JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser's pre-Week 8 2020 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are …
Rank.Team (record) | Prev. | Comment
1.Pittsburgh Steelers (6-0) | 2 | Quietly … a new No. 1
2.Kansas City Chiefs (6-1) | 4 | So good, so balanced, so consistent
3.Seattle Seahawks (5-1) | 1 | Sunday's loss feels like a blip
4.Tennessee Titans (5-1) | 3 | Will be tough to beat in the postseason
5.Baltimore Ravens (5-1) | 5 | Feels like a season-long Top 5 team
6.Green Bay Packers (5-1) | 6 | As good as any team in a balanced NFC
7.Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2) | 8 | Pretty good offseason signing at QB
8.Buffalo Bills (5-2) | 9 | Emerging as overwhelming AFC East favorites
9.Los Angeles Rams (9-2) | 10 | Don't count them out of tough NFC West
10.Cleveland Browns (5-2) | 12 | Gutty victory, but loss of OBJ has to hurt
11.New Orleans Saints (4-2) | 15 | Quietly staying in contention
12.Arizona Cardinals (5-2) | 16 | A signature, prime-time victory for improving franchise
13.Chicago Bears (5-2) | 7 | Offensives woes could be too much to overcome
14.Indianapolis Colts (4-2) | 14 | Not perfect, but very much in contention coming out of bye
15.San Francisco 49ers (4-3) | 19 | Your last-place, over-.500 49ers
16.New England Patriots (2-4) | 11 | Looking like they're in real trouble
17.Las Vegas Raiders (3-3) | 13 | On the fringe of playoff contention six games in
18.Miami Dolphins (3-3) | 18 | Still in contention as Tua takes over
19.Detroit Lions (3-3) | 21 | Winners of three of their last four
20.Carolina Panthers (3-4) | 17 | Still one of biggest early-season surprises
21.Philadelphia Eagles (2-4-1) | 23 | Your first-place Philadelphia Eagles
22.Los Angeles Chargers (2-4) | 24 | Yep … they found their quarterback
23.Washington Football Team (2-5) | 31 | Huge victory over struggling Cowboys Sunday
24.Dallas Cowboys (2-5) | 20 | More issues here than many believed
25.Denver Broncos (2-4) | 22 | Not on KC's level – like most teams these days
26.Cincinnati Bengals (1-5-1) | 25 | Competing, coming close – just not winning
27.Atlanta Falcons (1-6) | 26 | Finding new ways to lose close games every week
28.Minnesota Vikings (1-5) | 27 | Looking to the future
29.Houston Texans (1-6) | 28 | Off this week and heading to Jacksonville the next
30.Jacksonville Jaguars (1-6) | 29 | A lot of issues – and a long losing streak
31.New York Giants (1-6) | 30 | Still only a game and a half out of first place
32.New York Jets (0-7) | 32 | Oof
