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NFL Power Rankings: Jaguars raging into Championship Sunday Published: Jan 16, 2018 at 02:13 AM Elliot Harrison The throw won't be celebrated in Canton ... The football came off the hand of an undrafted , a rookie -- for all intents and purposes, as he'd spent his entire first year on the practice squad -- keeping an undermanned and overwhelmed team in a game against Bruce Arians' . This was before Keenum got mixed up with the litany of mediocre Houston quarterbacks. Before he was seemingly knocked out, but not pulled out, . Before he helped the 2016 to a 3-1 start only to eventually lose his job to the No. 1 overall pick. And, of course, before to stun the this past Sunday. Before all that, Keenum threw an absolute dime of a touchdown pa s to Andre Johnson, a ball that couldn't have been placed any better if Keenum had walked over and handed it to the ' franchise wide receiver: That's when I first thought this kid belonged. One week prior, Keenum had racked up 350 yards and three touchdown pa ses (against zero picks) . But the game in Arizona, which actually ended up being , was when I really took notice of Keenum. He went on to throw two more TD strikes on the Cards, displaying a pluckine s I couldn't help but love. Houston waived him nine months later, but I always remembered that random Sunday in the desert. Now, Keenum belongs in the MVP conversation. So, does a fella whose team win Sunday. On that note, here's my top five for NFL MVP: 1) Carson Wentz: The ' offense went kaplooey without him.2) Todd Gurley: Led the league in scrimmage yards and touchdowns. Made the ' offense go.3) Tom Brady: Could argue he should be over Gurley. Didn't enjoy a great December.4) Antonio Jason Demers Men Jersey Brown: The ' ability to win without him keeps the game's best receiver from being No. 1.5) Case Keenum: He belongs here. Case closed. As for the rankings of teams, take a gander downstairs. Each of the Divisional Round participants are detailed. None of them are shortchanged. Don't spare any of your feedback, including your take on an interesting MVP race: is the place. Let the di sension commence! For more in-depth analysis on the updated league pecking order, tune in to NFL Network every Tuesday night at 6 p.m. ET for the "NFL Power Rankings" show. Want to add YOUR voice? Provide your thoughts at the bottom of this page or tweet , and your comments could be featured on air. The lineup below reflects changes from . If you'd told a fans in August that would go through the and , they would have laughed out loud, dropped a Jger shot into their Mean Old Tom and thrown their at you. Most impre sive from New England's was the answer to Tenne see's first touchdown drive: seven plays, 73 yards and Zoom! Right down the field, with six of the seven plays going to the running backs. has been a total stud for the last month. And what more can you say about Matt Patricia's defense, which has allowed 15.4 points per game since torched the ? Imagine that. All and the offense have to do to have a chance to win these days is put two touchdowns and a field goal on the board. Don't imagine anyone ruining a wonderful stout beer with Jger, though. Unle s they're 22. Seen a few unforgettable endings during my time covering the NFL, and as a fan for over 30 years . Adam Clendening Jersey .. none of which were more shocking than the "Minneapolis Miracle," "Skol Mary," "Whiff Six," or ' The Hail Mary, to beat the also came in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, Yet, the only two hair-raising endings I've seen that can match what went down Sunday afternoon are and 's The former is the only play in postseason history that seemed as impo sibly executed. And now Minnesota heads to (10th, if you count the 1969 NFL title game). While we're here, someone should mention how on-point 's throw was on that final play. That ball was right where it needed to be, with Keenum not the least bit shaken by the ' pa s rush rattling his cage repeatedly in the second half. Much respect -- and apologies -- to . I thought he could beat the with his legs, not his throws. The advanced for the first time since the Brunell/Taylor/Smith/McCardell/Boselli era on the strength of Bortles' arm and an opportunistic defense. surprised everyone, and Rather, it was because it resulted from the efforts of the most-maligned quarterback in America, and in spite of the defense allowing 42 points. Before we leave this blurb, though, a tip of the cap to , who channeled his inner to hurt Pittsburgh on huge third downs. After hearing for a week that they were the first home underdog yada yada yada in however many years, the ' defense What a performance, from the coverage, to the push from the interior ( ), to tightening up when it mattered most. Twitter movie critics can comment all day long about the ' play-calling, but here's the deal with that: If you don't like the roll-out perhaps you can also credit Philadelphia for blanketing 's options. **Trivia:** Everyone remembers the ' three straight NFC Championship Game lo ses in the early 2000s as a ma sive organizational failure. But in reality, one of the games was not. No one thought Philadelphia could beat the "Greatest Show on Turf" in the 2001 NFC title match. They *almost* did, when, down 29-24, just before the two-minute warning, a certain defensive end came within an eyelash of blocking a punt deep in St. Louis territory. It would have either been a special teams touchdown or, at the very least, a safety and the ball back. Who was the player? </content:power-ranking> Much chagrin over the ' decisions in on Sunday, almost like an echo chamber to the Lawson Crouse Women Jersey ' choices acro s the state Pittsburgh elected to have its quarterback with the body of a defensive end lunge forward to gain a couple of feet on a key fourth down late. The onside kick that came later seemed particularly egregious. At least the Jags had strong coverage on 's throw whereas the kick was delivered poorly, done in before it ever started, with 's Wayne Gretzky Men Jersey dribbler hitting his own guy before it travelled the required 10 yards. The sour takes on Mike Tomlin's game management came (some worse than the movie series), although the play call lands squarely on offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Beneath all that was a defense that couldn't buy a stop. was the difference in keeping Pittsburgh from going to the AFC Championship Game. will take many moons to get over. fans felt much of what their counterparts endured when Brett Favre uncorked in the 2009 NFC Championship Game. That contest looked lost for New Orleans until then; this Divisional Round game looked won. But the important things to note are clear: The will be back, as just turned in a stellar second half of the season (I can't imagine him not retiring a Saint), and the roster is chock full of young talent ( , and , for starters). Someone who is part of that bright nucleus took the full blame for the lo s: safety . Couldn't agree more with those defending Williams in the aftermath, including fans. It's never been more challenging to play safety in the NFL than it is now, with so many rules covering how you can defend, or hit, a receiver. It was clear Williams was trying to avoid a penalty; he simply arrived too soon. Call it a perfect storm -- or imperfect, in this case -- that let and the advance. Ineffectivene s on offense undermined the sending Dan Quinn's team packing for the offseason. Which means that the anxiety over Kyle Shanahan's departure as offensive coordinator was somewhat realized. The attack looked more like a faint charge for much of the 2017 season, at least as compared to the world-cla s track team that was going up and down the field in '16. Two points to consider here. First: Where is talk of 's culpability amid all the rancor? Ryan, frankly, mi sed on a lot of throws this year, and he looked closer to the guy from 2010 than the 2016 MVP: a solid player, but not transcendent. Second point: I've maintained all year that Atlanta's talent lay more with the defense. Look at the secondary. The linebackers can fly. And the pa s rush was a huge factor in the making the postseason in the first place. I'm gonna mi s the . Let's just pretend never happened. After provided a spark of excitement that Tenne see could deliver the upset of the century (that might be an exaggeration, but could you imagine a repeat of the 1999 AFC Championship Game?), bad things started happening. Like on fourth-and-short, the offensive line turning into a turnstile, the Gillette rug and the being down 28-7 by the end of the third. There was no coming back. Not from that deficit, not against that team, not with offense. Which is the complaint you'll hear much about in the coming months. Whomever the hire those barking for an offensive guru (in the mold of Josh McDaniels) should try to remember that the duties of head coaches go beyond just play-calling (if they even do that part of the job), to setting the tone for an organization. Who could blame Mularkey if the way this Niklas Hjalmarsson Kids Jersey proce s played out for him and the team to part ways? Whether he was the right man for the job going forward or not is certainly up for debate, but you can't discount going 9-7 in back-to-back seasons and reaching the Divisional Round of the playoffs. Good luck finding another Tenne see coach who managed such a feat this decade. Either way, nice season, . *Follow Elliot Harrison on Twitter . And be sure to tune in to the "NFL Power Rankings" show on NFL Network every Tuesday night at 6 p.m. ET. * This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue. Click here Click here Click here |
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