Pro Football Weekly’s Power Rankings are updated every Tuesday during the NFL’s regular season and are intended to rank teams based on their talent and performance to date. Rankings will change each week due to personnel changes, injuries and performance on the field, and a team’s ranking in any given week has no impact on where they might rank in weeks to come. Rankings fluctuated a great deal more the first few weeks of the season as teams sought their levels and schedules balanced out. These are PFW’s Power Rankings following the wild-card round.
Rank Team Record The Skinny
1. Patriots 13-3 Unlikely to be phased by outside influences
2. Vikings 13-3 If ‘D’ can still win titles, they’re the favorite
3. Steelers 13-3 Can Big Ben get revenge for 5-pick performance?
4. Falcons 11-6 Easily the most impressive in wild card weekend
5. Saints 12-5 Payton got away with fourth-and-2 but it was really dumb
6. Eagles 13–3 Wentz injury, recent pass ‘D’ raises doubts
7. Panthers 11-6 Red zone struggles ended season early
8. Rams 11-6 Had a feeling they weren’t ready for prime time
9. Jaguars 11-6 Love the ‘D’ but Bortles' legs not enough
10. Titans 10-7 3 quarters of magic on ‘D’, but Pats a different story
11. Chiefs 10-7 How do you forget about Kareem Hunt?
12. Chargers 9-7 ’18 preseason AFC West favorites
13. Ravens 9-7 Time to find some wideouts they can trust
14. Seahawks 9-7 Will they tear down secondary or patch it up?
15. Bills 9-8 Fun while it lasted but what now at quarterback?
16. Lions 9-7 More talent than we think; who shall lead them?
17. Cowboys 9-7 Lots of work to do at receiver, all over defense
18. 49ers 6-10 Jimmy G. the future but still needs lots of help
19. Bengals 7-9 Happy for Lewis but he won’t make them better
20. Packers 7-9 Will bounce right back if A-Rod stays healthy
21. Washington 7-9 Future’s in the hands of Kirk Cousins now
22. Cardinals 8-8 Happy for Arians but he leaves rebuild behind
23. Raiders 6-10 Is Chuckie really the steak, or just the sizzle?
24. Dolphins 6-10 ’17 probably more real than ’16 was
25. Broncos 5-11 Lots of work to do, not sure who’ll do it
26. Bears 5-11 Can Nagy, Trubisky make them next year’s Rams?
27. Jets 5-11 Valiant as they were this year, still no QB in sight
28. Bucs 5-11 Why is Koetter back?
29. Texans 4-12 Right back in AFC South race if they stay healthy
30. Colts 4-12 What does it mean that Ballard let Nagy get to Bears?
31. Giants 3-13 Next big move is what to do with Eli
32. Browns 0-16 Surprised Dorsey took job handcuffed to Jackson
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