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NFL Week 13 delivered quite a few surprises, including a few upsets on Thanksgiving Day. It certainly shook up the landscape of how the best NFL teams right now are viewed, especially with the ongoing playoff hunt and tightening battles for division titles.
Let’s dive into our NFL Week 14 Power Rankings, evaluating all 32 teams following Week 13 action. We’ll have updates after Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football.
The Seattle Seahawks reclaim the top spot in the NFL power rankings after shutting out the Vikings on Sunday. Sam Darnold wasn’t particularly effective against his former team, but he doesn’t need to be with a defense this good and a run game that’s starting to come alive. Now sitting at 8-3 on the year, the Seahawks head out on the road for a very winnable game in Atlanta that would lock them into a winning season for the second consecutive year under Mike Macdonald.
A Sunday Night Football matchup against the Commanders is a great opportunity for the Denver Broncos to win in dominating fashion, which has been a bit of a rarity for this club as of late. What really mattes moving forward is seeing Bo Nix take advantage of one of the league’s worst defenses, demonstrating he can really pick apart secondaries and carry this offense as it’s without J.K. Dobbins.
The concern with the New England Patriots right now is the mounting injuries. Will Campbell has now joined Milton Williams on injured reserve, leaving this club even thinner in the trenches on both sides of the ball. It might not necessarily cost them on Monday Night Football against the Giants, so this should still be an 11-2 club entering the bye. The worry is just a fall-off after that when the schedule gets tougher.
In Sunday’s loss to the Panthers, Matthew Stafford threw a pick-six, lost a fumble in Carolina territory and had a deflected pass picked off in the end zone. That’s how you get the Los Angeles Rams losing 31-28 to Carolina on Sunday. Matthew Stafford will rebound, but Week 13 served as a reminder that the secondary for Los Angeles is still a bit of a problem. We fully expect the Rams to rebound next week versus the Cardinals.
The Green Bay Packers pulled off the coveted sweep of the Lions, improving to a perfect 3-0 record in the NFC North. Now, losing Devonte Wyatt to a season-ending injury is a blow for one of the league’s best defenses, but this Packers offense should be getting back Jayden Reed and Matthew Golden in Week 14. As of now, this looks like the team to beat in the NFC North, and that’s led by Jordan Love playing near an MVP-caliber level.
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