MVP collected Week 17 NFL power rankings from a dozen web sites to see how the Arizona Cardinals fare heading into the final week of the regular season.

BTW, MVP would list the Cardinals at #7 behind Indy, San Diego, New Orleans, Philly, New England and Green Bay.

ESPN #6
A shot at higher seeding gives the Cardinals something to gain against the Packers in their Week 17 matchup. (Sando)

USA Today #6
They think they’re better than the 2008 team. They’re right.

NBC Sports #6
Don’t look now, but this team still has a shot at a bye.

NFL Fanhouse #7
Peter King reports that the Cardinals may be the Cardinals again this year. And while it’s easy to mock him for such a statement, it’s quite true; the Cardinals are a dangerous, underrated team — not to mention that they’re better than last year’s rendition — who are peaking at the right time. Added bonus: they won 10 games in a single season for the first time since 1976.

Bleacher Report #7
The Cardinals have clinched the NFC West again and could be a problem for many teams with a hot Kurt Warner and his receiving crew. This defense has improved, and Beanie Wells is running the ball well.

Fan IQ #8
They’ve broken the Super Bowl loser’s curse, and they’re heading back to the playoffs… and the Steelers, who beat them in the Super Bowl, are still on the bubble. Funny how these things work.

The Big lead #8
The NFC’s great enigma. They could get blown out wild card weekend, they could make the Super Bowl, there’s really no way of knowing. A nightmare matchup for either the Saints or Vikings in the divisional round, though.

CBS Sports #9
Don’t count out the reigning NFC champions. They can score and they have a good defense. They will be a tough team to get past in the playoffs.

FOX Sports #9
Most overlooked stat of Week 16? Try Arizona, which won its 10th game in a season for the first time since 1976. Think of that for a moment: 33 years ago, America’s bicentennial year, little Kurt Warner was five years old (while most of the other NFL star QBs and over half the league’s current rosters were not even born yet).

National Football Post #10
The Cards are laying in the weeds out west, and still will be a tough matchup if they protect the ball in January with Warner and company.

Oregon Live! #10
Could the Cardinals be poised for another red-hot playoff run?