JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser's season-ending 2020 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are …
Rank.Team (record) | Prev. | Comment
1.Kansas City Chiefs (14-2) | 1 | Big favorite to repeat
2.Buffalo Bills (13-3) | 2 | Looking like worthy challengers to KC, Mahomes
3.Green Bay Packers (13-3) | 3 | Clinched No. 1 seed in NFC Sunday
4.New Orleans Saints (12-4) | 4 | Can they win in Lambeau in the postseason?
5.Seattle Seahawks (12-4) | 5 | Peaking entering the postseason
6.Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11-5) | 6 | Four consecutive victories entering the postseason
7.Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) | 7 | Four losses in last five games
8.Baltimore Ravens (11-5) | 8 | May be hottest team in NFL entering postseason
9.Indianapolis Colts (11-5) | 9 | Good enough to win in postseason, but to go all the way?
10.Tennessee Titans (11-5) | 10 | Great offense, but defense a concern entering postseason
11.Cleveland Browns (11-5) | 12 | First playoff appearance since 2002
12.Los Angeles Rams (10-6) | 13 | In postseason for third time in last four seasons
13.Miami Dolphins (10-6) | 11 | A strange amount of questions for a 10-victory team
14.Chicago Bears (8-8) | 15 | Made postseason despite .500 record and Week 17 loss
15.Arizona Cardinals (8-8) | 14 | Lost six of last nine games after 5-2 start
16.Las Vegas Raiders (8-8) | 16 | Lost five of last seven games after 6-3 start
17.Washington Football Team (7-9) | 17 | Your NFC East Champion Washington Football Team…
18.New England Patriots (7-9) | 18 | Postseason will feel strange without them for first time since '08
19.Los Angeles Chargers (7-9) | 19 | HC Anthony Lynn out despite winning last four games
20.New York Giants (6-10) | 20 | Won't be thanking the Eagles for anything anytime soon
21.Minnesota Vikings (7-9) | 23 | Midseason run ran out of steam in final month
22.San Francisco 49ers (6-10) | 21 | So close to being much better than this
23.Dallas Cowboys (6-10) | 22 | Season never same after loss of QB Dak Prescott
24.Carolina Panthers (5-11) | 24 | Up and down year in Year 1 of Matt Rhule era
25.Denver Broncos (5-11) | 25 | New look in front office after a decade under Elway
26.Philadelphia Eagles (4-11-1) | 26 | Was that weird or what?
27.Cincinnati Bengals (4-11-1) | 27 | Zac Taylor returning for Year 3 as head coach
28.Detroit Lions (5-11) | 28 | New era starts now
29.Atlanta Falcons (4-12) | 29 | New era starts now
30.Houston Texans (4-12) | 30 | New era starts now
31.New York Jets (2-14) | 31 | Clinched No. 2 overall selection in 2021 NFL Draft
32.Jacksonville Jaguars (1-15) | 32 | Now on the clock …
