NFL Power Rankings Week 17: Focus on the Chicago Bears

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 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 Chicago Bears rank?

I figured that a game between the Bears and New York Jets would feature a great defensive game, but with both teams scoring more than 30, it leaves me scratching my head. While the Bears did show that they could rack up the points and win a close game, the fact that the suspect Jets offense put up a bunch of points has me thinking that Chicago could be in danger of not making it deep into the playoffs if their defense can't step up.

Three other teams have 11 wins, and as the Bears haven't played any of them, how does their resume stack up against each of them?

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!).