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Welcome to week 7 of the official r/NFL Power Rankings! Lions, Niners, Dolphins all tumbled, while the Patriots and Bears won convincingly. Any given Sunday is perspective to hold (until a ranker has misplaced your favorite team by a couple slots). Do the Broncos deserve post-game sushi for beating a meek Green Bay squad? Should the Lions fall for the perennially well-coached Ravens? Are Chicago and Cleveland better without their starters? Week 8 should throw more questions into the mix, until then - Discuss! 33/32 Reporting

# Team Δ Record Comment
1. Chiefs +1 6-1 7 weeks into the season the Chiefs have a 3 game lead in the AFC West. They have a top 5 defense by every metric, the best player in team sports, and the best coach in the league. Kansas City remains the team to beat in the NFL.
2. Eagles +3 6-1 For the first time in what feels like forever, the Eagles beat a good offense. Defensive coordinator Sean Desai took away Tua’s first reads for long enough for the team’s strength, their pass rush, to collapse the pocket. Desai’s detractors might point to a 10-0(!) penalty discrepancy, Miami’s depleted iOL, and/or Waddle’s mid-game injury, but the Eagles were also banged up in the defensive backfield missing both starting safeties and their top 2 slot CBs. These injuries prompted Howie Roseman to call up Kevin Byard from their double-A affiliate, roughly a year and a half removed from bringing AJ Brown into the building. If he’s half the player he once was, Philadelphia’s defense should be a force through this upcoming murderer’s row of a schedule after Washington: Dallas, Kansas City, Buffalo, San Francisco, Dallas.
3. Ravens +5 5-2 Last week we said to expect the Ravens ready to play their best ball. It appears that was an understatement. By the time the Lions got their first first down of the game, they were down 28-0. It’s only fitting that on the day that T-Sizzle was inducted into the Ravens’ Ring of Honor we battered Goff with a litany of pressures and sacks to go with a spectacular outing from the ever-electric Lamar Jackson. It’s incredible what a team can do when you get a couple weeks of continuity with your starting lineup. Standing alone atop the highly competitive AFCNorth standing consistency is going to be paramount. Up next is a trip out west to face the 1-6 Arizona Cardinals featuring the Passtronaut(or perhaps Kyler Murray’s first game back?). We’ll see if the Ravens can avoid playing down to their level of competition, and if the “sleeping giant” is really awake.
4. 49ers -3 5-2 The 49ers played easily their worst game of the season so far. The defense was shredded through the air by a receiving corps missing Justin Jefferson. The offensive line was overwhelmed by blitzes the entire game, and Purdy’s two late interceptions were the final nails in the coffin. The team returns home this week looking to right the ship against the Bengals.
5. Dolphins -1 5-2 While we certainly had a lot of major injuries to this team, and do have a major gripe with the penalties in our game against the Eagles, there were was a concerning trend regarding our team that showed its ugly head again on Sunday night and is worth talking about. For the past two seasons more often than not we’ve played our sloppiest, most unfocused football when facing great teams and/or during primetime. Penalties, receivers running wrong routes, bad snaps, not getting plays in on time, receivers dropping balls, you name it, we had it. Instead of showing our best play to our best opponents, we’ve often showed them our worst. Over the past two seasons we have now moved to 0-6 on the road against teams that won a playoff game last season.
6. Lions -3 5-2 Sunday was a spectacularly abysmal performance on every level save for Jack Fox. There are no excuses for it and it simply comes down to preparation and discipline in both practice and come game day. Encouraging, though, was the way Dan Campbell spoke about the Lions’ performance: “When you step back and you look at a number of performances that were very much subpar across the board, it’s not coincidence. And so that’s where, man, I did not do a good job of getting them ready. I did not, I did not. And it’d be one thing if there were just a couple of guys here or there, but ultimately, it was that I didn’t have them ready and I’ve got to do a much better job of getting them prepared, which I will this week.” Onto Vegas, where a dominant showing is needed if Detroit wants to remain looked at as an NFC title challenger and a top 5-10 football team in the NFL.
7. Jaguars +2 5-2 As you can see illustrated in the chart, the Jaguars are spending a little too much time trying to get cute with their offensive play calling. Combined with a bit too much sloppy it could cause problems in the future. Do note however, that the offense still completely got there, doing exactly what was needed. The defense continues to eat like they’re stuck at an AYCE buffet; That hunger combined with a fortunate last second Saints drop was enough to extend the JAX win streak to 4 — their best start to a season in over 15 years. The Jaguars may be the worst 5-2 team you’ve ever heard of, but you have heard of them.
8. Cowboys -1 4-2 The Cowboys ranker was heavily medicated this weekend, and from what he can recall, so was the NFL. This weekend made approximately fuck-all for sense, to the point where Prime TIme Kirk knocked off the #1 team in the league. This was a smart week to have a bye, because who knows what could have happened.
9. Bills -3 4-3 People are hammering the Bills offense right now for its recent ineptitude —and rightfully so —but let me pose a question. What’s more embarrassing: scoring 25 against a thus-far bad defense coached by one of the greatest defensive minds ever, or letting fucking Mac Jones put 29 on you? Feels like the second one. I mean, the game is in hand if you can just stop MAC JONES. THAT’S ALL YOU NEED TO DO. STOP MAC FUCKING JONES. I mean Jesus, this guy hasn’t put up more than 20 all year. The fucking Raiders figured out how to hold him to 17. I understand we’re pretty banged up on that side of the ball, but come on.
10. Seahawks – 4-2 No DK, no problem. You’re typically in for a real weird experience when those little red desert birds come to Seattle; losing 6-3 or winning 43-8 are both realistic scenarios. Thankfully, Seattle took care of business this week beating Arizona 20-10. The offense was a bit yucky, specifically Geno making some… odd decisions. But Ken Walker looked great, and Seattle had 2 rookies (Jaxon Smith-Njigba & Jake Bobo) catch touchdowns. Bobo’s touchdown was an absolutely sick catch that everybody should see.
11. Browns – 4-2 Darrell Baker Jr. was called for pass interference and then some stuff happened and then Browns won in Week 7.
12. Bengals +2 3-3 The Bengals are coming off of a bye week, so there is no excuse not to beat a suddenly cold and banged-up 49ers team coming off a short week.
13. Steelers +6 4-2 Sunday’s victory is underscored by some lesser headlines. Jaylen Warren is proving to be not just explosive when he touches the ball, but indispensable in the passing game due to his prowess in protecting the QB. It’s fair to say that the offensive blocking is still a work in progress, but if two defenders get a jailbreak towards Pickett, it’s a good bet that Warren is going to intercept one of them. The line itself was very up and down, but showed promise. Cautious optimism is in order. Notably, we also got to see what Pickett has been trying to do all year, which is stand in the pocket and take time to let things develop and go through his progression. Earlier, he’s had no time to throw, but still wanted to do that and it didn’t work out. As the season progressed, it became clear that he needed to get rid of the ball quickly. He did that, but it’s not a formula for success. Not every play can be a quick throw. In LA, he was not just getting the route and receiver he liked, but he was ripping the ball and really pushing it downfield. There’s reason for hope there. The same is true for Joey Porter Jr, who is making progress in a trial by fire. Things are getting interesting in the defensive backfield in that Kazee, Porter, and Wallace have all shown potential. There’s potentially 5 guys back there who can play, along with PP and Minkah who had a hell of a team effort performance and was virtually everywhere the whole day. Sketchy calls aside/acknowledged, the point is that this team might finally be putting it together.
14. Rams -1 3-4 The inability to play four quarters of consistent football is this season’s theme as youth and sel…

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