BY ADAM GREENE
Week 15 of the NFL season is upon us and we must sound the trumpet to begin it as we always do, by arbitrarily ranking teams in a sport where pretty much every honest debate is actually settled on the field.
For maybe the first time this season, we have had no change in the Top 5, with the entire group ensuring they’d ride into the Yuletide atop the rankings. The bottom three too seem etched in stone, but there is a caveat. One of those teams is pretty entertaining to watch. Which bodes well for its future and that of the entire league.
We have movement everywhere else, especially in the teens and early 20s, as squads vie for the chance to triumphantly make the postseason, only to lose in blowout fashion in the Wild Card round. But all we want is hope!
Let’s rank some teams.
- PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (12-1)
- SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (9-4)
- CINCINNATI BENGALS (9-4)
- KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (10-3)
- DALLAS COWBOYS (10-3)
- BUFFALO BILLS (10-3)
- BALTIMORE RAVENS (9-4)
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS (10-3)
- LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (7-6)
- WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (7-5-1)
- MIAMI DOLPHINS (8-5)
- NEW YORK GIANTS (7-5-1)
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-6)
- DETROIT LIONS (6-7)
- TENNESSEE TITANS (7-6)
- SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (7-6)
- NEW YORK JETS (7-6)
- TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (6-7)
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (5-8)
- GREEN BAY PACKERS (5-8)
- LOS ANGELES RAMS (4-9)
- CAROLINA PANTHERS (5-8)
- PITTSBURGH STEELERS (5-8)
- ATLANTA FALCONS (5-8)
- CLEVELAND BROWNS (5-8)
- ARIZONA CARDINALS (4-9)
- NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (4-9)
- INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (4-8-1)
- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (5-8)
- CHICAGO BEARS (3-10)
- DENVER BRONCOS (3-10)
- HOUSTON TEXANS (1-11-1)