Robert Kowalski’s Week 17 NFL Power Rankings

12 / 30 / 2022 By Robert Kowalski

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Robert Kowalski is back for Week 17 of his NFL Power Rankings!

**Note** A Par score of 0 is set for calculating rankings week to week.

RankTeamWeek 17Week 16Notes
1BUF8.257.75Contained Justin Fields like no other team this year in road win
2KC87Clinically held Geno Smith to 10 points at Arrowhead
3CIN6.56Won but held in check offensively rushing by NE Pats; will Collins be missed on that OL?
4SF5.255.25Brock Purdy 3-0
5DAL55.5Look at the driven offensive attack Dallas made vs Eagles to see how far they can go in playoffs
6PHI4.56.5Missing Lane Johnson for the remainder of the regular season could jeopardize the 1 seed
7MIA2.53Will need Teddy Bridgewater to make the playoffs with 2 weeks to go
8TB21.25Clinch playoff home game with win over Carolina this weekend
9BAL1.5-1.5Got the win over the Falcons but the Ravens’ offense misses Lamar Jackson
10JAX1.51AFC South Title is their destiny
11LAC1.50Ugly but efficient win vs helpless Colts
12GB1.5-0.53 drives, 3 defensive interceptions for Packers over Dolphins in a must win game
13NO0.50Need to win out and get help to take the NFC South
14NYG0.5-0.5Clinch a playoff spot with a win over Colts this Sunday
15MIN0.5111-0 in one score games this year
16DET0.251Lions gave up an inexplicable 320 ground yards to Panthers in loss
17NE0.250Down 22-0 to Bengals at the half and almost won; playoffs now look bleak
18SEA01have lost 5 of the past 6 games and now play without Lockett at WR
19CLE-0.5-0.5last two weeks are for playtesting for 2023
20CAR-0.5-2Amazing turnaround going from 21 rush yards vs Steelers to 320 vs Lions
21PIT-1.75-2.75Some amazing stories from this season – add Pitt hunting for a playoff spot this late as one
22NYJ-1.75-1.75Zach Wilson era seems over for the Jets
23WAS-2-1Commanders and Ron Rivera turn back to Carson Wentz to end the season
24LAR-2-3.25Never punted vs Broncos in 50+ point outburst
25CHI-3.5-4.75Fields will be at QB the rest of the season … rest dismissed
26DEN-4-5.25Broncos averaging under 16 points per game on the season – Hackett fired
27ATL-4-4.5Expect Atlanta to find a new QB for next season
28LV-5-2Derek Carr played his last game as a Raider
29HOU-5.25-6.5Texans playing up to the competition all December long
30TEN-5.50Wild collapse by Titans and game vs Cowboys looked terrible with Josh Dobbs at QB
31IND-6.25-5About what we expected from a Colts team with Foles at QB
32ARI-8-4.5Arizona takes the bottom of the barrel are words I never expected to write this year

 

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