1. 49ers (last week No. 1; 6-0): Kyle Shanahan is having his best year yet.<\/p>\n
2. Chiefs (No. 2; 5-0): Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III is the NFL MVP so far.<\/p>\n
3. Bills (No. 4; 5-1): The defense still needs plenty of work.<\/p>\n
4. Jaguars (No. 3; 4-2): They\u2019re finally getting a return on the Travis Hunter investment.<\/p>\n
5. Vikings (No. 6; 5-0): Some tough games are coming.<\/p>\n
6. Broncos (No. 7; 4-2): They\u2019ll go as far as the offense can take them.<\/p>\n
7. Seahawks (No. 5; 3-3): They should\u2019ve kept Kenneth Walker III.<\/p>\n
8. Patriots (No. 9; 4-2): The injuries are piling up before a short-week trip to Chicago.<\/p>\n
9. Packers (No. 11; 4-2): They\u2019re getting Josh Jacobs back at a perfect time.<\/p>\n
10. Bears (No. 15; 4-2): A franchise quarterback makes all the difference.<\/p>\n
11. Browns (No. 12 (tie); 4-2): Szmyt happens, in the bad way before the good way.<\/p>\n
12. Ravens (No. 8; 4-2): They need Lamar Jackson back in the lineup.<\/p>\n
13. Steelers (No. 12 (tie); 4-2): Time to get Le Torchon Terrible ready.<\/p>\n
14. Bengals (No. 12 (tie); 3-2): They need to start stacking some wins.<\/p>\n
15. Panthers (No. 18; 3-2): Two years after being benched, Bryce Young is earning a big contract. <\/p>\n
16. Raiders (No. 16; 3-3): Can the most popular team in L.A. send the Rams into a deeper hole?<\/p>\n
17. Rams (No. 10; 2-4): The 13th overall pick should\u2019ve been used on a receiver.<\/p>\n
18. Lions (No. 21; 3-2): The next two games (Packers, Vikings) could shape the season.<\/p>\n
19. Texans (No. 24; 2-4): They\u2019re in the same position they were in a year ago, but with a better record in the division.<\/p>\n
20. Saints (No. 25; 2-4): The Gayle Benson bounce is real.<\/p>\n
21. Giants (No. 17; 3-2-1): J.J. McCarthy time is coming.<\/p>\n
22. Cardinals (No. 29; 2-4): Maybe they should move to L.A.<\/p>\n
23. Cowboys (No. 20; 2-4): Cheap does as cheap is.<\/p>\n
24. Falcons (No. 22; 2-4): They should change their name to the Vampires. <\/p>\n
25. Eagles (No. 19; 2-4): The questions about the handling of Jalen Hurts won\u2019t be going away, no matter how badly they want them to.<\/p>\n
26. Titans (No. 31; 1-5): Can they build on their unlikely win in Indy?<\/p>\n
27. Colts (No. 23; 2-4): Is a fire sale coming?<\/p>\n
28. Jets (No. 26; 2-4): With the Dolphins coming to town, Sunday becomes a must-win game.<\/p>\n
29. Buccaneers (No. 27; 1-5): If they\u2019d known what Jalon Daniels can do, would they have extended Baker Mayfield? <\/p>\n
30. Commanders (No. 28; 1-4-1): Dan Quinn\u2019s time is up. And the end result likely won\u2019t be a tie.<\/p>\n
31. Dolphins (No. 32; 0-5): \u201cThank you, Mike McDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
32. Chargers (No. 30; 0-6): Has any team ever failed so badly to live up to their preseason expectations?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. 49ers (last week No. 1; 6-0): Kyle Shanahan is having his best year yet. 2. Chiefs (No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-889030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}