NFL Power Rankings: Panthers, Patriots and Bengals at the top entering Week 14

The Arizona Cardinals keep cruising and are clearly the second best team in the NFC behind the Carolina Panthers and showed it on Sunday against the St. Louis Rams. Over the years, the Rams have quietly been a good team in a tough division, their record not always accurately reflecting their quality.

That isn’t the case this year.

The Cardinals went to town on the Cardinals and laid a 27-3 beat down on the Rams in the Edward Jones Dome. To be fair to the Rams, the Cardinals were held to just 10 points in the first half, but they fell apart in the third quarter. A touchdown pass to David Johnson and a touchdown run from Kerwynn Williams put the game out of reach for the Rams and made the fourth quarter a formality.

The Cardinals play a tough Vikings team that is coming off a blowout loss next week then the Philadelphia Eagles the following week. The real test in where the Cardinals will be seeded in the post season, and if they can get a first-round bye, will come in the final two weeks of the season when they play a Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks teams fighting for Wild Card spots or their divisions.

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