{"id":1897,"date":"2008-12-17T12:28:38","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2008-12-17T12:28:38","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T17:28:38","slug":"jetnation-top-10-%e2%80%93-week-sixteen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2008\/12\/17\/jetnation-top-10-%e2%80%93-week-sixteen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JetNation Top 10 \u2013 Week Sixteen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/jetnation.com\/graphics\/2008\/topten.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"126\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/?cat=19\"><strong>By Nick Ferraro<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0 Pittsburgh Steelers<\/strong><br \/>\nIf the Steelers get 13 points, they win.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n2.\u00a0 Tennessee Titans<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Titans can knock off the Steelers on Sunday and ensure that if they play again it will be in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0 Indianapolis Colts<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Colts are rolling toward the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0 Carolina Panthers<br \/>\n<\/strong>Carolina has to like the way things are going.\u00a0 They are on the way up, and the Giants are struggling.\u00a0 A win on Sunday will mean a changing of the guard in the NFC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0 New York Giants<br \/>\n<\/strong>The loss of Burress is starting to hurt.\u00a0 Defenses are not afraid of the big play.\u00a0 Eli and the running game will suffer unless something is done to stretch the field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.\u00a0 Dallas Cowboys<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Cowboys recharged their season by beating the Giants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.\u00a0\u00a0 Baltimore Ravens<br \/>\n<\/strong>The defense will keep the Ravens in every game.\u00a0 If they can move the ball just a little bit or get a break on special teams, they can beat anyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.\u00a0 New England Patriots<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sitting at 9-5 and tied for the division lead with two weeks left has to be a spot the Pats would have been happy to be in back when Brady got hurt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.\u00a0 Atlanta Falcons<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Falcons are a great story this season and a model for dealing with distraction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.\u00a0 Minnesota Vikings<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Vikings have a passing game all of a sudden.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nBottom Five<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>28.\u00a0 Kansas City Chiefs<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was a tough loss Sunday.\u00a0 These may be the last two games for coach Herm with Carl Peterson retiring.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n29. Oakland Raiders<\/strong><br \/>\nJumping ship is in fashion in Oakland.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n30.\u00a0 Cincinnati Bengals<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Bengals have winnable games left and can easily escape the bottom five if they play with any heart.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n31.\u00a0 St. Louis Rams<\/strong><br \/>\nLook for a Ram\u2019s college scout at a bowl game near you.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n32. Detroit Lions<\/strong><br \/>\nIt doesn\u2019t look like Detroit can\u2019t avoid a winless season and an unfortunate entry into the history books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nick Ferraro 1.\u00a0 Pittsburgh Steelers If the Steelers get 13 points, they win. 2.\u00a0 Tennessee Titans The Titans can knock off the Steelers on Sunday and ensure that if they play again it will be in Tennessee. 3.\u00a0 Indianapolis Colts The Colts are rolling toward the playoffs. 4.\u00a0 Carolina Panthers Carolina has to like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nick-ferraro","7":"category-power-rankings"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-uB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}