NFL Power Rankings Week 15: Cowboys look vulnerable and the Lions are ready to pounce

The Cowboys can't be so sloppy before the playoffs. They should take cues from the roaring Lions.

With the promise of the playoffs just around the corner, a host of NFL contenders started to hold the steering wheel a little too loosely in Week 14.

In Dallas, a combination of Dak Prescott inconsistencies and poor Mike McCarthy decision-making almost had the Cowboys fall to the Houston Texans — the NFL’s worst team. In Los Angeles, the Mike McDaniel-Tua Tagovailoa Dolphins looked utterly lost against the team and quarterback (hey, Justin Herbert!) everyone will compare them to forever.

And finally, among the litany of examples, the Vikings took a few giant southpaws from the Lions in Detroit. Even while the Lions might be the NFL’s hottest and most dangerous team, it was still an alarming result from a Minnesota squad currently sitting with the NFC’s No. 2 seed. At least the Vikings can take solace in knowing they’re not the only contender trying to work some kinks out with just a month of regular season play left.

Here are For The Win’s Week 15 Power Rankings for the 2022 NFL season — featuring those red-hot Lions and vulnerable Cowboys — as the regular season hits its final quarter of games.