1. Colts (last week No. 1; 7-1): Each week, they prove they\u2019re legit. <\/p>\n
2. Lions (No. 2; 5-2): This year\u2019s visit from the Vikings will have a much different vibe than last year\u2019s. <\/p>\n
3. Rams (No. 3; 5-2): They may be facing a rookie quarterback in his first start coming out of their bye week. <\/p>\n
4. Packers (No. 4; 5-1-1): They\u2019re quietly making the case to be the best team in the NFC.<\/p>\n
5. Broncos (No. 5; 6-2): They\u2019ve now won eight in a row against the Cowboys, and nine in a row at home. <\/p>\n
6. Eagles (No. 6; 6-2): Enjoy the bye; after it, it\u2019s the Packers and Lions.<\/p>\n
7. Buccaneers (No. 7; 6-2): After the week off, it\u2019s the Battle of the Tom Brady Teams. (Players not owner version.) <\/p>\n
8. Chiefs (No. 8; 5-3): A fourth straight Super Bowl appearance suddenly seems a lot more plausible. <\/p>\n
9. Seahawks (No. 9; 5-2): With that defense and their ability to win on the road, they\u2019re a threat to get to the Super Bowl. <\/p>\n
10. Patriots (No. 10; 6-2): Drake Maye could be the best quarterback from the 2024 class. <\/p>\n
11. Bills (No. 11; 5-2): It\u2019s good that they remembered James Cook is on the team. <\/p>\n
12. Chargers (No. 17; 5-3): How important is Joe Alt? Everyone found out on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
13. Jaguars (No. 13; 4-3): They can get back on the right track with a visit to the Raiders. <\/p>\n
14. Steelers (No. 12; 4-3): The Steel Curtain is operating more like shit through a tin horn. <\/p>\n
15. 49ers (No. 14; 5-3): The road to Santa Clara won\u2019t be going through Santa Clara. <\/p>\n
16. Bears (No. 15; 4-3): That ping-pong trolling of the Ravens boomeranged. <\/p>\n
17. Texans (No. 23; 3-4): They still have a lot of work to do to catch the Colts. <\/p>\n
18. Falcons (No. 16; 3-4): A rollercoaster season is going off the rails.<\/p>\n
19. Panthers (No. 18; 4-4): It was fun while it lasted.<\/p>\n
20. Cowboys (No. 19; 3-4-1): It\u2019s hard to win games with a defense that can\u2019t defend. <\/p>\n
21. Vikings (No. 20; 3-4): The season will succeed or fail with J.J. McCarthy, if he can successfully stay on the field.<\/p>\n
22. Bengals (No. 21; 3-5): Playoff teams don\u2019t blow 14-point fourth-quarter leads against winless teams.<\/p>\n
23. Ravens (No. 25; 2-5): Tyler Huntley gave them a spark. Lamar Jackson could light the fire. <\/p>\n
24. Commanders (No. 22; 3-5): Reality has set in, quickly. <\/p>\n
25. Giants (No. 24; 2-6): They\u2019re laying the foundation for a promising future. <\/p>\n
26. Browns (No. 26; 2-6): Myles Garrett has no one to blame for taking the money and not running. <\/p>\n
27. Cardinals (No. 27; 2-5): The season may hinge on Kyler Murray\u2019s looming return to Texas.<\/p>\n
28. Dolphins (No. 31; 2-6): They apparently needed the wheels to fully come off in order to get rolling.<\/p>\n
29. Jets (No. 32; 1-7): Maybe Woody Johnson should call a player out by name every week.<\/p>\n
30. Raiders (No. 28; 2-5): Will the bye week make a difference? <\/p>\n
31. Saints (No. 29; 1-7): It\u2019s time to see what Tyler Shough can do.<\/p>\n
32. Titans (No. 30; 1-7): It keeps getting worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. Colts (last week No. 1; 7-1): Each week, they prove they\u2019re legit. 2. Lions (No. 2; 5-2):…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-246468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}