NFL WEEK 13 POWER RANKINGS
Week 13 we grumble about who should be fired and who should stay as head coaches. Somebody, for the Lions, listened to us. Playoff spoilers: we call the Falcons are the best second half team in the last two seasons. Teams are on the rise and looking good for the post season. Jets and Steelers remain perfect, both going in different directions. Can the Ravens survive Covid? We have gals shaking what they got and plenty of fun to poke at many teams.
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#1.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (10-1) SAME A few years back Patrick Mahomes was the young Michael Jordan of the league, going against the legend of Boston’s Larry Bird who was Tom Brady. Years later, Patrick Mahomes has flipped the script.
The Younger Mahomes has taken his game to higher learning than legend Tom Brady last Sunday. That’s two games in a row that Mahomes’ teams have conquered Brady-led teams. The only way Brady and Mahomes meet up again will be in the Superbowl. Buccaneers don’t see them getting there. Will Brady be around when the NFC South plays the AFC West in a few years when the schedules rotate?
#2.PITTSBURGH STEELERS (11-0) SAME When the longest week in NFL history concluded, the Steelers remain undefeated with a win over their division rival Ravens and sweeping the two game series. The game between the Ravens and Steelers was postponed three times. Ravens were without Lamar Jackson and some key running backs in this contest, and made this game too close for comfort for Steeler fans. Head coach Mike Tomlin said his team played like the Junior Varsity team on Wednesday. Veteran Robert Griffen III was behind center for the Ravens and one controversial play at the end of the first half should have resulted in some kind of points for the Ravens, but did not. This game was too close for comfort which seems like a Steeler way in games like the Cowboys, and versus back up quarterbacks.
Another injury on Steeler defense. Linebacker Bud Dupree tears his ACL and is out the rest of the season. Will this come back and haunt this Steeler team in the playoffs?
#3.NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (9-2) SAME Tayson Hill is 2-0 as starter for New Orleans since Drew Brees’ injury versus the 49ers. I know the Saints offense was not facing the Broncos offense on the field. Broncos, with all their quarterbacks out with Covid, made this easy on the Saints offense leaving Broncos defense on the field most of the game. Saints used their running game, ground it out on the road, and turn this into a 31-3 rout. Tayson Hill did not look sharp throwing the rock as he only passed for 78 yards. Hill threw one interception and still has not thrown a touchdown pass since 2016. Hill was still in college for BYU when he threw his last touchdown pass, November 26, 2016, versus Utah State. Hill did run for another two touchdowns. Remember Latavius Murray? I think people remember Murray mostly from his silver and black days for the Raiders.
Murray ran through the Broncos defense and gashed them for 124 yards and two Touchdowns.
#4.GREEN BAY PACKERS (8-3) UP 2 SPOTS The Chicago Bears should hire Aaron Rodgers to hand out pink slips in a Santa Claus uniform to their front office, coaches, and throw the entire offensive line under the bus. Packers find themselves only 1 game behind the Saints for the best record in the NFC and that number 1 seed in the playoffs, which is a bye. Packers’ only challenge the rest of the way will be versus the Titans. Packers should feast on the Eagles, Bear dessert, Lions and Panthers. Quite some game hunting by the Packers in the next few weeks.
#5.TENNESSEE TITANS (8-3) UP 3 SPOTS The Steelers used to ride the bus to the playoffs every year with Jerome Bettis.
The Titans need to continue to feed their transportation Derek Henry and ride him to the playoffs.
Henry can wear out teams like the Colts last Sunday, kill the clock, and keep the Titans weakness off the field with the defense.
#6.BUFFALO BILLS (8-3) UP 3 SPOTS Bills make some of their games too exciting by letting teams linger too long. Obviously the Hail Murray that took a win away from the Bills. The Bills defense has been better. The Chargers made it interesting at the end. This is when I miss a guy like Bruce Smith.
Need a guy to start being the closer on the defense. Guys like Jerry Hughes or Ed Oliver, I like to see them disrupt things on the opposing offenses at the end of games. Not give teams hope. Mortal Kombat-style should be preached in Buffalo. FINISH THEM!!!
#7.LA RAMS (7-4) DOWN 3 SPOTS
Do the Rams confuse you? One week they take down the Buccaneers or Seahawks in grand fashion. Then they roll out a clunker versus a 49er team which is missing pieces. Now the Seahawks are in first place.
My thoughts exactly.
#8.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (8-3) UP 2 SPOTS The NFC West is like a Tom and Jerry episode. The rotating of first place.
This would be a nice play for Head Coach Pete Carol to run. AHA!! Like that, Seattle has won 2 games in a row and has taken over first place while the Rams fall to second place. Whoever is Tom. Whoever is Jerry. The next five weeks between the Rams and Seahawks will be a cat and mouse chase for first place.
#9.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (7-4) DOWN 4 SPOTS Colts were steam rolled by Derek Henry last Sunday and find themselves in second place splitting the two game series with the Titans. Last season, Colts collapsed in the second half of the season. This Sunday, Colts have the Texans which they need to take care of business. Get back to what they are good at. The Titans have weaknesses which they may slip up with at the end of the season with that defense. Things can change in the AFC South the next few weeks.
#10.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (7-5) DOWN 3 SPOTS
Has Tom Brady taken the wrong pills? Tom Brady has fallen and he can’t go deep either. Buccaneers have lost two straight. Buccaneers go on their bye week. This may help Tom Brady flush out the old toxins in his system, but using Sammy Sosa’s corked bat or Flintstones vitamins if that’s what they want to call it – wink, wink. Buccaneers don’t have a cake walk in their last 4 games. Vikings and Falcons twice could be a problem for the Buccaneers. We give the Buccaneers the Lions match up. Vikings are fighting for their playoff lives. Matt Ryan and that Falcon offense are very touch to deal with.
#11.CLEVELAND BROWNS (8-3) UP 2 SPOTS The Browns are one game away from having an actually winning season. The Browns won half the games on their schedule picking up their 8th win last Sunday versus the Jaguars. Browns also can make history as their two headed monster in the back field can both reach 1000 yards rushing each of them are in the 700’s coming into this Sunday match up with the Titans.The Browns could be the 8th pair of teammates to ever have two guys with 1000 yards rushing on the same team in the same year.
Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner were teammates on the Browns 1985 team and each rush for 1000 yards that year as they are one of the 7th tandems to do that.
#12.MIAMI DOLPHINS (7-4) UP 2 SPOTS Dolphins got back on track last week with Fitzmagic behind center, with a win over the Jets. Who will start versus the hapless Bumbles this Sunday? Either Tua Time or Fitzmagic in a coin flip could handle the Bengals. A win gets them number 8 before a tough stretch of games that could make or break the Dolphin playoff hopes. Dolphins defense is very good. Which could get them in the post season and maybe get past the first round? Which quarterback is the best choice to get the team to the promise land?
#13.BALTIMORE RAVENS (6-5) DOWN 1 SPOT Ravens locker room ravaged with the Corona Virus. The game versus the Steelers was postponed 3 times making it the longest single week in the history of the NFL. Ravens played well without Lamar Jackson behind center and a few other playmakers. Will Jackson return this Tuesday versus the Cowboys? Robert Griffith III, who started versus the Steelers, is out for Tuesday. Ravens need Jackson to stop the bleeding losing two in a row. If they fall to the Cowboys, Ravens could miss out not making it to the playoffs. Losing to Cowboys could get you kicked out of the league. Your Freshman/Sophomore team should be able to beat the Cowboys.
#14.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (5-6) UP 4 SPOTS How do the 49ers beat the Rams, who looked like a team on the rise in the NFL, like the year they went to the Superbowl? 49ers have multiple injuries and playing with their back up quarterback. They are missing some big studs as well. They have to play their home games in Arizona due to the virus smothering the bay area.
You think the 49ers are dead, but they rise again like some bad slasher movie. When will the 49ers take Manhattan. like Jason in Friday the 13th?
Maybe change Manhattan to division rival Seattle.
#15.MINNESOTA VIKINGS (5-6) UP 5 SPOTS Vikings rebounded from the bad Cowboy loss & tough battle with Carolina last Sunday and prevailing. Prevailing against a guy they drafted in Teddy Bridgewater, who was back in Minnesota for the first time since being released. The Vikings won without their best wide receiver Adam Theilen who out with Covid symptoms. No worries because the Vikings replaced him with another white guy. Chad Beebe, who did his Adam Theilen impersonation, scoring a touchdown in the red zone.
Interesting stat is the Vikings have scored the most points in the 4th quarter. Which could mean the Vikings are always fighting from behind and digging a hole early in the game.
#16.ATLANTA FALCONS (4-7) SAME If the Falcons could only play the second half of the season, they would be a top seed in the playoffs. Another win under Interim Head Coach, Raheem Morris. Do you trust him being the guy next year or is this second half winning a common theme for the dirty birds? Falcons will be like the Grinch over the Holidays stealing other teams’ playoff hopes these next few weeks.
The Grinch looks like he has that Julio Jones killer instinct look.
#17.ARIZONA CARDINALS (6-5) DOWN 6 SPOTS The old Mr. Belvedere theme song. Streaks on the China never mattered before, as the Cardinals drop kicked the jacket as they flew through the door.
The Cardinals may need a English butler to help this team not go on losing streaks and be flat. They need someone to draw these guys a bath or something. When Cardinals are flying, it’s Hail Murray world beaters.
#18.VEGAS RAIDERS (6-5) DOWN 3 SPOTS Gruden and the Raiders were absolutely humiliated in an old fashioned beat down they got from the Dirty Birds. That’s two in a row the Raiders lost. Are the Raiders on the verge of another second half collapse like last season? Raiders need to rebound and need a win. Before they call the local Vegas hooker.
Before they pass out Deuce’s black book numbers to the Raiders players.
The Raiders should dial up the Jets, and get a meeting for next Sunday to get their game back on track. The Jets’ purpose this season is to be used and abused. Betcha Chucky loves the love cuffs.
#19.CAROLINA PANTHERS (4-8) DOWN 2 SPOTS Panthers dropped a tough one versus the Vikings. The Panthers may finish with more losses than wins this year. This season basically without their star tailback Christian McCaffrey, being hurt this team battles you. Many close games. I like Teddy Bridgewater and it looks like the Panthers have a very good back up QB in PJ Walker. Mike Davis has been a nice back up running back. I like the core of wide outs. Robby Anderson, DJ Moore, and Curtis Samuel are a strong group. The young defense is improving. Panthers should be very good next season.
#20.HOUSTON TEXANS (4-7) UP 1 SPOT First the Texans trade their best receiver in the off season. A very stupid trade. Then the team struggles and they fire their head coach. The Texans after a tough schedule to start the season off, are finally playing better. There has been a JJ Watt sighting once or maybe even twice, as the defense is getting a little better. Then they lose their number one receiver this year due to the PED’S busted on drug test.
Will Fuller is suspended the rest of the season as he thought maybe he was getting a Covid test. Like to see how the Texans finish with all these things that took place for team with talent.
#21.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5-6) UP 1 SPOT I love the Patriots old helmets.
I thought to myself, “If I knew I was going to hate the Patriots like I do, I’d have to go back in the past in my time machine DeLorean. I could bring back the Refrigerator I loved back then, to present times.
The Refrigerator Perry, to use against the Patriots, like Coach Mike Ditka did in the Superbowl versus New England in the 1980’s . Bill Belichick will not go away winning again last Sunday. Patriots sneaking their way back to 500.
#22.DENVER BRONCOS (4-7)
Only in Colorado, the Broncos entire quarterback room gets the Covid last Sunday.
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#23.WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM (4-7) UP 3 SPOTS Alex Smith gets my vote for comeback player of the year.
Alex Smith has had a raw deal in his career. Helped the 49ers make it to playoffs and replaced by one year wonder Colin Kaepernick due to an injury. Then Alex Smith helped the Chiefs get to the playoffs and Kansas City drafts Patrick Mahomes. OK, I get that. Then Smith’s leg injury with the Redskins. Ten dollars in the swear jar for Redskins. Would be nice to see Smith get the Washington Football team into the playoffs by winning the NFC East.
#24.LA CHARGERS (3-8) DOWN 1 SPOT Justin Herbert and the Chargers offense has been the story in LA. Chargers need a new owner if that is possible. I think the Chargers need a new head coach. A new voice. Anthony Lynn, in my opinion, is a better coordinator than being the head guy. What the hell happened to the Charger defense? Front office drafted Justin Herbert so they can stay.
#25.NEW YORK GIANTS (3-8) DOWN 1 SPOT Giants won and I’m still knocking them down a peg because they lost Daniel Jones last Sunday versus the Bengals. Jones may be out a few weeks. That leaves Colt McCoy, a Texan Gun Slinger.
Colt McCoy has a quarterback record of 7-21 for his career. Colt is a decent option for a back up if he’s surrounded with the Kansas City Chiefs offense. Do you expect the Giants to run the table on the Seahawks, Cardinals, Browns, Ravens, and then finally Dallas at the end of the schedule. Not enough NFC East teams which ends that hope of a division title in the World’s Worst sports division of all-time.
#26.CHICAGO BEARS (5-6) DOWN 1 SPOT Starting to debate inside my head what has been better: this Matt Nagy regime coaching staff or the Mark Trestman days? Matt Nagy is barking that the defense let the team down versus Green Bay. The defense of the Bears was in place when this stooge arrived from Kansas City as an offensive guru. If that defense was not in place, Matt Nagy in the Bears would be lower in the food chain. Down at the bottom of the barrel with the Jets and Jaguars… OH MY!!!
It’s another year the Packers pretty much wipe out any hope you had for the Bears. They call this Packers and Bears a rival. This has been a one sided affair since the 1980’s. Its like Chicago is a small town and have to wait decades for a player to be born that can defeat the big school of Green Bay who has multiple choices of players in the tri-state area. A factory of great quarterbacks which has only been two since the 1980’s. Bears are another team whom should they scrap everything and start fresh? Can the Bears get away firing the front office and coaching staff presently, and find somebody intelligent with football savvy to fix the offense. Was that not the idea when the team hired Matt Nagy?
#27.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (3-7-1) UP 1 SPOT Moved up the Eagles because they did a Hail Mary pass and got it at the end of the game versus the Seahawks.Time was running out, and they had no chance to win the game but they still flung it. It pissed off betters. Would the Eagles accept a trade from the Bears? Straight up deal Nick Foles for Carson Wentz. Philadelphia fans may be gyrating in their shorts thinking about that fantasy. When you can’t win the NFC East division and the team is playing horribly, it makes Christmas very bleak around the Holidays in Philadelphia.
Eagles play makes you eat poorly. Drink like a fish. Then make wrong decisions. Has head coach Doug Pederson run out of good grace from that Superbowl years ago?
#28.DETROIT LIONS (4-7) UP 1 SPOT Lions fans should be dancing in the streets naked as the team finally got rid of some weight. Dead weight Matt Patricia. Lions ownership needs to stay away from fat guys as their next choice for head coach.
I liked Wayne Fontes. Not sure why. Wayne would get the Lions to the Playoffs more than you could say about Matt Patrica. Fontes was a head scratcher in the playoffs. Feed the ball to Barry Sanders done. Lions should stay away from Bill Belichick, the weeping willow of crappy coordinators. Should the Lions trade Matt Stafford and get something for him? Can the Lions rebuild this mess and still have Stafford as the guy behind center? The Dolphins collected draft picks as they traded away pieces, then added veterans and they are in the playoff hunt this season with a solid defense and a young quarterback.
#29.DALLAS COWBOYS (3-8) DOWN TWO SPOTS Hate when bad things happen to good people.
Jerry Jones is a clown. Not sure why the owner of the Cowboys is still handling all the day to day operations on the football field. His hire of Mike McCarthy as the head coach has been horrible. McCarthy should be one year and done. No wonder nobody scooped McCarthy up immediately when he was fired by Green Bay. Cowboys need to hire someone to take control of the Cowboys decisions of personnel. Jerry Jones will probably go after Matt Patricia next since he was fired recently by the Lions. I would have a fire sale and collect draft picks because that might be the quickest road to win the NFC East next season.
#30.CINCINNATI BENGALS (2-8-1) If you’re a Bengal fan, do you get excited the team played well versus the Giants? Bengals playing their first game without their star rookie quarterback, Joe Burrows. Your back up quarterback Brandon Allen had a touchdown pass. The Special teams had a kick off return. Bengals knocked Giants starting quarterback out of the game and you think this would be a recipe for a victory over a NFC East team.
If a Bumble can put the star on the top of the tree this franchise still has hope for it’s future. Bengals still in line to get a nice piece in the draft which should be a top 5 pick. Hope now your Star Quarterback heals and is ready to go next season.
#31.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1-10) SAME The Jaguars fired their GM David Caldwell this week. What about the head coach, Doug Marrone Shad Kahn? Jaguars should go back to Christmas past to find how former football teams ran their organizations.
WFL
USFL
Seems like the Jacksonville fans had better results and much better time in the past with the Bulls from the USFL and Sharks from the WFL then the terrible Jaguars of the NFL with their blue smurf tongues. Even the logos of the past are better than their present and future.
#32.NEW YORK JETS (0-11) The Jets are officially eliminated from another season not making the post season. Head coach Adam Case blames himself for not developing Sam Darnold. Case said he dropped the ball. One of the main reasons they brought Case to New York was to get Sam Darnold to his highest potential on the field. If Jets pick Trevor Laurence in next year’s draft, can you trust Adam Case to develop him? If I was Laurence I’d be doing a John Elway and side stepping the Jets any way he can to avoid a nasty situation. Case still to this day had the one good year getting the best out of Jay Cutler with the Bears when he was the offensive Coordinator. What have you done for me lately? That is my question.
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