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Welcome to week 16 of the 2025 r/NFL power rankings, the most biased-unbiased source for power rankings on the web. The Rams take their second L since Thursday, dropping out of the top spot to make way for the Seahawks team they just lost to. Aside from Seattle, the big winner of the week is none other than the Jacksonville Jaguars, moving up four for a convincing win in Denver. For the second week in a row, the Chiefs deservedly drop the furthest. The Packers stay ice cold, dropping four spots as well after a loss in Chicago. The Texans gave up the second most points all season to the Raiders, and are now clinging to a top ten spot. Do you think the 49ers deserve to drop one spot after putting up 48 points against old man Rivers? Do the Titans deserve to move up three? Do the Broncos deserve to stay above the Jaguars? Discuss! 32/32 Reporting
| # | Team | Δ | Record | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Seahawks | +2 | 12-3 | "Seahawks frauds" I texted the group chat at 7:43 PM. I believe it was immediately after Sam Darnold’s interception to Kobie Turner at the goal line. The game felt over. “How are we ever going to beat the cream of the crop in the playoffs?” I wondered. Then Rashid Shaheed returned a punt for a touchdown. Fun! They get the 2 point conversion, 22-30. Well, Puka is having his Hans Landa game, they probably march through the defense and score again. Wait… a three and out? The Rams are already PUNTING?? Sweet. No sooner does Darnold hit a wide-open AJ Barner in the endzone to make it a 2 point game. They line up for the 2 point conversion, Darnold throws the ball behind the LOS… and it’s batted up in the air and falls to the ground eventually ending in the endzone. Zach Charbonnet, being the kind, well-mannered gentleman he is, picks up the ball. Five minutes later it is determined Darnold’s pass was backwards, the ball is live DESPITE ANY BLOWN WHISTLES, and the game is tied up. Fast forward to OT, where Hans Landa breaks free for a 41 yard touchdown. 37-30 Rams. Darnold exercises his demons, drives the Seahawks 65 yards in 9 plays (including the throw of the game to Cooper Kupp), and hits JSN in the endzone to make the score 36-37. But we play for KEEPS. Seattle lines up for a THIRD consecutive 2 point try… and Darnold finds a leaking Eric Saubert for the game winning catch. 38-37. Ball game. Seattle now controls their own destiny as the 1 seed. Go Hawks. | |
| 2. | Rams | -1 | 11-4 | In a wacky week of games, Thursday night seems like a distant memory, but went down as the 4th and most heartbreaking loss of the season for the Rams. There were multiple late game failures, including three straight 3-and-outs, a missed FG, horrendous ST issues, three allowed 2PATs, and crucial drops—all of which led to losing a 14pt fourth quarter lead and ultimately flipping the tide on the NFC Playoff picture. This season, moments like Kyren Williams’ fumble against SF, Matt Stafford’s fumble against CAR, and Josh Karty’s blocked kick against PHI have all been crushing blows but this collapse stings the most given the high stakes. There’s still a chance at the #1 seed, but the #5 seed is the most likely outcome. It doesn’t really matter though: the Rams are still an incredible team, still favored win the Super Bowl, and can do so with any seed. Even in four losses, they’ve been in the game until the last possession, and never really lost by more than three points in any of them. They’re an incredibly tough out. | |
| 3. | Patriots | +2 | 12-3 | Nothing to see here folks, just another excellent win from the Patriots that saw Drake Maye post his first 300+ yard game and lead a big 4th quarter comeback to defeat a surging Ravens team desperate for a win to stay in the playoff race. The Patriots were amazing this week, just trust me. You don’t need to check to box score or go back and watch the game, it’s probably not important anyway… Ok so maybe Lamar Jackson got hurt in the 1st half, but the game was a nail biter while he was still playing, so that probably didn’t even matter right? And yeah Tyler Huntley might’ve entered the 2nd half and instantly led two straight touchdown drives with very little effort, but guys he’s a former Pro Bowler, what else would you expect? And maybe the Ravens are famous for blowing 4th quarter leads, and maybe they made the baffling decision to leave Derrick Henry on the bench at the end of the game despite Henry averaging 7.1 yards per carry during the game, and maybe fans are calling for John Harbaugh to be fired, but did you see Drake Maye out there?!? That dude can ball! He got the comeback win despite the refs best efforts to ignore the clearest PI call I’ve seen in the last few years. Let’s focus on that instead, because looking at the bigger picture is much less fun right now. New England is incredibly fortunate that the remaining schedule only has the lifeless Dolphins and the already dead Jets left, because the injuries to the defense have absolutely decimated this unit’s ability to play ball. What was once the NFL’s premier run-stuffing unit has been gashed on the ground ever since Milton Williams went down five weeks ago, and injuries to Spillane, Landry, and Tonga haven’t made things any easier. The offensive line has been bleeding as well, but the replacements have been remarkably capable at keeping Maye at least somewhat upright. Hopefully the Pats can take care of business while shorthanded for the next two weeks, and have the band back together again for the playoffs. The dream of winning the division (and the #1 seed) remains alive and well. | |
| 4. | Broncos | -2 | 12-3 | The Jaguars can only beat bad teams. Therefore, we can safely conclude the Broncos were never good. Having been fraudulent this entire time, across 11 wins in a row, may seem unlikely. But I assure you, dear reader, it is the truth. Look no further than the ‘signature’ wins of this team across that win streak. Beat the Texans? They could barely overcome the Raiders last week. Bad team, unimpressive win for the Broncos. Beat the Chiefs? They aren’t even in the playoffs and their quarterback, the enigmatic Chris Oladokun, piloted their squad to a 26 to 9 loss to the terrible Titans. Bad team, unimpressive win for the Broncos. Beat the Packers? Well, they just lost to the perennially loser-ish Bears in a spectacular collapse, plus the world-beating Micah Parsons is on IR. Bad team, unimpressive win for the Broncos! Don’t even get me started about that ‘big win’ over the Eagles, who couldn’t even beat the flat-footed Cowboys. As we can see, the Broncos stacked their resume with false Ws, wooing the national media into building up this week’s faceoff with the Jaguars into some kind of game of the week material. I’m here to tell you, the bad-team-bully Jaguars have simply continued their streak of bonking the little guys on the head as they meander their way towards playoff football. Poor Broncos. Poor, fraudulent, gormless Broncos. I sure hope they can handle their Christmas Chiefs game, as their last matchup with them was a real nail-biter. And that last game of the season against the Chargers? Well, I don’t even want to think about it. Perhaps, if they just roll over and play dead, Harbaugh will be tricked into letting his guard down. Good luck out there, you weak and helpless 12-3 Broncos. You have our pity and our condolences, but you are, as always, in our hearts. | |
| 5. | Bills | -1 | 11-4 | That was far from the prettiest performance from the Bills narrowly escaping over the 3 win Cleveland Browns. The Bills decided it would be fun to switch it up and score all of their points in the first half instead of the second half which led to yet another stressful narrow victory. There were several positives from this game Gregory Rossau was a beast and James Cook left Browns defenders in the dust to the turn of over 7 yards a carry and 2 scores. Josh Allen certainly wasn’t perfect as he was closer to entering the Bills Endzone then the Browns yet the Bills still found a way to win. Outside of the game there were several positives as well. The Bills clinched the playoffs for the 7th straight year and Josh Allen avoided a major injury in a scary play. This game was supposed to be a blowout and it ended up being a dogfight with the Bills needing a clutch defensive stop to seal the win. The Bills will have to be sharper against the defending Superbowl champs as they try to gain playoff traction in a jumbled up AFC playoff picture. How is it week 17 and no AFC division has been clinched? 6 straight years in the playoffs and no Superbowl appearances, it’s time the Bills buck that trend and exorcize their playoff demons. | |
| 6. | Jaguars | +4 | 11-4 | Please do not perceive the Jacksonville Jaguars. | |
| 7. | 49ers | -1 | 11-4 | On a night where it seemed like the defense couldn’t buy a stop, Brock Purdy led the offense to an almost perfect night, with 5 touchdown passes en route to a 48-27 win on MNF. The team controls its own destiny moving forward, if they win the last two weeks they will be the #1 seed, something that seemed impossible 2 months ago. The team hosts the Bears on SNF. | |
| 8. | Bears | +1 | 11-5 | The Bears don’t get many seasons like this. In between magical one-offs, they tend to jus… |
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