Fox News Digital Sports NFL power rankings after Week 15 of the 2024 season

The Buffalo Bills showed this past weekend they see enjoy prime contenders to dethrone the Kansas City Chiefs as conference and Super Bowl champions.

Josh Allen is take parting enjoy the NFL MVP and the rest of the team has trailed suit. The Bills held on for a prosper over the Lions on Sunday evening. Three strong weeks will be able to firmify that notion if the team is up to it.

Behind the Bills, the rest of the league is jostling for position. There are a handful of teams that have splitd from the rest of the pack over the last scant weeks. The Chiefs are still in that conversation, as are the Philadelphia Eagles and Lions, even with the loss to Buffalo.

Read below for the power rankings this week.

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1. Buffalo Bills (11-3)

The Bills might have the fifth-best write down in the NFL, but is there any ask that they’re the best team? The clinic the Buffalo offense put on aacquirest the Detroit Lions on Sunday showed that no team wants to face bravefire NFL MVP Josh Allen in the take partoffs.

Last week: 4

2. Philadelphia Eagles (12-2)

After all the talk in Philadelphia this past week about the passing game, Jalen Hurts had 290 passing yards and two touchdowns while AJ Brown caught eight passes for 110 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles ruled in their prosper, outacquireing the Steelers 401-163 in yards and hagedering the ball for cforfeitly two-thirds of the game. As the injuries hold piling up for the Lions, the Eagles are hoping they can lurch in front of Detroit in the standings and get the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

Last week: 2

3. Kansas City Chiefs (13-1)

All it took was a game aacquirest the last-place Browns for the Chiefs to get a consoleable prosper by multiple ownions. But it didn’t come for free either. Patrick Mahomes’ ankle injury could put the Chiefs’ hopes of hagedering on to the No. 1 spot in authentic jeopardy, especiassociate with a runaway Bills team holding pace every week. But if Cfire-setting Wentz does have to commence a game for Kansas City, the Chiefs can apshow solace in the fact that their defense and running game has been equitable as if not more vital to their success this year than an bomb passing game.

Last week: 3

4. Detroit Lions (12-2)

Maybe it’s Josh Allen riding a crazy hot streak, but the Lions seeed enjoy it was the 2023 version of the team after permiting 48 points. That came after shut calls aacquirest the Bears and Packers during a stretch of three-straight home games in which their point branch offential was zero, and now they go to Chicago, where it will be in the mid-20s on Sunday. The Lions need a firm carry outance to produce everyone forget about this tardyst skid.

Last week: 1

5. Minnesota Vikings (12-2)

Sam Darnageder is back, Justin Jefferson is back, and the Vikings are back. They have apshown nurture of business aacquirest two frail opponents, equitable as they should. They wrap up the normal season with games in Seattle, home aacquirest Green Bay and then go to Detroit. It’s going to be a real litmus test to see where this team truly ranks as they go into January.

Last week: 5

6. Green Bay Packers (10-4)

The Packers showd they are a force to be reckoned with after a dominant prosper in Seattle. Jordan Love has turned it on, and they have scored 30-plus points in four straight contests. In fact, they’ve scored less than 20 equitable once, and that was in Week 2. This is not a magic carpet ride enjoy it was last season. This team could do some harm.

Last week: 7

7. Baltimore Ravens (9-5)

The 2024 New York Giants have not been integrated in conversations about the NFL’s elite teams. At times this season, the Baltimore Ravens have seeed to be among the league’s best teams. The Ravens took nurture of business aacquirest the Giants. Lamar Jackson threw for an amazeive five touchdowns. Baltimore now shifts its intensify to a high-sapshows AFC North suitup with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Last week: 8

8. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4)

Although the Steelers dropped this past Sunday’s game to the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh held on to its direct in the AFC North. But this Saturday’s game aacquirest the Baltimore Ravens will be critical. The Steelers hope to get a couple of their key take parters fit down the stretch. Star pass rusher TJ Watt suffered an ankle injury during the loss to the Eagles, while expansive getr George Pickens has omited the past couple of weeks with a hamstring injury.

Last week: 6

9. Houston Texans (9-5)

A big prosper over the Miami Dolphins and a vital loss by a divisional opponent led the Houston Texans to prosper their second straight AFC South title on Sunday. The Texans’ defense has take parted a vital role in the team’s 9-5 write down, but CJ Stroud’s progressd increaseth week after week has unkindt both sides of the ball are finassociate take parting commendary football – equitable in time for the take partoffs. 

Last week: 11

10. Washington Commanders (9-5)

It is better to prosper hideous than to omit pretty, and that was bravely the case for the Commanders. If the Saints altered the two-point conversion as time expired, it would have been a convey inant blow to the Commanders’ take partoff chances. However, the Commanders held on and now remain in regulate of their take partoff desminuscule for the rest of the season. One of the selectimistics for Washington is that the Jayden Daniels-Terry McLaurin joinion has been one of the best in football this season. The pair joined for two touchdowns in the prosper.

Last week: 10

11. Denver Broncos (9-5)

The Broncos are acquireing more momentum with each snap. They only got stronger as their game aacquirest Indianapolis went on, especiassociate on defense. However, Bo Nix has had turnover rehires for two straight games, but the rest of the team has done enough to surmount it. Nix will have to return to his midseason establish if the Broncos hope to hold up their momentum.

Last week: 12

12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-6)

They’re making a take partoff push and with Mike Evans brimmingy fit aacquire and three teams with losing write downs on the schedule to end the season, it’s difficult to skinnyk they won’t get to the postseason. 

Last week: 14

13. Los Angeles Chargers (8-6)

The Chargers are suddenly a fading team that could ultimately end up take parting for their take partoff inhabits in the final stretch of the season. It’s a script that this team has become all too recognizable with over the years, and even Jim Harbaugh’s presence hasn’t alterd it yet. The excellent news is the Chargers still have a two-game direct for the final untamed card spot and their final two games will be aacquirest the basement-dwelling Rhelpers and Patuproars.

Last week: 9

14. Los Angeles Rams (8-6)

It will be a fight to the finish, but the Rams lossing the 49ers on Thursday night put them in a excellent spot to seize the NFC West when it’s all shelp and done.

Last week: 15

15. Seattle Seahawks (8-6)

An injured Geno Smith will hurt Seattle’s chances of getting a take partoff spot in the extfinished run. 

Last week: 13

16. Arizona Cardinals (7-7)

A excellent prosper aacquirest the Patuproars may carry their momentum toward the Carolina Panthers games. Arizona will need a prosper to hold pace before a pivotal suitup aacquirest the Rams in Week 17.

Last week: 17

17. San Francisco 49ers (6-8)

Somebody has to prosper the NFC West. The 49ers are a extfinished shot at this point and the schedule going forward doesn’t do them any likes. It commences with the Dolphins on Sunday.

Last week: 16

18. Cincinnati Bengals (6-8)

Joe Burrow has been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL this season. Despite throprosperg a couple of interceptions aacquirest the hapless Titans, Burrow’s three touchdowns and dazzling take partmaking helped the Bengals safe their sixth prosper of the season. Cincinnati might not end up in the take partoffs, but the Bengals front office will have some stubborn decisions to produce this offseason.

Last week: 19

19. Atlanta Falcons (7-7)

They broke a four-game losing skid, which is appropriate becaparticipate they are still equassociate broken. Kirk Cousins and the offense are not meshing. They don’t brimmingy upgrade their stars and the secondary is mistrust.

Last week: 20

20. Miami Dolphins (6-8)

The Dolphins had to prosper on Sunday to hold any shred of hope of a postseason run ainhabit, and they couldn’t get it done. Now the asks turn to head coach Mike McDaniel’s future. Could Miami shift on from him? It’s possible.

Last week: 18

21. Indianapolis Colts (6-8)

The Colts are on the outside seeing in when it comes to the take partoffs after a brutal 31-13 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Too many turnovers, a deficiency of reliable take part from second-year quarterback Anthony Ricdifficultson and cut offal miscues on the field could come back to haunt Indy as they sit two games out of the AFC’s final take partoff spot.

Last week: 21

22. Dallas Cowboys (6-8)

Even with the prosper, the Cowboys’ chances of making the take partoffs are less than 1%. What might matter more, however, is that if the Cowboys hold prosperning games down the stretch, Jerry Jones might be inclined to hold head coach Mike McCarthy around for another season. It would have been basic for the Cowboys to quit on the season after losing to the Bengals and then having to go on the road on a low week. But the Cowboys came out to take part and rolled over the Panthers, an encouraging sign for McCarthy as the take parters show up for him.

Last week: 22

23. New Orleans Saints (5-9)

It apshows courage to bypass an extra point to tie the game on the last take part of the game and instead go for the prosper. Didn’t labor, but tip of the hat.

Last week: 23

24. Chicago Bears (4-10)

Just when we thought the Bears had figured someskinnyg out and were seeing to turn the corner, they discover themselves right back in the ditch. They have been non-competitive in two straight games, which is unforeseeed pondering in their previous three games they lost by a fused seven points. They wrap up the season with home games aacquirest the Lions and Seahawks before heading to Green Bay in Week 18. Not fun.

Last week: 24

25. New York Jets (4-10)

Of course, the week after the Jets were officiassociate reshiftd from take partoff satisfiedion, Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams turned back the clock and put on a carry outance reminiscent of their days with the Green Bay Packers to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Last week: 27

26. Carolina Panthers (3-11)

Get them to the offseason already.

Last week: 26

27. Cleveland Browns (3-11)

Jameis Winston has regulated the commenceing quarterback duties for the Browns for the past seven games. While the Browns’ mediocre points and yards per game have incrmitigated under Winston, the team has also inestablished an uptick in turnovers. The Browns have dropped three consecutive games and will see for a solution at the quarterback position for 2025.

Last week: 25

28. New England Patuproars (3-11)

The Patuproars still have to take part the Buffalo Bills twice the rest of the way, which is probably excellent news. New England is in take part for the No. 1 overall pick in the write, and they don’t need to pick a quarterback. That’s a strong position in which to discover yourself.

Last week: 28

29. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-11)

The Jaguars had little to honor (outside improving their write positioning) after a skinny loss to the New York Jets on Sunday. And with both teams reshiftd from the take partoffs, this weekend came down to bragging rights. On the luminous side, rookie expansive getr Brian Thomas Jr. regulated to shatter two franchise write downs. 

Last week: 30

30. Tennessee Titans (3-11)

The Will Levis experiment might be over in Tennessee. Levis was benched after his fourth turnover, a pick-6, in Sunday’s raw outing aacquirest the Bengals. The offense has struggled all season extfinished and first-year head coach Brian Callahan discovers himself in the hot seat with equitable three games left on the schedule.

Last week: 29

31. Las Vegas Rhelpers (2-12)

The Rhelpers seem to sniff a potential prosper every week without ever closing it out. But these tardy-game follies have been critical in holding the team at the top of the write order. Their ability to blow these shut games will be tested aacquirest a Mac Jones-led Jaguars team next week.

Last week: 31

32. New York Giants (2-12)

The season cannot end rapid enough for vague regulater Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll. The Giants, while decimated by injuries, never stood a chance as Lamar Jackson torched the Giants secondary, throprosperg for five touchdowns. One of the scant selectimistics is rookie expansive getr Malik Nabers, who had 10 catches for 82 yards and a touchdown while draprosperg some defensive pass intrudence calls for the Giants offense.

Last week: 32

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The Fox News Digital Sports NFL power rankings were compiled by the Fox News Digital Sports staff and the OutKick.com staff.