NFL Power Rankings 2025: New England Patriots rise, LA Rams fall | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

NFL Power Rankings 2025: New England Patriots rise, LA Rams fall | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS, BUT AP COLLEGE POLL, THE BRONCO SHOULD HAVE GONE TO NUMBER 1. RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY WON BUT WHAT THE PATRIOTS DID TO THE GMEN MONDAY NIGHT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE. DEVIN, AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, CHRIS, THERE WAS A LEVEL OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN THAT GAME THAT SPEAKS TO MIKE VRABEL KNOWING HOW TO PRESS THEIR BUTTONS, HOW TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING COMPLACENT AND HOW TO KEEP THEM FROM LOSING THEIR FOCUS DURING THANKSGIVING WEEK HOW TO RESPOND PROPERLY, TO A CLOSE CALL AGAINST THE BENGALS CLOSER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, AND HOW TO GET THEMSELVES IN THE RIGHT MINDSET TO JUST TAKE IT DOWN THE STRETCH, GRAB THAT BRASS RING. RIP RIP IT OFF THE WALL. AND AND YOU KNOW, YEAH. AND AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MESSAGE THEY SENT MONDAY NIGHT SO THEY GET THE TOP SPOT. AND NOW LET’S SEE. THEY GOT A BI-WEEK, THEY GOT 4 GAMES AFTER THAT. LET’S SEE IF THEY KEEP IT. THEY’RE BIG, THEY’RE PHYSICAL VERBAL, NOSE. THE TYPE OF PHYSICALITY. IT’S GOING TO TAKE IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL AND WIN IT. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE’S BEEN THERE. HE’S DONE THAT, THEY’RE THE MOST COMPLETE TEAM IN THE AFC. SO I’M GLAD YOU PUT THEM IN FRONT OF THE BRONCOS. I THEY’RE, THEY’RE, THEY’RE BRONCOS RIGHT NOW. BUT YEAH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AFC AND THERE’S A LOT OF TEAMS THAT ARE INCOMPLETE, RIGHT? I I, I I LOOK AT AT AT NEW ENGLAND AND GO, ALL RIGHT, THEY MIGHT NOT BE PERFECT IN SOME AREAS BUT IT’S NOT BAD, THERE’S NO AREA. THAT’S BAD, THEY CAN RUN THE BALL, THEY CAN THROW THE BALL, THEY CAN BE CREATIVE ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, THEY’RE GOING TO BE GAME PLAN SPECIFIC AND BIG GAMES. THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, SAME THING YOU CAN’T RUN ON THEM. THEY KNOW HOW TO FIND WAYS TO PRESSURE WITHOUT EXPOSING THEIR SECONDARY, THEY’RE GOING TO BE GAME PLAN SPECIFIC ON THAT SIDE. THEY GOT A QUARTERBACK WHO JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH CALEB WILLIAMS. YES, HE RUNS THE SYSTEM AT A HIGHER RATE THAN CALEB WILLIAMS RIGHT NOW, AND HE CAN MAKE SOME OFF SCHEDULE, PLAYS THAT ARE SPECIAL, THAT ARE NEEDED. SO YEAH, I’M WITH YOU. I THINK, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM THAT ORGANIZATION AND WHO THEY GOT COACHING THEM, UH, AND OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND HEAD COACH. I I GOT NO ISSUES WITH YOU. MAKING THEM THE NUMBER 1 TEAM RIGHT NOW. SO LET’S TAKE IT FROM THERE. THEN. WE’VE GOT PATRIOTS. WE’VE GOT BRONCOS. THE RAMS FELL TO 3. I STRUGGLED WITH RAMS VERSUS SEAHAWKS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SEAHAWKS WIN THAT SEAHAWKS WIN WAS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE. IT’S NOTHING WOULD SUGGEST THE OFFENSE SPUTTERED THE VIKINGS HANDED IT TO THEM AND THE RAMS BEAT THE SEAHAWKS WHEN THEY PLAYED THE SEAHAWKS, HAVE A CHANCE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THEY PLAY THE LIONS, I BELIEVE TO TAKE OUT THE RAMS ON A SHORT WEEK. NO, WAIT, IT’S THE RAMS PLAYING THE LIONS EITHER WAY, THE SEAHAWKS HAVE THE RAMS COMING UP, AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO EVEN THAT SERIES AT 101. THE QUESTION I HAD WAS THE BEAR, LIKE, HOW HIGH SHOULD THE BEARS BE? SHOULD THEY BE IN FRONT OF THE SEAHAWKS OR THE RAMS AT 9 AND 3? I STRUGGLED WITH THAT 1. I I DON’T, I THINK YOU’RE GOOD THERE. I I I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. ESPECIALLY COMING OFF THE WIN AND WHAT THEY DID TO PHILADELPHIA. THEIR DEFENSE HAS BEEN PLAYING A LITTLE BIT BETTER LATELY. I MEAN, WHAT THEY SHOWED IN THE RUN GAME, LISTEN OUT OF THE OUT OF YOUR TOP, YOU KNOW 8 THERE OR ALL THE TEAMS ON THE LEFT. BIGGEST DISAGREEMENT WOULD BE I WOULD STILL PUT THE RAMS IN FRONT OF THE BRONCOS RIGHT? THAT TO ME I I KNOW THEY LOST THE GAME AND I KNOW HOW YOU OPERATE BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, I I’VE TAKEN A LOT OF HEAT BECAUSE I SAID, UM, THAT THE RAMS WOULD, YOU KNOW, SURGICALLY DESTROY THE CAROLINA PANTHERS. THE PANTHERS HAVE PUT ME ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY STARTED THAT. SO I LOOKED AT MY PHONE AND I’M GETTING ALL THIS CRAP AND I’M GOING. WAIT, EVERYTHING I SAID HAPPENED, YOU NEVER STOPPED THEM THE WHOLE GAME. YEAH, HE THREW A BALL OFF. THE GUY’S HELMET IN THE END ZONE, THEY DID WHATEVER THEY WANTED BUT YEAH, I STILL THINK THE RAMS ARE IF NOT THE BEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL. THEY’RE THE SECOND BEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW? I I I’M NOT I WOULDN’T LET THAT 1 A WHOLE LOT WORSE. SO SO WAIT. LET ME, LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS PANTHER SOCIAL MEDIA IS CHIRPING ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU WERE DOING YOUR JOB IN ASSESSING WHETHER OR NOT THE RAMS OF THE PANTHERS WOULD WIN THE GAME, RIGHT? THEY’RE POUNDING THEIR CHEST BECAUSE YES, YES, YES. I I SAID THAT AND I I I GOT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER I SAID IN OUR BREAKDOWN OF OUR PODS THEY USE THAT THEY PUT THAT OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID, THEY OPENED UP THE BOX PANDORA’S BOX BECAUSE SOON AS THEY PLAY BAD, GUESS WHO WILL BE MAKING A VIDEO FACE. IS, IS THERE WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU SAW ABOUT HOW THEY LOST TO THE SAINTS OR HOW THEY LOST TO THE CARDINALS, TO THE WORST TEAMS IN THE NFL? THAT’S WHAT BUGS ME. AND I KNOW THE WHOLE THING, IT’S ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND YOU KNOW, WE WE ACTUALLY ALLOW IT TO ENTER OUR THOUGHT PROCESS. AND I HATE THIS WHEN WE ALL PICK THE BRONCOS TO WIN. UH OH LIKE WE’VE TRIGGERED SOME COSMIC CAVITY. THAT’S GOING TO CAUSE THE COMMANDERS TO WIN BECAUSE WE ALL PICK THE BRONCOS LIKE LIKE THE FOOTBALL GODS, GIVE A FLYING FART ABOUT WHAT ANALYSTS SAY. BUT IF IT HAPPENS, THEY’RE GOING TO RUB IT IN OUR FACES. THE WHOLE THING IS STUPID, AND THE FACT THAT WE EVEN PAUSED TO THINK, OH, WE’RE GOING TO BE A MEME. WE REALLY ELEVATE OUR IMPORTANCE BY THINKING THAT IT REALLY MATTERS TO ANYONE WHAT WE THINK AND WE HAVE TO, LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. WELL, BASED ON THE COMMENTS, I HAVE ON MY INSTAGRAM, IT IT, IT DOES MATTER BASED ON THAT BECAUSE IT’S, IT’S, IT’S, IT’S NOT EXACTLY JUST? I MEAN, WHEN YOU WIN A GAME, RIGHT? WHY CAN’T YOU JUST ENJOY THAT YOU WON THE GAME? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO FIND THE PEOPLE WHO IN DOING THEIR JOBS, MADE THE REASONABLE PREDICTION AND THEY WERE INCORRECT. LIKE, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO RUB THEIR FACES IN IT? WHY CAN’T YOU JUST ENJOY THE FACT THAT YOU’LL WIN A GAME? AND THIS ISN’T ABOUT THE PANTHERS? THIS IS ABOUT THEY ALL DO IT FROM TIME TO TIME. ENJOY THAT. YOU WON THE GAME. LIKE IT’S JUST KIND OF AN ULTIMATE DICK. MOVE TO WALK AROUND LOOKING OH, WE’RE GOING TO RUB YOUR FACE IN THE FACT THAT YOU DID YOUR JOB YOU HAD TO PICK 1 TEAM OR THE OTHER. YOU COULDN’T SAY, WELL, I CAN’T PICK EITHER 1 BECAUSE I’M AFRAID THAT WHOEVER WINS THE GAME IS GOING TO COME UP MY FACE IN IT. WE HAD TO PICK 1 OR THE OTHER. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S IT REMINDS ME OF THE TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT LIKE WHEN A TEAM IS PLAYING LIKE CRAP AND AND THEY WIN A GAME AND OH WE PROVED ALL THOSE PEOPLE WRONG. WHO ACCURATELY OBSERVED? HOW BAD WE WERE LIKE, GET OUT OF HERE WITH THAT STUFF. IT JUST IT DRIVES ME CRAZY. SO, I’M GONNA HAVE TO CHECK THIS OUT AND I MAY, I MAY HAVE TO JUMP IN. I MAY HAVE TO JUMP IN. IT’S ALL RIGHT. GRAB A SWORD. I, I, I MAY HAVE TO DO ABOUT, HEY, LOOK, I’VE DONE. I’VE DONE BATTLE. I’VE DONE BATTLE WITH JACKSONVILLE. I MAY HAVE TO TAKE ON SIR, PURR. BRING IT ON SIR PURR. YEP, NONE OF THE KITTIES LIKE YOU. YEAH. UH, THE THE OH, WE’RE GOING TO RUB YOUR KID. HE’S LIKE, YEAH. UH, ALL I DON’T KNOW. LET’S LOOK AT SEE. WE PUT IT UP. I MEAN, THE CHIEFS AND THE BUCKS ARE ON THERE. YEAH. WELL AND THE CHIEF. THE CHIEFS DESERVE IT. THEY LOCK, THEY LOST LIKE AT SOME POINT. THEY GOT TO WAKE UP AND WIN THE GAME THAT SUPPOSEDLY INVOLVES THEIR BACKS BEING AGAINST THE WALL. THEY HAD THEIR SHOT AGAINST THE COWBOYS AND THEY BLEW IT. THE RAVENS HAD THEIR SHOT AGAINST THE BENGALS AND THEY BLEW IT. SO I I DINGED BOTH OF THEM. THEY’RE BOTH GOING TO HAVE TO WIN THIS WEEKEND TO GET OUT OF THAT PAGE AND GET OUT OF THAT RUT AND SAVE THEIR SEASONS. YEAH, I I, I HEAR THAT. AND, UH, IT, IT’S FUNNY. I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE THE WHOLE AFC HERE AS YOUR, AS YOUR LOOKING BUT BUT YOU KNOW THE CHIEFS THE RAVENS ARE THEY 1 OF THESE TEAMS THE BENGALS THAT CAN MAKE A RUN HERE AND AND GET BACK IN THE MIX AND DO ALL THAT. YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE. I DO HOLD OUT SOME HOPE FOR THEM AND THE BUCKS BUT BUT YEAH, THERE’S SOME FLAWS WITH BOTH OF THOSE FOOTBALL TEAMS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 1 TEAM I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? JUST TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I’M A BIG FAN IS. IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE AT NUMBER 12, THE TEKKEN TEXANS, HOW’D YOU DO KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHERE TO PUT THEM RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY’RE KIND OF HOT, THEY’RE ON A HOT STREAK, YOU GOT THEM RIGHT BEHIND THE EAGLES, IN FRONT OF THE LIONS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT WITH THEM? WHEN YOU WERE KIND THING? I MEAN LOOK YOU ARE WHAT YOUR RECORD SAYS YOU ARE. AND THEY ARE HOT RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY ARE 7 AND 5 AND I STRUGGLED WITH HOW HIGH TO PUT THEM IN RELATION TO TEAMS THAT WERE 8 AND 4, OR 9 AND 4, CUZ I THINK AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, THERE’S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 LOSSES. YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE BUFFER IF YOU GOT 4 WHEN YOU GOT 5, YOU’RE YOU’RE DANCING ON THE EDGE OF MAYBE HAVING IT ALL COLLAPSED UPON YOU. SO I THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING THEM AHEAD OF THE EAGLES. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I DID PUT THEM AHEAD OF THE LIONS. I THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING THEM AHEAD OF THE EAGLES AND HEY THE CHARGERS ARE DOWN THERE, 8 AND 4, THE CHARGERS ARE AS LOW AS THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY GOT THEIR ASSES STOMPED BY THE JAGUARS AND THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO TO COME BACK FROM THAT. I THINK THAT’S A TOUGH 1 TO COME BACK FROM THE WAY THEY GOT EMBARRASSED IN JACKSONVILLE. THEY’RE THEY’RE THE ONLY 4 LOSS TEAM THAT IS THAT LOW ON THE CARD BECAUSE OF THAT, MARK, THAT LOSING IS BADLY, AS THEY DID TO THE JAGUARS LEFT. YEAH, THAT’S A BAD 1 BUT THEY GOT A CHANCE RIGHT? I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THEM AND, AND MOVE THEM UP A FEW SPOTS. THAT’S A HUGE GAME MONDAY NIGHT. OH MY GOSH, THOSE TEAMS ARE 8 AND 4. THAT’S A GIGANTIC GAME. THERE ARE SOME HUGE GAMES THIS WEEKEND. WE TALKED ABOUT STEELERS AT THE RAVENS. WE GOT THE BEARS AT THE PACKERS, THE COLTS AT THE JAGUARS FOR FIRST PLACE. IN THE AFC, SOUTH AFTER WE HAD HANDED IT TO THE COLTS AND THE COLTS HAVEN’T WON THERE. SINCE 2014 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. YOU GOT THE EAGLES CHARGERS ON MONDAY NIGHT, YOU GOT THE TEXANS CHIEFS ON SUNDAY NIGHT RIGHT MAN. MAN. IT’S IT’S, AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY TOO. BECAUSE LIONS THURSDAY, WE POSTED THIS YESTERDAY. OH THAT’S THAT’S GIGANTIC. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THAT 1 MY NEW FAVORITE TEAM. I CAN’T WAIT FOR IT. UH, I HOPE MY GEORGE THEM, BUT THE, THE NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED WITH 5 WEEKS LEFT, IT’S LIKE THE MOST SINCE 2000. BUT FOR EVERYONE WHO ISN’T ELIMINATED ITS WIDE OPEN. YEAH, THAT’S WHERE. AND THERE COULD BE LIKE 3 OR 4 MORE TEAMS ELIMINATED THIS WEEKEND, BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, I THINK JOHN LYNCH, THE 49ERS GM SAID IT YESTERDAY. IT’S ANYONE’S CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR, IT FEELS THAT WAY. AND ULTIMATELY, IT’S GOING TO BE 14 TEAMS THAT HAVE A TICKET TO THE DANCE. 14 TEAMS HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND ANY 1 OF THEM IS GOING TO BE CAPABLE OF RUNNING THE TABLE. YEAH, EXCEPT THE STEEL IT, IT DOES. IT FEELS THAT WAY. IT’S, IT’S AMAZING. IT REALLY IS. THEY ALL, THEY ALL, THEY ALL CAN, RUN THE TABLE, EXCEPT THE STEELERS. SO PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE, FOOTBALL GODS. KEEP THE STEELERS OUT.

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