NFL power rankings are the New England Patriots once again, as they proved once again they are the team to beat in the AFC.
Our top team in the NFC was the Atlanta Falcons last week, yet they lost to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night football. Still, we think that the early season win the Falcons had over the Saints, combined with their better overall record, still keeps the Falcons above the Saints for now.
There are nine teams that have qualified for the 2011 NFL Playoffs at this time, and those teams all deserve to be in the top slots available in the power rankings. It's hard to imagine that the Seattle Seahawks or St. Louis Rams will jump into the top 12, though, despite the fact that one of these two teams is going to win the NFC West and host a first round game in the 2011 NFC Playoffs. Finishing at .500 (like the Rams could), or even below .500 (like the Seahawks could while winning the division) simply doesn't warrant putting either of these teams into the upper echelon right now.
The team that is going to be dropped the most in these rankings is the San Diego Chargers, who suffered an embarrassing loss to be eliminated from possibly making the NFL Playoffs this season. It just wasn't meant to be, and even though that Chargers team still looks pretty good on paper, the on-field results just aren't living up to any expectations that could get them high up on this list any longer.
The Chargers are going to suffer a similar fate to the New York Jets, who also took another hit in our rankings by losing a game that they should have won in week 16. These Jets are starting to struggle in a time when they should be getting game-ready for the playoffs, but this is the same type of cold streak that they had during the 2009 regular season as well. This isn't a surprise with the roster the Jets have, and shouldn't discount them as one of the primary contenders to possibly make the Super Bowl as the AFC representative.
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