NFL Power Rankings heading into the final three weeks of the season

The very bottom

I think these are clearly the three worst teams in the league. None of them has a quarterback they actually trust at the helm – at least right now – they show inconsistencies at different areas of the football team on a weekly basis and nothing they do is actually above-average. I’d be willing to bet they are picking one, two and three in reverse order of these rankings come next April.

30. Cincinnati Bengals (2-10-1)

A month ago there was no way you find the Bengals down here. Joe Burrow looked like everything advertised and then some as the number one overall pick, they had won at Tennessee by double-digit and with the schedule ahead, they could been flirting with picking outside the top ten in the 2021 draft possibly. From that moment Burrow suffered that knee injury, Cincinnati has been outscored 44-81 and one of their touchdowns came on a kick return. Their defense has surprisingly been better over the second half of the season, because if you take off those 10 points that came directly off their own turnovers, they have held all of their opponents to 20 or less since that Washington game. However, on the season they are bottom five in turnovers forced (12) and surrendered (25), and with any QB other than their promising rookie, they have been two versus nine in that department. You pretty much secured yourself the number three pick in the upcoming draft with this loss. So get that young man Penei Sewell from Oregon, grab another offensive lineman on day two and sign one in free agency. He should never have to take as many shots at any point of his career.

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31. Jacksonville Jaguars (1-12)

The Jaguars have been bad and to win their season-opener against the Colts before losing 12 games has to be tough to swallow for Jacksonville fans (feeling bad for you London). However, there is a big difference between this team and the on at number 32 – and I will bring up another number to make that clear in my notes for them. Even since that week one win, half of their games have been decided by a single possession. Yeah, they just got blown out by the Titans again, but they also had a chance to win or tie on their final drives against the Packers, Browns and Vikings before that. Their defense has made some plays at times, but when it comes down to it, you can run or pass at will of them, being bottom-five in both and allowing a league-worst 6.3 yards per play. They have now three different quarterbacks before coming back to Gardner Minshew now, who I thought all along would give them the best chance to win – even though I’m not sure that is their objective right now anyway, when they will most likely end up with one of the top two QBs. The one true bright spot – running back James Robinson has already set a new record for most scrimmage yards by an undrafted rookie. Feeling pretty good right now about having him as a top ten RB in this past draft.

32. New York Jets (0-13)

It always looks great at the start of games actually for the Jets, since they are surprisingly number one in percentage of opening drives ending in points offensively. Unfortunately, they have still scored 55 points less than any other team in the league and only the Cowboys have given up more. Therefore, their point differential of -16.2 is pretty much a touchdown worse than the next-closest team in the league (Jacksonville at -9.4). There are stretches in games where they can’t pick up a first down in 20+ minutes offensively, the defense has had his moments, but also gave up 30 points to the Patriots with extremely limited skill-position talent, and last week their kicker missed three consecutive field goals of under 45 yards. Now they just need to finish the job. Get Trevor Lawrence, put together a coaching staff that will support him to an optimum, spend your money to keep him happy and let GM Joe Douglas try to turn this thing around.

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