Week 12 Power Rankings

What If Sports ranks them 18th

Peter King at SI ranks them 13th:  Valiant win by the Dolphins, playing without Wildcat triggerman Ronnie Brown. But the one stat that has to change for Miami to be a serious playoff contender in the last six weeks is this one: 24.4 points allowed per game. The Chad Henne-led offense is just not good enough to be scoring in the high 20s and 30s weekly.

The National Football Post ranks them 14th: The loss of Ronnie Brown forced the Dolphins to become a conventional offense—and you can do that when you have Ricky Williams.

The Sporting News ranks them 18th:  Their running game now depends on Ricky Williams, and he looks up to the task.

ProFootball Weekly ranks them 18th:  Joey Porter kept mouth closed, pressure cranked up.

CBS Sports ranks them 16th:  Chad Henne is growing up. As he does, they will be better. The playoffs are still possible. But don't lose at Buffalo.

WEEI ranks them 18th:  The Dolphins finally are back to .500 after starting the season 0-3. Miami’s run game is one of the best in the league, but this team lacks great play-making wide receivers and will struggle to win games if they get into a shootout with solid passing teams.

USA Today ranks them 18th

ESPN ranks them 17th:  Recent losses of Jason Ferguson and Ronnie Brown to injury won't help the Dolphins' late playoff run.

Fox Sports ranks them 14th:  Miami's ground machine didn't miss a beat with the resurgent Ricky Williams getting full-time carries last week. Credit the coaching staff with regrouping and winning five of seven games following the season-ending injury to starting QB Chad Pennington.

Yahoo! Sports ranks them 13th:   How many of the people who constantly make jokes about Ricky Williams’ history of marijuana use are within 10 yards of a bong while doing so?

AVERAGE RANK:  16.09

(A shoutout to Marima for the format and inspiration)