Power Rankings: Week 14

1. Giants (11-1)-The class of the NFC so far. This team has overcome adversity throughout the season but can it overcome the whole Plaxico controversy? Burress has been suspended for the rest of the season, and his future with the team is iffy at best.

2. Titans (11-1)-The best team in the AFC has two gimme games in a row with the Browns and the Texans. Then the Titans host Pittsburgh and play at Indy the last game of the year. Even with losses to the Steelers and Colts, the Titans should get the #1 seed in the AFC at 13-3.

3. Steelers (9-3)-I have the Steelers defense on my fantasy team and they are downright nasty. The defense has single-handedly won me two games in fantasy and has carried this team while the offense has sputtered at times. The defense forced 5 Patriot turnovers, with James Harrison causing two by himself.

4. Panthers (9-3)-Huge game with Tampa on Sunday that could determine who wins the NFC South. DeAngelo Williams has been on a tear the past four weeks, and has produced major fantasy points for me.

5. Buccaneers (9-3)-The defense was able to shut down Drew Brees. QB Jeff Garcia has played well of late, and that needs to continue in Monday night's showdown at Carolina.

6. Colts (8-4)-The Colts were left for dead at 3-4 but are now riding a five-game winning streak with victories at Pittsburgh at San Diego and at home against the Patriots. With the next two games against the Bengals and Lions, the Colts will win a minimum of ten games and clinch a playoff berth.

7. Cowboys (8-4)-Nobody has been talking about the ‘Boys since the Giants have been so dominant. However, Dallas is quietly lurking at 8-4 and if they can win at the Steelers on Sunday they could finish with 10 or 11 wins.


8. Jets (8-4)-What the hell happened against the Broncos? The Jets got owned by the same Broncos team that lost to the Raiders, yes the Raiders the week before.

9. Falcons (8-4)-A huge road win in San Diego keeps the Falcons very much in the playoff hunt. They can clinch a winning season with a victory over New Orleans.

10. Ravens (8-4)-Who would have thought the Ravens would have won 8 out of 12 to open the season? Joe Flacco is improving every game and the defense is still dominant. This is a team no one wants to face in the postseason.

11. Patriots (7-5)-Four winnable games (at Oakland, Seattle and Buffalo, home against Arizona) remaining on the schedule. With four more games under his belt come the postseason, Matt Cassel will be even more dangerous. Are the Patriots going to win the Super Bowl? No. Can they upset a team or two in the playoffs? Definitely.

12. Redskins (7-5)-Sunday against Baltimore is a must win. If the ‘Skins lose, it will be very tough to make the playoffs.

13. Cardinals (7-5)-After dropping two in a row, the Cards are still sitting pretty because their division is so pathetic. Still have home games against the Rams and Seahawks, which will wrap up the division title.

14. Broncos (7-5)-Surprising victory at the Jets coming off an embarrassing loss to the Raiders.

15. Dolphins (7-5)-The ‘Fins get my vote for most surprising team of the league. They only sit one game out of first and still play the 49ers and Chiefs.

16. Vikings (7-5)-Huge win against the Bears on Sunday night to take a one game lead in the NFC North. However if both Williams’ are suspended for the remainder of the season it might cost the Vikings the division title and a postseason berth.

17. Eagles (6-5-1)-They're back in the picture if they can beat the Giants on the road (and that’s a big if). Their strong showing against the Cardinals shows that Donovan McNabb still has something left.

18. Bears (6-6)-Pathetic performance on Sunday night against the Vikings. This team has issues everywhere possible, offense, defense, special teams and coaching. This defense is not the same nor has it been since Ron Rivera left. Something tells me Bob Babich is not as good of a def. coordinator as Rivera was.

19. Saints (6-6)-Their playoff hopes are pretty much done unless they win out.

20. Packers (5-7)-Luckily for the Bears the Packers haven’t played that well against anyone but them lately.

21. Bills (6-6)-What happened to the Bills team that started the season 5-1? The Bills could finish the season 6-10 with games at Denver and the Jets and home games against the Patriots and Dolphins. Ouch.

22. Texans (5-7)-They beat the Jags on Monday Night Football. Does anyone really care? I don’t.

23. Chargers (4-8)-Most disappointing team in the league. Marty Schottenheimer where are you?

24. Jaguars (4-8)-2nd most disappointing team in the league.

25. 49ers (4-8)-This team just doesn’t have the talent to compete with most of the other teams in the NFL.

26. Browns (4-8)-The Browns lost QBs Derek Anderson (knee) and Brady Quinn (finger) in one week. Can it get any worse? Ken Dorsey gets the start Sunday.

27. Raiders (3-9)-I don’t have anything to say about this team other than that I see Michael Vick coming to Oakland over any other team.

28. Chiefs (2-10)-Wow, the Chiefs beat Oakland in the league’s most irrelevant game of this past weekend.

29. Seahawks (2-10)-I thought this team would compete with the Cardinals for the NFC West title. What the hell happened?

30. Rams (2-10)-I thought this team was going to turn it around after Jim Haslett took over. I guess I was wrong.

31. Bengals (1-10-1)-The Bengals might as well count their tie against the Eagles as a victory.

32. Lions (0-12)-Memo to the league. Please remove the Lions from playing on Thanksgiving. They suck, and quite frankly don’t deserve to play on Turkey day. They lose every time and the game is usually a blowout. Put another team on the schedule to play on Turkey Day like the Bears or Packers.