NFL Power Rankings Week 10 New England Patriots claim No. 1

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Let’s do some Power Ranking, folks.But first, a few notes on the state of things at the outset of November:a) At this point, head-to-head matchups are mostly going out the window. b) Refer to «a» regarding early September football. c) Injuries matter. d) Pure wins and lo ses are not as important. Otherwise, these would be Power Standings. e) pities the fool.Let’s get to a little accounting on that last front. A lot of people think New England belongs on top — even those not for New England: please take broncos off top until they can do more then just talk about being better. Signed — sad broncos fan. Joseph (@Joseph06818112) Try watching for the 50th time. That’s what I do to get my mind off things. Since everyone keeps on overlooking this stat, 10 out of the 16 matchups have been in Foxborough. ? Jordan Borrego (@legomyborrego) It’s the great schedule-maker conspiracy. I blame former NBA Commi sioner David Stern. good luck trying to figure out AFC North this week. Must be fun to watch you pencil the rankings over and over Maurcio Vargas (@_mauriciovargas) Thanks, Maurcio. I just backspace six million times on a tablet keyboard sponsored by the good folks at carpal tunnel.As you can see below, the AFC North is no longer as jumbled, as those red-hot just keep surging. They still have a ways to go to catch the , but the AFC is getting interesting. As for the rest of the Power Rankings, feel free to share your take: is the place.Let the di sension commence!(Note: Arrows reflect change in standings from .)PREVIOUS RANKINGS: | | | | | | | | Will keep this short and sweet. The way is playing — and the way the secondary has been performing over the past few weeks — methinks New England could beat any team in the league. Not feeling so bad about now. From the «Did you know?» department … Did you know the last time the went this deep in the season with the league’s best record was 1966, when they were 7-1-1 after Week 9? This was before bye weeks. But you know, fans love byes so much, we could never go back. Obviously the had to drop, given . hasn’t pre sed that hard since the , and to put it candidly, it showed. The run game has been completely absent in Denver’s two lo ses: , 43 on Sunday. Manning or no Manning, you still have to be able to run in spots to win it all. #situationalfootball. Kudos to , who after a well-publicized failure with his initial team. The list of NFL players who struggled at their first stop but managed to carry on succe sfully in other cities includes numerous and Hall of Very Good quarterbacks: Len Dawson, Earl Morrall, Billy Kilmer, Steve Young and Rich Gannon, to name a few. ! The way is balling, who knows how high the might climb? set a new league record for the most touchdown pa ses over two games (12). We can use our college algebra skills to deduce that he also became the first to log six scoring strikes in back-to-back weeks. In fact, only once had a QB recorded at least six twice in the course of one regular-season slate: Y.A. Tittle, who did it in 1962, then threw 36 TD pa ses in ’63 — tying an NFL record that wasn’t surpa sed until former Pitt QB Dan Marino to sed 48 with the in 1984. Roethlisberger now has 22 in nine games, putting him on pace for 39 this season. has gone from being ’90s Mark Jackson to John Stockton, the great distributor. was no different, as Luck connected with four different teammates for touchdowns while posting his fifth straight road game with 350-plus yards. Fans in Dallas who’ve been calling for to be replaced over the years got a glimpse of what that would look like . Get excited. Thought might thrive, given that little was expected. Instead, he just matched expectations. Between another that proved to be harder-fought than people anticipated and the play of both Pittsburgh and Indianapolis, a small drop was nece sary. Then again, we must remind ourselves that this club played plenty of surprisingly close games last year — including tight victories , and — and still went on to . So should we continue to believe in these ‘Hawks, Seattle fans? The ultimate litmus test might be . The were off last week, enjoying some quality R&R, which means it in against the suddenly-red-hot . This might be ‘s best matchup. Another NFC North team fresh off a bye. Green Bay plays host to the flailing on After watching the tape of what did to the ‘ defense , must be slobbering all over himself. Well, might not have knocked your socks off, but Kansas City continues to do enough. After a miserable start to the season, where K.C. couldn’t get anything going , the have now and are in prime position to compete for a wild-card slot. My prediction: fifth seed in the AFC. Heckuva response there, . After the Jags had closed the gap to 26-23 in the fourth quarter, it’s safe to say there were more than a few nervous WhoDey fans in the house. That’s when . Had some fans tweet me that Hill is a better pure running back than . Taking a new poll: . for the , who have not lost to San Diego at home since that famous 1981 playoff game at the Orange Bowl. What was most impre sive about Miami’s 37-0 throttling? Take your pick, be it , the defense, or the fact the club didn’t let the get jack in garbage time. I am a bit concerned the offense might still be winded from running up and down the field so much. What did fans do in the bye week? Play dominoes? Go to Lasertron? Watch the 1981 AFC wild-card triumph on VHS? (Confe sion: I have that.) Did you know one of the ‘ starting safeties in that ’81 playoff game, , is now an NFL game official? Yes, I am running out of things to write about here. We don’t want to push the too many rungs upward on these here rankings, considering they’re still perfectly average at 4-4. That said, given the events of the past few weeks, which team below could the Rafael Devers Jersey not beat on a neutral field? Stout showing from Sammy Hagar’s, er, Rob Ryan’s defense. What more can you say? The freefall continues for the , who were just a month ago. was a turnover machine on Sunday. The offense? Dysfunctional. The defense? Eventually given a reprieve by a Miami team too exhausted to keep scoring. In the game of football, you try to stop the other guys from making catches in the end zone. If you are on the road, generally speaking, those other guys will be wearing dark or some kind of colored jerseys. Also, the goal of your pro football team is to protect your pa ser, so that he can throw the ball to your guys in the end zone. #fail The Brownies are staying put. Over the past three weeks, they’ve and looked unimpre sive in wins and . Take a look at where those three outfits are in these Power Rankings (as well as Not penalizing Cleveland for winning — nice job at the end, — but we can’t move the up. This might seem like a harsh drop, but … at home … coming off a bye … which followed — yes, it’s appropriate. I know many Carl Yastrzemski Jersey of you out there are thinking, Come on, the Niners can beat the ! Really? Can we truly say that with absolute confidence? And as far as goes, San Francisco should have never been in that position, against that team, in the first place. But in case you were wondering, I think Mike Pereira called ‘s fumble/non-fumble correctly , at least in terms of how it should have been viewed: «No clear shot of the ball breaking the (plane), no clear recovery in the scrum, so you can’t change that aspect of the play. Can’t overturn it.» At 4-5, Houston is certainly not out of — but that window is closing fast. The are actually outscoring their opponents this season. The key now is getting into the pa s-rush rotation, to force opponents to make tough decisions in pa s protection. Houston is getting a sack on just 5.2 percent of opponent dropbacks, which ranks 22nd in the NFL. Not to get too technical here, but would do well to shift some of the panic from his defensive backfield to the opposing offensive backfield. I don’t care if you love the , love the , watch on Lifetime or are totally absorbed in MMA when not watching football … ‘s story is nothing short of awesome. From warehouse to penthouse — . In a season that has seen almost every NFC East team lose its starting quarterback for a period of time, it’s ironic that the only club that’s had its top dog all year has struggled so much. Of course, considering the have committed at least one turnover in 24 straight games, maybe it’s not that surprising. The did nothing offensively ; fortunately, the defense stepped up and won the day. The most interesting note to come out of Week 9: The ‘ 193 yards of total offense represented the lowest total of any winning team in 2014. #funfacts introduced some interesting aerial strategies to the football world : The rocketball to the receiver 8 yards away in the end zone; the low, no-touch pa s on the back-shoulder fade; and of course, an all-time cla sic, the meaningle s, let’s-throw-this-one-sidearm-for-fun to s over the middle. fans must be so frustrated. It was a bye week in Chicago, meaning either a) too many days to reflect on where the ‘ defense learned to suck this bad (watching the Cubs?) or b) an outstanding opportunity to right the ship schematically and motivationally. By the way, the tiny drop was nece sary to reward . That team is trending in a different direction than this one, at least over the past few weeks. Rewatching that to s on fourth down with the game on the line was painful. I love , but not in this case. The good news is that seems to have fallen back in like with . Believe it or not, his 109 scrimmage yards were a season-high. The were another team that had last week off — and thus did not move. Unfortunately, Atlanta had to stew for an extra week over blowing that second half . Next up: . The Bucs might be looking to exact some revenge for , but this matchup should go to the ATL. Given where the have been this year — which is to say, down in the dumps — perhaps ‘s debut season in Nashville has nowhere to go but up! One thing is certain: In the bye week, had the opportunity to produce some serious selfies in a dark, creepy film room. (Do they even have those anymore, with the convenience of the interwebs?) There’s nothing wrong with locking oneself away with game tape — the benefit of having two weeks to prepare for your second career start … against . The receive a small lift, thanks to (as well as the ‘ unfortunate QB situation). Looked like might eke out his second win with Tampa … then the secondary happened. We’ll say this: At least the Bucs have competed in the past two weeks, having and forced the favored to win in the last minute. There might be no moral victories, but there are some at-least-we-played-football-today sentiments. Jags fans of what can do when he doesn’t commit multiple turnovers. But more importantly, Jacksonville has found a player in . The letdown Sunday, of course, was the run defense, which — with the game on the line — made the really work for the game-clinching score. And when I say «really work,» I mean Cincy had to . Sigh. Another lo s, another day in Gang Green’s quarterback nightmare, with the injury to . He didn’t play poorly, but he certainly isn’t the future, either. And with the not developing one — a future QB, that is — they drop below the Jags. Meanwhile, the defense competed Sunday, and despite what the score might seem to indicate, Kansas City didn’t exactly blow the doors off offensively — i.e., this was not. If New York could get it going on third down with one healthy, effective quarterback, Rex and the boys could start stringing more than cheese together. Would love to write something positive — and new — here. I mean, how sick are you getting of the «At least we made it close» pick-me-up? Oakland needs a win — period. OK, cool. So who’s on the docket this week? . Yay. Follow Elliot Harrison on Twitter .

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