Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells, who won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, used to say that you know what you have as a football team by Thanksgiving.
These power rankings certainly aren’t definitive, but provide a good measure of where teams are coming out of Turkey Day — which had touching tributes to the late John Madden.
The Philadelphia Eagles, coming off a loss two weeks ago and edging the Indianapolis Colts, asserted their dominance in Week 12.
The Minnesota Vikings also got over their pre-Thanksgiving thrashing at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys to defend U.S. Bank Stadium from the New England Patriots.
The Miami Dolphins returned from their bye week with their fourth straight game of scoring 30-plus points.
Here are the power rankings across the NFL with Week 12 in the books.