The Cardinals kept the calefaction on St

The Cardinals kept the calefaction on St. Louis all day long, and as a aftereffect they're still befitting the calefaction on the NFC's added Agrarian Card contenders. Carson Palmer's arm may not be 100% adapted now (or anytime again), but he was laser-accurate to Larry Fitzgerald while the abstract of the Cardinals' accomplishment guys anniversary fabricated a baby addition to a 30-point outing. The accident of Tyrann Mathieu stings, as he was deservingly in the DROY chat and accouterment lock-down aperture defense. Brutal closing dates with the Seahawks and Niners acceptable accumulate Arizona out of the playoffs, but if they can allure accession year out of Palmer and (finally) bank up the OL they'll be a aggregation to account with next season. (Last week: 10)
10. Detroit Lions
Current Playoff Projection: NFC #4 berry (NFC North champ)
It's harder to get too angled out of appearance over a bold played in amusing blast conditions, but the Lions were by no agency accessible to acknowledgment the claiming on Sunday. Whether it was Matthew Stafford alleviative the brawl like a reside duke armament or the Lions' vaunted blitz aegis accepting in fact mauled, Detroit was bedeviled everywhere but adapted teams (where their white unis may accept artlessly let their acknowledgment men get lost, Finnish sniper-style). As a individual bold it can be accounting off, but Lions admirers - a agglomeration who no agnosticism feel accursed on the best of canicule - can't adore the Lions' afresh failures to lock up a massively winnable NFC North. (Last week: 8)
11. Philadelphia Eagles

Current Playoff Projection: NFC #3 berry (NFC East champ)
In a activity of algid acclimate teams in a blizzard...pick the one that in fact plays outside? The Eagles seemed a lot added adequate in the cold, and while LeSean McCoy doesn't adjure the angel of your archetypal mudder he had no agitation adventurous through the snow to the tune of 217 yards. The Eagles authority a tiebreaker over the Lions, get to face a Vikings aggregation afterwards Adrian Peterson and blanket things up adjoin a Dallas aggregation afterwards any affinity of a defense. Things are searching up for Chip Kelly's boys. (Last week: 12)