The final week of the Joke of a League Power Rankings. Let’s just get it over with.
#32 Arizona Cardinals (3-13-0, -200, LW: 32)
#31 San Francisco 49ers (4-12-0, -93, LW: 31)
#30 Oakland Raiders (4-12-0, -177, LW: 30)
#29 New York Jets (4-12-0, -108, LW: 27)
#28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-11-0, -68, LW: 28)
#27 Jacksonville Jaguars (5-11-0, -71, LW: 26)
#26 Buffalo Bills (6-10-0, -105, LW: 29)
#25 Cincinnati Bengals (6-10-0, -87, LW: 24)
#24 New York Giants (5-11-0, -43, LW: 23)
#23 Miami Dolphins (7-9-0, -114, LW: 22)
#22 Detroit Lions (6-10-0, -36, LW: 25)
#21 Green Bay Packers (6-9-1, -24, LW: 18)
#20 Washington Redskins (7-9-0, -78, LW: 17)
#19 Atlanta Falcons (7-9-0, -9, LW: 21)
#18 Denver Broncos (6-10-0, -20, LW: 16)
#17 Carolina Panthers (7-9-0, -6, LW: 20)
#16 Cleveland Browns (7-8-1, -33, LW: 15)
#15 Tennessee Titans (9-7-0, +7, LW: 13)
#14 Philadelphia Eagles (9-7-0, +19, LW: 19)
#13 Pittsburgh Steelers (9-6-1, +68, LW: 14)
#12 Minnesota Vikings (8-7-1, +19, LW: 12)
#11 Dallas Cowboys (10-6-0, +15, LW: 11)
#10 Indianapolis Colts (10-6-0, +89, LW: 10)
#9 Baltimore Ravens (10-6-0, +102, LW: 9)
#8 Los Angeles Chargers (12-4-0, +99, LW: 8)
#7 Seattle Seahawks (10-6-0, +81, LW: 4)
#6 Houston Texans (11-5-0, +86, LW: 6)
#5 New England Patriots (11-5-0, +111, LW: 7)
#4 Kansas City Chiefs (12-4-0, +144, LW: 5)
#3 Chicago Bears (12-4-0, +138, LW: 2)
#2 New Orleans Saints (13-3-0, +151, LW: 1)
#1 Los Angeles Rams (13-3-0, +143, LW: 3)
Here are the simple playoff predictions and all you need to know:
Take the home teams. They get home field for a reason. Even the two teams who won their divisions despite losing records won their first round games.
Take the teams with the bye weeks. I’ve already explained this.
If you really feel the need to pick upsets, be selective and select no more than one per round. You’re better off.
So next week I’m taking the Bears over the Eagles, the Cowboys over the Seahawks, Ravens over Chargers, Texans over Colts.
Divisional Round I take Chiefs over Texans, Patriots over Ravens, Saints over Seahawks, (one upset), Bears over Rams.
Conference Championships: Chiefs over Patriots, Saints over Bears
Slightly Better Than Average Bowl: Saints over Patriots.
There. So long until the next Joke of a season begins. . .