The NFL.com Power Rankings jinx struck again.
One week after I elevated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into the top spot — hesitantly, I might add — they let me down by losing at Detroit, and not in the heartbreaking, last-second kind of way. Add in some bad injury news, and I’m sinking the Bucs, cruelly and unmercifully.
On the flip side, the top spot again belongs to the Lions — and you better believe I double-checked to make sure they are indeed on a bye this week. But even with the humbling loss at Kansas City in Week 6, Detroit has a strong case for No. 1.
Speaking of the Chiefs, if the playoffs started today, they would not be in them. However, ask yourself this: Are they one of the best teams going right now? For me, it’s an obvious yes. Seeding, after all, only means so much in mid-October. Right now, New England would be the AFC’s No. 2 seed with Denver at No. 3.
As you’ll see below, a few teams made jumps (or falls) that might not appear befitting of what simply happened since we last met. Some of this is just cleaning up the rolls a bit and taking a wider-lens look at certain squads. Or, as I like to call it with my kids, redoing last week’s homework. There was a fair amount of that this week.
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