The 49ers have a fully loaded roster with an NFL-best five first-team All-Pros: Christian McCaffrey, Kyle Juszczyk, George Kittle, Trent Williams and Fred Warner. Two others made second-team: Brandon Aiyuk and Charvarius Ward. Noticeably absent from that group, of course, is Brock Purdy, who paced all full-time starting quarterbacks in quarterback rating (113.0) and QBR (72.7, per ESPN).
The Lions' 24-23 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday wasn't always pretty, but you won't hear a single grip from the faithful regarding the franchise's first playoff triumph since 1992. Jared Goff is one of the more efficient quarterbacks (67.3 completion percentage with 30 scores against 12 interceptions this season), and Amon-Ra St. Brown made first-team All-Pro for a reason.
Maybe this is a recency-biased ranking—Green Bay lost to Tampa Bay in Week 15—but it's hard not to notice how great the Packers have fared of late. Their 48-32 dismantling of the Dallas Cowboys was their fourth win in a row, with Jordan Love tallying 10 touchdown passes against zero interceptions over this stretch. Aaron Jones is running wild in the backfield, and these young receivers are maturing before our eyes, too.
The Bucs' 32-9 rout of the free-falling Philadelphia Eagles was their sixth win in seven chances. This offense can be a headache when Baker Mayfield is on, and Rachaad White is making things happen. All of that said, Tampa had the worst point differential of all eight teams still in the hunt (plus-23), and the whole of its offense often falls short of the sum of its parts.
