NFL Power Rankings 2025: Houston Texans rise, Seahawks stand tall | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

NFL Power Rankings 2025: Houston Texans rise, Seahawks stand tall | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

ARE WE BACK? YEAH, WE’RE BACK. SHE’S AT 3 2 AND THEN 1 I DIDN’T HEAR THE COUNTDOWN. I DIDN’T HEAR IT. I DIDN’T HEAR IT. FOCUS A LITTLE BIT. WELL, HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS. I’M, I GO, FOCUS YOURSELF. OKAY, I GOT A I GOT A BAD CRAPPY 14 YEAR OLD CONTROL, VOLUME HERE AND I GOT TO CONSTANTLY TWIST IT AROUND BECAUSE IT COMES IN TOO LOUD AND THEN IT COMES IN TOO SOFT. AND THEN IT COMES IN TOO LOUD. IT COMES IN TOO SOFT. SO I DIDN’T HEAR A COUNTDOWN BECAUSE IT JUST HAPPENED TO COME IN TOO SOFT. SO MAYBE THEY NEED TO GET ME A NEW VOLUME CONTROL, BUT YOU JUST HAVE PEOPLE THERE AND YOU JUST HAD PURPLE WHITE. ENTIRE GUY ARE THERE MY BUDDY? THEY’RE LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO, WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY? GIVE ME A NEW VOLUME THING. I MEAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING? COME ON, MAN, COACH HIM UP. LET’S GO. PFD POWER RANKINGS PRESENTED BY TOYOTA WEEK 15 THEIR THEY ARE THE PATRIOTS STILL ON TOP BECAUSE THE PATRIOTS DIDN’T PLAY THIS WEEK, THE BRONCOS STILL AT NUMBER 2, THE TOP 4 UNCHANGED BECAUSE THE TOP 4 TEAMS WON THE FIRST. CHANGE HAPPENED AT NUMBER 5. THE PACKERS BUMP UP A SPOT BECAUSE THE AND I STRUGGLED WITH THIS 1. YEAH. WHERE TO PUT THE BEARS AFTER LOSING TO THE PACKERS AND INITIALLY I HAD THEM AHEAD OF THE JAGUARS MY SON AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT DURING THE GAME MONDAY NIGHT AND HE CONVINCED ME TO PUT THE JAGUARS AHEAD OF THE BEARS. IT IT WAS IT’S JERRY JONES WOULD SAY CIRCUMCISING A MOSQUITO TO COME UP WITH 6 7 AND 8. YEAH, YEAH. THAT’S A, THAT’S A, THAT’S A, YOU KNOW, A TIGHT CREW FOR THAT. A CREW RIGHT THERE. I I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU COULD HAVE GONE ANYWAY THERE. I MEAN, AGAIN, I MEAN IF YOU PUT JACKSONVILLE IN FRONT OF BUFFALO, I WOULDN’T BE MAD AT YOU. UH, YOU CAN’T SIT HERE AND GO. YOU, I FEEL TOTALLY GOOD ABOUT BUFFALO. I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE IN YOUR PATRIOTS AT 1, I STILL FOR MY MONEY, I’D PROBABLY HAVE THE RAMS 1, RIGHT? I, I THINK THE RAMS ARE THE BEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW, BUT THE PATRIOTS AREN’T FAR BEHIND IT. I I GET THAT TOO AND, YOU KNOW THE THE THE BRONCOS ARE ANOTHER 1 WHERE I LOOK AT AND GO I KNOW THEIR RECORDS BETTER THAN THE RAMS AND THE SEAHAWKS BUT I DON’T KNOW IF I FEEL LIKE IF THEY MATCHED UP AND PLAYED THOSE TEAMS THAT I WOULD TAKE THEM. SO THAT THAT’S WHERE IT’S INTERESTING AND AND I KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. I’M JUST SAYING IT’S IT’S VERY CLOSE THERE IN THE TOP 5 BETWEEN THOSE TEAMS RIGHT THERE AND HOW YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. THEY’VE BOTH WON 10 GAMES IN A ROW, THE PATRIOTS IN THE BRONCOS AND APPARENTLY THE BRONCOS ARE HOME UNDERDOGS AGAINST THE PACKERS THIS WEEKEND. WOW, BUT THE PATRIOTS IN THE BRONCOS, HAVE WON 10 GAMES IN A ROW AND THIS IS JUST A WEEKLY SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE TEAMS ARE. AND THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR WINNING 10 IN A ROW WITH THE PATRIOTS IN THE BRONCOS, HAVE EACH DONE, THE RAMS LOST TO THE SEAHAWKS. YOU KNOW I HEY I LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN, THE FIRST DATE. AND THE 1 TEAM RIGHT NOW THAT IS GIVING OFF DESTINY VIBES OR DENSITY. IF YOU’RE A FAN OF BACK TO THE FUTURE, IT’S THE SEAHAWKS. I THINK THE SEAHAWKS ARE MORPHING INTO THE TEAM THAT MAY JUST TAKE THIS THING. I REALLY DO. THEY, THEY, THEY’VE GOT THE SHOWDOWN IN 8 DAYS WITH THE RAMS, ON, ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. I LOOK AT HOW THEY’VE PLAYED THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY ARE PUTTING PEDAL TO THE METAL AND THE PATRIOTS DID TOO AGAINST THE GIANTS, BUT THEY WERE OFF THIS LAST WEEKEND. 26 NOTHING OVER THE VIKINGS. WHAT WAS IT 379 OVER THE FALCONS. THEY TOOK A 66 GAME AND THEY BLEW IT WIDE OPEN. THE SEAHAWKS TO ME. YEAH, ARE A TEAM NOW AND MAYBE THEY’RE PEEKING TOO EARLY RIGHT. BUT THEY’RE PEEKING RIGHT NOW. NO I I THINK THEY’RE PEAKING JUST RIGHT. AND EVEN THE THE LAST GAME THEY LOST WAS THE RAMS. AND AS WE KNOW IT, IT KIND OF FELT LIKE THEY OUTPLAYED THE RAMS, IT’S JUST SAM, DARLING HE MADE AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE AND THE 1 TEAM RIGHT NOW THAT WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT BUT I I HEAR YOU, YOU KNOW, I BAND. TALKING A LITTLE BIT. I I THINK WE’VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME CERTAINLY AND I’VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE ON MY PODCAST AND EVERYTHING DON’T BE SHOCKED. IF IT’S RAM SEAHAWKS NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, DON’T BE SHOCKED TO SEE IT. THEY’RE THEY’RE THE SEAHAWKS ARE QUALITY, A QUALITY FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY COULD GO TO THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR. THEY COULD WIN THE SUPER BOWL, BUT THE BIG QUESTION WILL BE SAM DARNOLD AND WHAT HE DOES THAT’S KIND OF JUST PUMPING THE BRAKES AND DOESN’T QUITE WANT TO BELIEVE IN THE SEAHAWKS YET BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO QUITE ALL THE WAY BELIEVE IN SAM DARNOLD, UNTIL THEY SEE HIM PLAY. GOOD IN A PLAYOFF GAME. I THINK THAT’S, THAT’S WHEN THAT HAPPENS. THEN I THINK EVERYBODY’S GOING TO GO. OH, OKAY WAIT. OH, HE LOOKED GOOD. UH, OH, CAN THE SEAHAWKS GO ALL THE WAY. BUT BUT I’M WITH YOU MIKE, I HEAR WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. TOTALLY HEY, I MEAN WHAT A SHOCK, A BIG DIVISIONAL PRIME TIME GAME. LATE SEASON, SAM DARNOLD AGAIN, AND IT’S THE PERFECT DOUBLE WHAMMY BECAUSE IT’S THE WEEK 18. REVISIT OF THE VIKINGS LIONS WHERE THE CHARIOT TURNED INTO A PUMPKIN. AND THEN THE RAMS IN THE PLAYOFFS, THE NEXT WEEK, WHERE THE PUMPKIN STAYED PUMPKIN IN THIS GAME. NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT SEAHAWKS HOSTING, THE RAMS. IT’S THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR SAM DARNOLD, TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE THAT HE’LL PLAY EXTREMELY WELL IN THE NON HUGE GAMES WHEN THE HUGE GAMES ROLL AROUND. SOMETHING GOES HAYWIRE. THIS IS HIS CHANCE TO CHANGE IT AND LOOK, YOU GOT TO OWN THE NARRATIVE BEFORE YOU CAN IMPOSSIBLE. WITH A STRAIGHT FACE AND AN OBJECTIVE APPROACH TO NOT COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SAM DARNOLD. HAS EARNED THAT NARRATIVE. ALL RIGHT, LET’S LOOK AT THE SECOND COLUMN. I ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I DON’T LIKE TO MOVE A TEAM UP OR DOWN IF THEY’RE ON A BYE WEEK BUT I DID JUMP THE TEXANS, NOT THE SECOND PAGE. I’M SORRY. THE SECOND COLUMN ON THE FIRST PAGE, I DID JUMP THE TEXANS OVER. INTO THE 49ERS. YEAH. RIGHT? IF WE CAN PUT THE FIRST PAGE BACK UP, THERE WE GO. THE TEXANS. I I GOT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT. THANK YOU. I GOT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY’VE BEEN DOING AND WINNING IN KANSAS CITY. WHEN THE CHIEFS BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL, THEY’RE ON THE ROPES, THE TEXANS MAY HAVE PUNCHED THEM THROUGH ONTO THE SCORERS TABLE, THEY HIT THEIR HEAD ON THE, ON THE BELL. RIGHT? THAT’S DESERVED TO GO I AND I, I WASN’T GOING TO PUT THE 49ERS DOWN BUT I DID HAVE TO PUT THE TEXANS UP. HEY UH YOU KNOW MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TEXANS. I FEEL LIKE I’M THE THE I’M I WAS THE FIRST 1 ON THE BANDWAGON. THEY’D BE THE OTHER TEAM, RIGHT? WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE SEAHAWKS WHERE I FEEL LIKE I GOT TO CONSTANTLY SAY ON RADIO AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHEN TEAM PEOPLE GO, YOU KNOW, WHO’S AN UNEXPECTED TEAM IN THE AFC. I I’VE BEEN SAYING THE TEXANS FOR FOR A FEW WEEKS YOU KNOW. MY THOUGHTS ON THEIR DEFENSE. I GOT A MAN CRUSH. WRITE THEIR DEFENSE CAN ALMOST WIN GAMES BY ITSELF AS I SAY, 5 TIMES A WEEK, THEY’RE SPECIAL THAT WAY. THEY’RE ARGUABLY THE HOTTEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL. THAT THAT’S WHAT I WOULD SAY ON TOP OF THAT, TOO. I MEAN, THEY DOMINATED THE 49ERS AT HOME, THEY HAD THE BRONCOS ON THE ROPES AND LOST THE CLOTHES, 1, AND THEN THEY’VE WON JACKSONVILLE. WHO’S GOOD TENNESSEE. OKAY, THEY BEAT HIM, BUT IT WASN’T GREAT BUFFALO, WE KNOW IS GOOD, THE COLTS PRETTY GOOD. THE CHIEFS, LIKE YOU SAID PRETTY GOOD. SO YEAH, I I IF YOU PUT THE TEXANS UP A FEW MORE SPOTS, I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN MAD AT YOU. HAVE YOU PUT THEM IN FRONT OF THE BEARS OR THE JAGUARS OR THE BILLS, WHO THEY BEAT? I’D GO. I GET IT, I THINK IT’S A SUPER BOWL DEFENSE AND A BIG WAY. SO, UH, I, I HEAR YOU MIKE. I THINK FINALLY, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TAKE NOTICE OF THEM A LITTLE BIT HERE. THEY STARTED 0 AND 3 AND THEN THEY WERE 3 AND 5, THEY WON 5 GAMES IN A ROW, BUT WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK WEAK 1, THEY LOST AT THE RAMS 14-9, RIGHT? THEY LOST TO THE BUCCANEERS BY 1 POINT. 20 TO 19 ON A MONDAY NIGHT GAME. THEY LOST AT JACKSONVILLE. 17 TO 10. THE JAGUARS ARE CURRENTLY 9 AND 4 AND THEN THEY LOST TO THE SEAHAWKS. YEAH AND THE BRONCOS, THEY LOST TO THE SEAHAWKS BY 8 POINTS IN SEATTLE 1, SCORE GAME LOST TO THE BRONCOS, A GAME. THEY SHOULD HAVE WON. SO THEY’VE LOST TO SOME REALLY STRONG OPPONENTS GAMES. THEY COULD HAVE WON. THEY COULD BE BETTER THAN 8 AND 5 AND THEY HAVE WON 5 IN A ROW. AND I THINK THAT WIN OVER THE CHIEFS WAS CRITICAL, THEY’VE GOT THE CARDINALS THE RAIDERS AT THE CHARGERS AND THE COLTS COMING UP. I, THEY’RE GOING TO BE VERY DANGEROUS IN THE PLAYOFFS DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS. NOW DEFENSE DOESN’T NECESSARILY GET YOU TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU’RE GOING TO NEED SOMETHING AT SOME POINT, YOU’RE GOING TO A, A BIG PLAY, AND A BIG SPOT BEFORE YOU CAN GET TO THE WILL. ANDERSON JR. AND DENIAL HUNTER ON, YOU KNOW, THE OPPOSING QUARTERBACK IN THE SUPER BOWL BUT THEY IT’S ALL MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND DAVIS MILLS THOSE 3 GAMES, HE STARTED HOLDING IT. TOGETHER WINNING THE 3 STARTS, ALMOST BEATING THE BRONCOS WHEN CJ STROUD WAS CONCUSSED, A LOT OF PIECES. THIS IS THIS IS A TEAM THAT IS IS FLYING TOO FAR UNDER THE RADAR. YEAH AND YOU KNOW YOU’VE AND MAYBE I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE WE THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU, YOU’VE MADE SURE THEY’VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR RADAR SCREEN BUT I THINK MORE PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY BECAUSE A TEXAN SEAHAWKS REMATCH IN SANTA CLARA COULD BE THE GAME. WE’RE COVERING DOESN’T COMING UP HERE ON FEBRUARY 8TH, I BELIEVE, OR, OR A REMATCH OF WHO THEY PLAYED IN WEEK 1. THEY PLAYED THE RAMS WEEK 1, IF THEY WERE THERE, IT WOULD NOT SHOCK ME. I DO THINK THEIR OFFENSE IS GETTING TO A POINT HERE WHERE OKAY, WE KNOW IT’S NOT A WORLD BEATER, BUT IT’S GOOD ENOUGH TO GO. HEY, THEY CAN MAKE PLAYS IN SOME BIG MOMENTS. WE KNOW BIG THROWS HERE AND WITH THAT DEFENSE YEAH THEY CAN PLAY THROUGH THAT WITH THE OFFENSE LIKE YOU SAYING, MAKE A FEW PLAYS HERE. THAT’S WHAT’S SO MAKING THIS YEAR, AMAZING, IT REALLY, IS IT, IT FEELS MORE WIDE OPEN THAN EVER BEFORE. I FEEL LIKE THE LAST FEW YEARS WE COULD HAVE GOT TO THIS REALLY THE LAST FEW YEARS WE COULD HAVE GOT TO THIS POINT OF THE YEAR AND GONE UH, I CAN KIND OF DWINDLE IT DOWN TO ABOUT 4 TEAMS THAT WE THINK CAN WIN THE SUPER BOWL, MAYBE 5 OR 6 THAT COULD GET TO THE SUPER BOWL THAT. IT’S MORE THAN THAT, AND IT FEELS LIKE IT’S YOU KNOW, UP IN THE AIR FOR WHO IS THE BEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL, WHO IS THE SECOND BEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL AND JUST IT ALL SEEMS ALL OVER THE PLACE A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY, WHICH MAKES IT AWESOME. HERE DOWN THE STRETCH AND WHAT’S WEIRD ABOUT IT IS. IT SEEMS VERY WIDE OPEN AMONG THE PLAYOFF CONTENDERS, BUT AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF TEAMS ARE ALREADY MATHEMATICALLY ELIMINATED, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO YES, IT’S OPEN IF YOU’RE GOOD ENOUGH. OR YOU’RE JUST THE I KIND OF LIKE DONE. I KIND OF LIKE THAT THE VIKINGS. YEAH, THE VIKINGS ARE HANGING ON BY A THREAD. GARY WAS TELLING ME YESTERDAY THAT EVEN IF THEY WENT OUT THEIR CHANCES OF MAKING THE PLAYOFFS ARE LESS THAN 1%. AND MY RESPONSE WAS, YOU CAN KISS 1% OF MY ASS. I DON’T WANT THAT. THIS IS 1 OF THE REASONS AND ISN’T IT FUNNY? LET ME JUST RANT ON THIS FOR A SECOND BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK, YOU KNOW, NEXT-GEN STATS FROM THE NFL WITH ALL THE PERCENTAGES OF WHO CAN MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AND LIKE, AREN’T AREN’T THEY SUPPOSED YOU REALLY WANT TO TELL A VIKINGS FAN? YOU’VE GOT LESS THAN 1% CHANCE OF MAKING IT EVEN IF YOU WIN OUT, LIKE JUST LET THEM ENJOY THE RIDE. LET THEM ENJOY THE RIDE UNTIL IT’S ZERO. ENJOY THE RIDE. SO I AND I, I LOVE WHAT STEVE KORNACKI DOES FOR US ON FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA. BUT I HAVE COME TO THIS EPIPHANY THIS YEAR. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR THOSE PERCENTAGES. I JUST WANT TO WATCH THE GAMES. I I DON’T WANT AMAZON AI TELLING ME WHEN THE COWBOYS NEED TO GET THE BALL WHEN THEY NEED TO SCORE BY SO THEY CAN GET THE BALL BACK. AND THEY MENTIONED THAT LIKE 5 TIMES. LIKE I DON’T CARE. I JUST WANT TO WATCH THE GAMES AND ENJOY THE GAMES. YEAH, IT’S ANNOYING. I DON’T WANT TO KNOW THAT THE COWBOYS HAVE A LOW PERCENTAGE CHANCE. I DON’T WANT TO KNOW THAT THE VIKINGS HAVE A 1% CHANCE. I JUST WANT TO WATCH THE GAMES. IS THAT WRONG? I I MEAN YOU’RE YOU’RE A LITTLE BIT OLD MAN. GET OFF MY LAWN BUT I GET IT. IT IT IS NUMBERS BEING THROWN OFF THROWN AND SHOVED DOWN OUR THROAT ALL THE TIME. UH I WILL SAY I’M I’M GLAD A BUNCH OF TEAMS ARE CANCELED 1 FOR MY JOB AND WHAT WE DO. I, WHEN YEARS WHERE IT’S LIKE, OH GOSH, EVERYBODY’S STILL MATHEMATICALLY AVAILABLE IN WEEK, 17, TO ME. THAT’S ANNOYING. IT’S A 1. IT’S LIKE, I DON’T WANT TO WATCH YOU ON SUNDAY, YOU’RE NOT GOOD. AND I DON’T BELIEVE IN YOU, AND THERE’S NO WAY YOU’RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING IF YOU GET IN THE PLAYOFFS. BUT NOW I GOT TO WATCH YOU AND KEEP STUDYING YOU JUST IN CASE YOU DO, SO IT TAKES SOME WORK OFF MY PLATE. THAT WAY I CAN FOCUS ON THE TEAM DOESN’T MATTER. THAT’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT. WELL, AND IT DOES ALLOW US TO IGNORE GAMES WHERE BOTH TEAMS ARE DONE. THE PROBLEM IS, I’M LOOKING AT THE, I’M LOOKING AT THE EARLY GAMES THIS WEEK, THERE’S ONLY 1 GAME THAT WE CAN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY IGNORE AS IT RELATES TO BOTH TEAMS AND IT INVOLVES THE GMAN COMMANDERS, ONCE 3 AND 10 AND THE OTHER IS 2

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