NFL Power Rankings Week 10 49ers hit No. 1 Ravens soar to 4

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NFL Power Rankings, Week 10: 49ers hit No. 1; Ravens soar to 4 Published: Nov 05, 2019 at 02:14 AM Around The NFL Podcast Co-Host Remember the scene in when Rocky, bruised and battered in the opening minutes of his fight against the invincible Ivan Drago, lands a sweeping right cro s that draws blood above Drago's eye? the announcer exclaims. Drago wasn't so invincible after all. Now, I'm not saying this means is going to defuse geopolitical tensions between the United States and Ru sia the way Rocky Balboa did in 1985 (though I won't rule it out, either). But Jackson and the showed the world that the are not unstoppable. They've cut them. They've hurt them. They're not machines. They're men! And it just opened up the entire race to LIV. The previous rankings referenced in the lineup below are from the Rank 1 1 2019 8-0 Previous rank: * The scariest thing that happened on Halloween night?played like a star. We already knew thecould be a dominant team with Jimmy G in mode. But what happens if San Francisco's 28-year-old quarterback makes the leap? If he becomes the franchise pa ser many expected after his flash of succe s that ended the 2017 season and preceded the knee injury that cut his 2018 season short?Garoppolo finished 28 of 37 for 317 yards with a career-high four touchdown pa ses, zero interceptions and a pa ser rating of 136.9, another career high-water mark in a game he started. And best of all for coach Kyle Shanahan? This didn't feel like a guy playing over his head. Garoppolo has always had immense promise ... this was a reminder. We'll find out soon enough if he can raise his game in the same manner when matched up against better competition, but for now, life keeps getting better for the undefeated. Rank 2 1 2019 7-1 Previous rank: * Thehit their Week 9 bye on a six-game winning streak, with confirmation they have one of the deepest teams in football. We saw that at quarterback, wherewas lost to injury andwent 5-0 when called upon. And we saw it again at running back, wherefilled in for a banged-upand piled up four total touchdowns and 221 rushing yards in Weeks 7 and 8, the second-highest total in football in that span. A common thread in those two groups? The Jason Castro Jersey offensive line, whichin New Orleans.,,,and rookie centerhave been a wall of dependability, theas Bridgewater calls them. The Sean Paytonhave always prioritized O-line development and continuity -- it's incredible how many teams fail to grasp this basic tenet of team-building. Rank 3 2 2019 8-1 Previous rank: * Thebegan their season with eight straight wins, with nearly all of those victories coming by landslide. That dominance is what madeto thesuch a surreal sight. Thisteam has been led by its defense, but whenmarched Baltimore on a pair of 14-play touchdown drives in the second half, it showed that the unit is not nearly as invincible as originally thought.a badteam rushed for 159 yards against New England. Thewent over 200 yards on the same night the' own running game fizzled once again in limited duty. It was a bad night, no doubt, but this is hardly time for panic at Patriot Way. Bill Belichick gets a nicely timed Week 10 bye to get healthy and clean up some of the deficiencies that have popped up. The Pats' next opponentshould be worried. Rank 4 6 2019 6-2 Previous rank: * Thewelcomed the undefeatedinto their house on Sunday night and showed them how different life can be when you face a legitcontender. That's exactly what Baltimore looked like in. The turning point came midway through the third quarter, afteransweredwith a commanding touchdown drive against a ga sed Baltimore defense. On the ensuing po se sion,and thewere facing third-and-5 -- you got the feeling that if Baltimore would have gone three-and-out, New England could have taken control of the game. Instead, Jackson gained 18 yards onthen closed out the 14-play march with. The Pats never threatened again. Jackson ran for two touchdowns and threw for another against a New England defense that's been hailed as Bill Belichick's best.are earned. Rank 5 1 2019 7-2 Previous rank: * Well, that was unexpected. Thewere set up with a de facto home game against ateam that had underperformed all season. But there would be no 3.5 hour sunshine celebration for the Cheeseheads who packed Dignity Health Sports Park in Southern California. Instead, thescored the game's first 19 points, and Green Bay's vaunted offense didn't pa s the Los Angeles' 40-yard line until 2:17 remained in the third quarter.and the offense woke up in time to make things somewhat respectable, but thewas an obvious "dud", to use the quarterback's words after the game. Rodgers threw for a season-low 161 yards, and the' offense failed to find a rhythm in a day filled with pre-snap penalties and protection busts. Is this the beginning of a slump or a bump in the road? Green Bayin Week 10. Rank 6 2019 7-2 Previous rank: * All hail, who looks determined this season to capture his first MVP award. He tied a career high with five touchdowns, including, to lift the *and keep Seattle within striking distance of the undefeatedin the NFC West. With the Seattle defense struggling to get stops, Wilson and the offense carried the day with 492 yards and their highest point total of the season (40). Wilson's job is made easier by freshly minted receiving star(13 catches Sunday) and a rookie with star potential,. Metcalf might be new to the league, but the Ole Mi s product plays like he's been making plays with Wilson for eight years. It explains why FOX color man Ronde Barber at one point Sunday described Metcalf as "reliable as ever." This is a great offense. Rank 7 2019 5-3 Previous rank: * ESPN's crew presupposed thatwas a sign of bad luck for the. In truth, the feline's impromptu arrival coincided with Dallas waking up from a slow start. Thescored 10 points in the final minute of the first half, then turned it on against an overmatcheddefense en route to. It was another big day for the Big Three:ran for 139 yards,threw for 257 yards and three scores, andbroke the game open with. On defense,delivered a turn-back-the-clock performance with a game-high 12 tackles in place of injured star. The NFC is a loaded conference, but thelook like a team ready to make a run. Rank 8 1 2019 6-3 Previous rank: * was important for the, who, after, had to find a way to win one of these games withsidelined. This is a Super Bowl-or-bust season for Kansas City; to make it there, theneed to win the AFC West and -- ideally -- snag one of the top two seeds and the bye that comes with it.did his part, even if he never takes another snap, with Mahomesto return soon from the knee injury he suffered in Week 7. The career backup QB played very well these past two weeks, posting a pa ser rating north of 100 in both starts. He got help against thefrom, who hadand a potentially game(season?)-saving fumble recovery after Moore was stripped on the' final drive, which ended with.was a savvy pickup by the, but Williams is The Man in the Kansas City backfield. Rank 9 1 2019 6-3 Previous rank: * Thesuffered a critical blow whenwas lost for the season with a torn pec, but the defense delivered an excellent effort without the star against the. Romeo Crennel's unit pre suredinto four turnovers -- all in the fourth quarter -- and finished with four sacks in. Houston stuffed Jacksonville's all-important running game and got a huge performance from the offensive line, which was mi sing star left tacklebut allowed just one sack ofand helpedandrumble for 241 scrimmage yards. Speaking of Watson, his right eye still doesn't look right after he took that cleat to the face in Week 8, but the quarterback delivered another crisp, turnover-free performance that included some more of those Houdini escape routines that have become his calling card. Houston is the team to beat in the AFC South. Rank 10 5 2019 6-3 Previous rank: * The' offense had its chance to make ...and friends took the field with 2:30 to play in the fourth quarter, game tied at 23. For Cousins, it was a chance to exorcise a few demons acquired by failures in similar high-leverage scenarios in the past. For theas a whole, it was an opportunity to knock off thein Arrowhead and move into a first-place tie with thein the NFC North. What came next: Incomplete pa s. Screen for negative-7 yards. Incomplete pa s. Punterjogged out, shanked a punt, and soon, Kansas City players were swarming the' kicker at midfield. It's not embarra sing toon the road -- even withouton the field. But doubt remains as to whether a Cousins-led team can rise to the occasion when called upon. Rank 11 1 2019 5-3 Previous rank: * Thehad that beautifully symmetrical Week 9 bye, so let's take a closer look atat the halfway point. The running back was a constant source of speculation in the offseason, ascreated doubt he would still be an All-Pro-caliber player in 2019 and beyond. Things aren't looking great right now. Gurley eclipsed 100 scrimmage yards just once in the first half of the season, a 101-yard effortagainst the. For context, he surpa sed the century mark nine times in 2018 and 12 times in 2017. Gurley still has a nose for the end zone -- as his seven TDs in seven games attest -- but he doesn't seem to have that same explosivene s. How much does his statistical decline have to do with a dip in the Los Angeles' offensive-line play? That's a question themust answer internally. Rank 12 2 2019 5-4 Previous rank: * on Sunday for the, who get back above .500 and hit their Week 10 bye before huge tests *The' defense held the punchle soffense to 9 total yards in the first half, the fewest yards allowed by the Iggles in a half in the last 40 years, per Elias Sports Bureau.was the offensive star, finishing with 82 yards on the ground and a score against his former team.isn't putting up the MVP-like numbers that some expected this season, but he helped seal the win with four third-down completions on the' final drive, which was capped by's game-icing field goal. Wentz will go the rest of the way without, who is headed forafter aggravating his core injury in his return Sunday after mi sing the previous six weeks. As we saw in Week 1, when he racked up 154 yards and two scores on eight catches, D-Jax could have really helped this offense. Rank 13 2019 6-2 Previous rank: * finally got his chance. The rookie third-round pick was the offensive focal point infinishing with 140 scrimmage yards on a season-high 23 touches. Singletary only had 20 carries total entering Sunday -- he matched that in four quarters against Washington. "He's a shifty guy, he's a bowling ball -- he bounces off people," teammate. Singletary has played behind*(11 carries, 15 yards on Sunday) all season, but you have to imagine Buffalo could be ready to flip that arrangement after Singletary's breakout performance. Thisoffense has not consistently moved the ball through the air with-- Sean McDermott needs a high-end running game to pair with a top defense. The veteran Gore deserves respect ... but Singletary should get the ball as Buffalo begins its playoff push. Rank 14 3 2019 5-3 Previous rank: * This season, thelearned how to survive -- and thrive -- without Andrew Luck. On Sunday, they had to get by without, Luck's succe sor, who went down with a knee injury in the second quarter against the. On Monday, Bri sett was diagnosedand his status for Week 10 is unclear.played well overall in Bri sett's place, and he would have been a figure worthy of celebration in Indy on Monday morning, hadnot mi sed wide, wide, left onwith thedown 2 points and 1:11 to play. Frank Reich can continue to spin positive all he wishes, but Vinatieri -- who also had a PAT try blocked on Sunday, giving him an NFL-worst five mi sed PAT tries -- has become a liability in his 24th season. And when you're a team seemingly as addicted to playing games decided by a field goal or le s as theare, well, that's a problem. Rank 15 2019 5-3 Previous rank: * A nice bounce-back performance by the, who washed away the taste of thatto thewithover thein Charlotte. As usual, it wasleading the way for the home team. CMC went off for three touchdowns and 166 yards from scrimmage in a performance that should return him near the top of any MVP conversation. To win the MVP as a running back, you have to deliver a historic season. McCaffrey's doing that. According to NFL Media Research, McCaffrey has joined Jim Brown (1963) as the only players in NFL history with 150-plus scrimmage yards and at least one touchdown in six of his team's first eight games. And for you fantasy heads out there, McCaffrey is currently on pace to out-point LaDainian Tomlinson's legendary 2006 campaign and deliver the greatest fantasy season of all time. The kid is breaking hearts and winning leagues. Rank 16 3 2019 4-4 Previous rank: * Sunday's thrillingover themust have felt like a fever dream forgeneral manager Mike Mayock. Oakland scored four touchdowns in the game -- all of them by rookies. Running backbolstered his Offensive Rookie of the Year candidacy with two scores, fifth-round wideoutscored for the second time in as many weeks and tight endhit pay dirt for the third time. It's a reminder of what a great job the Mayock/Jon Gruden leadership council has done rebuilding the roster on the fly. It's a fun offense to watch:is playing the best football since his magical 2016 season, and the offensive line is protecting the quarterback and blowing open huge holes for the running game. With aover the next three weeks, theare a real player in the AFC wild-card race. How about that? Rank 17 1 2019 4-4 Previous rank: * Mike Tomlin put it well afterover the, the' fourth in five games: "It's good to be sitting at 4-4. I never thought I'd hear myself say that." Left for dead after's season-ending elbow injury and an 0-3 start, thehave fought their way back into. They can thank their defense for that. Pittsburgh's D has 22 takeaways and is being led in the back end by, who has been a difference-maker since being acquired from the.of backupQBwas huge for ateam that has to work very hard for points withunder center. Prior to Fitzpatrick's Week 3 arrival, Pittsburgh's opposing QBs had a 131.3 pa ser rating. That figure has plummeted to 74.6 with Fitzpatrick roaming the secondary. You want a star when you give up a first-round pick ... thegot one. Rank 18 3 2019 4-5 Previous rank: * A season-saving performance by the, who scoredagainst one of the top teams in football. This had the feel of ateam starting to pull some things together. The return of left tacklehas stabilized the line, and running backis starting to look like his old self after a rough few weeks.offensive coordinator Shane Steichen called Gordon's name on a key fourth-and-goal in the fourth quarter, a situation that summoned sour memories ofin Week 7. This time, Gordon followed his blockers and, much to the chagrin of the thousands offans who packed The Big Dignity on Sunday. The Bolts still have work to do at 4-5, but they are a compelling team to watch in the AFC wild-card scramble. Rank 19 3 2019 3-4-1 Previous rank: * Another frustrating lo s for the, who are kicking away too many opportunities to stay in the NFC playoff race. On Sunday in Oakland, the biggest culprit was the defense, carved up through the air and on the ground inDetroit's offense is talented enough to keep up in a shootout, but it's not a sustainable ask week after week. Theneed someone to step up on D, and they need their defensive-minded head coach, Matt Patricia, to find a way to stop the bleeding. It's a shame, too, because this offense can light it up.might be at the height of his Minnesota Twins Custom Jersey powers, and the wide receiver tandem ofandis one of the best in football. Speaking of which, how can those two guyswith the game on the line in the final seconds? The, man. Rank 20 3 2019 4-5 Previous rank: * Wembley Stadium was ready for Minshew Mania to run wild acro s the streets of London, but theweren't having it. Thefell,and Minshew turned the ball over on each of their final four po se sions of the game, which was his worst yet as a pro. As the Jags head into their Week 10 bye, and asnears a return from his clavicle injury, will Doug Marrone make the switch at quarterback? The head coach certainly left the door open after the game, saying he plannedand examine the situation. That makes you think the veteran Foles has a shot to play and is even the likely choice. You wonder how that will sit with a fan base that has been busy buying No. 15 jerseys and gluing fake mustaches onto their upper lips for the past two months. A move to Foles would be a move against public favor. Rank 21 3 2019 3-6 Previous rank: * 's NFL debut could not have gone any better. The undrafted quarterback, claimed off waivers from theon Sept. 1, threw two touchdown pa ses and didn't turn the ball over inAllen managed to do something thatnever could: turn first-round pickinto a playmaker. The rookie tight end had the biggest play of the game,that put Denver in control in the second quarter. With Vic Fangio's team at 3-6, a playoff runs remains a pipe dream, but seeing growth from young players like Fant and Allen can help turn this seemingly lost season into something more promising as the organization spins forward. And now, a fun nugget from our research department: Since 1950, Allen is the only quarterback to not appear in a game in his first three seasons, then win his first career start. History! Rank 22 2 2019 3-5 Previous rank: * Thereached their nadir as they jogged to the tunnel at halftime ofto the. In the game's first two quarters, Chicago accumulated 9 net yards of offense on 20 plays. Matt Nagy's "attack" rebounded somewhat in the second half with two touchdown drives, but there remains a very real and seemingly unsolvable quarterback problem on this roster.has put enough on tape at this point to show us he is not the player Chicago thought it was getting with the No. 2 overall pick in 2017. Ideally, thewould have an untested-but-promising young backup to turn to, but(33) is not that. The limitations of the quarterback room will keep Chicago in purgatory until thecan addre s the situation in the offseason. And they will. As for this season? At 3-5 and withfilled withcontenders, it's already over. Rank 23 1 2019 4-5 Previous rank: * Welcome back to Earth,. Riding a two-game winning streak, Tenne see laid an egg in the first half against theen route toThemanaged just 114 yards of offense and racked up 58 yards in penalties in the first two quarters, heading to the locker room facing a 17-0 deficit as a result. And while quarterbackhas been an improvement over deposed starter-- and the offense did show signs of life in the second half, proceeding to set a season high in total yardage -- this remains a team constructed to play from ahead. Thewin with defense and a Derrick Henry-led running game that can dictate the pace. That defense suffered a blow on Sunday when cornerbackleft with what was later determined to be a broken wrist. Coach Mike Vrabel acknowledged Monday that the injury could Rank 24 1 2019 2-6 Previous rank: * When you're in a virtual must-win situation andmaking his first career start at quarterback, you're no longer just a disappointing team. You're a team ... and thehave to figure out what they must do to correct that moving forward. It was another dispiriting performance by Cleveland's offense, which failed repeatedly in the red zone and turned the ball over twice on downs interritory.is simply not seeing the field like he needs to, andJr.on the sideline after another relatively quiet performance. To make matters worse, starting safetyfired off a series of threatening me sages on social media after the game, prompting a stern rebuke from the team and, on Monday morning,Freddie Kitchens might be coaching for his job over the final eight games of the season. Rank 25 2019 3-5-1 Previous rank: * No shame inby a field goal. This was another promising week from the Cards, who got a killer debut from running backand a few more promising flashes from quarterbackon Drake, acquired for peanuts from thethree days earlier, ran for 110 yards and a touchdown against San Francisco's elite defense. His 162 yards from scrimmage are the most by aplayer in a game this season. It will be interesting to see how Kliff Kingsbury rotates his backfield whenreturns from injury. Drake was the offensive star, but Murray had his moments, none bigger thanthat put Arizona back in the game in the fourth quarter. Murray has now gone five games without a turnover, a fairly remarkable statistic for a rookie QB. The arrow is pointing up in the desert. Rank 26 2019 2-7 Previous rank: * No one is dreading a trip to the film room more this week than poor, the rookiecorner whoon a critical third down against the. Seconds later,wasthat effectively doomed theto. Whoops.stumbled after, turning the ball over twice and averaging just 5.1 yards per attempt -- squarely in the dreaded Gabbert Zone. Add in shaky O-line play and an uncharacteristically quiet night from(rushing, that is;was pretty eye-popping) and it's a surprise thekept this game as close as it was for most of the night. Pat Shurmur needs to come up with some wins over the next eight weeks to get a third year on the sideline. Rank 27 2019 2-6 Previous rank: * You can't putonand the Bucs' offense. Winston threw for 335 yards and two touchdowns, his favorite target (of course) being the unstoppable, who went off for 12/180/1 in another All-Pro-caliber performance. Unfortunately, you're not going to win in Seattle if your defense can't get off the field. Theama sed nearly 500 yards of total offense, capped by a touchdown drive in overtime that denied Winston and Co. the opportunity to take the ball in the extra period. Bruce Ariansthat the Bucs' defense had five rookies on the field at one point, a recipe for disaster against a quarterback as brilliant as. The secondary has been a particular weak point for Tampa Bay this season, a likely sore spot for defensive coordinator and former defensive back Todd Bowles. Bad defense + inconsistent offense = a 2-6 record. Rank 28 2019 1-7 Previous rank: * Thecome off their Week 9 bye and get to prepare for ...also coming off a bye. Yep, it's been that kind of season in Atlanta, where theare off to their worst start in 16 years. You don't get to 1-7 without breakdowns on both sides of the ball, and that's certainly been the case, despite most of the blame being put on Dan Quinn's atrocious defense. Quarterbacksand(in his lone start) have carried their share of the load, but what happened to the' running attack? Atlanta leads the NFL in pa sing yards per game (317.0), but thehave yet to post a 100-yard rusher this season.has reached 88 yards on two occasions, but he looks nothing like the game-changer he was a couple years ago. Oh, well -- at leastare still super cheap. Rank 29 3 2019 1-7 Previous rank: * You could feel this coming. Brian Flores had themoving in the right direction for weeks, and it culminated Sunday with a Gatorade bath on the sideline afterover the. The star of the day was, who was given time to work by his offensive line and repaid the favor by picking theapart in a three-touchdown outing against one of his many former teams. The stat of the game,Theled thefor the final 36 minutes, 14 seconds. Entering Sunday, Miami had led for a total of 3 minutes, 46 seconds in its first four home games of 2019 ... combined. As forfans who hope for the No. 1 overall pick the way other fans pine for the Lombardi Trophy: If the draft were held today, the *. Whoops. Rank 30 2019 0-8 Previous rank: * You can't love how thehandledof theera in Cincinnati. After nine seasons of service that included 128 starts, threeselections and four playoff appearances, Dalton was pushed to the side and made to look like The Problem behind the' 0-8 start. And yes, head coach Zac Taylor said the right things in his first pre s conference after the benching, explaining that his team's i sues went well beyond the quarterback -- but the optics still stink. It's also not particularly cool that you put Dalton on the bench the same week thatreturns to practice ... or that youto stick him in mothballs ... or that you kicked him off first team *has not played good football this season, but here's hoping he gets a fair shake in 2020. Rank 31 Bert Blyleven Jersey 2 2019 1-7 Previous rank: * That smell is the fabric of Adam Gase's pants smoldering on the hot seat. A disastrousseason hit rock bottom withto the previously winle sin Miami. The optics and reality are in lockstep here. New York was soundly beaten by a team widely believed to be in active pursuit of the No. 1 overall pick. That's right: The, who fancied themselves a playoff contender this summer, might just stumble into the first pick in 2020 through sheer incompetence.spotted an agitated Christopher Johnson outside thelocker room after the game, and one can imagine the entire organization will be under review when this season reaches its merciful conclusion. That begins with Gase, who hasn't had any answers in Year 1 on the job -- whether that be in motivation, strategy or the development of prized quarterback. When the dust settles, Darnold could be on his third head coach in three years. Rank 32 1 2019 1-8 Previous rank: * Give thethis: They know how to get it over with. Washington lost for the third straight week -- and for the third straight week under interim coach Bill Callahan, the game ended in well under three hours. This is happening because of Washington's unwavering commitment to the run with unsteady rookiebehind center. Thehave run the ball on 51.9 percent of plays since Week 6, when Callahanfor the fired Jay Gruden; they only ran on 31.2 percent of plays in the season's first five weeks. This shift in philosophy has not led to greater succe s. In fact, thehave now gone three straight weeks without scoring a touchdown, a first for the team since 1950. You have to go all the way back to 2008 to find the last team to accomplish that "feat" -- the Romeo Crennel-led. This is not the company you want to keep. (https://play.google.com/music/m/Iexqrnb45uhlzamb sxeqz6nbka?t=Around NFL&utm co&utm content=Mar2515&utm_campaign=PartBadge&pcampaignid=MKT-Other-global-all-co-prtnr-mu-PartBadge-Mar2515-1) This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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