I would say I hope you enjoyed this weekend of football, but did you watch that thing last night? I’m not going to call it a game. It was hideous. Those are GOOD teams, and they gave you 10-7. That wasn’t super exciting. But hey, as an Eagles fan, it was a win at Lambeau.

The AFC is a mess. The Bills, Ravens, and Chiefs are supposed to be the best teams. They’re all alive now, but you get the Patriots, Colts, and Broncos on top of the conference. The NFC mostly makes sense, but even there we have surprises. You knew the Eagles, Rams, and Lions would all be good teams. Maybe even the Bucs too. Seahawks? Bears? Maybe a little early on the arrivals here. The next four weeks should sort a lot of things out. Bills-Bucs feels like a massive game now for both teams. Rams-Seahawks is probably the biggest NFC game of this year so far. Eagles-Lions is important, for the Lions, but the Eagles are probably going to clinch the NFC East before you’re allowed to open Christmas gifts. If that’s the case, they can take a game or two off and get their “bye” even if they don’t win the top seed. If you had the Panthers surging at this point in the season, pat yourself on the back. You picked the right brand of weird for 2025.

11/4 rankings. 10/28 rankings. 10/21 rankings. 10/15 rankings. 10/8 rankings. 9/30 rankings. 9/24 rankings. 9/16 rankings. 9/9 rankings.

Here’s this week’s rankings:

1. Denver Broncos
2. New England Patriots
3. Philadelphia Eagles
4. Indianapolis Colts
5. Los Angeles Rams
6. Seattle Seahawks
7. Los Angeles Chargers
8. Buffalo Bills
9. Detroit Lions
10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
11. Chicago Bears
12. Green Bay Packers
13. San Francisco 49’ers
14. Pittsburgh Steelers
15. Carolina Panthers
16. Kansas City Chiefs
17. Jacksonville Jaguars
18. Minnesota Vikings
19. Baltimore Ravens
20. Houston Texans
21. Arizona Cardinals
22. Cincinnati Bengals
23. Dallas Cowboys
24. Atlanta Falcons
25. Miami Dolphins
26. Washington Commanders
27. Cleveland Browns
28. New York Jets
29. Las Vegas Raiders
30. New Orleans Saints
31. New York Giants
32. Tennessee Titans

There are roughly 24 teams with some slim chance of somehow sneaking into the playoffs, but realistically the last four are basically done (barring a quick return by Joe Burrow that goes well). The first 20 teams are all between 4 and 8 wins, which is about as classic NFL as you can get at this point. The first 11 teams all have at least some realistic shot at home field in their conference, which really isn’t bad halfway through the season. It’s been a decently entertaining season.