Every NFL team ranked after Week 15
A new number one has finally been crowned! The Bills dethrone the Lions for our top spot this week, beating them in a high-scoring affair this Sunday. As is always the case late in the season, we have quite a few other movers and shakers in the top 12. Let’s get to it.
- Buffalo Bills (3) – Josh Allen is now the overwhelming MVP favorite and the Bills offense is averaging 35 points/game over the past two months. Could they finally get the Chiefs-sized monkey off their back in January?
- Philadelphia Eagles (2) – I dare you to find me a team this good with vibes this bad. This is so special. This is 97-98 Bulls stuff!
- Detroit Lions (LW: 1) – After getting shut down by Buffalo and losing David Montgomery and Alim McNeil to IR, the greatest Lions season ever is turning into a nightmare.
- Green Bay Packers (8) – Jordan Love during Toyotathon is, no exaggeration, one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever live.
- Kansas City Chiefs (4) – We got our seemingly annual late-season Patrick Mahomes injury, but he is a full participant in practice this week, suggesting there’s no rest ahead.
- Minnesota Vikings (6) – Not much to take from a game against the Bears, but the Vikings are still on track for a de facto division title game against the Lions in a few short weeks.
- Baltimore Ravens (5) – Real stat that sounds totally fake: Lamar Jackson will play in the Ravens’ second game against Pittsburgh for the first time in his career. Beat the Steelers this week and they secure a playoff birth.
- Pittsburgh Steelers (7) – Get George Pickens back as fast as possible.
- Los Angeles Rams (14) – What a few days for LA. They now sit in the driver’s seat for the NFC West and have an offense firing on all cylinders.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (15) – Perhaps the hottest team in the league, the Bucs dismantled the Chargers this week to put some distance between them and the rest of the NFC South. Mike Evans is now just 250 yards away from his 11th straight 1,000-yard season
- Los Angeles Chargers (9) – Despite the blowout, this is the same team as previous weeks. They can give anyone a run for their money, but they don’t have the horses for many shootouts.
- Denver Broncos (10) – Bo Nix looked like… well, a rookie! The defense did its job and held an abysmal Colts offense to 13 points and a lowly 4.3 yards per play.
- Seattle Seahawks (11) – Yet another team whose late-season surge may have been a mirage. Seattle looked outgunned and outmanned at home in front of a surprisingly green and gold crowd.
- Houston Texans (13) – In a world that includes the NFC South, the Texans might be the league’s worst division winner. There remains the outside possibility that C.J. Stroud will hit a hot streak, but right now this offense looks dead in the water.
- Washington Commanders (12) – This is more or less the team we expected to see coming into the year. Shaky, young, and struggling to close games. A win is a win, though, and the Commanders have essentially punched their ticket to the postseason with three weeks to go.
- Arizona Cardinals (16) – The Cardinals withstood an ugly Kyler Murray game to beat the Patriots, and are within striking distance of the Rams and Seahawks, but something seems off about this squad right now.
- Cincinnati Bengals (18) – Joe Burrow continues to express frustration on the sideline, and who can blame him? The Bengals beat the Titans this week but gave the ball away four times.
- San Francisco 49ers (20) – This column supports workers’ rights to PTO whenever they want it. Good on you, De’Vondre Campbell.
- Dallas Cowboys (25) – The Cowboys continue to show fight despite losing their star QB. It’s an impressive effort for a team, and a coach, left for dead a month ago.
- Indianapolis Colts (19) – In a game where Bo Nix threw three interceptions, Anthony Richardson stood out as the worst QB in the game. Still, they’re not completely dead with an easy schedule the next three weeks.
- Miami Dolphins (17) – A disgusting performance from Tua in a must win game. The Dolphins’ season is effectively over.
- Atlanta Falcons (21) – Kirk Cousins’ dead cap hit AFTER next season is $35m.
- Chicago Bears (22) – Caleb Williams looks like he’s in an episode of Scared Straight in the pocket and the Bears have lost eight in a row.
- Carolina Panthers (23) – Bryce Young came back to earth this week in a winnable game. He has 3 more weeks to prove he can be the guy next year.
- New York Jets (26) – With the caveat that it was the Jaguars, Aaron Rodgers turned back the clock for 45 rushing yards on Sunday, leading the team just before his big documentary release! What a week.
- New England Patriots (28) – The Patriots now hold the 4th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, but they have building blocks at QB and DB, and that’s a whole lot more than the following teams can say.
- Cleveland Browns (24) – The Jameis Winston rollercoaster has officially derailed. No one delivered him from the pick-sixes. It’s now DTR time.
- Jacksonville Jaguars (29) – The Jaguars have finally begun running their best offense: Force the ball to Brian Thomas Jr. at every opportunity.
- Tennessee Titans (30) – Just when things couldn’t get worse for Will Levis in this game, he threw a pick six and was subsequently benched.
- New Orleans Saints (27) – Last week we said the offense was DOA with Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener. It was so much worse than expected, and yet they came within 1 yard of winning thanks to a fun clock snafu!
- Las Vegas Raiders (31) – The Raiders should introduce a broadcast package that focuses solely on Brock Bowers and not a single other player. Free money-making idea for you, Las Vegas.
- New York Giants (32) – Tim Boyle appearance!!!! The NFL’s best personality hire was at it again on Sunday, and things did not go well. Again.
That’s all for APC’s week 16 NFL Power Rankings! Check back next week to see how the final playoff spots are shaping up and where every contender lands.