NFL POWER RANKINGS: WEEK SIX

BY ADAM GREENE

With a road upset, we now have a new No. 1 team in the Power Rankings and you can already guess who it is. In fact, the Top 10 pretty much remains the same, with one major exception as a team that hasn’t seen a single-digit ranking since Barack Obama’s first term makes a significant jump on the list.

As always, the bottom remains set in stone, as does the lower third of the rankings, really. This season has separated the contenders from the pretenders before most of us have even bought our Halloween candy.

1. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (5-0)

It’s should be no surprise to anyone who would move up to the top spot after a Chiefs stumble. How long will they stay here? Their defense and its continued coverage problems will do a lot to determine that. Last week: No. 2

2. GREEN BAY PACKERS (4-0)

Aaron Rodgers got a week off to hear NFL punditry talk up other quarterbacks and get even madder. He’s turning 2020 into his own live action Last Dance documentary. Last week: No. 3

3. LOS ANGELES RAMS (4-1)

Congratulations to the Rams on their NFC East championship. The real games start this weekend as they travel to NoCal to play the San Francisco 49ers. Last week: No. 5

4. PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-0)

The unexpected bye week did nothing to affect the Steelers offense. Their defense, on the other hand, must have spent the free week on the couch grinding rails on Tony Hawk. Last week: No. 6

5. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (4-1)

I’ve said since the preseason that to be the man, you’ve got to beat the man. Well, the man finally got beat, but I don’t feel losses will stack up for this team. Last week: No. 1

6. TENNESSEE TITANS (4-0)

The Titans proved once again that karma has no power in the NFL. To go a step further, with so many players and staff hit with COVID-19 over the past couple of weeks, this is a team that will be primed for a run come December and January while enjoying near herd immunity. Last week: No. 8

7. BUFFALO BILLS (4-1)

Justice is a dish best served cold, Bills, so maybe you’ll get a chance to deliver some to the Titans come December in the icy hellscapes of Buffalo. Last week: No. 4

8. BALTIMORE RAVENS (4-1)

Ravens, you are doing exactly what I thought you would do; run over weaker opponents while doing nothing to address the deficiencies you show against quality teams. This is why you’ll watch most of the playoffs and Super Bowl on your couches. Last week: No. 7

9. CLEVELAND BROWNS (4-1)

That was a legit win over the Colts that announced the Browns would be in the NFL’s 2020 conversation Sunday. A win over the Steelers will put you in the contender conversation. Last week: No. 13

10. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (2-2)

The COVID-19 bye might have been the best thing that could have happened to this team. Cam Newton is back at practice and should enjoy immunity hopefully for the rest of the NFL season. Last week: No. 9

11. CHICAGO BEARS (4-1)

Nick Foles, the custody transfer papers for Tom Brady have been officially signed, notarized and delivered form the desk of Eli Manning. Last week: No. 11

12. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (3-2)

Just to make it clear to Tom Brady, that’s a “three” up there in your record. Last week: No. 9

13. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (3-2)

I don’t care that he scored the tying touchdown against the Chargers Monday night, Taysom Hill is the most boring gimmick in all of professional sports. Last week: No. 14

14. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (3-2)

It took Jon Gruden three years to figure out Derek Carr is the most talented quarterback he’s ever fielded as a head coach. Last week: No. 15

15. CAROLINA PANTHERS (3-2)

Matt Rhule may have been the biggest yawn of a head coaching hire this offseason, but nobody is sleeping on the Panthers anymore. Last week: No. 18

16. ARIZONA CARDINALS (3-2)

A week after beating on the hapless Jets, the Cardinals now get the Andy Dalton-led Cowboys on Monday Night Football. Just like that, those early season playoff hopes are back on life support. Last week: No. 17

17. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (3-2)

Philip Rivers looked a lot like Peyton Manning in 2015 Sunday. Old QBs have had their death knells sounded before, but a bounce back performance against the Bengals Sunday would ease a lot of troubled minds. Last week: No. 12

18. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (2-3)

Jimmy Garoppolo getting pulled last Sunday was a bad sign, regardless of his ankle issues. He’ll get the start again, but facing a Rams front with Aaron Donald (currently leading the league in sacks with 7.5), the hook may be hovering over him once again. Last week: No. 16

19. DALLAS COWBOYS (2-3)

Dak Prescott was having a career year in an already stellar career. He was the lone reason the team was even in their five games this season. It was a shame to watch him carted off the field, but maybe Jerry Jones can make an honest assessment of Mike McCarthy’s head coaching abilities now and cut bait before he ruins this franchise for the next half decade. Last week: No. 24

20. MIAMI DOLPHINS (2-3)

Ryan Fitzpatrick. You are ruining everything. Though, to be fair, Tua Tagovailoa is setting a new personal best on World of Tanks. Last week: No. 27

21. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (1-4)

The Chargers look like they’ve found their quarterback in Justin Herbert, who continues to play like a veteran in with just four starts under his belt. Now if they just had a coach. Last week: No. 19

22. HOUSTON TEXANS (1-4)

The team played significantly better with Romeo Crennel as interim, but don’t think you’ve found your next head coach, Texans. Crennel is 73 years old and obviously should be running for president. Last week: No. 29

23. DETROIT LIONS (1-3)

Coming out of a bye, the Lions will have had two weeks to figure out exactly how they’ll lose to the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday. Last week: No. 28

24. DENVER BRONCOS (1-3)

Like the Patriots, the Broncos benefit from the unexpected bye as Drew Locke gets another week to get healthy before being knocked right out again. Last week: No. 23

25. MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1-4)

The Vikings have scored more than 26 points in four of their games this season and lost one of them. Maybe Kirk Cousins isn’t the problem? Last week: No. 22

26. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1-3-1)

As overmatched as the Eagles seem in hosting the Ravens, I’ve got some weird feelings about this game. Last week: No. 20

27. CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-3-1)

Joe Burrow finally looked like a rookie against a Ravens defense that has a habit of making plenty of quarterbacks look like rookies. Last week: No. 21

28. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1-4)

You’ve got a call to make Sunday, Jags, with the Lions coming to town. Are you tanking or not? With the Giants and Jets in full freefall, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft could hinge on your answer. Last week: No. 26

29. WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM (1-4)

Kyle Allen remains the starter, but all anyone is talking about is the heroic return of Alex Smith, only made more so by the fact that he’ll give birth to Aaron Donald’s baby in nine months. Last week: No. 25

30. ATLANTA FALCONS (0-5)

With a trip to Minnesota on tap, this was the perfect time to get a shocking win for a team that, with even a competent coach, would be 3-2 right now. Also, don’t sleep on interim head coach Raheem Morris. He’s had a nice, long time to go over what went wrong with his first head coaching gig in Tampa Bay. He did sneak a 10-6 season in there with Josh Freeman as his quarterback in 2010. Last week: No. 30

31. NEW YORK GIANTS (0-5)

As bad as the Giants are, and make no mistake this is the worst roster in the NFL, they’ve put up three spirited shows over the season’s first five weeks against some of the (preseason picks at least) better teams in the NFL. Now they have the Washington Football Team coming to town. Let’s not jinx it. Last week: No. 31

32. NEW YORK JETS (0-5)

The Jets have sat at the bottom of the Power Rankings most of the season and there’s little chance they’ll move up anytime soon. They will be the underdog across the board the rest of the way and even keeping a team from covering against them at this point, seems like a nearly insurmountable task. Last week: No. 32

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