NFL Power Rankings: Cardinals rise, Seahawks & Patriots drop in Week 17

Here is how the NFL stands heading into Week 17 of the 2015 NFL Season.

The penultimate week of the NFL season is almost over, all that is left is a Monday Night Football clash between the Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos. We power rank the NFL every Sunday night because typically MNF is an atrocious match up that will have no bearing on the season, but this game certainly will and the field will be re-ranked again on Tuesday.

Back to Week 16, there was a lot of dabbing but not from the Carolina Panthers. The Atlanta Falcons ended their undefeated season leading owner Arthur Blank and ’72 Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula to dab. Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid also dabbed upon clinching a playoff spot.

And the Redskins not only clinched the NFC East, but broke onto the right side of .500.

So here are our NFL power rankings. To accumulate the list, we take the average of polls from VP of Content and Strategy Patrick Allen, Managing Editor Mike Dyce, Managing Editor Jonathan Bass, NFL Director Matt Verderame and Associate Editors Josh Hill and Jack Jorgensen. No single person has more influence on the rankings than anyone else.

Let’s start at the bottom.

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