NFL Power Rankings Week 14: Dallas Cowboys and Teams That Will Tumble

There's never a good time during an NFL season for a team to get on a losing streak, though the stretch run toward the playoffs is as poor an occasion as any for such a letdown.

Just ask these three teams, each of whom will be hard-pressed to turn the beat around in Week 14.

Dallas Cowboys

So, remember when the Cowboys were all but destined to go into their Week 14 game against the Giants with a two-game lead in the NFC East?

(Phew! That was a long breath.)

Well, New York held up its end of the bargain, but Dallas didn't seem all that keen to beat Arizona.

Or at least head coach Jason Garrett didn't. Why else would he have called that silly timeout at the end of regulation while Dan Bailey was kicking the game-winning field goal?

The Pokes always seem to make things interesting, and boy, will they be interesting at the Jerry Dome on Sunday night, when Tony Romo attempts to keep pace with Eli Manning and a Giants offense that nearly upended Green Bay. 

Oakland Raiders

Is there any reason to think the Raiders will have even a prayer of winning in Green Bay on Sunday? The Packers have rolled with every punch they've faced this season and emerged with a perfect 12-0 record thus far.

Oakland, on the other hand, appears destined to cede full control of the AFC West to the surging Denver Broncos. Carson Palmer and company were lucky to beat a Bears team sans Jay Cutler in Week 12 and got their due comeuppance from the suddenly dynamic Dolphins this past weekend, 34-14.

If the Silver and Black couldn't stop Matt Moore, what likelihood is there that they'll do so much as disturb Aaron Rodgers?

Chicago Bears

Speaking of the Bears and the Broncos, these two teams will meet at Mile High Stadium in what's shaping up to be yet another victory for Tebowmania. Chicago managed just three points against the torturous Chiefs, all while Caleb Hanie made Tyler Palko look like Dan Marino by comparison.

Who, then, will Tim Tebow resemble across the field from Hanie? John Elway?

Even if Tebow's reflection doesn't turn out as favorably as that, the Broncos figure to stomp all over the Bears' fading playoff dreams behind a defense capable of holding Chicago's current crop to just a field goal and an offense that cobbled together 28 points of its own in Minnesota.

Josh Martin's Week 14 NFL Power Rankings

1. Green Bay Packers

2. Baltimore Ravens

3. San Francisco 49ers

4. Pittsburgh Steelers

5. New Orleans Saints

6. New England Patriots

7. Houston Texans

8. Denver Broncos

9. New York Jets

10. Tennessee Titans

11. Dallas Cowboys

12. New York Giants

13. Cincinnati Bengals

14. Miami Dolphins

15. Chicago Bears

16. Oakland Raiders

17. Detroit Lions

18. Atlanta Falcons

19. Seattle Seahawks

20. Arizona Cardinals

21. San Diego Chargers

22. Carolina Panthers

23. Buffalo Bills

24. Kansas City Chiefs

25. Philadelphia Eagles

26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

27. Washington Redskins

28. Cleveland Browns

29. Jacksonville Jaguars

30. Minnesota Vikings

31. St. Louis Rams

32. Indianapolis Colts