win is a win” can only stretch so far under these types of circumstances.
Given that the playoff teams are just about set on both sides of the league the situation with power rankings is pretty straightforward. This will be our last time conducting this exercise this year, hopefully it has been a fun ride for you on a weekly basis.
Let’s begin.
1 – Seattle Seahawks (LW: 1)
Can they lock down the one seed?
2 – New England Patriots (LW: 4)
The Patriots had two separate NFL dynasties, saw it all torn down, and built themselves back up all before the Cowboys returned to the NFC Championship Game.
3 – San Francisco 49ers (LW: 5)
They look absolutely terrifying.
4 – Buffalo Bills (LW: 3)
It feels like Buffalo’s year on the AFC side of things, but their path through the playoffs is going to be difficult and they have no one to blame for that except themselves.
5 – Los Angeles Rams (LW: 2)
They have blown a lot over the last few weeks.
6 – Jacksonville Jaguars (LW: 7)
The Jags definitely feel legitimately for real. Now it is just a matter of doing it deep in January.
7 – Denver Broncos (LW: 8)
I know it is not fair to call teams paper tigers, but I just don’t see it here. I know they will likely be the one seed. We will see.
8 – Chicago Bears (LW: 6)
If that offense shows up… they can do the whole thing.
9 – Houston Texans (LW: 9)
I do think we are consistently overlooking the Texans. They have all of the pieces.
10 – Philadelphia Eagles (LW: 11)
Surely the offense being horrendous is going to doom them at some point, right? Right?
11 – Los Angeles Chargers (LW: 10)
They lived up to a lot of people’s assumptions last week.
12 – Baltimore Ravens (LW: 18)
Perhaps they really will steal the division.
13 – Pittsburgh Steelers (LW: 12)
Because they don’t seem to want it.
14 – Carolina Panthers (LW: 14)
This has been a strange team all season, haha.
15 – Green Bay Packers (LW: 15)
Hopefully they are bounced from the playoffs sooner rather than later for draft purposes.
16 – Cincinnati Bengals (LW: 19)
Too little too late.
17 – Detroit Lions (LW: 13)
They had a 17-point lead in the NFC Championship Game two years ago. Nothing is ever promised.
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