JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser's pre-Week 13 2021 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are …
Rank.Team (record) | Prev. | Comment
- Arizona Cardinals (9-2) | 1 | Bye
- Green Bay Packers (9-3) | 3 | Because he's Aaron Rodgers – running or throwing
- New England Patriots (8-4) | 5 | Oh yeah … they're back
- Baltimore Ravens (8-3) | 8 | So consistent … year after year after year
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-3) | 9 | Good teams win road games like that
- Tennessee Titans (8-4) | 2 | Still two games up in AFC South with tiebreaker over Colts
- Kansas City Chiefs (7-4) | 7 | Bye
- Buffalo Bills (7-4) | 13 | Patriots versus Bills next Monday … huge
- Dallas Cowboys (7-4) | 4 | Still well in control in NFC East
- Cincinnati Bengals (7-4) | 15 | Final six games versus over-.500 teams
- Los Angeles Rams (7-4) | 6 | Up next: At home versus Duuuval
- Las Vegas Raiders (6-5) | 21 | Five of six remaining games versus over .500 teams
- Indianapolis Colts (6-6) | 11 | Still playing as well as any wild-card contender
- Denver Broncos (6-5) | 18 | Quietly very much in contention
- San Francisco 49ers (6-5) | 19 | Better by the week
- Los Angeles Chargers (6-5) | 10 | So good at times, so inconsistent other times
- Cleveland Browns (6-5) | 14 | Up again, down again year continues
- Pittsburgh Steelers (5-5-1) | 12 | Oof … and into last place in AFC North
- Minnesota Vikings (5-6) | 16 | Schedule could keep them contending until the end
- Miami Dolphins (5-7) | 24 | League's hottest sub-.500 team by far
- Philadelphia Eagles (5-7) | 17 | Next four versus sub-.500 teams, so they're still in it
- Atlanta Falcons (5-6) | 25 | Got right in Duval Sunday
- New Orleans Saints (5-6) | 20 | Four consecutive losses, last two by 36 total points
- Washington Football Team (5-6) | 22 | Still very much in the wild-card chase
- Carolina Panthers (5-7) | 23 | Cam's back … but that may not be enough
- New York Giants (4-7) | 28 | Big Blue still hanging around bottom of the contenders
- Chicago Bears (4-7) | 27 | Arizona, Green Bay next two weeks
- Seattle Seahawks (3-8) | 26 | Long, long, long year in the Northwest
- New York Jets (3-8) | 31 | Hurt their draft position Sunday
- Houston Texans (2-9) | 29 | Helped their draft position Sunday
- Jacksonville Jaguars (2-9) | 30 | Three consecutive losses after brief midseason surge
- Detroit Lions (0-10-1) | 32 | Closing in fast on No. 1
