NFL power rankings for Week 18: Razor-thin lines separating the top five
NY Post
The crazy reality created by this uncharacteristically bloated season is that the team seeded No. 5 in the NFC playoffs might just be the second-best team in the NFL.
Depends on if you favor the powers atop the NFC or AFC.
The winner of the Lions-Vikings battle Sunday night will clinch the NFC North title, the No. 1 seed, a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.
The loser will be the No. 5 seed and possibly be on the road for the duration of the playoffs.
It is befitting of a season where a razor-thin line separates the five-best teams in the NFL.
You won’t quite find either the Lions or Vikings listed below in the top-two in The Post’s NFL power rankings for Week 18, but who knows how things will look after the final 16 games are played.
Nothing changes for Jonathan Quick in the wake of Igor Shesterkin going on IR with an upper-body injury sustained in the third period in Florida on Monday, when Sam Bennett crashed into the Rangers franchise goaltender after a hit from Ryan Lindgren.
David Stearns has steadily dropped breadcrumbs to his player procurement strategy.
TORONTO — The Raptors were on the longest losing skid in the NBA.
Mike Vrabel has his eyes set on one job.
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In a season already full of catastrophe, the greatest possible misfortune has befallen the Rangers at arguably the worst time.
Knicks and Rangers games on Optimum were set to go dark Wednesday as contract talks between the cable operator and MSG remained at an impasse ahead of a deadline before the ball drops.
The crazy reality created by this uncharacteristically bloated season is that the team seeded No. 5 in the NFC playoffs might just be the second-best team in the NFL.
Saquon Barkley would not be anywhere near approaching the NFL’s rushing record if the Giants re-signed him.
If the Rangers’ past year were to be compared to the typical cliché of a roller coaster, it would be the American phenom Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure.
I decided if I wrote about Rickey Henderson I would not use a statistic. We are assaulted with stats and metrics now, and while baseball is our most numbers-oriented sport, I do sense the analytics revolution has chilled too many fans and reporters from just talking about how certain players made you feel while watching them.