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The Moose is Loose's Week 10 NFL Power Rankings

 

Photo Credit: Sports Illustrated

Entering Week 9 of the 2021 NFL Season, near the halfway point of the season, there still many, many questions to be answered and many playoff seeding yet to be determined.  Week to week, anything can happen on any given Sunday. Sunday, November 8 had to have been the most wild, chaotic, jaw-dropping day of NFL football in recent memory. The 6-1 Dallas Cowboys overlooked their underdog opponent, the 4-4 Denver Broncos at home, unraveling on both sides of the ball in a 30-16 shocking upset. Dallas still will end up winning the NFC East(because of how pathetic the other three teams are), but they have to just put this one behind them and be ready to bounce back stronger against Atlanta, who once again blew another big 3rd Quarter lead but rallied in the end to win on a walk-off field goal in New Orleans, 27-25. On Sunday Night Football, the Derrick Henry-less Tennessee Titans, led by Ryan Tannehill, AJ Brown, Julio Jones, and their improving defense, went into SoFi Stadium and laid waste to the Super Bowl LVI host team, the L.A. Rams, 28-16 to improve to 6-2. Matthew Stafford and company had no idea what was coming to them.

In Jacksonville, it was a battle of two players named Josh Allen: the Buffalo Bills QB and the Jaguars DE. In the end, it was Jacksonville’s playmaking, pass rusher who came out victorious- 9-6 was the final. Another rough, rough day for the Bills’ offense. Don’t look now, but the New England Patriots are coming for the AFC East division crown, only a half-game back on the loss column. Mac Jones should be Offensive Rookie of the Year when this season’s over, and Bill Belichick has to be in the running for Coach of the Year once again.

This week's power rankings aren't going to last the rest of the season, by any means. The fight for the Super Bowl is on. Here are my Week 10 rankings based on this week's results:

  1. Arizona Cardinals
  2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  3. Baltimore Ravens
  4. Tennessee Titans
  5. Los Angeles Rams
  6. Green Bay Packers
  7. Dallas Cowboys
  8. Buffalo Bills
  9. New Orleans Saints
  10. Los Angeles Chargers
  11. New England Patriots
  12. Pittsburgh Steelers
  13. Cleveland Browns
  14. Las Vegas Raiders
  15. Kansas City Chiefs
  16. Denver Broncos
  17. Cincinnati Bengals
  18. Atlanta Falcons
  19. Indianapolis Colts
  20. Carolina Panthers
  21. Seattle Seahawks
  22. Minnesota Vikings
  23. New York Giants
  24. Chicago Bears
  25. San Francisco 49ers
  26. Washington Football Team
  27. Philadelphia Eagles
  28. Miami Dolphins
  29. New York Jets
  30. Jacksonville Jaguars
  31. Houston Texans
  32. Detroit Lions

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