JACKSONVILLE – Here are the jaguars.com pre-Week 11 2013 power rankings. And we all know how important these are:
- Kansas City Chiefs (9-0) | 1 | Handled bye week with dexterity, poise
- Seattle Seahawks (9-1) | 2 | Home-field huge for the 'Hawks; they may have it in postseason
- Denver Broncos (8-1) | 4 | Manning's ankle turning into huge second-half story
- New England Patriots (7-2) | 5 | Nobody beats Belichick on a bye week. No one
- New Orleans Saints (7-2) | 7 | Hard to lose when you roll up 10 first downs every quarter
- Detroit Lions (6-3) | 9 | May be time to see Lions as real contender
- Indianapolis Colts (6-3) | 3 | Life without Reggie Wayne could be tricky
- Carolina Panthers (6-3) | 13 | May be league's most improved team
- San Francisco 49ers (6-3) | 6 | May be falling too far behind Seattle to catch up
- Cincinnati Bengals (6-4) | 8 | Missed chance to put distance between them and division
- Chicago Bears (5-4) | 10 | Still right in it in up-and-down NFC
- Green Bay Packers (5-4) | 11 | Hard to win in NFL with decimated quarterback position
- New York Jets (5-4) | 14 | Rex Ryan remains one of league's best in the bye week
- Philadelphia Eagles (5-5) | 17 | Nick Foles for Mayor
- Arizona Cardinals (5-4) | 18 | Hanging around NFC playoff chase
- Dallas Cowboys (5-5) | 12 | Defensive injuries may be too much to overcome
- Baltimore Ravens (4-5) | 19 | Good enough to ruin a lot of teams' seasons
- San Diego Chargers (4-5) | 16 | Better than record, just not as good as KC and Denver
- Tennessee Titans (4-5) | 20 | Missed a huge opportunity Sunday to close ground on Colts
- Miami Dolphins (4-5) | 15 | Off-field issues will be tough to overcome
- St. Louis Rams (4-6) | 24 | Jumping past enough teams to get into playoffs will be tough
- Cleveland Browns (4-5) | 21| It was all about pride, perseverance in the bye week
- Washington Redskins (3-6) | 22 | Loss to Vikings Thursday will be hard to overcome
- Pittsburgh Steelers (3-6) | 28 | Always odd to see them this low
- New York Giants (3-6) | 29 | Still within range in NFC East
- Atlanta Falcons (2-7) | 25 | Pretty much full backslide time in Atlanta
- Oakland Raiders (3-6) | 26 | Good enough to win a few down the stretch
- Houston Texans (2-7) | 27 | Seven straight losses? No one saw that coming
- Buffalo Bills (3-7) | 23 | Uncertainty, injuries at quarterback lands you here
- Minnesota Vikings (2-7) | 30 | Impressive effort on national television Thursday
- Jacksonville Jaguars (1-8) | 32 | One step up
32.Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-8) | 31 | One step down
