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NFL Power Rankings: Week 9

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The Jets got a win! Baltimore back on track, maybe? But not a single change in the top ten.

#1 DETROIT LIONS (5-2)

Last Week: #1, BYE

Lions hold the top spot through their bye week

This Week: vs #23 Minnesota

#2 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (7-1)

Last Week: #2, won vs #31 Tennessee, 38-14

Colts are rolling & Jonathan Taylor should be in the MVP conversation.

This Week: at #13 Pittsburgh

#3 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (6-2)

Last Week: #3, won vs #26 NY Giants, 38-20

Philly is looking like the team to beat again.

This Week: BYE

#4 LOS ANGELES RAMS (5-2)

Last Week: #4, BYE

Rams come out of their bye looking to take control of the NFC West.

This Week: vs #31 New Orleans

#5 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (5-3)

Last Week: #5, won vs #16 Washington, 28-7

KC may, once again, be the team to beat in the AFC.

This Week: at #10 Buffalo

#6 GREEN BAY PACKERS (5-1-1)

Last Week: #6, won at #11 Pittsburgh, 35-25

Packers played their best game since week two.

This Week: vs #19 Carolina

#7 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (6-2)

Last Week: #7, won at #28 New Orleans, 23-3

Bucs reach their bye with a chance to get healthy for the stretch drive.

This Week: BYE

#8 DENVER BRONCOS (6-2)

Last Week: #8, won vs #21 Dallas, 44-24

That might have been Denver’s most complete & impressive victory yet.

This Week: at #20 Houston

#9 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (5-2)

Last Week: #9, BYE

Seattle comes out of their bye looking to fight for the NFC West crown.

This Week: at #18 Washington

#10 BUFFALO BILLS (5-2)

Last Week: #10, won at #18 Carolina, 40-9

Buffalo dominated Carolina and a back up QB, now they get KC & Mahomes.

This Week: vs #5 Kansas City

#11 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (6-2) +1

Last Week: #12, won vs #25 Cleveland, 32-13

The Patriots are for real.

This Week: vs #21 Atlanta

#12 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (5-3) +3

Last Week: #15, won vs #20 Minnesota, 37-10

Chargers got Joe Alt back and they looked like their early season form.

This Week: at #32 Tennessee

#13 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-3) -2

Last Week: #11, lost vs #6 Green Bay, 35-25

Steelers are starting to stumble just as Baltimore is getting healthy.

This Week: vs #2 Indianapolis

#14 CHICAGO BEARS (4-3) -1

Last Week: #13, lost at #23 Baltimore, 30-16

The loss to Baltimore exposed some deficiencies on the Bears.

This Week: at #24 Cincinnati

#15 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (5-3) -1

Last Week: #14, lost at #22 Houston, 26-15

The road doesn’t get any easier for the Niners in a tough NFC West.

This Week: at #26 NY Giants

#16 BALTIMORE RAVENS (2-5) +7

Last Week: #23, won vs #13 Chicago, 30-16

Ravens are getting healthy and the rest of the AFC North are coming back to them.

This Week: at #28 Miami

#17 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (4-3)

Last Week: #17, BYE

Does Jacksonville come out of the bye ready for a playoff push or ready to fade away?

This Week: at #29 Las Vegas

#18 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (3-5) -2

Last Week: #16, lost at #5 Kansas City, 28-7

Washington’s season seems on the brink of collapse.

This Week: vs #9 Seattle

#19 CAROLINA PANTHERS (4-4) -1

Last Week: #18, lost vs #10 Buffalo, 40-9

Carolina wasn’t competitive without Bryce Young.

This Week: at #6 Green Bay

#20 HOUSTON TEXANS (3-4) +2

Last Week: #22, won vs #14 San Francisco, 26-15

Houston had its best offensive showing of the season.

This Week: vs #8 Denver

#21 ATLANTA FALCONS (3-4) -2

Last Week: #19, lost vs #30 Miami, 34-10

Just can’t trust this Falcons team.

This Week: at #11 New England

#22 DALLAS COWBOYS (3-4-1) -1

Last Week: #21, lost at #8 Denver, 44-24

Dallas is a completely different team on the road.

This Week: vs #27 Arizona

#23 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (3-4) -3

Last Week: #20, lost at #15 LA Chargers, 37-10

The Vikings are quickly falling out of the playoff hunt.

This Week: at #1 Detroit

#24 CINCINNATI BENGALS (3-5)

Last Week: #24, lost vs #32 NY Jets, 39-38

This might have been the loss that completely sunk the Bengals season.

This Week: vs #14 Chicago

#25 CLEVELAND BROWNS (2-5)

Last Week: #25, lost at #12 New England, 32-13

Browns may want to get Shedeur Sanders some action because I don’t think Gabriel is the answer.

This Week: BYE

#26 NEW YORK GIANTS (2-5)

Last Week: #26, lost at #3 Philadelphia, 38-20

Losing a game is one thing, losing Skattebo is another.

This Week: vs #15 San Francisco

#27 ARIZONA CARDINALS (2-5)

Last Week: #27, BYE

Coming out of their bye, the question is how long until the Cardinals fire their head coach?

This Week: at #22 Dallas

#28 MIAMI DOLPHINS (2-6) +2

Last Week: #30, won at #19 Atlanta, 34-10

The Dolphins saved McDaniel’s job for another week at least.

This Week: vs #16 Baltimore

#29 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (2-5)

Last Week: #29, BYE

Do the Raiders have any fight coming out of their bye?

This Week: vs #17 Jacksonville

#30 NEW YORK JETS (1-7) +2

Last Week: #32, won at #24 Cincinnati, 39-38

Jets finally won a game, but the season is still lost.

This Week: BYE

# 31 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1-6) -3

Last Week: #28, lost vs 7 Tampa Bay, 23-3

Did we see a QB changing of the guard in New Orleans?

This Week: at #4 LA Rams

#32 TENNESSEE TITANS (1-6) -1

Last Week: #31, lost at #2 Indianapolis, 38-14

Tennessee is just not a competitive team right now.

This Week: vs #12 LA Chargers

NFL Power Rankings: Week 8

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#1 DETROIT LIONS (5-2) +2

Last Week: #3, won vs #1 Tampa Bay, 24-9

The Lions earned a return to the top spot with a dominant performance against Tampa Bay.

This Week: BYE

#2 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (6-1)

Last Week: #2, won at #13 LA Chargers, 38-24

Indy is knocking on the door of being number one, I just can’t put them there, yet.

This Week: vs #31 Tennessee

#3 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (5-2) +5

Last Week: #8, won at #17 Minnesota, 28-22

Philly found some rhythm on offense and ended their two game skid. I still think they’re the team to beat.

This Week: vs #26 NY Giants

#4 LOS ANGELES RAMS (5-2)

Last Week: #4, won vs #14 Jacksonville, 35-7 (in London)

Rams were utterly dominant across the pond.

This Week: BYE

#5 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (4-3) +4

Last Week: #9, won vs #26 Las Vegas, 31-0

Don’t look now, but the Chiefs offense is looking as dangerous as ever in the Mahomes era.

This Week: vs #16 Washington

#6 GREEN BAY PACKERS (4-1-1) -1

Last Week: #5, won at #25 Arizona, 27-23

The Packers won, but they were hardly dominant trailing most of the way in the desert.

This Week: at #11 Pittsburgh

#7 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (5-2) -6

Last Week: #1, lost at #3 Detroit, 24-9

I hate dropping the Bucs this far, but they were dominated and the injuries continue to mount.

This Week: at #28 New Orleans

#8 DENVER BRONCOS (5-2)

Last Week: #7, won vs #22 NY Giants, 33-32

I’m not sure if I should focus on Denver’s amazing comeback or the fact that they were being humiliated through 3 1/2 quarters.

This Week: vs #21 Dallas

#9 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (5-2) +2

Last Week: #11, won vs #21 Houston, 27-19

Seattle has the defense to contend, they need to protect the ball better on offense.

This Week: BYE

#10 BUFFALO BILLS (4-2)

Last Week: #10, BYE

Did the Bills come up with any answers for their defensive woes during the bye week?

This Week: at #18 Carolina

#11 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-2) -5

Last Week: #6, lost at #30 Cincinnati, 33-31

Bad loss for the Steelers, worse it exposed some defensive deficiencies.

This Week: vs #6 Green Bay

#12 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5-2) +4

Last Week: #16, won at #31 Tennessee, 31-13

The Patriots are well ahead of schedule, can they sustain it through the rest of the season?

This Week: vs #25 Cleveland

#13 CHICAGO BEARS (4-2) +2

Last Week: #15, won vs #28 New Orleans, 26-14

The Bears have won 4 in a row. This week should tell us if they’re real contenders or not.

This Week: at #23 Baltimore

#14 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (5-2) +5

Last Week: #19, won vs #17 Atlanta, 20-10

With all the injuries, I’m not sure how the Niners keep winning, but they do.

This Week: at #22 Houston

#15 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4-3) -2

Last Week: #13, lost vs #2 Indianapolis, 38-24

The Chargers looked like one of the best teams in the NFL through 3 weeks. Now, they have a fight to get into the postseason.

This Week: vs #20 Minnesota

#16 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (3-4) -4

Last Week: #12, lost at #24 Dallas, 44-22

Injuries have hampered Washington, and now they may be without Jayden Daniels for a bit.

This Week: at #5 Kansas City

#17 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (4-3) -3

Last Week: #14, lost vs #4 LA Rams, 35-7 (in London)

Two weeks after knocking off the Chiefs, Jacksonville looks very much like last season’s version.

This Week: BYE

#18 CAROLINA PANTHERS (4-3) +2

Last Week: #20, won at #32 NY Jets, 13-6

Carolina hasn’t been above .500 this late in a season in six years.

This Week: vs #10 Buffalo

#19 ATLANTA FALCONS (3-3) -2

Last Week: #17, lost at #19 San Francisco, 20-10

The Falcons continue their Jekyll & Hyde ways. Looking like world beaters one week, also rans the next.

This Week: vs #30 Miami

#20 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (3-3) -2

Last Week: #18, lost vs #8 Philadelphia, 28-22

The Vikings suddenly find themselves in the basement of the very tough NFC North.

This Week: at #15 LA Chargers

#21 DALLAS COWBOYS (3-3-1) +3

Last Week: #24, won vs #12 Washington, 44-22

Dallas can hang with anyone at home, on the road their defense usually does them in.

This Week: at #8 Denver

#22 HOUSTON TEXANS (2-4) -1

Last Week: #21, lost at #11 Seattle, 27-19

Houston has serious issues on offense, starting with the offensive line.

This Week: vs #14 San Francisco

#23 BALTIMORE RAVENS (1-5)

Last Week: #23, BYE

Have the Ravens gotten healthy over the break? Have they figured out the problems with their defense?

This Week: vs #13 Chicago

#24 CINCINNATI BENGALS (3-4) +6

Last Week: #30, won vs #6 Pittsburgh, 33-31

Big division win for Cincinnati, keeping their season alive, for now.

This Week: vs #32 NY Jets

#25 CLEVELAND BROWNS (2-5) +2

Last Week: #27, won vs #29 Miami, 31-6

The Browns in Cleveland is a tough matchup for anyone.

This Week: at #12 New England

#26 NEW YORK GIANTS (2-5) -4

Last Week: #22, lost at #7 Denver, 33-32

All time collapse by the Giants, but they have something in Jaxson Dart.

This Week: at #3 Philadelphia

#27 ARIZONA CARDINALS (2-5) -2

Last Week: #25, lost vs #5 Green Bay, 27-23

Cardinals have been in every game during this five game skid, but they can’t seem to finish.

This Week: BYE

#28 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1-6)

Last Week: #28, lost at #15 Chicago, 26-14

Saints should probably turn the reins over to Tyler Shough soon, to see what they have.

This Week: vs #7 Tampa Bay

#29 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (2-5) -3

Last Week: #26, lost at #9 Kansas City, 31-0

Have the Raiders hit rock bottom? What happened to Geno Smith?

This Week: BYE

#30 MIAMI DOLPHINS (1-6) -1

Miami is awful. Mike McDaniel is on the hottest seat now that Tennessee fired Brian Callahan.

Last Week: #29, lost at #27 Cleveland, 31-6

This Week: at #19 Atlanta

#31 TENNESSEE TITANS (1-6)

Last Week: #31, lost vs #16 New England, 31-13

New coach, same result. Cam Ward looks way in over his head and the Titans aren’t helping him at all.

This Week: at #2 Indianapolis

#32 NEW YORK JETS (0-7)

Last Week: #32, lost vs #20 Carolina, 13-6

I hate to say this, but the Jets may need to bench Justin Fields to salvage something from this season.

This Week: at #24 Cincinnati