A Last Look at the Power Rankings

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year’s Eve celebration, but now that the end of the year/beginning of the year festivities are over, it’s time to get back to work.  ESPN.com has posted their NFL Power Rankings for the final time this regular season, and it’s time to see where all your favorite teams ended up this year.  This season-ending retrospective features some new information, as well as personal notes from the good writers at ESPN.com who have been putting together these Power Rankings all year.  These final Power Rankings are always insightful, so let’s dive in.

The Carolina Panthers drop in at number 23 in the Power Rankings to finish the season.  As the Rankings point out, a 7-9 ranking after losing your franchise QB to injury early in the season isn’t a terrible record.  Still, John Fox has no idea if he’ll be back next season as of this writing.  I thought Fox was safe, but apparently that is not the case.  Whatever direction the Panthers decide to take with their coaching staff, this team is definitely in need of some type of adjustment.  Something wasn’t working this year, and it wasn’t just the QB play.  The Panthers have big work to do in the offseason.
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