Power Rankings

Now that the season is complete,  it seems fitting to take a look back at the season and release our final power rankings for season’s end.

* = Made playoffs

1. Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4)*
2. Arizona Cardinals (9-7)*
3. New York Giants (12-4)*
4. Baltimore Ravens (11-5)*
5. Tennessee Titans (13-3)*
6. Philadelphia Eagles (9-6-1)*
7. Indianapolis Colts (12-4)*
8. Carolina Panthers (12-4)*
9. Miami Dolphins (11-5)*
10. Minnesota Vikings (10-6)*

11. Atlanta Falcons (11-5)*
12. San Diego Chargers (8-8)*
13. New England Patriots (11-5)
14. Houston Texans (8-8)
15. New York Jets (9-7)
16. Dallas Cowboys (9-7)
17. Denver Broncos (8-8)
18. Chicago Bears (9-7)
19. Tampa Bay Bucs  (9-7)
20. Washington Redskins (8-8)
21. New Orleans Saints (8-8)
22. Green Bay Packers (6-10)
23. San Francisco 49ers (7-9)
24. Buffalo Bills (7-9)
25. Oakland Raiders (5-11)
26. Jacksonville Jaguars (5-11)
27. Cleveland Browns (4-12)
28. Cincinnati Bengals (4-11-1)
29. Kansas City Chiefs (2-14)
30. Seattle Seahawks (4-12)
31. St. Louis Rams (2-14)
32. Detriot Lions (0-16)

Notes:
-While I really feel that Arizona shouldn’t be in the top two talent-wise, they did reach the Super Bowl, so they did have a “decent” year.

-Houston and Green Bay both had pretty difficult schedules and seemed to play well regardless of their records. Watch out for both teams next season.

-The Cowboys should have made the playoffs, but their obvious locker room “issues” push them below even the Jets and Texans. I doubt the Cowboys can drastically improve without the removal of TO.

-The Chiefs are ahead of the Seahawks (and just missed to beat out the Bengals) because of their tough play against tough competition and keeping games close throughout the end of the season, nearly beatting the Chargers, Dolphins and Broncos.

-The Lions are bad. Really bad. While I could never play in the NFL and I shouldn’t talk, the fact that they have about 5 legit NFL starters shows that they need help (Huge Understatement). This job is not like the Dolphins and Falcons a year ago (both teams improved greatly) because of their lack of a solid O-Line and suitable defense.