1. New England Patriots (11-4) | 2 | Beating Jaguars moves you up
2. Atlanta Falcons (13-2) | 4 | Most consistent team in NFC this season
3. Denver Broncos (12-3) | 5 | NFL’s longest winning streak
4. Houston Texans (12-3) | 3 | Can secure AFC’s top seed with victory Sunday
5. San Francisco 49ers (10-4-1) | 1 | Looked like a tired team Sunday
6. Green Bay Packers (11-4) | 6 | A little overlooked – they shouldn’t be
7. Seattle Seahawks (10-5) | 7 | Should probably be higher – maybe a lot
8. Washington Redskins (9-6) | 8 | Still need to win to clinch NFC East
9. Baltimore Ravens (10-5) | 9 | Signs of life at last
10. Indianapolis Colts (10-5) | 10 | Season’s most remarkable turnaround
11. Minnesota Vikings (9-6) | 13 | Win Sunday and they’re in
12. Cincinnati Bengals (9-6) | 14 | Time to take these guys seriously
13. Dallas Cowboys (8-7) | 12 | Bad loss Sunday, but still control their destiny
14. Chicago Bears (9-6) | 15 | May be odd-man out in NFC
15. New York Giants (8-7) | 11 | Playoff miracle unlikely this year
16. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-8) | 16 | That’s it. They’re done
17. New Orleans Saints (7-8) | 17 | They’d be dangerous if they were in it.. They’re not
18. St. Louis Rams (7-7-1) | 19 | Quietly, one of NFC’s best turnarounds
19. Miami Dolphins (7-8) | 22 | Better than just about everyone thought
20. San Diego Chargers (6-9) | 21 |Time running out on Chargers leaders
21. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-9) | 18 | Six and four seems like a long time ago
22. New York Jets (6-9) | 20 | Bad situation just gets worse
23. Carolina Panthers (6-9) | 24 | Building a foundation for next season
24. Cleveland Browns (5-10) | 23 | Better days coming soon
25. Detroit Lions (4-11) | 25 | No way anyone expected 11 losses from these guys
26. Buffalo Bills (5-10) | 26 | Firmly at bottom of AFC East
27. Philadelphia Eagles (4-11) | 28 | Farewell Andy Reid?
28. Oakland Raiders (4-11) | 29 | Lots of farewells in lower 20s
29. Tennessee Titans (5-10) | 27 | Another week, another one-sided loss
30. Arizona Cardinals (5-10) | 30 | Well, that didn’t last
31. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-12) | 31 | No quit, but still no victory Sunday
32. Kansas City Chiefs (2-12) | 32 | Comfortably in 32nd
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