WEEK 12 POWER RANKINGS
Week 11 we took our bye week from the NFL power rankings. We needed a week off to get some liquids and fruit in our system. Heal all our wounds and prepare for the rest of the 2020 season while wearing our masks. We feel like we are back, and as sharp as ever. We are dissecting the NFL from top to bottom. Let’s roll it out and hope you enjoy it as always.
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#1.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (9-1) Chiefs avenge their only loss to the only team that beat them this season… the RAIDERS!!! This is the Chiefs’ first trip to play the Vegas Raider in their new home.
It was another shootout this time when the Chiefs stormed back with 75 ticks left on the clock. Patrick Mahomes, the best quarterback in the league this year, hits the best tight end in the league, Travis Kelce, for the go ahead score and game winner.
Kelce with 8 grabs for 127 yards. while Patrick Mahomes had another 300 yard passing day. Chiefs are marching for their fifth Straight AFC West Title with the great start of 9-1.
#2.PITTSBURGH STEELERS (10-0) Are the Steelers the best team in the entire NFL? The Steelers schedule has not been very difficult. Steelers wins have come from the likes of the Giants, Texans, Broncos, Eagles, Cowboys, Bengals and Jaguars – seven teams with losing records. Wins versus Browns, Ravens and Titans are signature victories that rounds out ten. I know you can only play the teams on your schedule. I will say since the Cowboys scare the Steelers, they have got their shit together. Will the Covid create such a bird flu atmosphere in the Ravens locker room to make this another walk through for the Steelers this Sunday? It’s a game already rescheduled once from Thursday.
#3.NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (8-2) The New Orleans team is much scarier these days with that defense which can get in the face of the quarterback. The Saints made Matt Ryan look like a Chicago Bears quarterback last Sunday. This defense might be better than the Bounty gate unit they won with the team that won the Superbowl.
#4.LA RAMS (7-3) Defense wins championships and the Rams may have the top unit in the game.
Remember this Bear castoff? Leonard Floyd has 7 sacks already for the Rams in his first season in LA. Another X-Bears player doing well in another uniform. It’s the Chicago way in sports.
#5.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (7-3)
Head Coach Frank Reich of the Colts, is making a name for himself. Let’s take a walk down memory lane as Frank Reich was one of the best back up quarterbacks in the league when he played during the 1990’s. Evidence Frank Reich led the best comeback in the NFL include the playoff game when his Bills beat the Houston Oilers. His Bills Head Coach at the time was one of the smartest guys in the league, Marv Levy. Reich was the offensive Coordinator for the Eagles when they beat the Patriots in the Superbowl. Reich coached Phillip Rivers in San Diego. Now Rivers is the Colts Starter. Colts have been playing as a team with a balanced attack on offense using everyone. Then the Colts defense are another top unit in the league. Colts are sneaky and have been taking down good teams.
#6.GREEN BAY PACKERS (7-3) Aaron Rodgers still continues his monster year behind center as once again, he can slay the head off the Bears season.
This Bear rug above is the newest Nick Foles addition. You wonder if Rodgers hands these rugs off to people around the holidays. Who has the Jay Cutler one? It would be good to wipe your muddy boots on. Rodgers will try for his 4th straight game with 300 yards of passing versus the Bears defense.
#7.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (7-4) I’m seeing some kinks in the Buccaneer armor.
The offensive line is slowly cracking as water definitely is getting in. Brady’s house has holes. Tom Brady’s arm is a problem. The deep ball dies out in the air and has no zip like it used to have. The Buccaneer defense can stop the run, but the pass can exploit them with quick slant passes like the Rams did to them on Monday night.
#8.TENNESSEE TITANS (7-3) Titans have the Ravens number as they made a nice comeback last Sunday and earned a much needed victory in over-time. Titans need to beat the division rival Colts this Sunday, or they will most likely be on the road in a wild card slot for the playoffs. The Titan defense still scares me. Teams can score and move the ball on them. Titans do get some big plays on defense. Last meeting with the Colts, Titans were very sloppy in all three parts of their game.
#9.BUFFALO BILLS (7-3) Bills need to get over that last second Hail Mary pass that defeated them in Arizona before their bye week. The entire AFC East division last week lost while the Bills were on the bye week. I think Bills got a chance to get healthy and get some home cooking with a home game right off the bat. I’ve seen improvements with the Bills defense in the last few games; at least they are forcing turnovers. The defense still giving up too many points.
#10.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (7-3) The Seahawks defense has killed them this season. Fans probably wishing the Legion of Boom was still assembled. Those outcasts might all be in prison. It was that kind of element in those days. Last year, the Seahawks lost the division hold versus the 49ers who had a good defense. This season the Rams, another team with a good defense, might win the NFC West leaving Seattle as a wild card once again.
#11.ARIZONA CARDINALS (6-4) How far can Kyler Murray carry this Cardinal team? Cardinals defense is another unit in the league that has had problems stopping opposing teams. Cardinals are on and off as one of the streakiest teams in the league.
Like the Arizona Cardinals running back, either hate the drake or love the Drake. Cardinals have no middle ground. They are high or low.
#12.BALTIMORE RAVENS (6-4) It seems like the Ravens season is getting worse. Ravens are still falling to elite teams in the AFC, letting the Titans escape with a victory in OT. Now week 12 has the Ravens who had to close up shop because the locker room has been invaded by the Covid. Lamar Jackson could not even escape the virus.
Does Lamar Jackson’s poor play this season start being compared to the likes of Mike Vick, RG III, and Colin Kaepernick? Running quarterbacks that the league figured out.
#13.CLEVELAND BROWNS (7-3) I don’t think the Browns will catch the Steelers and win that division. Brown fans may see playoff tickets being printed up. If Browns win this Sunday, they would have won half of their games with five more games after, to cement a wild card position in the playoffs. When was the last time the Browns won half of their games?
It figures the year the Browns make the playoffs, it will be the year a pandemic is in the air. They will have more cardboard people in the Dawg pound, than dawgs. I tried to class up the joint by burrowing the Broncos South Park section of cardboard cutouts to represent the Browns. Broncos will not be using those card board cutouts in 2021. Both teams have orange in their uniforms.
#14.MIAMI DOLPHINS (6-4) There’s no crying in football!!!! Ryan Fitzpatrick, the definition of a journeyman quarterback, was having a fine year until the Dolphins pulled the plug on him and made it Tua Time. Dolphins won 5 straight and were finally beaten last Sunday. Now Tua is hurt so Fitzmagic is back. Fitzpatrick is like a cat with 99 lives because he always lands on his feet behind center with another gig or another start with whatever team he’s on. Did the Beard shed a few happy tears in his return?
#15.VEGAS RAIDERS (6-4) I did not think the Raiders were going to sweep the season 2 game series versus the Chiefs. Raiders lost in a shoot out last Sunday. Now what road will these Raiders take this Sunday? Will the Raiders be the same Raiders that beat the Chiefs the first time and the Saints? My gut tells me the Raiders will lose a few games. Then make one last effort and win their last few games to try to get in the playoffs, but fall short.
#16.ATLANTA FALCONS (3-7) Even though the Falcons did not play the Saints great last Sunday, it was Tayson Hill’s first ever start in the NFL. The Falcons have been playing better football under Interim Coach Raheem Morris, who has already led the dirty birds to three victories. Falcons have played better in the second half of their seasons the last few years. My gut feeling is the Falcons might tally up more victories to get Raheem the permanent position as Head Coach of the Falcons in 2021.
#17.CAROLINA PANTHERS (4-7) The Panthers used an XFL quarterback and wiped out the Lions last Sunday. Lions went on to lose on turkey day in humiliation. Can the Panthers do another NFC Central team with Teddy Bridgewater’s revenge facing the team that drafted him? If Panthers beat the Vikings this Sunday, it could be the final nail in the coffin for Minnesota’s playoff hopes.
#18.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4-6) The Bay Area wants no more live football in their city due to the virus. The 49ers have two problems. They are the walking wounded. Then their own city does not want them. They need a stadium and players.
Just need to open up the Terminator factory and make some new players for the 49ers.
Cylon cheerleaders.
Set up the Thunder Dome in the desert where they can play their home games
#19.DENVER BRONCOS (4-6) Just when you’re thinking the Broncos may be turning the corner with a big win over a hot Miami team. All of Denver’s quarterbacks have tested positive for the Corona Virus.
Denver has to stop letting their quarterbacks travel in one car like those clowns above.
#20.MINNESOTA VIKINGS (4-6) Vikings need to run Dalvin Cook like he is Forest Gump if this team wants to grab that third wild card in the NFC. The Vikings should quickly get over that devastating Dallas loss and back on their horse where they were gutting teams with the running game and playing solid defense. They may come up short, which is my prediction.
#21.HOUSTON TEXANS (4-7) Romeo Crennel is the oldest Head Coach in the league. At 73 years of age, he took over as the Interim Coach for the Texans. Romeo beat his master, Bill Belichick, and the Patriots this season. Then he beat a co-worker, another broken branch in Matt Patricia from the Belichick tree in the Lions on Thursday in a rout. Romeo is Cobra Kai of the league of Head Coaches.
#22.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (4-6) The Evil Empire still has presence on some planets.
Patriots gave the Ravens a surprise attack and won a battle, beating Baltimore. Are The Ravens an elite AFC team still or is this team on the down spiral in the black hole of the universe?
Last Sunday the Texans figured out the Patriots these days are made out of legos and the quarterback is a cookie. The pockets of Bill Belichick’s forces are still on the run and can’t fight an entire 4 quarter battle.
#23.LA CHARGERS (3-7) Justin Herbert remains the story for the Chargers. Chargers offense has been fun to watch especially the bombs that Herbert launches in the skies. The Charger defense has had some major issues. The New York Jets last Sunday with old washed up veterans, made that contest into a game and a scare for the Chargers. We know Herbert has not made the winning play in tight games as the team lost two weeks in a row prior to the win over the Jets in the last play of the game.
#24.NEW YORK GIANTS (3-7) The Giants I think will be the team that will eventually win that awful NFC East. Giants defense has been really good this year and is the key. Plus Giants coming off a bye week have won two games in a row prior, and will be facing the Bengals without Joe Burrows. Giants will need that win versus the Bengals as they face some difficult teams starting in week 13.
Can you compare the present group to the dome patrol and Mt. Rushmore of Saints linebacker core they had in Pat Swilling, Sam Mills, Ricky Jackson, and Vaughan Johnson? That would be saying a lot. If defense keeps playing lights out, this team has a very great chance of getting to the Superbowl. The Saints are now 6-0 without Drew Brees behind center in the last two years. Can Taysom Hill with the speed of Lamar Jackson and his big play ability behind center keep this Saints team marching all the way to the number one seed in the NFC?
#25.CHICAGO BEARS (5-5) BEAR HUNTING SEASON HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!!!!
Bears were once 5-1 to start this 2020 season. The offense has been dreadful. The offensive line is in shambles and was never addressed from last season. Mitch Trubisky might be back behind center versus the Packers this Sunday night. Just in time for Green Bay to put the final bullet in the Bea’rs head to end 2020. Another year where those orange vest over their parkas, who are hillbillies with their yellow hats that we call cheese heads will give the Bears the final fatality. Chalk it up to another miserable football year in Chicago.
#26.WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM (4-7) Washington no-namers started off the season losing their Redskin name.
Then someone buys up all the rights to potential new names. Your Head Coach is fighting cancer. The young quarterback you took in the first round looks to be a potential bust. You lose quarterback Kyler Allen to injury. Alex Smith looks rusty from his devastating leg injury years ago. Things are grim in DC. The silver lining is Donald Trump is headed out of the White House. Alex Smith finds his old self.
The team with no name humiliated their arch-rival on Turkey Day. Now the team with no name has swept the Cowboys in 2020. Leftovers are tasting so good in Washington, you are now in first place of the NFC East late in the season.
#27.DALLAS COWBOYS (3-8)
Since Dallas is America’s team, somehow the networks have to shove this miserable team down our throats every week. Cowboys last Sunday played well and beat a re-surging Viking team that has been red hot. Then on Turkey Day, the team with no name made the Cowboys look like turkeys. Is Ezekiel Elliot a bust? Elliot, I think, showed his thanks to a great offensive line throughout his career as he mimics the “feed me the rock” after scoring untouched at times or just making a first down. Present times, Elliot with the offensive line in shambles can’t do anything. Elliot has no moves and can not break a tackle. BUST!!!!!
#28.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (3-6-1)
The Eagles beat the Giants and Cowboys went on a bye week to come out and shit the bed, two games in a row.
You don’t have to speak Jive to know the Eagles are the Jive turkey bird of the league.
If you need a translator, one will be provided.
#29.DETROIT LIONS (4-7) No wonder Barry Sanders and Megatron, AKA Calvin Johnson, went into early retirement.
Thank God I did not watch the Lions and Texans while eating my turkey leg on Thanksgiving. I would have choked on my vomit from being out the night before. Week 12 and the Lion team is playing that sloppy with penalties. Fumbling the football. Matt Patricia – should I point all my fingers at him? Then last Sunday an XFL quarterback and the Panthers shut you out. They may be able to make cars in Detroit, but regarding football they are wasting the career of Matthew Stafford.
#30.CINCINNATI BENGALS (2-7-1)
The injury to your star and future franchise quarterback in Cincinnati is a major blow. In Cincinnati it is time to turn the channel and watch something else besides Bengal football. Just in time to Watch the Thanksgiving episode of WKRP.
Bengals can pray for a speedy recovery of Burrows. Plus the Bengals should now get a top five draft pick. Plus at least your not a Jaguar fan as they are thinking to start Mike Glennon this Sunday.
#31.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1-9) Why are the Jaguars going to start a terrible journeyman quarterback Mike Glennon?
Have the Jaguars brass not seen the Bears film in 2017? I blame Glennon’s bad play on rushing Mitch Trubisky development in which he may of needed two years on the sideline. I get that rookie Jake Luton had a bad game versus a bone crushing Steeler defense. Again a bone-crushing defense and your team is one of the bottom of the barrel teams in the league. Glennon is not your future. The Jaguars should insert Gardner Minshew if he is healthy over Glennon. I still don’t why the Jaguars still have Doug “Duh” Marrone as the team’s head coach. This franchise I compare it to the unwanted leftover candy no one wants in the bottom of the bucket from Halloween.
#32.NEW YORK JETS (0-10)
The New York Jets logo should be the Cobra Rattler from GI Joe. It is the oldest plane in the fleet like the players on the Jets. You know your team has absolutely nothing going for them when they have veterans playing every Sunday and contributing the most. Jets made a second half comeback versus the Chargers and made it a close game at the end. Joe Flacco was at the quarterback position throwing two TD passes and a pick. Frank Gore running the ball and still being productive. He’s rushing for 61 yards on the ground with a touchdown. Now if this was Baltimore Joe Flacco, before he helped the Ravens win the Superbowl and 49er Frank Gore, I’d tell you the Jets should have a way better record. Jets stay on target for a first round pick.
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