Week 12 NFL Power Rankings

12 oz Power Rankings
Rank	Team	Record	Comment	Prev. Week
1	Denver Broncos	9-1	Even with a hobbled Manning, they still were able to take care of the Chiefs. This is the best team in the NFL right now.	1
2	New Orlean Saints	8-2	This is a good team that is very good at home. Next week they play Seattle in a a game that will likely determine NFC home field.	3
3	Seattle Seahawks	10-1	Speaking of good at home, the Seahawks will get the Saints at home next week in a game that will likely determine NFC home field.	4
4	Kansas City Chiefs	9-1	For the first time in 10 weeks, they played a team with a winning record. For the first time in 10 weeks, they lost. Now it is time to see if this team is for real.	2
5	Carolina Panthers	7-3	I am not too proud to eat crow here. Cam Newton is playing well, and he and this defense make the Panthers tough to beat	6
6	Cincinnati Bengals	7-4	The defense, even without Hall and Atkins, is championship caliber. The offense is good enough, but not consitent enough.	8
7	New England Patriots	7-3	Bad call or not, the Panthers deserved to win that game. The Patriots are still the #2 seed in the AFC, but they sure don't scare anyone anymore.	5
8	San Francisco 49ers	6-4	I have always said the 49ers traded the wrong QB - and I stand by that. Kaepernick is not playing well enough and this team is in danger of missing the playoffs.	7
9	Indianapolis Colts	7-3	Since beating the Broncos, the Chiefs have squeaked out 2 wins against a bad teams (Hou and Ten) and got beat by 30 by a bad Rams team starting a backup QB.	9
10	Arizona Cardinals	6-4	The most overlooked playoff contender. They have a good defense, plenty of weapons on offense, and they are tied for 2nd with the 49ers.	11
11	Chicago Bears	6-4	They haven't really lost a step with McCown. With the Rodgers injury, the Bears have the inside track at the division.	12
12	Philadelphia Eagles	6-5	The Eagles are a surprise this year and they are better with Foles behind center.	13
13	Detroit Lions	6-4	They simply cannot be trusted. 27 points in 1 quarter…0 points in the other 3, and they lose to a bad Steelers team.	10
14	Dallas Cowboys	5-5	This is the flashiest, most talked about .500 franchise ever. Since the end of the 1996 season, the Cowboys are 272-272 and 1-6 in the playoffs (17 years) - the GM should fire himself.	14
15	Tennessee Titans	4-6	In a weak AFC, the Titans are good enough to compete for a 6 seed, but this is no playoff caliber team .	15
16	New York Giants	4-6	On a 4 game win streak, I still like the Giants to win the division. Why? Because they have a 2-time Super Bowl QB and coach…and the NFC East sucks.	16
17	San Diego Chargers	4-6	Speaking of teams that cannot be trusted. The Chargers are good enough to compete with anyone and bad enough to lose against anyone.	16
18	Saint Louis Rams	4-6	Even with Kellen Clemens playing QB, this team is still fighting and looks to have the ability to spoil a playoff for a team.	20
19	Pittsburgh Steelers	4-6	Hard to believe that a the Steelers are just 1 game out of the playoffs…and they gave up 55 points to the Patriots. That just shows you how week the AFC is this year.	26
20	Buffalo Bills	4-7	Apparently I may need to eat crow on the Manuel pick. The kid has been fairly successful in his 1st year.	24
21	Miami Dolphins	5-5	Currently in a tie for the 6 seed, but I can't see the Dolphins being able to make the playoffs ith all that is surrounding them.	25
22	Baltimore Ravens	4-6	Hard to believe that this is the team that won the Super Bowl 9 months ago. Flacco got away with highway robbery.	18
23	New York Jets	5-5	Geno Smith is bad. No way the Jets make the playoff.	17
24	Green Bay Packers	5-5	Without Aaron Rodgers, this is a very weak and suspect team. His return may be too little too late.	19
25	Oakland Raiders	4-6	When I look at the Raiders, I can only think of 1 thing….how %$#@ing bad is Matt Flynn to get beat out by Terrelle Pryor?	27
26	Cleveland Browns	4-6	The Browns defense is very good, but they have no running game, little passing game, and apparently a very bad special teams unit.	21
27	Washington Redskins	3-7	3-7 and now some pointing of fingers and some team dissention? Uh oh. In 27 years of coaching, Shanahan is 47-17 (.734) with Elway and 123-115 (.517) without Elway. Just sayin.	23
28	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2-8	The Buccaneers should probably be 5-5. The last 3 weeks, it is hard to believe this team started 0-8 and Mike Glennon has been very surprising to me.	31
29	Houston Texans	2-8	What has gone wrong in Houston? At the start of the year, they were a favorite Super Bowl pick - now they are 2-8, Schaub is a backup and he and Andre Johnson are fighting? Wow.	29
30	Minnesota Vikings	2-8	The Vikings were a fluke last year propped up by an enormous year by Adrian Peterson.	30
31	Atlanta Falcons	2-8	They have had some injuries, but who hasn't? How does a team go from 13-3, #1 overall seed and the NFC Championship game to 2-8? Matt Ryan does not look like a top tier QB.	28
32	Jacksonville Jaguars	1-9	You cannot tell me this team wouldn't be better, more watchable, more marketable and more relevant with Tim Tebow as the QB. Gabbert and Henne are bad.	32