It was a history-making week that modified little or no within the NFL hierarchy.
An NFL record-tying 12 video games had been determined by seven factors or much less on the wraparound Thanksgiving weekend. Simply name it a continuation of a season of nail-biters, with a league-record 106 video games determined by seven factors or much less by means of Week 13.
So, there have to be a variety of transferring elements to digest, proper?
Assume once more.
The Submit’s energy rankings from final week look spot on after the highest 13-ranked groups went 12-1, with the one loss coming from the Ravens towards the higher-ranked Eagles.
Listed below are The Submit’s energy rankings for Week 14:
1. Lions 11-1 (1)
Make it 10 wins in a row. Jared Goff threw two landing passes to Sam LaPorta and Jake Bates kicked three area objectives in a 23-20 victory towards the Bears. A bit of assist — the Bears’ horrendous end-of-game clock administration that prevented a game-tying field-goal try and later bought head coach Matt Eberflus fired — added to the win chance.
2. Payments 10-2 (2)
Josh Allen threw a landing move on a play the place he had the receiving landing — with an Amari Cooper catch and lateral in between. Taking part in on a snow-covered area, the Payments pulled out all of the stops in a 35-10 victory, and the defeated 49ers seemed like they needed to be wherever else. The Payments clinched a fifth straight AFC East title.
3. Chiefs 11-1 (3)
The Chiefs clinched a playoff berth when apply squad call-up Matthew Wright drilled 4 area objectives in a 19-17 victory towards the Raiders. The kicking recreation was the decisive issue as a result of Daniel Carlson missed three area objectives and by no means bought an opportunity to strive for the win when Nick Bolton recovered Aidan O’Connell’s fumble with 15 seconds left.
4. Eagles 10-2 (4)
Bottled up for the primary half, Saquon Barkley ran for a 25-yard fourth-quarter landing to interrupt open a 24-19 victory towards the Ravens. He completed with 107 dashing yards, presumably changing into the chief within the NFL MVP race. The defensive-minded Eagles turned simply the second NFC group to beat quarterback Lamar Jackson (becoming a member of the 2022 Giants) in 25 profession begins.
5. Packers 9-3 (5)
Jordan Love and Jayden Reed related twice for touchdowns because the Packers beat the Dolphins, 30-17, for his or her seventh win up to now eight video games. After leaping out to a 27-3 lead, the Packers protection made a fourth-quarter goal-line stand — capped by Quay Walker’s fourth-down sack — when their lead might’ve been minimize to at least one rating.
6. Vikings 10-2 (6)
Aaron Jones fumbled on every of the Vikings’ first two possessions and bought benched — solely to return and make the game-winning landing catch with 73 seconds remaining in a 23-22 win towards the Cardinals. The Vikings scored on their ultimate three possessions, totaling 187 yards on 23 performs to erase a 13-point deficit behind Sam Darnold’s two landing passes.
7. Steelers 9-3 (7)
It’s been a very long time since Russell Wilson seemed nearly as good as he did in throwing for 414 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-38 shoot-out win towards the Bengals. Many of the injury got here after throwing a first-quarter pick-six. The Steelers led 27-21 at halftime within the highest-scoring first half within the 110 conferences between the rivals.
8. Ravens 8-5 (8)
All-Professional kicker Justin Tucker’s nightmare season continued as he missed two area objectives and a PAT within the loss to the Eagles. Mark Andrews scored his forty seventh profession landing — tying a franchise document — however the Ravens strayed too removed from what works greatest with 36 passes by Jackson and solely 27 runs by the Jackson-Derrick Henry mixture.
9. Chargers 8-4 (9)
Protection might be stunning. Rookie cornerback Tarheeb Nonetheless had two of the Chargers’ 4 interceptions towards Kirk Cousins, together with one returned for a 61-yard landing, in an unpleasant 17-13 win. The offense managed simply three area objectives whereas overcoming 5 sacks, a misplaced fumble and simply two first downs within the first half. The particular groups failed on a pretend punt.
10. Broncos 8-5 (10)
Michael Burton and Javonte Williams each completed with the unusual stat line of 1 dashing yard and one dashing landing in a 41-32 victory towards the Browns. The Broncos blew a 28-17 lead and trailed with three minutes remaining, however Will Lutz’s 27-yard go-ahead area purpose and Ja’Quan McMillan’s 44-yard pick-six sealed the comeback and picked up Bo Nix after he threw two interceptions.
11. Texans 8-5 (11)
12. Commanders 8-5 (12)
13. Seahawks 7-5 (13)
14. Cardinals 6-6 (14)
15. Rams 6-6 (19)
16. Buccaneers 6-6 (16)
17. Falcons 6-6 (15)
18. Dolphins 5-7 (17)
19. 49ers 5-7 (18)
20. Colts 6-7 (21)
21. Bengals 4-8 (20)
22. Saints 4-8 (22)
23. Cowboys 5-7 (23)
24. Bears 4-8 (24)
25. Browns 3-9 (25)
26. Panthers 3-9 (28)
27. Jets 3-9 (27)
After shedding to Sam Darnold’s Vikings earlier this season, the Jets fell to a different considered one of their former quarterbacks when Geno Smith led the Seahawks to a 26-21 comeback victory. Aaron Rodgers threw two first-quarter landing passes however missed too many game-breaking alternatives and threw a pricey pick-six. Kene Nwangwu added a 99-yard kickoff return landing.
28. Titans 3-9 (26)
29. Patriots 3-10 (29)
30. Raiders 2-10 (30)
31. Giants 2-10 (31)
Making his first begin of the season because the Giants’ third completely different quarterback in three video games, Drew Lock threw a pick-six however ran for a landing in a 27-20 loss to the Cowboys. Trailing by as many as 17 factors, the Giants fell one third-down cease away from regaining possession with an opportunity to tie. As an alternative, it’s seven straight losses.
