Nickel City Power Rankings: Week 10

Week 9 resulted in some shakeups. Some surprising results. All of our top four teams from last week lost in their matchups. These power rankings are in disarray as a result. Par for the course for the NFL in November.

1.       Los Angeles Rams (6-2) (Last Week: 6) – Matthew Stafford is inevitable. He is not the MVP frontrunner, but he absolutely should be.

2.       Buffalo Bills (6-2) (Last Week: 8) – This week was such a big win to keep them competitive in the standings. The quest for the one seed is back on.

3.       Philadelphia Eagles (6-2) (Last Week: 5) – Howie Roseman refuses to sit still. He has reloaded his team for another deep playoff run

4.       Indianapolis Colts (7-2) (Last Week: 1) – I’d love to say this is an indicator that Daniel Jones is still Daniel Jones. It’s not. They’re still going to be just fine.

5.       Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-2) (Last Week: 7) – Sometimes the best thing you can do, is to do nothing at all. Which is exactly what they did on their bye week.

6.       Seattle Seahawks (6-2) (Last Week: 10) – Sam Darnold is suddenly good. The Vikings are sad as a result. And now he’s got Rashid Shaheed to run next to JSN and Cooper Kupp.

7.       Denver Broncos (7-2) (Last Week: 9) – I want them to lose a game or two. But they keep winning. And I’d actually be okay with them beating the Chiefs a time or two.

8.       New England Patriots (7-2) (Last Week: 11) – They’re good. Potentially really good. But I still think there is going to be a surprising loss or two down the stretch.

9.       Detroit Lions (5-3) (Last Week: 2) – I still think that this is the most complete team in the league. But they can’t help but stub their toe a few times every season.

10.   Green Bay Packers (5-2-1) (Last Week: 3) – A loss to an inferior Carolina Panthers team. The offense struggled to put together a drive that resulted in points. I struggled to put them in my top 10.

11.   Kansas City Chiefs (5-4) (Last Week: 4) – They still have an elite offense. But at 5-4 and with an extremely tough schedule coming up, I can’t consciously rank them higher.

12.   Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3) (Last Week: 14) – While they had an extremely impressive win over the Colts, the Steelers are still the Steelers. And I hope to see them in the playoffs.

13.   San Fransisco 49ers (6-3) (Last Week: 12) – It’s tough to fall in the power rankings after a win. But the win was against the Giants. And sometimes other teams are more impressive.

14.   Los Angeles Chargers (6-3) (Last Week: 13) – I could write the exact same thing as I did for the 49ers here. They beat the Titans. I hope they can beat the Chiefs again down the road.

15.   Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3) (Last Week: 15) – They’re good? I guess? It’s the most reluctant version of being good. Jakobi Meyers doesn’t move the needle for me at all.

16.   Chicago Bears (5-3) (Last Week: 16) – I’m leaving them here. It’s where they currently belong. What a stupid win. This team is chaos. It’s great.

17.   Carolina Panthers (5-4) (Last Week: 19) – I don’t know what to make of this team. But I do know that hanging 40 on them looks pretty impressive for the Bills.

18.   Minnesota Vikings (4-4) (Last Week: 21) – I was pretty certain that JJ McCarthy was going to be a bust. I’m less certain now. A good division win in an insane division.

19.   Baltimore Ravens (3-5) (Last Week: 23) – They’ve move up. They’re probably going to continue to move up as they continue to get healthier. I’d rather not see them again this year.

20.   Houston Texans (3-5) (Last Week: 17) – Every time I think I know what this team is, they do something that makes me throw my arms up in the air and re-evaluate.

21.   Arizona Cardinals (3-5) (Last Week: 25) – If your backup QB gives you a better shot to win than your franchise QB, you’re in a bad spot.

22.   Dallas Cowboys (3-5-1) (Last Week: 18) – Not even Quinnen Williams can make this defense look competent. Any team playing against the Cowboys should hang up 14 more points than usual.

23.   Atlanta Falcons (3-5) (Last Week: 22) – They were so close to helping the Bills out. Instead, they disappointed the Mafia for the second time this season.

24.   Washington Commanders (3-6) (Last Week: 20) – What an unfortunate injury for Jayden Daniels. Marcus Mariota isn’t going to take you anywhere.

25.   Cincinnati Bengals (3-6) (Last Week: 24) – Joe Flacco definitely gives them a shot to win games. They lost an extremely stupid one. That being said, there’s nothing about this team without Burrow that scares me in the slightest.

26.   New York Giants (2-7) (Last Week: 26) – They lost again. This is where they belong. Mostly because they’re still better than the teams that are below them.

27.   Las Vegas Raiders (2-6) (Last Week: 29) – Geno Smith was good in Seattle. He is in a terrible situation in Vegas. As are Jeanty and Bowers. It’s bleak.

28.   Miami Dolphins (2-7) (Last Week: 27) – This team is nowhere. They needed to do what the Jets did and tear it down completely. Only trading Phillips is a half measure.

29.   Cleveland Browns (2-6) (Last Week: 28) – Get back to me when they figure out their quarterback situation. Gabriel? Sanders? Did they start the right one? Who knows? Who cares, even?

30.   New York Jets (1-7) (Last Week: 31) – They moved up a spot by default simply because the team that moved down as a result is willingly starting a worse quarterback than before.

31.   New Orleans Saints (1-8) (Last Week: 30) – They shouldn’t have moved away from Rattler. Even while losing. And yet, they did.

32.   Tennessee Titans (1-7) (Last Week: 32) – Do I have to actually write anything about this team?