NFL power rankings for Week 12: Lions, Bills make jump after showing Super Bowl potential
The old cliché is true: Offense does win games.Whether the Lions or Bills have enough defense to win a championship will be decided in the playoffs.But, for now, Detroit and Buffalo look like Super Bowl contenders because they boast the Nos.1- and 3-ranked scoring offenses in the NFL.Shortly after the Lions became the third team in the Super Bowl era to tally three victories by 35 points or more within their first 10 games, the Bills won the most-anticipated game of the NFL regular season because head coach Sean McDermott showed guts.Bypassing a field goal that could’ve extended a two-point lead to five late in the fourth quarter, McDermott put the ball in Josh Allen’s hands, and the MVP-caliber quarterback delivered a 26-yard touchdown run that all but clinched a 30-21 victory over the Chiefs and made a statement across the loaded AFC.Here are The Post’s power rankings for Week 12:It doesn’t get any more dominant than scoring touchdowns on your first seven possessions, as happened in a 52-6 demolition of the Jaguars.
The Lions piled up a franchise-record 645 yards of offense en route to winning an eighth straight game and ninth in the first 10 for the first time since 1934.Jared Goff threw four touchdown passes.Allen threw for 262 yards and a touchdown in addition to his signature dash to the end zone in the victory against the Chiefs.
The Bills led for the entire second half after taking the lead on Tyler Bass’ 33-yard field goal just before the break.Bass was a goat when the teams met in last year’s playoffs.
James Cook rushed for two touchdowns.There are no more unbeatens after the Chiefs’ 15-game winning streak was snapped, and they lost to the Bills for the fourth consecutive time in the regular season.Patrick Mahomes threw three touchdown passes but also two interceptions, including on his final offensive snap.
Travis Kelce (two catches for eight yards) was a total nonfactor.Isiah Pacheco, though, is on his way back from injury.One of the ...