Week 12 NFL Power Rankings

It's time for the weekly NFL Power Rankings brought to you by mattmclear.com. Let's not even waste any time, let's jump right to it.

1) Atlanta Falcons (9-2) (prev 1) No need to move them from the top spot until they lose. As long as Matt Ryan plays at home not sure they will lose.

2) New England Patriots (9-2) (prev #2) They win again but face a tough Jets team this week. Should be a good game.

3) NY Jets (9-2) (prev #4) They keep getting it done. HUGE AFC match-up this weekend. Let's see how good they really are.

4) Baltimore Ravevns (8-3)(prev. #5) They had a good win vs a good TB team. Big match-up vs the Steelers. Hoping for a good ole fashion Steelers beat down. We will see.

5) Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3) (prev. #3) Should have lost to the Bills so I dropped them. Should drop them more prolly. Win vs Baltimore has them climb again.

6) Chicago Bears (8-3) (prev #9) Played well vs Vick and the Eagles. D is for real only giving up 172 points this year, and when Cutler plays smart they look ok. Let's see if they can stay hot.

7) New Orleans Saints (8-3) (prev #8) Have to show the defending champs some love and respect that they could make it back to the "ship.

8) Green Bay Packers (7-4) (prev #7) Had to drop them but not far. They lost to a good Atlanta team, on the road. Rogers is good so never count them out.

9) Philadelphia Eagles (7-4) (prev #6) They lost to a good Bears team and maybe they fell a little far but you should beat Cutler if you want to stay towards the top 5.

Last spot and there are several deserving team's but since I can only pick one I went with...



10) San Diego Chargers ( 6-5) (prev. NR) They are on a 4 game winning streak and I don't think there are many team's that want to play Phillip Rivers when he is hot like this. With a home game vs Oakland I expect their streak to continue.

Honorable mentions:
New York Giants (7-4)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-4) (prev. #10)
KC Chiefs (7-4)
Indianapolis Colts (6-5)
Jacksonville Jaguars (6-5)
Miami Dolphins (6-5)
Houston Texans (5-6)
Oakland Raiders (5-6)
St Louis Rams (5-6)
Washington Redskins (5-6)
Tennessee Titans (5-6)
Seattle Seahawks (5-6)


And for the bottom feeders of the NFL

10) Minnesota Vikings (4-7) They are showing signs of life and Favre wants to go out ummm not on a stretcher?

9) Cleveland Browns (4-7) Beat some good teams, lost to some "bad" team's. When they "good" Browns show up they can be dangerous.

8) San Francisco 49er's (4-7) Still only a game back to make playoffs. Sad I know. Losing Gore will not help.

7) Buffalo Bills (2-9) Nobody circles the wagon like the Buffalo Bills. They continue to find a way to lose. Big shout out to Stevie Johnson for dropping that ball. Why so serious? Because you lost the game.

6) Denver Broncos (3-8) Usually good at home, but not last week. Good trade sending Hillis away for Brady Quinn.

5) Arizona Cardinals (3-8)2 games back to make playoffs and their QB will be a Coors Light commercial soon. At least something is looking up for him.

4) Dallas Cowboys (3-8) Just when they were streaking they ran into the defending champs and blew the game.

3) Detroit Lions (2-9) Some bright spots, some not so bright spots. That's what rebuilding is all about.

2) Cincinnati Bengals (2-9) 8 straight losses can't be good for moral.

1)Carolina Panthers (1-10) No surprise here. Maybe they will draft another QB or 3?


Well thanks for checking out this weeks edition of the NFL power rankings. Let me know what you think.