NFL Power Rankings: Entering Divisional Round of Playoffs
By Staff
The Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs has come to an end and boy was it interesting. The Kansas City Chiefs proved their mettle and issued a thorough beatdown to the Houston Texans. The Green Bay Packers started slow against the Washington Redskins but Aaron Rodgers found his groove to punch his ticket to the second round.
And that was about all the expected results that came.
The Cincinnati Bengals collapsed tremendously allowing the Pittsburgh Steelers to walk away with a win and a spot in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. The Bengals melted down in the final minutes of the game to help move the Steelers down the field, that is about a horrendous way to end a season as one can imagine.
The Seattle Seahawks advanced thanks to a shanked field goal from the Minnesota Vikings, one that will go down in the franchise’s lore. It was a cold and low-scoring game, but the Seahawks resilience won them the game, that and laces in.
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.
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