Just two weeks remain in the NFL regular season. Playoff tickets are being punched. Legitimate Super Bowl contenders are coming into focus. And wagering on games has never been more difficult due to the rash of COVID-19-related absences each week.
Please, football gods, just allow us the privilege of enjoying an NFL postseason in which the outcome is not affected by which teams are luckiest with the virus, but instead decided by which are just better on the field.
Let's take a look at this week's new Power Rankings: