Thursday, December 13, 2007

NFL Power Rankings Week 14

The playoff picture is shaping up as several teams have already clinched their divisions. A few remain undecided and the wild card teams are hoping that they get to go to the big dance! Here's how the teams currently sit on the Just My Opinion:Just the Facts Power Rankings:

1)New England (13-0) Last week: 1
    14-13 at the half. A Brady to Moss to Brady to Gaffney bomb to start the second half and you never looked back! Your fans must have enjoyed watching you return to the form they've grown accustomed to this season. Two slam dunks with division "rivals" Miami and New York up next. Then a trip to the Meadow Lands as the New York Giants remain the final hurdle on your journey to the perfect season. I think 13-0 is an ok time to start seriously considering that it may actually happen! Brady needs 5 more TD passes to surpass Mannings single season record and Moss needs to catch 4 of them to surpass Rices record. Watch for both to happen against the Jets as they experience the payback for "Spy-gate!"
2)Dallas (12-1) Last week: 2
    WOW! 18 seconds left when you took the lead! This win was solely due to the ineptitude of the Detroit Coaching staff! They gave you too much time at the end of the first half, as you scored during the final minute, and then they let you do it again in the final seconds of the second half, on a play that any Dallas fan with eyes knew was coming: Romo to Witten up the left seam! The only reason you don't drop is because of the thumping you gave GB last week! The good teams win late, but that was pushing it!
3)Green Bay (11-2) Last week: 3
    Another powerful win as you clinch your division! 38-7 vs the Oakland Recliners is a bit more than expected. Perhaps you shouldn't have been running up the score like that. Good momentum, though... You've gotta keep your team focused as you head into 3 weeks of relatively meaningless games.
4)Indianapolis (11-2) Last week: 4
    Wow, talk about piling it on! 30-0 before the end of the first half! Baltimore must have used all they had in their attempt to defeat the best team in the NFL last week and had nothing to offer the Colts. They looked pretty bad out there. With the first round bye basically in the bag, you too have to find a way to motivate your players, especially as you face your upcoming daunting opponents. With contests against such foes as Oakland and Houston, I really don't expect you to lose again. (Which means you'll probably drop the final game of the season to TN at home. You usually surprise everyone by doing things like that!
5)Jacksonville (9-4) Last week: 5
    You made quite a rebound! Although, taking your aggression out on CAR for the whuppin' you got from Indy doesn't make up for the loss. Right now you are the front runner for a WC spot, but you have to keep winning to stay there! Even though you do face Oakland (It seems like everyone on the list has the benefit of playing them as the season winds down) you also have to over come Pittsburgh and Houston at home. They just beat TB so don't count that one before the final horn!
6)Minnesota (7-6) Last week: 6
    You proved that you belong this high in the rankings by squaring the 49ers 27-7! You have a four game winning streak, you've taken over the second WC spot in the NFC, and in the last 3 games, you've out-scored your opponent 110-34! You may only be 7-6 but you are a force to be reckoned with and I would not want to face you at this point in the season!
7)Pittsburgh (9-4) Last week: 7
    Don't feel bad. No one really expected you to win. And if your safety Anthony Smith hadn't guaranteed it, no one really would have noticed that you didn't. I saw him get beat deep twice! Which means he probably gave up another play or two that I missed. You better focus more on playing and less on talking as you have Jacksonville and Baltimore yet to overcome if you want to keep your lead in the division over the Cleveland Browns!
8)San Diego (8-5) Last week: off
    Welcome back! You haven't visited us since you were removed having lost to Jacksonville the week after you defeated Indy! However, after looking at your schedule and the games you've won, and after noticing that you are on a 3 game winning streak, and after realizing that though Seattle has a better record, they have a much weaker schedule, JMO:JTF has decided to have you back on! You really ought to finish out 2-1 with Detroit Denver and Oakland up next. Looks like though you started 1-3 that you just might be headed to the post season!
9)New York Giants (9-4) Last week: 8
    Squeaked by the Eagles. You haven't yet locked down that place in the playoffs and there are a lot of hungry NFC teams waiting to take your reservations! Division foe Washington would love to be a spoiler and Buffalo has been a hit or miss team this year. You don't know which Bills team you are going to face! You can just count the final game against the Pats as a loss right now! is 11-5 enough?
10)Cleveland (8-5) Last week: 10
    The Jets could have won this week. Lucky for you they stuck to their plan of consistently finding a way to lose! With Buffalo, Cinci, and SF as your final showdowns, it's difficult to say for certain that you are in. You nearly have to win out. Can you do it?
Off: Tampa Bay. I give you some props by putting you up to 9th spot and you make me regret it by losing to Houston! Not just Houston, but a hurt Houston without their starting QB or RB! You were the only team that prevented JMO:JTF from having a perfect week! With the ease of your remaining schedule, even if you win out, I don't expect to see you back on this list until we start talking about the playoffs.

And Miami remains winless! Only Baltimore, New England and Cinci remain. Looks like they've one real chance left, the same week the Pats play for perfection!

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