JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser's pre-Week 10 2021 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are …
Rank.Team (record) | Prev. | Comment
- Tennessee Titans (8-2) | 2 | Five consecutive victories versus '20 playoff teams
- Green Bay Packers (8-2) | 3 |Because he's still Aaron Rodgers
- Arizona Cardinals (8-2) | 1 | Oh, Kyler, where art thou?
- Dallas Cowboys (7-2) | 5 | Big-time bounce back
- Buffalo Bills (6-3) | 9 | AFC East a real race now
- Los Angeles Rams (7-3) | 4 | Suddenly some real issues
- New England Patriots (6-4) | 12 | More impressive by the week
- Kansas City Chiefs (6-4) | 14 | More impressive by the week
- Baltimore Ravens (6-3) | 6 | Still look like big favorites in AFC North
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-3) | 7 | Trouble by the bay?
- Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3-1) | 8 | Oh, Ben, where art thou?
- New Orleans Saints (5-4) | 10 | Missing chances to move into first place
- Las Vegas Raiders (5-4) | 11 | Oof
- Los Angeles Chargers (5-4) | 13 | Three losses in last four games
- Cleveland Browns (5-4) | 15 | Oof
- Denver Broncos (5-5) | 16 | A game out of first place … and still in last place
- Cincinnati Bengals (5-4) | 17 | Bye
- Indianapolis Colts (5-5) | 19 | Winners in four of the last five
- Carolina Panthers (5-5) | 20 | Cam's back
- Minnesota Vikings (4-5) | 22 | Quietly staying in contention
- Philadelphia Eagles (4-6) | 26 | Most impressive victory of their season to date
- San Francisco 49ers (4-5) | 23 | Up next: Duuuval
- Atlanta Falcons (4-5) | 18 | Double oof
- Seattle Seahawks (3-6) | 21 | Wilson must get right -- fast
- Chicago Bears (3-6) | 24 | Bye
- New York Giants (3-6) | 25 | Bye
- Washington Football Team (3-6) | 27 | Huge victory (over Bucs), huge loss (Young)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (2-7) | 28 | Showing good signs
- Miami Dolphins (3-7) | 30 | 'Fins showing signs of life lately
- New York Jets (2-7) | 29 | Five of seven losses by double digits
- Houston Texans (1-8) | 31 | Bye
- Detroit Lions (0-8-1) | 32 | So, so, so, so close
