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Injuries ravaged teams in Week 15, taking out quite a few big names on teams looking to make progress in their respective playoff races. Injuries, combined with a few key losses in tight divisional races, created a few changes in ClutchPoints’ Week 16 NFL Power Rankings.
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The best matchup of Week 15 saw the Los Angeles Rams make a second-half comeback against the Detroit Lions, earning their 11th win of the year via a 41-34 home win. Matthew Stafford figured things out with his pass catchers after an early interception, finding tight end Colby Parkinson for two touchdowns.
Puka Nacua caught nine passes for 181 yards in the win, but the Rams lost fellow wideout Davante Adams to a hamstring injury, an injury that made Adams maintain a limited practice schedule lately. Playing on a short week in Week 16, Adams’ status is very murky for the Rams offense moving forward.
An 11th-straight win, coupled with a four-touchdown showing from Bo Nix, helped the Denver Broncos win their 11th game of the year in one of the best matchups of Week 15. A home win over the Green Bay Packers clinched the first playoff berth for an AFC team, as the Broncos remain atop the AFC West with a two-game lead.
Nix threw touchdowns to Courtland Sutton, Troy Franklin, Lil’Jordan Humphrey, and Michael Bandy in the win, as the defense shut the Green Bay offense down on their final drive, sealing the game.
Giving up a 21-point lead at home in a crucial divisional game is not like the New England Patriots, but their Week 15 loss to the Buffalo Bills helps keep the race in the AFC North interesting. Two rushing touchdowns each from Drake Maye and TreVeyon Henderson helped lead the Patriots’ offense, but it was the defense that wasn’t able to slow down the Bills’ offense in the second half.
Week 15’s loss ended the 10-game winning streak for New England, as they now sit 11-3, and only one game separates them from Buffalo in the divisional standings.
Week 15 marks the second consecutive week of three passing touchdowns from Josh Allen, and this was a game that the Bills absolutely had to have if they wanted to remain in the hunt for the AFC East divisional title.
Allen threw TDs to James Cook and Dawson Knox (twice), with Cook rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns on the ground in the win.
The Chicago Bears got back to their winning ways in Week 15, easily beating the Cleveland Browns, 31-3. An easy home win sandwiched in between back-to-back matchups with the Green Bay Packers is exactly what the doctor ordered for the top team in the NFC North.
DJ Moore caught two touchdowns in the...
