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NFL Power Rankings: Where Patriots stand after missing playoffs

The 2022 NFL regular season came to a close Sunday, a day full of both meaningful and useless football games.

The Bears closed a book on the first season of the Matt Eberflus era with a 29-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. At the same time, the Houston Texans pulled off a miraculous comeback win over the Indianapolis Colts, handing the Bears the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

As for the games that had playoff implications, the Buffalo Bills’ win over the New England Patriots allowed Skylar Thompson and the zombie Dolphins to punch their ticket to the playoffs.