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The 1st place schedule is a meatgrinder but the Patriots including Real American, crunchwrap-crusher and best football player in the world Rob Gronkowski are playing really well right now.2.Cardinals-7-1The Cardinals overcame an early Carson Palmer pick six to get a big win over the Romo-less Cowboys. The defense played its best game of the year holding DeMarco Murray to 79 yards and only allowing 3 points until a late garbage time touchdown. The offense did amazing in the red zone, but 5 drops is a concern. The team has a huge chance to extend its NFL leading record with two big home games coming up.3.Broncos-26-2Sad week this week in Bronco land as fans recover from the first beat down of the season. No one likes to lose, but Broncos fans really hate losing to the Patriots (and the Raiders). Peyton Manning had his worst game of the season, which usually means the offense is going to struggle. Toss in the defense (especially the safeties) getting torched all over the field and you get a recipe for getting beat by 20+.4.Colts+16-3Yes, it's not fair that the Colts get two top-5 quarterbacks back to back. Yes, ESPN talks about him too much. Yes, he's occasionally inaccurate and he occasionally is too aggressive with the football. But Andrew Luck is fantastic, easily one of the best in the business, and there is no overrating here. The hype is real.5.Eagles+16-2With Foles out indefinitely with a broken collarbone, it's now up to Dirty Sanchez to lead the Eagles on the road to victory. If he wants to make a good impression he has his work cut out for him as the Eagles likely have the most difficult stretch of games in the NFL coming up with match-ups against Dallas, Carolina, Seattle, Green Bay, and some team from Tennessee.6.Cowboys-26-3With Tony Romo injured and the backup QB on a bye in Buffalo, the Cowboys were left with third string Brandon Weeden. With his start, Cowboy fans were given a realistic view of what it means for a quarterback to lose a game. The ineptitude displayed versus Arizona forced Romo to travel to London and most likely compete in what many had wrongly written off as an early bye week.7.Lions+16-2This ain't a game, its a goddamned arms race. And the Lions just got their big guns back. Megatron leads this group of mega-men, 4 receivers of 6'4"+ the Lions should have back on the field next week. Neither Detroit or Miami has been getting much recognition on the national stage so far this season, but the winner here should see their hype grow significantly.8.Steelers+76-3Ben Roethlisberger exploded for an unprecedented 6 TDs for the second straight week, evening the Steelers record at 2-2 in the North. At stake was having to go to 3 losses in the North with no chance at a winning division record. With the only AFCN games remaining against the Bengals and little chance at tying them overall, Pittsburgh must keep winning and hope the Browns stumble along the way if they don't want to fall short of the postseason again.9.Packers+25-3It was a newsworthy bye for the Packers this year, as they extended Coach Mike McCarthy's contract and waived 2011 1st-round pick Derek Sherrod. Rodgers is practicing in full after a hamstring injury derailed his game in Week 8, while Sam Shields, Morgan Burnett and Datone Jones all look set to return for a Sunday night showdown with Cutler & Company.10.Seahawks-5-3Seattle's injury woes continued this week as Kam and Okung joined the masses. Only 45 players dressed Sunday, but the defense continues to shine (1st in YPC, 12th in YPA, 5th in YPP), even without 5 key players. Hopefully, the media heading south for winter will allow the team to focus on repeating their 2013 performance against NYG.11.Bengals+15-2-1The Bengals looked shaky at times against the Jaguars but rookie RB Jeremy Hill and the Bengals Special Teams unit lead the Bengals to a 10 point victory. Everyone has grown tired of the Steelers and Ravens, but now it's time to watch the other two AFC North teams do battle. This Thursday Night game will be the first Bengals/Browns prime-time game since 1990. It has been long overdue.12.Dolphins+55-3San Diego may need to recharge their phones after the Dolphins unplugged their Chargers. While there's some nitpicking that could be said, the complete shutdown of one of the better offenses in the league and overall domination on offense unlike Miami has seen in a while places those complaints on the back burner. The only real question is will the media finally notice the Dolphins?13.Chiefs+15-3The Chiefs won in a game that they should have won. Beyond that, there's not much to say besides Justin Houston is a beast and is going to get paid big time next season by the Chiefs. Oh, also, Dwayne Bowe seems to finally be coming alive again yet the Chiefs still haven't gotten a WR TD yet.14.Chargers-75-4If you want to be the worst team in football, then be the worst team in football. If you want to be a mediocre team, put some points on the board and attempt to play defense. If you want to be a good team, don't throw picks, be able to run the ball, and stop an offense. If you want to be a great team, stomp your opponents 37-0. Chargers, do something football related besides showing up in a uniform please. This week you looked like the worst team in the NFL.15.Ravens-65-4Not-so-fun fact: The Ravens have lost 6 sidebar bets in a row, and have won 10 games in a row (including preseason) without a sidebar bet.16.49ers-34-4The last time the Niners faced the Rams, the Offensive Line allowed 0 sacks and Kaepernick had his best game of the season. This weekend was a dreadful sequel to that matchup, with 8 sacks allowed and even reliable Andy Lee could not perform. The team looks to rebound on the road against the Saints.17.Bills-15-3The Bills get a much needed bye week to heal up before playing the Chiefs. Unfortunately for the Chiefs, Jeff Tuel will not be under center for this showdown in Orchard Park.18.Saints+34-4The Saints have now gone 24 games without a defensive or special teams TD, but with the amount of ball-hawking they've done in recent weeks and what is shaping up to be a significant slate of passing offenses this could change very soon. With a lengthy home stand beginning this week, the Saints will be hoping to knock off three strong teams to turn a 1-3 start into a 5 game win streak before their next game on the road in December.19.Browns+15-3Cleveland has more wins than they did last year. Just dwell on that and move on to next week.20.Texans-14-5The Texans defense is good, but there's only so much they can accomplish when getting effectively no help from the offense. Arian Foster is the only player who has been contributing, although to be fair the quarterback situation has thrown Andre Johnson into a depressed funk. Clowney is still MIA.21.Panthers-33-5-1The warning signs were all there for a meltdown and with yet another abysmal offensive effort the Panthers now find themselves behind in the divisional race. From a decimated offensive line and barely functional run game to a quarterback pressing to make something positive happen, confidence is at a seasonal low for the fanbase. However, a faint glimmer of hope remains in an easier second half schedule, the return of numerous injured bodies, and a division that remains the weakest in the league.22.Bears+13-5The Bears spent a much-needed bye week telling everyone that they could still get things together and make a run at the division. They will have an immediate chance to back up their talk when they head to Green Bay next Sunday.23.Giants-13-5Okay Giants fans, here it comes. Coughlin is a great coach, sure. A two time super bowl championship, yes. But their problem is simple: the coaching has been terrible. Blown coverages, miscommunications, and inability to throw challenge flags (seriously?). It's like they sat around the whole bye week picking each other's noses. Don't be surprised Giants fans if Coughlin suddenly "retires" after this season if they don't win more than 8 games. They are consistently being out-coached and out-played, which Giants fans are really getting tired of.24.Vikings+24-5Washington's bus crashed en route to the game, Harrison Smith didn't know what to do with his hands, and Minnesota notched back-to-back wins for the first time since 2012. This one had plenty of lead changes, some questionable calls, DJax refusing to be Minnesota nice, and late game heroics. The Vikings are 4-5 heading into a bye week.25.Rams+23-5It seems the Rams can't win without a controversial call to end the game. Just as easily as the Rams could be 6-2, they could also be sitting at 0-8. It was nice to see 8 sacks from the vaunted defense and some grit towards the end to seal the game. Unfortunately, without a miraculous run to close out the season, the win simply comes as a consolation prize for an otherwise uneventful season.26.Redskins-23-6Regardless of who's in at QB The Redskins as a whole cannot put together 60 solid minutes of football. RGIII looked rusty but played well and helped the struggling run game get back on track. Defense however hugely regressed from a fantastic performance on MNF leaving WR's open with nobody around for miles all day long. It's always something and that is how a losing culture in your orginization continues.27.Falcons-22-6Thanks should be given to Ra'Shede Hageman for making sure the Falcons can't win, even on a bye week.28.Titans-2-6The Titans managed to escape week nine without a loss. Unfortunately, it was their third best performance of the year.29.Jets-1-8Michael Vick had a healthy completion percentage and almost 200 yards against the Chiefs on Sunday. A defense with a severe lack of talent was the story again. The Chiefs moved the ball easily on their way to a 14-0 lead that the Jets were never able to overcome. Ben Roethlisberger brings one of the hottest hands in the league to Metlife next week, so don't expect the touchdowns to stop soon.30.Buccaneers-1-7The Buccaneers offense and defense played well enough to win an even matched road game, but the Special Teams stepped on the field and said "nah, fuck that". A blocked punt, a blocked kick, another missed field goal, a personal foul on a punt return, and an offside on a FG attempt after stopping Cleveland in the red zone allowed Cleveland to escape with a victory.31.Jaguars-1-8As more things start to go right (a defense that gets stops and creates turnovers, a rushing attack that actually causes more than 6 guys to be in the box,) some things are still going wrong. (Two blocked punts and an ugly late game interception.) It's clear the Jags are moving in the right direction, they just aren't quite there yet. If Romo misses the game in London, look for the Jags to not go out quietly.32.Raiders-0-8The Raiders cannot run the ball, and that's putting it mildly. They are 32nd in the league in yards and rush TD's. The lack of running game means plenty of 3rd and long situations. This is the exact thing you don't want your rookie QB facing, especially in Seattle. The defense led by Sio Moore, played well but was given a short field to defend too many times for the Raiders to hold off the Seahawks. via /r/nfl http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2laa40/official_week_9_rnfl_power_rankings/
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