NFL Week 13 Power Rankings (featuring the “Berserker Number”)

Does anyone want to play the Bills right now? (Source: BuffaloNews.com)

Note: For the teams from 32-17, I’ve tagged them with my BERSERKER NUMBER (B#). Ranging from 1 to 100, it rates a team’s ability to cause havoc for teams attempting a playoff run. Young, developing squads just beginning to show power (but stuck with losing records) are helped, in my rankings, by a high B#.

For the teams from 16-1, I’ve added my DESTINY SCORE (DS). Again, 1 to 100. Here, I’m attempting to weed out teams resembling, for instance, the 1988 Chicago Bears. Teams with towering regular season records that (we all know) will not get to — back to — the Super Bowl. Teams, well, missing something special.

My (totally subjective, imperfect) Week 13 Power Rankings:

32 Carolina Panthers (1-10) (B#4)
31 Arizona Cardinals (3-8) (B#8)
30 Cincinnati Bengals (2-9) (B#14)
29 San Francisco 49ers (4-7) (B#22)
28 Denver Broncos (3-8) (B#33)
27 Detroit Lions (2-9) (B#28)
26 Buffalo Bills (2-9) (B#68)
25 Dallas Cowboys (3-8) (B#41)
24 Minnesota Vikings (4-7) (B#42)
23 Oakland Raiders (5-6) (B#52)
22 Washington Redskins (5-6) (B#43)
21 Seattle Seahawks (5-6) (B#54)
20 Cleveland Browns (4-7) (B#73)

19 St. Louis Rams (5-6) (B#62)
18 Tennessee Titans (5-6) (B#57)
17 Houston Texans (5-6) (B#53)
16 Miami Dolphins (6-5) (DS18)
15 Kansas City Chiefs (7-4) (DS27)
14 Jacksonville Jaguars (6-5) (DS59)
13 Indianapolis Colts (6-5) (DS65)
12 San Diego Chargers (6-5) (DS61)
11 Chicago Bears (8-3) (DS51)
10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-4) (DS63)
9 Green Bay Packers (7-4) (DS78)
8 New York Giants (7-4) (DS81)
7 New Orleans Saints (8-3) (DS85)
6 Philadelphia Eagles (7-4) (DS72)
5 Baltimore Ravens (8-3) (DS78)
4 Atlanta Falcons (9-2) (DS79)
3 Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3) (DS84)
2 New England Patriots (9-2) (DS94)
1 New York Jets (9-2) (DS97)