JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser's pre-Week 11 2018 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are:
Rank.Team (record) | Comment
1.Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) | 1 | Stronger by the week
2.New Orleans Saints (8-1) | 2 | Fifty burger … on the road
3.Los Angeles Rams (9-1) | 3 | Big day for Dante in L.A.
4.Los Angeles Chargers (7-2) | 5 | This team's a serious contender
5.Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2-1) | 6 | Better by the week
6.New England Patriots (7-3) | 4 | An out-of-character November stumble
7.Carolina Panthers (6-3) | 7 | Oof
8.Minnesota Vikings (5-3-1) | 8 | Set up for a second-half run
9.Houston Texans (6-3) | 9 | Clear leader in AFC South
10.Chicago Bears (6-3) | 11 | Feeling like a playoff favorite now
11.Washington Redskins (6-3) | 13 | Quietly leading NFC East – by two games
12.Tennessee Titans (5-4) | 19 | One game back in a suddenly good AFC South
13.Cincinnati Bengals (5-4) | 10 | Oof
14.Green Bay Packers (4-4-1) | 17 | Not out of it … yet
15.Dallas Cowboys (4-5) | 20 | Season-saver on prime time Sunday
16.Atlanta Falcons (4-5) | 12 | Bad loss in Cleveland may have ended playoff hopes
17.Philadelphia Eagles (4-5) | 14 | Home loss to Dallas Sunday could haunt them
18.Miami Dolphins (5-5) | 15 | Missed chance to close the gap on Pats Sunday
19.Baltimore Ravens (4-5) | 16 | Three-game losing streak at bye
20.Seattle Seahawks (4-5) | 18 | So close to a very big victory Sunday
21.Indianapolis Colts (4-5) | 27 | Suddenly an up-and-coming team
22.Cleveland Browns (3-6-1) | 24 | Impressive victory over hot Atlanta team
23.Detroit Lions (3-6) | 21 | Fading really fast
24.Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-6) | 22 | Faded really fast
25.Jacksonville Jaguars (3-6) | 23 | Fading, fading, fading
26.Buffalo Bills (3-7) | 28 | Once every few weeks they're really good
27.New York Jets (3-7) | 25 | A bad loss to Buffalo Sunday
28.Denver Broncos (3-6) | 26 | Lost six of seven before the bye
29.Arizona Cardinals (2-7) | 29 | Settling in at No. 29
30.New York Giants (2-7) | 31 | Moving on up
31.San Francisco 49ers (2-8) | 30 | Moving on down
32.Oakland Raiders (1-8) | 32 | Settling in at No. 32
