NFL Power Rankings: Evaluating The Biggest Embarrassments of the NFL

The NFL season is winding down, and some teams have flat-out given up.

In no other sport is it more obvious than football, where you are required to have maximum energy and focus.

Here are the four teams that have completely given up, and it couldn’t be more apparent.

Minnesota Vikings- (2-12)

The Vikes have seen progress out of Christian Ponder, but you can’t sugarcoat a six-game losing streak.

Everybody aside from Jared Allen is having a poor season, and it looks like the roster is going to be completely different next year.

I would be very nervous if I was head coach Leslie Frazier, as this team has quit on him.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers- (4-10)

No team has fallen off a cliff as bad as the Bucs. They are currently riding an eight-game losing streak and ranked at the very bottom in defense in virtually every major statistical category.

The biggest piece of evidence this team has officially mailed it in? They have lost their last three games by a combined 62 points. And those were against the Panthers, Jaguars and Cowboys.

Ouch.

St. Louis Rams- (2-12)

It looks like that incredible upset of the Saints will be far-and-away the high point to this nightmarish season.

The Rams are currently riding a five-game losing streak and were forced to start Kellen Clemens a mere 10 days after he joined the team in Sunday’s loss to the Bengals. Too bad the offense can never get on the field due to the run defense being the absolute worst in the league.

The Steelers and 49ers get mini-byes when they play this beat-up and heartless team in the last two weeks.

Buffalo Bills- (5-9)

The ink had barely dried on Ryan Fitzpatrick’s new fat contract before the Bills regretted it. The Bills have lost seven in a row and seem to stink in every facet of the game at this point.

The defense isn’t creating turnovers anymore, and the offense is a shell of itself without Fred Jackson.

They put up a half-hearted comeback last week against Miami, but it’s clear this team has packed it in for the long and cold Buffalo winter. 

Eric Ball's Week 16 NFL Power Rankings

1. Green Bay Packers (13-1)

2. New Orleans Saints (11-3)

3. New England Patriots (11-3)

4. San Francisco 49ers (11-3)

5. Baltimore Ravens (10-4)

6. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4)

7. Houston Texans (10-4)

8. Denver Broncos (8-6)

9. Atlanta Falcons (9-5)

10. Cincinnati Bengals (8-6)

11. Detroit Lions (9-5)

12. New York Jets (8-6)

13. New York Giants (7-7)

14. Oakland Raiders (7-7)

15. Philadelphia Eagles (6-8)

16. Dallas Cowboys (8-6)

17. Tennessee Titans (7-7)

18. Chicago Bears (7-7)

19. San Diego Chargers (7-7)

20. Seattle Seahawks (7-7)

21. Arizona Cardinals (7-7)

22. Buffalo Bills (5-9)

23. Kansas City Chiefs (6-8)

24. Carolina Panthers (5-9)

25. Miami Dolphins (5-9)

26. Washington Redskins (5-9)

27. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-10)

28. Cleveland Browns (4-10)

29. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-10)

30. Minnesota Vikings (2-12)

31. St. Louis Rams (2-12)

32. Indianapolis Colts (1-13)