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Welcome to week 5 of the official r/NFL Power Rankings! The Cowboys beat themselves for the second time in three weeks, Sean Paytons ego continues to backfire on him like acme brand dynamite, and Belichick is wishing he had as many kids as Philip Rivers to add to his sinking ship. What do close losses to top teams mean for the Rams and Vikings? Did it take the spirit of Dick Butkis for Sam Howell to get sacked 5 times? Will Jordan Love bounce back like Desmond Ridder? Discuss! 29/32 Reporting
| # | Team | Δ | Record | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 49ers | – | 5-0 | The 49ers dominated on both sides of the ball to the tune of a 42-10 drubbing of the Cowboys. Brock Purdy threw 3 of his 4 touchdown passes to George Kittle, while still keeping his interceptionless streak intact. On the defensive side, Fred Warner led the unit with a sack, a forced fumble and an interception on the day. The team looks to keep taking care of business as they travel to Cleveland to face the Browns. | |
| 2. | Eagles | +1 | 5-0 | While the red zone offense continues to struggle, the team as a whole is beginning to pass the eye test. On Sunday in Inglewood, Jalen was aggressive on the ground and through the air. The defensive line took over the game in the second half as Eagles fans were used to seeing for much of 2022. AJ Brown continues to dominate, now fourth in the NFL in receiving yards with three monster games in a row. Is it too early to be talking about the race for the 1-seed with SF? Probably. It’s going to be a long couple months of matching up these teams on paper before they meet in Philly on December 3rd. | |
| 3. | Chiefs | +1 | 4-1 | Sloppy games have been the story for the Chiefs for the first 5 weeks. The Chiefs are one of the best teams in the sport and they’ve been able to make up for those shortcomings through the first five weeks by leaning on talent and coaching but things are going to have to start clicking before the schedule starts getting tougher. Fortunately the Chiefs play Denver 2 out their next 3 games, so there’s plenty of time to work out the kinks. | |
| 4. | Dolphins | +2 | 4-1 | Another game, another 500+ yard performance. Reflecting on this win on a Tuesday morning feels a little bittersweet because although we handily beat the Giants 31-16, we ended up losing our rookie sensation De’Von Achane for at least a few weeks due to a knee injury. The rookie had 518 total yards, was averaging 12 yards a carry, and had 7 total touchdowns in the three games he had major snaps in. Despite losing him though, our season is in great shape as we head into our week 5 matchup against Carolina with a 4-1 record and a slight division lead over a suddenly injury riddled Bills team. | |
| 5. | Lions | +2 | 4-1 | The Lions steamrolled Carolina in a game that was not nearly as close as even the 42-24 score makes it seem. No St. Brown and Gibbs were no problem as they cruised on offense behind a nearly perfect Goff, and the defense flexed their big play ability with three turnovers, including an absolutely absurd pick by DE Aidan Hutchinson, who at this point has to be considered a dark horse for DPOY. Jameson Williams had a quiet game receiving in his debut, but his passion out there is evident and his run blocking was superb, with David Montgomery’s 42-yard TD to open up scoring happening thanks in part to a key inside block by Jamo, who then raced after him to make sure he kept clean to the house. Finally, my heart goes out to Emmanuel Moseley, who tore his ACL only two plays into his season debut a year and a day after tearing his ACL against Carolina week 5 of 2022. Get well soon, man. | |
| 6. | Bills | -4 | 3-2 | One week the Bills look like a wagon, the next week they come out completely flat. London games are always tough, and the Jags are a good team, but the Bills just looked completely out of sync on Sunday. It happens, and the loss itself isn’t that concerning. What is concerning though, is how hurt this defense is now. Two more starters are on the IL, one of them being All-Pro LB Matt Milano. Missing him and Tre White will leave massive holes to fill, especially at LB where depth is already razor thin. | |
| 7. | Cowboys | -2 | 3-2 | Fuck, man. There is some magic voodoo bullshit that makes the entire Dallas team play like a high school JV squad against the 49ers the last couple years. Just a 60 minute dump on the field. Its frustrating as hell because Dallas is clearly one of the more talented teams in the league, but they trip over their own dicks just too often. Every Cowboys fan recognizes what kind of season this is gonna be: the one that ends in disappointment and a mid-20s draft pick. | |
| 8. | Seahawks | +1 | 3-1 | It’s kind of hard to have a bad week when you’re on bye. And if we’re strictly talking Seahawks, it wasn’t even a bad week! However, if you watched Sunday Night Football… I think you know what I’m talking about. The Seahawks take on Ja’Marr Chase and the Bengals this Sunday. They seemed to finally get on track this week against Arizona, so Sunday should be fun. | |
| 9. | Ravens | -1 | 3-2 | Analysis of this game was dropped | |
| 10. | Jaguars | +1 | 3-2 | "More flags than an embassy[.]"^ | |
| 11. | Buccaneers | -1 | 3-1 | This is basically a week for the Buccaneers players to get to know each other better and to get to know the gameplan a little better. A week for chemistry to improve and for Mayfield and Canales as first year Buccaneers to bond together. A free, casual week where the fans won’t get to be angry and annoyed as the outcome is not questioned, at least this wee… oh, sorry, I was watching a replay of the Bears game. It’s a bye week so I had to entertain myself, sorry, I shouldn’t write a blurb about an old game. | |
| 12. | Chargers | -1 | 2-2 | The Chargers were on a bye which means two things: 1) they should be getting some key players back (Bosa, Derwin, Ekeler) ahead of their Monday night match up vs the Cowboys, and 2) we’ll have to wait another week to find out if they’re a good team or not. Your guess is as good as mine! | |
| 13. | Saints | +3 | 3-2 | That felt good. | |
| 14. | Browns | – | 2-2 | Browns were on a well timed bye week giving starter Watson time to recover from injury HOWEVER the team has been coy about his status. Starting a rookie did not work out very well and they hope to have Watson back in week six against the, frankly, terrifying 49ers. | |
| 15. | Rams | – | 2-3 | Is it possible to both over- and underperform simultaneously? Nobody thought this Rams team was going to amount to anything this year—and they haven’t really so far—but they’ve lost three very winnable games (all to previous conference championship teams fwiw) in the typical self-inflicting fashion. The grit of this young team has been impressive but the inability to finish games is frustrating. Thankfully, the schedule eases up a bit over the next few weeks. | |
| 16. | Falcons | +2 | 3-2 | After a hopelessly scathing week four rant, it turns out the world wasn’t ending after all. Ridder had the best game of his career, Bijan is emulating how Vick held onto the football, and Drake London threw his first completed pass. It’s great to know the offense is capable of shouldering the load, but the defense isn’t playing poorly either. Stroud was a Jesse Bates drop away from snapping a streak, Bud Dupree is actually proving why he’s better than Vic Beasley ever was, and Ryan Nielsen deserves credit for how this defensive line has stopped the run. On the downside, Pitts looks like a semi making a right hand turn on his routes now, they continue to make dumb mistakes and committ dumb penalties across the board, and perhaps Ridder’s best game was due to the Texans defense starting their 4th string corner. Matt Ryan will call week six as Ridder plays with the cushion of another home game. The falcons have five TOTAL sacks after five weeks, if they can’t capitalize on Sam Howell they might not finish the season with double digits. | |
| 17. | Colts | +3 | 3-2 | While terminally online Colts fans race to become the foremost experts on AC joint sprains, the Indy offense faces multiple weeks without Anthony Richardson (actual recovery timeline TBD). But with Zack “It’s Actually Short for Zaccheus” Moss exploding for nearly 200 yards from scrimmage against the Titans and former All-Pro Jonathan Taylor newly extended and back in the fold, the Colts hope to weather the storm with GOAT backup Gardner Minshew, who has now finished all three of Indy’s wins this season. First-time head coach Shane Steichen deserves a ton of credit for essentially having two offensive game plans ready to go at all times this season. But now he can take some time to focus on Minshew, who will likely be the leader of this offense for the next several weeks (at least). Thank god the Colts didn’t [trade him to the Jets](theathletic.com/4880316/2023/09/20/colts-… |
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