NFL Power Rankings Week 17: Focus on the Green Bay Packers

Doing power rankings are tough, but because of the limited number of games on an NFL schedule, it's one of the only ways to get an idea for which teams are better than one another given factors other than just their records. 

At my site, www.GuysNation.com, I do a weekly power ranking of all 32 NFL teams.  It's a hugely subjective process in which I account for a team's strength of schedule, margin of victory, good wins and bad losses.

Where do the Green Bay Packers currently rank?

For the majority of the season, I've been a big believer in the Packers.  I like their offense and their defense, and I think they have tons of potential to make it deep into the playoffs.  The only problem is that along the way, they lost some games which took them out of contention to win the NFC North, and for a minute it looked like they weren't even going to get a wild card spot. 

Then they played the Giants, who were already reeling a bit, and Aaron Rodgers came back to put the final cog back into the system to turn them back into the team I knew they could be.

The narrow loss to the Patriots in Week 15 was actually a little more inspiring than the big win over the Giants in Week 16.  It shows that they didn't need Aaron Rodgers to be successful... or nearly successful against the top team in the NFL.

So how did I factor in all that potential, along with their current wins and losses and various margin of victory, into where the Packers rank?

For the complete rankings and analysis, check out the article on my website, www.GuysNation.com! Unlike Power Rankings you see elsewhere, your comments could help persuade me to rank your team better after Week 17!

You also will probably enjoy voicing your opinion through voting in nearly a dozen polls set up to help get people's feedback on the Power Rankings!

You also might like the dueling NFL Week 17 picks article on GuysNation.com, a new(ish) feature where the games on a given week's NFL schedule are debated between myself and another author on my site (who just happens to be a LIFELONG PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FAN, so you KNOW he's got a high opinion of his opinion!).