JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser's Week 5 2019 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are:
Rank.Team (record) | Comment
1.New England Patriots (4-0) | 1 | Found a way to beat a good Bills team, so … still No. 1
2.Kansas City Chiefs (4-0) | 2 | They're working miracles now, too?
3.New Orleans Saints (3-1) | 9 | No Brees, no problem
4.Seattle Seahawks (3-1) | 10 | Suddenly one of the league's best again
5.Los Angeles Rams (3-1) | 3 | A home loss to the Bucs? Fifty-five allowed? What?
6.San Francisco 49ers (3-0) | 7 | Still a lot to prove coming out of the bye
7.Dallas Cowboys (3-1) | 4 | A loss like Sunday's could haunt them come late December
8.Buffalo Bills (3-1) | 8 | You can be not as good as the Patriots and still be good
9.Chicago Bears (3-1) | 15 | Starting to look like they expected to look
10.Green Bay Packers (3-1) | 5 | NFC North should be brutally tough all season
11.Detroit Lions (2-1-1) | 14 | So much better than expected
12.Los Angeles Chargers (2-2) | 16 | Nothing like a trip to South Florida to get right
13.Philadelphia Eagles (2-2) | 18 | Treading water, trying to get healthy
14.Minnesota Vikings (2-2) | 11 | Up again, down again
15.Houston Texans (2-2) | 12 | Your AFC South-leading Texans
16.Indianapolis Colts (2-2) | 13 | Your AFC South-leading Colts
17.Jacksonville Jaguars (2-2) | 22 | Your AFC South-leading Jaguars
18.Tennessee Titans (2-2) | 24 | Your AFC South-leading Titans
19.Baltimore Ravens (2-2) | 6 | Stunned at home versus Browns
20.Cleveland Browns (2-2) | 19 | Team of the Offseason starting to come around
21.Oakland Raiders (2-2) | 20 | Took a step toward competitiveness Sunday
22.Carolina Panthers (2-2) | 21 | Up next: Jaguars
23.Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-2) | 23 | All Bruce Arians does is field competitive teams
24.New York Giants (2-2) | 25 | Remember when people buried these guys?
25.Atlanta Falcons (1-3) | 17 | Season has gotten really shaky really fast
26.Pittsburgh Steelers (1-3) | 26 | A big prime-time victory, but a long road back
27.Cincinnati Bengals (0-4) | 27 | A long Year 1 looking like a sure thing
28.New York Jets (0-3) | 28 | They need Sam Darnold back in a hurry
29.Denver Broncos (0-4) | 29 | Seconds away from 2-2 is still 0-4
30.Washington Redskins (0-4) | 30 | The Dwayne Haskins Era begins
31.Arizona Cardinals (0-3-1) | 31 | Oh-for September for second consecutive season
32.Miami Dolphins (0-4) |32 |Oof
