JACKSONVILLE – Here are senior writer John Oehser's Week 10 2016 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are:
Rank.Team (Rec) | Last week | Comment
- New England Patriots (7-1) | 1 | Rolled through the bye week in impressive fashion
- Dallas Cowboys (7-1) | 2 | How good are the' Boys? Maybe really, really good
- Seattle Seahawks (5-2-1) | 4 | Weird, wild things really do happen in Seattle
- Oakland Raiders (7-2) | 6 | May be as good as advertised
- Denver Broncos (6-3) | 3 | Some concerning holes starting to appear
- Kansas City Chiefs (6-2) | 5 | How good is the AFC West? Definitely really, really good
- Atlanta Falcons (6-3) | 8 | If the defense improves just a bit … watch out
- New York Giants (5-3) | 18 | Cowboys only hotter team in NFC
- Minnesota Vikings (5-3) | 7 | Offense could force them to drop in a hurry
- Green Bay Packers (4-4) | 9 | Aaron Rodgers is going to have to do some really heavy lifting
- Houston Texans (5-3) | 12 | Up next: Jaguars
- Detroit Lions (5-4) | 17 | They suddenly have a very real chance in the NFC North
- Philadelphia Eagles (4-4) | 10 | Carson Wentz suddenly playing like what he is – a rookie
- Pittsburgh Steelers (4-4) | 11 | Three consecutive losses are definitely cause for concern
- Arizona Cardinals (3-4-1) | 14 | They're good enough to get really hot out of the bye
- Cincinnati Bengals (3-4-1) | 15 | See "Arizona Cardinals" comment
- Washington Redskins (4-3-1) | 16 | May be chasing a wild-card with Dallas pulling away
- Miami Dolphins (4-4) | 22 | Finding an identity – and improving as a result
- New Orleans Saints (4-4) | 25 | Have won four of their last five games
- Baltimore Ravens (4-4) |26 | Your first-place Baltimore Ravens
- Buffalo Bills (4-5) | 13 | They now need to get really, really hot really, really fast
- San Diego Chargers (4-5) | 20 | A good team in a very, very, very good division
- Indianapolis Colts (4-5) | 27 | Andrew Luck gives them a chance. Always
- Tennessee Titans (4-5) | 23 | Narrowly missed a huge road victory in San Diego Sunday
- Carolina Panthers (3-5) | 28 | Showing signs of life
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5) |19 | If they could only win at home …
- Los Angeles Rams (3-5) | 21 | The calls for Jared Goff get louder and louder
- New York Jets (3-6) | 24 | Sunday's loss to Miami the kind that's tough to overcome
- Jacksonville Jaguars (2-6) | 29 | Can they build on Sunday's offensive showing?
- Chicago Bears (2-6) | 30 | Have the look of a team that could improve after the bye
- San Francisco 49ers (1-7) | 31 | First team in NFL history to allow seven consecutive 100-yard rushers
- Cleveland Browns (0-9) | 32 | Nine and counting
