NFL Rankings: Week 17 Christmas Gift Edition

It’s Christmas Eve and tonight Santa will be dropping off all gifts to all the good boys and girls. With that in mind, I rank all 32 teams with a gift for each of them, even the ones that haven’t been good like the Raiders.

32. Giants: the number 1 draft pick. They will probably screw it up but at least they would get a shot at it.

31. Jaguars: Doug Pederson from 3 years ago. Seriously, what happened to this guy?

30. Raiders: Their head coach keeping his job. Wait, that would be a gift for the rest of the league. How about a quarterback then.

29. Titans: player toughness. Just kidding. They need a quarterback too.

28. Browns: Deshaun Watson to retire so they can move on with their lives past this disaster.

27. Bears: an offensive minded coach. If they are going to be bad, they could at least be fun.

26. Saints: A larger salary cap…a much larger salary cap. This team is a financial disaster.

25. Patriots: Drake Maye to be legit. He looks pretty good so far but so did Mac Jones his rookie year.

24. Jets: An owner who doesn’t make decisions based upon Madden rankings.

23. Panthers: To keep things rolling into 2025. The Panthers have turned into a decent team.

22. Cardinals: To play two good halves of a season…in the same season.

21. 49ers: New trainers. How is this team decimated with injuries every other year?

20. Cowboys: An owner who actually wants to win instead of being the center of attraction.

19. Colts: Anthony Richardson to get better at passing and staying in the game when he is tired.

18. Dolphins: The same thing I wish for every game for the Dolphins, Tua to not die.

17. Bengals: To get their crap together before week 5 next year. Every year they do the same things. Maybe they should mix it up and win a game before October.

16. Falcons: To go back in time and bench Kirk Cousins sooner.

15. Seahawks: To be good on defense and offense at the same time. One of these days, they will put it all together.

14. Texans: To not lose any more receivers to injury. Their receiving room must use the same trainers as the 49ers.

13. Bucs: Some defensive guys to go with their awesome offense.

12. Broncos: A playoff birth for the first time since 2015. Only the Jets have a longer drought in the league but they can snap that with a win on Saturday.

11. Chargers: Justin Herbert to win a game that matters.

10. Rams: To combine the offense from a couple of weeks ago with the defense from the last two weeks.

9. Commanders: Jayden Daniels to stay healthy the rest of the year and beyond. He has a great future if he can stay on the field.

8. Steelers: Russ to play like Russ from 5 years ago for the next 5 games.

7. Ravens: Play well in consecutive games…preferably in the playoffs.

6. Packers: Jordan Love to continue not to turn the ball over. If he plays smart this team can beat anybody.

5. Eagles: For Jalen Hurts to get through concussion protocol quickly. Kenny Pickett is not good.

4. Bills: To play better defense. We all know what Allen can do but he can’t play linebacker or safety so that got to figure this thing out.

3. Vikings: For Sam Darnold to keep playing like…Sam Darnold? He is playing great…can he keep it going?

2. Lions: No more defensive injuries. Pretty soon they are going to have to give me a call to fill a roster spot.

1.Chiefs: That 3 peat, baby!

And here are 5 gifts for us NFL fans:

  1. The first round of the NFL playoffs to be more competitive than the first round of the College Football Playoffs. That was atrocious.
  2. The Broncos to win on Saturday. It will make my wife happy and me happy because she is happy and the Bengals will be eliminated.
  3. No key injuries down the stretch. We got a lot of competitive teams in the hunt. We want as many healthy guys headed into the playoffs as possible because its going to be an awesome ride to the Super Bowl.
  4. The Chiefs to win another game in some odd and ridiculous way. It’s entertaining during the game and entertaining after the game when all non Chiefs fans lose their minds.
  5. History to be made. If the Chiefs 3 peat that would be history which is what I am cheering for. But if they don’t, let’s crown a champion that has never been crowned. I’m looking at you, Bills, Lions and Vikings.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season with your friends and family.


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