Week 11 NFL Power Rankings: Who's Climbing/Crashing?

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I would like to start this edition of our power rankings by saying, 10-14 is an absolute toss up at this point. We have 9 teams with a 6-3 record and all of them own a couple big wins along the way, if you have any shake ups in those slots I bet there's a solid argument for each one. That being said injuries crept their way into the list this week, we also have a couple teams moving down even after a win, mainly due to someone behind them earning a bigger victory. We feature 3 NFC West teams, 0 NFC East teams, and a 9/7 split between the two conferences heading into week 11. There are multiple games next week that include matchups between these two teams, I expect this list to look a lot different next Wednesday.

Climbing: The Arizona Cardinals had an incredible significant win this past week, and a consensus play of the year candidate as they upset the Buffalo Bills at home via a last second hail mary miracle. From Kyler Murray extending that play, avoiding a sack, sending a last second heave to the heavens, and Deandre Hopkins making the catch of the year over three Bills defenders, that play was pure magic and has the Card’s tied for first in the best division in football. The Cardinals now have 2 huge wins on the season and a ton of momentum going into the playoff race. Kyler is the top fantasy player in the world and has some claim to the MVP race with his 27 total TD’s and 2900+ yards through 9 games. The Cardinals still have a couple tough NFC West games, but their victory over the Bills puts them in a fantastic position to make the postseason.

Crashing: The Baltimore Ravens loss this week was ugly. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt, moving the ball in a monsoon is pretty difficult, but their lack of offense the past couple weeks has been a hot topic amongst the NFL and reigning MVP Lamar has been contained thus far. Last year they were the 2nd team in total offensive yards per game at 407.6, this year they aren’t even in the top 20 through 9 games as they have only been able to put up 348.1. Lamar averaged over 80 rush yards per game and above 200 passing yards per contest, both of those categories have saw a serious reduction as he’s struggled putting up points so far. The good news is that their defense has been very solid all year, and despite two tough games between the Titans and Steelers they’ll see a pretty soft schedule the rest of the year.

#1 Kansas City Chiefs -- (8-1) / Bye

#2 Pittsburgh Steelers -- (9-0) / 36-10 vs Bengals (W)

#3 Green Bay Packers +3 (7-2) / 24-20 vs Jaguars (W)

#4 New Orleans Saints -1 (7-2) / 27-13 vs 49ers (W)

#5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3 (7-3) / 46-23 @ Panthers (W)

#6 Buffalo Bills -1 (7-3) / 30-32 @ Cardinals (L)

#7 Arizona Cardinals +4 (6-3) / 32-30 vs Bills (W)

#8 Baltimore Ravens -4 (6-3) / 17-23 vs Patriots (L)

#9 Seattle Seahawks -2 (6-3) / 16-23 @ Rams (L)

#10 Indianapolis Colts -- (6-3) / 34-17 @ Titans (W)

#11 Los Angeles Rams +2 (6-3) / 23-16 vs Seahawks (W)

#12 Tennessee Titans -3 (6-3) / 17-34 vs Colts (L)

#13 Miami Dolphins -1 (6-3) / 29-21 vs Chargers (W)

#14 Las Vegas Raiders -- (6-3) / 37-12 vs Broncos (W)

#15 Cleveland Browns -- (6-3) / 10-7 vs Texans (W)

#16 Minnesota Vikings +3 (4-5) / 19-13 @ Bears (W)

On The Edge: Detroit Lions (4-5), New England Patriots (4-5), Chicago Bears (5-5)

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