NFL Power Rankings: Week 15 Part 2

BY ADAM GREENE

We continue our arbitrary and opinionated ranking of your National Football League Football Organizations for Week 15.

12. HOUSTON TEXANS (8-5)

Just when you think everything might be alright, Bill O’Brien’s coaching ineptitude strikes again.
Last week: 8

13. PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-5)

The Steelers don’t have the draft picks or the willingness to dish players to get Cam Newton, but can you imagine what he could do for this team for the next five years?
Last week: 13

14. CHICAGO BEARS (7-6)

If Mitchell Trubisky continues on this upward trajectory, the Bears won’t make the playoffs this year, but it might be multiple years before they miss them again.
Last week: 14

15. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (6-7)

Philadelphia is control of its playoff destiny with a remaining schedule of the Redskins, Cowboys and Giants. That destiny, of course, is to lose at home to the Seahawks, Rams or Vikings in the Wild Card round.
Last week: 20

16. CLEVELAND BROWNS (6-7)

Expectations were high and Freddie Kitchens has unquestionably done a terrible job as this team’s head coach, but this roster and organization is light years ahead of where it was two years ago.
Last week: 18

17. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (6-7)

Jameis Winston is set to be a free agent next season and if I’m the Buccaneers, I let that happen.
Last week: 19

18. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (6-7)

Jacoby Brissett is a high-end NFL back up and has now officially made a fortune because of it. He’s not a starter and, unless Andrew Luck has a change of heart (and there’s not been so much as a whisper), they need to start looking at their trade up options in April 2020’s draft.
Last week: 15

19. DALLAS COWBOYS (6-7)

Never in the NFL’s history has a fanbase wanted to hit the skip-forward button on a season this bad.
Last week: 17

20. OAKLAND RAIDERS (6-7)

It’s nice of the Raiders to make sure there’s no way the people of Oakland will miss them before they leave town. This isn’t so much “burning bridges” as flipping a sewage truck over an interstate concrete divider.
Last week: 16

21. DENVER BRONCOS (5-8)

Have the Broncos finally found their QB in Drew Locke? Von Miller thinks he’s a “rock star,” but if I’m John Elway, I still don’t sit pat this offseason if a deal for Cam Newton is affordable and on the table.
Last week: 23

22. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (5-8)

It looks like Anthony Lynn is going to do just enough this season to justify Dean Spanos not shooting him out the air lock.
Last week: 22

23. CAROLINA PANTHERS (5-8)

It’s not getting any better in Carolina. Whoever they do hire as their next head coach better convince ownership to take Cam Newton off the block the second he signs his deal.
Last week: 21

24. ATLANTA FALCONS (5-9)

People are starting to argue about the incredible statistical career Matt Ryan is putting together and I guess that’s true. I’d bet Falcons fans would trade all those stats to have held onto that 28-3 lead in Super Bowl LI three seasons ago. And so would Matt.
Last week: 25

25. NEW YORK JETS (5-8)

Again I ask those crapping on Adam Gase and the Jets this year as they sit with the possibility of posting their best record since 2015. How did you expect this year to play out? Did you think this was a playoff team? Look at the three games left on their schedule; the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills. We picking any winners there? Maybe relax before you call for the guy’s head just yet.
Last week: 28

26. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS(4-9)

Back to the drawing board at QB, Jags. At least you’ll have the draft capital and position to do something about it.
Last week: 24

27. MIAMI DOLPHINS (3-10)

The Dolphins almost won over the Jets last Sunday. If Brian Flores isn’t careful, he’ll screw up this whole tanking plan right here at the finish line.
Last week: 26

28. ARIZONA CARDINALS (3-9-1)

The fact that this Cardinals team has won three games and had the chance to probably win at least three more shows they made the right move in bringing in Kliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray. They can’t get too excited though. The NFC West is loaded for years to come and this fanbase and ownership needs to be patient. The Rams, Seahawks and 49ers aren’t going away.
Last week 29

29. WASHINGTON REDSKINS (3-10)

It seems unfair to drop the Skins after a good showing against the Packers, but there’s no reason to argue about being the prettiest Hefty bag in the dumpster. I have no idea who Washington could target as their next head coach, but, considering where they’ll pick, I’d not be locked in on Dwayne Haskins as my QB just yet.
Last week: 27

30. DETROIT LIONS (3-9-1)

That’s six losses in a row for the Lions and no end in sight. If Matt Patricia is still employed in January, Martha Firestone Ford has been drinking way too much of the local tap water.
Last week: 30

31. NEW YORK GIANTS (2-11)

Eli Manning made his return just in time to show there’s no fixing what’s wrong in New York under this regime, no matter who’s under center.
Last week: 32

32. CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-12)

And just like that, the Andy Dalton magic evaporates as quickly as it arrived. Don’t screw up your draft position, Bengals, in these final weeks. Right now you hold all the keys, the cards and can change your fortunes with the right pick in a hurry. And I’d go ahead and put A.J. Green on the trading block for a second rounder while I was at it.
Last week: 31

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