Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Grandstander Power Rankings - Week 16

 


Here you go.  The highly anticipated GPR for NFL Week 16:

  1. Chiefs
  2. Packers
  3. Bills
  4. Ravens
Knocking on the door... Browns, Bucs, Colts, Dolphins, Saints, Steelers.

Yes, at this very moment, the Ravens are on the outside of the NFL playoffs, but since they have returned to full strength, they are looking as good as any team, and they need help from other teams to even make the playoffs...After a week out in the cold, the Steelers are one again knocking on the door on the basis of the performance of their defense and Ben Roethlisberger in that second half comeback against another very good team, the Colts....Speaking of the Colts, I notice that the change in cities has not changed Phillip Rivers too much: he still leads the league in whining and yapping at the officials....How about the Cleve Brownies losing to the Jets?  I know, they had no WR's due to COVID, but still, the Jets?....And how about the 0-13 Jets winning two in a row, and assuring themselves of NOT having the overall #1 draft pick, presumably, Trevor Lawrence....Do you think the NFL is happy that Lawrence, perhaps the brightest star to come put of an NFL draft class in years, will now be sentenced to an NFL backwater like Jacksonville?  He could have been the second coming of Joe Namath playing in the Big Apple, okay, in New Jersey, but now, Jacksonville. I wonder how Lawrence feels about the whole thing.

Throughout the season, the GPR has been presented as a Top Four, as in If The NFL Did It By Committee Like College Football Does, and I've presented anywhere from four to six teams, alphabetically, each week as knocking on the door to have a top ten of sorts.  Next week, the GPR will be presented as a straight 1 through 14, a ranking of all of the NFL Playoff teams.  I can't wait to see which team emerges from the NFC East to take slot #14.

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