Power Rankings: Top NFL postseason spoilers
Tank Williams and Chris Simms rank which teams could cause the most havoc in the NFL playoff race.
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TANK WILLIAMS: All right, Chris, our version of starting from the bottom, now we're here. The teams that are going to be playing the ultimate spoilers coming down the stretch of the NFL season. Now at number three, I have your favorite team to start the season, the Cleveland Browns.
And I don't know if I'm just throwing them in there, because, you know, they got Chubb, Jarvis, OBJ, or if it's because I keep seeing those damn Baker Mayfield commercials all the time. But I have a feeling that the only team that really matters that they're going to play is the Ravens. And then there's going to be another commercial, where Baker goes down to the 50 yard line, and he sees like Lamar and LeBron, like eating a bowl of grits at the 50 yard line, just taking over their stuff, because the Browns just seem like they're dust this year.
CHRIS SIMMS: I agree that. Yeah, keep going.
TANK WILLIAMS: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers-- now this is one of those things, you don't know if you're going to get Jameis with four tubs and a pick or four picks and a tub. But they're going to be dangerous. One of the most explosive offenses in the league. And they still have to play the Texans and the Colts to finish the season.
CHRIS SIMMS: I hear that.
TANK WILLIAMS: So it's going to be interesting for the AFC South. And then at number one, man, I thought the Dolphins were the worst team in the league earlier this year. We actually did a segment on it. Now, man, Fitz-Magic is reaching peak performance right now. And the only team that they have to play that's a contender is the Patriots. But boy, they're looking like one of the worst contenders in the league right now. And if Fitz-Magic can keep turning it up, come last game of the season at Foxboro, it could get spicy in New England, bro.
CHRIS SIMMS: Hey, I like your list, I do. I mean, Cleveland, yeah, that can really be a pain in the butt for the Ravens, where they take away the number one seed, right? And then, I mean, we already saw them whoop the Ravens earlier this year.
TANK WILLIAMS: Yeah.
CHRIS SIMMS: You know, my-- the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the one I really like. Because, you said it, they got no fear. And Jameis, he has no governor. It's just like, you know, I mean, zoom, zoom, zoom. Oh, it's their team, who cares? Zoom, zoom. So that's scary, when you're a team that's playing for something, against an offense and a team that's aggressive and playing for nothing. Let alone, I mean, let's not forget, that Bucs D-line is real.
TANK WILLIAMS: Right.
CHRIS SIMMS: JPP, Vita Vea, Ndamukong Suh, Shaquil Barrett off the edge. So they could make some things happen.
TANK WILLIAMS: And look what they did to Nick Foles last week too.
CHRIS SIMMS: Exactly.
TANK WILLIAMS: Got him benched.
CHRIS SIMMS: Right, they got him benched. They had to strip sack fumbles in that one. All right, I got two other teams that jump out to me. Now, this one team will probably find a way to screw it up, because that's what they usually do. But the Los Angeles Chargers--
TANK WILLIAMS: Nope, can't do it, mm-mm.
CHRIS SIMMS: You can't do it?
TANK WILLIAMS: Nah.
CHRIS SIMMS: You can't get in behind this?
TANK WILLIAMS: Nah.
CHRIS SIMMS: Well, this is probably the time of the year they'll start to win these games. That's what's annoying about the Chargers, you know? It's like, oh, we're out of it. Oh, now we'll pull them out, in the end of the year. But they do have the Vikings, the Raiders, and the Chiefs.
TANK WILLIAMS: Right?
CHRIS SIMMS: All I'm saying is, they got the bro-gram in Melvin Ingram and Joey Bosa coming off the edge. They still got Melvin Gordon, their running back. And Philip Rivers, I mean, he's a little bit like Jameis Winston too. It doesn't seem like it matters if it's his team or the other team. So that could be scary.
And the last one I'll throw out there is the Carolina Panthers. Even though they've fallen off earth here lately, they got the Seahawks, the Colts, and the Saints down the stretch. And they certainly could ruin the Colts playoffs dreams, or at least ruin the Saints and the Seahawks one two seed first round bye playoff action there. That, to me, is scary too. Your list is OK. I think mine's better, but that's OK. It's just, it's your-- this is your list and there's nothing I can do.
TANK WILLIAMS: Well, at least you didn't put the Browns first.