1. Bills (last week No. 1; 6-1): The defense is getting better, but the offense took a little while to get going. <\/p>\n
2. Jaguars (No. 2; 5-2): They caught the Colts at the perfect time, and they\u2019re catching the Ravens at the perfect time. <\/p>\n
3. 49ers (No. 4; 6-1): Was the bye enough time for Christian McCaffrey to get healthy?<\/p>\n
4. Broncos (No. 6; 6-2): They out-chiefed the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
5. Bears (No. 8; 6-2): The Bears are NOT who we thought they were \u2014 they\u2019re serious contenders to win the whole thing.<\/p>\n
6. Vikings (No. 3; 6-1): A quarterback change may be needed. <\/p>\n
7. Chiefs (No. 5; 5-2): Can the Chiefs beat the best teams in the league? <\/p>\n
8. Steelers (No. 10; 6-2): The schedule is lining up favorably; a 12-win season isn\u2019t out of the question.<\/p>\n
9. Seahawks (No. 7; 4-4): Between last year\u2019s NFC finalists (Seahawks and Rams), one of them may not make it back to the playoffs. And maybe both.<\/p>\n
10. Patriots (No. 11; 5-3): They avoided the South Florida trap, again.<\/p>\n
11. Bengals (No. 12; 5-2): Joe Burrow is emerging as a serious MVP candidate. <\/p>\n
12. Lions (No. 13; 5-2): The injuries are piling up on defense, again. <\/p>\n
13. Browns (No. 9; 5-3): Jared Verse should\u2019ve learned a lesson, but probably didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
14. Packers (No. 14; 5-3): The running game remains a liability.<\/p>\n
15. Rams (No. 16; 4-4): The wins are happening, and Myles Garrett is lurking.<\/p>\n
16. Giants (No. 17; 4-2-1): Will they go all-in for a high-end running back?<\/p>\n
17. Raiders (No. 19; 4-4): A Kirk Cousins-Kyle Shanahan reunion game is looming.<\/p>\n
18. Buccaneers (No. 20; 3-5): In two full games since returning from a thumb injuries, Baker Mayfield has thrown 14 passes.<\/p>\n
19. Ravens (No. 15; 4-4): Should they be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline?<\/p>\n
20. Cardinals (No. 25; 3-5): They should move to Dallas. Or to L.A.<\/p>\n
21. Falcons (No. 18; 3-5): It\u2019s a good thing they play in a dome.<\/p>\n
22. Panthers (No. 22; 3-4): Add them to the list of teams that will be chasing Mike Tomlin.<\/p>\n
23. Texans (No. 23; 2-5): The margin for error is getting smaller all the time.<\/p>\n
24. Commanders (No. 30; 2-4-1): Backward Hat Energy.<\/p>\n
25. Saints (No. 24; 2-5): They\u2019re still very much alive to win the worst division in the NFL.<\/p>\n
26. Cowboys (No. 21; 3-5): Offseason hype, in-season tripe.<\/p>\n
27. Eagles (No. 26; 2-6): That Super Bowl win from two years ago feels like it was two decades ago.<\/p>\n
28. Titans (No. 27; 1-7): Unlike the Colts, the white-flag trade of Jeffery Simmons didn\u2019t cause them to quit. <\/p>\n
29. Colts (No. 28; 2-6): Trade everyone. <\/p>\n
30. Dolphins (No. 29; 1-6): Malik Willis has had two solid games in a row. <\/p>\n
31. Jets (No. 31; 2-6): Everyone except Woody Johnson knows it\u2019s time for a coaching change.<\/p>\n
32. Chargers (No. 32; 0-7): Jim Harbaugh\u2019s stubborn refusal to change coordinators could cost him his job. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. Bills (last week No. 1; 6-1): The defense is getting better, but the offense took a little…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-951161","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\/951161","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=951161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}