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NFL Week 17 Power Rankings

Hope you had a merry Christmas everybody happy holidays welcome to a week 17 edition of the official the one the only except no Cut Rate imitation NFL Power Ranking show presented to you by Energizer from his home office outside Chicago on one side of the screen Eric

At home from my parents home office somewhere outside our nation’s capital the picture of Brian sight lurking over my shoulder my name is Andrew ceciliano hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas Ed home what did Santa bring you anything good yeah a lot of socks a lot I think I

Got another a lot of yeah a lot of books too so i’ I’ve really kind of settled into middle age here how about you um what did Santa bring me a gift card to my favorite Outdoor Store and a cookbook how about that better better than than an oven m

Um no but I could use the oven mitt to now make something with the new cookbook how about that that work that’s right I like it all right here here’s what Santa also brought you no Clarity really other than number one scan the QR code on the

Screen here we’re go to nfl.com power rankings to see the brand new heading into week 17 two more weeks to go power rankings you got the Ravens at number one that’s where the clarity is because they just bumped the 49ers San Francisco is 2 Miami is three Philly is four after

An eh performance on Christmas Day barely hanging on and beating the Giants the lions are five followed by the Cowboys the bills and then God’s team the Cleveland Browns let’s start with the ridens they clearly Eric are the best team in football and they’re the

Team of the week and the team of the week is presented to you by truest I thought they would beat the 49ers I didn’t think they would demoralize the 49ers I didn’t think that they would plant a flag not only for Lamar as MVP again but for the clear

Number one Eric I I think the gap between number one and number two was huge on Christmas night absolutely right and early on they had to kind of stem the tide a little bit they had the early safety Niners had driven down the field twice so there was

A little bit of momentum an Angry Crowd you know folks wanting to get back home but man that it was an impressive performance that I think was really spearheaded by that defense Mike McDonald’s done such a great job I think he’ll be mentioned in in head coaching

Interviews in a couple weeks but right now they’re obviously focused on winning a Super Bowl and this is the biggest statement I think they’ve made all season long correct me if I’m wrong as you said it checked off so many boxes even without a run game they didn’t do a

Ton offensively early on but didn’t need to because they won the battle in the line at the line of scrimmage and uh yeah this just says as much about the ravens as I think it does about the 49ers I’m also glad that safety on the grounding from the first quarter didn’t

Factor so we wouldn’t be talking about that all week as well and by the way Lamar why are you running 25 yards backwards into the end zone yes the official got in your way yes it should not have been intentional grounding but come on dude stop running 25 yards

Backwards the road to the Super Bowl in the AFC I think is pretty clear now it is going to run through Baltimore that is unless the Dolphins can beat the Ravens coming up this week in Baltimore which I don’t think they will do Ravens win that game they wrap up everything

The home field buy at number one in the AFC they are clearly the number one team we’ll get to the Dolphins in a second the ners are the best team in the NFC Eric you have them at number two overall the Bonker stat for me is the ners are one

And3 against the AFC North one and three they they won week one in Pittsburgh destroyed the Steelers they’re they’re 10 and one against everyone else yeah and that’s going going to help them when they when they go for the uh the top seed obviously they’re still the

Big favorites in the NFC to get that first round by you know they’re 9-1 against the NFC right now so yeah it really doesn’t sort of you know make you feel better about it just but it is a little bit bizarre that they’ve had such trouble with this one Division and maybe

It’s toughness right we saw the the the the Bengals last week get manhandled and things like that and you say to yourself this is still the AFC North this is still a physical division so it does kind of paint a picture of really what the 49ers have to figure out in the

Trenches not just defensively losing those 2D tackles but on the offensive line ton of injuries last uh uh Monday night so yeah they have some things to figure out on the line of scrimmage for all their skill Talent they have uh that’s a big concern for me right

Now you you are not ready to throw Brock pie forget about out of the MVP conversation but out of the quarterback conversation you’re not one of these go playay Sam darnold people are you no I think they handled it the right way right he gets a little banged up on the

Sack and they say Hey you know we’re down two lineman here we’re not going to get you hurt behind a shoty offensive line so I understand the reactionary nature of that but yeah I’m not going there you don’t go from MVP to out of

The lineup when uh in one week span I a huge Brock pry fan I think Christian mcaffrey clearly showed his value to the National audience not as if he had not done that before when when when he did what he did last night my MVP vote

However does go for Lamar Jackson if I did have an MVP vote he was the best player on the field and I think as Patra Queen liked to say or said afterwards nobody wants to play our style of football and surprisingly on Christmas night that included the 49ers we have

The Dolphins at number three again they go to Baltimore this week and then at number four we have the Eagles let’s do future Champions now and focus on the Eagles future Champions presented by FanDuel this is odds to win the NFC East the Eagles are minus for 90 after the

Cowboys lost in Miami and the Eagles win this is going to be the Eagles division here they’re up one spot they get the Cardinals at home and then the Giants on the road who knows what the Giants are going to look like by that point week 18 they’ve already been eliminated they

Have a quarterback question as Tyrod had to come off the bench when Tommy DeVito couldn’t get anything going but as we said last week Eric the Eagles are fine but they don’t look like a champion they don’t look like a Super Bowl team here yeah yeah are they truly future Champions

Obviously last season came so close to winning at all I think entered this year with the you know even higher expectations in some cases but it hasn’t always quite added up the defense has been a problem they’ve let teams back in games like you see with the Giants game

Up 20 to3 backup quarterback comes in kind of rallies them Herz making a couple bad decisions so you know there’s still all these loose ends I feel like they have to tie up but they took care of business they’re now the big favorites to win that Division and

Obviously the spoils that come with it the home home field advantage and all that but yeah still have to tighten up the whole operation even with some wible games Arizona and Giants again coming up so the Eagles win the NFC East if they win this week and the Cowboys lose

As you have them here they’re the number four team and look they they can still take and still make a run here but the early noise in September from what I thought were just bitter angry Eagle fans and writers who are looking some looking for something to be bitter and

Angry about seemingly was right all along because the Eagles do have some issues but who knows what’s going to happen once they do get in and they are in in January the lions are in as well Eric and the lions are in as champions of the NFC North they are up two they

Are now number five what an amazing moment there Dan Campbell after they beat the Vikings and they won the division for the first time in 30 years that party in the locker room there was there was a lot of cursing but you know what I Dan

Campbell the the the the cartoon I think that many people thought he was forget about it this guy’s real and his team believes in him it was easy to jump on him as sort of a caricature as you said then the biting kneecaps and all that but you

Know there was a point a couple weeks ago where this team looked really really shaky and heading into big divisional games heading into a game against the Vikings that turned out to be a classic you may not have thought they had the mental toughness to do it they they

Really sort of firmed up there defense made the four interceptions Justus enough plays offensively you know St Brown jir Gibbs has been terrific of course Jameson Williams chipping in every week now which is a great development but yeah this is a a a terrific moment for the for the Lions

Fans whove waited so long I still think there’s work to be done though Andrew and obviously a big test this week with Dallas so you know they continue to prep for the playoffs now that you’re in you put all that behind you you you take the

Uh the the pressure off of you but you also have to realize that defense gave up a lot of yards to Nick Mullins and Company so there there’s still work to be done to make this thing humming at full operational speed here and Nick Mullins did not play well but they were

Still in that game to the very end obviously Lions get the big pick late and they celebrate and they are NFC North Champions and they will get a home playoff game I am happy for them I’m also fascinated Eric to see what happens this week when the Lions go on the road

They’re five and then this week they visit the six in your new Power Rankings the six are the Dallas Cowboys who are down three after losing in Miami to the dolphins that came for me was kind of a a battle of paper Champions a battle of two teams that really hadn’t beaten

Anybody the Cowboys can’t beat anybody on the road the the Dolphins just couldn’t beat anybody the Dolphins finally did beat somebody that was a Dallas team that couldn’t win on the road so I have no idea what to make of this team or either of the these teams

Or this game all I know is you had the Cowboys last week at three and now they’re at six yeah I’m with you I had a hard time sort of placing the right spot for him you’re right you know the the road Wes continue they are terrific at home

Obviously the lines are great on the road so I think this this game is going to be really interesting as we mentioned I think both teams have something to play for obviously Dallas is kind of up against the division wise but got to get better on third Downs on offense can’t

Miss those possessions I think teams are going to try to turn into you know eight possession games and you fumble on the one yard line on the first one you’re already up against it that’s the position Dallas found themselves in left too much time on the clock there after

The late touchdown and gave up the winning drive on defense so yeah it just a a four or five plays went the wrong way I don’t think this is by any means a bad team but I do think they have you know just enough uh problems right now

To where you say in an elite matchup possibly away from home you know that’s what they’re staring at right now they they may not be the best team on the field no I I’m torn because part of you there are no moral victories here part

Of you wants to say hey they went on the road right this is a much different performance than what we have seen on the road from the Cowboys against good teams but you still lost on the road right in good weather for the most part against a team that can’t beat good team

So I mean it’s almost like does that did the game actually happen did I learn anything I I’m not sure and I’ve said all along I don’t know that I’m going to learn anything about the boys until we get to January whatever they do in the regular season it’s nice that’s fine you

Know what call me in 2024 call me in January and then we’ll figure out whether or not your season was a success which sounds unfair but I don’t know that it is because that’s how we’re all judged and that’s how anyone is judged in the NFL is what you do in the

Postseason all right same goes for the bills nobody wants to face the bills you have them this week at number seven in the new power rankings they are up one dude they barely survived against GIF Smith and Easton stick I I’m just glad I know how to

Pronounce GIF Smith now i’ I’ve been wondering for weeks yeah hard G soft G what is it I you know look this this Bills team can be soft against left lesser competition I mean that’s the thing I feel like they do sort of play up or down to the team

They’re facing sometimes and I’m going to say all the the positive momentum that they’ve racked up over the past couple weeks has been undone but it does remind you that you know at their worst they can blow a game like this almost did enough plays from Josh Allen you

Know Ed Oliver uh you know rul Douglas they they got it done but you know this is the sort of the reality they’re facing right now especially with the same Prospect as the Cowboys probably have to go on the road if you want to get to a Super Bowl or or come darn

Close so you know again they might have a wider variety of of uh outcomes and Josh Allen can give you an MVP like performance but it’s still worth worries me that this team is having these kinds of issues but flip it around if you’re the team that wins your Division and

Then finds out that Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills are coming to town and you’re hosting that wild card game uh that would make me worried because that is the last wild card team I want coming to town it looks as if the Browns are a

Wild card team you have them at number eight I was in the building calling it for Browns radio when Amari Cooper put up one of the best performances you’ll ever see in any game at any time from a wide receiver Ed home they with Joe flacko can clinch on Thursday night against the

Jets pretty incredible yeah I mean he’s lit a fire under this team he’s changed the the complete trajectory of what we thought was possible so you know an amazing development in season that I don’t think anyone could have seen coming and you know the defense continues to do great things a lot of

Those points came as as we were talking about after the starters had left the game had to come back but but you know this this seems like a team that for different reasons might be just as dangerous as the bills are if they get in so I wouldn’t want to face the Browns

And that defense either Flaco’s thrown with nothing to lose right he’s a guy who came off his couch and said let’s have some fun and they are and Cooper and those other guys are making enough plays and joku come alive I really like what I’m seeing here I’m not saying

They’re just some sort of Cinderella that you know we we we give a nice uh bow to and say okay good job you know they’re G to they’re going to be a tough out in the playoff no doubt about it yeah you’re not giving them a laurel and

Hearty handshake we talked last week about the possibility of Matthew Stafford going to Detroit right to face Jared gof and and his old team we could have a scenario likely not in the Wild Card round maybe in the divisional round where Joe flacko goes back to Baltimore

Wow to face the Ravens buckle up all right we the Chiefs have you noticed they’re not on your screen how far did they fall when losing at home on Christmas Day to the Raiders that’s coming up next on the NFL Power Ranking show presented by Energizer NFL Power Ranking show presented to you by Energizer this looks weird doesn’t it Kansas City is barely in the top 10 the Chiefs after losing at home to the Raiders to open up the Christmas football B three to number nine how are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The 10th best team in football thank you big Mayfield they’re number 10 followed by the Rams at 11 the Texans at 12 Jacksonville is 13 Cincinnati is 14 after laying and egg in Pittsburgh on Saturday evening the Colts are 15 and the Seahawks are 16 But Eric edol who

Obviously puts these together this is the NFL Power Ranking show at home um we all watched the Chiefs to open up the Christmas Day football just look awful I don’t know how else to say don’t blame Taylor Swift she had nothing to do with this okay nothing at all they they look

Lost and Patrick Mahomes is as frustrated on the field as I think I’ve ever seen him yeah we we’ve seen that frustration boil over on the sideline not just obviously in that game but in other games uh this season you know team that was seven and two at the buy not looking

Great but you felt like okay they’re going to be the chiefs of old in in in December this is as reliable a stock you can buy the last five years but it’s been tanking Andrew and just a big picture I didn’t expect this much movement especially in this part of the

Board this late in the season but yeah I mean teams like the Chiefs are are are lacking in offensive identity and you know we can’t assume that they’re just going to find it I mean it’s been 15 weeks now and they haven’t been able to

Kind of crack this code of how to be more explosive offensively how to be more reliable offensively look the defense was terrific they did its job I mean they they that was a good performance from the the offense let them down once again I don’t know what

To do are they broken that’s the question I’m left with uh I think they are because like look right now they have Cincinnati and then week 18 in LA to face the Chargers and you go oh they’re going to win those two are you sure y because they should have beaten

The Raiders Antonio Pierce probably and deservedly won the full-time job with that performance at Arrowhead they’re throwing helmets uh and by the way again I was kind of joking but if you’re blaming Taylor Swift grow up it has nothing to do with her but I can’t look

At these two games and say oh I know they’re going to win him the division hasn’t even been wrapped up and we’re in the week between Christmas and New Year’s um yeah I I I honestly don’t think they want a playoff game I don’t I think that’s that’s the kind of team

We’re looking at right now they’re number nine and then we have the team making the power move the team that is somehow number 10 overall power moves presented by Energizer Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are up five okay they are up 14 Eric since week 13

You are shaking your head do you believe this ranking that you wrote or or were you pressured into it by by Baker like how did you do this yeah it was it was tough I mean I felt like I may have kind of undersold them a little bit last week same with

The Rams who were right behind them obviously but you know this is another impressive performance and again it’s sort of not a standings reading right this isn’t the power standings we look at who is playing right now and how they’re playing in the past couple of

Games momentum right and they have a ton of it right now four straight wins and like you said I think this has been Baker’s best season you know I mean I really think that if you we look back his most complete season that has been trending in the right direction even

With some scattershot accuracy you know even a couple games ago you look at that defense the number of plays they made in that game against the Jaguars it’s it’s pretty incredible so for a team that in week 13 as you pointed out when I had him number 24 that’s about the percent

Chance they had to make in the playoffs 23 24% now they’re in a really good footing you got to win one of these last two you win the division you host the playoff game maybe against the Cowboys but still uh you know this this looks completely different to me than it did a

Month and a half ago look they hosted a playoff game last year hosted the Cowboys Cowboys obviously waxed them at Raymond James but this team feels a little bit different and I can’t believe I’m saying it they they are the 10th best team right now in the NFL and they

Are one spot ahead of the team with which Baker Mayfield ended last season the Los Angeles Rams who hung on big lead survived and they beat the uh the Saints to open up here week 16 this is another team Eric that nobody wants to face in January I agree right and you heard

Shawn mcb’s kind of response to the question I even bringing the question up he he prompted it himself when he said boy we should make it tough on ourselves and you know I think he’s got to have a little bit of a sense of humor about it

Because he knows he has an explosive team and I think Kiren Williams has really kind of brought this whole group together you’ve seen them up close a lot this season Stafford’s kind of having a throwback year nakua obviously rewriting the the rookie record books at receiver

Uh and the offensive line has not been an issue it’s been a stable group I would like to see them you know stem that that that two-e trend of of letting a bad team or a lesser team back into the game but boy I tell you what that

No-name defense has stepped up at times and yeah they’re that offense is humming and uh they’re a legit threat how about that you know uh they are they’re totally even with that sweep over the Seahawks Seattle is legit here as well Eric you have them up one to 16 and the

Schedule favors them home for the Steelers and then at Arizona to close it out yeah they’re they’re a strange one to me you know they’ve obviously uh you know had some weeks where you you’re kind of scratching your head some of the Red Zone stuff Gino’s been up and down

But he was there he was money he got it done when he had to get it done against the Titans and too late drives got it done and you know coming off the Drew lock game and with some questions swirling about Gino’s future and whether he’s going to be the Seahawks starter

Next year he delivered a performance that that tabled that talk and got them in a in a good position for the playoffs so uh you know their lack of discipline does worry me a little bit so they are prone to some bad games and bad moments but those Playmakers they’ve got a

Chance as well uh yeah and now it’s Gino and Mason Rudolph week 17 in a game that means something wow all right coming up speaking of those Steelers do we take them seriously do we take the Raiders seriously and where are they in the brand new Power Rankings coming up next

Year as we are presented to you as always by Energizer but wait there are more more numbers here on the NFL Power Ranking show presented by Ander the Steelers are 17 up three followed by the Vikings and the Packers the Falcons are 20 the Raiders 21 Denver New Orleans and Chicago at number 24 at home the Steelers are up three Mason Rudolph

Looked looked really good on Saturday evening they’re not eliminated somehow yeah pretty amazing right and uh Rudolph in the picture for this week obviously and uh you know just when we write them off they pull us back in right I mean Mike Tomlin hasn’t lost this team yet apparently and uh yeah I

Mean they probably need two to get in right that’s that’s the probably the the and some help um but you know I it’s just such an interesting Club they’ve battled so much adversity all season long you know it’s hard to really know whether whether this is a team that’s you know close to

Contending or or or you know kind of doing it with smoke and mirror so every week I come out of it kind of shrugging a little bit but again I mean they did what they had to do and Rudolph has kind of lit a fire under this team and we saw

What it did for picking we saw what it did for other guys and yeah I mean that’s that’s making us question whether Mitch trabis should have been should had the ball in his hands oh yeah exactly speaking of lighting a fire that is what Antonio Pierce has done the Raiders are

Up 2 to 21 are you with me he’s earned he’s done enough to earn this job right I would think so here’s my only reservation couple years ago You Know Rich bace was in sort of a similar position had more games to work with believe he went seven and five got to

The playoffs now they were I think a three and2 team or something when when John guden was let go but still he didn’t get the job now I don’t know if has the the magnetism the connection with the locker room that pierce seems to have with this group you saw him get

Emotional after the game postgame interview you know I believe he’s building something special here a lot of loud wins since he’s taken over but couple of curious losses too might need one more but I I I think you might be on to something maybe you know maybe Mark

Davis saw what happened last time realized I can’t let Antonio Pierce go because he’s got us playing great football right now did he learn from I don’t want to call it a mistake maybe it wasn’t a mistake to to get rid of aacea but it it it clearly was a mistake

Because they’ve already fired McDaniels to bring him in as the replacement let’s get the rest of the rankings here your Seasons may be over but you still do make an appearance on the power ranking show the Jets are at 25 the Titans the Chargers the Giants and the Patriots and

Then the Cardinals the commanders and the Carolina Panthers are number 32 Eric I have good news for you yeah only two more regular season shows to go also good news we’re doing this in the playoffs buddy we are we are it’s going to look a little different right fewer

Teams to talk about but I still want to talk power ranking man I got a little energy left in the tank how about how about you of course because we’re presented by Energizer see what we did there look what you did talented broadcast professional doing all the transitions like that hey everyone out

There thank you for listening thank you for watching happy New Year Eric Happy New Year to your family as well everyone there in Chicago have a safe and happy one see you next week so long you

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