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Week 16 NFL Power Rankings Recap: Arizona Cardinals confusing the voters

Dec 17, 2014, 10:08 PM | Updated: 10:08 pm

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There are certain things you can’t refute when it comes to the 2014 Arizona Cardinals.

First, they’re 11-3 and heading into Week 16, they own the best record in the National Football League.

Second, they’re down to their third starting quarterback of the season. Drew Stanton suffered a knee injury in last Thursday’s win over the St. Louis Rams and Ryan Lindley will step in to guide the offense in what is arguably the biggest regular-season game in franchise history Sunday night against the Seattle Seahawks.

These two facts about the Cardinals are causing confusion among those who create NFL Power Rankings around the country. Voters are either basing their ratings on what the Cardinals have done or what they project them to do in their last two regular-season contests without Stanton.

Here’s what the Power Rankings look like heading into Week 16.


Week 16 Average Rank: 5.94 (6.00 last week)

Highest Rank: #3 – CBSSports.com, Detroit News, New York Post

Lowest Rank: #9 — SI.com, Yahoo! Shutdown Corner


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